King Zhou's only son died of illness, there was no successor to the throne, cousins and cousins fought openly and secretly, and various forces entrenched in the royal court, and I got the identity of King Zhou's eldest son in exile. My mother is the proud princess of the Zhuo family, my father is the first warrior of the Zhuo family, and my mother was the princess of the Zhou State before marrying my father, that is, the wife of the current king, and then the Zhou Kingdom was in turmoil, and she returned to the Zhuo family and married her father. I was conceived by my mother when she was in the Zhou Kingdom and gave birth to Zhuo. Who knows? I also found out today, anyway, that's what my mother said.

The situation did not allow me to say goodbye to Zhuo for too long, so I packed my weapons and clothes and began to set out on the journey.

Before leaving, my father and mother came to see me off, my father was full of reluctance, and my mother had a serious expression, she looked at me carefully for a while, and then said: "Xue'er, over the years, you have not been titled or titled, have you ever had resentment?" ”

Naturally, there is, I am the eldest son, but the title and title are all given to my younger brother, but my parents have put much more effort into me than my younger brother, and I have never hated it. "No, I didn't."

She saw my hesitation, and there was encouragement in her loving eyes. "I have already submitted the paperwork to Zhou Guo, and everything has been arranged. Just go ahead and remember that there is the whole Zhuo clan behind you. ”

I walked to the front of the car on the red carpet and looked at the open door, and I turned back unwillingly: "Mom! ”

"Huh?" My mother understood what I meant and walked over to me and away from my father.

"Mom, I'm Daddy's son, right?"

"Of course you're your father's son." She patted my hand to reassure me.

Of course I'm my father's son, but ······ I didn't ask again.

As the convoy drove away from the Zhuo Palace, looking at the bustling streets and alleys of the Zhuo family, I remembered what my father had taught me: before I was born, the Zhuo family was still a weak country, advocating comfort since ancient times, and did not have the ambition to strengthen itself or guard against other countries. The people of Zhuo lived like this for an unknown number of generations, until the favorite daughter of the king and queen was forcibly married, and this poor little princess who was forcibly married was my mother. Fortunately, my mother finally returned to China, but her temperament had changed greatly, and my grandparents finally realized the importance of strengthening the country. Zhuo's is located between the three kingdoms of Ling, Yu and Rui, and is located in a dangerous situation, once there is a war, Zhuo's will suffer first, but in the same way, Zhuo's is also the transportation hub of the inland countries. No matter how weak the Zhuo clan is, if a country wants to live from here, it must first ask us if we will agree, and what we have to do is to strive for the greatest benefit for ourselves before touching their lowest bottom line. For example, asking for some money from the Ling clan, asking Yu for some weapons, and asking Rui for some resources, the conditions are all negotiated.

Zhuo's and Zhou's borders are across Nishui, and when I arrived at the Nishui River, there was already a fleet waiting, and the Zhong-3 was a battleship with world-leading technology bought from Shangguo, and my grandfather sent a warship to send me, which showed that Zhuo's was not afraid of war. It seems that the battle for the crown prince can only succeed and not fail, but how can they be sure that I can fight against a group of native-born Zhou nobles as the widowed son of the king of Zhou? First of all, bloodline is a problem, even if my mother gets through the relationship with the Zhou State and can get a paternity test between me and the King of Zhou, my identity will still be doubted by the people of the Zhou State.

The fleet was getting closer and closer to the coastline of the Zhou State, and I looked through the information of the nobles of the Zhou State all day long, occasionally thinking that I could be on a par with the nobles of the Zhou State who had been immersed in the Zhou State for many years with a few days of tutoring. It was difficult at first, and I had to memorize the faces and names of hundreds of people in a very short time, so much so that for two days I had the faces of the nobles of the Zhou Kingdom shaking in my dreams. Gradually, I found that it was not so difficult, the history and system of the Zhou Kingdom were all in the stories that my mother told me since I was a child, and the relationships between various characters were also used by my mother as an example to clarify the principles of life. It turned out that I was destined to cross this bay from the beginning.

On the day I approached the coast, I began to count the items I had brought with me, including guns, swords, and other weapons, as well as identification documents.

It's late, the duel is over, the daughter of the current lord is defeated, let me win, I am the crown prince, the current lord loves my mother, it's better to stab me with a sword, and I will kill it. fell in love with the prime minister's daughter, and the villain took advantage of the coma to establish his daughter as the queen, and the princess followed.

"Xia descends to the gods, Shang Sheng has the ability, Qin can divination, Han Sheng Lile, do you know why Zhou Guo is firmly in the third place among the five heroes, and it will not fall for a hundred years?" Shangguan Xiang looked back at me, why did Zhou Guo rank third among the five heroes, this happens to be what I want to ask.

But for him, I also have my words: "There are wise rulers in Zhou, and there are countless good people, who are effective from top to bottom, and there are clean officials as the link, for the country and the people." ”

He chuckled, then looked at the gilded dragon carving in the main hall, "This is just one of them, Xia Shang has supernatural powers, so he stands at the top of the world." My Zhou Kingdom is not much worse, and the royal families of all dynasties have been blessed by the dragon vein. ”

"Dragon's vein······ Does it really exist? ”

"The surname Yun has taken away the country with the surname Shangguan, so his family is destined to lose the right to govern. The current king is not the son of the first king, so he is destined to lose his crown prince in middle age. He didn't answer my question directly, but judging from these three points, it seems that those who usurped the throne with a different surname did not end well.

