Since Xiong Yun had agreed to let Concubine Xi serve in the Council Palace, and handed over the phoenix seal to Concubine Xi himself, this invisibly showed that Concubine Xi gradually began to be involved in the affairs of the Chu State. But this Chu culture is completely unknown, when I was in the Chen State before, although I read a lot of books, most of the etiquette and law policies were applicable to vassal states like the Northern Territory, and the feudal system at the feet of Zhou Tianzi, and the Chu State was located in the Southern Territory, which was completely different from the princely etiquette system, and the original books were far from enough to use here.

Since then, Xi Fei has piled up a lot of bamboo slips in the palace, carefully reading them one by one, and constantly enriching her knowledge. Serving Xiong Yan during the day, when discussing with the minister or asking about Xi Fei's thoughts, Xi Fei was a little shy at first, but after a long time, she gradually let go. When he came back from the evening, he read hard by the lamp, and often studied until midnight. Xiong Zhen has heard of these things, and he is deeply gratified in his heart, but he is also infinitely unbearable.

Tonight, Xi Fei was still studying the bamboo slips on the desk as usual, and the palace people outside the door said respectfully: "See the king!" I couldn't help but look up, Xiong Zhen came.

Xi Fei put down the bamboo slip in her hand, stood up with a smile, and bowed to Xiong Yan who walked in, gentle and lovely, "Concubine, see the king." ”

Xiong Yan raised his hand and gently stroked Xi Fei's face, feeling that Xi Fei's complexion has become more ruddy recently, and she looks more coquettish, Xi Fei is very happy in her heart, and said: "Yao'er, I feel that your complexion has been much better recently, and this cheek is much richer than before!" ”

A trace of shyness flashed on Xi Fei's face, and she smiled coquettishly: "Don't make fun of me, if I am not in good health, how can I raise the child in this womb?" ”

Xiong Yun's eyes suddenly lit up, he held Xi Fei's slender shoulder, couldn't stop the joy on his face, and confirmed: "Are you telling the truth, aren't you lying to me, you're pregnant!" ”

Xi Fei looked at the joy on Xiong Yun's face and nodded. In the next second, Xiong Yun was really happy and crazy. He suddenly picked up Xi Fei and spun around in place, shouting: "Great, I have another child, great!" But then he hurriedly put Xifei on the ground steadily. He said, "No, no, you're pregnant, you can't exercise so vigorously." ”

Looking at Xiong Yan's excessive worry, Xi Fei's heart felt warm. I really wanted to say that this pregnancy was only two months old, where did I get so much worry, but when I saw the excitement on Xiong Yun's face, I still stopped what I wanted to say.

Xiong Zhen calmed his excited heart, as if playing a trick, he took out a brocade box from his sleeve, the long exquisite box didn't know what treasure it contained, took it to Xi Fei, and said, "I gave it to you, I almost forgot what happened just now." Open it and take a look! ”

Xiong Yan has been sending some exquisite gadgets in order to please Xi Fei, but Xi Fei has no interest, and this time I don't know what it is, "You send these things every time, I don't like it, I'm still so persistent." ”

Xiong Yun shook his head and said very confidently: "You open it and take a look, you will definitely like this thing." ”

Xi Fei looked at Xiong Yun's determined expression, but a trace of curiosity ignited in her heart, and she took the brocade box and opened it. It's not like the gorgeous nothingness of the past, it's just a hosta inside the box, and there are just some trivial lines surrounding it, and there are no other pendants other than that. But the pure color of the texture caught Xi Fei's eyes at once, the emerald green was as clear as water, which was intoxicating, and Xi Fei couldn't help but sigh, "It's so beautiful!" ”

Xiong Yun's eyes showed a hint of pride, "This is He's Bi!" ”

"Is this He's Bi?" Xi Fei only knew that the jade named Heshi Bi was indeed a beautiful jade. But I haven't seen it with my own eyes, and now I see it is really a beautiful jade, but then I broke my thoughts, turned to Xiong Zhen and said: "King, this Heshi Bi is the treasure of my Chu country, how can you make it into jade so casually?" Isn't it a gluttonous thing! ”

Xiong Yun chuckled lightly and said: "I already knew that you would be like this, don't worry, I'm not so stupid, He's Bi has not been made, it's still a complete piece of jade, I'm just letting them save a part of it and make this hosta for you, after all, this Heshibi is also because of you, and the credit belongs to you!" ”

Xiong Yun's complete plan also made Xi Fei speechless, looking at the hosta in her hand with a smile, her heart was fascinated by such love, and she was happy, but then her heart was filled with bitterness. Looking at the hosta in his hand, it was exquisite and flawless, and the wooden hairpin suddenly appeared in his heart. Feelings for my deceased lover surged in my heart, sad and hateful, I am really a broken family now, and it is you who caused all this, Cai Xianwu!

