Daliang City.

Zhao Kuo hugged Yiqiuwei and watched the night outside together.

Although it was night, the lights in the mansion were brightly lit at this moment, and you could still see the falling snowflakes.

“So cold.”

Yiqiuwei's concave and convex body moved in Zhao Kuo's arms.

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "You are a tomboy from the grassland. Why do you feel cold when you come to the Central Plains?"

Yiqiuwei snorted with dissatisfaction and said, "I am a girl, not a tomboy! Besides, if I have been outside, my skin will be injured and it will not be delicate enough!"

Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment and said, "Who told you this?"

Yiqiuwei was not like this before.

Yiqiuwei stuck out her tongue at Zhao Kuo and said, "Sister Qiu'er."

Zhao Kuo then suddenly realized and smiled, "Yes, Qiu'er is the best person to take care of. It seems that you have learned bad things from her."

Yiqiu people blinked their long eyelashes and said seriously: "If a woman does not take good care of herself when she is young, she will age quickly after she is over thirty! So husband, let's go into the room as soon as possible."

Regarding Yiqiuwei's "beauty theory", Zhao Kuo can only say that you are right.

It was almost time to go to bed. Zhao Kuo was planning to take Yiqiuwei to start a shameless life all night, but Su Li suddenly arrived quickly.

"Master, something happened in Handan!"

Zhao Kuo's steps stopped immediately.

A moment later, Zhao Kuo sat in the study, with Xu Zhan in front of him, who was filled with dust and snowflakes on his head.

After reading the letter in his hand, Zhao Kuo let out a sigh of relief and looked up at Xu Zhan: "Thank you for your hard work."

Xu Zhan, like Xu Li, is a burly and strong person. This young man not only inherited Xu Li's strong martial arts, but most importantly, he also inherited Xu Li's loyalty to Zhao Kuo.

Xu Zhanhan smiled and said, "Why do you have to work hard for the Lord?"

Zhao Kuo patted Xu Zhan on the shoulder and said, "This time, you may have saved my life! Okay, Su Li, take him down and arrange it and let him have a good rest."

After Su Li took Xu Zhan away, Zhao Kuo was the only one left in the study.

Zhao Kuo's face slowly became gloomy and he said to himself: "This Zhou Qing has really found a good opportunity."

Zhao Kuo originally thought that although he went south this time, there were three allies in Handan, including Pang Yan, Li Mu and Xu Li, and Concubine Li in the palace. In addition, inconvenient transportation in winter, it led to poor contact with other forces, so no major events should happen in Handan City.

But Zhao Kuo never expected that Zhou Shaofen actually chose to attack Concubine Li.

"You must never let Zhou Qing succeed!"

Zhao Kuo made up his mind directly.

If Zhou Shaofen succeeds and Concubine Li is deposed, then there will be many disadvantages for Zhao Kuo.

First of all, the deposed Concubine Li will inevitably lead to Zhao Kuo having no ally in the palace. If the Queen of Zhou blew the pillow wind beside King Zhao, it would be a big trouble for Zhao Kuo.

Secondly, the deposed concubine Li will also lead to the eldest prince born to Queen Zhou becoming the heir to the prince. The Zhou brothers, as the prince's grandfather, will inevitably receive strong support from King Zhao, which is even more bad news for Zhao Kuo.

Even under the persuasion of the Zhou brothers, King Zhao may directly attack Zhao Kuo for the sake of the security of the eldest prince after he inherited the throne in the future! Although Zhao Kuo is indeed outstanding in Zhao's meritorious service, it is nothing compared to the security inheritance of the throne of Zhao.

Therefore, if Concubine Li is really deposed, Zhao Kuo has no choice but to launch a coup immediately if he wants to retain his power.

The coup is still not a very sure option for Zhao Kuo now. Zhao Kuo hopes for a smooth regime transition so that he can ensure that the throne will not delay the unification war while seizing the throne.

At this moment, Su Li came back: "Master, what orders do you have?"

Su Li knew that Zhao Kuo would definitely respond.

Zhao Kuo narrowed his eyes and spoke slowly: "Prepare the carriage and horse immediately, I will return to Handan immediately!"

Originally, Zhao Kuo wanted to wait until the ice and snow melted on the road next spring before slowly going back, but now the situation is urgent and he doesn't care about so much.

Su Li nodded and said, "Where is Mrs. Yiqiu?"

Zhao Kuo thought for a while and said, "Weier is still here. On the one hand, she is safer, and on the other hand, she can also hide her eyes and ears!"

Yes, Zhao Kuo did not intend to go back to Handan this time, but went back quietly.

Only when the Zhou brothers felt that Zhao Kuo was still in Daliang City would they continue to plan without any warning. In this way, Zhao Kuo was in the dark and the enemy was in the bright spot, and his confidence in victory would be much greater.

Everyone knows that Yiquwei loves shopping. As long as Yiquwei goes out shopping from time to time in the following days, and then let the county magistrate Mai Bo come here from time to time to "ask for instructions" it, you can prove to others that Zhao Kuo is still in Daliang City.

As for Zhao Kuo not be with Yiquwei when he was shopping, this is easy to understand. Men don’t like shopping. Zhao Kuo has been shopping with Yiquwei several times, so it is natural to be too lazy to accompany him next.

