Don't steal a man from me

Morning the next day.

Qingshi looked at Chuchen all over but couldn't find Su Jue's figure among the courtiers. He was wondering why the early court had been fine for a while, and Chu Xiangguo hadn't arrived yet.

Chu Yunqi wore a crown on his head and sat on the throne in Dongjun Xuanzhu's royal attire. He tilted his face so that his expression could be seen in full view, he frowned, and said "tsk" in displeasure: "Xiangguo is sick at home."

He, Chu Yunqi's Xiangguo, an envoy who is all over the country, is so worried about him, what is his intention?

Qing Shi was taken aback, and hurriedly cupped his hands in salute, smiling sarcastically, thinking about how to answer Chu Yunqi's words.

"The widow is very willing to marry and form an alliance with Qing, but," Chu Yunqi changed the subject: "I, the Prime Minister of Chu, has already made a marriage contract with someone else. If Princess Pingyang has a deep affection for Mr. Zhaowen, the widow will personally issue an edict. It is not impossible for the Great Chu Xiangguo to accept Princess Pingyang as a concubine."

As soon as these words came out, all the officials were in an uproar, causing their faces to turn red and white.

For the dignified princess of a great country to marry Xiangguo as a concubine, this is a humiliation to Princess Pingyang, and even more an insult to Qingguo.

Qingshi clenched his fists and clenched his teeth, his body still trembling slightly from anger.

The Chu ministers wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads one after another, and looked up at Chu Yunqi, who was sitting calmly on the throne.

In the troubled times of the Warring States Period, it was common for a strong country to bully a weak country. However, they had never seen a strong country humiliate a strong country in public. Everything the young king of Chu had done since he succeeded to the throne was beyond the expectations of the officials. That’s it, it’s a blockbuster.”

The unfathomable and unpredictable king of Chu made them fear more than admiration.

Qing Shi looked at Chu Yunqi with a sullen face and said word by word: "The foreign minister will definitely relay what the king of Chu said today to my king." He turned around with a flick of his sleeves and strode away.

Da Sikong (a kind of official position in the state of Chu, which appeared before) looked anxious. He wanted to step forward to stop Qing Shi, but he didn't understand the purpose of his own king's humiliation in public. Xiangguo was sick at home again. He stomped anxiously on the spot.

"Your Majesty, look at this..." Da Sikong was really worried, and finally came out of court and bowed his hands to Chu Yunqi who was sitting on the throne, and said.

"Xiangguo already has a marriage contract. What the widow said is the truth. The business system: the monarch and the doctor are monogamous. Xiangguo has to follow the rules and regulations and marry two wives." Chu Yunqi shrugged.

"Xiangguo..." Da Sikong wiped the sweat from his forehead and said urgently: "Xiangguo has never said before that he has a marriage contract with anyone, let alone Princess Pingyang is a nobleman of the royal family, how can she be a concubine?"

Chu Yunqi raised his eyebrows, and sneered: "Xiangguo is taking care of all kinds of affairs for Churi, and he can't finish handling the state affairs. Where does he have the time to talk to you about his fiancée? What about Princess Pingyang? The daughter of Emperor Shang is going to marry Xiangguo , and can only be a concubine."

Da Sikong shivered for a moment, he had a feeling that if Princess Pingyang couldn't be a concubine, the young King Chu on the throne would let his blood splatter within five steps, he cupped his hands and said, "I am Wang Shengming."

"If you have nothing else to do, then retreat." Chu Yunqi got up, waved his sleeves, turned and left.

Behind the screen of King Chu's palace, Su Jue stood quietly in white and golden phoenix suit. Seeing Chu Yunqi approaching, he smiled silently.

"Go to my bedroom." Chu Yunqi said softly.

"Yes." Su Jue agreed with a smile.

The two walked side by side on the bluestone road paved with scarlet felt. One was dressed in the costume of Dongjun Zhuxuan, the other was dressed in white and golden phoenix. The sun shone on the two of them, reflecting the dazzling light. Hand in hand to go deep into the palace.

Chu Yunqi stepped into the threshold of the bedroom, waved his sleeves to signal the maids to retreat, and then sat down on the wooden chair by the window.

Su Jue stood still in front of him, smiled and said: "'Xiangguo has a marriage contract, what the widow said is the truth, the business system: the monarch and the doctor have one wife. Xiangguo can't disobey the rules and regulations, and marry two wives Ah, isn't your majesty ashamed to speak nonsense with your eyes open?"

"What? Xiangguo doesn't want to marry me? Or does Xiangguo want to marry me?" Chu Yunqi narrowed his eyes and whispered.

"I don't mind taking you as a concubine." Su Jue said with the corners of her lips curled up.

Chu Yunqi was momentarily speechless at what he said, looked at him resentfully and said, "For you, I offended the entire country. You send it out to resist the Allied Forces of the Four Nations."

