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Because of the previous sacrifice to Taibo Jizi, the noble officials of Wu Land basically served around the king of Chu, so this time when the ministers were summoned, all the people came.

After summoning the ministers to an early court, Xiong Huai immediately changed the venue and began to give banquets to entertain the ministers.

At the banquet, in order to show his closeness to the Wu people, and also to express his support for the crown prince of the Song Kingdom, Xiong Huai brought Song Meiren and Wu Meiren into the venue at the same time.

Xiong Huai sat on the main seat, Song Meiren sat on the right side, and Wu Meiren sat on the left side, and the two served together.

At the same time, the nobles and celebrities of Wu led by Wu Hou Ji Xin all gathered on the left side, while Zhao Ju and other officials brought by the king of Chu from Yingdu, as well as officials from Wu land, sat on the right side.

When they were ready, as the bell rang out, the eight tones rang out in unison, and then eighty-one wizards with their left hands and halberds in their right hands, bird feathers on their heads, and barefoot feet entered.

The first dance of this banquet was the martial dance, which was to show the strength of the Chu State and the prosperity of the military to the Wu people present.

During the martial arts performance, Xiong Huai saw that most of the Wu people present were smiling reluctantly, his eyes showed shock, and he couldn't help nodding slightly.

The destruction of the Yue State by the Chu State did not rely on virtue, but by force.

In the past, Taibo Jizi was sacrificed, which was to appease the Wu people and show the virtue of the king of Chu, and now the first dance drill "Dawu" in the banquet is to warn the Wu people.

After the dance, the wizards quickly left the scene, and a group of witches walked in.

This group of witches staged a literary dance, which has a very strong religious color of the Chu State, solemn and sacred, and graceful.

Although the Wen Dance also advances and retreats in an orderly manner, the order is awe-inspiring, but different from the Wu Dance showing the military appearance, the Wen Dance shows the civilization and order of the Chu State, which is to show the Wu people that the Chu State is coming with civilization and etiquette, and the Chu State occupies the Wu land, which brings not destruction, but a new order.

During the cultural dance performance, Xiong Huai saw that Wu Ren's stiff face softened, and the atmosphere in the hall was relaxed, so he nodded again.

After the Wen Dance, the third dance prepared by Xiong Huai for the Wu people was no longer the dance of the Chu State, but the dance "Shaoji" of the Zhou Chamber. This "Shaoji" is the dance of Xuande, in the past, Ji Zha, in the country of Lu to watch the Zhou ceremony, this dance is the last one watched by Ji Zi, praised as: Virtue is great!

The dance of "Shaoji" is generous and benevolent, and there is no other dance in the world that can compare with it in terms of showing virtue.

Xiong Huai chose this dance, not only to promote his virtues, but also to express the closeness of the Chu State to the Wu people.

At the end of the dance of "Shaoji", the dance personally selected by Xiong Huai was performed.

Then, the music changed from grandeur to cheerfulness, and then a group of brightly dressed dancers quickly entered and danced in the hall.

Seeing this scene, the solemn look on everyone's faces suddenly disappeared, and then a smile came out of their hearts.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai had to admit that although the martial arts, literary dances, and "Shaoji" were vast and heavy, they made people awe-inspired, and they didn't dare to read it. However, what everyone really likes is to listen to the sound of silk and bamboo and watch beautiful women dance.

In this regard, Xiong Huai did not show the bright light, in the era of the collapse of ritual music, ritual music has long lost the role of educating people's hearts, in the courts of various countries, the most is this kind of glamorous sound and cheerful dance.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai picked up the wine glass on the case, and then drank it all, and said with a secret smile in his heart: Not only others like it, but also widows.

With the change of the style of music and dance, the palace instantly became lively, between the monarchs and ministers, between the ministers, between the nobles and celebrities, you come and go, so happy and happy.

As the dance music changed one after another, and with the swallowing of glass after glass of wine, the people participating in the banquet in the hall gradually became a little drunk. Even if the King of Chu was still present, many people's demeanor was not as solemn as it was at the beginning. However, because of the presence of the King of Chu, everyone still maintained restraint at the moment and did not dare to be rude in the slightest.

