I am a ruler in troubled times

It was not until he saw the courtiers with disheveled long hair, wrinkled clothes and even dust on them, that King Xiang could not believe that the person who specially came to invite the Emperor of Chu was not lying.

After noticing King Xiang's gaze, the courtiers lowered their heads as if waking up from a dream.

The messy court clothes, the already bare waist, and the boots full of footprints.

They actually fought with their colleagues in the court...

Not to mention that King Xiang was surprised, all the courtiers found it inconceivable.

King Xiang raised his brows upside down, his sharp eyes flicked across the faces of every courtier, "Where is the prince?"

The figure in the bright yellow prince's court clothes walked out from behind the courtiers with his head down, went straight to the Emperor Chu and knelt down, "Father Emperor".

King Xiang was seeing that the prince was extremely displeased, and he was still standing by the side of the emperor, holding on to the emperor's arm, without any intention of turning sideways to avoid the direction of the prince's kneeling.

He looked at the prince who was kneeling on the ground with his head down from top to bottom, and ridicule flashed in his eyes.

The jade crown on the head is crooked, and the neckline is not neat.

The majestic prince who oversees the country, actually ended up in person and rolled up his sleeves with the courtiers?

The Emperor of Chu was also looking down at his prince, "Look up"

The prince didn't raise his head, but his back was even more bent, and his barely calm tone implied embarrassment and plea, "Royal Father"

"Look up!" Chu Huang's tone was suddenly severe.

The blood was gone from the fingertips of the prince sticking to the floor tiles. When he raised his head, the face that was finally revealed in the eyes of Emperor Chu and King Xiang was much more bloody.

On the cheekbone of his right cheek, there was a bruise the size of an egg.

King Xiang could clearly feel that the arm he was supporting was trembling.

"Who moved the hand?" Chu Huang's voice was extremely steady, completely opposite to his trembling arm.

"I did it!" A thin young man in his 20s walked out of the crowd. He was even more embarrassed than the prince kneeling on the ground. His outer clothes had been torn into strips, and his hair crown disappeared. , hair disheveled behind him.

It is the king of Anding County who succeeded King Xiang as the Minister of the Zongren Temple.

According to seniority, King Anding is the younger brother of Emperor Chu, and because of his seniority and great achievements, he was able to take over as Minister of the clan and temple.

"I want to fight Su Qi, the chief general who conquered Chun County in Yuzhou. His Royal Highness insisted on rushing up to block his cousin." The king of Anding County had a young face, and he seemed to be only at the age of the crown, but his actual age was not the same as that of the emperor. The prince seems to have a particularly irritable temper, "He asks for a fight, but I can't?"

The Emperor of Chu didn't open his mouth, but the Prince of An Ding became more and more angry as he spoke, gnashing his teeth and staring at the prince who lowered his head again, "Su Qi made a big mistake, and the courtiers just impeached him according to the facts. Su Qi dares to rely on his prince Cousin, openly attacked the courtiers. Master Li is already sixty-five years old this year, and he lost his breath immediately after being pushed by Su Qi."

"Master Li's eldest son is also in court, and he is about to fight Su Qi, but Su Qi actually..." Prince Anding's chest became more and more obvious, and the hatred in his tone became more profound, "Su Qi! How dare he draw his sword in the hall, blood splashed on the spot again, Prince..."

"Uncle!" King Xiang called out to King Anding in a deep voice.

Going on, it will not be of any benefit to the crown prince, Prince Anding, or Emperor Chu.

Prince An Ding ignored King Xiang at all, and told Emperor Chu the reason for the bruise on the Prince's face.Still sticking to his point of view, the prince deserves to be beaten!

Su Qi was able to carry a sword in the court hall, naturally because of the special grace of the crown prince.

He drew his sword and stabbed Master Li's eldest son, it was just a subconscious behavior.

Su Qi only wanted to silence Master Li's eldest son, but unfortunately, Master Li's eldest son was full of revenge for killing his father, and he had long since disregarded life and death.

Master Li's eldest son even hugged that Su Qi is the prince's cousin, if the prince is determined to protect Su Qi, he will definitely expose this matter lightly. ', determined to exchange his own life for Su Qi's, and slammed straight into Su Qi's sword.

