Soon, Qu Yuan and the three of them reported the list of ministers who had fornicated with the enemy country to the king of Chu, but the news that the king of Chu did not reply immediately spread among the capital of Ying.

For this situation, all the Chu people in Yingdu breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that this matter is also beyond the king's expectations, the king has no intention of purging the nobles in the country, it is completely Qu Yuan who broke this matter without authorization, which makes everyone embarrassed. Otherwise, the king will not only not fail to restrict the actions of the feudal monarch, but will also procrastinate and hesitate in this matter. ”

When Yi Lingjun learned of this, he sighed alone in the room.

"Next, as long as Gongzi Zilan is protected by the Qin State, or flees to another country, and is not brought back to Yingdu by Xianyin, then the king will not have a thorn in his heart, and he will often be uncomfortable. In the near future, this matter will be turned into a big thing and a small thing. ”

Sighing, a trace of coldness appeared on Yi Lingjun's face again.

"Qu Yuan and Qu Shi, after this incident, I want to see how you gain a foothold in the Chu State, and the old man is waiting for you on Huangquan Road."

Early the next morning, before dawn, Yiling Jun washed up a little, and then left the hotel and went to the Chu Palace without eating breakfast.

Outside the Chu Palace, the door of the Zhengzhi Palace was wide open.

Seeing this, the king of Yiling did not enter the palace, but directly bowed outside the palace gate, and then said to the guards guarding the door: "I am tired of reporting to the king, and I said that the minister of Yiling Jun came to ask for sin, and asked the king to give sin." ”

After speaking, he fell to the ground, looking like he couldn't kneel for a long time.

In the palace.

After Xiong Huai got the news, he groaned for a while, and then ordered: "Si Gong, let Yiling Jun go back first, the widow is upset and wants to be alone and quiet."

Besides, he commanded that no one would be seen today. After the three of them entered the palace, let them go back too, the widow will not see others today.

Tell Si Yu to let all the county Yin who wrote to Zilan come back to Yingdu, and the widow will interrogate him personally. ”

"Yui!"

After Li Qiu left, Xiong Huai was silent for a moment before he slowly spoke: "Yilingjun, this old slippery head, if the widow sees you at this time, will the widow let you go, or will he not let go?"

If you want to see the widow, wait! ”

After a short time, Li Qiu went and returned: "The king, the minister has already told the king what he meant, but the king is unwilling to leave, and only asks the king to see him and let him ask the king to plead guilt in person." ”

"Got it." Xiong Huai didn't have the slightest surprise when he heard this.

At this time, Li Qiu continued: "Great King, Fang Cai Nanjun and Jingling Jun also arrived outside the palace gate, and they are kneeling together with Yiling Jun, asking to see the king together. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he said in an unkind tone: "Tell them, let them go back, if they don't want to go, then let them kneel." ”

Li Qiu hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head, didn't dare to look at the King of Chu, and lowered his voice and said, "Great King, the queen is asking to see you outside the palace." ”

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, then turned around and waved his sleeves, and said indifferently: "You all stand down, the widow wants to be alone and quiet." ”

Outside the palace.

When the sun rose, a group of people had already knelt down outside the palace gate, most of them were local feudal lords, and all those who had written letters and were still stranded in Yingdu were all kneeling here.

Of course, the ministers of the DPRK and the central government are no exception, and they are mixed with the feudal monarchs.

Then, the passing crowd soon discovered this rare wonder.

The nobles who are usually high up in the sky actually knelt outside the palace gate at this moment.

Just watch the excitement and watch the excitement, and no one dares to stay outside the palace gate at this moment.

The seventh month of the lunar calendar is the hottest time of the year, and as the sun gradually rises, the fiery sunlight shines on the earth.

Before the hour (seven to nine o'clock in the morning) had passed, the nobles who could not kneel outside the palace gate were already sweating profusely and the heat was unbearable.

Just when everyone saw that the King of Chu was unresponsive and their hearts were already cold, a carriage came galloping from the south, and then stopped hundreds of steps away from the Chu Palace, and then Zhongjun got down from the carriage.

Zhongjun looked at the kneeling crowd outside the palace, his eyes were cold and piercing, his face was extremely indifferent, and his whole body exuded a chill.

Yesterday, they returned from dispersion, and they had reached a tacit agreement to return to their fiefdoms, stick to their fiefs, and contact the ministers of the court and the central government to exert pressure on the king of Chu.

However, I never expected that only a few people left Yingdu yesterday.

If it weren't for the fact that he had been waiting for Nanjun in the south for a long time, he suddenly woke up and returned to Yingdu overnight.

With the scene in front of him, his entire clan was pitted to death.

Thinking of this, Zhongjun glanced at the Chu Palace, and was glad, fortunately he rushed back in time, the king had not accepted the plea of the ministers, otherwise, he would be finished.

Thinking about it, Zhongjun carried infinite hatred, and then silently came to the back of the ministers, and finally knelt down quietly.

The arrival of Zhongjun did not cause any waves.

Then, another feudal lord got lost and returned, and no one cared about it.

As time passed, it was soon the middle of the day. Then, the sun and the moon continued to move, and soon the sun came due south and began to gradually move westward.

Until the sun set, the ministers did not wait for the king of Chu to summon him.

At night, after the curfew, the ministers returned to their residences.

Of course, many people were carried back.

Early in the morning of the third day.

When the palace door opened again, the door was already full of ministers.

Xiong Huai didn't pay any attention to the movements of the ministers.

If it is a crime of treason, it can be forgiven if you kneel for a day, it is too cheap.

Not long after Xiong Huai had breakfast, Li Qiu ran in sweating profusely and said hurriedly: "King, it's not good, Yiling Jun just died suddenly outside the palace." ”

"Yiling-kun is dead?" Xiong Huai was stunned and asked in surprise: "What's the matter, isn't Yiling Jun kneeling outside the palace, how could he suddenly die?" ”

Li Qiuying said: "My lord, it is said that the day before yesterday, the Emperor of Yiling was embarrassed and angry, and spit out a mouthful of blood, and his vitality was greatly damaged. Then, after kneeling outside the palace for a day yesterday, he was already hot and poisonous, and was carried back. Today, I knelt outside the palace again for more than an hour, and suddenly died. ”

"Alas!" Xiong Huai was silent for a long time when he heard this, and then sighed: "That's it, although they fornicated with the enemy country, their crimes should be punished, but they have their own national laws to deal with them." Now, letting them kneel outside the palace in the scorching heat seems to be mean and unkind.

The edict was passed on, and the widow wanted to convene the court again, and invited the ministers to come to discuss the matter. ”

"Yui!"

Half an hour later, the ministers gathered in the palace again.

in the main hall.

Xiong Huai looked at the ministers and said in a cold tone: "Just now Yiling Jun died suddenly, he did not die on the battlefield, nor did he die in his own home, but died outside the widow's palace. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai was furious, suddenly raised his voice, and shouted: "Just die outside the widow's palace, and those who kneel outside the palace with Yiling Jun, what do you want to do?"

In the past, it was disloyal to fornicate with the enemy, but now it is forced to die and trap the widow in unkindness.

What exactly do you want to do?

Are you the courtiers of the widow like this? ”