I am a ruler in troubled times

Chen Jun under the city wall was suddenly besieged by the Chu army three days ago.

The Chu army who besieged the city did not directly attack the city, but yelled curses under the city wall with the authentic Chu accent.

From the emperor of Chen Guo to the general who commanded the Chen army in Yuzhou, to the chief of the garrison in the city, and even every soldier guarding the city can take care of it.

After a short period of confusion on the city wall, Chen Jun tried to reason with the Chu army below the city.

However, Chen Jun wanted to reason, but Chu Jun only wanted to curse.

As Chu Jun's curse words became more and more ugly, Chen Jun could no longer hold back the boiling anger in his heart.

The Chen army on the city wall fired arrows first, and the Chu army under the city wall held up their shields to block the arrows, and then the villain first complained, saying that Chen army attacked the Chu army for no reason, which was a flagrant violation of the Chen-Chu alliance.

Then immediately launch a counterattack.

Although the anger on both sides is not small, the siege and defense are all small fights.

The leader of the Chen army always remembered the Shangguan's repeated orders not to allow them to conflict with the Chu army. Even if he was dizzy with anger, he did not dare to forget such matters related to his official position.

Since Chen Jun and Chu Jun occupied Yuzhou respectively, as long as there is a conflict between Chen Jun and Chu Jun, Chen Jun must be the last unlucky person.

Many lieutenant colonels and generals have been demoted for failing to restrain their subordinates.

The army had complained about this for a long time, but the general said that after the alliance between Chen and Chu, they are a family, and even if the Chu army is ignorant, they should bear more responsibility.

This time it was indeed the Chu army who provoked first, but who knows... Sigh.

This offensive and defensive battle with almost no casualties lasted for two days. The Chu army almost used their hands and feet to attack the city, and only used their mouths, which brought a great psychological shadow to the defending Chen army.

By the next night, some Chen Jun had already ignored the order of the garrison leader and quietly shot cold arrows at the Chu army on the city wall.

When Chu Jun discovered this, he was shocked and angry, and his yelling and cursing became even more irritable.

The leader of Chen Jun's garrison standing on the city wall didn't seem to hear anything, and he didn't ask anyone to look for the sniper.

Chen Jun on the city wall saw the reaction of the leader of the garrison, but he didn't know what the leader of the garrison meant.

There were suddenly more cold arrows flying from the city wall to the bottom of the city wall.

The Chu army under the city wall did not show any weakness, and immediately stepped up their siege efforts.From the original small fights to serious siege.The number of Chen Jun injured on the city wall increased rapidly in a short period of time.

Just when Chen Jun was forced to turn his eyes red and wanted to fight against the Chu army regardless of the consequences, the Chu army suddenly blew the horn to withdraw the troops.

Chu Jun, who had been running wild under the city wall for nearly three days, left in a hurry with the sound of horns, but left a letter for Chen Jun in the city.

After discovering that the Chu army had voluntarily withdrawn, the leader of the Chen army garrison, who had gradually regained his composure, saw the letter left by the Chu army, became dizzy again, and led people to chase after him without thinking.

The content of the letter is very concise.

First explain why the Chu army came to curse people under the city wall.

Because they are under the jurisdiction of a certain general of the state of Chu, this general of the state of Chu recently had a conflict with a general of the state of Chen, so the Chu army was asked to come and scold them.

However, the Chu army found out after nearly three days of provocation that they accidentally went in the wrong direction after leaving the city and came to the wrong city.

The city that they scolded for nearly three days did not seem to be under the jurisdiction of General Chen, who had conflicts with General Chu.

This extremely perfunctory explanation perfectly fits the content of Chu Jun's scolding in the city these days.

If the Chu army withdrew directly without leaving this provocative explanation, given the cautious character of the leader of the Chen army garrison, he might not hold on to this matter tightly.

No matter how important face is, it is not as important as a real official position.

But the Chu army left this explanation, which is better than not explaining. Clay figurines are three-pointed, and they are fighting on the battlefield. Have you seen soldiers who have killed people with blood?

They didn't dare to say anything after being bullied to such an extent, so they didn't have to call themselves Chen Jun anymore, they could just call themselves Turtle Army.

It's a pity that the Chu army ran too fast. After reading the letter, the leader of the Chen army garrison was dizzy with anger.