Even if Su Qi withdrew the sword in time, Lord Li's eldest son was seriously injured, and the courtiers all thought that Su Qi was confident.

The courtiers were in an uproar immediately, spontaneously surrounded Su Qi, and demanded that the crown prince execute Su Qi immediately.

Back then when the crown prince was King Jia, he stayed in Yuzhou and conspired with Chen Guo to snatch Yizhou's territory from Zhao Guo.

Another cousin of the prince went to seal up the shops of Zhao Guo merchants in Chujing, and scattered the "Dianxi" in the warehouses of the shops to every corner of Chujing, causing chaos in Chujing.

Not only was the cousin of the crown prince who was in charge of this matter unavoidably to blame, but the crown prince was urgently recalled from Yuzhou to Chujing.

In order to stabilize his position, the prince righteously killed his relatives and personally gave his cousin poisoned wine to appease the anger of the Chujing family.

Now that the prince has changed from King Jia to a prince, the courtiers want to force him to attack the only remaining cousin.

The prince couldn't do it.

Back then, forcing a cousin to death had made his mother's family extremely dissatisfied with him.

How can it be in...

Moreover, the crown prince knew well that Su Qi had only suffered on his behalf.

Back then, when he was bewitched by Li Guo's aristocratic family and led his troops into the city of Yuzhou without hindrance, he noticed the strangeness behind the abnormal smoothness of things.

But at that time, he was too eager for the achievements of expanding the territory, and he couldn't live without such achievements.

So the prince deliberately suppressed the anomaly.

He originally planned to use up the old Li family in the city of Yuzhou occupied by Chu State to the greatest extent when he cooperated with Chen State to send troops to Yizhou to hold back Zhao Jun and buy time for Chen State to attack Yanzhou and Qingzhou.

After exhausting these old Li family, he will be able to truly control these Yuzhou cities.

It's a pity that there was a big disturbance in Chu Jing, and those who supported the eldest grandson of the emperor clung to him. He didn't want to lose his qualification to compete for the crown prince, so he could only leave Yuzhou as fast as he could.

After he dealt with the changes in Chu Jing, Chu State's occupation of Yuzhou City has completely stabilized.

The prince missed the best opportunity to change the situation in Chucheng, Yuzhou.

The news of the "Chun County Change" was sent back to Chu Jing, and the crown prince was the most annoyed person.

He not only hated Chen Guo who set him up three years ago, but also hated Zhao Guo who broke through hidden dangers before he could spare his hands to eliminate them and laid them out on the ground.

The prince knew well that the courtiers' insults and dissatisfaction towards Su Qi were actually insults and dissatisfaction towards him.

If he deals with Su Qi according to the requirements of the courtiers now, and the same problem occurs in the cities other than Chun County in the future, his crown prince will have done it.

Even though Su Qi pushed Mr. Li down in the hall, causing Mr. Li to die on the spot, and drew his sword in full view, causing Mr. Li's eldest son to be seriously injured, the prince still insisted on protecting Su Qi.

Su Qi can suspend his job and think about his mistakes at home, but he must not be imprisoned, let alone executed.

The prince's silence chilled the courtiers, and some courtiers who had a close personal relationship with Mr. Li and his son clamored to kill Su Qi and pay for Mr. Li's life.

In a short period of time, Su Qi was surrounded by courtiers.

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, the prince didn't dare to call the guards in at this time, so he could only stand in front of Su Qi himself, in order to calm down the emotions of the courtiers.

Prince An Ding could no longer keep calm after seeing the crown prince standing in front of Su Qi himself.

The prince has not yet ascended the throne, yet he can be so blatantly partial to his mother's cousin.

When the crown prince ascends the throne, won't the clan want to give way to the crown prince's mother clan?

Although Prince An Ding had his own thoughts, he didn't speak out in public.

Even talking about what happened after going to court today, try to be as fair as possible.

In the end, Prince An Ding said with a heartbroken voice, "Although Mr. Li and the Su Clan have had old grievances for a long time, and the words used to impeach Su Qi are particularly fierce, this is not because Su Qi, as a military general in his prime, took action against the old civil servants. reason!"

