Yingdu.

It has been three days since the ministers returned to Yingdu from Zhanghua Palace.

In the past three days, the romance of the King of Chu has been circulating in the mouths of the people, and the popularity has not decreased, as if it has the meaning of continuing.

As for the escape of Le Jun and others, such a major event related to the survival of the Chu State, it has never attracted the attention of the people.

In this regard, many people see it in their eyes and are anxious in their hearts.

However, the king of Chu stayed in Zhanghua Palace and did not return to the capital for a long time, the prince who supervised the state blindly shirked and did not act, Qu Yuan's attitude of the auxiliary government was even more resolute, and Zuo Yin Zhaochang, who was also an auxiliary government, had an ambiguous attitude, and the ministers were all helpless about this.

After all, the King of Chu had a word first, and they couldn't directly chase them to Zhanghua Palace, which was dozens of miles away, because of the matter of Le Jun and others.

Just when the ministers were anxiously waiting for news, Zhaochang Mansion was up.

"Your Lord, good news. After Yan Lingjun, Nanjun and others received the letter from the king, they agreed to come forward to inquire, and immediately went to the king to ask about Le Jun and others.

The spies we arranged outside the palace had just seen with our own eyes that the messenger sent by Yan Lingjun and them had already entered the palace to deliver the inquiry form. ”

Zhao Chang heard this, and his face showed joy.

"It's finally here. The people are ignorant, although the king can use his own rhyme to suppress the rumors of Yingdu, but the king can guide the ignorant people, can he still prevent other feudal kings from failing.

Now, Yan Lingjun and others have written to ask about Le Jun and others, which is to show the king that the feudal lords in various places are no longer stable. In this way, in order to stabilize the country and prevent the centrifugation of the feudal monarchs in various places, the king must sacrifice Yin Zhaoju and Si Luo Yi to save Le Jun and others.

As soon as Zhaoju died, Le Jun and the others who escaped the crime must be grateful to me. Moreover, the power of the ministers and nobles in the country of war against the king can also dispel the idea of changing the law of the king.

In this way, with the support of the feudal monarch, with the support of the courtiers and nobles, who can compete with me for the candidates after Zhaoju, Jing Que and Qu Yuan? These two are not worth mentioning at all. ”

Zhao Chang thought about it, and his face couldn't help but show a little longing for the future.

At this moment, a doorman came over and bowed to Zhao Chang and said, "Your Majesty, the prince is invited." ”

"Here we are." Zhao Chang smiled slightly, and responded: "Tell the prince that Chang will be there soon." ”

"No."

Chu Palace.

After Zhao Chang and Qu Yuan put down the bamboo slips in their hands, the prince hurriedly asked: "Zuo Yin Zuotu, Feng Jun wrote to ask about Le Jun and others, I don't know how the two of you think we should reply." ”

"This..." Zhao Chang hesitated, although he had known about this for a long time and had his own plans, but he looked at Qu Yuan next to him, but he didn't speak.

At this time, Qu Yuan was caught off guard by these letters, heard the prince's inquiry, thought about it, and responded: "Prince, Doctor Sanlu has been going to Guangling for three days, calculate the time, there will be news in about ten days, so why not wait for the dust to settle this matter, and then give a reply to the feudal lords in various places." ”

When Zhao Chang heard this, he smiled in his heart, but he objected: "It's not proper, Yan Lingjun and their letter have already arrived in the palace, but the news of Doctor Sanlu will take more than ten days, and it is not yet known whether they can convince Le Jun and the others." If we ignore Yan Lingjun and them now, and then the news that Doctor Sanlu failed to convince Le Jun and the others came.

In this way, I am worried that the feudal monarchs in various places will think that the king is persecuting Le Jun in front of them, and then ignore the feudal monarchs in various places, this..."

Although Zhao Chang didn't say the rest of the words, Prince Heng immediately frowned.

If it is as Zhao Chang said, then the Chu State will definitely be divided.

Thinking about it, Prince Heng immediately spoke: "What Zuo Yin said is extremely true, this matter should not be delayed for too long, ten days and a half months, too long." ”

After speaking, the prince looked at Zhao Chang and said, "I don't know what Zuo Yin thinks will deal with." ”

Zhao saw the prince speak, pretending to ponder for a while, before he spoke: "Prince, it is definitely not okay not to reply to the feudal monarch, but if the result of the matter has not come out, you can't just open the river, and at the same time, the minister thinks that it can't be delayed for too long, so that the feudal monarchs everywhere are dissatisfied." ”

Saying that, Zhao Chang arched his hand and said: "Prince, I thought that this matter was difficult to decide, so I should ask the king for instructions." ”

"No." As soon as Qu Yuan heard that Zhao Chang was going to Zhanghua Palace to ask to see the King of Chu, he immediately objected: "Feng Jun wrote to inquire about state affairs, this is just an ordinary thing, how can you alarm the king." ”

"If you don't ask the king, how should this matter be handled?"

