Originally, Prince Zhen thought that the goal of the Chu State this time was to weaken the Song State and force the Song State to fall to the Chu State by force.

However, not long ago, news came from Huiji, and the culprit of all this, Shangguan Dafu, was dismissed from his official position by the king of Chu after returning to Huiji and ordered to return to the fief.

Hearing the news, Wang Zizhen hesitated again.

If the State of Chu really planned to send troops to the State of Song, then Doctor Shangguan's behavior in the State of Song was completely meritorious, and the King of Chu did not need to punish Doctor Shangguan.

Moreover, the crown prince also learned from the detectives that the king of Chu only brought 50,000 Chu troops with him to Huaiyin this time, and with the 30,000 Chu troops in Huaiyin, it was only 80,000 Chu troops. Moreover, during this period of time, there has been no sign of the gathering of troops in Huainan of Chu State.

I don't know if it was because of the obstruction of the heavy snow, or because the King of Chu had no intention of sending troops to the Song State.

Anyway, with the current strength of the Chu State in Huaishui, it is impossible to defeat the Song State.

It is precisely because of this that the crown prince Zhen received the envoy of Chu in Sixi City.

Despite this, there is still a heavy doubt in the heart of the crown prince, that is, could it be that what Shangguan Dafu did in the Song Kingdom was really just a personal action, not a deliberate one?

Although there were still doubts in his heart, but hearing Zhao Chang's invitation at this moment, Wang Zizhen hesitated for a moment, remembered all the things in Song Guo, and finally nodded.

Doctor Shangguan's behavior and Shang Qiu's actions all made him unable to continue to stay in Huaibei and wait for death.

Early the next morning, Prince Song rushed to Huaiyin City and was treated with great courtesy by the State of Chu.

After the pleasantries.

Xiong Huai looked at the prince who was in charge, and sighed: "Prince, it is inconvenient for the widow to interfere in the affairs of the Song Kingdom, but Huizi came to Chu a few months ago and asked the widow to help the prince, hoping to change the idea of the king of Song letting the prince go out to build a city." However, the Song State was not the Chu State after all, let alone a vassal state of the Chu State, and the widows did not send envoys to the Song State.

Instead, he asked Keiko to serve as the county governor of Shou County, hoping that Keiko would sit in Shou County, look at the prince across the water, and help each other. to exert pressure on the King of Song, lest the King of Song make mistakes again and again. ”

The crown prince was silent when he heard this.

At that time, he had not yet left Shangqiu, and there were still many ministers in the court who supported him. In that case, all it took was a word from the envoy of another country to put a little pressure on his father, and he could avoid the fate of going out to build a city.

But to his disappointment, the aid of the state of Chu did not come.

At that time, Keiko's explanation, in addition to the inconvenience of Chu State, was also because Chu State had just made peace with Qin State, and it was in urgent need of repair, so it was unable to meddle in foreign affairs.

He also accepted this explanation, after all, at that time, when the State of Chu received the assistance of the State of Yan, it was very abnormal to make peace with the State of Qin.

And as everyone knows, the state of Chu was besieged by various countries not long ago, and its strength was greatly lost.

And the king of Chu asked Huizi to serve as the prince of Shou County to support him, and he had nothing to say.

Prince Zhen knew that if it weren't for Huizi serving as the county prince of Chu Guoshou, I am afraid that when he went out to build a city, Shangqiu would have danced with dragons.

Thinking about it, Prince Zizhen's face changed slightly in an instant, and he responded with emotion: "The righteousness of the king's fist, the minister is grateful." ”

Xiong Huai nodded, the prince can accept his affection, this is a good start.

Then, Xiong Huai smiled and said again: "When the widow was in Jiangdong before, he was assassinated, but fortunately he was protected by the gods, and Song Meiren shot twice, so the widow survived. ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai touched his heart with his right hand and sighed for a long time: "The scene at that time, the widow still has palpitations when he thinks about it. ”

After a pause, Xiong Huai looked at the prince and sighed: "The widow often thinks afterwards, if it weren't for the prince who gave his beloved daughter to the widow, if it wasn't for the widow's pampering of Song Meiren, and he also took her with him when he patrolled Jiangdong, I'm afraid that the last time the widow was assassinated, it would be difficult to be spared!" ”

When the crown prince heard this, he remembered that the news came when the king of Chu was assassinated last time, and when he knew that it was Song Meiren who rescued the king of Chu, the corners of his eyebrows suddenly showed a hint of joy.