At this time, at the back of the hall, Zhang Qi looked at the King of Chu who was hugging left and right on the stage with slightly cloudy eyes, and under the service of the two beauties, he showed a bright smile from time to time.

Seeing this, the chapter period was quite heavy in his heart.

Although Zhang Yi said yesterday that he was the king's favorite candidate, Zhang Yi was not relieved.

The Ji clan's status in Wu is extraordinary, and now they are the Marquis of Wu, which is far from being comparable to their mere Zhang clan.

Besides, people's hearts will change, especially if there is a beautiful Wu beauty blowing wind in the ears of the king of Chu, what if, under the bewitchment of Wu beauty, the king of Chu decides to give Wu Hou power?

Thinking about it, Zhang Qi immediately shook his head, then muttered for a long time, then drank three cups in a row, got up and walked out.

Soon after, Zhang Ji returned from home and found Zhao Slip, who was in charge of arranging the banquet.

"General Zhao!"

Zhao Hua looked at Zhang Qi and asked strangely: "General Zhang is not feasting in the palace, what is the important thing to find this general at this time?" ”

Zhang Qi arched his hand and said: "General, although the singing and dancing in the palace is good, it is full of the wind of Chudi. The last general thought that the king came to Jiangdong from afar, but there was no Wu Yue beauty to dance, which was difficult to express the loyalty and respect of my Jiangdong fathers to the king. Yes, the minister is not talented, and found a group of Jiangdong women who can sing and dance, hoping to dance in front of them and express their hearts. ”

"This..." Zhao Slip hesitated slightly.

Now the women dancing in the palace are all people brought by the king of Chu from the palace, and they are all dancers who have been trained since childhood, and they are extremely relieved to use, there will be no accidents, and they will not mess up the banquet of the king of Chu.

More importantly, the king of Chu hoped to use the trend of Chu to attract the attention of the nobles of Wu, arouse the popularity of the nobles of Wu, and then replace the wind of Wu Yue with the style of Chu, so as to make the state of Chu more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so as to imperceptibly transform Jiangdong and achieve the purpose of the confluence of Chu and Yue.

Therefore, even when Zhao Slip asked the King of Chu yesterday whether to let the women left behind by the Yue Kingdom dance, the result was rejected by the King of Chu.

The reason is that the Yue people who are worried about participating in the banquet will see the dancers of the king of Yue dancing again, but they are dancing for the king of Chu, which is easy to evoke memories of the past and affect the effect of this banquet.

Now I want Wu Yue women to dance...

At this time, Zhang Ji saw that Zhao Hua hesitated, took a step forward, bent down and saluted: "General, yesterday my father was rude, but fortunately, thanks to the king's generosity and benevolence, I was able to preserve my reputation." When my father returned to the house yesterday, he was uneasy and lamented that it was difficult to repay the king's kindness. The last general also felt the king's kindness in his heart, and brought a group of dancing girls from his home to show his heart and ask the general to fulfill it. ”

Zhao Slip looked at Zhang Qi and groaned for a while.

This Zhang Yi was an important assistant in his governance of Wu Di, played a major role in appeasing Wu Di's fathers and elders, and was also an important chess piece used to restrain Wu Hou.

Therefore, Zhang Yi's face cannot be withheld.

Otherwise, if Zhang Yi learned that he refused to do so, he would definitely fall into a panic again.

And when other people know about this, they will also look down on Zhang Yi even more, which is extremely unfavorable to using Zhang Yi to restrict Wu Hou's plan.

Thinking about it, Zhao Hua didn't immediately agree, but said: "The general wants to let the dancing girl at home dance around the king, although this is not in line with the ceremony, but the general knows that the king attaches great importance to General Zhang Yi's accession to the throne, so the general can ask the king of Chu on behalf of the general." ”

Zhang Zhi was overjoyed when he heard this: "General Xie." ”