I was a gentleman in ancient times

A group of ministers came out, Chen Fu frowned and sighed.Sun Zhang saw everything in his eyes and smiled slightly. It seems that the effect of the rumors he released is still very good.

He looked up at the sky, the wind was surging, and he was afraid that the sky would change soon.

Back in the bedroom, Empress Dowager Zhuan was furious. Fortunately, General Pingwuhou Chu arrived in time and persuaded her a few words, which made Empress Dowager Zhuan a little calmer.

"Talk about it, talk about it, these old ministers rely on their seniority and don't pay attention to Ai's family at all. What's wrong with Ai's family assisting the government? Why do you hinder their eyes?" Empress Dowager Zhuan was full of fuss , No one can tell, so I can only talk to my younger brother.

Pingwu Hou Chu Fen smiled and comforted him, "Sister, I didn't say that you have worked so hard for Qin, but you still can't please, why bother?"

Empress Dowager Zhuan stared at him, "Even you said that the Ai family did something wrong? Should we return the government to Qin Zhan?"

"Where, where? Brother doesn't mean that." Chu Fen smiled flatteringly.

"Then what do you mean?" Queen Dowager Zhuan frowned.

Chu Fen looked around, and there seemed to be something unspeakable.Seeing his intentions, Empress Dowager Zhuan waved her hand, making all the servants and servants back out.

Only then did Chu Fen whisper: "In my opinion, rather than making Qin Zhan king, the Queen Mother might as well push our Chu family up. We are all surnamed Chu, a family connected by blood, as long as the surname Chu is in that position Come on, don’t you listen to everything, sister? Anyway, it’s better than Qin Zhan, a brat.”

Empress Dowager Zhuan lowered her eyes, looked down at her well-maintained hands, and said in a slightly cold voice, "Did you think of this yourself or did you hear someone say it?"

Chu Fen was complacent at first, but when he heard the empress dowager's cold voice, he hesitated, "Naturally...it's my own thought, who can I listen to?"

"Anyone who blows wind in your ear, the Ai family will not forgive him. If you have your own thoughts, then you should pinch them out as soon as possible." Empress Dowager Zhuan said coldly.

Doesn't she know her brother yet?He has no brains, and what else can he do except for pleasure and leisure.Originally, he was counting on him to help him, but now it seems that it is really useless.If he hadn't been standing there, the Chu family would have been swallowed up long ago.

"Why?" Chu Fen lost his voice, he didn't expect the Queen Mother to say that.

The Empress Dowager is from their Chu family, and specially let the children of the Chu family enter the palace, eat and treat them with the same standards as the princes of the clan.He thought that sister was deliberately focusing on training the Chu family in order to win that position, but sister's cold words shattered his hopes.

Of course, it was impossible for him to think of this sentence, but someone mentioned it in front of him.He thought about it carefully, and he was deeply convinced that after the former king left, sister assisted the government, and the entire court was under her control.She is the queen mother, and it is not a matter of saying a word to depose and establish a new king.

After all, the Chu family is our own family, and Elder Sister also values ​​the children of the Chu family very much, otherwise she would not have been accepted into the palace for education.If sister can make the son of the Chu family king, their Chu family will be able to sit back and relax in the future.

"Why? Do you still have the face to ask why? Why is the surname Qin in the West Qin Dynasty? I can support a new monarch, but no matter how I choose a new monarch, I have to choose among those surnamed Qin, and it will never be the turn of the surnamed Chu. " Empress Dowager Zhuan said with a serious face: "Huh! If it weren't for the fact that you are the younger brother of the Ai family, you have already been taken down by now, and your head fell to the ground."

Chu Fen still refused to accept it, but the man said, "Do princes and generals have kindness?" 'Why the Qin family can sit, but the Chu family can't?

"Queen Mother, you are a daughter of the Chu family. Except for your nephews and nephews who are of the same heart as you, do you think you can really find someone who is really obedient in the Qin family's royal family? Who doesn't want you to hand over the power and live in the harem? Today's new king, Qin Zhan, is still fledgling, and can only attach to you on the surface. But when he is in power, what does the Queen Mother think will be like? Will she still be as afraid of you as she is now, and respect you?"

Chu Fen's words pierced the heart of Empress Dowager Zhuan, these were the things she was most afraid of.

"Shut up!" Empress Dowager Zhuan raised her brows, casually grabbed the cup at hand and threw it towards Chufen.

Fortunately, Chu Fen saw the opportunity quickly and narrowly avoided it. "Queen Mother! You have to think clearly, now only the Chu family is your backing."

Empress Dowager Zhuan wanted to smash it, but when she heard this, her expression changed and she couldn't throw the cup in her hand.Put it heavily on the table.

Seeing that Empress Dowager Zhuan's expression was relaxed, Chu Fen made persistent efforts, "Sister, we have been blinded in the palace since we were young, but we have always depended on each other. I followed you until you married Xiqin in the age of Douamou. Sadness, only we know. Now you and I are getting old, if you don’t think about yourself, it’s really too late.”

As soon as these words came out, Empress Dowager Zhuan felt the same, she only had such a relative in this world.I can still protect my younger brother and the Chu family when I am around, but if I am not around, the life of the Chu family can be imagined.The disintegration is likely to happen overnight.

