Hearing Zhang Lu say that even if the crown prince fled, Qin planned to continue to form an alliance with the Chu State, Huang Xie said: "This minister's wish is also." Although he died, he had no regrets. ”

Zhang Lu said: "The king's decree: Chu Zuo's disciple Huang Xie, the prince entered Qin. Now the king of Chu is sick, and the prince is serving, and people are often the same. The return of the prince is also, rest and return! ”

Although Huang Xie had a premonition, he was still very shocked when he heard it with his own ears, and immediately rolled out two lines of tears, and bowed down in a choked voice: "The kindness of the King of Qin, how can the minister repay it!" But he has to rest all by himself, and Chu vows not to fight against Qin! ”

Zhang Lu said: "The prince's return is also deserved." What about the princess and the princess? ”

Huang Xie said: "The grace of the king of Chude, the princess and the prince, the first king." ”

Zhang Lu said: "The princess of the king orders herself to do it. ”

Huang Xie said: "Rong Chen consults him." Huang Xie got up, changed his clothes, arranged his crown clothes, came to the door of the back house, and saluted respectfully: "Chen Xie respectfully greets the princess!" ”

As a result, only one female official came out, and said: "The princess is in the house and does not dare to meet guests!" ”

Huang Xie said: "The minister is favored by the King of Qin, and he has to protect his head, and he dares to use this body to serve the King of Qin and the crown prince." The minister is willing to protect the princess to enter Chen Cheng directly, and the king of Qin has allowed it! ”

The lady took the words, entered the door, and closed the door. came out when he was young and said: "The princess told the left disciple that the prince abandoned his concubine and left, and now he has no life, and he doesn't dare to move his ears, I'm afraid that the prince will have a life!" ”

Huang Xie said: "The sin of rest is also." The prince's respect for the princess is like the sun and the moon. Lack of care has led to today's disaster. May the princess allow the princess to protect the princess into Chu to atone for the sins of the ministers. ”

The female official went in again to spread the rumor, and came out when she was young and said: "The princess said, but with the order of the prince, the concubine dare not do it." Without his teaching, the concubine did not dare to do it. ”

Huang Xie bowed again in front of the steps and said, "The minister will enter Chu, please teach the prince." Wait a minute, princess! ”

Huang Xie's performance, Zhang Lu saw it in his eyes; The princess's answer, Zhang Lu also listened to it. He couldn't help but admire Huang Xie's acting skills and the princess's ice and snow cleverness. Huang Xie actually didn't want to bring the princess back, although the princess and the prince loved each other, but in Chu Chen's eyes, the marriage between the prince and the princess was undoubtedly a great shame, which would naturally bury instability in Chu's government. And the princess cleverly refused to return to Chu in the name of the prince's abandonment. The princess naturally knew that the prince was not abandoned, she said this to herself, and also to give the prince a step: if the hostility of Chu to Qin is reduced in the future, then the prince will naturally come to welcome the princess; On the contrary, it is better for both parties to live in two places.

Zhang Lu said to Huang Xie: "The princess will wait for the prince's life, and then enter Chu, and she will also be a woman." The minister should repay the king, and do good to him. ”

Huang Xie said: "Although the princess gives up on herself, and Chu must pay tribute from time to time, if the prince is there, he does not dare to lack a little!" ”

At the end of the next day, Huang Xie knelt in front of Zhangtai Palace, loudly declaring his sins and the grace of the King of Qin, saying that he would never dare to forget the grace of the King of Qin and never dare to betray the alliance with the Qin State! The king of Qin did not come out, only the prince and Zhang Lu came out, Zhang Lu put on clothes for Huang Xie, the prince gave a few words and sent him away.

Huang Xie had breakfast in the Chu Palace, took the rest of the retainers and Chu scholars, one by leather chariot, two by chariot, out of Lantian, took Wuguan, Nanyang, and went to Chen. Thinking that he had spent nearly ten years of hostage life in the Qin State, he was walking on thin ice every day; Thinking that it has been ten years since he left the Chu State, the government of the Chu State only heard from the mouths of the envoys, what is the current situation of those big families and noble relatives, and how the political forces within the Chu State are distributed, these are all waiting for him to be further explored. Of course, the most important thing is whether the crown prince can succeed in the throne!