Not to mention Yiqiuwei's safety, if Zhao Kuo secretly returns, he would not have brought too many people. Two or three hundred people are the only one who can do it. Isn't it easy for the remaining two thousand Chiyou Army to protect one Yiqiuwei?

When Su Li heard this, he immediately said, "I know, I'll prepare now."

After Su Li left, Zhao Kuo also stood up and muttered to himself.

"I can't meet again for a while... I have to feed you."

...Five days later, Handan.

Zhou Shaofen sat in the mansion, drinking the broth leisurely, and picked up a piece of green vegetable and put it in his mouth.

Eating vegetables in winter is definitely an absolute luxury, but for Zhou Shaofen, it is a daily operation.

While eating vegetables, Zhou Shaofen spoke to Zhou Shaoliang in front of him, saying, "Is there still no news about the matter in the palace?"

Zhou Shaoliang nodded and said, "It's true that there is no new news."

Zhou Shaofen immediately showed a dissatisfied expression and said, "This eunuch is so stupid to do everything so slowly."

Zhou Shaoliang thought for a while and said, "Maybe he is still lucky now and feels that he can drag this matter over by delaying it."

Zhou Shaofen was stunned and a cold light flashed in his eyes and said, "Once he is involved in this kind of thing, he will definitely not be able to escape.

If this is the case, you can immediately send an order to arrest one of his nephews first, so that he can also know that it is a warning."

For Zhou Shaofen, he was actually very anxious at this time because he didn't know when Zhao Kuo would come back.

After so many things, Zhou Shaofen felt very obvious fear of Zhao Kuo. Once Zhao Kuo came back, Zhou Shaofen would probably not dare to plan this matter so secretly.

Zhou Shaoliang has always listened to Zhou Shaofen's words, so he nodded immediately and said, "I understand, then I will send someone to say hello to the palace immediately and ask the queen to summon the eunuchs again."

Zhou Shaofen showed a satisfied expression on his face.

Zhou Shaoliang thought for a while and said, "Brother, Zhao Kuo cannot know now. Why should we be so anxious about this action in Handan City?

It’s better to wait until everything is ready and start it all in one move, so that our chances of success are the greatest.”

Zhao Kuo's stay in Daliang City and the market gave memorials. When Zhao learned about it, King Zhao also approved this behavior, so the Zhou brothers of course knew this.

Zhou Shaofen shook his head and said to Zhou Shaoliang: "Although that's the case, what if Zhao Kuo returns to Handan City early because of other things, he has always been very unexpected in his work.

You must know that our strength is actually not enough to fight against Wu Xinjun now, so we must think of some unexpected tricks.

Now is our best opportunity. If we miss it, it will be difficult to continue to suppress Wu Xinjun's power in the future.

So you have to make this happen, do you understand?"

Zhou Shaofen's sense of urgency was very serious.

Zhou Shaoliang himself disagreed with Zhou Shaofen's sense of urgency, but this was an order from his elder brother, so he didn't say much and still nodded and agreed.

A day later, in the palace, the Queen of Zhou summoned the eunuchs again.

Although he was very upset, it was impossible for the queen to summon the eunuchs to be summoned, so he had to bite the bullet and appear in the palace.

"I wonder why the queen was looking for the old minister?"

The queen smiled and said to the eunuch Ling: "Why should eunuch Ling ask me knowingly? How are you doing the thing that I gave you to do before?"

When the eunuch heard the queen mention this matter straight to the point, the eunuch also complained secretly.

For the eunuch Ling, what he is thinking now is to try his best to delay this matter so that Zhao Kuo can think of a solution, and then cooperate with Zhao Kuo.

But the problem is that 6 days have passed, but the eunuch Ling still has not received Zhao Kuo's reply.

Considering the distance between Handan and Daliang City, this is actually very normal, but the problem is that the queen's questioning is right in front of her, which is also very difficult to solve.

The eunuch had to bite the bullet and said to the queen, "Please wait for a while, the old minister is already arranged."

Things have reached this point, what else can I do?

Of course, I can only continue to find ways to delay.

The Queen of Zhou was obviously very dissatisfied with the reply from the eunuch. She saw the Queen of Zhou standing up and said coldly: "Don't forget that the things about your nephew that I mentioned before are not joking.

Let me tell you frankly, your eldest nephew will be imprisoned in prison these days. As for his fate next, it depends entirely on what you are going to do. Do you understand?"

After Queen Zhou said that, the eunuch Ling's heart suddenly jumped violently, and his face changed drastically.

He really didn't expect that the Zhou clan could not wait to start attacking.

Looking at the shocked eunuch's order, the Queen of Zhou wanted this effect, so the Queen of Zhou immediately spoke again: "I will give you another 7 days. If you still can't solve the problem, then you will wait to receive the messages that you absolutely do not want to receive."

A moment later, the eunuch ordered the emperor to walk out of the palace of Queen Zhou with some distracted thoughts.

For this eunuch Ling, he really didn't expect that the Zhou clan had taken measures so quickly, and he was a little surprised.

"What should I do now?"
To be continued...