Xiong Huai was relieved when he saw that Prince Zizhen believed his words, and his heart was no longer as resistant to Chu as he was when he first met.

The intervention of the State of Chu in the State of Song had to have a reasonable excuse, and it also needed the cooperation of the crown prince.

Otherwise, the division is unknown, and the plan has not yet begun, that is, it has already failed halfway.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai smiled slightly, looked at the crown prince and continued: "Prince, although the widow's previous plan to send the prince back to the capital failed, for the sake of beauty, and in order to save the friendly relations between Chu and Song, the widow came to Huaiyin in person, hoping to let the king of Song call the prince back to the capital, and let the two countries continue to be friendly. ”

The crown prince was stunned when he heard this, and looked at the king of Chu in surprise.

At this moment, under the condition that the Song State was already wary of the Chu State and directly gathered troops in Pengcheng to prepare for the Chu army, so that he could return to Shangqiu and let the two countries of Chu and Song continue to be friendly?

Thinking about it, Prince Zizhen's heart was shocked, and he suddenly looked at King Chu with suspicion.

Could it be that the king of Chu intended to send him back to the capital by force and force the Song state to submit.

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Prince Zhen gave birth to a burst of resistance in his heart, he has been operating in the Song Kingdom for nearly 30 years, whether it is among the ministers, or among the people, or among the Song army, all of them have a good reputation and a very high reputation.

If the state of Chu attacked the Song in his name at this time, even if it succeeded, it would ruin his decades of hard work. And if he fails, then his foundation in the Song Kingdom will be destroyed.

The father and brother of the Song Kingdom will definitely not accept a person who betrays his father and treason as the king of Song.

Unless the Chu army can besiege Shangqiu, repel the intervention of other countries, and force the Song State to have no choice.

However, with the current situation in the Chu State, this is obviously impossible.

Thinking about it, Prince Zizhen was shocked, thinking that the king of Chu was going to hold him hostage and use his name to kill the Song Dynasty in order to make a last stand.

So he showed a look of vigilance, and his tone became a little distant and asked, "I don't know what the king means?" ”

As soon as Xiong Huai saw the prince's vigilance, he immediately explained: "Don't misunderstand, the prince of Chu and Song has always been on good terms, and the widow has no intention of meeting the soldiers of the Song State. ”

The crown prince immediately hesitated to ask: "What does the king mean?" ”

Xiong Huai smiled: "The widow means to send another envoy to persuade King Song." ”

"Send another emissary?" The crown prince was stunned and looked at the king of Chu suspiciously.

Doctor Shangguan had already messed things up before, and now the whole Song State was full of distrust of the Chu State, at this moment, could the Song State still be persuaded by an envoy?

Even if the State of Chu is now soft on the Song State, I am afraid that the whole State of Song will not believe it.

Even if the two countries of Chu and Song can make peace, it will be difficult for him to return to Shangqiu.

Thinking about it, the crown prince shook his head and said, "King, just send one more messenger, I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve the goal!" ”

"Of course!" Xiong Huai nodded, and then said with a smile: "What if you add a big gift from the widow to the Song Kingdom, and also give the two hundred miles of land returned by the Song Kingdom last time to the Song Kingdom?" ”

"Two hundred miles?" The crown prince was stunned, thought about it, shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not good, at this time, the king sent me the land to the Song Kingdom, and the government and the opposition of the Kingdom will definitely think that the king has other plans." ”

Xiong Huai smiled: "The widow also thinks so, but what if the widow tells the King of Song that this is a gift from the widow to repay the Song beauty, and plans to give these two hundred miles of land as a life-saving grace to the prince who built a city in Huaibei?" ”

"Go and tell my father, give me the land?" Prince Zhen was stunned.

Shangqiu Song Palace.

King Song looked at Zuo Cheng in the hall and couldn't help frowning.

Originally, after the last time Shangguan Dafu left, King Song thought that the attack of Chu would come soon, but twenty days passed, and the expected attack did not come for a long time.

Moreover, when the king of Chu came to Huaiyin, he only brought 50,000 Chu troops, and there was still no sign of gathering troops in Huainan, the state of Chu.

Huaishui's Chu State Naval Division still guarded against Qi, and Huaiyin's 30,000 Chu troops also had to guard against Kuangzhang of Qinghe.

In this way, with the 50,000 army of the Chu State, how could the Song State be attacked?

You must know that now the Song State has stationed more than 100,000 troops in Pengcheng, and with the solidity of Pengcheng, it is enough to hold on to the siege of hundreds of thousands of troops for more than a year, and hold out until the arrival of reinforcements from various countries.

