After all, if it weren't for He Nuanliang's help, I was afraid that this contradiction with the soldiers would not be so easy to resolve.

After this contradiction is resolved, some other small contradictions, like a drizzle, are not worth mentioning. After that, the trip to Chu was obviously a lot cleaner. It didn't take long for the group to arrive in the state of Chu.

After Gu Zhiheng and his party arrived in Chu State, Chu Lingshen naturally got the news and wanted to go to greet the envoys from the Great Zhou, but Chu Lingshen's attitude was almost a little colder than when he faced Shen Huo.

"Why did they come to the Chu State?" At this time, Chu Lingshen was in the imperial study, sitting opposite Xu Qinghe. I saw that the look on Chu Lingshen's face was obviously impatient.

It turned out that although Chu Lingshen hated Shen Huo, because of his understanding of the situation in Da Zhou, he knew that Gu Zhiheng was a person, so he didn't treat Gu Zhiheng very well.

When the peace negotiation failed, Chu Lingshen expected that Da Zhou would never give up, and most of them would send people to Chu again, but he never expected that the person who came turned out to be Gu Zhiheng. After learning the news, Chu Lingshen's whole face was not very happy.

Xu Qinghe, as the prime minister of Chu State and Chu Lingshen's best friend, naturally understood Chu Lingshen's thoughts, but he only smiled slightly bitterly and persuaded him: "Your Highness." After all, the visitor is a guest. No matter how much you don't want to see the King of Wu of the Great Zhou, there is still room for this etiquette. ”

Chu Lingshen naturally understood what Xu Qinghe meant, and he also knew that this was what he had to do. However, every time I think about it, I still feel extremely reluctant.

"It's better than that." Chu Ling suddenly thought of something, looked at Xu Qinghe with anticipation, and asked, "This time I went to greet the envoys of the Great Zhou, why don't you go and greet Qinghe?" Presumably, if the prime minister of Chu State greeted him personally, he would not have lost Da Zhou's face. ”

When Xu Qinghe heard this, he couldn't help but laugh a little: "Your Highness." You are the king of a country, and it is a matter of duty to welcome the envoys. In this matter, the minister can't replace you. ”

Hearing Xu Qinghe say this, Chu Lingshen still didn't give up, and asked several times. It wasn't until he saw that Xu Qinghe was really resolute that he had no choice but to reluctantly go to meet Gu Zhiheng and his party.

However, it was said that Gu Zhiheng and the others walked all the way, and when they reached the gate of the capital of Chu State, they saw Chu Lingshen leading the ministers at the gate of the city to prepare to greet them.

Gu Zhiheng hurriedly ordered the soldiers to speed up their pace, and the group walked in a hurry, and after a while, they walked in front of Chu Lingshen.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, don't come unharmed." Gu Zhiheng wanted to reach this peace talk, so his attitude towards Chu Lingshen was extremely eager, "I haven't seen you for many days, but Your Highness is still as handsome and chic as before, and he is graceful." ”

"His Royal Highness King Wu doesn't have to say that." Facing Gu Zhiheng's courtesy, Chu Lingshen only had a cold attitude and replied very detachedly, "Even if this king has been to Great Zhou, in the impression of this king, it seems that there is no communication with King Wu. ”

Gu Zhiheng never thought that Chu Lingshen would be so cold to him in front of the public, and embarrassed him in public. Gu Zhiheng's face also looked bad all of a sudden.

However, Chu Lingshen was in a bad mood at this time, and he didn't want to deal with Gu Zhiheng more, so he just said coldly: "What, is there a mistake in what this king said?" After all, in the impression of this king, he really has no contact with King Wu. ”

Chu Lingshen's words are like this, no matter how Gu Zhiheng tries to redeem it, this time in front of the people of Chu and in front of the soldiers, he has also lost face.

However, Gu Zhiheng had a request for Chu Lingshen at the moment, so it was not good to be rashly angry in front of Chu Lingshen, so he had to forcibly suppress the anger in his heart, smiled reluctantly, and said to Chu Lingshen: "What His Royal Highness the King of Chu said is that this is indeed the king's overstep. ”

Gu Zhiheng deliberately gave Chu Lingshen a step down, but Chu Lingshen didn't appreciate it, and his expression was still cold and indifferent: "It's okay, as long as King Wu doesn't do these things in the future." ”

Because of Chu Lingshen's indifferent attitude, Gu Zhiheng didn't know how to answer for a while, and the scene suddenly became embarrassing.

Xu Qinghe, who was on the side, looked at it and couldn't help but secretly complain: If he had known that His Royal Highness was so undisguised and had saved the face of the envoys of the Great Zhou, it would be better for the ministers themselves to come to greet him. Thinking like this, Xu Qinghe faintly regretted it.

But regret is regret, but the scene in front of you cannot be allowed to continue to stalemate. Xu Qinghe shook his head, feeling quite helpless, and stood up.

"Your Highness, King Wu." Xu Qinghe saluted the two. After Xu Qinghe stood up now, the helplessness in his heart quickly subsided, and there was a smile on his face.

