After the child's mind was read, the tyrant caught the male queen with a black face

Someone suggested that they should show goodwill to the Xia State and quietly admit that those spies were from Chu State and not Xia State.

The Emperor of Chen was almost angered to death by this suggestion.

He said sarcastically, "You think the forces that Chen State has offended and the lands it has lost are not enough, right? Do you want to give Chu State an excuse to send troops to Chen State?!"

The man's face turned pale, he knelt on the ground in fear, and kept begging for mercy.

The Emperor of Chen looked at the other courtiers, and almost all of them lowered their heads when they met his gaze.

The Emperor of Chen scolded: "Apart from the envoys who are still in Xia, is there no more loyal minister in the court of Chen who dares to speak out?"

Chen State Courtiers: ...The guy who hit his head against the wall is lucky. Your Majesty is still thinking about him.

The Emperor of Chen became more and more angry as he thought about it. He said angrily, "Go bang your heads against the wall. When will a loyal minister emerge? When will you stop? Minister of Rites, I'll start with you. Do you have anything to say?"

The Minister of Rites almost cried out loud: Why was he chosen to be the chicken to be killed to ban the monkey? Was it because he had stood with the boy who hit the wall before and was of similar age? !

The more the Minister of Rites thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case.

He was very angry and said with a stiff upper lip: "Your Majesty, although Xia has occupied those territories, it has no clear way out. Chen's envoy just happened to have not returned yet, so why not let him preside over a new round of negotiations with Xia?"

The Emperor of Chen paused, but did not get angry. Instead, he asked, "How do you think we should negotiate?"

The Minister of Rites was dumbfounded. He never expected that the Emperor of Chen would continue asking questions.

He racked his brains and said, "Your Majesty, it would be better to let the people in the occupied territories make a commotion and prevent Daxia from successfully accepting these cities. When Daxia is in trouble, we will go to negotiate."

The Emperor of Chen was furious again: "Where are you thinking when you are in court? You bastard! I used this plan last year, but the common people did not make a fuss for long, and Daxia suppressed them with some small favors. You are ungrateful and a traitor."

The Minister of Rites really wanted to complain, but this was not within his scope of business, so it was normal that he didn't hear it or forgot it.

But seeing the emperor's rage, he could only follow his words and said, "Your Majesty, ordinary people will lose their way because of a little profit, so why not let the nobles in the occupied territories cause trouble. They have big families and great wealth, and they will definitely obey the arrangements in order to protect their property and titles."

The Emperor of Chen was stunned again and did not speak.

At this point in the conversation, the old foxes in the officialdom immediately grasped the lifeblood of the Emperor of Chen.

Your Majesty wants to take back the conquered land without bloodshed.

The officials of the State of Chen thought this idea was impossible, but considering that the emperor of Chen wanted them to bang their heads against the pillar to show their loyalty, the officials of the State of Chen decided to follow the emperor's thinking and give suggestions, such as how to make the nobles evacuate.

The Emperor of Chen listened for a while and agreed.

……

Naturally, the Chu and Shu states also discussed the shameful incident of the loss of land in the State of Chen.

Like Shu.

They originally didn't care much about the encroachment on the State of Chen and the capture of the spies of the State of Xia, and were in a state of giving in.

But when Shu heard that there was a handsome spy who was a nobleman of Shu, and this nobleman was suspected to be similar to the disguised identity of the second prince of Daxia.

The regent prince of Shu was excited. He immediately sent an army to Chen, under the pretext of aid, but in fact he wanted to find something against the second prince's relatives so that he could use the "relatives" to help the "second prince" take Bai Yueguang back.

Someone who was optimistic about the Second Prince informed him. The Second Prince pretended to be calm and wrote a letter to Daxia.

On the other hand, the State of Chu behaved very aggressively.