The prince insisted on going his own way, and he could only see how Xiao Yan'er coped, anyway, she had to leave the capital for a while, and there was still room for relaxation, so it was better to let the prince touch this wall in order to make him wake up.

The guards naturally wouldn't stop the prince, not to mention that there were also the emperor's friends, and the two walked to the palace gate, and the maid guarding the door opened her eyes in a daze, and was about to bow down, when the prince waved her hand and asked her to go down.

This maid is a sister-in-law, so naturally she doesn't dare to let the prince go down easily, He Zhou shook her head at him, she saw He Shaoxia together, so she didn't worry and stepped aside.

He wanted to go in, and He Zhou didn't have anything to worry about, so he stood outside and waited.

The prince pushed the door in, and the candles in the inner hall were all burned to the length of his little finger, and the candle tears meandered down the candlestick.

The emperor held his head with one hand, his eyes were closed, his brows were frowning, and he seemed to be asleep, but not very stable.

Standing in front of the door, looking at her like this, the prince only felt full of impulse, and suddenly calmed down.

After standing like this for a while, the prince sighed imperceptibly.

He took a light step, took off the fur-collared cloak on the side, and carefully covered her, not wanting to disturb her peace for a moment.

Blowing out the candle flame shining on her face on the emperor's table, she walked out lightly, walked to the door, and glanced back at her, her face was buried in the shadows, and she didn't know if her brows were stretched.

Walk out the door and close it gently.

He Zhou didn't hear any movement inside, and was a little curious.

The prince shook his head and said, "She's asleep, I can't bear to wake her up, go back." ”

The maid hurriedly stepped forward and stood guard at the door.

Seventeen, who was guarding in the shadows, looked around and made sure that they were gone, before he breathed a sigh of relief and hid back in the shadows.

He Zhou glanced at the closed door suspiciously, and followed the prince.

And in the main hall, the people who should have fallen asleep opened their eyes without a trace of sleep.

The mission of the State of Chu had an accident in the Shang State, such a big fact cannot be hidden, all those who are in a high position and power have their own news channels, and this time the movement is not small, everyone who should know knows it.

King Ling, who was far away in the fiefdom, also received a message from his subordinates.

The envoys of the Chu State were hunted down and killed in the Shang State, and they were almost completely annihilated, and the emperor and Xie Ling suffered an accident, and there was no possibility of survival.

This news was too unexpected, and King Ling was stunned for a long time.

A person returned to the study and took out a box from the depths of the bookcase, inside was an old painting, on which a young man in a purple robe was spent his life.

Back then, Sister Xie of the Xie family was known as the pearl of the Xie family, but there was still a junior in the Xie family who could not be covered by her aura, and that was Xie Ling.

Sister Xie Yan is cold by nature, but Xie Ling always has a warm face, but those who have been close to Xie Ling know that he is just warm on his face, and there are really not many people who can enter his eyes and heart, and the two of them are born with arrogance.

At that time, the Empress Yuan was still there, the emperor was in love, King Ye was recognized as the successor to the throne by the court, and although King Ling was favored because of his biological mother, he was also loved by the emperor.

But love is love, and there are some things that can never be imagined.

King Ling was not convinced, but he couldn't show it, he could only show a good son, a good brother, and a good prince in front of people, and he couldn't show a trace of dissatisfaction.

The eldest brother is in front, his position is still stable, his father is satisfied, and the dissatisfaction in his heart seems to be able to endure it forever.

But there are still people who find that King Ling's heart is surging and unwilling.

That is Xie Ling, the Xie family was deeply favored by the emperor back then, and the emperor intended to cultivate him as the future pillar of the court, and specially ordered him to enter the palace to accompany him, but it was not too restrictive.

Because the age difference between King Ye and Xie Ling was too much, and the emperor didn't want Xie Ling to get too close to other princes, he didn't specify who Xie Ling was.

Therefore, Xie Ling studied at both the Guozijian and the Imperial Palace.

He is also known for being studious.

Once Xie Ling was holding a book and wanted to find a secluded place to read, but he saw King Ling hiding behind the rockery.

Just glanced at each other, King Ling only felt that he had already understood his secret, who knew that Xie Ling just glanced at it, turned around and changed places, Xie Ling was only nine years old at that time.

At that time, King Ling was fourteen years old, a head taller than Xie Ling, but he could no longer look down on him.

After that, King Ling began to pay more attention to Xie Ling.

Not long after, on King Ling's birthday, he was favored again, and there were countless gifts for him, only Xie Ling, who was always reading silently on the sidelines, was not prepared.

I don't know why, King Ling was very unhappy, left a bunch of gifts, and walked straight to Xie Ling, Xie Ling sighed like a little adult, and said to the favored prince, "Why don't I prepare one now." ”

Xie Ling painted a portrait of King Ling on the spot, his painting skills are indeed the best among the juniors, but they are not precious.

But His Royal Highness King Ling still accepted it with satisfaction, among so many gifts, it is estimated that there is only one handmade.

When I was young, I was always happy, but I also passed quickly.

A year later, the Xie family left Beijing, Empress Yuan died, and everything changed.

Goodbye everyone was already on opposite sides, and until they parted again, he couldn't ask if he remembered the painting.

Now, this painting has become the only thought he has left for himself.

That young man in a purple court robe with bright eyes will never come back?