After Chu Fen was instructed by someone, he felt anxious when he thought about the future outcome of the Chu family.The Chu family has finally reached its current position, and it must not decline.As the man analyzed, the best way is to let the Chu family sit in that position.The situation is compelling, the greater the power, the greater the ambition. Only when you are supreme, you will not be slaughtered.

"You..." Empress Dowager Zhuan sighed, "Go back first, I'm exhausted."

How would you understand that even in this position, you are trembling, and she is not the only one who has the final say on everything.The Qin State still has a clan and courtiers to supervise it, so how can it act recklessly?If there is no such king as Qin Zhan, how can she be justified in assisting the government?

Chu Fen wanted to say something, but Queen Mother Zhuan closed her eyes, as if she didn't want to talk to anyone.Knowing that no matter what I said, the queen mother couldn't listen to it at this time, so she could only resign and leave.

Anyway, it will be long in the future, let's remind Empress Dowager Zhuan first, as long as he doesn't give up in the future, it is not impossible to plan this matter.

But he didn't know that after he left, the Empress Dowager Zhuan behind him sighed softly, "People are not happy for a thousand days, and flowers are not red for a hundred days.The Ai family can only do their best to protect the Chu family. I hope your ambition will not harm the Chu family.If that day really comes, what can she do?

She didn't expect this day to come so soon.

With the flags flying and the chariots and horses sparkling, King Qin finally returned to the capital.

Not only civil and military officials went to greet him, but even the people of the capital rushed to the gate of the city, wanting to see King Qin's presence.

At the beginning, he led three thousand slaves to repel the invading barbarians, which can be said to have shocked everyone.It can be said that Wang Zizhan created a miracle at the beginning, but now, Qin Wangzhan led three thousand slaves to Shu to quell the chaos.The prefect of Shu County has not been able to solve the problem for many years, and even the former king could not solve it when he was there.However, King Qin took his slaves on such a trip, and in less than a year, he wiped out all the bandits in Shu, which is really beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Now that the king of Qin has returned from victory, he has to go and see for himself.

At the gate of the city, except for a few old ministers who were at home due to illness, all the ministers of the court came.

"Come on, come on!" Someone shouted sharply.Everyone looked from afar and saw small black dots appearing in the distance. After waiting for a few breaths, they could see the neatly marching flags waving in front of them, and they could feel a bloodthirsty coercion from a distance, which could make ordinary people tremble. prostrate.

The training results of the past six months are still very good, at least compared to the beginning, the appearance of the army is obviously different, and the spirit of killing is even more aggressive.

There was a commotion among the people. This is King Qin's slave army. There are only a few thousand soldiers and horses, but why is the momentum completely different?It is not that they have not seen an army returning victorious.However, there is only this one, which gives people a different feeling. There are not too many people, but they are better than thousands of troops.Ordinary people like them don't understand that this difference is what is called the military soul.

Not long after, the army has come close.The king in the middle of the team drove up, and the seal was tight, which made the people who wanted to see the new king's heroic appearance a little disappointed.

A personal attendant sent a message: Wang has occasionally felt a cold recently, and he can't see the wind, so there is no need to be extravagant in welcoming him, please go back.

When Chen Fu first saw the strange shape of Wang's carriage, he was puzzled, but it made sense when he heard the waiter's words.I didn't think too much, and it was completed after the greeting process was completed according to the rules.

At the gate of the palace, more than a dozen people hurried over, and the guards guarding the gate stretched out their hands to stop them.When he saw the first person clearly, Zhou Bu was a little surprised, cupped his hands and said, "So it's Mr. Cheng, why did you rush into the palace?"

Cheng Hui said with a smile: "I have something important to enter the palace to meet the Queen Mother." After speaking, he raised a pass token in his hand, generally speaking, anyone who has this token can enter the palace.

Zhou Bu glanced at it and nodded, it was the palace entry token.However, he looked at the dozen or so people behind Master Cheng, and was a little puzzled, "Who are these people brought by Master Cheng?"

Cheng Hui pinched his beard, "The Empress Dowager wants to watch comedians and dramas recently, so the veteran came here specially to relieve the Empress Dowager."

"So that's how it is." Zhou Bu didn't say anything else, and waved his hand to let him go.

After the people entered, Zhou Bu turned his head and heard one of his subordinates say: "Today the king returned to the palace, and all the officials went to greet him, did Mr. Cheng not go?"

Zhou Bu's heart skipped a beat, he immediately felt something was wrong, and quickly said loudly: "Master Cheng, wait a minute!"

Cheng Hui stopped, turned his head slightly, and looked at the people around him.The man was wearing a black veiled hat, and his face could not be seen clearly.He nodded slightly and walked out.

Zhou Bu called Cheng Hui to stop, but he had no other intentions. He just felt that it was a bit wrong for Cheng Hui to appear here, and wanted to ask more questions.A man in a black hood came out, and was about to ask questions, but the man had already taken off his hood, revealing a stern and solemn face.

Zhou Bu and others were startled, and quickly knelt down, "This subordinate has seen the king."

