For Zhao Kuo, the woman Queen Li is quite extraordinary.

In history, this queen, known as "Queen Zhao", has a very poor reputation.

After the death of King Zhao, Queen Li was said to have had sex with King Zhao's concubine brother (some say he was his cousin) again, and seemed to have given birth to a child for the other party. In short, the relationship was quite chaotic.

Zhao Kuo said: "What are she going to do when she sees me?"

The eunuch ordered hurriedly, "The old minister dared not guess at random, but there is one thing, that is, since the restoration failed that day, Queen Li has refused to meet King Zhao."

After hearing the explanation from the eunuch's order, Zhao Kuo immediately understood what was going on.

It seems that what I think is true. Queen Li just wants to use one of the best weapons of women - beauty to seduce Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo shook his head and said calmly: "I will not see her."

As for her and the King... if she wants to see the King, then see him.

If she doesn't want to see the king, just let her go."

When the eunuch ordered the eunuch heard this, he quickly responded, and felt relieved.

Of course, the Eunuch Ling knew very well what Queen Li wanted to do to Zhao Kuo. As a person who knew Queen Li quite well, Eunuch Ling actually didn't want Queen Li to really become Zhao Kuo's woman. On the one hand, Queen Li is indeed a bit too utilitarian, and on the other hand, Zhao Kuo is nominally a subject of King Zhao. If he really cuckolded King Zhao, it would seem a bit unreasonable, and Zhao Kuo's prestige was lost in vain.

After solving the matter between Queen Li, the eunuch Ling left.

Then came Pang Yan.

Pang Yan came to tell Zhao Kuo another thing: "According to Jun Hou's intention, the Zhou brothers have been sentenced to death, and the day of execution will be tomorrow."

Zhao Kuo nodded slightly and expressed his approval.

The Zhou brothers have been in prison for several months. Why didn’t Zhao Kuo kill them? It’s not that Zhao Kuo is ruthless, but that he wants to save the lives of the Zhou brothers, making those Zhou loyalists feel scruples.

Now, the entire Zhao State is in control of Zhao Kuo, so the Zhou brothers, as Zhao Kuo's biggest political enemy, naturally have to be eliminated.

Pang Xian asked, "Who, do you need to kill the entire Zhou clan?"

Zhao Kuo frowned, thought for a while and said, "There is no need. The Zhou brothers and their eldest son can be executed. If the others are, they will be exiled to Mobei.

If there is an old man, you can stay in Handan City.”

Pang Xian smiled on his face: "Your mercy is really a blessing for the country."

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "It seems that Pang Qing does not agree with killing the Zhou brothers."

Pang Xian said seriously: "From the perspective of relieving the qi, of course, it is best to kill the entire Zhou clan.

However, from the perspective of controlling Zhao State to win the hearts of the people, Junhou's best choice is to open his mind like this.

In our Zhao State, there are a large number of officials who were originally close to the King and Zhou family, and they were actually very frightened.

Junhou now showed a kind side, letting them know that even most of the Zhou family can be forgiven by Junhou, so it will naturally be even more impossible for Junhou to be held accountable.

In this way, even if Jun Hou has completely gained allegiance from these officials, there will be no official in the Zhao State officialdom who is unfaithful to Jun Hou since then!"

When Pang Nuan spoke, she also showed an expression of admiration on her face.

If you kill someone, anyone can kill him, but he has no technical content.

But if a country is to be stable for a long time and to make the people surrender, it is absolutely impossible to kill people alone.

If you don’t kill people, this tests true political wisdom.

If some people don’t kill you, others will say that you are merciful and ruthless, and you can be bullied.

But like Zhao Kuo, who only killed the four most core people in the Zhou family, letting go of hundreds of other Zhou people, on the one hand, it was a result of shocking the political arena of Zhao, and on the other hand, it also showed kindness to the political arena of Zhao. This standard can be said to be just right, reflecting the maturity of a politician.

Pang Nuan recalled the sharp young man who showed his strength when he first met Zhao Kuo. When he looked at Zhao Kuo, who was now slight and gathered people's hearts while talking and laughing, he felt like he was a different life for a moment.

In just ten years, Wu Xinjun has truly grown from a reckless man who only knows how to fight and has almost no political wisdom to become an excellent ruler of a country! Facing Pang Nuan's praise, Zhao Kuo smiled and stood up.

"After all, the Zhou brothers helped me a lot back then. Since they were leaving tomorrow, I'll go and send them off today."

Accompanied by Pang Nuan, Zhao Kuo came to the prison in Handan City.

The Zhou brothers were locked in the most vigilant cell in the prison. After seeing Zhao Kuo walk in, the two of them were a little confused at first, and then they saw Zhao Kuo's face clearly and were immediately shocked.