Immediately, Chen Jun reminded the garrison leader who was in a daze, "When the Chu thieves provoked, they erected big flags. I remember it was the Heixiong flag and the Chunxian flag. They are the garrison of Chunxian!"

Chen Jun, who lost his target, went straight to Chun County.

They didn't even think about what to do to Chun County.

The Chunxian garrison scolded them for almost three days, and they scolded them back, isn't it too much?

These Chen Jun never expected that within less than a quarter of an hour of their cursing, Chun County would open the city gate, and the Chu army in the city would directly line up and charge, killing with swords and mercilessly.

Just after a face-to-face meeting, more than 20 Chen Jun fell down.

The leader of Chen Jun was so angry that he vomited blood, and immediately raised his knife and rushed to the Chu army who suddenly stopped in place, "Kill! Kill them!"

The shock on Chen Jun's face turned into several times the tragic and shocking ones, and he rushed forward with the leader of Chen Jun desperately.

Chu Jun is deceiving people too much!

Little did they know that the Chu army in Chun County was also very confused.

These Chen Jun came to provoke for no reason, so what's wrong with them going out of the city to meet the enemy?

Would it be like before, thinking that there was some misunderstanding, allowing Chen Jun to stay outside the city, and then waiting for the traitors in the city to open the gate to Chen Jun?

Who knows what kind of disease these Chen Jun are suffering from. They obviously came to provoke the city on their own initiative, and died when they faced the army's charge but did not resist. They actually had the face to express shock and anger.

Chu Jun didn't do anything, so he deserved to be provoked by Chen Jun. Can't he fight back?

Both sides were in a state of rage.

Although Chu Jun had just experienced the city break in a short period of time, he did not fight against the 'Chen Jun' who broke the city, and his mental state and physical strength were not consumed.

Chen Jun had just experienced a confrontation for nearly three days, and he hurried after him to Chun County. He was inevitably a little tired, but because he had just seen the scene of Chu Jun killing their comrades like chopping melons and vegetables, he was in a state of anger and anxiety. In the aura of mourning, he was more brave than the Chu army.

The battle of Chunxian ended with losses for both sides.

In the two counties, there were nearly 2000 garrisons in total, and in the end there were less than [-] left.

When the news was sent back to Zhao State, it had already spread in Yuzhou.

It's just that there are completely different opinions about this matter in the west of Henan occupied by Chu State and the east of Henan occupied by Chen State.

In the western part of Henan occupied by the state of Chu, the Battle of Chun County was a blatant violation of the alliance between Chu and Chen by the state of Chen. He repeatedly provoked the Chu army in Chuchun County and even attacked the city.

In the east of Henan, which was occupied by Chen State, the Battle of Chunxian was caused by Chu State ignoring the Chen-Chu alliance, breaking the peace without authorization due to personal grievances, and going first to provoke the city of Yuzhou belonging to Chen State, and Chen Jun would fight back when he couldn't bear it.

Although this war only took place outside Chun County, the relationship between Chu State and Chen State that was getting closer suddenly stalemate, and there was even a tendency to break up.

Emperor Yonghe was overjoyed after receiving the news, but he did not express his views on the matter in court, nor did he pay special attention to the follow-up of this matter. .

Seven days later, Emperor Yonghe suddenly placed the wooden plaque engraved with the names and birthdays of Chongyi and Song Peiyu in front of the ancestral tablet with great fanfare.

Song Jinyu, who had been with Emperor Yonghe for a long time, also personally held the wooden plaque engraved with the names and birthdays of Chong Yi and Song Peiyu, and placed it in front of the tablets of the ancestors of the Song family.

After the news came out, not only the Imperial Palace and the Song Mansion, but also the top to bottom were cautious, for fear that anything might go wrong.

Even the people in the streets and alleys will subconsciously lower their voices when they speak.

Facts have proved that Emperor Yonghe and Song Jinyu's previous worries were not superfluous.

After the news spread that the crown prince and Yuan Jun were asking for their names, accidents happened one after another in Xianyang.

For example, a fire broke out in the Hongwen Museum. Fortunately, it was discovered in time, so only some rubbings were burned, and the fire did not spread to the ancient books.

Two tents suddenly collapsed in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, but fortunately no one was injured.

……

In addition, there are many things that only a small number of people know about.

