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Li Xiaoyi led his imperial guards to rush forward, immediately jumped off his horse, and respectfully said to the King of Chu, "Your Majesty, please greet the King of Chu, Concubine Chu, Duke Qing."

The King of Chu got out of the car with a smile on his face, helped him up and said politely, "Please trouble me to come to Xijing to pick me up."

"It's my honor to be able to share your majesty's worries and welcome the return of the six kings. I dare not talk about hard work."

"His Majesty's will?"

Li Xiaoyi nodded, and immediately took a step closer, "The court is arguing endlessly over the establishment of the crown prince. Some ministers stand for King Zhao, but most of them stand for you, the Six Kings."

"Oh?" The King of Chu pretended to be surprised, "I'm neither the eldest son nor the eldest son. Now King Zhao is His Majesty's eldest son. Wouldn't it be a mess to establish me?"

"That's why the court has been quarreling and stalemate." Li Xiaoyi bowed his hands to the king of Chu again, "The six kings have made remarkable achievements in governing Qishan, and some people went to the court to publicize it to the court. This is what the people want, so Your Majesty will let you go." From Fengxiang back to the capital, according to the officials, the six kings are probably not far away from entering the East Palace, although the daughter is married to the king of Zhao, but the married woman is registered in the husband's family, after the official, only the six kings will follow." Seeing King Chu's friendly expression, Li Xiaoyi smiled again and said: "The six kings have not returned home for a long time, and the imperial concubine always misses you in the palace. Before I leave this time, I specially told my subordinates to welcome you back safely."

The King of Chu lowered his head and smiled slightly, looked at Li Xiaoyi and said in his heart: Well, a married woman is registered in her husband's family, and his biological mother Li Guifei is also a married woman, and she is a concubine. He is the son of a sister with the same father, so to weigh the relationship, he only cares about power.

The King of Chu did not refuse, nor did he say anything modest, "Uncle Xin Liulang knows, but whether this can enter the East Palace depends on His Majesty's will."

"Don't worry, the six kings, the officials will definitely stand on the side of the six kings and assist the six kings to enter the East Palace."

King Chu nodded and smiled, "Okay, it's getting late, let's go back to Kaifeng."

"Yes."

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There was the sound of evening drums in the palace, and a carriage passed by the gate of the Chu Palace in Zhaoqingfang, and a young official about 30 years old got out of the carriage, wearing a scarlet robe and a gold belt, and was upright.

The female envoy from the house came out, leaned close to his ear and raised her hand to cover it up: "Ah Lang, the Three Great Kings are here, waiting for you in the study."

There is a set of chess in the study of Han Zhai, Zhao Wang stared at the mess left by Han Bang, the sunspot in his hand was warmed by his rubbing, and finally he didn't think of a way to solve it.

Han Si changed into casual clothes and came over, cupped his hands and said respectfully: "Three kings."

Seeing the master came back, King Zhao threw the black stones in his hand back into the chess box, "Sir, I really like playing chess. Every time I come back to see you, nine days out of ten, I spend on the chess game."

Han Bang approached and sat down, picked up a sunspot and settled, "It's just because I'm too boring to pass the time," and then picked up a white stone and settled, "After all, it doesn't take twelve hours now to be an official. I'm all waiting by His Majesty's side to remember my daily life."

One black, one white, one back and forth, Han Bo broke the mess in just a short moment, which made Zhao Wang amazed, "Sir, the ability to break the game now, I am afraid that His Majesty will not be able to catch up?"

Han Bang shook his head, "Because I got up early today, I settled this mess. I thought about it for a while until I went to the morning court, but I didn't come up with a solution. Now it's been a whole day, so I'm an early official. Be prepared to think of the way to break the game in advance, and the game is dead, people are alive, so it is the same to respond to all changes with the same, and vice versa."

"Maintaining the status quo?"

Han Bo nodded.

"Now the situation in the court is changing. The king of Chu went to Qishan and was about to take over the East Palace, especially that Chen Yu, who said that it is no longer advisable to establish a heir and an elder. Is the king not virtuous?" Zhao Wang said with a sad face, "Except for Chen Yu, the other ministers are all villains who follow the trend, and when they saw the Xiao family and the Jiang family standing behind the king of Chu, they all turned against each other."

"If this is the case, Your Majesty will never make the King of Chu the crown prince. The middle of the day will shift, the full moon will lose money, and things will decline when they are full. The sky is constant." Han Si took the chess pieces back and flicked his sleeves, "Three The king can rest assured and wait to enter the East Palace."

"Wait?" King Zhao asked impatiently, "How long will it take?"

"Not half a year."

"But the king received the news that the king's Mount Tai was ordered to welcome the king of Chu back to the capital a few days ago. Li Xiaoyi was able to re-enter the official position because of the grace that the king begged for him. He actually..."

"Li Xiaoyi is extremely utilitarian. He served the three kings in response to the three kings because the three kings can bring him benefits, but once the benefits are gone, or stop there, it is far from satisfying his ambitions. He will definitely seek other ways out."

"He has been in the Infantry Division for a long time. If he turns against the King of Chu now, even if I become the prince, I will not be able to restrain the King of Chu."

Han Bang lowered his head and smiled and said, "He is a smart man, so he won't sincerely rely on him. If the Three Kings can trust the subordinate, how about letting the subordinate use this three-inch tongue to tell him back?"

