The Words of the Number One

I had some messy dreams, and Ji Yu's flustered face would always appear in the grotesque scenes in the dreams. The pair of phoenix eyes that are always smiling looked at me tremblingly, and he called my name—Jiujiu. My heart skipped a beat every time I called out.

When I woke up, it was already the next morning, and my neck was wrapped in gauze, and it hurt when I turned it a little. Zikou stayed by my bed the whole time, and when she saw me wake up, she tearfully took my hand and said she was scared to death. Fortunately, Xu Zihuan didn't have much strength in the end, and the cut didn't hurt the meridians too deeply. The doctor came to see and said that it was all right, but he lost a lot of blood, so he had to rest. After I was bandaged, I was transferred from Princess Yongchang's Mansion to Cheng Guangjun's Mansion.

Zikou wiped his tears, tucked the quilt for me, and said, "I heard that Xu Zihuan came to seek revenge. He is Korean. Back then, the young master helped the King of Song to destroy South Korea. He held a grudge. And he didn't have a post to send me." The one from the Princess Yongchang Mansion is a post from the Queen. People outside are saying that the Queen failed to kill the Young Master last time, but Xu Zihuan deliberately wanted Xu Zihuan to assassinate him this time."

I thought that when Xu Zihuan came to play chess with Ji Yu, he probably wanted to kill him, but Mo Xiaonan was there at the time, and he saw that their martial arts were extraordinary, so he retreated and waited for them to play music before attacking Ji Yu. At this juncture, whoever assassinates Ji Yu will be blamed on the queen. Ji Yu said before that he would wait for an opportunity, and I am afraid it will be this opportunity.

It is very likely that he knew that Xu Zihuan was going to assassinate him, but he did not stop him. He made a big fuss and made King Zhao feel embarrassed and alienated from the queen.

"You don't know how much you lost your temper yesterday. Sister Mo Xiao knelt outside the house all night, and you didn't sleep all night. In the morning, the doctor will tell you that you are fine, so you can go to rest." Zi Kou said I got up from the bed and said while helping me get dressed.

I did struggle because of Mo Xiao's wink, but Xu Zihuan's injury to me before he fell into a coma was an accident in the final analysis, and it had nothing to do with Mo Xiao. Ji Yu did this a little too much, unlike his usual style.

He seemed genuinely afraid that I would die.

why? Is it too late to train another person to lobby King Zhao? still is…

Ji Yu's expression in the dream came to my mind, shaking her head and smiling self-deprecatingly. What else, forget it.

After getting the news that I woke up, Ji Yu came to see me, he sat down beside my bed and said coldly, "Do you know it hurts now?"

I touched the gauze on my neck and replied, "It's actually fine."

He shook his head when he heard this, as if he had nothing to do with my ability to bear the pain. I asked him: "Is this the timing you said? Zhao Wang has promised to let you go, but Xu Zihuan assassinated you openly at Princess Yongchang's reception. Everyone thinks it was the queen who ordered it. If it is true, the queen is not here Slap King Zhao in the face?"

Ji Yu frowned, he looked at me with his head propped up, and said with a half-smile: "You almost died yesterday, your blood bleeds and ruined all of my clothes, why are you thinking about these things today?"

I looked at him silently, and he looked at me. Our eyes were locked in the morning light for a moment, but he laughed softly and reached out to touch the wound on my neck. His hand was warm and gentle, but it seemed to bring substantial pain. I hissed lightly, and he said softly, "That's right, what else can we say if we don't say this?"

After saying that, he withdrew his hand and leaned on the back of the chair, his eyes became lazy and calm again.

"In the past few days, Shen Baiwu will help arrange for you to meet King Zhao as Cheng Guangjun's servant. No matter what Xu Zihuan is, he is really good at chess. If you win Xu Zihuan, King Zhao will be very interested in you."

"Didn't Cheng Guangjun say he wouldn't help?"

"I made some deals with him."

Ji Yu didn't want to make it clear that I wouldn't ask any more questions, but just agreed. I probably have tenacious vitality, and the wound healed quickly. In the next few days, Ji Yu picked up the most important information recently and told me, asking me questions like we did before and watching my answers, it was the last Prepare.

About three days later, King Zhao really summoned me. Before I left, Ji Yu came to see me off, and he said to me—I wish you success in your first lobbying in advance. He was smiling and didn't seem worried about me at all.

I lifted the collar of my clothes to cover the wound, and smiled lightly.

King Zhao built a pavilion because he loves to play chess. He lives on a rockery and overlooks the pool. Looking down, he can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the palace garden. He often plays chess in this pavilion. He met me in this pavilion, and after a few words, he wanted to play chess with me.

In the first game of chess we were always clinging tightly and then I narrowly won. Zhao Wang finally raised his head and began to look at me carefully, as if wondering how such an ordinary girl could beat him, but his eyes were filled with the excitement of meeting his opponent.

He despises those who are worse than him, and frustrates those who are much better than him, but it is the most interesting ones that are comparable to me. He is still too young, the king should be moody and unpredictable.

He played a lot more cautiously in the second game, stopping the game from time to time to think. After playing for a while, I said: "Your Majesty, perhaps changing the way of thinking can change the situation."