At the time of Na Cai, there was a problem with the food of the nine pairs of auspicious beasts brought to the Song Mansion by the matchmaker. Someone added medicine to the food of the tiger and wolf that would make the beast lose its mind.

When Eunuch An was walking alone on a secluded path, he was almost beaten with a sap, and it happened that Wei Zhiyuan passed by and rescued Eunuch An in time.

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One after another of "accidents", if you go deeper, you can find the shadow of Chen Guo.

When investigating these things, thanks to Wei Zhong, who is living in retirement, he appeared in it many times.

With Wei Zhong as the thread, these things can just be worn.

In order to obtain more information from Wei Zhong, Emperor Yonghe not only suppressed all the investigation results, but also personally took action to mop up Wei Zhong.

Although they were trivial matters, it happened to coincide with the special period when the crown prince and Yuan Jun were asking about their names, and it was inevitable that there would still be discussions among the court and the people.

But now the court is no longer the court it was half a year ago.

In today's court, there are not only Zhao officials from Youzhou, but also officials from Yizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Liangjun and Tongjun.

Just like the officials of Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Liangjun, and Tongjun, they would take the initiative to avoid the edge of Zhaochen in Youzhou because they hadn't figured out the preferences of Emperor Yonghe and the situation in Xianyang.

The courtiers of Yizhou didn't know how to write the word 'polite' at all.

Emperor Yonghe on the throne?

They knew each other very well, and many veterans of Yizhou watched Yonghe Emperor soar into the sky with their own eyes.

From a mud-legged child to one of the world's famous generals, from a general to a rebel emperor, and now from a rebel emperor to the overlord of the north.

Back then, Emperor Yonghe tore up Youzhou and rebelled against Yan. They were officials of Yan, so there was no right or wrong in conquering rebellious officials.

Since Emperor Yonghe was willing to spread the news of his lack of courtiers to Yizhou, it meant to let the past go.

The courtiers of Yizhou lamented that Emperor Yonghe was still as broad-minded as before, and immediately went to Xianyang with his family and mouth.

After the officials of Yizhou arrived in Xianyang, they successively took over the vacated positions in the court, but they were not in a hurry to raise the matter of moving the capital.

Just because they rushed from Luoyang to Xianyang, the courtiers of Youzhou regarded them as thorns in their eyes.

If at this time, the capital is moved rashly, the courtiers of Youzhou will definitely fight with them desperately.

Even if Emperor Yonghe wanted to protect them, he might not be able to.

Moving the capital back to Luoyang is definitely not something that can be accomplished overnight.

The first thing they have to do is to gain a firm foothold in the court, and they must not be suppressed by the courtiers of Youzhou.

Ever since Yizhou courtiers came to Xianyang one after another, Emperor Yonghe had a deeper understanding, never to quarrel with courtiers in person, especially not to quarrel with civil servants, but you can ask civil servants to quarrel for him.

The courtiers of Youzhou foolishly quarreled with the courtiers of Yizhou for a few days, only to realize that the courtiers of Yizhou always quarreled with them from the perspective of Emperor Yonghe, so that no matter which side had the upper hand in the quarrel, the final result would be Without exception, all the ministers of Yizhou won the Sacred Heart.

Since then, the entire court has become a vegetable market for the courtiers of Youzhou and Yizhou.

They went from quarreling to competing who could flatter Emperor Yonghe better.

It turns out that the thing that Emperor Yonghe cares most about now is the wedding of the crown prince and Lord Yuan.

The courtiers immediately shifted their flattery targets to Chongyi and Song Peiyu, which really made Emperor Yonghe even more happy.

Due to the fact that the entire court is scrambling to flatter.

Even if there were frequent accidents when asking for names, the courtiers would not easily dare to touch Emperor Yonghe's bad luck.

The third day of asking for names was the Great Court Meeting, and the courtiers were unexpectedly quiet.

In order not to say anything wrong, they simply kept silent from the beginning to the end.

Anyway, there is no important government affairs, and it can be dealt with after the Great Court Meeting in three days, why bother to poke Yonghe Emperor's heart at this time.

Emperor Yonghe's mood was far better than the courtiers imagined.

Emperor Yonghe, who sat on the dragon chair at the top, was not angry because of the frequent accidents since asking for his name, but relaxed and contented.

He was even in the mood to gossip with the courtiers and seemed in no hurry to retreat.

