With a "snap", Meng Huan, who was overwhelmed with grief and indignation, couldn't help but slap Xiong Zhen's face and reprimanded loudly: "Xiong Zhen, how can you talk like this to your mother?" ”

"What did the Queen Mother do for what? It's not for you, it's for the Chu State! ”

"If I really want to turn my back on you and the Chu State, why wait until today?"

Hearing this, Xiong Zhen couldn't help but lower his head, feeling ashamed and embarrassed in his heart, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.

Meng Huan's contributions to himself and the Chu State over the years, Xiong Zhen saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart.

However, the relationship between Meng Huan and Qingji has always been an insurmountable hurdle in the heart of Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu.

Who is Qingji?

He is the king of Wu and the number one enemy of Chu.

Xiong Zhen can be said to be jealous of Qing to the core, and he can't dismantle him.

Because since Qingji inherited the throne of King Wu, he has repeatedly carried out westward expeditions, defeated the Chu army many times, and invaded large areas of land west of the great river such as Zhongli, Chao, and Chang'an in Chu State.

For this reason, the State of Chu has made an alliance with the State of Wu several times to lose power and humiliate the country!

Not only that, at the Zhaoguan meeting that year, Wu Wang Qingji and Meng Huan, who was listening to the government at that time, fell in love with each other, and they fell in love with each other like Wang Ba's mung beans.

This led to a man and a woman, and the dry wood and fire often had trysts, so that Meng Yingzhu had a secret knot and was pregnant with a jealous child.

Xiong Zhen was also forced to marry his sister Ji Qi to Qingji, and became Wu Chu's good.

From the perspective of relationship, Qingji is Xiong Zhen's brother-in-law.

However, what happened between Qingji and Meng Huan made Xiong Zhen very embarrassed.

Meng Huan is Xiong Zhen's mother, but she is messing with Qingji, isn't this to some extent, Qingji is Xiong Zhen's stepfather?

Shame!

"The queen mother, the son is speechless, and the son apologizes to the queen mother."

Xiong Zhen hurriedly said.

For his mother Meng Huan, Xiong Zhen still loves her very much.

After all, Meng Huan was lonely for half his life, he was young, and he married King Chuping, a bad old man, in the year of Lu, and did not enjoy a few years of blessings, and King Chuping died.

Only Meng Huan and Xiong Zhen, the two orphans and widows, were left to rely on each other in the court of the Chu State.

In the past, Xiong Zhen didn't like Meng Huan to listen to politics, but since he was in power, he understood Meng Huan's usual difficulties.

At this time, Meng Huan saw Xiong Zhen's sincere apology, and his expression was still so indifferent, like an iceberg that would not melt for thousands of years.

"King, you have grown up, and your wings have become stiff."

Meng Huan shook her head and said, "That's fine." From now on, the mourning family will be in the palace to recuperate in peace, for your affairs, for the political affairs of the Chu State, the mourning family will no longer care! ”

"Queen Mother's ......"

Xiong Zhen opened his mouth, and wanted to argue something, but saw that Meng Huan had already turned around and brushed his sleeves away.

I don't know when the relationship between Meng Huan and Xiong Zhen, the mother and son, has been estranged to this extent?

Looking at Meng Huan's distant figure, Xiong Zhen was stunned for a long time.

At this time, an attendant stepped forward with a bamboo slip in his hand, lowered his eyebrows and said, "King, this is a handwritten letter sent by the right Sima Sheng." ”

Right Sima Sheng, that is, Bai Gongsheng and Mi Sheng.

Now Bai Gongsheng is leading tens of thousands of troops of Chu State, and he is on his way back to the dynasty.

Bai Gongsheng's handwriting?

Xiong Zhen picked up the bamboo slip, opened it and looked at it, and couldn't help frowning.

In his handwriting, Bai Gongsheng demanded that the army not be disarmed, that prisoners be sacrificed, and that the spoils of war be contributed to Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu.

You must know that in the triumphant return of the army, the holding of a prisoner ceremony is a special link, which is equivalent to Xiong Zhen, as the monarch, can review the three armies.

However, it stands to reason that the soldiers who were received by Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu, should not wear weapons.

But Xiong Zhen didn't care.

He would never have thought that Bai Gongsheng would be able to do something about rebellion.

The Chu army invaded Zheng this time and occupied more than a dozen cities, which can be said to be a boost for the Chu state, and Xiong Zhen's prestige as the king of Chu will also rise.

Therefore, Xiong Zhen attaches great importance to this prisoner gift.

The so-called gift of prisoners means that after the victory of the army, they should pay tribute to the ancestors of heaven and earth in Taimiao and Taishe, and there is a gift of offering prisoners, that is, reporting victory and offering the spoils of war.

Bai Gongsheng's request, in Xiong Zhen's opinion, is not a matter at all.

Therefore, Xiong Zhen didn't plan to discuss it with Zixi or Shen Baoxu, Nangwa and other ministers, so he agreed.

……

Authority.

In the Chu military camp, after Bai Gongsheng received Xiong Zhen's reply, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly brought his henchman Shi Qi to discuss the matter.

"Big things can be expected."

Bai Gongsheng said ecstatically: "Xiong Zhen has promised not to disarm the soldiers, but to enter the palace to sacrifice prisoners. Shi Qi, in your opinion, what should I do? ”

Hearing this, Shi Qi couldn't help but lower his head and thought secretly.

After a short time, Shi Qi waved towards Bai Gongsheng and said: "Lord, if you offer a prisoner, the lord may take the opportunity to attack and kill Xiong Zhen, as well as Zixi, Zichang (Nangwa) and other secretaries, and then set himself up as the king, forcing the ministers to compromise by force." ”

"Kill Xiong Zhen?"

Bai Gongsheng couldn't help frowning, and said, "Shi Qi, isn't this a great rebellion?" ”

"For Zixi, Zichang and other powerful ministers, there is more than enough to die. However, my current prestige is still not enough to command the Chu army and convince the people. ”

"Even the tens of thousands of Chu soldiers who returned triumphantly, I can't convince the public. If Xiong Zhen dies, I am afraid that I will become the target of everyone, and I will attack the feudal lords everywhere. ”

So far, Bai Gongsheng is still a little forward-looking.

"Lord, burn the treasury and kill the king. If you don't, you won't be able to do it. ”

Shi begged to persuade bitterly.

"No!"

Bai Gongsheng waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "I think that killing the monarch is ominous, and it will be unfavorable to burn the treasury, what will I do to keep the Chu State in the future?" ”

"I've only been in Chu for two years, and now I have less than 2,000 soldiers available to my cronies. If there is no justifiable reason, how can you kill the king and usurp the throne? ”

Don't blame Bai Gongsheng for being too timid and having no courage to do things.

But he openly launched a mutiny, and then killed the king and usurped the throne, which was really outrageous.

Even if Bai Gongsheng has Wu Guo's backing behind him, once something happens, can Qingji really continue to support Bai Gongsheng?

Bai Gongsheng doesn't believe it!

He never really pinned all his expectations on others.

"Lord, that subordinate has another strategy."

Shi Qi frowned and said: "Now in the hands of the lord, there are 45,000 soldiers of the Chu State in his hands, from different places, once he returns to Yingdu, the lord will hand over the tiger talisman and let them go back to their respective homes." ”

"This army is a great advantage for the lord. In this case, why can't the lord use the name of the Qing monarch to kill the traitorous courtiers under the banner of killing the traitorous courtiers, and overwhelm the edict to coerce the army to break through the Yingdu, and then coerce the king to order the Chu State? ”

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