"This..." Qu Yuan's heart sank, and he suddenly felt very embarrassed.

This Yan Lingjun and their letter came too quickly, if it was a few days later, the matter would almost be over, even if it was not over, he could use the interface of the resignation to drag it out for two or three days.

However, Le Jun and the others have only fled for three days, and they have only been gone for three days, and it will take at least ten days to wait for the news of the resignation, so there is no legitimate reason to delay time.

On the other hand, the crown prince Heng was also worried about whether to disturb the affairs of King Chu.

His father entrusted him with state affairs, and before parting, he deliberately told him, in order to avoid the ministers.

As a result, he only lasted three days, and was defeated by a few letters.

This must have made his father look down on him and think he was incompetent.

At this time, Zhao saw Qu Yuan opposing to see the king of Chu, but he couldn't come up with a solution, and the prince was hesitating, and made persistent efforts: "Since the prince's left disciples are all hesitant, why don't we invite the ministers to come and discuss." ”

When the prince heard that Zhao Chang gave a step, he did not force him, and immediately responded: "Good." ”

On the other side, when Qu Yuan heard Zhao Chang's words, he was about to object, but when he heard the prince's voice, he opened his mouth, and the words of opposition were immediately swallowed again.

Although the crown prince didn't react, he knew that most of the ministers wanted to take this opportunity to demonstrate to the king of Chu, how could they convene the ministers to discuss at this moment.

If there were only three of them here, he would have been able to reluctantly bring Zhao Chang back, and at worst he could oppose Zhao Chang's words, but as soon as the ministers came, especially in the absence of his own most important assistant, this deliberation would be dangerous.

It's just that the timing of Feng Jun's book was too good, too fast and too sudden, and he was caught off guard, so that he couldn't come up with a solution for a while, and he was pinched by Zhao Chang again and again.

Now that the prince has summoned his ministers, he has also given him time to buffer...

Soon, the important ministers of Yingdu gathered together.

The crown prince sat on the side of the throne, pointed to the pile of feudal kings on the king's case, and said: "Zhuqing, Yan Lingjun and others wrote to their father, because of the rumors in Yingdu, they were difficult to distinguish, so they specially wrote to ask about Le Jun and others, and asked if their father really punished Le Jun for the crime of losing their land, and asked Le Jun if they really fled."

Now Yan Lingjun's Ling Yin is waiting for his father's reply in Yingdu, but now his father is cultivating in Zhanghua Palace, and he asked me not to disturb him. Therefore, because Gu and the two auxiliary ministers could not make a decision, they specially invited Zhuqing to come to discuss how we should reply to Yan Lingjun and them. ”

When everyone heard this, they didn't say anything, and it was not easy to reply.

The matter of Le Jun and others is the biggest thing in Chu at this stage, Yan Lingjun and other feudal monarchs wrote to ask, this cannot but be answered, otherwise, this will chill the heart of the re-feudal monarch.

However, if it is bluntly said that Lejun and they have fled, this will definitely cause turmoil among the feudal monarchs, which is not conducive to maintaining the stability of the Chu State. If the feudal monarch is unstable and the Chu State is unstable, then the voice of the Chu State will be greatly weakened. The so-called king of a small country is not as good as the secretary of a big country, and the state of Chu will be weakened, which is also unacceptable to the ministers of the DPRK and China.

Therefore, the reason why Lejun and the others fled and hid in Ejun's fiefdom was that several important ministers of the court wrote to them, telling them that the important ministers of the court would do their best to deal with them!

After all, the purpose of many ministers is just to force the King of Chu to submit through this matter and dispel the King of Chu's idea of changing the law, and in addition, there are some people who plan to get rid of Ling Yin Zhaoju by the way, so as to put others on the throne.

It is precisely because of the promises of many ministers that Lejun stayed in Hubei safely. Otherwise, Lejun and the others would have run down the river directly after getting on the boat in Xundi.

Therefore, before Lejun and them have directly and completely fled, the ministers will not be willing to announce this matter, although everyone can find out the truth, but the court will never admit it.

Of course, he directly denied this matter and sent Yan Lingjun and their messengers with lies, and none of the ministers mentioned it.

It is not good for the country to have no faith, especially when the king of Chu is not in Yingdu, who dares to tell such a lie, in case Lejun and they really run away in the end, then the feudal monarch will question them, and they will become scapegoats.

While the ministers were watching, the senior doctor Jing Shao saw that although none of the ministers spoke, there were already many ministers who were eager to try, seeing this, Jing Shao smiled and nodded slightly.

The long-awaited time has come.

"Prince, Yan Lingjun is not easy to reply to their letter, and Dr. Sanlu has not sent back the news when he went to Guangling."