Thinking of the prince returning to China alone, Huang Xie's heart tightened: The prince, who left the state of Chu and was still a teenager, after arriving in the state of Chu, can he control the situation in the state of Chu?

Out of Nanyang, it is the border of Korea. It seems that it has been calculated, and as soon as he entered South Korea, he met Han Ping, the prime minister of Han Ping, who came to greet him. Han Ping invited Huang Xie to the pavilion, set up a banquet and entertained him, and the two talked secretly all night.

When he arrived in Yinyang, he secretly met with the Mang family. Mang Mao was too sick to walk, and it seemed that he would die soon. Huang Xie left Mangshen and Mr. Che and Hu Er to send Mangmao to the end. He returned to Chen Cheng with the rest of the people.

The illness of the king of Chu made Yin Zilan also look old, and she seemed to be less energetic than Huang Xie, but in fact, Zilan was younger than Huang Xie. In order for Huang Xie to return to the country, Zilan personally took the prince who had just arrived out of the city. Seeing Zilan and the prince together, Huang Xie's heart let go of most of it: the political situation was not out of control. At the same time, there is also the newly promoted Grand Sima Jingyang. Jingyang is a person, good at wine and lust, and loves to drink and have sex the most, Huang Xie has no good impression of him, but since he has been mentioned to such a high position, he naturally has to pay respect.

After entering the city, Huang Xie first paid homage to the king of Chu. The king of Chu was indeed very sick, unable to walk, and ate little. But he was very happy to see Huang Xie, so he ordered a banquet. The three brothers of Chu, Huang Xie and Zilan got together, and for the first time in many days, the king of Chu drank a whole bowl of porridge and ate some fruits and fish; Only the prince was waiting at the banquet. During the banquet, the king of Chu asked Zilan to carefully introduce the political situation in the court to Huang Xie, as well as the distribution of various forces. At present, the old forces that came out of Guying are roughly concentrated around Jingyang, while the new forces of Chen Di are represented by the Xiang clan.

After nearly ten years of recuperation, the national strength of the Chu State has been greatly restored, and the goal of ten years of rejuvenation has been basically achieved. The garage is also being filled.

Huang Xie introduced the situation in Qin. Although the Qin State experienced a series of changes such as the replacement of the Prime Minister, the death of the crown prince and the death of the empress dowager, under the control of the King of Qin, the court situation was never chaotic.

Zilan asked: "Wen Empress Dowager is autocratic, and the marquis and others are engaged in their own private affairs, what is the state of it?" ”

Huang Xie said: "King Qin has been on the throne for 40 years and is known in the world for his pure filial piety. Fang Qi is hostage to Yan Ye, alone outside, how can he help. and its return, there are the generations of the Marquis, Huayang, and Xiangshou, all of whom are the younger brothers of the Queen Mother, and the generations of Jingyang and Gaoling, all of whom are the sons of the Queen Mother. Although these sons are called noble relatives, they are actually capable, and they are not only known to the country as their relatives. The marquis and others are all conquered in all directions, and they are invincible; Jingyang and Gaoling, suppressed Rong Di, and never slackened. The marquis is exempt from three phases, and three are restored. As for Zhang Lu, they all obeyed his goodness. The marquis died, Jingyang was Tao Shou, and he also left it to the ministers. Gai Tianming is the sun and the moon are unknown, it is the old monarch who is in charge of his luck inside, and the minister is in charge of his affairs outside. Therefore, although there are many battles, the strength is also exhausted. It's invincible. Today's war on South Korea is bound to succeed. ”

Zilan said: "There are many people in Chu who persuade Han......"

