The maids and maids in the East Palace got up early the next day, but the crown princess and her son Gongzi Sheng were gone, and the entire East Palace seemed to explode. There was no master in the East Palace, and when those subordinates saw that the prince was losing power, some domestic slaves took the opportunity to rob some property and fled elsewhere, and the guards guarding the East Palace also followed suit. The maids and concubines just didn't need a ransom to go home, and they basically dispersed in a hurry. The valuable ones were also led by these people, and the entire East Palace was already empty, and it was a mess.

Two days later, the matter was reported to Fei Wuji's ears. When Wuji got the news, he was overjoyed. After the king of Chu deposed the queen, the crown prince had become a frightened bird. As the saying goes, the mother is more precious than the son, and the son is more precious than the mother; Now that the queen has been deposed, the prince's value has been greatly discounted. It seems that the jihua who fights the grass and startles the snake has succeeded, and the snake of the prince has begun to act. With such an opportunity to send it to the door, Fei Wuji would never let it slip away. So Wuji went into the palace to see the king of Chu and said that there was a big matter to ask the king of Chu to cut it.

At this time, the king of Chu was accompanying Meng Huan to sing and dance in **, until Meng Huan became the queen, the two of them were even more unscrupulous, and the king of Chu also seized the time to enjoy his little more than one year. Seeing that Fei Wuji had something to discuss, the King of Chu temporarily stopped singing and dancing and let Wuji come in to speak.

"Meet the king and the queen, the minister has important matters to discuss today, please retire the subordinates, and the old minister can come down."

The king of Chu waved his hand, and after the attendants all retreated, Wuji said: "Today, the minister got the news, saying that the crown princess and the child are missing, and the East Palace is empty. According to the minister's speculation, the crown princess probably went to the city father and the prince to meet. In this way, after the king abolished Empress Cai, the prince was already suspicious, so he sent someone to secretly pick up the princess and the child. The minister thought that the prince's rebellion was clear, so the minister had to report to the king and ask the king to make plans early. ”

When the king of Chu heard that the crown princess was secretly leaving the city father, he said angrily: "The prince acted like this, which shows that he has evil intentions in his heart. The widow expelled Queen Cai, and she was the first to lose her morality, and the widow didn't dig into it. What will the prince want now? ”

Meng Huan added a word to the side: "The king still doesn't understand? The prince clearly wanted to rebel by doing so. Think, the king, that he has deposed his mother, isn't he afraid? Naturally, there will be two hearts, and it is not known if a fish dies and the net is broken. So he first took his family to the city father. The prince has a heavy army in the city father, and he can compete with the king, and the prince's antipathy has been revealed, and the concubine thinks that the king needs to take precautions as soon as possible. ”

The king of Chu was provoked by the two of them to be even more angry, and the fire in his heart became even stronger. It was difficult to distinguish the true from the false for a while, so he gave Wuji a metaphor and asked him to do a good job in the defense of the capital to prevent accidents. For the crown prince of the city father, he has his own arrangements, so that Wuji and Meng Huan don't have to worry.

"The widow has long been prepared, even if the prince wants to attack the widow in the city, it is not so easy. General Fenyang is the city father Sima, directly commanding the city father's garrison, the prince does not have the support of Fenyang, and he can't command a single soldier, what use can it be? Aiqing doesn't have to worry about this, the widow has his own plans. "The king of Chu has his own hole cards, and he sent Fenyang to take charge of the city father's soldiers and horses that day, which was carefully thought out by himself.

"The prince has a heart of rebellion, is disloyal and unfilial, and the widow intends to abolish the prince first, what does Aiqing think?" The king of Chu asked Fei Wuji.

Wuji groaned: "It is naturally necessary for the king to abolish the crown prince, but has the king thought about it, even if Fenyang was reliable before, but now he guards the city father with the prince, it is difficult to say whether they have hooked up together?" The main concern of the minister is Wu Hao, this person has always had some schemes, he is very deep in the court, and he is also loyal to the prince, so he is the most difficult to deal with. If the prince is not killed by Wu Hao, the minister is worried that the prince will grasp the military power of the city father with the help of Wu Hao, and then unite the princes of the Central Plains, and the king will be very dangerous. If the king decides to abolish the crown prince, he must first think of getting rid of Wu Hao, so that there will be no future troubles."

"He's in the city father, how can he get rid of him?"

"The old minister thinks that the king can use the plan to recruit Wu Lu into the capital, and after he enters the capital, the king can be imprisoned and killed, with the arms of the prince, and then issue an edict to abolish the prince, so that the big thing can be decided. But if Wu Lu does not come, it means that his antipathy is clear, and the king can also deal with it as soon as possible. ”

The king of Chu saw that Wuji's plan was very thorough, so he acted according to the plan and sent an envoy to the city father to summon Wu Hao to Beijing to discuss matters without delay.

It is said that the soldiers rode their horses all the way, and hurried day and night, afraid that there would be pursuers to chase them. It was also a loss that the road was quite smooth, although it suffered a lot, when the carriage galloped to the big arch of the city father, several people breathed a sigh of relief.

Because this city father is located in the north of Chu State, it has always been an important town in the north of Chu State, and after being managed and built by successive monarchs, it has become a solid city. Coupled with the presence of a large army, gradually the population here was like a cloud, merchants gathered, and it became an economic and military center connecting the Central Plains, and was an important city in the north of the Chu State.

