The palace music sounded, and the ministers bowed their heads and greeted the King of Qin again.

Zhu Xiang wanted to kneel down together, but was dragged forward by the old King Qin.

Lao Qin Wang said: "Zhu, Zichu, take the same car with me." ”

"Yes!" Prince Zhu hugged his favorite little good grandson from now on, and followed him.

Zi Chu also lowered his head and followed the footsteps of the old King Qin and the crown prince.

Fan Ju sighed, and the green tendons on his forehead jumped suddenly. Just don't you give up watching Gongzi Chu's jokes? Forget it, it's not just to embarrass Gongzi Chu in public.

"Wu Anjun, it's hard work." The old King of Qin left the others in order to watch the excitement, and Fan Ju had to step forward to appease him.

Bai Qi said respectfully: "The last general didn't do much. Ying Hou sat in Xianyang and consolidated the rear, so that the last general had room to display his ambitions. ”

Fan Ju stroked his beard: "Wu Anjun is good at everything, but he is too modest." This is Cai Qing? Long admiration. ”

Although he hadn't heard of the reputation, Fan Ju was quite polite to the talents brought back by King Qin.

Cai Ze arched his hand and said: "I have heard the reputation of Ying Hou for a long time, and now when I see it, I finally get what I want." ”

Fan Ju laughed at himself: "It's a bad reputation." ”

Cai Ze was neither humble nor arrogant: "I have heard for a long time that I will take revenge on Hou, and I am a man of temperament." The monarchs of Yan and Zhao insulted me, and the monarchs reused me, and I also wanted to learn to be the marquis, and revenge would be avenged. I hope that Ying Hou can guide one or two. ”

Fan Ju was silent for a moment, and said, "Accompany you to the palace first, and talk about it in detail afterwards." ”

Cai Ze said: "Mrs. Changpingjun and the rest of the family are in the car, can you settle down first?" ”

Fan Ju nodded and said: "Mrs. Changpingjun is frail, although she should have gone to the banquet with Changpingjun, but Zhu Xiang requested in advance, and the monarch asked me to send Changpingjun's family to Changpingjun's mansion to settle down first, and then the prince's Mrs. Huayang will set up a banquet to entertain her." ”

After the death of the queen mother of the old Qin king, the queen who originally came from the state of Chu passed away, and the harem women were not allowed to intervene in political affairs, and the biological mother of the prince Zhu, Tang Bazi, had passed away, so now the highest-ranking lady in the Qin State is Mrs. Huayang, the wife of the prince pillar.

Although Mrs. Changpingjun did not attend the banquet, she was entertained by Mrs. Huayang alone, and the old King Qin also gave Xue enough attention.

Fan Ju waved his hand, and a team of servants came out of the line, leading the few servants brought by Zhu Xiang to leave.

Snow clenched her arms in panic in the carriage.

Whether it was the first time she had come to a foreign country away from her homeland, or whether she was about to walk among the high-ranking ladies under the name of "Mrs. Changpingjun", it filled the heart of this ordinary woman from the countryside with fear.

She can only close her eyes and keep depicting the appearance of Zhu Xiang and Zheng'er in her heart, so that she can condense her courage little by little.

Today she has fled, but she must not run again. Finally, the beloved begged the King of Qin to still hand over Zheng'er to her to raise, and she and the beloved couldn't lose the only child. She couldn't escape.

Xue struggled to open her eyes, quietly opened a little of the curtains of the car window, and looked at the place where she was about to live with her lover and Zheng'er.

The old King of Qin asked Zhu Xiang to sit side by side with him. Prince Zhu hugged Ying Xiaozheng and sat opposite Zichu.

Zhu Xiang was once again forced to look at Zi Chu.

He was tempted to dig through the carriage floor with his toes, and then jump through the hole and escape.

The old King of Qin would not pity Zhu Xiang, he said with great interest: "Why don't you say a word when your best friends meet again after many years?" ”

Ying Xiaozheng buried his face in the arms of the strange cheap grandfather and hid the anger on his little face.

Damn great-grandfather, he's bullying my uncle again!

The only non-insider Prince Zhu wondered: "What best friend?" ”

Zi Chu knew that he couldn't escape, so he bowed his head and said, "Zhu Xiang, I'm ...... Sorry, I didn't tell you who you really are. ”

Zhu Xiang took a few deep breaths and said, "The matter of identity is not important, I can understand." Zheng'er and Chunhua's affairs, we talked slowly in private. ”

Old King Qin's face was full of laughter. It was rare for him to laugh out loud and so heartily.

