The flowers bloom and the stalks, and the words are two-ended. Wing King Chu Ziyi is now twenty-one years old, and five years ago he was welcomed into Yicheng, the capital of the Wing Kingdom, to inherit the throne. He was chosen as the heir because of chance and providence. Chu Ziyi was originally just an unknown son in the clan, and inheriting the unification was absolutely undesirable and unattainable for him. When he was sixteen years old, the former king Yigong died of a sudden illness, leaving no heirs. The wife of the communist king, Lu Ji, saw an opportunity to monopolize power, so she discussed with her elder brother, Yin Lu Chunyu, the commander of the wing country, the successor to the throne.

Lu Chunyu proposed several qualified candidates, but Lu Ji was not satisfied, these people have some strength in the clan, and it is not easy to be controlled and become a puppet king after succeeding to the throne. The two pondered for a long time, and suddenly, Lu Chunyu said: "I remember that Uncle Wo has a son who is just sixteen years old this year. Lu Ji looked happy and said: "Yes, Uncle Wo has been sick in bed all the year round, has no public office, and has no military power, and has not paid attention to the affairs of Yicheng for many years. His son is really the best candidate. In this way, the succession to the throne fell on Chu Ziyi's head by accident. Lu Chunyu then went to Qingyuan City with the edict to welcome Chu Ziyi as the successor to the monarch.

Lu Chunyu came to the mining of Shugongwo in Qingyuan City, and looked at the fact that although this city is not one of the most prosperous cities in Yiguo, it has indeed undergone a lot of changes under the governance of Shugongwo over the years, and he can't help but secretly admire this long-sick prince. When I came to the palace, I saw that the layout of the palace was extremely simple, and I couldn't tell that it was the mansion of the royal family. After the report, Chu Ziyi slowly walked out of the back hall with her father in her arms. Lu Chunyu looked at the young man, his slightly emaciated face was fair-skinned, his eyes were slender, and his nose was straight, all of which were characteristics of the direct descendants of the royal family. The well-defined lips pursed slightly, and there was a kind of perseverance that did not match this still childish face.

After Lu Chunyu finished announcing the edict, he originally thought that this father and son would be happy to ascend to the sky now in one step. But I saw that the two of them exchanged glances, and heard Chu Ziyi say calmly: "Ling Yin has been tired all the way, please go down and rest first." The succession to the throne is not trivial, if I have the talent to govern the world and am not willing to do my best for the country, I have not fulfilled my responsibility as a member of the royal family; But if I don't have both ability and political integrity, but I insist on inheriting and preventing other benevolent, righteous and virtuous people from making meritorious deeds, then I will regret it for the rest of my life and be ashamed of my ancestors. So please let me discuss it with my father. Lu Chunyu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but secretly think: This kid is so spoiled at such a young age, I don't know if we chose the wrong person. But the edict has been announced, and there is nothing to be done.

After entering the study with his father, Chu Ziyi helped his father sit down, then knelt at his father's feet and asked, "Father, should I go to Yicheng?" Uncle Wo looked at him lovingly and asked, "Ziyi, what do you think?" Chu Ziyi lowered her head and thought for a moment and said, "I have two worries. First, after the death of her mother, Ziyi has been dependent on her father and sister, her father is not in good health, and her sister is only five years old, I can't bear you. Second, now that Mrs. Lu Ji is ambitious, and has relatives to help her, her power in the DPRK and China is intertwined, and the child doesn't know if she can turn the tide. ”

After hearing this, Uncle Wo nodded and said: "For my father, thanks to you helping me take care of the original city in the past few years, I can see your talent and intelligence." In time, it will definitely be able to create another grand event for the Wing Country and dominate the Central Plains. This little Cheongwon City is not your home. As for Meggie, she's still young, and I can't take care of her when you're gone. Although you are not brothers and sisters, you have always been close, so you can take her to Yicheng together. Chu Ziyi respectfully kowtowed to his father three times and said, "The child must work hard to live up to his father's teachings for many years." ”