"Huh?" Chu Huang, who hadn't spoken for a long time, seemed to be asleep while standing, suddenly responded, "What old grievances do they have?"

The prince raised his head, "Father..."

"Back when Zhao Guo sold us the formula for improved gold leaf paper, three aristocratic families with papermaking experience were qualified to obtain the formula for improved gold leaf paper. The Su family took away Li's qualification by relying on your favor. " Prince Anding unceremoniously interrupted the prince's words, looking at Emperor Chu with dissatisfaction.

In Prince Anding's mind, the fact that the Su family and the crown prince are so arrogant is inseparable from the connivance of the Emperor Chu.

After thinking about it for a while, Emperor Chu remembered what Prince Anding said.

That was the time when he loved the crown prince the most, and the crown prince came to plead with him for his mother's family.

He thought that if the old prince wanted to show favor to his mother's family, he would be able to make up his own mind, but King Jia could only come and beg him, so he agreed in a soft heart.

The Emperor Chu sighed, and said to the crown prince who was looking up at him, "Get up."

"Your Majesty!" Prince An Ding said dissatisfiedly.

The Emperor of Chu ignored Prince Anding, and walked straight to the throne above him.

The prince stared at the back of the Emperor Chu in a daze, until King Xiang, who was always by the side of the Emperor Chu, came into his eyes, the prince suddenly lowered his head, and got up from the ground silently.

Seeing that Emperor Chu was doing well on the throne, King Xiang wanted to go down, but he felt the strength coming from his sleeves.

He hesitated for a while, but finally stopped beside the throne.

Anyway, there are already too many things that the crown prince dislikes about him, and it's not bad to add a few more.

The prince's attention was not on King Xiang.

He cared more about the courtiers behind him.

The prince could feel that after Emperor Chu sat on the throne, the atmosphere in the whole court became different.

He couldn't tell what was different, but he clearly realized that even if he had the power to oversee the country and could sit on the throne and overlook the officials when the Emperor Chu was away, he was still just a prince.

The man on the throne, his old father, is the emperor of Chu.

After Emperor Chu sat on the throne, the courtiers straightened up their appearance and returned to their seats, and respectfully saluted the Emperor Chu who rarely appeared in the court hall.

The indignation in the hearts of many veteran officials has become complicated.

Since the appointment of the new crown prince, every time Emperor Chu appeared in the court, they would feel that this was the last time that Emperor Chu would appear in the court.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please be safe," the orderly voice resounded through the hall.

Chu Huang smiled at the rows of heads, "Get up"

The courtiers in the front raised their heads neatly, but the courtiers in the back still kept their bowed postures.

The people behind did not hear what Emperor Chu said.

The Emperor of Chu still kept his comfortable voice, instead of trying to make the courtiers hear clearly, he spoke vigorously, "Sixteen Lang, let them all get up, and then ask someone to bring me cushions."

When the crown prince first started supervising the country, the emperor of Chu occasionally came to the court, and there was the cushion he was used to on the throne, but suddenly there was no cushion, which made the emperor quite uncomfortable.

King Xiang acted as the eunuch without complaint, "Get up!"

Then he immediately went to look for cushions, only to learn that the cushions used by Emperor Chu had long been stored in the warehouse, and even if they were taken out now, they would still be covered with dust and damp, making it impossible to use them immediately.

King Xiang's gaze was like a knife's edge scraping the face of the prince below, and he took off his outer robe without saying a word, and wanted to put it under the buttocks of the Emperor Chu.

"The clothes are disheveled, what do you look like, why can't you learn something good..."

While nagging King Xiang in a low voice, the Emperor of Chu stood up from the throne and watched with a smile as King Xiang awkwardly spread his clothes on the throne.

Sitting down again, his eyes touched the solemn courtiers who were waiting for him to uphold justice, and the smug smile on the corner of Emperor Chu's mouth gradually returned to calm.

He looked at the prince who was thinking about something with his head down, "Prince"

The prince immediately raised his head, looking at Emperor Chu with expectations and pleadings in his eyes.

However, Emperor Chu did not solve all the troubles for the prince as long as the prince begged him as before.

