In 338 B.C., in the second year of King Chu Wei, Qin Xiaogong, the king of Qin, died, and his son Prince Yingsi succeeded to the throne as King Qin Hui. The state of Chu, together with Korea and the state of Zhao, pursued the policy of "uniting Qin to control Wei".

Chuwei Wang Qishang ordered to send an envoy to ask Shao Si to return to the court to discuss countermeasures. Shao Si Ming was ostensibly the astrological master of the Chu State at that time. In fact, there is another layer of identity, she is a modern historian Lin Xueying, due to an archaeology, accidentally touched a special mechanism, the light is prosperous, she disappeared in the archaeological place, when she woke up, with her memory, she learned that she is now the Ling Yin of the Chu State.

During this period, because of the conquest for many years, at this time, because of the conquest for many years, the ministers and doctors all had the study of astrology and the difference of observing the celestial phenomena, so that this doctrine was born in large numbers. At that time, "Lu Youzishen, Jin Youbu Yan, Zheng Youpizao, Song Youziwei, Qi Yougande, Chu Youshao Siming, Zhao Youyin Gao, and Wei Youshi Shenfu were all in charge of astronomy."

When Shao Si Ming received the invitation of the King of Chu, he had just achieved a big victory, that is, to defeat the 300,000 army of the Qi State. The battle ahead was stable, and Shao Si decided to return to the court to help the king of Chu give advice.

In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, Shao Si Ming went out at night, riding a horse alone on the country road, although it was hard to rush at night, but Shao Si Ming did not feel bored, and passed the time by watching the sky every day.

At night, the stars in the sky are incomparably vast, and there are countless stars as many as grains of sand, but these so many stars are as familiar to her eyes as the palm prints on her palms.

At this time, it was the night of the lack of moon, the weather was clear and cloudless, she stood on the high slope, and saw the stars in the sky very clearly, at this time, next to the North Star, there was a star that she had never seen before. The stars loomed, but to Shao Siming, it was like a shock, reminding her of an astrological record.

She faintly realized something, but she couldn't believe it, she turned over from the horse, and looked at the changes of the star, as well as the walking track, that night Shao Si Ming directly found a bluestone, lying on his back, watching the changes of the star. It wasn't until dawn that she got up and continued to hurry, faintly aware of something, but couldn't believe it, and from then on stood in Gaogang night and night, watching the changes of this star, and was obsessed. It wasn't until the end of the journey that he returned to Yingdu, and he had just passed Jingmen, and without waiting to wash away the dust, he went straight to the stargazing platform, compared the astrolabe map with the diviner, and read the books of his predecessors, so that he was sure of this matter, and went straight to the palace.

At this time, the king of Chu was having a banquet with his ministers, but he heard the order of the young secretary to report: "The ministers watched the sky at night, and saw a different star suddenly appearing next to the Beichen Star. ”

At this time, hearing the words of the young master, the king of Chu was startled and stopped the wine lord in his hand: "Is it fierce or auspicious?" ”

Shao Si Ming said happily: "Daji this is the overlord star, the minister checks the book, there is also this star before the Jin Wen Gong descends into the world, this star is the master of sweeping the six countries and dominating the world." This star was born in the south of the Virgo, which corresponds to my Chu country, and the main harem will have a pregnant person, who should be born as an overlord. ”

The king of Chu was very happy, stood up, and hurriedly overturned the wine lord and landed on the ground, and he couldn't care about it at this time, and asked urgently: "Is this true?" ”

Shao Si ordered: "The minister measures according to the time of the day, and reports according to the stars, and does not dare to bully the king." ”

The king of Chu was so happy when he heard this, and even the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty fell to the ground and congratulated him.

The king of Chu immediately ordered to check the six palaces to see who was pregnant.

But at this time, the favored wife of the harem, Ju Ji, came to inform her that her maid Xiang was pregnant. The king of Chu immediately issued an order to move Xiang into the pepper room and send a female doctor to follow him day and night to protect the fetus.

As soon as this remark came out, the harem was shocked.

"Could it be that the king wants to make a prince?"

Chu Weihou, the queen of the king of Chu, clenched her crimson sleeves and asked the temple people standing in front of her. The fragrant sweet wine rippled in a circle, reflecting her iron-blue face.