"Su is willing to marry Princess Pingyang to resolve our crisis in Chu." Su Jue bowed her hands.

"Lan Jun, are you sure that I will never agree, so you are deliberately angry with me?" Chu Yunqi frowned and gave Su Jue a look.

"Your Majesty, you should think about how to defend against the enemy." Su Jue smiled.

With a long sigh, Chu Yunqi got up and hugged Su Jue in his arms, and whispered in his ear: "I'd better think about how to hug the beauty first."

Su Jue's cheeks blushed slightly, and he struggled a little, Chu Yunqi's warm breath pounced on his ears and cheeks, like a small electric current spreading through all limbs and bones, and his heart beating faster.

"Don't move, let me hug you." Chu Yunqi buried his head on Su Jue's neck and shoulders, and said in a muffled voice, "Thank you, and I'm sorry."

Thank you for wading through this muddy water for me to enter the world against my oath, thank you for serving and assisting the government before my three-year mourning period expired, thank you for doing so much for me like a sundial, thank you for being on my own When I was in the country, guard the country of Chu for me.

I'm sorry, it's too late for me to understand your affection; I'm sorry, I shouldn't use those political means on you; I'm sorry, I shouldn't be on guard against you at all times, lest you endanger the throne if your power grows bigger; I'm sorry, I'm your bosom friend , but until now I don't understand your heart.

Su Jue's eyes flickered, she turned her head and kissed him lightly on the side of his temples, and said softly, "It's Su Jue's luck to meet Chu Yunqi in the vast sea of ​​people."

This hug came too late, neither of them wanted to let go, it was the first time that the two hearts were so close, and the lingering affection spread between the two, this kind of hug in troubled times The peace was broken by the servants outside the palace——

"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager Wei calls you to Jingquan Palace."

Chu Yunqi frowned, and said loudly: "Understood, I will go later."

The servant's footsteps gradually went away, Chu Yunqi hugged Su Jue again, Su Jue gave a "tsk", pushed the man's head and said, "Hurry up and see Queen Mother Wei."

In Jingquan Palace, Empress Dowager Wei was sitting on the edge of the bed with her eyes closed, while the maid Xiang Wen whispered beside her, telling her not to get too angry.

"My son pays homage to the queen mother." Chu Yunqi raised his sleeves and saluted loudly.

Empress Dowager Wei slowly opened her eyes, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said slowly: "The court is openly humiliating you, what does your majesty want to do?"

"What the widow said is the truth. Xiangguo already has a marriage contract." Chu Yunqi replied respectfully.

"The consequence of having an affair with Qing is that the Four Kingdoms will become famous. Is the marriage contract of Xiangguo more important or the lives of thousands of men in my Great Chu?" The Empress Dowager Wei looked at Chu Yunqi with cold eyes, and she asked in a deep voice.

"Mother, my son will give an explanation to the people of Chu State." Chu Yunqi sighed inaudibly. His mother has the courage that ordinary women don't have, but sometimes she is too impersonal and cruel.

"Confession? What explanation? The four countries united to fight against our country of Chu. It is not yet certain whether the Xi State Council will make trouble. Once the war starts, it will be the sharp fighters of my great Chu who will die, and the national strength of my great Chu will be consumed. Are you King of Chu, every decision you make is related to the lives of tens of thousands of people in my great Chu! The hard work of generations of ancestors of our Chu, the country and mountains that generations have exchanged blood and sweat are for you to come here for a prime minister. Random squandering?" Queen Mother Wei's voice rose little by little, and she almost roared out after talking.

"Su Jue is not a monster who harms the country and the people." The last words of the Empress Dowager Wei made him very uncomfortable. Chu Yunqi frowned, straightened his body, and said in a low voice: "How many things he has done for the state of Chu, we are all the same." It’s obvious to all.”

Empress Dowager Wei looked at him and said with a sneer, "Do you think that since you are the king now, I shouldn't care about you or beat you?"

Chu Yunqi remained silent.

"Chu Yunqi, you are the king of Chu. You don't belong to anyone. You belong to Chu. Your duty is to build Chu into the largest country in the Central Plains that looks down on Shang's emperor." The Empress Dowager Wei said coldly: "For King, don't spend your mind on the love of these children! I don't care who you admire, I just want to tell you that there is no love in front of national interests!"

"Mother!" Chu Yunqi raised his voice and said, "A child is a human being, not a god. If he is a human being, he will have seven emotions and six desires. The weakness of being manipulated and restrained by others is not as terrible as what mother said. How can we get rid of these weaknesses?" Turning into a barrier to protect oneself is the 'king' of three horizontal lines and one vertical line."