As a father, he will do his best to meet the requirements of his beloved son.

As the emperor, his prince must be able to stand alone.

"How do you think Su Qi should be dealt with?"

Disappointment flashed in the prince's eyes

He lowered his head again, and said in a firm tone, "Su Qi is the general who conquered Chun County. During his garrison in Chun County, there was no abnormality in Chun County. Now Su Qi has left Chun County and returned to Chu County. Beijing for at least two years. Erchen believes that even if there is a change in Chun County, it cannot be blamed on him."

"It's not on his head, who is it on?" A courtier immediately retorted, "As the general who captured Chun County, Su Qi did not underestimate his merits when rewarding him. Could it be that he He is the cousin of His Highness the Crown Prince, so he can avoid punishment as long as he makes merits?"

The old man with white eyebrows and hair didn't bother to look at Su Qi at all, and kept staring at the prince all the time, "The old minister wants to ask today, what is Su Qi's contribution?"

The prince turned to face the old minister who questioned him, "Isn't it considered credit for expanding the territory?"

"It also depends on what kind of territory expansion!" The elder sneered again and again, "Dare to ask His Royal Highness, what did Su Qi do after capturing Chun County? Why didn't you find out the wolfish ambitions of the old Li family?"

"His Royal Highness knows that one-third of Yuzhou's city has been owned by Chu for three years, but Chu's treasury does not have half a grain of grain from Yuzhou, and it has never seen tax revenue from Yuzhou."

"So far, Jingzhou still sends a large sum of luggage to the Chu army in Yuzhou every year."

The veteran questioned and approached the prince, "Is Chu State taking one-third of Yuzhou's city and expanding its territory? Or is Chu State supporting Yuzhou with the power of Jingzhou?"

The prince backed away step by step when he was forced to question him. He didn't come back to his senses until he felt the obstruction coming from behind his feet. He couldn't just be questioned like this.

The veteran in front of him seemed to be questioning Su Qi, but every word was questioning him.

If he can't keep Su Qi today, he won't be able to keep himself in the future.

"Back then, the old Li family took the initiative to open the city gates to welcome the Chu army into the city. If Su Qi turned against the old Li family after entering the city, wouldn't he become a villain who broke his promise?" He is half a head short of the old man.

The elder did not speak, but a voice suddenly came from behind the courtiers.

"Could it be that Chen Guo was afraid that Zhao Guoguo would cause trouble in Yuzhou, which would affect them from taking Yuzhou. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led the Chu army to guard the entrance of Zhao army into Yuzhou. When did the old Li family hear Jingzhou's decree?"

The prince's mood, which he managed to keep calm, suddenly lost control.

He turned around abruptly, looking in the direction of the voice with tears in his eyes, trying to find the speaker.

The old man standing next to the prince did not expect the prince to turn around suddenly and was caught off guard. Fortunately, Prince An Ding came to help the old man in time, so that the old man did not fall to the ground.

Prince An Ding took a deep breath, but he still couldn't hold back the anger in his chest, "Fizzy, what does it look like. If you are not guilty, why are you so excited!"

Could it be that he wanted to beat an old minister to death in court like Su Qi?

The prince stared at the eyes that were gradually becoming chaotic, and suddenly approached Prince Anding, and said in a voice that only the old man and Prince Anding could hear, "Uncle, please don't bully me too much, am I just not in your eyes?"

"I bullied you?" Prince An Ding was so unreasonable by the prince that his internal organs ached and he wanted to kick the prince. He insisted on showing the prince today what bullying is!

With his seniority and previous great achievements, so what if he beat the prince?

The old man tightly hugged King Anding's arm, exerting all his strength to drag King Anding in the opposite direction to the prince, and said repeatedly, "The prince calm down, the prince is still young and ignorant, so don't argue with him. "

"He's young?!" After all, Prince Anding was thin and weak, and he couldn't bear to hurt the old man, so he could only retreat step by step, but he didn't relax for a moment, "How is he young? Prince Zhao is not younger than him ? Weiguo, Yanguo, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou under Prince Zhao, when did you see any trouble?"