A strong hatred suddenly rose in her heart, she had never had such a strong ** want to take revenge on someone, but now she is bound to take revenge on Cai Xianwu.

Scheming in my heart.

Xi Feimei's eyes were hurt, she raised her head to look at Xiong Yun, and asked with a sigh: "King, you are so good to me, how do you think of me in your heart?" ”

Xi Fei's question made Xiong Yun a little confused, and he was puzzled: "Yao'er, what do you mean by this?" ”

Xi Fei didn't respond directly to Xiong Yun, and said, "It's nothing, I just want to know what you think of me." ”

Xiong Yun gently hugged Xi Fei's shoulder, showing a relaxed smile on his face, as if recalling two years ago, "Aren't you the same as you were two years ago......

Xi Fei interrupted Xiong Yun's words, her eyes were full of water, and she said helplessly: "You see that I am looking at me two years ago, if ordinary people do not know me, how will they look at me?" ”

Seeing the water in Xi Fei's eyes, Xiong Yun knew that there must be something else, and asked worriedly: "Yao'er, what's wrong with you, is something wrong?" ”

Xi Fei raised her bright eyes and said: "King, it's just that those rumors are too hurtful, although the concubine is in the deep palace, it is really unbearable for others to talk about me like this!" ”

Xiong Yun's heart tightened, he was very pitiful, stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears falling from his cheeks, and said distressedly: "Don't care if others say more, just be yourself and let him go, why bother with your heart." Then he sighed and continued, "I brought you to Yingdu to love you and protect you, but I never wanted you to be sad so much, and after suffering so many grievances, do you want you to repay the debts of your previous life!" ”

Listening to Xiong Yun's emotional words, Xi Fei's heart was filled with warmth, but she couldn't stop the grievances in her heart. Don't look over the head and his shoulders trembled slightly, but it made Xiong Zhen feel more and more distressed, and a burst of anger rose in his heart, whose words hurt Xi Fei so badly. But it made her so sad again, and said angrily: "Who said something about you that made you so wronged?" ”

Xi Fei wiped away the tears on her cheeks with one hand, stared at Xiong Yun and said, "I was brought to Chu by you, and I have already given birth to a son. This ordinary person doesn't know the cumbersomeness between you and me, so it seems that I will only think that I am a water-based poplar person, and I will not think of the friendship of the old days, and once I gain power, I will forget it all. Xi Fei frowned slightly as she spoke, making Xiong Yan even more unbearable to look at.

Xiong Zhen comforted: "These worldly mediocre words are all jealous of my beauty, just feel unfair, don't care!" ”

Unexpectedly, Xi Fei pushed Xiong away with tears, flashing tears in her eyes, a little angry. Said: "My lord, I really can't bear such evil words, those humble gentlemen are laughing, whitewashed with their essence words, and threaten to declare falsehoods everywhere, although I am a woman, but such words are insulting in my heart. But at this time, the philistines only believe in lies and not in proverbs, and ignorantly belittle our lord and humiliate me, so that I will not be disgraced. Then he looked down at the child in his womb. looked at Xiong Yan again, and said with tears: "King, are you willing to let your child be immersed in a false insult after birth?" ”

Xiong Zhen heard the meaning of Xi Fei's words, and also understood Xi Fei's intentions in his heart. sighed: "You hate Cai Xianwu!" If I didn't know that it was you, maybe I wouldn't have taken Xi County, maybe you and Ji Xi were still living a peaceful life there and wouldn't have been affected by this, Ji Xi might not have died depressed, and you wouldn't have been so sad, but all this is a foregone conclusion. I don't talk about these nothingness. Since I know that this is you, it is inevitable to take you back, you are so sad now that I have an inseparable responsibility, you hate Cai Xianwu, then I will take this evil breath for you, I will make Cai Xianwu not be at peace for the rest of my life! ”

The look in Xiong Yun's eyes was resolute, Xi Fei knew that what he decided would never be invalidated, a trace of gratitude flashed in her eyes, and she called softly: "The king......"

Xiong Yan responded to give Xi Fei a gentle and said: "Since I promised you to be angry for you, I naturally won't regret it, but this matter is urgent, wait for me to find an opportunity!" ”

Xiong Yun knew in his heart that Concubine Xi hated Cai Xianwu and hated him, he wanted to wipe out the resentment in Concubine Xi's heart little by little, and Cai Xianwu You will become a stepping stone.

