After a preliminary and simple exchange, Zhuge Ke personally took Wang Mingshan to Jianye to meet Sun Quan.

After all, such a major event is not something that Zhuge Ke can call the shots, and in the end, it is up to Sun Quan, the lord of Wu, to make the decision.

Now above the court of Wu State, it is not very peaceful, as Sun Quan is getting older, the question of how to choose a successor is sharply placed in front of Sun Quan and the ministers of Eastern Wu, although no one dares to raise this issue openly, but no matter who it is, Sun Quan's current dragon body is not good, time is short, and the battle for the heir has become more and more cruel.

Originally, there was no suspense about the position of the prince of Wu State, after the death of Sun Quan's eldest son Sun Deng, the position of the prince was vacant, and Sun Quan's third son and fourth son Sun Ba in order to compete for the position of the prince, the two of them each recruited henchmen, cultivated cronies, and fought openly and secretly for the throne.

A year later, Sun He became the crown prince as he wished, and Sun Ba was also named the king of Lu.

When Sun Quan first established the crown prince and the king of Lu, Sun He and Sun Ba were still favored, and they still lived in the same palace, and there was no formal distinction between rank and grade. Ministers such as Taichang Gu Tan and the crown prince Taifu Wucang expressed their opposition, believing that the prince and the king should be divided into concubines, and the etiquette system should be different, and even asked King Lu to go out of the town. The crown prince and King Lu have since been separated from each other, but this has caused the beginning of contradictions. King Lu believed that his declining status was the result of the crown prince and his henchmen. Now that they have their own royal guests, they jointly slander the prince and related supporters, and want to get rid of them as soon as possible and replace them.

In addition, after Sun He became the crown prince, Sun Quan originally planned to appoint Sun He's mother, Mrs. Wang, as the queen, but the princess tried many times to stop it. Sun Quan was sick in bed for a time, and sent Sun He to the temple for sacrifices, Sun He's father Zhang Cheng's younger brother Zhang Xiu's residence was close to the temple, so he invited Sun He to his home, and was monitored by the princess, so he said that Sun He was not in the temple, but in the concubine's house to plot a big thing, and said that when Sun Quan was sick, Mrs. Wang's face was happy, so Sun Quan angrily scolded Mrs. Wang, but Mrs. Wang died suddenly because of depression, and the relationship between Sun Quan and the prince gradually cooled.

In the seventh year of Chiwu, Sun Quan heard the rumors of discord and ordered the two to prohibit the interaction with the guests and let them study seriously, but it aroused the resolute opposition of Yang Wei and other ministers, believing that the crown prince and King Lu were well-known abroad, and the sudden change of measures would cause the neighboring countries to be suspicious and discuss.

On the other hand, the contradiction between the prince's guests and the Lu Wang's guests has intensified, except for some characters who have a bad relationship, other young people participate in the hope of taking this opportunity to quickly improve their status. Officials inside and outside the court vied with each other to send their sons to serve Sun He or Sun Ba, and because of this family relationship, the contradictions gradually spread to the court. The ministers of the court and China were also divided into two factions to support the crown prince and King Lu respectively, Lu Xun, Gu Tan, Wu Cang, Zhu Ju, Zhuge Ke, Teng Yin, Shi Ji, Ding Mi and others all supported the crown prince, while Buqi, Lü Dai, Quan Cong, Lü Ju and Sun Hong all supported King Lu.

Since then, the two factions of the princeling party and the Lu Wang party have been formed in the political arena of Eastern Wu, attacking each other and tilting each other, and the political atmosphere of the entire Wu country has become a miasma, and many meritorious generals have been deeply implicated, or degraded or degraded, and even Lu Xun was reprimanded by Sun Quan for supporting the crown prince, and died of depression.

Sun Quan was originally an eloquent and strategic master, wise and decisive, and able to make clear decisions, but after reaching the twilight of his life, he inevitably acted in a stupid manner, knowing that the disaster of party struggle was the root of Jiangdong, but he had been vacillating in the heir, and he was also powerless in the chaos above the court.

In order to divert the contradictions, after Lu Xun's death, Sun Quan appointed Zhuge Ke, who was most active in the Northern Expedition, as the general to supervise the military forces in Jiangbei and Huainan, and prepare to launch a major offensive in the Huainan area.

Sun Quan's whole life, he was eager to break through the cage of Jiangdong, wave his army to the north, and step on the Central Plains, even if he is now a martyr in his twilight years, he is still strong.

Zhuge Ke took Wang Mingshan and hurriedly entered Jianye City, and then went straight to the palace, and when he arrived outside the noon gate, he asked the Huangmen squire to report to Sun Quan and wait for Sun Quan's summons.

Zhuge Ke is one of the few main battle generals in Eastern Wu, all along, he has been actively promoting the Northern Expedition, which is also a reason why he is deeply used by Sun Quan, since he served as a general, Zhuge Ke has been seeking the opportunity of the Northern Expedition, this time Wang Ling's sudden surrender is equivalent to a good opportunity given to him by God, Zhuge Ke insisted, if he can seize this opportunity, it is likely to make immortal achievements.

Due to the relationship of his body, in the past few years, Sun Quan has no longer held the morning court every day, except for the temporary conscription in an emergency, the general court meeting is basically about once every ten days.

However, the lack of an early dynasty does not mean that Sun Quan will not take care of the government, under normal circumstances, cabinet ministers will enter the palace every day to report, and many major military affairs are also determined by Sun Quan.

At this moment, when Zhuge Ke asked to see, it happened to be Prime Minister Buqi to report to Sun Quan on the affairs of Jiaozhou, hearing that Zhuge Ke suddenly returned to Beijing, Sun Quan was a little strange, it stands to reason that he did not recall Zhuge Ke, unless there is an urgent military situation, and it is not easy to explain in the chapter, Zhuge Ke will return to Beijing in person unless he has to play in person, so Sun Quan wants to think about it, and ordered the Huangmen squire to immediately announce Zhuge Ke to the palace.

After Zhuge Ke went to the palace, he immediately bowed and said, "Minister Zhuge Ke knocks to see Your Majesty." ”

Sun Quan had already noticed the strange young man behind Zhuge Ke, who was not wearing the court clothes of the minister of Wu, but the official uniform of Wei.

"Ai Qing is flat. Who is this? Sun Quan waved his hand to signal Zhuge Ke to calm down, and then asked again.

Zhuge Ke bent down and said, "Your Majesty, he is Wang Mingshan, the son of Wang Ling, the Taiwei of Wei. ”

As Zhuge Ke expected, as soon as he revealed Wang Mingshan's identity, he immediately attracted Sun Quan's attention, not only Sun Quan, but also Prime Minister Buqi, Sun Jun in the service, Hussar General Zhu Ju and others The eyes of Wang Mingshan were all focused on Wang Mingshan.

The name of the person, the shadow of the tree, Wang Lingjiu Zhen Huainan, is the number one enemy of Eastern Wu, the monarchs and ministers of Eastern Wu are deeply afraid, and now his son will appear on the palace hall of Eastern Wu, which naturally attracted everyone's attention at once.

The monarchs and ministers of Eastern Wu were very curious, what was Zhuge Ke's intention to bring Wang Ling's son here?