King Ling, who had been busy all this time, sat alone in the study for half a day.

Gong Luo didn't know what was going on, she only knew that he was in a bad mood and wanted to persuade him.

But at the door of the study, I heard him in a hoarse voice, and ordered him in a somewhat depressed manner, "Send someone to find it, you must see people in life, and you must see corpses in death." ”

A subordinate immediately received the order.

The guard at the door said, "Princess, the prince seems to be in a bad mood, please persuade him." ”

"Hmm. ”

Gong Luo entered, and the subordinate saluted her and hurried away.

"Lord Wang, what's wrong?"

King Ling calmed down for a moment, and said with some anger, "My Great Chu's mission was attacked and almost all of them were destroyed. ”

Gong Luo was taken aback, "What about the emperor and Xie Ling?"

"I'm afraid something has happened to them. ”

No matter what, King Ling is also a prince, and he has the blood of the royal family of Chu State, so it is impossible to watch Chu State being bullied so far.

What's more, the envoys of the Chu State were killed in other countries, which is intolerable to every Chu person, not to mention that even the emperor has suffered an accident.

"The prince wants to send someone to find them?"

"Well, this king can't sit idly by. ”

"But most of the prince's men were scattered, preparing to gain a firm foothold in the fiefdom. ”

King Ling frowned and said, "If the state of Chu is hit, what is the point of this king even if he gains a firm foothold in this projectile land, besides, how can this king, as a prince, endure such a shameful humiliation." ”

"There are also the prince and Sister Xie Yan in the capital, they will send people, the prince will make a move, I am afraid that it will be misunderstood by someone with a heart, how will you deal with yourself in the future." ”

"After all, they have an accident in the territory of Shangguo, and the power of the prince and the emperor is limited, so if they can have more people, they will have more people, even if they help confuse the public, but they will wronged you. ”

Gong Luo hurriedly said, "The prince is not afraid of grievances, we are naturally not afraid, we are in the back house, under the protection of the prince, we don't have to worry about food and clothing, it's enough, but the prince is going to be excluded." ”

King Ling saw that she was thinking about herself, but in the end she was still soft-hearted, and when she left the capital, her temper inexplicably became better, and he held her hand and said, "It's all temporary, we won't be wronged in the future, let's be a comfortable king in the fiefdom, and no one can calculate us." ”

Gong Luo smiled slightly and leaned into his arms, "Okay." ”

Someone outside reported, "The prince, the princess, ask to see the master book." ”

"Will the master book?"

"It's the son of Binzhou Mu who came to take refuge in the middle of the road, Jiang Qingshu, I see that he has some knowledge, so I left him in the house to be the main bookkeeper. ”

Let go of Gong Luo's hand and raise his voice, "Let him in." ”

Gong Luo was also a little curious about this Jiang Qingshu, who could be valued by the prince in such a short period of time and could let him come to the study to pay respects, so he sat down under King Ling.

"My subordinates have seen the prince, the princess. ”

When he clarified the affairs of 1510, although Gong Luo didn't understand it very well, he couldn't help but be a little impressed when he saw that he was organized and acted calmly.

It's just that as soon as King Ling spoke, "Xie Ling is dead." ”

After speaking, he looked at Jiang Qingshu's face.

But when I saw his face, it was all shock, and then it turned out to be regret.

"The subordinates didn't understand what the prince meant. ”

King Ling showed him the note.

As he expected, it seemed that the Qing Shu was filled with anger and did not have the joy of revenge.

Gong Luo was also curious, "Your family, because of Xie Ling's accident, are you angry?"

"The accident in the Jiang family is all caused by my father's greed, Xie Ling is just a law enforcer, but it is impossible to say that I don't have the slightest grudge against him. But it's just some grievances, he is the real pillar of the Chu State, and his death is a loss to the Chu State. He and the emperor were harmed by the Shang State, which was a humiliation for the Chu State and a humiliation for all the people of the Chu State, in comparison, a little resentment from his subordinates was nothing. ”

"I didn't expect you to have such a mind. ”

King Ling asked, "What do you think about this?" ”

"Chu Shang is already in constant contradiction, the Shang State is in debt, and the two countries can still coordinate, but the emperor and his party were killed, which has exceeded the limit of Chu State's patience, and now it is the prince and the Huangyu Emperor who are in power, so the war will start, and the prince is not here to deal with those old foxes, it is better to establish his position in the future war Yang Wei Lixin. ”

"Do you want this king to participate in the dispute between the two countries?"

In the face of King Ling's forced gaze, Jiang Qingshu talked eloquently, "It is a dispute between the three kingdoms, the battle of Chu injury, the Jin State will inevitably participate, if the Chu State wants to fight a decisive battle with the Shang State, it is necessary to prevent the Jin State, the prince's fief is very close to the southern Xinjiang, as long as the prince sends troops to help the army of the imperial court and block the Jin army, it is a great achievement, such a feat, enough for the prince to gain a firm foothold." ”

"You're right, it seems that the top priority now is to gather military power. ”

Jiang Qingshu hurriedly said, "Please hand over this matter to your subordinates." ”

"Oh, could it be that you were prepared?"

"When I decided to follow the prince that day, my subordinates analyzed the situation of the prince, and wanted to solve the dilemma, it was nothing more than two roads, civil and military, and the text was to slowly gather people's hearts, which is what the prince is doing now. ”