Prince Zhu was still confused: "What identity?" Who is Chunhua? ”

Old King Qin smiled: "Why talk in private? Now let's talk, Zhu Xiang, the widow is in charge of you! ”

Zichu: Why did the situation become so complicated by "......"?

Zhu Xiang is also thinking about this problem. Originally, he and Zichu communicated privately, and if they got together, they would continue to be friends, and if they couldn't get together, they would be superficial friends. Now that the old King Qin is involved with the crown prince, the two don't know how to communicate.

Even if it was a break, they didn't want to be in front of the old King Qin and the crown prince. What's more, Zheng'er is still here, Zhu Xiang can't let Zheng'er see his long-awaited biological father and his uncle who raised him.

But under the urging of the old King Qin, Zhu Xiang could only explain firmly, "Chunhua is my eldest sister, and the eldest sister is called in the countryside, that is, the meaning of female brother......"

Zi Chu looked at Zhu Xiang's uncomfortable expression and interrupted: "Your Majesty, Yan Qin, please let me explain." ”

The old King of Qin saw Zichu's intention to defend Zhu Xiang. Although he meant to see a joke, he didn't want to make Zichu and Zhu Xiang break up. The two maintained a close friendship relationship, so that Zhu Xiang could do things for the Qin State even more desperately.

So he nodded and said, "It's up to you to explain." I, the prince of Qin, must not do things that violate benevolence and righteousness, if you can't explain clearly, the widow will make decisions for Zhu Xiang. ”

The corners of Zhu Xiang's mouth twitched. Is this forcing him to forgive Zi Chu?

Chapter 43: Chilled Roast Lamb

"The prince of Qin must not do anything contrary to benevolence and righteousness."

When the old King Qin said this, Prince Zhu almost bit his tongue.

Father, do you believe what you say? Do you think Zhu Xiang and Zichu will believe it? Both of them were so embarrassed that their bodies tensed.

Ying Xiaozheng silently turned his head in the arms of Prince Zhu, looking at the young father who was difficult to coincide with the image of his father in the dream memory, waiting to hear how he quibbled.

Zi Chu had prepared a lot of quibbles, but he glanced at the snow on Zhu Xiang's hair again, and the words he had originally prepared were in his throat.

He hesitated for a moment and said: "After entering Zhao as a proton, Qin and Zhao fought, I was humiliated by Zhao State, my life was embarrassed, and I entered Zhu Xiang's house incognito as a bookkeeper......"

Before Zhu Xiang could speak, the old King Qin interjected: "Wait, even if you are living in poverty, it is impossible to find a family to help at will." ”

Zhu Xiang: "......" doesn't need to force him to analyze himself so harshly. I know why he came to my house to help, he must be curious about my farming skills, and by the way, I can get close to Lin Gong.

Zi Chu swallowed a mouthful of saliva and explained in detail: "I have heard the countless reputations of Zhu Xiang's living people, and Zhu Xiang is a guest of Lin Gong, if you help in Zhu Xiang's house, you may have the opportunity to meet Lin Gong." ”

The old King of Qin stroked his beard and said: "If you can get Lin Qing's guidance, although it is humiliating, it is worth it." ”

Zichu and Zhu Xiang, who have not yet reconciled, couldn't help but exchange a tacit look after many years.

Zhu Xiang: Goosebumps are up.

Zichu: Agreed.

"Because no one in Zhao Guo pays attention to me, I let a personal guard with a similar body shape to me pretend to be me to stay at home, I live in Zhu Xiang's house, and no one finds out." Zi Chu's voice was much lighter, "Until Lu Buwei finds me...... After that, the king and Yan should know about it. The reputation of 'strange goods' has spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms. ”

Old King Qin and Prince Zhu couldn't help nodding. The father and son are now like father and son, and the expressions on their faces are almost identical.

Ying Xiaozheng silently raised a small hand.

After a few months of getting along day and night, the old Qin King already knew that this was a habit that Ying Xiaozheng learned from Zhu Xiang, and raised his hand first when he wanted to insert the elders into the conversation.

He said kindly: "What do you want to say? ”

Zichu looked at Ying Xiaozheng.

Ying Xiaozheng said crisply: "Father, Lu Buwei has a secret conversation with you, there should be only you and him, at most a few servants." Why did the monarch's father only return to the Qin State for a few years, and the 'strange goods can live' spread throughout the seven countries? Although Lü Buwei was not cautious, he resolutely did not dare to publicize his merits before he received benefits. ”

Zi Chu's eyes when he looked at Ying Xiaozheng instantly softened.