The soldiers led the waist jade and his party to the residence of the prince in the city father, all the way to see the noise of the market, the shops on both sides of the market, the merchants of the Central Plains all took the city father as a turnover station, and then radiated to the land of Chu and many vassal countries around the Chu state. Therefore, the economy of the city father is very developed, and the streets are crowded with people, and the cars and horses are noisy.

The crown prince lived in the palace of the city father, and Fenyang specially sent a guard to ensure the prince's safety. Fenyang brought his own army to be stationed in the barracks, and practiced soldiers and drilled troops all day long, not mentioning the formations.

The group also had no intention of watching the market style, and the soldiers took everyone to the government office to deliver the mission. The prince was already grateful when he saw that the soldiers had brought back the waist jade and his son Gongzi Sheng safely. Thinking of this long way, it is natural to be panicked like a frightened bird, and anxious like a fish that has slipped through the net. The children who had never met had also arrived here, and the family was reunited in this distant city, far away from the treacherous place of the capital. The family reunited after a long absence, and they have endless worries and heartfelt feelings.

The soldier resumed his mission and went back to his home. Wu Hao was expelled from the capital by the king of Chu because of his direct advice last time, and followed the prince to the city father according to the order of the king of Chu, and the family lived in a corner of the east street of the city father, not far from the palace where the prince lived. After returning home, the soldier told his father about the general situation of taking back the crown princess this time, and relayed some news he heard in the capital to his father.

"Now that Fei Wuji is in power, Xiangguo and the old ministers are standing aside, and the king of Chu drinks and has fun all day long, ignoring the government; He is also faint and old, and can only listen to slander. Now that the traitorous ministers are in charge, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are silent, and they dare not go against Fei Wuji and the king's will. For such a long time, the state of Chu will inevitably decline in power, and there will be endless disasters. ”

Wu Hao sat on the couch, listened to the words of the soldiers, took the book on the case, and said worriedly: "The prince insists on sending someone into the capital to pick up the princess and the child, and I have persuaded the prince many times and he will not listen. What the old man is worried about is Fei Wuji's house, but he is afraid that he will play right and wrong in front of the king again. It was unwise for the crown princess to leave without saying goodbye and flee to the city father. If the king is suspicious and suspicious of the prince, the matter will be very passive, and the prince will have a hard time arguing at that time. However, the prince is stubborn and doesn't listen to the old man's words, I expect that the disaster is not far away! ”

Wu Yuan replied: "My father is very worried, the child has entered the capital this time, Queen Cai has been abolished and was expelled from Yingdu, and the new queen is Meng Huan, the princess of Qin, who was ready to marry the prince before, and was replaced by Wuji's strategy, and now she is a queen and has given birth to a son, she must want to take the position of prince." In this way, the crown prince is already very dangerous, and it is difficult to protect even in the city father. ”

Wu Hao sighed: "The king of Chu appointed me as the prince and the prince, and I have the intention of assisting the prince, but now it seems that the prince's position is difficult to protect, and now the prince's safety depends on the hands and ears of one person." ”

"Whose hand is it, is it General Fenyang?" The soldier guessed.

Wu Hao nodded: "This Fenyang is the city father Sima appointed by the king, and the king has already made arrangements to let General Fenyang control the situation of the city father." If the prince does not have a soldier in his hands, and there is no order to fight, what can the prince do? It is difficult to save even his own life. Therefore, the Father's guess will not be bad. ”

"And what are we going to do now?" The soldier asked.

"What else? I had to resign myself to fate. My Wu family is deeply favored by the king, and I have been loyal and good for generations. Even if I am in a different place, I will not be a rebel and a thief. ”

The soldier was speechless and retreated.

On that day, Wu Hao had just returned to the palace after visiting the prince, and the waiter came in to report that an envoy had arrived in the court, and brought the edict of the king of Chu to invite the prince to go out to receive the edict.

Wu Hao hurriedly asked the attendants to arrange the incense case, opened the door of the mansion, and knelt down to receive the edict.

“…… The widow reads the Taishi as the minister of the Chu State, loyal and commendable, and is old, not suitable to be in the border city of the wilderness, and now summons the Taishi Wu Hao to return to the capital on the same day to comfort the widow's hope. ”

Wu Hao received the edict of the king of Chu, settled the messenger, and after retreating into the back hall, he called his subordinates to immediately find his son Wu Shang and the two brothers of Wu Yuan.

The two of them arrived in an instant, Wu Hao made clear the call of the king of Chu, and the king of Chu ordered him to enter the capital immediately. Wu Hao explained some things about the family and country to the second son, and told the two to assist the prince wholeheartedly.

The soldier advised, "The king of Chu is sweet and summoned, the father should not be gullible, the child expects that there must be a treacherous scheme, and the father must not be fooled." ”

Wu Hao waved his hand and said, "The king's order is difficult to disobey, and it is not suspicious." Even if the king of Chu is deceitful, what can he do when he is a courtier? The king's ministers died, and the ministers had to die. No matter what the result is, you have to think about the country. I think my Wu family started from King Zhuang and was deeply favored by several generations of kings. Now both of your brothers must take serving the country as their own responsibility, and they must not do anything wrong. ”

The two brothers were instructed by their father, prepared the carriage and horses for the old father, and after packing the luggage, the two gave them a ride, and the six looked at each other with teary eyes, and they both knew that this time they were already lucky. However, the king's order was difficult to disobey, and the father and son went out of the city for ten miles, so they collected their tears and went two ways. Wu Hao followed the summoned messenger and went all the way to Yingdu.

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