Xiong Huai heard that the queen of the south was about to give birth, and immediately walked out in a hurry with surprise and joy, walked four or five steps, and then remembered that there were two ministers in the palace, and then, turned to fight by Chen Zhen and said: "The queen is about to give birth, the widow's heart is in turmoil, and tomorrow he will convene the important ministers to discuss the matter of Qi." ”

"Yui!" Douyou Chen Zhen responded, and then bowed his hand: "Congratulations to the king for having another heir." ”

When Xiong Huai heard the voices of the two, the people had already arrived outside the hall and looked south to the palace.

"Meet the King!"

When they arrived at the dormitory, the busy people in the palace saw the arrival of the king of Chu and immediately saluted in a panic.

Xiong Huai said "um", he didn't care, and went straight to the south back bedroom in a hurry.

"The King."

Xiong Huai arrived outside the door, but was stopped by two maids.

"What? The widow can't go in! Xiong Huai's eyes immediately widened and he was furious.

The two maids bowed their heads timidly, but they didn't let go of the hand that stopped the king of Chu, and said, "King, this is not in accordance with the rules!" ”

“···” Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth, and found that he couldn't help anything, so he retreated and looked anxiously outside the hall, as if he saw the south queen in the hall through layers of obstacles.

Not long after, the crown prince rushed over when he heard the news, and saw that the king of Chu was stretching his neck and looking anxiously outside the hall, so he immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Meet my father." ”

"Excuse me!" Xiong Huai glanced back at the prince, although he turned his head to look at the palace.

After the prince stood up, he asked, "Father, I don't know how the queen mother is now!" ”

Xiong Huai said absentmindedly: "It's okay! OK! ”

When the prince saw this, he no longer asked, but stood by Xiong Huai's side worriedly.

···

More than two hours later, with a cry, Xiong Huai outside the hall finally felt relieved.

After a while, an old woman with a happy face carefully walked out of the hall with a crying child and came to Xiong Huai: "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king, the queen has given birth to a son, and the mother and son are safe!" ”

Seeing this, the crown prince immediately leaned over and congratulated: "Congratulations to my father!" ”

As the crown prince raised his head, a congratulatory sound sounded in the hall.

"Good! Good! Good! Xiong Huai picked up the child, said three good words in a row, and said with a smile: "Reward, heavy reward!" All in vain! ”

When the people in the hall heard this, they all bowed happily and said, "King Xie! ”

After the prince got up, he wanted to see his younger brother and hug him by the way, but when he saw that the king of Chu looked doting, he couldn't intervene at all, paused, and reminded: "Father, now that the younger brother has descended, I don't know what name my father plans to give my younger brother?" ”

"Name?!"

was reminded by the prince, Xiong Huai remembered that he hadn't named it yet.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai looked at his crying son in his arms, and saw that he was white and fat, just like the size of Qin Meiren's son Wangcai in February and March, and gently checked it, feeling that there were not ten catties but eight catties.

After thinking about it and thinking about it for a long time, he had a flash of inspiration, and he said: "The widow saw that he was different from ordinary children, he was a circle older than ordinary children who had just been born, and he was much fatter than the prince when you were just born. ”

The little guy in the arms of the prince of Heng Chu was indeed a little big, so he asked, "I don't know what the name of the younger brother my father plans to call?" ”

Xiong Huai said proudly: "The widow pondered for a long time and decided to give him the name Yi, hoping that he could grow up safely like Xiaoyi." ”

The crown prince looked thoughtfully at the younger brother in the arms of the King of Chu, a smile appeared on his face, and he muttered softly: "Gongzi Yan..."

Next.

Chu State Dynasty Meeting.

Xiong Huai, who got a new son, wanted to show a sad face, but he couldn't control it at all, and finally, after brewing for a long time, he said to the ministers with a joyful smile: "Last year, the Qi country suffered misfortune, and the widow deeply regretted it, this is the misfortune of the people of the Qi country, and the widow deeply mourned!" ”

Seeing this, the ministers looked strange, and said in unison: "The king is merciful. ”

Xiong Huai waved his hand and continued: "Other countries are in trouble, taking advantage of the difficulties, this is unbenevolent, and the widow will not take it." Therefore, although last year was a good opportunity to attack the Qi State, the widows did not send troops to attack Qi because of this. ”

"Instead, I hope that Qi Guo can recuperate and survive this catastrophe. But..."

Saying that, Xiong Huai looked at the ministers with a straight face: "The king of Qi has no intention of recuperating, first regardless of the fatigue of the people, forcibly mobilized a large army to prepare to attack the Song State, and after being dissuaded by the widows, he forcibly raised the price of grain, so that the people of Qi could not afford to buy food, and went bankrupt countless times. ”

Then, Xiong Huai paused, and his voice became higher and higher: "That's not all, what's even more unremarkable is that the Qi State has disturbed the grain prices of all countries in the world for this reason, so that the grain prices of all countries have increased several times. Now, in the harvest season, the wheat that should have been more than ten yuan has risen to sixty or seventy yuan, and the people of all countries can no longer afford to eat wheat and rice. ”

"Is it tolerable or unbearable, the brutality of the Qi country, the widow can no longer bear it. Therefore, the widow decided to send troops to attack Qi, teach Qi a lesson, return peace to the world, and give an explanation to the people, I don't know what Zhu Qing thinks? ”

Xiong Huai's voice fell, and the ministers in the palace were immediately excited, the king of Chu meant to attack the country of Qi, this is the prelude to the invasion of Yue, this year's invasion of Qi, it is for the final preparations for the next year!

The merit of the annexation of the Yue Kingdom.

How to say it, anyway, as long as the battle is won, then at least you can mix a title!

Therefore, Jing Li immediately chimed in: "Great King, what Qi Guo has done this year is really too much. Not only the people of Qi could not bear it, but the people of other countries were also affected, so the ministers asked to contact all countries, and also asked all countries to send troops together to attack Qi country. ”

Xiong Huai nodded, if only one country from Chu sent troops, I am afraid that the outcome would be unpredictable. Moreover, this time the troops were sent to attack Qi, not only to weaken the Qi State, but also to attack the Yue State, so no matter how you say it, you have to pull the Yue State up.

Thinking of last year's impatient agitation of the State of Chu to send troops to attack Qi together, a smile appeared on Xiong Huai's face, if the State of Chu sent troops to attack the State of Qi this time, presumably the State of Yue would follow.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai responded: "Yes." ”

Seeing the King of Chu nodding, Zhao Ju immediately spoke: "Your Majesty, last year, because of King Qi's haste and forced the implementation of wheat rice, the planting of corn in Qi this year was delayed by nearly a month. ”

Therefore, the minister thought that if he wanted to attack the Qi country, he needed to take advantage of the corn harvest in the southern part of the Qi country. That is to say, our Chu State needs to mobilize a large army in August, and then the army will kill the Qi State, arrive in the Qi State in September, rob the corn in the fields of the Qi State, and eat the enemy! Even if it is difficult to snatch the grain, the grain in the field must be burned, so that the people of Qi will waste all their efforts! ”

"In this way, we can carry out the biggest blow to the Qi country at the minimum cost."

"August!" Xiong Huai nodded, although August is a little early, but to avoid the busy farming time, then the only way to recruit Dongting Peng Ze's troops is to recruit them.

It's July, and the rice in Jiangnan is already being harvested! The corn north of the river is also about to enter the ripening time.

So, although the time was a bit rushed, it was not difficult.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai responded: "But, Sima, immediately send an order to the county Yin and Fengjun of Pengze in Dongting, on August 20, the troops from all over Jiangnan will be gathered and will meet in Shou County." ”