"What the king of Anding said is wrong..." Immediately, some people who supported the prince stood up and refuted the king of Anding sharply, and even labeled the king of Anding as disrespectful.

Some people support the crown prince, and naturally some people support the boss and Prince An Ding.

The court hall that had just quieted down became chaotic again, and the courtiers who were in agitation seemed to have forgotten that the emperor of Chu was sitting on the throne.

King Xiang looked down at the farce below.

He could clearly feel that compared to three years ago, the prince's majesty had not increased but decreased.

At least three years ago, even courtiers who did not support the prince would not completely disregard the risk of the prince being liquidated after he ascended the throne, so blatantly, even recklessly tearing faces with the prince.

As a person who had been at odds with the prince for a long time, he was always thinking about how he would leave Chu Jing after the prince ascended the throne before the prince settled with him.

After King Xiang saw the changes in the court hall, instead of feeling happy or comfortable, he felt a little sad, and looked melancholy at Emperor Chu, who was leaning on the dragon chair with his eyes closed and dozing.

Emperor Chu tried his best to unite the hearts of the people, but they still dispersed after all.

Compared to King Xiang who became more disturbed the more he listened to the quarrels below, Emperor Chu was in a better state of mind.

Emperor Chu was even in the mood to ask the little eunuch to go to his bedroom to get a cushion, and then bring a robe for King Xiang.

When the cushions and robes arrived, Emperor Chu asked people to go to the kitchen to order some snacks. Seeing King Xiang's beating eyebrows, Emperor Chu curled his lips and said reluctantly, "I can only eat vegetarian snacks, remember to get lard for King Xiang dessert."

"Wait" King Xiang called to stop the little eunuch who was full of instinct, and ordered, "Take a bowl of grapes that have been soaked in warm water."

The movement above only briefly attracted the attention of a small number of courtiers, and these courtiers quickly devoted themselves to debating with other courtiers again.

Until Emperor Chu and King Xiang began to eat cakes openly.

It was only then that the courtiers below became quiet one after another like chickens being strangled.

Emperor Chu calmly swallowed the cakes in his mouth, and then looked at the courtiers, "If you are hungry, you can also ask someone to go to the imperial dining room to get cakes."

The courtiers returned to their proper positions in silence.

But the Emperor Chu would not feel wronged because the courtiers calmed down.

Not only did he not stop eating cakes himself, but he also specifically asked King Xiang not to stop.

King Xiang didn't have the good concentration of Emperor Chu, he couldn't help but raise his eyelids to look at the courtiers below, and it was inevitable that he couldn't eat.

As the cakes on the plate disappeared quickly, King Xiang felt that the courtiers below were not looking at him but the cakes in his hands.

After this idea came up, King Xiang suddenly felt that the pastry in his hand was softer and sweeter than ever before, and the more he ate it, the more delicious it became.

After eating the pastries and picking up the grapes, and washing off the stickiness on his hands under the eunuch's service, Emperor Chu leaned on the soft cushion behind him and let out a sigh of relief.

"Old people are useless, so don't laugh at me." Emperor Chu waved his hands at the courtiers below, "I am afraid that you will be annoyed, so I don't want to go to court."

The courtiers said in unison, "I dare not."

The Emperor Chu smiled, and didn't go into the details of whether the courtiers really dared or pretended not to dare.

He looked softly at the prince who was standing in the same position, but his face was darker than before, and asked the exact same question as before, "Prince, how do you think Su Qi should be dealt with?"

The prince's hands tucked under his wide sleeves were clenched into fists, his voice was much hoarse than when he answered last time, but his tone was more determined, "Su Qi accidentally killed Mr. Li, and accidentally injured Mr. Li. He should be demoted to a white body. He and his family should reflect on both of them. Year."

Hearing that the crown prince still refused to admit the causal relationship between Su Qi and the 'Chun County Change', many courtiers showed obvious disappointment on their faces.

The Emperor Chu and the Crown Prince looked at each other for a moment, until the Crown Prince took the initiative to lower his head to avoid his gaze, then the Emperor Chu said 'hmm', "Then deal with Su Qi according to the Crown Prince's proposal, Su Qi, do you have any objections?"