Then, as soon as the King of Chu's voice fell, he immediately arched his hand and said: "The king has his own heavenly help, and the little girl will never dare to take credit, even if the little girl is not by the king's side at that time, the king will definitely be able to be auspicious." ”

"The prince's words are wrong!" Xiong Huai immediately raised his hand to interrupt Prince Zizhen's salute, and then moved: "Even if the widow can be protected by heaven, but the heavens can't directly rescue him, and the one who saved the widow at that time is still a beauty after all." ”

Prince Zhen listened silently on the side, and when he heard the affectionate words of King Chu, he couldn't help but nod.

Then, Xiong Huai continued: "Later, during the period when the beauty and the widow were recuperating from their injuries, the beauty mentioned the prince many times, and mentioned Shangqiu many times, although the beauty did not speak directly, but the widow knew in his heart that the beauty was worried about the prince, and worried that there would be an accident after the prince left Shangqiu for a few months. ”

When the prince heard this, she was moved in her heart, this is her own daughter, and she loved her before she got married.

Although the widow was hindered by the turmoil in Jiangdong at that time, he did not express his concern about the beauty, but the widow had silently promised the beauty in his heart at that time that he would definitely let King Song find the prince as soon as possible.

Soon, the opportunity came, the king of Qi and Qi returned to heaven on the same day, the widow thought that this was the time for the prince to return to Shangqiu, although Jiangdong was still unstable at that time, but the widow sent a messenger to Shangqiu to persuade the king of Song. ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai's face suddenly burst into anger, and he said angrily: "However, the widow never expected that the Shangguan doctor would violate the widow's edict and deliberately provoke the dispute between Chu and Song in order to achieve his goal of revenge on the King of Song. ”

Hearing this, Prince Zhen nodded slightly.

Doctor Shangguan's mission activities are indeed full of doubts.

One of the biggest doubts is that there is no cooperation from the Chu army.

If the Chu army had already gathered in Shou County at that time, and after Shangguan Dafu visited Song and was humiliated, the Chu army immediately used this as an excuse to send troops to attack Song, which would be reasonable.

However, the actual situation is that it was almost ten days before the Chu army set off from Huiji, and it was only 50,000 Chu troops, and then it took more than ten days to come to Huaiyin.

After such a long time, Song Guo had already made preparations.

As far as he knew, now Pengcheng of the Song Kingdom had gathered 100,000 Song troops, if it weren't for the heavy snow a few days ago, which blocked the road, I am afraid that Pengcheng would have gathered 150,000 troops at this moment, waiting for the arrival of the Chu army.

At this time, Xiong Huai took a breath, and said with a gloomy face: "Although the conspiracy of Doctor Shangguan was discovered by the widow, the relationship between Chu and Song has been greatly damaged, and more importantly, the widow's idea of letting the King of Song recall the prince back to the capital has also been ruined, which has made the relationship between the King of Song and the prince even worse.

As soon as he thought of this, the widow was haunted and felt sorry for the prince! ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai's face darkened, and he arched his hand to the prince and said: "Prince, the widow knows no one and knows no one, and it is self-defeating, I am really ashamed of the prince, and even more ashamed of the beauty." ”

The crown prince Zhen saw that the king of Chu showed a look of shame, although he was still not sure at this time, whether this was a pretentious gesture by the king of Chu.

However, now that the king of Chu has apologized in person, it has also made him feel a lot more at ease.

Maybe this is really Dr. Shangguan's personal action!

Thinking about it, the crown prince immediately saluted and said: "The king doesn't have to be like this, no one thought that the Shangguan doctor would be so selfish, and he would risk the crime of deceiving the king, and also provoke the conflict between Chu and Song to avenge the hatred of expulsion in the past." ”