Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the prince, you can go out. The middle-aged jailer opened the door of the cell with joy and congratulated him.

The king of Chu was very calm, looked at the jailer and said, "Brother Huang really agreed to let me out?" ”

"The decree will come down soon." The jailer was happier than he had gone out, with a smile in the corners of his eyes.

In contrast, the faces of the other jailer and cell boss were not very good-looking, they thought that if the king of Chu entered here, he would never be able to get out, so they were humiliated in every way, but they didn't expect that he would have one day to go out.

But the two of them had to come and go, and the king of Chu didn't pay attention to them, just quietly waiting for the arrival of the holy decree.

Sure enough, not long after, the emperor's personal eunuch came with the emperor's will, and the king of Chu calmly accepted the decree and stood up, but because his body was too weak, he stumbled under his feet and fell straight behind him.

Xiao Anzi immediately stepped forward to support the person, "Lord Wang, you slow down." ”

The king of Chu was imprisoned for many days, his legs were as weak as noodles, and even if he was supported, he still couldn't walk. Xiao Anzi turned around and shouted to the eunuch behind him, "Why are you still stunned, why don't you hurry up and find a pair of shoulders." ”

The little eunuchs got the order and ran out. After a while, he lifted a pair of shoulders over, and Xiao Anzi carefully helped the person up and let the person go out.

The King of Chu's body was so weak that he couldn't even sit up, and there was absolutely no way to attend tomorrow's palace banquet with this appearance, but Xiao Anzi didn't dare to make an argument to ask him for a doctor, so he only asked the palace maids to take care of the King of Chu and leave after settling each other.

In the imperial study, the emperor was pacing back and forth impetuously, and when he saw Xiao Anzi coming back, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minions have already taken people out." Xiao Anzi raised his eyes and glanced at the emperor without saying anything, and hurriedly lowered his head.

"If you have something to say, when is it, it's still selling."

Hearing this, Xiao Anzi was stunned and immediately replied, "Yes...... It's because the prince is too seriously injured, I'm afraid I won't be able to attend tomorrow's palace banquet. ”

The emperor listened coldly, did not speak, Xiao Anzi did not dare to speak again, he said everything that should be said, whether the emperor wants to invite the imperial doctor, that is his business, even if he is not invited, he is a slave except for sympathy in his heart, he can't change anything.

After half an hour, the emperor finally said, "Please go and see the imperial doctor, I don't want to see a sick person at the palace banquet." ”

Xiao Anzi said yes repeatedly, turned around and went out to order.

The emperor in the house was very depressed in his heart, he wanted to kill the king of Chu, but now, not only to release the person, but also to find someone to show him the injury, this breath blocked his heart, making him almost want to vomit blood.

In the side hall, the imperial doctor was checking the pulse of the king of Chu, and his expression was not very good-looking. The king of Chu is a big man, but his pulse is extremely weak, but if you want to talk about a serious illness, it is not a serious illness, but it needs to be slowly adjusted.

But the emperor ordered, what he wanted was not to completely cure the king of Chu, but to make him look like a normal person at tomorrow's banquet. This means that the king of Chu is to use the medicine of the tiger and wolf.

As if seeing the embarrassment of the imperial doctor, the king of Chu said warmly, "It's okay, the imperial doctor can use the medicine." ”

The imperial doctor arched his hand, "Thank you for your understanding." ”

The king of Chu drank a bowl of medicine and fell asleep groggily. Half-asleep and half-awake, he felt a cold gaze fall on his face, and King Chu was startled and opened his eyes suddenly.

I saw the emperor standing quietly beside the bed, his narrow phoenix eyes like poisonous snakes, flashing with a cold light.

The King of Chu was only surprised for a moment at the beginning, and then quickly calmed down, he sat up strongly, leaning on the pillow and bowing slightly, "Your Majesty is coming, and the ministers are not in a situation." ”

The emperor lifted the sleeves of his robe and sat down next to him, with a detached expression, "It seems that you are in good health?" ”

"Your Majesty's blessing."

Both brothers were calm, as if the hysteria in the prison had never happened.

The Emperor sneered, and suddenly asked, "Do you know why I let you out?" ”

"I have heard a little that Your Majesty needs an illusion of brotherly harmony, and the minister can play it." The king of Chu calmly narrated, he was a majesty, and he never called himself the emperor's brother, obviously he didn't treat the two as brothers.

The emperor shrugged his shoulders noncommittally, "You know very well, and since this is the case, then you should also know that after tomorrow, your fate will not change in any way, don't have illusions." ”

This time, the king of Chu paused for a long time before he slowly said, "The minister understands." ”

The Emperor snorted, got up and strode away.

The king of Chu leaned quietly on the head of the bed, his eyes closed, and his expression revealed a trace of pain and confusion. However, he was the king of Chu in the end, and that fragile expression flashed away, as if it had never appeared.

The palace banquet was held at night, and during the day, someone brought clothes over for the king of Chu to try them on.