"The hearts of people in Yicheng are unpredictable, and my father has something to tell you." Uncle Wo said slowly: "There are no more than seven points in knowing people: using a divisive method to ask this person for his opinion on a certain matter, so as to examine his ambition and position; provoke him with words to test his bearing and adaptability; to seek his opinion in order to examine his learning; Tell him that calamity is coming, that he may test his courage and courage; to use drunkenness to observe his natural cultivation; tempt him to see if he is incorruptible; Finally, give it to him to do things to see if he can be trusted. Chu Ziyi bowed deeply and said, "The child must remember it." ”

So, sixteen-year-old Chu Ziyi took her five-year-old sister Chu Meiji to bid farewell to her father with tears, and followed Lu Chunyu to the capital Yicheng. Sitting in the car, Meggie's small body curled up on Chu Ziyi's knees, her hands hooked his neck, a pair of big eyes looked at her brother, and asked in a milky voice: "Brother, are we going to the palace?" Is that our home after that? Chu Ziyi gently nodded her small nose and said, "Yes, we will live there in the future, and we can't go back to Qingyuan City." Is Jill afraid? Meggie smiled playfully, revealing a pair of shallow pear sockets, and her eyes narrowed into two curved moon buds: "Jill is not afraid, where there is a brother, Jil's home." ”

His face was tightly pressed against his sister's little head, and he coaxed her and said, "Ji'er, be obedient in the future, and be careful everywhere." Meggie nodded incomprehensibly, and slowly began to search her thumb for her face. Chu Ziyi knew that she was tired, and Meggie had to sleep with a thumb in her mouth since she was a child. He patted her gently on the back and watched as she slowly closed her eyes. She is so young, so beautiful, so innocent, Chu Ziyi just wants to protect her purity for the rest of her life. Even if from now on, he wants to fight alone in that hard and cruel palace, he will do his best to protect Jil's kind and soft heart, and prevent it from experiencing the harm of existence, the healing of vicissitudes and the numbness of cocoons.

According to the rules, the civil and military ministers of the Wing Kingdom held a banquet outside the city early to welcome the new king. Chu Ziyi was visited by hundreds of officials, and then said without humility or arrogance: "I have some heartfelt words that I want to talk to everyone here. I was originally a small clan relative in Qingyuan City, and I was loved by the Queen Mother and the wrong position, helping me inherit the unification, and I was worried day and night. Before I enter the city today, I would like to hear the opinions of the listeners. If in the future, I don't make any achievements, it is because I am immoral and incompetent, and it is difficult to convince the public. But if you set me up as a successor and don't listen to my orders, then it is not the princes. What do you think? ”

Everyone was speechless for a while, not believing that such a powerless and powerless young man with no backing had such a bearing and insight. Lu Chunyu was surprised and regretted, this child doesn't seem to be so easy to control, and he has exhausted the organs, but he made a wedding dress for others. I must frustrate his spirit, sharpen his edges and corners, and let him know who is in charge of this Yicheng. He then said, "I am willing to serve His Highness." ”

After a few rounds of wine, Lu Chunyu stood up and said, "Your Highness, please enter the palace from Xixia Gate and stay in Wenqing Hall for a while." When Chu Ziyi heard this, his face immediately changed, and he said angrily: "That is the rule of the succession of the prince, and I am the one who inherited the throne by edict." I want to go to the East Gate and live in the Jokhang Palace. There was an eerie silence all around. Lu Chunyu said unhurriedly: "Your Highness, that's exactly the case. Before leaving, the Queen Mother had given permission to Her Royal Highness to recognize the Queen Mother as her mother, and the first king as her father, and succeeded to the throne as a son. ”

"What? I became a winged king, and I can't even recognize my biological parents? Can parents change at will? Chu Ziyi was furious. Meggie was next to her and saw that her brother was angry, so she ran over and grabbed his hand tightly. Lu Chunyu was confident, and said word by word: "Of course you can." Chu Ziyi glanced at the ministers of civil and military affairs, all of them were silent, he immediately regretted his youthful spirit just now, obviously he underestimated the deep quagmire of the Yicheng Imperial Court.