The maid tortoiseshell knew that she was in a bad mood, so she hurriedly persuaded her softly: "The queen doesn't have to care, but she is just a concubine. ”

She had already inquired clearly, that Ju Ji is now the most favored concubine in the Chu Palace, she was originally from the Ju country, a few years ago the king of Chu destroyed the Ju country, the Ju people to the Chu king to offer the princess Ji into the palace, because this Ji is smart and clever, and even the king of Chu likes, the people of the time are customary, they all call it Ju has or Ju Ji. Although Ju Ji is favored, she has been in the palace for four or five years, but she has never been pregnant. Harem women don't have children of their own, they just don't have a future. Ju Ji was very frightened in her heart, and in order to keep her pregnancy, she hurriedly recommended her concubines to serve the king of Chu one after another, and she didn't want one of her concubines, so she happened to be pregnant at this time.

Empress Wei smiled coldly, she had been in charge of the harem for a long time, her minions were scattered, and she knew that Ju Ji was favored, so she secretly drugged her diet earlier than her, teaching her that she couldn't get pregnant, and people didn't care about it.

On the other hand, the crown prince Huai couldn't help but speak: "Why worry about the queen mother, her son has been the prince for many years, and she has performed a crown ceremony." When the father goes out on the expedition, he entrusts the affairs of the country and his son, and an unborn baby, why should he be like a great enemy? ”

Empress Wei looked at her son's indifferent and frivolous appearance, and looked at her son standing in front of her, but there was a crisis and fear in her heart that she had not felt for many years. Although the king of Chu is committed to hegemony, he does not pay attention to women, so no matter how many concubines he favors over the years, it will not affect her status as a queen. And her eldest son, Huai, was established as the crown prince early on.

The prince is lustful, good at wine, good at hunting, and his weaknesses have gradually shown some in the prince over the years, he is not like the king of Chu who can see through the quality of people at a glance; The sage recommended to him by Shi Bao, he was able to hesitate for a long time without letting go; Sometimes, employing people may not be able to put the virtuous in the right place; It is easier to have soft ears, listen to the east and the west.

Therefore, in recent years, the crown prince has gradually lost the favor of the king of Chu. However, although the king of Chu was gradually disappointed, although the rest of the sons also had the talent to defeat the crown prince, they were not outstanding enough to make the king of Chu willing to pay the price of Yi Chu.

But she didn't know what the king was really dissatisfied with. Only in his heart is uneasy, and he tightens the restraint of the prince's words and deeds, so as not to make mistakes in private matters and be caught.

Any wind and grass that affects the crown prince, she must pull it out as soon as possible, and cannot let it spread into an unstoppable trend.

However, for this sudden appearance of the Heavenly Destiny Overlord, she was frightened and helpless, and she had been married to the King of Chu for several years, so she naturally knew his temperament very well. At this time, the sons of the king of Chu are only the only ones who can keep the success, if they really give birth to a tyrant to the Xiang clan, then with the temperament of the king of Chu, even if it causes chaos in the palace and blood flows, as long as he can let the Chu state dominate, he will naturally do whatever it takes, and it will be easy to store.

Empress Wei thought for a while and said, "Come here, summon the female doctor." ”

After a while, the female doctor came, and Empress Wei looked at the female doctor who was kneeling below for a long time, and suddenly shouted: "Do you know what I ordered someone to call you to do?" ”

The female doctor replied, "I don't know, please let the queen know." ”

Empress Wei said coldly: "If the Xiang clan gives birth safely, the Erdang clan will be in trouble!" ”

When the female doctor heard this, she immediately understood, and Empress Wei was worried that the Xiang family gave birth to a boy and would threaten the status of the crown prince, so she couldn't help frowning.

Xiang's family is a descendant of Xiangguo, a small country in Shandong. The Spring and Autumn Warring States period, many wars, large countries annexed small countries, and small countries annexed smaller countries. Until now, the state of Chu is powerful, and the state of Ju, which once destroyed the country of others, was also destroyed by the state of Chu. The royal family of the Ju State moved to Yingdu, the capital of the Chu State, and the Xiang and some other small clans also moved into Yingdu as appendages of the Ju people.

Ju Ji was infertile for several years, so she had to find a way to take advantage of the luck of the King of Chu's frequent arrival, and when he was in high spirits, she recommended the concubine around her to the King of Chu to sleep, and sure enough, not long after, the concubine was pregnant with Xiang's family. However, her pregnancy suddenly turned into an earth-shattering event.

Since then, Xiang has been giving birth to the family, and Ju Ji has been waiting every day and taking care of her carefully, so that the people sent by the queen can't do it for a while.

Months have passed, and Xiang is already on the verge of giving birth.

That day, the king and queen of Chu were waiting outside, and after some suffering, they heard a baby's cry, and the king of Chu was startled and said in surprise: "It's born, it's really born!" ”