Since Emperor Yonghe wanted to chat, the courtiers naturally couldn't let Emperor Yonghe sing a one-man show, not only to follow the words of Emperor Yonghe, but also to take the words of Emperor Yonghe without being obtrusive.

The difficulty is not insignificant.

The mascot that caused Emperor Yonghe to devote a lot of energy has been sent to the Song Mansion. Recently, the thing that Emperor Yonghe is most concerned about is a dowry gift that is too heavy.

Emperor Yonghe complained to the courtiers casually, "When I was preparing the dowry for Suzaku, Suzaku asked someone to bring the account books of the East Palace's private treasury to Qinzheng Hall, and I realized that this kid's private treasury is actually more than mine. It's a pity that the princes of all dynasties have only 120 or eight betrothal gifts at most, and even if I have someone make the box containing the betrothal gifts spacious and heavy, it will be difficult to stuff all the best things into it."

At the end, Emperor Yonghe sighed rather melancholy, looking down at Song Jinyu with apologetic eyes.

Song Jinyu smiled, and said calmly, "The raccoon slaves don't have to worry, anyway, Liulifang, Winery, Fragrant Court, Mingke Building...the inside is spacious enough, and things that can't fit in the box are moved to these Places, and putting the land deeds of these places into the box will make it easier for the people who carry the box.”

Emperor Yonghe paused for a moment, and said thoughtfully, "Jinyu's words are very true. I thought that the Qihuo City was originally a raccoon slave's idea, and I just used it as a betrothal gift. It's a pity that although there is a concrete road, Xianyang and Qihuo The distance between the cities is still a bit far away, there are too many things, and it is not easy to transport them back and forth.”

"Yes!" Emperor Yonghe suddenly clapped his hands and laughed, "I also put the land deeds of the two houses next to the palace gate into the betrothal gift, and then moved all the things that couldn't fit in the boxes to the house. A few years ago, Suzaku When we arrived at the Turkic King's Court, there were more than ten boxes of all kinds of rare and colorful jades that are rare in the Central Plains, as well as gemstones of various sizes and colors, and clear agates that I have never seen before..."

Song Jinyu and Emperor Yonghe looked at each other for a moment, and at the same time looked away, and went to take the teacup on the table.

The courtiers who originally wanted to take this opportunity to make Emperor Yonghe happy from his depression and leave a positive impression in Emperor Yonghe's heart also came to serve teacups one after another.

For a moment, the entire hall was filled with the sound of drinking tea.

Only Chong Yi and Song Peiyu who were sitting at the front on the left did not bring tea cups.

Chong Yi is relying on his good position, and the only person who can see his specific movements is Emperor Yonghe, who is playing with Song Peiyu's fingers under the table, while being distracted in a fair and honest way.

The reason why Song Peiyu didn't break free from Chong Yi's hand and let Chong Yi move was because his mind was not on Chong Yi.

He was thinking about why the atmosphere of today's court meeting gave him a sense of familiarity that was so long ago that he couldn't remember the specific details at all.

Emperor Yonghe put down the teacup and was about to speak when he saw someone entering the hall.

The face of the visitor was full of joy, and he threw himself on the ground when he entered the door, his voice was so excited that it was completely distorted, "Your Majesty, great joy! The good news comes from Yuzhou [-] Li urgently!"

Before Emperor Yonghe could speak, a courtier suddenly stood up from his seat and said loudly, "It's just the time when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Yuan Jun are asking for their names, and there is such good news. It can be seen that the happy event between His Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Yuan Jun Not only has it been recognized by the ancestors, but it can also adapt to the fate of the Great Zhao! This is a match made in heaven!"

Song Peiyu raised her hand to cover the lower half of her face, keeping the person who was speaking in her heart.

This is a courtier from Yanzhou. Yanzhou courtiers have always been outstanding in some respects among courtiers from all over the world.

Having been robbed of the jackpot by this person, the person who was a step behind sighed regretfully and was not to be outdone.

All of a sudden, the entire hall was filled with words such as 'a match made in heaven', 'according to the will of God'... and other auspicious words.

Emperor Yonghe didn't speak all the time, but his hand stroking his beard almost waved an afterimage, obviously very satisfied with what the courtiers said.

After a whole stick of incense, Emperor Yonghe coughed lightly and said to the courtiers, "Let's hear what the good news is first."