Su Qi, who was kneeling on the ground, raised her head excitedly.

He never expected that he could walk out of the palace alive today.

He thought that he would definitely become the prince's scapegoat, not only would he have to bear the matter of Xiachun County, but also the troubles of the old Li family in other counties in Yuzhou would be blamed on him.

After being stunned for a moment, Su Qi immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed, his voice was full of joy and choked up, "I accept the punishment, I have no objection!"

The prince, who had always had a gloomy expression on his face, also showed a comfortable smile when he heard the words of the Emperor Chu, and looked at the Emperor Chu with admiration and affection, and he was no longer the strangeness and defensiveness when he saw the Emperor Chu in the court just now.

"Your Majesty is so partial, it makes the old minister feel cold." The old man with white eyebrows and hair shook his head heavily.

Chu Huang was not angry because of the boss's straightforward words that were almost accusatory.

He looked at the old man with a very gentle gaze, "Then how about punishing Su Qi to be a filial son in front of Master Li's tomb instead of spending two years at home and guarding the tomb in front of Master Li's tomb for three years?"

The boss flicked his sleeves angrily, and turned his back to Emperor Chu.

Not much!

The suggestion put forward by Emperor Chu is indeed the most severe punishment for Su Qi when Su Qi cannot be killed.

But Chu Huangming knew...he was not talking about this matter.

What he was talking about was that the prince was blinded by the achievements of opening up the territory and expanding the territory, and was played around by Chen Guo!

If the boss does not continue to object, Chu Huang will treat it as the boss and agree.

Chu Huang clapped his hands happily, "That's it!"

Received Su Qi's look for help, the prince hesitated for a while, and finally said, "Father, Master Li's family is in grief, and they may not be willing to see Su Qi. It is better to let Su Qi's family replace Su Qi to give Li My lord wears mourning and guards the tomb, and Su Qi will have to spend another year behind closed doors thinking about his mistakes."

Handing Su Qi into the hands of the Li family who are full of hatred for Su Qi for three years, even if Su Qi's life will not be hindered, it will inevitably suffer.

Being born to Su Shi, he still can't argue with Li Shi because of this, after all, it was Su Qi who was at fault in the first place.

How can a filial son who does not endure hardship be called a filial son?

The courtiers who had a good relationship with Li and his son immediately refuted the prince, no matter what, they chose Dai Xiao and the tomb guard to die on Su Qi.

Emperor Chu still waited until the commotion was completely over before he was willing to speak.

"People always have to pay the price for their actions." The Emperor Chu said this to the prince.

The prince's pupils dilated silently, and the heart that had just been let go after the emperor of Chu acquiesced that Su Qi had separated from the 'Chun County Change' raised his throat again.

He felt that Chu Huang's words were obviously talking about Su Qi, but actually he was talking about him.

After the Emperor of Chu ordered Su Qi to be dragged away, who started crying and begging for mercy, he suddenly said something irrelevant, "When Prince Zhao was invited by the Kingdom of Yan to attend Emperor Xiao's birthday, I had written with Emperor Zhao and wanted to invite him too. Prince Zhao is here to celebrate my birthday."

In the court, the courtiers, who were either joyful or bored and aggrieved, were all absorbed by the words of the Emperor Chu, and even the elder who turned his back on the Emperor Chu took the initiative to turn around.

"Emperor Zhao once said that Prince Zhao can only come to Chu again after Prince Zhao returns to Xianyang first. Now is a good time for Emperor Zhao to fulfill his promise." Emperor Chu nodded.

Sensing the sharp blade-like eyes on his body, King Xiang subconsciously looked over, facing the eyes of the prince who were almost on fire.

King Xiang returned his complacent gaze, which really made the prince even more angry.

Little did he know that King Xiang was just deliberately making him angry.

In fact, King Xiang didn't know when the Emperor of Chu was, and suddenly wanted to invite Prince Zhao to the Kingdom of Chu.

He wished that the Emperor of Chu could stay away from the government and live a few more years of leisure, and never took the initiative to mention Zhao Guo in front of the Emperor of Chu.

Given the tense atmosphere in the court of Chu State, if the prince and those who supported the prince were resolutely unwilling to agree, other people would naturally support him with all his strength.