Not to be outdone, he said: "If you don't let me go to Donglu Gate and live in the Jokhang Hall today, I will go back to Qingyuan City to be my free clan." Lu Chunyu understood that Chu Ziyi had softened, and he had already lost face in front of the hundred officials, so he took a step forward, and slowly let this young man know his position in the future. So, Chu Ziyi was welcomed into the palace and lived in the Jokhang Palace. In this confrontation, it seemed that Chu Ziyi's long-cherished wish was fulfilled, but in fact, he knew that it was Lu Chunyu's tacit consent that fulfilled him. Now he has no strength to compete with Lu Chunyu and the Queen Mother Lu Ji behind him, and there will be countless tests and tortures waiting for him in front of him.

said that after Lu Chunyu returned to the palace, he met Lu Ji and truthfully reported the situation along the way to her. When Lu Ji heard this, she frowned slightly, and said coldly: "The little pink is not transparent after the rain, and the new willow is still weak." He is still too young, and it is time to teach him a lesson, so that he can learn that we can set him up, or abolish him, and we can lift him up to heaven, and we can also let him fall to pieces. Lu Chunyu bowed down and said, "Exactly, what are Mrs. Tai's plans?" Lu Ji smiled coldly and said, "The princess is still young, I have to train her personally, don't let her make mistakes in the palace." ”

On the second day, Chu Ziyi brought Mei Ji to greet Lu Ji. Meggie saluted in a proper manner, looked at Lu Ji's gloomy face, and said timidly: "Say hello to the Queen Mother." "Oh? What do you call me? Lu Ji's tone was full of anger. Too, the Queen Mother... Meggie replied in a puzzled whisper. Lu Ji said undoubtedly: "Your brother is the son of the world, you will call me mother in the future." "But Jill has a mother?" Meggie argued. Lu Ji's eyes became more and more terrifying, and finally, she said angrily: "There are no rules, I will teach you well today and fulfill your responsibilities as a mother." ”

As soon as the words fell, an old palace maid had already walked over with a rattan. "Please, princess, hold out your hand." The tone is polite but cold. Meggie closed her eyes involuntarily as she watched the rattan lift it to her hand. Chu Ziyi watched the rattan whistling and whipping down at an extremely fast speed, and a heart-wrenching purple mark immediately appeared on her sister's tender and soft palm; When the second whip is down, it is accurately pumped at the junction between the finger and the palm, which is a more sensitive place. Meggie bit her lip to keep herself from crying. The third blow followed by a blow on the tip of her finger, and Meggie's face turned pale with pain.

Chu Ziyi knew that Lu Ji was giving herself a dismount, she couldn't scold the Wing King, but his Meggie could be tortured. He clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging deep into the flesh of his palm, and he wanted to rush up immediately and kill Lu Ji with a sword. "Keep fighting." Lu Ji said lightly, picked up the tea and took a sip without raising his eyelids.

When the rattan was about to fall again, Chu Ziyi knelt down, hugged the rattan with both hands, gritted her teeth and said, "Mother, don't fight anymore." Jill is still young,

The child will teach her slowly in the future. Please let my mother calm her anger. Lu Ji put down the teacup with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Mother just has a bad temper and a good heart, in the future, I will keep Ji'er by my side, treat it as my own, take care of it carefully, and you can rest assured." If you don't understand something, please consult Lu Chunyu more. Chu Ziyi looked at the wound on Meggie's hand, and the cannon-like pain spread through his body, until his heart was crumbled. He gently held Meggie in his arms, her face was pressed under his neck, and he could feel the vibration of his Adam's apple when his brother swallowed his saliva, Chu Ziyi choked and said, "The child remembers his mother's teachings. ”

This time, he lost completely.