"Of course this king can trust you, so I will trouble you to come forward." Zhao Wang stood up from his seat, stared at the calligraphy and paintings on the screen in the study, and sighed, "Uncle told me that the right minister of the Zhengshitang wanted to resign. , does sir know about this?"

Han Si nodded, "The memorial of resignation was handed over a long time ago, but His Majesty has not approved it, and the right minister has also told the lower official that he has no regrets in being a minister in white in this life. He became an official because of his illness, and went home to entertain his grandchildren."

"Zhou Shinan found Mr.?" Zhao Wang turned to look at Han Bang. The current prime minister is the emperor's confidant, so he has no interest in him. It is rumored that the choice is between you and Liang Wenfu, I think Liang Wenfu is too young, His Majesty probably won't..."

Han Bang stood up and shook his head, "It's just that the palace people speculated randomly when they saw that I was in front of the imperial court every day, and the holy family was in full swing. Favor and trust may not be reused. Your Majesty is too suspicious. Isn't it still possible to participate in political affairs now? Officials The assistant minister offended His Majesty Tianyan several times, although he got angry but did not convict him, which shows that His Majesty values ​​him."

Zhao Wang thought and shook his head, "It is important to value, but with this aspect, it is still possible for Lu Wei, but it is absolutely impossible for Chen Yu."

Han Si walked out with his hands in his hands, and said calmly: "Playing games with others is not playing games with yourself. Is it because the king's heart is unpredictable, or there are many unpredictable things in the world, and who can say what will happen in the future. "

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In the autumn of the tenth year of Jianping, King Chu returned to Beijing, and the emperor summoned his family to the palace to have an audience.

In the bedroom of Prince Chu's mansion, the female envoy put the clothes on the table and then retreated. As soon as King Chu came back, he lay down on the couch and didn't want to move. After calming down, he turned his head and looked at Xiao Youqing who was sitting in front of the mirror. Watching her open every rouge box, watching her draw the eyebrows with a pen, "Women all have their own preferences, and the order and habits of applying makeup are also different. It's been a long time since I saw my sister sitting in front of the mirror to do her makeup. Still the same as before, I like to point my lips first and then draw my eyebrows."

"Why do you care about these things?" Xiao Youqing turned around immediately, raised his eyebrows and said, "You do the same to those girls?"

The King of Chu blinked, and immediately got up and walked to Xiao Youqing, leaned down and whispered: "Those women, who are they?"

Xiao Youqing turned around, "Ask the question knowingly."

King Chu stretched out his hand and gently squeezed her shoulder, "I don't do this to them, I only do this to my sister, and I only wrote down all the order of makeup on my sister alone," she leaned down and whispered softly in her ear Said: "And, remember it in my heart." Immediately raised her head to look at the bronze mirror, Fu Fen, the beauty in the mirror, was busy, and said with a smile: "Look at it every day, now as long as my sister raises her hand, I can think of what my sister wants next." What to do, even so, is still never tired of watching."

Xiao Youqing handed over the pen in his hand to his left hand, stretched out his right hand and gently pushed her away, "Don't do this." Then he said softly: "I'm going to enter the palace in a while, go and change your clothes, be obedient."

"Oh." King Chu straightened up, ready to turn around and leave.

"Wait," Xiao Youqing hooked her belt to hold her, and then sat up and unbuttoned the hidden buckle on the round neck and the leather belt around her waist for her.

Taking advantage of Xiao Youqing untying her belt, the King of Chu turned his back to the side and said: "Your Majesty is not willing to use the gold belt in the treasury. If he really loves Zongren, it will be a disaster for you and me."

After the words were closed, Xiao Youqing subconsciously curled up his fingers at the moment when the pin of the buckle came out of the small hole, "Trouble?"

The person whose leather belt had been untied walked forward slowly, she took off the robe on her body, picked up the jade belt and jade fish pressed on the purple clothes and put them aside, "Sister heard it," the king of Chu picked up the purple clothes and looked up. : "Do you want to leave the mother and keep the child?"

"you..."

"I'm just speculating." Chu Wangxuan was about to put on the round-neck robe, picked up the two jade belts on the table, approached Yuyu, squinted his eyes and smiled, "Since it was my sister who untied it just now, then my sister will do it again." Work hard."

Xiao Youqing stretched out both hands to fasten the hidden buckle on her right shoulder, immediately took the cold jade belt with lowered brows, walked behind the king of Chu and wrapped his arms around his waist. One section is behind the waist, looking at the slit on her back, "You speak seriously every time, and then you don't care about it."

King Chu tilted his head, "Sister, do you want to hear my answer?"

Xiao Youqing picked up the jade fish on the dressing table and hung it behind her waist.

"The only thing that can threaten me in this world is you, my sister. I will not be merciful to anyone except you."

The jade talisman carved with carp trembled from her hand, and hung on King Chu's waist and swayed slightly, Xiao Youqing immediately took a step forward and stretched out his hand to wrap her tightly around her.

The King of Chu held her arms around her, "Don't worry, sister, you brought him up with your own hands, unless it is absolutely necessary, I won't..." The hand in the wide sleeve was suddenly clenched.

The King of Chu bowed his head and paused, and immediately pushed Xiao Youqing's hand away and turned around to hold her face, "I promised to protect you well, and I will definitely do it, so I won't mess around. I will do whatever my sister asks me to do, and I won’t touch anything my sister won’t let me do, okay?”