I pointed to a point he had overlooked, Zhao Wang's eyes lit up slightly, but immediately sank. He looked up at me: "Does Gu still need you to teach me?"

"I'm just a pity for the king." I replied neither humble nor overbearing.

Zhao Wang seemed a little surprised, he leaned back slightly and looked at me with probing eyes. He waved his hands to keep the attendants on both sides away from disturbing him from playing chess, and then said slowly, "Why did you come?"

I smiled, not avoiding his sharp gaze.

"The slave came for the rest of the country."

"Yu Guo?" Zhao Wang asked with a half-smile, "Is there no one left in Yu Guo? Why did you send a mediocre girl here?"

"Presumably your queen also thinks that Yu Guo will not send someone like me, so I can meet you safely. If you want to see it, I have a seal to prove it." I replied calmly.

King Zhao looked at me for a while and said, "You have gone to great lengths to see Gu, why?"

"Of course I advise you to give up attacking the Yu Kingdom. I heard that a wolf must win its first battle if it wants to become a wolf king. If it doesn't win, it will have no chance. The war between countries is your first battle, and you can only win but not lose. But you also know that Fan country has sent troops to rescue the rest of the countries. Once the war becomes stalemate, there will be rift between Wu and you. If you fail, you will return. Not only will you not be able to stand up, but you will be suppressed by various clan forces, which is unimaginable."

As I was talking, I saw Zhao Wang frowned, probably because I had said something that I was worried about, but he still said: "I have been in-laws with Zhao Guo and Wu Guo for generations. King Wu has already forgiven Ji Yu's matter, did you just say there was a rift?"

"People's hearts are unpredictable, not to mention that what you know is only King Wu and Bo Changyi. Even though they trust Zhao Guo, can others believe it? General Yang of the State of Wu went to discuss with Bo Changyi before returning to the front line, but he was chased away by Bo Changyi." Going out of the mansion, do you know what Yang Ji originally wanted to talk about? He found evidence that Zhao Guodong County sold a large amount of grain and grass to Fan Guo, and suspected that you had betrayed Wu Guo and turned to Fan Guo."

King Zhao's eyes were sharp, and he said sternly, "Don't talk nonsense!"

"You can send someone to investigate Dongjun, and you will find out. Although the county guard is selling grain and grass for personal gain, you don't know it, but Yang Ji doesn't think so. He will only be more suspicious when he is kicked out by Uncle Changyi. You bribed Uncle Chang Yi to conceal the truth, it is very dangerous for him to fight on the front line with such suspicion, especially the general you sent to assist him is Fan Yanfeng."

When Ji Yu had just arrived in Ling'an, she got the news that King Zhao had sent General Fan Yanfeng to the front to command Zhao's army. Ji Yu said with a leisurely smile at that time - I feel relieved that this person will go to Yang Ji's side.

Fan Yanfeng is the elder brother of Mrs. Fan who is the favorite of Zhao Wang. He is young and talented, and has made great achievements in the battlefield for many years. However, this person has a bad temper, his eyes are above the top, and he would rather fold than bend.

Yang immediately suspected Fan Yanfeng, and Fan Yanfeng would not be unaware. In the tense state of mutual defense, if there is a slight friction, Fan Yanfeng's bucket will explode. Once Fan Yanfeng blows up Yang, Zhao Guo will be more convinced that Zhao Guo will betray him, and it will be out of control.

"It's too late for you to notify General Fan. It will take at least half a month to deliver the letter from here to the front. There will be a mutiny in the army after ten days. General Yang is likely to preemptively arrest General Fan to control the Zhao army. According to General Fan's staunch temper He probably died there. Your Majesty, if something like this happens, can you still be close to the state of Wu?" I smiled and looked at King Zhao.

Zhao Wang exuded a dangerous aura, and he whispered: "This is Ji Yu's arrangement, only he can do this kind of thing."

It looked like it wasn't the first time he was at a disadvantage at Ji Yu's hands. Fortunately, I am currently Cheng Guangjun's servant, if he knows that I am Ji Yu's maid, he will probably be even angrier.

"It doesn't matter who made the arrangement. The important thing is that you must not accept a failure, even if you return without success. Since the Wu-Zhao alliance is in jeopardy, why don't you change your mind? The Wu-Zhao in-laws have said it nicely these years. In-laws are actually controlling. Zhao Guo has limited influence on Wu Guo, but Wu Guo deceives you to be young and wants to manipulate Zhao Guo. Hasn’t your queen already planted many eyeliners around you? Even you have ordered Ji Yu to let go , she still wants to send someone to assassinate her, which is totally ignoring you."

"If General Fan Yanfeng dies, what a good reason to turn against each other. The land and wealth of Wu State is a hundred times that of Yu State. If Yu State Fan State and Zhao State are added, Wu State may be annexed and you can get rid of the shackles. Build prestige."

I smiled and said: "The benefits that the Yu State cannot give you will be repaid ten times by the Wu State. Your Majesty can consider carefully. The envoy of the Fan State has also arrived in Ling'an secretly, and I can connect with them. Can kill Wu Guo by surprise."

"Whether you can become a blockbuster or not is up to you, Your Majesty."

King Zhao looked at me for a long time, and said with a sneer, "Interesting. There really is a reason for you to choose you here."