Chapter 19: The Feast of the Hung Gate
King Wen of Chu took Marquis Cai back to China, and Marquis Xi and his wife held a feast and invited King Wen of Chu to a banquet to thank him for removing the hatred in his heart for Marquis Xi.
During the banquet, Xi Hou toasted to King Chu Wen, King Chu Wen saw that Xi Concubine sitting on the side of Xi Hou was really as Cai Hou said, the skin was like a peach blossom, the eyebrows were frowning faintly and faintly there seemed to be a faint sadness, there was a kind of I saw the beauty of Chu Chu moving, the eyes were clear as a pool of autumn water, and two shallow pear vortices appeared on the soft cheeks.
King Chu Wen was stunned, and there was a strong urge in his heart to take it for himself, so that he didn't know that the wine in the wine was spilled and wet his sleeves, and under the reminder of Xi Hou, he awkwardly picked up the wine and drank it all.
When Xihou was about to pour wine for King Chu Wen again, he was rejected by King Chu Wen, only to see him stretch his face and look at the ceiling, pretending to be angry and saying: "Buhu avenged Xihou, but Xihou is hypocritical to Buhub, someone is coming!" ”
King Wen of Chu smashed the "bang" in his hand on the floor and popped up, waved his big hand, only to hear a noise, the hall was crowded with a large black pressure on the Chu Janissaries holding long contradictory cards, and Xihou had been pushed to his knees by the back cut arm.
It all came so suddenly that it was unexpected.
Where did Xi Fei expect such a mutation to occur, her pretty face turned pale with fright in an instant, she was dumbfounded, and turned her head to look at King Chu Wen with a look of disbelief.
King Chu Wen pretended not to see Xi Fei, and put on an arrogant look of looking at the world, stood on top of the main hall with his head held high, and shouted: "Drag me down and behead!" ”
Xi Fei took a deep breath and calmed down a little: "The king is slow! Why is that? ”
King Chu Wen heard in advance that Xihou and Xi Fei had a very good relationship, and knew that she would not sit idly by, so he narrowed his eyes, and a smug smile hooked up at the corner of his mouth, secretly admiring his cunning and scheming, and arranged the ambush in advance.
I was secretly happy in my heart, but my face was not dewy, and I still pretended to be dignified and said without anger: "Madame, please say something!" ”
At this time, Xi Fei was only a sixteen-year-old girl after all, in the face of the sudden mutation, where could she still calm down, panicked for a while, and changed the tone of her speech, but she was smart and knew that this must be the treacherous and cunning King Chu Wen who was making a trick, and there must be some conditions to threaten.
"May I ask why the king is doing this to the marquis? Where did he offend the king? ”
"It's too late to say anything!"
King Chu Wen dragged the tail note long, paced slowly to the throne of Xihou, only made a look, and the accompanying father-in-law understood his meaning in seconds, and started to tear off the leather cushion on the throne where Xihou had sat and threw it away, and wiped it vigorously with his sleeve, and King Chu Wen sat on it.
King Chu Wen glanced at Xi Hou who was kneeling beside him with a lonely face, looked sideways at Xi Yan, and with an expression of what can you do with me, he squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth.
"If you don't want him to die today, he won't be able to see the sun tomorrow morning."
Xi Fei knew that King Chu Wen was forcing himself to negotiate terms with him, and when she saw his hateful face, she wanted to vomit, and she didn't want to spend it with him, so she also made the worst plan in her heart, it was a big deal that he wanted to invade the territory of Xi and occupy the throne of Xi Guo.
Now, it is a man-made sword, and I am a fish and meat, so let him go whatever he wants! It's a big deal that she and Xihou returned to the mountains and forests and lived a free and easy seclusion, thinking about it like this, Xifei felt much more relaxed and had some confidence to speak.
"Everything should always happen for a reason, the king and the people don't say dark words, come to a happy one, how can you be willing to let go of the Hou?"
"Yo! I didn't expect Mrs. Xi to be at a young age, and she was also able to speak and do things neatly, and this character was deeply liked by the hub! ”
King Chu Wen tilted his head, pretended to think about it, and then said: "If you want to keep Hou Xi immortal, it's not impossible, everything depends on Mrs. Xi's attitude!" ”
After King Chu Wen finished speaking, he looked at Concubine Xi quietly, which means that the life or death of this Marquis is up to you, Mrs. Xi, to decide!
At this time, the father-in-law who came with him handed the fat duck legs on several cases to King Chu Wen, and he seemed to be in a good mood at this moment, anyway, it was not him who was in a hurry.
In the face of the sumptuous food prepared for him by Xi Hou, if you don't eat it, it will be a ruinous thing, first fill your stomach to eat and drink enough, and then you will eat as if no one is around.
This stumped Xi Fei, I don't know if I want to interrupt King Chu Wen to eat at this time, it seems that he is a moody tyrant, what if he disturbs him eating at this time, and directly drags his husband out and beheads him? Therefore, she could only wait patiently for him to eat.
But while being anxious, he was eating slowly, which really made people angry, but he could only endure it and not vent it.
Xi Fei was full of tears in her eyes, but she didn't dare to cry, and she didn't dare to step forward to help Xi Hou who was kneeling on the ground, so she could only look at him with distressed eyes, listening to the hateful King Chu Wen eating and drinking with relish, thinking in her heart, why don't you choke to death?
Finally, King Chu Wen burped his mouth with disgust, and was about to speak, but saw that his father-in-law served the peeled citrus again, and King Chu Wen, who had already eaten it, was too lazy to bend down, and the palace maid sent it to his mouth one by one.
The dishes and fruits on the banquet were all dishes made by the best chef in order to thank King Chu Wen, and the fruits were also specially selected by the fine fruits, but they were fed to the dogs, and Xi Yan complained in her heart.
Looking at King Chu Wen's extremely enjoyable look, Xi Fei thought about whether she should be soft? At least save the life of the Marquis, otherwise everything is empty talk.
At this moment, I suddenly heard King Chu Wen speak.
"Mrs. Xi, do you want to understand?"
Xi Fei asked timidly: "Dare to ask the king, what is the crime of Xi Hou?" ”
King Chu Wen said slowly: "Madam, do you see that you can't lead the king to help the marquis, have you ever seen the people of the rest of the country have worked hard for the king?" ”
Xi Fei was hesitating, and King Wen of Chu continued: "This can only be said that either the people of Xi Country have no good intentions, and the folk customs are extremely bad; Or, is there no way to educate the Hou? ”
"How is that possible? We have always been kind-hearted. "Listening to King Chu Wen say something that is nothing, Concubine Xi really couldn't cry or laugh.
King Chu Wen looked lazy, leaning on the throne with a proud face. "Is that just the Marquis despising it?"
Xi Fei bowed her head and whispered: "How dare the lower kingdom be disrespectful to the king? ”
King Chu Wen said with a domineering face: "Buhu is going to destroy your treacherous little country today. ”
Concubine Xi knew that King Chu Wen was making something out of nothing, but she didn't have the slightest way to take him.
Suddenly, King Chu Wen's words changed, and he smiled again: "Of course, if you want to rest and not die, it's not that there is no way at all. ”
Xi Fei's mood was also like riding a roller coaster, with the words of King Chu Wen going up and down, ups and downs, and hurriedly said humbly: "The king, please speak, as long as the concubine can do it, he will not hesitate to do it!" ”
(Note: The word "hub" that appears in this article is the self-title of the king of Chu, and the weaker princes and monarchs of the Spring and Autumn Period called themselves lonely and widowed, while the king of Chu likes to call himself unhub.) )