Eunuch Meng read aloud the contents of the letter.

The faces of the courtiers were full of smiles, and they were surprised. It was not the good news of finding auspiciousness in a certain place, but the good news of actually expanding the territory.

Murong Jing, who was sitting in Yanzhou, attacked Yuzhou by surprise and took six cities.

And not just six ordinary cities, all the dangers between Yuzhou and Yizhou are included.

It is equivalent to Murong Jing having obtained the key to enter Yuzhou. As long as Zhao Guo can send enough soldiers and horses, prepare enough supplies, and is willing to risk being flanked by Chen Guo and Chu who are entrenched in Youzhou, Zhao Guo can send troops at any time Go south to Yuzhou.

Emperor Yonghe sat on the high throne, and he could easily see the changes in the expressions of his courtiers.

Most of Zhao's courtiers only knew that there was a sudden conflict between the Chen army in Yuzhou and the Chu army, and the war broke out outside Chun County, which was occupied by the Chu army, without warning.

Both sides were red-eyed, and the Chen army outside Chun County even sent people back to the city where they were stationed, and called all the troops stationed in the city to Chun County.

After this endless battle, Chu Jing and Chen Jing didn't make any movement, as if they wanted to tacitly confuse this matter.

In fact, Chu Jing and Chen Jing were not unresponsive to this matter.

On the contrary, this incident made life difficult for Chu Jing and Chen Jing at the same time.

After Chu Jing received the news from Chun County, what he cared most about was not the more than 1 Chu soldiers who died outside Chun County, but the Chu soldiers who did not die. Chu Jun's drinking water was secretly drugged, taking advantage of Chu Jun's weakness, he opened the city gate for 'Chen Jun'.

The Chu army in Chun County could guess it. The people who surrounded Chun County for the first time were not Chen Jun but Zhao Jun, and the people in Chu Jing could guess it too.

But the crux of the matter is not who the people besieging the city are, but that the old Li family betrayed the Chu state and the Chu army cleanly and without warning.

The old Li family in Chun County did this today, what about tomorrow?What about the day after tomorrow?

This time it was just drugged, what about next time?

If the people outside the city are no longer fake Chen Jun, but real Chen Jun.

Will Chen Jun just tie up the Chu army and Chu ministers in the city and leave Chunxian easily?

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What happened in Chun County caused cold sweat to drip down the cheeks from top to bottom of the court of Chu State.

In contrast, the Battle of Chun County, where Chu Jun and Chen Jun almost died together, can be regarded as a trivial matter, even an 'insignificant' trivial matter.

Ever since King Jia of the Chu Kingdom became the Crown Prince of Chu, the Emperor Chu, who personally decreed to demote the eldest grandson of the emperor to a commoner, hardly ever went to court again.

When I heard about the shocking changes in Yuzhou, the Crown Prince of Chu was at the court meeting, and the Emperor of Chu was talking with his favorite younger generation, King Xiang and Princess Lingyun, in the bedroom.

Originally, when the old prince of Chu State was still alive, although King Xiang was often not in Chu State, he had the official position of clan minister and had the rights and responsibilities of patriarch.

Ever since parting from Chong Yi and others in Yan State and rushing back to Chujing, experiencing the death of the old prince and the competition between King Jia and the grandson of the emperor for the position of heir, King Xiang not only negatively faced the errands of the clan's mansion, but also thoroughly invited Resigned from the clan and the minister of the temple, and never asked about the affairs of the court.

King Xiang looks rough but has its own delicate features.

In the past few years, he always went to Zhao country. Apart from Zhao Guoyong and the emperor's hospitality, he also happened to fall in love with King Su, and he liked Zhao country very much, which is different from the prosperity of Chu country.

It was also because King Xiang had already noticed that the old prince's health was deteriorating, and he began to feel overwhelmed by the energy consumed by dealing with the government affairs.

King Xiang didn't like the old prince, he was many years behind the old prince, and had little contact with him since he was a child.

However, King Xiang, as one of the most beloved juniors of Emperor Chu, did not give a single cent of his loyalty and admiration to Emperor Chu.

King Xiang once tactfully persuaded the old prince that since he felt powerless in handling government affairs, why not try to hand over less important government affairs to the eldest grandson of the emperor.

When the Emperor Chu began to feel that it was difficult to deal with government affairs, he let the old prince take over.