Soon, the princes of the Northern Territory succeeded in giving Xiong Rong a name, and all this was thanks to the Beixing Covenant.

In recent decades, the state of Chu has greatly strengthened its own power, and now it has become the overlord of the southern territory in name only, but what does this have to do with the northern leader, Qi Xiaobai was only ready to dominate the northern territory at first, and the southern leader d things will rest first, but who knows that Xiong Yu came to extinguish it, which undoubtedly made Qi Xiaobai feel the threat of the Chu State to himself, and this hatred and hatred has already reached his northern territory and violated his interests, where can he sit still.

681 BC was the beginning of the hegemony of Qi Huan. Prior to this, the State of Qi had fought several times with the neighboring State of Lu, but the result was not to gain the upper hand, and the State of Chu in the south was also aggressive. This made Duke Qi Huan and Guan Zhong realize that relying on Qi State's own strength alone would not dominate the world. So, they thought of the role of Zhou Tianzi. Duke Huan of Qi first married the Zhou family, and he married Gongji, the daughter of King Zhuang of Zhou, in order to pull Zhou Tianzi to his side and show his closeness to Zhou Tianzi to the princes of the world. After winning over Zhou Tianzi, Liu Huan Gong began to use the slogan of respecting Zhou Tianzi to win the support of the princes of various countries. It was at this time that the Song Wan Rebellion took place in the Song Kingdom. On the pretext of helping the Song State stabilize the political situation, the Duke of Qi Huan convened the princes in the name of the Son of Heaven in Beixing (now Dong'a, Shandong) of the State of Qi.

Participated in this alliance of Chen, Cai, Song, Di and other countries, but some countries led by Lu did not take the ambition of Qi seriously, Qi Xiaobai was angry in his heart, and randomly selected a country among those vassal countries, Sui Guo, and used this as a breakthrough to destroy Sui Guo that year, and successfully played the role of killing chickens and monkeys, and finally subdued Lu State. (Of course, this is off-topic)

The lords of various countries sat on the bank of the Qingshui River, looked around, and then the lord of the Song Kingdom pretended to be surprised and said: "Hey, this princes and alliances, why don't you see the lord of this Sui country!" You have a close relationship with the lord of Sui, and this Suiguo has never been here, can Duke Yi know the reason? ”

Song Gong's words are hidden in the words, this country and Sui are both vassal countries of Lu State, and now all countries should be invited by Qi Henggong to come here to make an alliance with Beixing, each other is clear in their hearts The meaning of this covenant and the purpose of Qi Huangong, Qi Huangong's ambition is known to the world, and he deliberately sent someone to invite the vassal state of Lu State, such behavior is actually a provocation of Duke Qi Huan to Duke Lu, but he never thought that the head of the country of Lu came stupidly, or a sense of superiority, which is undoubtedly a slap in the face.

The irony in Song Gong's words is deep, anyone can hear it, and Gong Yi is also angry after hearing it, but after all, Song Guo is also a big country, and Gong Song does not dare to be too presumptuous even if he relies on Lu State, so he has to say: "Although there are a lot of intersections, the geographical location is still far away, and the affairs of the Sui Kingdom are not very clear." ”

At this time, Qi Xiaobai came out and said: "The widow's alliance this time is also in response to the love of the Son of Heaven, and the vassal states should be present, so the country is really a little contemptuous of Wang Wei!" The other vassal states knew the vague meaning of this Qi Xiaobai in their hearts, and they didn't dare to say more, so they all nodded and acquiesced.

This alliance is upright in spring, the surrounding scenery is very good, and it is natural to chat a few words after talking about major events between the princes, this romantic affair is inevitable, and this matter of Xi Fei is the hottest anecdote recently, and it will definitely be used as a joke.

Gong Yi was frivolous, and said casually with this matter: "Cai Hou is really an amorous species, his own beauties are put away, and he still misses his cousins, I don't know if I have seen my cousin and his wife, which one of them fascinates you even more!" ”

When Chen Xuangong heard this, he was furious, although he had long known that he would definitely be mentioned at this time, but he didn't know that he was so angry, and glared at Cai Xianwu angrily.

Cai Xianwu knew that he was wrong in this matter, but as if he didn't know it, he laughed and said: "Meiye, Meiye, Mrs. Cousin Gu is beautiful, but beauty is different!" (To be continued.) )