Huang Xie said: "No. A small help is useless, empty and Qin. If you help it, Chu will also be hurt. Just sit back and watch. ”

King Chu said: "Ten years of life and gathering, it is not easy to get, and it cannot be abandoned once." But watch out for the time and wait for the time. ”

Zilan said: "Ten years of life and gathering, the minister has done it." The heart is haggard, and Huafa is born early. The lessons of the past 10 years have not been enough. The left disciple returns, and the ministers should retreat! ”

Huang Xie said: "Brothers are of the same heart, Zilan Yan has to retreat!" ”

King Chu said: "My life is not long!" That is, when I am there, Zilan is the master, and Huang Xie is good at it. I will go, may the son rest and assist the child. ”

Huang Xie was about to excuse himself, and the king of Chu immediately called the prince to come forward and said: "Zuo disciple assists you for ten years, so that you can advance day by day." After my death, you will be a father's left disciple, and you will not be lazy! ”

The prince immediately bowed down and said, "Respectfully! ”

He turned to bow to Huang Xie and said: "May Father Xie not abandon him with unscrupulousness, and teach him sooner or later!" ”

Huang Xie knew that the great event had been accomplished and the crown prince's accession to the throne had been unhindered, but he did not feel relaxed at all: the heavy task of reviving the Chu State was still heavy.

The next day, among the concubines summoned by the king of Chu to serve with him, there were no concubines whose sons had reached adulthood, and they were generally young girls who had not yet given birth. Yang Wenjun, who had been waiting for a lot before, was not called in again, and her two sons were ordered to serve the prince outside.

The prince lived outside, never leaving. Zilan and Huang Xie took turns to live in the middle room outside the hall. The king of Chu has an order, and the prince will pass on Zilan or Huang Xie, and then pass them on to each of them. The reports of each place are also summarized by each department, reported to Zilan or Huang Xie, and then discussed with the prince and the king of Chu, and then drafted opinions and distributed them to each department. At the beginning, Zilan and Huang Xie jointly sented; Gradually, Zilan claimed to be old and sick, Huang Xie spent more and more time on duty, and many major government affairs were mainly handled by Huang Xie.

Huang Xie closely followed Bai Qi's siege of the Wild King, and from the reports he returned every day, he found that Bai Qi's offensive was not going well. It put him at ease. At least, this year can be spent safely!

Only three months later, before the autumn harvest, the king of Chu praised him for his "hard work", and added a word, obviously criticizing him for "degrading the society". The crown prince ascended the throne without dispute. The newly enthroned King of Chu immediately appointed Huang Xie as Ling Yin, Feng Chun Shenjun, and the twelve counties of Huaibei as his fief.

Huaibei was the border area of Song, Chu and Qi in history, and there were many tug-of-wars between Song and Chu here, and the Song State also temporarily moved the capital here for a time. After Qi destroyed the Song Dynasty, it triggered the "Five Kingdoms Expedition to Qi", and Chu was the only ally of Qi at that time. But instead of fighting the vassal states of Vaqi, this ally brutally killed the king of Qi and annexed Huaibei. At the most critical moment when Qin annihilated Chu Ying, the reinforcements that arrived from Huaibei were one of the important forces for the Chu army to establish a defense line against Qin. After Chen, the capital of Chuding, Huaibei, four hundred miles away, was the barrier to the east of Chu.

Leaving the twelve counties of Huaibei to Huang Xie to take care of is naturally a trust and trust!

Bai Qi did not storm Yewang, he only left part of the troops to suppress the Han army in the city, and the rest of the troops were led by Pi Wan to occupy the surrounding villages, redivide the land, and implement the Qin law. Therefore, although Yewang was not captured, it did not hinder spring plowing in various parts of Nanyang. After holding on for more than a month and still not expecting Korean reinforcements, the Yewang defenders were demoralized, and they couldn't do anything about it when they saw that the surrounding cities were captured by the Qin people one by one.

The attitude of the vassal states also seems to be very cold, as if Nanyang's gains and losses have nothing to do with them. They seemed to be more interested in the mourning of the king of Chu, and all countries sent envoys to Chen to mourn and send him to the funeral.

However, the newly enthroned King of Chu did not send anyone to welcome the princess, and the Qin people did not mean to send the princess to Chu, and the two sides were at a stalemate on this issue......