After half an hour, Emperor Chu's eyes returned to clarity.

Seeing His Majesty walking towards him, Xu Zhong hurriedly saluted, presented the letterhead, and said, "Your Majesty, this is a secret letter from Xiangcheng. ”

The King of Qin can fight well and has an army of 200,000 in his hands, how could the Emperor of Chu be defenseless against him? Even if he is like a brother, he still has to be guarded, and if he sleeps peacefully, he also sleeps peacefully, so Xiangcheng and Qin Wangfu have a lot of Chu Emperor's eyeliner.

Emperor Chu took the letterhead, opened it to watch, frowned after a while, and asked, "Who is Chen Rui?" ”

"Chen Rui is the doctor who cured the plague in Linyang City, and the others have not yet been identified." Xu Zhong said respectfully.

"Not found out yet?" Emperor Chu's eyes narrowed slightly, looking at Xu Zhong until he saw a cold sweat on his forehead before he said, "Go and check." ”

Xu Zhong respectfully replied, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Your Majesty's majesty is really getting heavier and heavier.

On the way back to Zhaoyang Palace, Emperor Chu suddenly asked, "Is my prince really not good enough?" ”

Xu Zhong was stunned for a moment, and then pondered for a moment before saying: "The princes are talented and intelligent, each with their own merits, and they are all rare talents in the world. ”

"Since he is a rare talent in the world, why can't Zihao look down on him? Why doesn't the county lord like it? Although Emperor Chu's voice was not high, the anger contained in it could be heard by anyone.

Who can tell the truth that men and women love this kind of thing? Although Xu Zhong is a eunuch, he only relies on his mind for this kind of thing, and he is a beggar in her eyes, and he is better than any man in this world in her eyes, but he also knows that in the depths of the high position, all he considers is the interests of the country and the interests of the family, how can he consider the private affairs of men and women?

So Xu Zhong said after pondering: "Xu is the king of Qin and the county lord are far away in Xiangzhou, and they rarely return to Beijing, and they don't see the excellence of the princes. ”

"You mean to summon them back to Beijing?"

Xu Zhong's back was soaked when he heard this, and he hurriedly saluted: "The old slave has no such intention, the old slave lost his words, and asked His Majesty to surrender." ”

The eunuchs of Chu State are not allowed to interfere in politics, and if they are confirmed, it will be a major crime of death.

"You, you," Emperor Chu suddenly smiled and pointed at him, and said, "If you don't tell me the truth about your old slippery head, how can I not know that this matter between men and women depends on fate?" ”

Xu Zhong exhaled lightly, and said with a smile: "The old slave is a person who is neither a man nor a woman, and he knows very little about this man and woman, so he doesn't know the mystery of this, but the princes are all talents, outstanding in learning, outstanding, and the old slave is in his eyes." ”

He almost forgot that His Majesty's infatuation with the queen is rare in ancient times, and he doesn't see the matter between men and women better than anyone else?

Emperor Chu sneered and said, "How can governing the country depend on talent? How many poems can be recited, a few words can be written, and how can you dance guns and sticks, what is the benefit of governing the country? ”

"Being able to recite poems and write lyrics shows that the prince is intelligent, just like a piece of jade, a little polishing is a peerless jade, if Your Majesty cultivates it carefully, the princes will be able to live up to Your Majesty's wishes." Xu Zhong knew that His Majesty just hated his son, and vented his dissatisfaction with them, he couldn't follow His Majesty's words and say that the prince was not good, but he had to say good things to comfort him.

"Humph! Let's hope so! It's just that this Qingyao can't marry an outsider! Emperor Chu said.

For the emperor, give up small love, take big love, even if love is stronger than gold, in front of the interests of the country to give up or love, even your own can be abandoned, let alone others?

Then he looked at Xu Zhong and instructed: "You must find out the origin of this Chen Rui, and don't be so restrained in front of me in the future, you are also an old man next to me, even you don't dare to tell the truth, then I'm afraid there will be no one around me who dares to tell the truth." ”

Xu Zhong nodded yes, he didn't want to be so restrained, but since the queen's accident, His Majesty has become more and more powerful, and his mind has become more and more unpredictable, and it has become more and more frightening.

Half a month has passed, and in the past half a month, Chen Rui has lived extremely comfortable and happy, although he and her are just respectful, like friends, holding hands at most, and there is no super friendship happening, but every day I can see the sweetness of my beloved is still full of heart.

Of course, no one bothered him during this period, maybe his threat played a role, then Qin Heng saw that he was all taking a detour, as if he was the master of this palace, and he was just a passerby.

After hearing that the porter who offended him was a retired veteran, Chen Rui did not punish him in any other way, he was not such a cautious person, mainly because he lived in the palace, and he had to look at the face of King Qin.

