August 18.

Yi Nacai, sacrifice, alliance, blessing.

On this day, on the large square of the palace of the king of Chu, there were many armor soldiers on both sides, and hundreds of officials gathered in the middle.

On the open-air altar, a bronze tripod is inserted with three pillars of extremely thick incense, and another piece of several cases, on which livestock are enshrined.

On both sides of the steps, there were soldiers carrying huge horns, and the magnificent music sounded, and the prince of Chu wore royal clothes and a crown on his head, and walked towards the altar step by step.

In the audience, many people were watching the ceremony, and all the civil and military officials of the Chu State were naturally all there, Lu Chen was also standing at the front of the crowd, and there were also envoys from the Qingguo.

This is a cumbersome ceremony, before ascending to the throne, the prince of Chu first sacrificed to the sky, then to the earth, and then to the ancestors, three knocks down, and began to say a lot of words about inheriting the throne and hoping that the ancestors would bless him.

After he finished these and finished the ceremony, the prince of Chu also began to walk towards the palace of Chu State.

The palace of the king of Chu is much more luxurious than the palace of the king of the wind, and the steps leading to the palace of the state of Chu from the main square are also hundreds of floors, and after the prince of Chu stepped into the palace, before the throne, there was already a eunuch waiting there with a tray.

The hundred officials also followed closely behind, and the fish penetrated into the temple. After the prince of Chu walked to the throne, he also lifted the red cloth on the tray, and on it was the seal of the king of Chu.

picked up the Wang seal and put it on the Wang case, and the prince of Chu also turned around and sat down.

In an instant, all the officials of the Chu State in the hall knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "The ministers knock on the king, my king will be ten thousand years."

"Knock to the King"

"Knock to the king" The guards outside the hall knelt with him, and then the army under the steps, on the main square.

Looking at the people kneeling down below, Prince Chu was naturally excited, he suppressed the emotions in his heart, tried his best to use a calm voice, raised his hand slightly and said, "Zhongqing is flat." ”

"King Xie" people shouted in unison again.

Of course, Lu Chen didn't kneel, and after everyone got up, he also stood in place, arched his hand slightly towards the prince of Chu, and said with a smile: "This king is here to congratulate the new king of Chu on his accession to the throne." ”

Hearing this, Prince Chu hurriedly stood up, and also bowed back to Lu Chen, saying: "Thank you King Feng, King Feng did not hesitate to travel and travel, it is really the honor of this king to come to Chu to watch the ceremony." "Naturally, it is impossible for him to call Uncle Lu Chen anymore.

"Huh? King Chu was polite. Lu Chen waved his hand, and then didn't say anything anymore, he came to go through the motions.

At this time, the envoy of the Qingguo also stood up, he first bent down and bowed deeply to the prince of Chu, and then said: "On behalf of the Qingwang, congratulations to the new king of Chu on his accession to the throne." ”

"The green envoy is exempt, and the king is also grateful to the green king." Prince Chu said with a smile. He ascended to the throne this time, but it was very grand, orthodox, and the etiquette was extremely in place.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu." The Qing envoy said: "You are now the king of Chu, what my king means is that there may have been a lot of gaps with you before, but I hope that these will not affect the future exchanges between Qing and Chu, and I also hope that you and I can abandon our past suspicions and be friendly forever." ”

Although the military strength of the Chu State is not good, its national strength is something that no one can underestimate! And Chu is also a big country, and the population is there! Now that the prince of Chu is on the throne, no matter how good the Qingwang is, he will send an envoy to say some scenes, of course, he really hopes that the prince of Chu can lean towards Qingguo.

And after the Qing envoy finished speaking, the prince of Chu also smiled and said: "The Qing envoy is serious, the relationship between the Chu State and the Qing State has always been very harmonious, isn't it?" ”

Yo! Hearing this, the Qing envoy hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, what His Royal Highness the King of Chu said is very true. ”

As for Lu Chen, his brows furrowed slightly, he was now a little unable to see through Prince Chu, and even had a feeling of raising a tiger! But at the beginning, the prince of Chu asked for help, and he had to send troops to help, because if the eighth prince was the king of Chu, he would definitely stand on the side of Qingguo, so Lu Chen had no choice at the beginning!

And this time, after watching the ceremony, the prince of Chu naturally held a banquet and set up a banquet in the palace to entertain Lu Chen and the civil and military officials of the Chu State.

After drinking a meal, Lu Chen also returned to the post house in a daze.

Early the next morning, as soon as Lu Chen got up, Princess Shaoyang walked in with a basin herself, and after Lu Chen finished washing, she also helped Lu Chen hand over the towel.

Wiping the drops of water on his face, Lu Chen also said directly: "Is there something?" ”

Princess Shaoyang lowered her head slightly, but did not dare to speak.

Seeing this, Lu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, then sighed lightly, took her little hand, and said, "I am your husband, if there is something, you just say it, you don't have to hide it." ”

"Husband, I said, you, can you not be angry?" Princess Shaoyang raised her head and looked at Lu Chen pitifully with big eyes.

Ay! Lu Chen sighed secretly, as soon as Princess Shaoyang opened his mouth, he had actually guessed what she was going to say, but he had no choice but to wait quietly for Princess Shaoyang to speak.

"That Hanyang and Sanjiangkou," Princess Shaoyang said boldly.

"I can't promise you." Lu Chen said directly.

"But husband," Princess Shaoyang was anxious.

"Listen to me first." Lu Chen looked at her and said, "I can understand you, you are the princess of the Chu Kingdom, but you are the princess of the Wind Country, you must be clear about this." ”

Princess Shaoyang didn't speak, Lu Chen held her hand and continued: "Shaoyang, I hope you can understand your husband, as the king of a country, there is no way. ”

Lu Chen didn't lose his temper or kill her, that was because Lu Chen understood the difficulties in her heart.

At this moment, to be honest, he was very distressed about Princess Shaoyang's situation.

After he finished speaking, he also pulled Princess Shaoyang into his arms and hugged him tightly.

Princess Shaoyang's tears flowed, and her heart was very painful, but she didn't say anything more about this matter, just hugged Lu Chen so silently.

A few days later, Princess Shaoyang had no choice on her side, and Prince Chu could only ask Chu Xiang to meet Lu Chen once, trying to get the Feng army to withdraw from Hanyang and Sanjiangkou.

At that time, the position of prime minister, needless to say, when Chu Xiang came to see him, Lu Chen had no choice but to meet him.

After meeting, the etiquette of both sides was in place, and after the ceremony, Chu Xiang also directly made clear the intention, and said straight to the point: "His Royal Highness the Wind King, now my country's internal turmoil has been pacified, and Hanyang and Sanjiangkou, His Royal Highness is still stationed here, my king means, I hope His Royal Highness can withdraw the army from Chu, of course, for His Royal Highness's great help, my country will also double the return to His Royal Highness rich gold, silver and jade, silk horses, etc."

Knowing that he was here to say this, Lu Chen heard this, smiled heartily, and said, "Hey? Chu Xiangyan is serious, now the civil strife in Chu has just been settled, the domestic situation is still unstable, and Qingguo is eyeing the sidelines, this king is also thinking about Chu, if Qingguo comes to attack, my Feng army can also support it as soon as possible. ”