"You... Wu Xinjun?"

Zhao Kuo sat down and said calmly: "It's me."

The Zhou brothers' faces changed drastically. After a few seconds, Zhou Shaofen spoke: "You are here, are you going to see us off?"

Zhao Kuo nodded slowly: "Zhou Qing, you are indeed very smart."

Zhou Shaofen was able to remain calm after hearing this news, but Zhou Shaoliang was stunned and sat on the ground with a plop, unable to get up for a long time.

Zhou Shao sighed and said, "Since I have chosen to oppose Wu Xinjun, I have actually made the mental preparations for this day. But I want to ask Wu Xinjun for one thing, that is, to spare the lives of the rest of our Zhou family."

Pang Nuan said: "You are kind. Except for you and your eldest son, all the Zhou clan members are exiled to the frontier. The old man can continue to live in Handan."

Zhou Shaofen was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "thank you, thank you for waiting."

There was a little dismal moment in the cell for a while.

Zhao Kuo said lightly: "Zhou Qing, although you are against me, you have also helped me, so I will give you a trip.

Do you have any unfulfilled wishes?”

For Zhao Kuo, Zhou Shaofen is a contradictory figure.

When Zhao Kuo was just starting out, Zhou Shaofen was undoubtedly a very important helper, but later, after defeating Lin Xiangru and Pingyuan Jun, Zhou Shaofen became Zhao Kuo's enemy again.

To a certain extent, Zhou Shaofen did betray Zhao Kuo, but his merits and demerits can still be compared.

It is both an enemy and a friend. This sentence is most suitable for Zhou Shaofen.

After hearing this, Zhou Shaofen thought seriously and said, "I only have the last request. If possible, can I let the newly born grandson enter the academy in the future?

I hope he can study well in the academy and be a useful person who is loyal to Zhao State in the future."

This request surprised Zhao Kuo.

Everyone knows that the Academy is actually the base for Zhao Kuo to cultivate intellectuals. Nine and a half out of the ten scholars who came out of this place were loyal to Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo said: "No problem."

Zhou Shaofen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, thank you for waiting."

I hope Junhou can convey my husband’s last words to him in the future: ‘Forget the hatred and start over’.”

Zhao Kuo nodded slowly.

After Zhou Shaofen received Zhao Kuo's guarantee, he laughed: "June, I really regret it. Maybe between you and the king, I really should have chosen yours."

Zhao Kuo's mouth twitched slightly and said, "Actually, if Zhou Qing and I were in a different place, I'm afraid I would have the most possibility of choosing a king."

Zhou Shaofen sighed: "Yes, if the struggle between the king and his subjects was not seen with his own eyes, who could believe that the king would be defeated?

Perhaps, this is your ability, Wu Xinjun.”

Zhao Kuo thought for a while and said, "To be honest, I had already started planning this situation a long time ago.

Zhou Qing, you are an ally of this Hou after all, don’t you really notice it at all?”

Zhou Shao smiled and said, "How could it be that it wasn't noticed?

The same thing, I just don’t believe that Wu Xinjun can win the game with the king in the end.

What's more, the king chose our Zhou girl as the queen."

Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "The Queen Zhou and the Prince will live their lives safely."

A deposed queen and a young prince did not threaten Zhao Kuo at all. Zhao Kuo did not mind keeping the lives of the mother and son to show his kindness to the world.

Zhou Shaofen sighed more and more: "I really didn't expect that Wu Xinjun, who was determined to kill and attack, would be so gentle and kind now."

Zhao Kuo laughed: "Actually, even I didn't expect that, after all, I could kill hundreds of thousands of butchers at any time."

Zhou Shao smiled and said, "Maybe he has killed too much, so he doesn't like killing people?"

Zhao Kuo laughed and said, "There is also a possibility. Men will always get tired of doing something for a long time."

The two of them laughed at the same time.

After a moment, Zhao Kuo stood up.

"Zhou Qing, I'm very happy to have a conversation today, but it's time for me to leave."

Zhou Shaofen stood up, smiling as if a host was seeing off the guests: “Yes, it’s time to leave too.

Before leaving, can I ask you one last question?"

Zhao Kuo said: "It's okay if Zhou Qing asks."

Zhou Shaofen looked at Zhao Kuo and said, "Will Jun become King Zhao in the future?"

After asking this question, Pang Yan and Zhou Shaoliang, who had not spoken, looked up at the same time.

Zhao Kuo gave an answer with almost no hesitation.

"I will not become King Zhao, but I will become the emperor of the Chinese."

Zhou Shaofen's eyes lit up slightly: "Emperor?
To be continued...