The emperor of Chu wrote a letter on the spot and asked people to send it to Xianyang urgently for eight hundred miles.

When standing up from the throne, Emperor Chu was quite happy.

He felt that it was rare for him to go to court once. Although the disobedient courtiers always made trouble for him, he still accomplished many things.

After walking a few steps amidst the sound of respectful sending off, Emperor Chu suddenly turned around, "From tomorrow onwards, every court meeting will let Shiliu Lang come to see me for me. If you don't want to see my old face, you want to tell me Just tell Shiliu Lang about it."

"Father!" The prince forced a smile, and looked at the emperor with deep eyes, "Don't bother the sixteenth brother, I will report to you what happened in the court every day after I go down to court."

Chu Huang shook his head, "You are too busy and impatient to talk to me, an old bastard, Shiliu Lang should be more careful."

After all, before the pale-faced prince could speak again, Emperor Chu had already turned around, and this time he really left.

The courtiers who realized what Emperor Chu said before leaving sent him off respectfully again.

The courtiers, who were particularly at odds with the prince, unknowingly became much louder.

The Emperor Chu hurriedly appeared in the court, allowing the courtiers with different opinions to continue to maintain a balance, but he did not express any views on the "Chang of Spring County".

The prince stood outside the bedroom of Emperor Chu for half a night, but he still didn't enter the door after all.

Today he seems to have escaped a catastrophe, but he can feel that something is completely changing.

Not only did Emperor Chu not support him as usual, but he also planned to support the pro-Zhao forces headed by King Xiang again.

The resentment in the eyes of the prince was growing, but he didn't know that after asking King Xiang to send Princess Lingyun back to the mansion, the Emperor Chu also stayed up all night.

The letter addressed to Emperor Zhao Guoyong was not sent to Xianyang right after leaving the court.

But three days later, it was sent from Chujing to Xianyang.

During the period, both the East Palace and Yuzhou were calm, as if the 'Changes in Spring County' had never happened.

No matter how much the Crown Prince of Chu and Chen Guo wanted to whitewash the incident in Chun County, this incident still caused huge waves in Yuzhou, especially in the city occupied by the Chu army.

The relationship between the Chu army in the city of Yuzhou and the old Li family is at its most tense moment.

The Chu army was afraid that the Chen army would come to the city at any time, and they would cooperate with the old Li family in the city. The old Li family had many private soldiers. If all the private soldiers of the old Li family united, the Chu army would not be able to defend the city gate.

However, the old Li family knew that Chen Guo had no intention of taking back the city of Yuzhou from Chu State in a short period of time.

They were afraid that the Chu State would strike first and strike suddenly, causing a massacre.

The two sides were on guard against each other, but due to various reasons, they were unable to strike first.

Even if neither party dared to act first, there were still more and more minor conflicts in Chu City, Yuzhou, especially those occurring among the middle and lower classes.

Because of the existence of the old Li family, Chen Guo has always been well informed about Chucheng in Yuzhou.

Since the "Changxian County Change", Chen Guo has repeatedly issued repeated orders within the country not to allow any conflicts with the Chu people in Yuzhou.

Even if the Chu people punched them in the face, they could only run but not fight back.

Chen Guo did not want to lose Chu as an ally. After Chen Chu collapsed, Chu would definitely fall to Zhao again.

The country of Chen could not send troops to the country of Chu. When the war started, the people involved would definitely not be the only ones from the country of Chen and the country of Chu.

Therefore, there must be no change in the marriage between Chen and Chu, and Emperor Xuantai will still marry Princess Jiayi of Chu.

The position of the old Li family was exposed, but it left Chen Guo in a very passive state.

At least until the state of Chu forgot about it, the Chen people in Yuzhou would not fight back if they beat or cursed the Chu people.

After receiving one letter after another from the old Li family, begging Chen Guo for help.

Instead, Chen Guo withdrew all the Chen troops who were close to Chu City in Yuzhou to the east, hoping to make the Chu people feel at ease by such actions.

It was at this time that Murong Jing made a surprise attack on the six fortresses bordering Yuzhou and Yizhou.

