Half a month later, Xiong Huai returned to Yingdu again.

As the time gets closer and closer to August, the time for Qin Wangdang to marry the queen is getting closer and closer, and the alliance between Qin and Chu is also in full swing.

At this time, Gan Mao led a delegation of Qin envoys to Yingdu.

In the Chu Palace.

Gan Mao saluted Xiong Huai and said: "King, Qin and Chu meet, Gongzi Ji will marry the princess of Chu on the sixth day of the ninth month, the meaning of the widow, the princess is the king's beloved daughter, not a heavy minister, there is no way to express the sincerity of the Qin State." But August 15 is the time for the king of my Qin State to marry the queen, and at that time, all the important ministers of my Qin State need to congratulate the King of Qin in Xianyang. If you wait for the widow's wedding and then send someone to greet the princess, I'm afraid it will be too late.

Therefore, although the widow had no intention of separating the king from the princess, he still took the liberty of making a reluctant request, hoping to welcome the princess to Qin in advance, and when the wedding date came, the wedding would be held immediately. ”

After saying that, Gan Mao bowed to the ground.

Xiong Huai was silent for a while when he heard this.

The time of the marriage between Qin and Chu was only twenty days later than that of the king of Qin, and at such a short time, the Qin State sent important ministers to welcome the relatives and then return to the Qin State, back and forth, and there was not enough time.

Calculating the time, the Qin State is now sending people to greet his relatives, and Gan Mao has to rush back to Xianyang to participate in the wedding of the King of Qin, and the time of nearly a month is not very sufficient.

It's just that, thinking of this time, Nanhou has been summoning the princess every day, looking sad and inseparable, Xiong Huai is very embarrassed.

This is not the afterlife, and the daughter who marries can often go home to see.

Now, once the daughter gets married, it may really be the only time to meet again under Jiuquan.

After a deep sigh, Xiong Huai sighed lightly, and then spoke: "The envoy's intention is already known, please wait a few days, the widow still needs to prepare some time." ”

Gan Mao bowed again and said, "Obey the king's orders." ”

After sending Gan Mao away, Xiong Huai sat in the hall for a long time, and then got up and walked to the palace in the south.

If nothing else, at this time, where should Nanhou and the princess be.

When he came to the southern harem, Xiong Huai casually asked a maid in the palace, "The queen is in the palace." ”

The maid replied: "Back to the king, the queen is taking her son and princess to enjoy the flowers in the palace at the moment." ”

Xiong Huai nodded: "Okay, the widow knows." ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai walked towards the back of the palace, and soon found that Nanhou and Princess Xuan were teasing Gongzi in the pavilion.

Hearing the laughter from over there from afar, Xiong Huai suddenly froze.

In this situation, it seems extremely inappropriate to come forward and disturb it now.

Just when Xiong Huai planned to come back in the evening and turned to leave, a childish voice came.

"Queen Mother, Father is here."

As Gongzi's voice sounded, Nanhou immediately found Xiong Huai not far away, and then hurriedly led Princess Xuan and Gongziyu over.

"The concubine meets the king!"

"Meet Father!"

Seeing Nanhou and a pair of children in front of him, Xiong Huai smiled: "No need to be polite!" ”

The four of them came to the hall, and when Nanhou saw Xiong Huai coming here at this time, he couldn't help asking: "King, I don't know if I came here at this time, but what is the important matter?" ”

Xiong Huai's face did not change, and he still said with a smile: "It's okay, the widow just wants the queen a little, so he came here to meet the queen." ”

Nanhou took a deep look at Xiong Huai, then glanced at the daughter beside her, then her face stiffened slightly, and finally showed a bitter smile, and she didn't speak, just quietly watched Xiong Huai and Princess Xuan laugh.

Nighttime.

After dinner, after Gongzi Yu and Princess Xuan all left, Nanhou Baiwei said: "King, the concubine has learned that Gan Mao of Qin is here." ”

Xiong Huai heard that the joy of playing with his children just now suddenly dissipated, and then nodded with a mixture of joy and sorrow.

Although there is some reluctance in my heart, when my daughter grows up, she still has to get married after all, and she can't delay.

So, Xiong Huai said in a complicated manner: "Gan Mao came to Yingdu this time, not for other things, but specifically to welcome Mi Xuan to Qin State. ”

Nanhou didn't ask anything when she heard this, but just smiled with tears in her eyes: "The concubine knows, although the king arranges this matter, Xuan'er's dowry, the concubine will deal with it, and it will not let Chu lose its courtesy..."

Next.

Xiong Huai summoned Jing Li and said: "Ling Yin, yesterday the envoy of the Qin State Gan Mao came to greet the princess, I don't know if Qing ever knew." ”

"The minister knows." Jing Li nodded, it was impossible for him not to know such a big thing.

Saying that, Jing Li spoke again: "King, calculate the time it takes to travel from Yingdu to Xianyang, if you want to arrive in Xianyang on August 15, you need to set off as soon as possible, at the latest, it cannot exceed five days. Otherwise, the envoys who went to see off their relatives would miss the wedding of King Qin, which was extremely rude to the Chu State. I wonder when the king is going to let the princess leave for Qin? ”

Xiong Huai thought for a long time, and then spoke: "Gan Mao is in too much of a hurry, and it will take some time to prepare the dowry for the princess, so the time for the princess to go to the Qin Kingdom is set in five days." ”

Jing Carp didn't react at all, and responded: "Only." ”

After a pause, Xiong Huai gathered his thoughts and said to Jing Li: "Ling Yin, this time the Qin State sent the Qin King's confidant and servant Gan Mao to greet the relatives, although the time is a little tight, but it has undoubtedly shown the sincerity of the Qin State to the Chu State. Therefore, the envoy sent by the State of Chu to the State of Qin to send off relatives must also be an important minister.

Sending relatives is also secondary, and the most important thing is to formalize the alliance with Qin. ”

Jing Li nodded, and the important ministers of the Chu State flashed in his mind one by one, excluding the elderly Zhaoyu and Jing Cui, who was concentrating on the war, and then ignored Chen Zhen and Gongsun Yan, and the rest were him and Zhaoju Tang Yu.

Thinking about it, Jing Lichi asked, "I don't know who the king wants." ”

Xiong Huai said with a smile: "I have to serve as a messenger to send off my relatives, and I also have to bear the heavy responsibility of forming an alliance, so the widow plans to choose an important minister from the office." Now that the war is imminent, Zhu Guo and Sima are arranging a war, and Sikong is too old to travel far, so the widow wants to ask Ling Yin to go to Qin in person, I don't know what Ling Yin thinks"

Jing Cui sighed when she heard this, and bowed her hand and said, "King, the minister is willing to go to the Qin State." ”

"Good!"

Five days later.

This is the day when Princess Chu set off for Qin, Xiong Huai stopped after handing over the princess's team to Jing Li outside the palace gate, and then stood outside the palace gate to watch the team go away, and the reluctant Nanhou sent the princess out of the gate of Yingdu...

In mid-August, on the eve of the wedding of the King of Qin, the send-off party of the State of Chu rushed to Xianyang, and then was placed in a palace outside the city by the State of Qin.

And Qin Wangdang learned that the state of Chu ordered Yin Jingli to come to the state of Qin in person, so he decided to summon Jingli immediately.

Next.

The king of Qin ordered Zhang Yi, the prime minister, as a messenger, to personally greet Jing Li at the gate of the Qin Palace and welcome Jing Li into the palace.