It's a pity that the old prince didn't feel King Xiang's kindness, but felt that the eldest grandson of the emperor began to miss the emperor's power when his grandfather and father were still there, and even colluded with King Xiang, who controlled the Zongren Temple and was deeply favored by the King of Chu, to fight for power.

This incident made the old prince believe that King Xiang and the eldest grandson of the emperor are not good people.

The old crown prince didn't dare to do anything to King Xiang, but deliberately shamed the emperor's eldest grandson in front of his foreign ministers.

King Xiang was speechless to the old prince and felt guilty to the eldest grandson of the emperor.

I'm afraid that if he stays in Chu State, the old prince will always think about this matter and treat the emperor's eldest grandson even more harshly.

All the kings of Xiang always went to Zhao country in the past few years, and even lived in Xianyang longer than in Chujing.

After attending the birthday banquet of Emperor Xiao of the Yan Kingdom, after returning to the Yan Kingdom, King Xiang suddenly found that Chu Jing was no longer the one he was familiar with.

The old prince refused to delegate power, so he could only continue to work hard on political affairs, and his health continued to deteriorate.

He also disliked the emperor's eldest grandson, although he would not treat his son like an enemy, but he did not allow the emperor's eldest grandson to touch any government affairs, and even did not allow the emperor's eldest grandson to perform his filial piety in front of the emperor of Chu.

Compared with the depressed and unhappy emperor's eldest grandson, King Jia, who was the same age as the emperor's eldest grandson, was even more proud.

King Xiang, the eldest grandson of the emperor, and King Jia are all about the same age, and they are also the juniors who are the most favored by the Emperor Chu among their peers. Counting down, there is Princess Lingyun who is a round younger than them.

King Xiang stayed in Zhao State for many years, and the emperor's eldest grandson was watched by his father and was not allowed to get close to his grandfather. It happened that Princess Lingyun's eldest son fell seriously ill, and Princess Lingyun could not care about Emperor Chu.

So much so that Emperor Chu preferred King Jia who often accompanied him more and more, and he made no secret of his preference.

King Xiang found out that the situation in Chujing was not right, so he immediately closed the door.

He didn't dare to walk around in front of the old prince who was almost dying.

If the old prince sees him, suddenly remembers his narrow-mindedness back then, and gets angry, wouldn't he be out of luck?

Before the old prince passed away, King Jia's momentum seemed unstoppable.

He finally realized that the eldest grandson of the emperor was his own son, and wanted to pave the way for the eldest grandson of the emperor.

It's a pity it's too late.

In Emperor Chu's heart, the eldest grandson of the emperor is just a slightly special grandson, not even as good as King Xiang, who is far away in Zhao country and refuses to return to Chujing, but sends letters back every ten days.

After the death of the old prince, the Emperor of Chu mourned greatly.

For a long time, when there were no political affairs, the Emperor of Chu was only willing to see King Jia, King Xiang and Princess Lingyun.

King Xiang always remembered that he cheated the eldest grandson of the emperor by mistake.

Every time he went to see Emperor Chu, he would find an excuse to bring the eldest grandson with him, and was beaten by King Jia because of it.

King Xiang was not afraid of King Jia.

So what if King Jia becomes the Crown Prince.

Could it be that as the Crown Prince, he dared to go against the Emperor Chu's will and attack him?

Even if King Jia ascended the throne, he would still have his good brother Su Wang as his backer, and at worst he would take his family and his family to join his good brother, and it would not be a problem to worry about food and drink.

King Xiang didn't expect that when people are unlucky, drinking cold water will make their teeth clogged.

He stumbled a lot on King Jia.

King Jia dug up his backer.

Even though three years had passed, King Xiang still couldn't figure it out.

With the friendship between Chu State and Zhao State for more than ten years and the relationship between Zhengmi Li Tiaoyou, how can they break up as soon as they say it.

King Jia was willing to risk his life for the crown prince's position, that's all.

What was going on in the minds of those courtiers who chose to support King Jia because of the consensus reached between King Jia and Guo Chen?

King Xiang couldn't figure it out, but King Xiang knew current affairs very well.

There was only one of the two backers behind him, so of course he had to hold Emperor Chu's thigh tightly.