Saying that, Jing Shao said with a difficult face: "Besides, Guangling is far away, even if Doctor Sanlu really finds Le Jun and convinces them, but this news will spread from Guangling to Yingdu, at least it will take ten days and a half months." But now it's only been three days. ”

As soon as Jing Shao spoke, the ministers attached to him echoed one after another: "Yes, yes, Doctor Sanlu is too far away, and Yan Lingjun's messenger is in Yingdu, at this time, we can't wait for Doctor Sanlu." ”

The crown prince frowned when he heard this, the attitude of the ministers was mostly similar to Zuo Yin Zhaochang, and the suggestion that he had just agreed to summon the ministers seemed a little reckless.

But the words of the ministers are also reasonable, at this time, it is difficult to quench the thirst of the distant water, and what is even worse is that it is unknown whether the Sanlu doctor can send back the good news.

Thinking about it, the prince had to look at Jing Shao with a straight face and asked, "What the doctor said is extremely true, I don't know what the doctor thinks." ”

Jing Shao saw the prince asking, and a feeling of self-satisfaction arose, you know, the king of Chu has never asked him so modestly.

Thinking about it, Jing Shao suddenly had a good impression of Prince Heng.

So, Jing Shao immediately humbly bowed his hand and said: "Prince, the king said before, if there is something in the country, you can let the prince and Zuo Yin Zuotu make up their minds, if the three princes can't make up their minds, then they can report to the king." Therefore, I thought that since the prince and Zuo Yin and Zuo disciples could not make a decision, why not send someone to ask the king. ”

When Zhao Chang heard this, there was a hint of pride in his eyes, although he did not communicate with Jing Shao, but the attitude of Jing Shao and even the ministers was all within his expectations.

On the other side, as soon as Qu Yuan heard Jing Shao's words, he immediately objected: "No, the king has only been cultivating in Zhanghua Palace for three days, and we will ask the king for such a trivial matter, doesn't this show the incompetence of the prince and us?" ”

When the prince heard this, he immediately nodded in agreement, and Zuo's words went to his heart.

Before, his father did not hesitate to defile himself, and used his own affair to suppress the rumors of Yingdu, so that Yingdu spent three days in peace.

Now, he was not defeated by the menacing rumors, but he went to disturb his father because of the letter of Yan Lingjun and others.

This... It really seems that he is too incompetent.

On the other side, Jing Shao saw that the crown prince agreed with Qu Yuan's words, and said hurriedly: "But the prince, if we don't ask the king, then how can we reply to Yan Lingjun and them." ”

Qu Yuan immediately responded: "It's because it's difficult to reply to Yan Lingjun and them, so we need to negotiate a charter." ”

When Jing Shao heard this, he sneered: "Now we have discussed, but who has a solution." ”

When the ministers heard this, they all fell silent.

At this time, Zhao Chang's ministers did not speak, and bowed to the prince again: "Prince, since we have no choice, it is better to ask the king for instructions according to the words of the doctor." ”

When the prince heard this, he still hesitated.

At this time, Qu Yuan's heart was crossed, and he said with a dark face: "Prince, Yan Lingjun and others are just courtiers, how can the courtier give an answer immediately if he asks in a letter." Besides, Lejun's matter is very important, how can he give a hasty answer. Therefore, according to the following opinion, they should tell Yan Lingjun and their messenger that Le Jun has not yet arrived in Yingdu, and this matter still needs to be inquired by the court, and let them wait for three or five days. ”

Prince Heng's eyes lit up suddenly.

Yes, although Lejun's affairs are major events that can shake the foundation of the Chu State, Yan Lingjun and them are courtiers after all, even if his reply is a day or two late, as long as they are not perfunctory, then Yan Lingjun and the others can't say anything.

Thinking about it, Prince Heng immediately asked the ministers, "What do you think of Zuo's words?" ”

"This..." Akira frowned, but did not answer.

At this time, Jing Shao saw Qu Yuan using power to oppress people, and couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

Delay, this can be delayed for a few days, now it's just Yan Lingjun and they wrote to ask, wait for a few days, wait for Jiang Han's feudal lords to send the book to Yingdu, can it be delayed at that time.

Thinking about it, Jing Shao arched his hand and said, "In this case, then follow the left disciple and wait for three more days." ”

As soon as Jing Shao spoke, the other ministers looked at each other, and at the same time said, "That being the case, prince, then we will wait for three more days." ”

As soon as the voice of the ministers fell, the prince was still ready to speak, and at this time, a loud voice came from outside the hall:

"Wait a few days? No need, the widow has returned. ”

When the crown prince and his ministers heard this, they looked outside the hall and saw that the king of Chu was striding in.

Seeing this, although everyone's thoughts and thoughts were different, all of them showed joy and stepped forward to salute:

"Meet the King."

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