The imperial doctor was treating the King of Chu at this time, and he couldn't help but be a little angry when he saw this, "The prince can't stand at all now, how can he try on clothes?" ”

The palace maid was embarrassed to raise the tray, "This is what Your Majesty meant, how dare the slave and maid disobey." ”

The imperial doctor wanted to say something, but the king of Chu stopped him, he got up strongly, took his clothes and said, "Give it to this king." ”

He hadn't worn a prince's costume for several days, and in the prison, he wore prison clothes, because he had lost so much weight, and the prince's clothes were empty on him, making him even more skinny.

"Imperial Doctor Zhang, how is it?" The King of Chu opened his arms and showed the robe on his body to Imperial Physician Zhang.

Imperial Physician Zhang looked at it for a while, and a flash of exclamation flashed in his eyes, "Very good." ”

I have to say that all the royal people are dragons and phoenixes, and the King of Chu is the best among them, even if he is skinny and sick, it does not reduce his bearing at all.

King Chu smiled mildly and changed his clothes again, "That's good, it doesn't seem that you will lose Your Majesty's face." ”

When Imperial Doctor Zhang heard this, he only felt a little sad, he was born in the royal family, and there were too many people who couldn't help himself, so what about the prince, he didn't let him suffer.

Coming out of the side hall, Imperial Physician Zhang was summoned by the emperor again, and asked straight to the point, "How is King Chu's injury?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the prince's injury is recovering slowly, if it is ......"

The Emperor waved his hand impatiently, interrupting the other party's words. He didn't really care about King Chu's injury, he just cared about whether King Chu could attend tonight's banquet decently.

"I'm not asking you this, can he get up, can he walk?"

Doctor Zhang pondered for a moment before answering conservatively, "If you don't do too strenuous exercise, there should be no problem." ”

These words made the stone in the emperor's heart fall to the ground, and even with Imperial Doctor Zhang, he had a good face, "Okay, you can step down." ”

On this side, they were hurrying to prepare for the banquet, and on the other side, the envoys of Chengguo were discussing the emperor's thoughts in the post house.

"My lord, the slave thinks it's strange, why does this emperor refuse to see us for a long time?" The attendant's brow furrowed.

The envoy was not as anxious as his entourage, stroking his beard and smiling, "Since you don't see it, what's the matter with waiting, don't worry." ”

Another attendant also couldn't help but ask, "My lord, is it true that the imperial court is not as stable as rumored, so it is dragging it out like this?" ”

"Maybe." The envoy was still smiling, as if he hadn't taken the matter to heart at all.

He rubbed the teacup in his hand, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. It seems that he will gain a lot from this trip.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and the attendant went to open the door, and saw the waiter of the Ministry of Rites standing outside the door, "My lord, please follow me into the palace to meet the saint."

"Okay." The envoy straightened his clothes and went out after the attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

The emperor was an envoy of Chengguo summoned in the Yongping Palace, and he intended to show his majesty, so he let the ministers of civil and military affairs be lined up on both sides, and he sat upright, wearing a nine-dragon robe on his body, and he was dignified.

The envoys calmly came to pay homage, and at the same time presented the congratulatory gifts they brought over, and the emperor ordered someone to accept them, and said a few words of thanks to the monarch of Chengguo, but they also talked very happily.

Seeing that the time was almost up, the emperor got to the point, "Your Excellency has come from afar, and I have asked people to prepare a palace banquet, and your Excellency is invited to sit down and taste how the food of my dynasty compares with your country." ”

The envoy readily agreed.

The two parties entered the banquet, the palace maid shuttled between the banquets like flowing water, all kinds of delicacies were served one by one, and there were singing and dancing performances, and the sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra was very pleasant.

The envoy seemed to be in high spirits, and the banquet was full of praise, the emperor pretended to be modest and waved his hand, but in fact his face was full of pride, a few glasses of wine, the emperor took the opportunity to mention the matter on the border, saying that the two countries have always been friendly, and this time the act of becoming a country is really not very kind.

But the envoy said unhurriedly, "Your Majesty, you have wronged my lord, and my lord is not preparing to invade your country, as you said, but to protect your country." ”

"Oh, how so?" The emperor's face was calm, but in fact, he had scolded the envoys hundreds of times in his heart, sending troops is sending troops, and he still has to say so good, when does his country need others to protect?

The envoy was reasonable, and the head of the analysis was to say, "Your Majesty doesn't know yet, the original country has been about to move recently, coveting the twelve counties in the north of your country, and saying that it wants to unite with my lord, but my lord refused, and sent me to envoy your country, just to inform your majesty of this news, and your majesty still has to take precautions as soon as possible." ”

With a few words, the responsibility was pushed cleanly, and all the hatred points were drawn to the original country.

The emperor is not a fool, so he naturally knows that what the envoys say may not be true. However, he didn't want to attack directly, so he just pretended to be angry and said, "It turns out that the original country is coveting me Dongxuan, and I treat the original country well, why do you treat me like this?" He seemed to be very angry.

The envoy lowered his head and swept away the cold light from his eyes.

The King of Chu had been quietly beside him and did not speak, but the envoy noticed him and shifted the topic to him, "Isn't this the famous King of Chu?" I have admired the King of Chu for a long time, and it is a great blessing to see it today, Lord Wang, I will give you a glass below. The envoy said, and raised his glass.