Soon after, a waiter came from outside the temple and presented a silk book.

Then, Xiong Huai took the silk book and opened it to take a look, and after reading it, Xiong Huai smiled and said: "For the rumors in the city, for this bit of, not only the important ministers of Yingdu came, but even many noble relatives who were idle at home also came, today is really lively." ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai saw that enough breakfast had been arranged in the hall, so he ordered: "Okay, please come here." ”

"Yui."

Outside the palace.

At this time, more than 20 ministers had gathered at the palace gate, and Qu Yuanqu and the three close ministers gathered together, with heavy faces. Zhao Chang stood with the three Zhao people, looking at each other speechlessly. Jing Shao Fan Huan and the five ministers formed a small group, and their faces were solemn.

In addition, there were four small groups of threes and threes, who were cautiously looking at the three large groups close to the palace gate. Originally, they also came for the rumors in the city, but when they arrived outside the palace, they saw the posture of the Zhaojingqu three clans, but found that this rumor did not seem to be simple.

With the continuous waiting, as the king of Chu was summoned for a long time, these people who came to see the king of Chu as soon as their brains were hot, and their hearts gradually calmed down.

At this time, Sigong Li Qiu came out of the palace and looked at the ministers and spoke:

"When the king learned of the visit, he prepared wine and meat in the palace and invited the ministers to come and eat."

Prepare the wine and meat, and go to eat.

The ministers, who had been waiting outside the palace for a while, heard the edict of the king of Chu, and many people muttered in their hearts: Could it be that the king thought that I came in a hurry early in the morning just for the king's meal?

However, everyone has been waiting for a long time, and at this moment, the king of Chu summoned him, and everyone answered: "King Xie." ”

Then, under the leadership of Qu Yuan and Zhao Chang, everyone rushed in.

On the other side, in a rich mansion in the distance of Chu Palace.

Su Dai of Qi State, Zhai Zhang of Wei State, Zhang Ping of South Korea, and Feng Xi of Qin State sat opposite each other.

Suddenly, Zhai Zhang said with a heavy face: "The way of using soldiers, one blow and then three times exhausted, those ministers who accepted our bribes and were encouraged by us to lobby the king of Chu were hung outside the palace by the king of Chu, I am afraid that their morale has been discharged." ”

Su Dai shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, this time our four countries cooperated to separate the relationship between the monarchs and ministers of the Chu State, not because we could succeed by casuallyspreading some rumors, but because the relationship between the monarchs and ministers of the Chu State was already very tense, and we spread rumors, but it was just to provide an opportunity, an opportunity for the monarchs and ministers of the Chu State to vent their dissatisfaction."

As for those ministers who accepted our bribes, they were just building momentum for the monarchs and ministers of the Chu State, and we did not pin our hopes on him in the first place. ”

"Suzi, that's true, but we previously encouraged the ministers to enter the palace together to put pressure on the king of Chu, so as to form a situation where the ministers are forcing the king." Feng Xi said, sighing, "Obviously, this plan has failed. ”

Su Dai's eyes froze when he heard this.

This time, the action of the four of them to come to Chu was actually decided as early as when the Qin State began to attack Chen Cheng, and then as soon as Chen Cheng was broken, the four of them arrived in Chu State one after another, and began to make arrangements in Yingdu.

For this plan, they spent a lot of money on bribes, mobilized a lot of manpower to lobby, and after more than a month of layout, this was overnight, and the chaotic situation in Yingdu had long been over.

However, the plan had just begun, and there were such twists and turns, which undoubtedly cast a shadow on their actions.

Especially he, Su Dai, he is the person in charge of this plan, if the plan fails and fails to separate the monarchs and ministers of Chu State, causing great turmoil in Chu State, this will definitely affect his position in the heart of King Qi.

Thinking about it, Su Dai secretly made up his mind in his heart: if he didn't put pressure on the King of Chu this time, then he would do whatever it takes, even if it was to expose Qi's spies in Chu, he would disturb Chu and provide an opportunity for Qi to attack Chu next time.

At this time, a person walked into the house and said hurriedly: "Everyone, the Chu Palace has come to report that the King of Chu has summoned the ministers." ”

The four of them glanced at each other when they heard this, and they all showed a hint of anticipation. Then, Su Dai hurriedly spoke: "Pay close attention to the movements of the Chu Palace, I want to know all the responses of the King of Chu, whether it is the King of Chu appeasing or subduing the ministers, or the ministers giving the King of Chu great pressure, as soon as there is news, I will report it immediately." ”

"Please rest assured, sir."

Then, after the man left, Su Dai immediately said to the other three: "The three of you have also arranged their own men to find out the news. ”

The three of them all nodded.

In the Chu Palace.

The ministers entered the palace where the king of Chu was eating, and the ministers, who had calmed down, couldn't help but stagnate slightly when they saw the king of Chu eating with the crown prince and Chen Zhen with a smile on their faces.

They had just been waiting outside, and they had not been summoned by the king of Chu for a long time, thinking that the king of Chu was trying to figure out a way, or that the king of Chu was waiting for Chen Zhen to investigate the inside story of the rumors.

As a result, the king of Chu and Chen Zhen were enjoying breakfast in the palace.

Then, some people saw that half of the meals on the table in front of Chen Zhen had been reduced, while the other free tables were full of meals.

This... It seems that Chen Zhen has been dining with the king in the palace all along.

Then, someone looked at the prince Heng opposite Chen Zhen, and saw the prince who had just looked anxious, and after entering the palace for a while, he was already smiling, as if he was no longer worried about the rumors in the city.

Seeing this scene, many people couldn't help but wonder in their hearts: Could it be that the King of Chu has solved the rumors in the city?

Thinking about it, some ministers suddenly felt a pang in their hearts, and then secretly glanced at King Chu, and the respectful color on their faces became thicker and thicker.

On the other side, Xiong Huai saw the arrival of the ministers, and saw that their faces did not have the impatience and anxiety of Chen Zhen and the crown prince, either with a calm face or a face full of respect.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai nodded, knowing that he was not in a hurry to summon them just now, and the calmness he deliberately showed had already paid off.

So, after waiting for the ministers to salute, Xiong Huai didn't wait for the ministers to speak, so he took the initiative to smile and said: "The widow knows why the ministers came, but it is just a few rumors spread by the five countries, the purpose is to disturb our Chu country, in order to facilitate the next attack on Chu by the five countries."

If the five countries want to weaken our Chu State, they still need to decide the victory on the battlefield after all, and now the rumors in Yingdu are not worth mentioning at all. As long as my monarch and ministers stabilize their minds and remain unmoved, these rumors will be a breeze and will not cause any damage to our Chu State. Therefore, the widow means, please rest down. ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai said that he had written to the emperor yesterday to ask for sin, and then explained what he said to the important ministers yesterday that he had officially issued an edict to appease the king.

Some ministers who didn't know the inside story yesterday were completely relieved when they heard the words of the King of Chu and saw that Qu Yuan Zhaochang and other important ministers confirmed this matter.

It turned out that the king of Chu had already taken measures against the rumors in the city.

At this time, Xiong Huai smiled and said: "However, since Zhu Qing came to the palace early in the morning to report and serve the country wholeheartedly, the widow is not very grateful, so he specially prepared some banquets in the palace and invited Zhu Qing to dine with the widow." ”

"This..." Everyone glanced at each other, whether they had breakfast or not, they all bowed and said, "Thank you, the king!" ”