He said: "Zheng'er, it was passed on for my father. ”

Zhu Xiang took a deep breath, then thought for a while, and his expression calmed down again.

Then he found that only he took a deep breath and everyone looked at him.

The old Qin King asked, "Are you surprised?" ”

Zhu Xiang, who was found to be inhaling, said embarrassedly: "Ah...... Well, I was a little surprised at first, but I wasn't surprised when I thought that Zichu was Xia Tong. ”

The old Qin King continued to ask, "Why? ”

Zhu Xiang didn't want to say good things about Zichu, and he didn't want to deliberately say derogatory words in front of King Qin and the crown prince, so he said: "Xia Tong is very shrewd. ”

Ying Xiaozheng hurriedly continued to ask questions to divert his great-grandfather's attention: "Could it be that cooperating with Lu Buwei is also planned by his own father?" ”

Zichu shook his head: "No, although Lu Buwei is just a cloth cloth master, but because of his father's situation at that time, he can't even look down on other cloth clothes masters, and he won't help funding." So it was indeed Lü Buwei who discovered the 'strange goods to live in' first. The Father is grateful to him. ”

He didn't expect that Zhu Xiang, who had always been low-key, would get involved in the affairs of Changping, and was exchanged by his grandfather for Handan to enter Qin. If you wait a few more years, you will return to Qin with Zhu Xiang......

If I had known earlier...... If he had known he would have done the same. He prefers to take the initiative to seize the opportunity and take the situation into his own hands.

Old King Qin took out a box of honey-stained dried plums from the cabinet under the handle of the carriage seat: "Go on, how do you talk to that...... Zhu Xiang's brother-in-law is called Chunhua, right? How did you get mixed with the spring flowers. ”

Zi Chu said: "After Chunhua abandoned Zhu Xiang and Xue Ji, she sold herself into Lü Buwei's house as a singer, and later became Lü Buwei's concubine. ”

A sneering expression appeared on his face: "Lu Buwei is not stupid, as a businessman, if you want to send me into Qin, you have to ask me to pay some deposit." I didn't want to ......."

Although he no longer had any more waves in his heart when he remembered this matter, he was still a little embarrassed to mention it in front of Zhu Xiang, his grandfather and father, so he was silent.

Even if he is silent, the blank space is already easy to fill. But the old King Qin was eating the honey-stained dried plums while urging: "I don't want to, then?" Thirsty? column, give him water. ”

Prince Zhu: "Huh? "I pour water for my son?

Ying Xiaozheng hurriedly jumped out of his grandfather's arms, skillfully took out the kettle and poured the cup, and handed it to Zichu.

The style of the carriage that King Qin rode was slightly different from that of the Central Plains, but the specifications were always at the level of Zhou Tianzi, and six horses were needed to pull it. The spacious carriage contains not only cabinets for storing refreshments, but also warm water for the stove that can be snapped into the carriage.

"Father, drink water." Ying Xiaozheng held the water cup.

Zi Chu silently took the water cup from his son's hand, and felt the urge to jump from the carriage window.

Does he have to dissect the humiliation and calculations of years ago in front of his grandfather, father and son?

He can tell Zhu Xiang in private, get Zhu Xiang's forgiveness, and even sell it appropriately. But to say these things in front of his grandfather, his father, who he wanted to please, and in the presence of his son, who needed to maintain his majesty......

Zichu has been a miserable proton for so many years, and his heart is already extremely strong, and he is still a little unbearable.

After Ying Xiaozheng finished delivering the water, he put away the water cup and obediently crawled back to his grandfather's arms to sit.

Prince Zhu happily hugged Ying Xiaozheng: "Zheng'er is so good, she will pour water for her elders at such a young age." Changping-kun, you taught well. ”

Prince Zhu had more than 20 sons and nearly 100 grandchildren. He only likes women, and has no interest in his children and grandchildren, so he gives them all to others to raise at will.

He was thirty-eight years old when he became crown prince. The ancestors of the Qin kings in the past dynasties were rarely more than fifty years old, and he never thought that he could become a crown prince, and of course it was impossible to raise his children and grandchildren well. If the offspring are too good, it will be a disaster.

Now the prince Zhu pulled around in the pile of his sons and grandsons, showing the same disgust as his own father.

He was embarrassed to find that not only did he have to eat, drink and have fun for nearly forty years, but he almost had to learn how to be a qualified prince and king of Qin from scratch, and his children and grandchildren also had to learn how to be the prince's descendants from scratch.

Therefore, the scheming Zichu and the smart and well-behaved Ying Xiaozheng have increased their points in his heart.