As for the arrogant and domineering offending of the porter, he also told Qin Qingyao to ask her to change the porter, but Qin Qingyao did not change it, but just told him: This is the way to survive in the Qin Palace.

Chen Rui thought about it for a long time before he understood what it meant, because the King of Qin can fight well, has made a lot of contributions to the country, and has a high prestige among the people in the army.

So this is deliberately letting him offend people there, and the more families he offends, the more relieved Emperor Chu will be.

It's just that this is an extremely risky path, if there are those children of the family who have small hearts and hold grudges, then when they become the core of the family in a few years, they will definitely find ways to take revenge on the Qin Palace.

And those who were offended by the Qin Palace, even if they did not hold grudges, would not be able to become the allies of the Qin Palace, and would only watch from the sidelines, and the Qin Palaces would also face a situation where the world could not seek help.

Of course, when Emperor Chu's favor to the Qin Wangfu was still there, they didn't dare to do anything, and the Qin Wangfu was still as strong as ever.

But when the grace is not there, or when the new Chu Emperor does not like the Qin Palace, then there is only one way to face the Qin Palace.

Because it is a path that lives on the favor of the emperor's preferences.

This is not the way for the family to survive, the power of the family is intertwined, and what is strong is not how big an official is in the court, how much wealth, land and head he has, but his influence.

They can survive for hundreds or thousands of years, relying on this influence, even if the emperor can't tolerate him, there are countless families who are willing to stand up for him, so that the emperor has to retreat.

This generation is dormant, and the next generation rises, endlessly, and has been passed down for thousands of years.

But the king of Qin had to take this lonely road, because he could fight well, because he had 200,000 male soldiers, if he didn't take this road, the royal family of Chu would not allow him, and if he did, he would not be able to make friends with the family.

And the Qin family is a family that has risen with the rise of the Chu State, not a family with a long heritage, and the foundation is still shallow. With Qin Qingyao's beauty and reputation, she has no ability to protect her at all.

So it's a very bad choice, but it's a choice that has to be chosen.

Today, the weather is clear, the wind is smooth, Qin Qingyao, who was wearing a dark green peony pattern breast-length skirt, came to Chen Rui, handed him an invitation, and asked, "Miss Tang's poetry meeting, are you going?" ”

Chen Rui looked at her with a fairy aura and asked, "Does Miss Tang have a good relationship with you?" ”

She can receive a lot of invitations every day, but there are almost no invitations that can make her live, so Chen Rui asked.

"Kind of a good friend!" Qin Qingyao nodded.

Chen Rui opened the invitation card and looked at it, and said: "If it's all women, I won't go, if there is a pervert, then I'll be the messenger of this flower protector." ”

Qin Qingyao glanced him up and down, and said with a smile: "If it's all women, I won't let you go." ”

"Cheng, your flower protector prince has been launched, please check." Chen Rui stretched out a hand and said.

"Am I like Cinderella?"

"It's not like, you're a princess, a prince is a princess, and you're the right person."

In the evening, there was a lot of traffic outside the Tang Mansion, because it was a poetry meeting, and maybe he had to chant poems to the bright moon, so he chose it at night.

For this era of lack of entertainment, banquets are a way for the rich and noble to spend their time, and if the poor can't eat enough, what entertainment do they need?

However, because the world is not peaceful, and wars occur from time to time, the banquet is relatively simple, and the food is coarse tea and light rice.

Of course, people come to the banquet not to eat, but to make friends, to pass the time, and to find the person they like, which is also known as a large-scale blind date scene.

Those who can participate in such banquets will not be too bad after all, and they don't have to worry about the wrong door.

If the identity is really a little worse, then use talent to make up for it, if you are talented, you may not be able to jump into the dragon gate in the future and come back with a champion.

Tang family's young lady Tang Ning has an easy-going personality, is known for her talents, has a wide range of friends, and will hold some banquets every three or five times, and is very popular in Xiangcheng, so the young lady in the aristocratic circle of Xiangcheng is willing to give her face.

After a while, the courtyard used for hospitality was already full of friends, of course, men and women did not separate the two courtyards, otherwise what kind of blind date would they have?

And in this era, the defense of men and women is not so strict, and there is no problem at all if you want to pursue free love, provided that you have this ability, and marriage can not become a bargaining chip for the family in exchange for interests.

The woman's side basically talks about the man's talent and appearance, and the man talks more about the appearance, but he does not ignore the woman's talent, because talent can also add points to her appearance and temperament.

When Chen Rui walked into the courtyard, because of his handsome appearance, it caused quite a stir, and many women were even more peach-faced.

Everyone speculated about his identity, Xiangcheng is so big, the circle is so big, you can't look up and look down, and for the people in this circle, Chen Rui is a completely unfamiliar face, no one knows him, he doesn't know anyone else, and he doesn't even know who the owner is.

However, the sensation caused by Chen Rui is insignificant compared to the sensation caused by another news.