It is precisely because of the abnormality of the Chu State that the Song State can't guess what the King of Chu is paying attention to now.

Thinking in his heart, King Song gradually gathered his thoughts, and asked with a faint indifference on his face: "Envoy, I don't know what the King of Chu sent an envoy to our country this time, isn't it here to declare war?" ”

As soon as Zuo Cheng heard King Song speak, he had a gun and a stick in his words, and the eyes of the Song ministers in the palace were extremely indifferent and repulsive. In this regard, there was not the slightest difference on his face, and he was still smiling.

He knew that this was the sequelae left by the last Shangguan doctor, and that under the condition that the Song State was ready for war, this was the Song State showing him that the Song State had the determination to fight at any cost.

However, judging from the etiquette of the Song State to receive him, there is no difference between this and the last time Doctor Shangguan came to the Song Dynasty.

From this, Zuo Cheng realized that although the Song State was ready for war, he was not afraid of war. However, the Song State may not be willing to go to war with the Chu State at this time.

Thinking about it, Zuo Cheng's smile became even bigger.

"The king, the widow sent his ministers to Song this time, especially to clear up the misunderstanding not long ago. Because of the personal selfishness of the Shangguan doctor, the king misunderstood the widow and brought the two countries to the brink of war. When the widow learned of this, he was extremely remorseful and sighed that he didn't know anyone.

In order to dispel the king's misunderstanding of our country, the widow has severely punished the culprit and asked the ministers to come to Shangqiu to apologize to the king. ”

King Song was stunned, and looked at Zuo Cheng in the hall in surprise, but he was constantly doubting the intentions of the Chu State in his heart.

Is this really an apology? Or is it just to paralyze the widows?

No matter how King Song guessed in his heart at this time, and at this time, many ministers in the palace saw that Zuo Cheng looked respectful from beginning to end, and did not have half of the arrogance of the previous envoy, as if he really wanted to make peace, and his heart suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Anyway, Chu is strong and Song is weak, so it's better not to fight if you can.

Especially now the envoys who have taken Qi and Wei for help have not yet returned to the two countries that are willing to assist the Song State.

Of course, even if the two countries have promised to send troops to rescue, the Song State also does not dare to take it lightly, and the Qi State promised to aid Zhao and Han back then, but the Zhao and Han countries were miserable.

Thinking about it, the tense atmosphere in the temple gradually eased.

At this time, King Song, who was staring at Zuo Cheng, noticed the change in the atmosphere in the hall, and was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said: "Good, war is also disgusted by widows, since the king of Chu intends to make peace with the widows, how dare the widows disobey." ”

When Zuo Cheng heard this, he immediately bowed: "Thank you, king." ”

Saying that, after Zuo Cheng straightened up, he arched his hand and said: "The king, the minister came to Song this time, and the widow also gave the minister a mission, hoping to get the king's permission." ”

When King Song heard this, he couldn't help muttering in his heart: The widow knew that the King of Chu would not let go of Song so easily.

Thinking about it, King Song's face remained unchanged, and he said with a smile: "I don't know if King Chu has any advice?" ”

"Don't dare." Zuo Cheng saluted and said: "King, the widow was assassinated in Jiangdong before, and at a critical juncture, he was fortunately rescued by Song Meiren, and he was spared. ”

Hearing this, King Song couldn't help but nodded, this matter was still in an uproar at the time, and when the news reached the Song Kingdom, he also lamented that Song Meiren interfered indiscriminately and let the King of Chu escape.

At this time, Zuo Cheng in the palace continued: "The widow was rescued by Song Meiren, and he was grateful in his heart, and he always wanted to reciprocate, but Song Meiren is already the widow's favorite concubine, and she is a person from my Chu State, and it is the widow's decision to return the life-saving grace to the Song State." ”

As he spoke, Zuo Cheng looked at the King of Song, then at the ministers of the Song State, and said loudly: "Therefore, the widow decided to divide the land of Huaibei for two hundred miles, and named Prince Song, the father of Song Beauty, as the king of Huaibei. ”

As soon as these words came out, the Song Kingdom was taken aback, and the crown prince of the Song Kingdom became the Huaibei Monarch of the Chu State, what is this?

Just when the Minister of Song was about to refuse, over there, Zuo Cheng continued:

However, the crown prince Zhen thought that he was the prince of the Song Kingdom, and he was unwilling to accept the widow's reward privately. Therefore, the widow felt his loyalty, in order to repay the Song beauty, and in order not to embarrass the crown prince, he planned to give two hundred miles to the Song country, and hoped that the king would transfer the crown prince to fulfill the righteousness of the widow. ”