At the beginning, in order to allow Chu State to share the pressure from Zhao State, although Chen State monopolized all the fortresses in the north of Yuzhou, it actually gave Chu State a lot of cities that can go directly from Yuzhou to Yizhou.

Therefore, the north of Yuzhou can be regarded as the most irregular and densely populated place mixed with Chucheng and Chencheng.

In order to reassure the Chu people, when Chen Guo withdrew his troops, he cruelly withdrew his troops from the northern fortress of Yuzhou to the east.

Unexpectedly, it hit Zhao Jun's arms.

Chen Jun immediately asked the surrounding Chu city for help.

Instead of sending troops to help Chen retreat from Zhao, Chu City closed the city gates tightly and began to clean up the gates.

Chen Jun was exhausted, which was a good opportunity to deal with the old Li family in the city.

Therefore, Murong Jing was able to capture the six fortresses in the north of Yuzhou so easily.

During the time when the crown prince and Yuan Jun were asking about their names, the battle coincided with the victory.

What better way to embody 'Da Ji' than this?

All of a sudden, the Xianyang court and the people were all talking about Murong Jing's great victory in Yuzhou and the match made in heaven between the crown prince and Yuan Jun.

After asking his name, it was Najib.

Najib is also known as Xiaopin. In addition to finding someone to ask whether the birthdays of the two parties are compatible, they also give each other simple gifts, and banquet guests at the mansion after Najib.

By the third of the six rituals, even if it wasn't a tacit marriage, it was almost settled.

Unless there is a great change, there will be no change.

Most of the small hires are food, and they are also given to the other party to entertain guests, so that the other party's relatives and friends can also understand what they mean.

Most of them are pork, mutton and other meat, plus various nuts and fresh fruits, pastries made at home or bought from outside... For example, the aristocratic family in Xianyang basically buys dozens of kinds.

Those things in the back were all the same, but the meat carried out from the palace gate amazed everyone who was invited to the Song Mansion to watch the ceremony.

At the head is a black brown bear, followed by stags, robes...all prey that are rarely seen in ordinary hunting.

A feather arrow with red tail feathers was inserted into the skulls of these prey, other than that, there were no other wounds on the whole body, and the bodies were still soft.

I heard that the prince rushed to the hunting ground yesterday, and before dawn today, he went to the hunting ground to find these good things himself.

The prey was sent to the large kitchen of the Song Mansion, and naturally the chef who had been waiting there had prepared it urgently and turned it into a dish for entertaining guests.

The Song Mansion also prepared something for the re-employment, because it was going to be carried to the East Palace, so it was displayed directly in the Song Mansion.

On the day of Najib, the East Palace will not hold a banquet, even Emperor Yonghe, King Su and Princess Zaichang all came to the Song Mansion for a banquet, so the Song Mansion did not prepare to eat as a reward.

In Song Peiyu's Tianhuju, there are dozens of boxes of pens, inks, papers and inkstones, as well as rare copies of ancient books.

These pens, inks, papers and inkstones, which cannot be bought with money, will be randomly given to the guests on Song Peiyu and Chongyi's wedding day, and the isolated copies of ancient books will be placed in the Wenxing Building of the East Palace, and let the imperial court order officials to study and copy.

At the same time, the rubbings of these isolated ancient books will also be sent to various places for people to borrow.

The Song Mansion is bustling with Najib ceremony, but Song Peiyu and Chong Yi, as the protagonists, are still unable to be present, and can only pass the time in the East Palace.

Ping Zhang, Wei Zhiyuan, Sheng Tairan, Bo Yang, Luo Yong and others who were in Xianyang spontaneously came to the East Palace to accompany Chong Yi and Song Peiyu who couldn't watch the excitement.

Everyone was talking, when suddenly Jin Bao came in with both hands holding a big box with a seal on it.

"What is this?" Song Peiyu looked at Jin Bao curiously.

There should be words on the seal, but unfortunately it is facing Jinbao, and no one else can see what the words are.

"It was sent by King Xiang of Chu, and it is said to be a wedding gift for you and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Jin Bao put the box on the table, his face was full of joy, "It happened to be delivered on this good day. "