Over the years, his intimacy with Zhao's royal family can be seen by anyone with eyes. When Chu has chosen Chen between Zhao and Chen, he can only behave with his tail between his legs.

King Xiang twitched his tail very thoroughly, directly resigned from the position of Minister of the Clan and Temple, and ignored the competition between the eldest grandson of the emperor and King Jia.

The emperor's eldest grandson's temper was as meek as ever, and when he found that King Xiang was alienating him, he stayed away from King Xiang as kindly as possible.

Occasionally, when I can whisper a few words with King Xiang in public, it is also to thank King Xiang for his kindness in the past.

King Xiang not only did not feel relieved, but even more regretful.

How wonderful the eldest grandson of the emperor, why was he raised and disabled by the old prince!

No matter how much prejudice against King Jia arose because of the matter of abandoning Zhao and choosing Chen, King Xiang had to admit that if Emperor Chu seriously asked him the best candidate for the crown prince, he would choose King Jia.

The eldest grandson of the emperor was too meek to suppress the courtiers.

It is really a big taboo for the master to be weak and the minister to be strong.

King Xiang was right to be worried.

A rabbit is a rabbit, even if he pretends to be a jackal under Zhao Guo's favor, he will still be torn to pieces by the real jackal.

King Xiang's greatest kindness to the emperor's eldest grandson was to ask the emperor of Chu to personally decree to demote the emperor's eldest grandson to a commoner when King Jia was canonized as the crown prince.

He still remembers Emperor Chu's reaction at that time.

There was a flash of astonishment on his face at first, and then complex emotions that King Xiang couldn't describe.

"It's not in vain that I hurt you."

Looking at Emperor Chu's eyes that were old but extremely deep, King Xiang felt that Emperor Chu seemed to be much shorter.

It turns out that Emperor Chu knew everything.

Now that Emperor Chu demoted the eldest grandson of the emperor to be a commoner, after King Jia ascended the throne, even if he had no special kindness to the eldest grandson of the emperor, he would not embarrass the eldest grandson of the emperor again.

If the Emperor Chu didn't act, King Jia's narrow-mindedness would definitely not be able to tolerate the eldest grandson of the emperor who once competed with him for the throne. It would be up to King Jia to decide whether to demote him or directly kill the grass.

King Xiang suddenly felt that perhaps it was not the Emperor Chu who chose King Jia and the eldest grandson of the Emperor, nor the Emperor Chu who chose Chen to abandon Zhao.

Instead, Emperor Chu had no choice but to choose King Jia, so he chose Chen Guo, who invested all of King Jia's wealth.

King Xiang confiscated the eldest grandson of the emperor who was already a common man.

Since the eldest grandson of the emperor was fortunate enough to escape from the dispute, he should be allowed to leave completely.

But he can't, he wants to die for the elder who loves him the most, and he can't let Emperor Chu leave without a caring person by his side.

Three years seems to be a reincarnation.

The Crown Prince was busy with government affairs, so he hardly had time to visit the Emperor Chu. He rarely came to see the Emperor Chu, and he always looked out the door frequently, obviously thinking about other things.

As time passed, the Emperor of Chu became less and less willing to pay attention to the Crown Prince, and gave all his favor to King Xiang, who was always by his side, even more than when he doted on the Crown Prince back then.

At least the Emperor Chu would not have asked the crown prince full of disappointment, "What are you going to do when I'm gone?"

When hearing this for the first time, King Xiang was shocked and even shed tears.

Hearing the Emperor Chu ask this question again, King Xiang joked with the Emperor Chu in a half-truthful way, "The crown prince can't tolerate me, so I will go to King Su in Zhao State and show him the gate."

King Xiang didn't know whether Emperor Chu was thinking about him or the state of Chu.

Zhao Guoyong and the emperor's "old son" finally got married, and after the news spread to Chu, the Chu emperor suddenly called the crown prince and asked the crown prince and King Xiang to write letters to congratulate the prince Zhao on his upcoming marriage. marry.

The Crown Prince was naturally unwilling. The Emperor Chu, who had cultivated his body and mind for many years, suddenly became furious, and pointed at the Crown Prince's nose and cursed him for being unfilial.

How could the crown prince dare to bear this charge?

Looking at Emperor Xiao of the Yan Kingdom, even if the queen mother is not his biological mother, he dare not remain indifferent when the queen mother accuses him of being unfilial.