This person is none other than Qin Wangzhan.

"Get up, don't tell anyone what happened today, or I will never forgive you lightly." Qin Zhan ordered coldly.

Where did Zhou Bu and others dare to speak, they could only answer.

After a long time, Zhou Bu dared to raise his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, guessing that the person had already disappeared.Seeing the empty palace gate, everything just seemed like a dream.

Several people under his command got together and discussed in a low voice, "Shouldn't the king have not entered the city yet? Why did he suddenly appear here and not be discovered?"

"Who, who knows?"

Zhou Bu turned his head and stared at them, "Shut up if you don't want to die!"

Several people immediately fell silent, not daring to utter a breath.Obviously they haven't understood the situation today, and they don't know whether it's luck or misfortune.

Zhou Bu shook his head, it's good to be ignorant.He waved his hand, motioning for everyone to go back.But I looked into the depths of the palace, the huge palace was magnificent, but there was always a dark place where the sun couldn't shine.

Thinking of the queen mother cleaning up the palace in the past few months, and now the king quietly returning to the palace.He shook his head, he couldn't continue to think about it, they were just ants guarding the palace gate, they should stay away if they could.

At this time, in General Pingwu's mansion, Chu Fen frowned and walked back and forth.As for the passenger next to him, a man wearing a sheepskin mask covering the upper half of his face was drinking tea slowly.

Chu Fen turned around for a long time, making people dizzy, the masked man put down the tea soup and stood up, cupped his hands and said: "That's all I said, Ping Wuhou, think about it for yourself, I will take my leave."

When he heard that he was leaving, Chu Fen panicked and pulled him, "Sir, sir, wait a minute, allow me... allow me to think again?"

"Ping Wuhou, although you can think about it slowly, the king will return to the capital today. Ping Wuhou has been preparing for so long, and he is really willing to miss this opportunity?" The masked man shook his head, "Everything is only in Ping Wuhou's thoughts, others said Everything is useless."

He glanced at Ping Wuhou who was still undecided, and sneered in his heart, he was really a useless idiot, fortunately the Queen Mother wanted to rely heavily on him, tsk tsk!

"The empress dowager can still be in power for a few more years. Now the majesty of the king is getting stronger, and this time he has successfully quelled the chaos in the middle of Sichuan. More ministers in the court will be more convinced by the king, right? It will be a matter of time before the queen mother returns to power. You will be able to pacify Marquis Wu Whether the General’s Mansion is changed to Xuan Yi Zhe, or whether he proclaims himself a king, it’s time to make a choice. Otherwise, huh, huh... Marquis Ping Wu should decide for himself.”

Before Chu Fen could speak, the door of the study opened, and a young man broke in.Chu Fen was startled, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the person coming, "Why did you barge in? Discussing important matters with your husband for your father, you don't care about barging in, what do you want to do?"

This person is Chu Fen's youngest son, Chu Liang. He ignored his father's accusation and said eagerly, "Father can no longer hesitate. You are right, if we take this opportunity, our Chu family will have a chance." The odds are that the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for our Chu family."

He didn't know how long he had been listening outside the door. This Chu Liang was Chu Fen's most valued son, and he could be said to be the hope of the entire Chu family.As a father, he never hides many things from Chu Liang, but his youngest son participates in all important matters.

Chu Fen didn't really blame his son, Chu Liang knew all about these plans, and his suggestions also played a large role.But this time was a turning point that changed the fate of the Chu family. Chu Fen hesitated again and again, because he didn't want any accidents to happen.

Seeing that his father was silent, Chu Liang continued, "When Qin Zhan comes back, his slave soldiers and horses are all outside the city, so there is nothing to worry about. While preparing a banquet tonight to clean up Qin Zhan's dust, we mobilize private soldiers, Qin Zhan I can't escape death, and then I will ask my aunt to make Quan'er the king. Who dares to say that she is not here? Father, Quan'er has become the king of Qin, and there is no need to worry about my aunt assisting the government. In the future, our Chu family will be under the protection of the king. It is not impossible for the generations to come."

"Your aunt, she made it clear before that she would not support the Chu family as king, this..." It was precisely this point that Chu Fen hesitated.If the empress dowager is unwilling to talk about the tone that was explored before, wouldn't all the success be in vain?

Chu Liang sneered, "At this time and at that time, my aunt is a smart person. If the situation forced her, she would definitely make a different choice. As for the others, are our soldiers and horses just for display? Who dares to object, It’s just a matter of raising the knife and dropping it.”

If you don't want to be ruthless, how could you get that position?Chu Liang had made up her mind long ago and would never let anyone hold her back.

The masked man glanced at him, wondering what he was thinking, and did not speak.

Seeing what his son said, Chu Fen finally made up his mind, "Okay, then let's give it a go. I will leave this matter to you."

Chu Liang was naturally full of joy. Quan'er's son, who was only seven or eight years old, was able to sit on the throne. As a father, his calculations were not in vain.

In fact, their Chu family has already planned and made sufficient preparations, and they are waiting for the day when it will be launched. After tonight, I believe that the Chu family will become the most powerful family in the entire Western Qin Dynasty.