His appearance really broke the deadlock. Everyone's eyes were focused on Xu Qinghe for a while. Chu Lingshen was still in a bad mood at the moment, frowned, looked at Xu Qinghe, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"We've been talking for so long." Xu Qinghe pretended to be natural and said with a smile, "Presumably, the envoys of the Great Zhou Dynasty came from afar, and they are also tired at this time. Why don't Your Highness arrange a place for them to live first, and then have a good chat when the envoys settle down? ”

As smart as Chu Lingshen, after listening to it, he thought for a while, and then understood that Xu Qinghe was looking for a step for him. Fang Cai's anger had actually dissipated most of it after what he said just now, and after looking at Gu Zhiheng's reaction, Chu Lingshen no longer embarrassed Gu Zhiheng, but borrowed the slope to get off the donkey.

I saw Chu Lingshen groaning slightly, and then nodded: "What the prime minister said is extremely true. Since this is the case, let's arrange for a group of Great Zhou envoys to live in the palace first. ”

After saying that, Chu Lingshen turned his head, looked in Gu Zhiheng's direction, and said, "King Wu." Your dwelling place, the king has sent ready. These days, you will live in the Qiming Palace for the time being. Hopefully, in the future, we can have a good conversation. ”

As he spoke, Chu Lingshen took the initiative to stretch out his hand, obviously not wanting to be embarrassed anymore. After Gu Zhiheng saw Chu Lingshen like this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, his expression eased, he smiled slightly, and stretched out his hand: "Since this is the case, please ask His Royal Highness the King of Chu to take care of it." ”

The two of them walked forward as they spoke. After a while, it was to go to the palace of the king of Chu. Gu Zhiheng and his entourage stayed in Qiming Palace and rested for the time being.

Gu Zhiheng, as an envoy of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the extremely noble His Royal Highness King Wu, naturally lived in the main hall of Qiming Palace. I saw Gu Zhiheng striding towards the main hall, not caring about everyone at all.

After entering the main hall, Gu Zhiheng almost threw the door shut in anger. Seeing this, a palace maid behind him hurriedly took three steps and made two steps, and hurriedly chased after him, and the door was immediately opened and closed again.

Hearing the sound of the door ringing, Gu Zhiheng raised his head, and when he saw that it was this palace maid, instead of being annoyed, he also showed a somewhat relieved look on his face, and muttered in a low voice: "Nuan Liang, you are finally here." ”

"Your Highness, the concubine is here. Are you okay? The palace maid replied with great concern. It turned out that this so-called "palace maid" was He Nuanliang, who pretended to be an accompanying palace maid and came to Chu State with Gu Zhiheng.

When Chu Lingshen and Gu Zhiheng had a dispute, He Nuanliang watched not far behind the two. Seeing Gu Zhiheng's helpless appearance, He Nuanliang's heart was extremely distressed, but he was suffering from his current identity as just a small accompanying palace maid, and he couldn't step forward to stop it.

Finally waiting for a group of people to return to Qiming Palace to rest temporarily, He Nuanliang looked at Gu Zhiheng's hurried appearance, and guessed in his heart that Gu Zhiheng was probably not in a good mood at the moment, so he hurriedly chased after him, ready to appease Gu Zhiheng.

And Gu Zhiheng naturally noticed He Nuanliang's thoughts, and couldn't help but feel a trace of warmth in his heart, and the smile on his face, which was barely pulled, was also a little real.

"This king is fine." Gu Zhiheng smiled lightly and shook his head, "It's just that when I talked to King Chu just now, I was a little uneasy, so I don't have to worry about being warm and cold." ”

Seeing the genuine smile on Gu Zhiheng's face, He Nuanliang breathed a deep sigh of relief, and his expression was a little relaxed, but he was still a little uneasy.

I saw He Nuanliang think for a while, and then comforted Gu Zhiheng softly: "Your Highness, you don't have to worry at this time. The King of Chu Xu is because of the last discussion and failure, which is why he has such a big anger towards you, you don't have to care too much. ”

Gu Zhiheng listened to He Nuanliang's comfort, the warmth in his heart deepened, and the depression of Fang Cai seemed to have dissipated a lot, smiled at He Nuanliang slightly, and said: "This king knows, Nuan Liang doesn't have to worry too much, this king will focus on the overall situation." ”

Hearing this, He Nuanliang was naturally a little pleased, smiled again, and said, "Your Highness understands this truth, and the concubine is relieved." After all, the most important thing for us at the moment is to negotiate peace with the state of Chu and succeed, so that the emperor will not see it clearly. ”

Seeing that Gu Zhiheng nodded, He Nuanliang continued: "So at the moment, even if the King of Chu has a bad attitude, let's endure it for a few points first, and wait until the flag is victorious and returns to Da Zhou smoothly, so that the emperor will not look at us differently." ”

"At that time......" He Nuanliang's tone paused subtly, "Your Highness will definitely win the position of Great Treasure." And wait until you ascend to the position of that great treasure, and then lead your troops to attack the Chu State and repay today's hatred, okay? ”

With He Nuanliang's depiction, Gu Zhiheng seemed to see the beautiful picture not long after, and the smile on his face became thicker and stronger, and he couldn't help but pat the table and said heroically: "Okay!" It depends on how this Chu country will be beaten by this king at that time. How do they despise this king? ”

He Nuanliang was also infected by Gu Zhiheng's atmosphere, the two looked at each other and smiled, as if not only Chu State, but also Da Zhou were also in their pockets right now, almost in a posture of celebrating, the two looked at each other, and the hearty laughter spread out in bursts, and it resounded in the sky for a while.