"In this way, after the death of Prince Zhao, am I also in danger?" How is the Yun family? How is the king? I didn't care too much, I was worried about my own safety.

"The king is no longer the bloodline surnamed Yun and has also become the throne, the dragon vein should be protected, the death of a prince Zhao is a punishment, and it is your turn to enjoy the blessing. But that's all for later, and the most important thing now is—"

He turned his head suddenly, staring sharply at me. "Are you really the son of the King and Princess Proud?"

"I am!" I replied without hesitation, from the first step I stepped out of the Zhuo clan, I was the prince of Zhou.

He glanced at me, "Let the dragon vein verify it, the blessing of the dragon vein is worth a hundred paternity certificates, if you can successfully ascend to the throne and leave the crown prince, your bloodline is legitimate." ”

"I am my father's own son, and he will pass the throne to me." As soon as I finished speaking, I turned and left, after all, I didn't believe it. King Zhou, on the first day I came to the Kingdom of Zhou, I knew from a distance in the reception hall that this man was just a name to me.

"Well, I will see how you ascend to the throne, and when the prince ascends the throne, the minister will give you the most precious gift in the world." In the second half of the sentence, he saw me looking back at him and bent down to make a standard bow to me.

Shangguan Xiang, what kind of person is he? He is a good official praised by all the people for being honest and diligent, but during his reign, there were two battles for the throne in the Zhou State, and the royal family was in turmoil, but the Zhou State was still as stable as a mountain. Does he hate the Yun family? If he hates the Yun family, why would he advocate the orthodoxy of the royal family surnamed Yun?

After I walked out of the temple gate, I seemed to hear him whispering, "You are protecting our Shangguan family after all······

"I want you to change your surname to: Zhuo." Mother ended our first correspondence between mother and son in three months with this sentence.

For the first time, I was angry with my mother, "Whatever you want, do I have to do what you want?" You want me to take the crown prince, I take it, you want me to ascend the throne, I am now the king of Zhou. I was born and died in the Zhou Kingdom, you don't care, the first sentence you say is the national politics in your heart, don't you ask your son what kind of life he has lived in the past three months? ”

"What if you asked?" My mother's cold tone was not affected by my anger in the slightest, and a single sentence could extinguish all my anger, "I ask you what kind of life you are living that will help you secure the throne?" ”

"That ······" My mother, I really don't have any feelings at all.

"If I don't put forward a proposal to change the surname of the country from "Yun" to "Zhuo", the attention of the old nobles of the Zhou State will always be on your throne! When they are busy removing threats from other countries, they will leave room for you to grow stronger! ”

"I'm sorry······ I know. "I understand, but I want to hear a concerned greeting······

"Now that you are the prince of Zhou, the most important thing is to ascend to the throne smoothly, if you want to become a real king, the support of the nobles and the will of the people will not be less than you. Internally, first of all, you should appease people's hearts, walk out of the gate of your crown prince's palace, and go to see the people of Zhou, they still have doubts about your bloodline, externally, the key is to obtain the affirmation of the World Federation, and it is justifiable to have a legal status, and no matter how dissatisfied the nobles of Zhou are, you can't shake your identity. All you get now is the name of a monarch, with no command of the power of the three armies, and no connections throughout politics and law. When you become the real king of Zhou, you will have the energy to talk to me about the relationship between mother and son. Her voice was flat, obviously teaching me how to become a king, but there was no expectation in her words, as if she were just teaching me as a child—let me sit on her lap, and her gentle eyes looked at me, and said, "Your name is Da Shangxue." ”

"Yes!" I tried to spell out the words as hard as I could, so that the tone seemed firmer.

"I shouldn't have told you this, my son has grown up, he should have his own way, I seem to interfere too much with you." Her voice finally had a hint of emotion, though regret.

"You are my mother, you have more knowledge and experience than me, and I need your teachings."

My mother, she was always sensible, always dignified, not too close and not too distant. I often wonder if my father's coquettish, cute mother really exists.

"Zhou and Zhuo are two countries, even if they are blood relatives, there will be disagreements after all, if the two countries are united, they are all relatives, can't they be reunited in one country? Moreover, Zhuo's development ······"

"The merger of the Zhuo family into Zhou is to advance and retreat with Zhou, but the foundation of the ancestors of the Zhuo family is gone. Zhuo's entry into the Zhou, how do Zhuo's nobles define their identity? How long can the monarchs of the Zhou dynasty tolerate people of their own class sleeping soundly on one side? ”

"Zhuo is the surname of a foreign clan in the frontier, my Zhou country is a big country in the Central Plains, and the most important etiquette law, how can I change the surname of the country to Zhuo?"

The moment I opened my eyes, I was met by the concerned gaze of Jun'er, and then the two of us spoke at the same time:

"Gong'er, what happened after the closure ······"

"The Imperial Doctor Says Your Injuries Are ······"

"Jun'er, you have to listen to me first." I couldn't wait to explain to her, but she pointed to my lips.

"I know what you're going to say, do you think I'll not be able to trust you? It's imperative to heal your injuries and stop worrying about unnecessary things, eh? When she said the last word, the crescent moon raised her eyebrows, as if the spring breeze surrounded me together, teaching me to melt into this tenderness.

My enthronement ceremony and the post-enthronement ceremony were held on one day. I took her hand and walked up the dragon steps, and my mother and father, as representatives of the Zhuo family, looked at me from the foreign guest seat, in fact, whose son am I? What flows in my body is the blood of the surname Yun, and I am the king chosen by the dragon vein of the Zhou Kingdom!