Besides, the crown prince is just the crown prince.

The military defense of the entire Chu capital has always been firmly in the hands of the Chu emperor.

Not only did King Xiang and the crown prince write separate letters to congratulate Chong Yi on his upcoming wedding, but they also carefully prepared a gift, which was generously sent to Xianyang.

I don't know if Chong Yi and Song Peiyu's hobbies have changed after so many years, whether they like his small toys specially made by people in the most classic style and with the best materials.

It was rare that Princess Lingyun was here on this day, and Emperor Chu's laughter was much louder than in the past.

"Little sister can even know needle and thread, why have you never seen you make me a little thing to wear out?" King Xiang looked away from Emperor Chu's crooked pattern on his forehead, with a smile that was not a smile Looking at Princess Lingyun, "I don't think you look ugly."

Princess Lingyun was ashamed and embarrassed, and with a blushing face, she held Emperor Chu's arm and complained, "He actually regarded me as an embroiderer from a needlework workshop. If you want embroidery, you dare to find it ugly."

Chu Huang raised his hand and pinned the broken hair of Princess Lingyun's sideburns behind his ears, and carefully touched the forehead on his head. The smile on his face was no different from that of a child who finally ate candy.

"Embroidering such a thing, I don't know how many scars will be added to my hands, so don't pay attention to that bastard." Chu Huang squinted his eyes and stared at Princess Lingyun's hand.

Upon discovering Emperor Chu's movements, Princess Lingyun's expression suddenly froze, and she looked at King Xiang blankly, but she did not see the focal length in Emperor Chu's eyes.

King Xiang was still smiling, slowly but firmly shaking his head at Princess Lingyun.

Occasionally, Emperor Chu would have symptoms of being unable to see clearly, and he was careful to hide it from the people around him, but he didn't know that King Xiang had discovered this a long time ago, and never mentioned it to take care of Emperor Chu's mood.

Since Emperor Chu didn't want them to find out, they pretended not to know.

Princess Lingyu suddenly buried her face on Emperor Chu's shoulders like she did when she was a child, her tone was cheerful and completely different from the sad face, "Lingyun only does embroidery work for the emperor, and he is not worthy of anyone else."

"Okay!" Chu Huang touched the forehead again, "It's enough for my dear girl to do this, don't do it in the future."

Before Princess Lingyun could speak again, Emperor Chu suddenly turned his head and looked towards the corner of the wall, "It's hard for Lingyun to still miss me as an old thing, and I want to reward her. According to the decree, Princess Lingyun of Jin Dynasty will be Princess Lingyun, and she will enjoy a double salary." , and allocate six Huangzhuang to Lingyun from my private treasury."

Princess Lingyun never expected that just wiping her forehead would make the Emperor Chu think of making an exception for her to be promoted, "Father..."

"Congratulations, sister Lingyun, you are really a real aunt now." King Xiang interrupted Princess Lingyun's refusal.

It's just an exception to promote the eldest princess, and it's not without precedent in the previous dynasty.

It's rare for the old man to be happy.

The palace people in the house also congratulated Princess Lingyun one after another, and begged for rewards with Princess Lingyun with a smile.

Amidst the laughter, someone suddenly entered the door and silently knelt in front of the Emperor Chu, "Your Majesty, hurry up at [-] miles from Chunxian County, Yuzhou."

King Xiang frowned impatiently, and said in a deep voice, "The prince will deal with these matters, so there is no need to disturb His Majesty."

The visitor still didn't intend to get up, but his back was even more bent, "The prince can't convince the crowd, the court... started a fight."

King Xiang took a deep breath, bit the tip of his tongue, and barely restrained himself from asking the man kneeling on the ground, "What did you say?" '

"Sixteenth Lang and I will go and have a look, Lingyun will go back first." Chu Huang stood up from the slump, his eyes had returned to their usual brilliance, but his footsteps were not as steady as his tone.

King Xiang only had time to wink at Princess Lingyun and asked Princess Lingyu to bring her children into the palace to wait, then hurriedly chased after Emperor Chu.

The Emperor of Chu was not as angry as King Xiang expected, but his mood was much calmer than that of King Xiang who was breathing more heavily.

Hearing that King Xiang advised him to wait for the sedan chair, Emperor Chu stopped and waited for the proud son, not in a hurry.

Only then did King Xiang feel relieved.