After Xiong Huai sat down on the throne, he asked the ministers in the palace: "All the kings are here for the rebel son of the widow!" ”

The ministers heard that as soon as the king of Chu opened his mouth, he called Gongzi Zilan a rebel, and knew in their hearts that the news rumored in Yingdu was not a rumor but true, otherwise it would not be so.

It's just that when I thought of the sudden emergence of a Chu king in the Chu State, the ministers all looked at each other and were speechless.

Waited a while.

Zhao saw Jing Li stay in place and was silent, so he came out and said: "The king, the ministers and others have just left the palace, and they learned that there are rumors everywhere in Yingdu that Gongzi Lan is enthroned as king in Luoyi, so he urgently entered the palace to ask to see the king. ”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded with heavy faces.

Seeing that everyone was here for this matter, Xiong Huai nodded and asked Chen Zhen: "Chen Qing, tell me what the specific situation is!" ”

"Yui!" Chen Zhen arched his hand, and then spoke: "King, the news from Luoyi that a few days ago, Gongzi Zilan was canonized by Zhou Tianzi and witnessed by the kings of the Six Kingdoms, and he had announced that he was officially the throne of Chu. Then, under the banner of escorting the king of Chu back to China, the king of the six kingdoms transferred 20,000 Zhou troops from two weeks to escort Gongzi Zilan to Chendi. ”

"Chen Di?" Xiong Huai was stunned, and was surprised in his heart, and couldn't help but ask again: "Chen Qing, has the news been confirmed, did the rebel really go to Chendi?" ”

The news of where Zilan returned from home is very important to the state of Chu.

Xiong Huai's biggest worry is that the countries will let the Qin-Han coalition army escort Zilan back to China, because the feudal monarchs who are fighting against the Qin-Han coalition army at this moment are already very war-weary.

If Zilan contacts those feudal monarchs between Danxi, Xiong Huai guesses that within half a month, the Danxi defense line will be broken through by the Qin-Han coalition army.

But if Zilan is in Chendi, facing the Jianghuai feudal monarch led by Zhaoju, if you want them to betray Chen Cheng and lead the coalition army into Chu, I am afraid that they can only talk in vain and work in vain.

Xiong Huai not only has confidence in Zhaoju's loyalty, but also does not hesitate to resist the Jianghuai feudal monarch.

Therefore, for the state of Chu, Zilan going to the Danxi defense line is the most dangerous, and the slightly better one is to go to Huaibei, and the best situation is to go to Chendi.

At the same time as Xiong Huai spoke, the ministers in the hall all looked at Chen Zhen in disbelief.

Chen Zhen replied in the eyes of everyone: "Back to the king, the minister has repeatedly confirmed that Gongzi Zilan is indeed on the way to Chen Di. Although the Qin State advocated for the Qin-Han coalition to escort Gongzi back to China, it was rejected by the three kingdoms of Qi, Zhao and Wei, and under the strong leadership of the three kingdoms, Gongzi Zilan went to Chendi. ”

When the ministers heard this, they suddenly let out a long breath, as long as Gongzi Zilan did not appear in Danxi, then his threat to the Chu State would be minimal.

Xiong Huai was stunned at first, and then reacted, and the countries let Zilan go to Chendi, obviously not because the countries were too stupid, but because the countries were too shrewd. Thinking about it, he laughed "haha" and said: "The widow has long known that their six countries are a game of scattered sand, full of contradictions, and now it seems that as expected, a good move is placed in the worst place, and it seems that the widow has no worries." ”

As soon as Xiong Huai's voice fell, Jing Li immediately spoke: "This just shows that the king has the destiny of heaven and has his own gods to protect him, so the six countries will let Gongzi Zilan go to Chen Di." ”

Xiong Huai laughed when he heard this.

Seeing this, the ministers immediately followed: "The king's destiny returns..."

After a pause, after the compliments of the ministers fell, the smile on Xiong Huai's face disappeared, revealing a trace of coldness: "Passing on the widow's edict, Gongzi Zilan does not think about relieving his father's worries, and does not think about being loyal to the country, but at the critical juncture of my Chu country, he takes refuge in various countries." Such disloyalty and unfilial piety are hated by widows.

Therefore, the widow decided to deprive Gongzi Zilan of his son-in-law, hook off the clan name, and demote him to a concubine to set an example. ”

The ministers were shocked when they heard this.

Degraded to a concubine, this is not only a punishment second only to direct death, but also shows that the king of Chu and Gongzi Zilan officially broke off relations.

Some ministers wanted to persuade the King of Chu, after all, Gongzi Zilan has always been under the control of various countries, except for suicide, there is no way to resist.

It's just that when he saw the cold and stinky face of the King of Chu, no one dared to touch the moldy head of the King of Chu.

After Xiong Huai finished speaking, seeing that the ministers' faces changed, he nodded with satisfaction, and then continued: "At this moment, Zilan is already a rebel of my Chu State, if there is still someone who fornicates with Zilan, then it will be punished for treason." ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai spit out two words word by word: "Extermination!" ”

After the ministers left to appease the feudal monarchs in various places, Xiong Huai sat alone in the main hall, looked at the Danxi defense line, showed a murderous face, and scolded viciously in a low voice: "I hope that with Zilan's example, you can stop for a while, otherwise, the widow even recognizes his son, and he will care about you!" ”

Then, after a long silence, the killing intent on his face gradually receded.

Not long after, Li Qiu came in and reported: "King, the queen and Han Meiren are asking to see outside?" ”

"Queen, Han Meiren!" Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, and then he knew why they came.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai ordered: "Let the queen go back, just say that the widow is in a troubled mood and wants to be alone and quiet." In addition, let Han Meiren also go back and tell her that Zilan's matter has nothing to do with Gongzi lice, and the widow will not be angry with her younger brother, and the widow will still give Gongzi lice the treatment of the prince of Chu Guo, so that Han Meiren does not worry. ”

"Yui!"

The other side.

Under Jing Cui's persuasion, Prince Heng, who had already dispelled the idea of promoting the idea of sending troops to attack the Song Dynasty, under Jing Cui's persuasion, began to inspect the Huaishui defense line on behalf of the king of Chu on the grounds that the New Year was approaching, so as to avoid returning to the big whirlpool in Yingdu, but also to avoid him suddenly turning back and not giving a good account to the feudal monarch of the Danxi defense line.

The crown prince started from Shou County, along the Huaishui, while inspecting all parts of the south bank, and on the other hand, in the name of the king of Chu.

Everywhere the prince went, he was warmly welcomed by the soldiers of the Chu State.

At the same time, in order to curry favor with the crown prince, and even more so to let the prince come forward to oppose the Song State, they offered a large number of gifts.

Of course, in order to win over the feudal monarch of Jianghuai, the crown prince naturally did not refuse, and accepted all the gifts, in order to ease everyone's hearts, and said that he would no longer promote the Song Dynasty.

Huaiyin City.

After the prince sent away the generals who came to pay a visit, he looked at the only remaining Jingyang, and remembered the scene when the two of them fought and fought with other nobles together, went out hunting together, robbed the people's daughters together, and drank all night together, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Jingyang, to this day, the lonely party knows the difficulty of governing the country. When I think of the joy of my youth in the past, it's incomparable! ”

Jingyang persuaded: "Why did the prince say this, now that the king is still here, the prince only needs to follow the footsteps of the king, what is the difficulty." ”