Empress Dowager Wei was stunned, she looked at Chu Yunqi, the person in front of her was no longer the ignorant boy who was ignorant all day long when she was a child, he stood against the light, his handsome face was half hidden in the shadow, Dong Jun Xuan Zhu Wang Wearing the uniform on him, it carried an invisible oppressive force.

"Meeting Lan Jun is really a blessing in my life. It is hard to find a soulmate in the vast sea of ​​people, and there are very few people who are willing to accompany me on this muddy water."

Chu Yunqi sighed almost inaudibly, looked softly and said softly: "Mother, sitting on the third-level white jade throne is very lonely."

Empress Dowager Wei's eyes flickered, and she stared at Chu Yunqi for a long while without saying a word. Finally, she gave an unhappy smile, stretched out her hand to hold Chu Yunqi's hand, and said softly: "The queen mother is wrong. It's right to make a slip of the tongue for a while. Xiangguo said something disrespectful."

Chu Yunqi sat down beside the Empress Dowager Wei, leaned into her arms and smiled: "What is the mother talking about? My son knows that everything the mother has done is for our country of Chu to be in charge of the Central Plains, and for my son to be able to secure the throne." The humiliation is a matter, the child has his own measure, and the queen mother does not need to worry too much."

"Mother is getting old, and you children's affairs can't be taken care of anymore." Empress Dowager Wei smiled, hugged Chu Yunqi tightly and said softly.

"How could it be? The child is in his seventies and eighties. If he makes a mistake, his mother will still be beaten. The state of Chu can't lose his mother." Chu Yunqi laughed.

Quyang, the capital of the whole country.

"There's no reason for that!" Qing Wang jumped up against the table, his face flushed with anger, his veins popping out, and he shouted: "I think you look down on me by marrying my cousin to Chu Xiang, and Chu Yunqi, who doesn't know how to humiliate me, Princess Pingyang, like this! Fei wrote to the envoys stationed in Chu, saying that I asked the king of Chu to immediately make amends to my cousin, and if the king of Chu refuses to agree, we will attack Chu together!"

Xiangguo Huiwen stood up tremblingly and said: "My king, please calm down. The purpose of sending envoys to Chu this time is to make a formal friendship with Chu and to give face to King Zuxi. It's really not good for me to lose the face of King Xi. According to the old minister, there must be some misunderstanding. The marriage with Chu was originally proposed by Feng Shangqing. According to the old minister, this matter is still up to Feng Shangqing. It is appropriate to come forward to mediate."

Feng Qing sneered, Huiwen was old and cunning, and wanted King Qingling to transfer all his anger on him, so as to get rid of his political opponents, but he was still a veteran of the Qing Dynasty, who knew the general situation and knew that it was not appropriate to start a war with Chu at this time.

The King Qing was narrow-minded, arrogant and grotesque, and he sneered at the moment: "Xiangguo is an old bone, so what if Chu has a Xi-Chu alliance? I swallow my anger again and again, where is my majesty? The four kingdoms are united." Are you still afraid that the two countries will fail?"

Huiwen wanted to persuade again, but King Qingling waved his hand and said: "My mind has been decided! Feng Shangqing immediately sent an envoy to Song Wei, Chen, and Ji to preside over the alliance, and the general Jing Ming will be the commander of the attack on Chu! "

"No." Jing Ming bowed his hands and saluted, agreeing very simply.

Feng Qing turned around and glanced at him, frowned, her eyes flickered, she had no choice but to bow her hands in salute.

"Retire!" King Qingling waved his sleeves, turned and left, and all the courtiers also left in a bustling manner.

"Major General, stop." Feng Qing quickly followed Jing Ming and said.

"This battle must be fought, we have no choice." Jing Ming said in a deep voice, he looked up at the sun rising in the east, and sighed almost inaudibly: "Chu publicly humiliated the country, and it was done to the countries of the Central Plains." Look, if I swallow my anger, the small countries in the Central Plains that were dependent on me will soon fall to Chu, and what's more, the agreement of the four countries will be shaken. This battle, no matter whether it wins or loses, the country will fall Troops must be sent."

Feng Qing's eyes flickered, and the sun shone on the young general in the black eagle wing robe, reflecting the dazzling light. What kind of belief was that? In this great competition where a hundred schools of thought contend and talents emerge in large numbers, the young general In the world, neither for power nor for honor, but wholeheartedly working for one's own country, and still enjoying it for ten years?

Feng Qing has been with Mu Qing since he was a child, and his concept of family and country is very vague, so when he saw Jing Ming do a helpless act in order to overthrow the country, Feng Qing's heart was hit hard .

The king's mind is the king of the world.

In the spring of King Shangyou's 27th year, Qing, Song Wei, Chen, and Ji joined forces to attack Chu. The general of Qing, Jing Ming, took the command of the prime minister of the four countries, and led an army of 25 to crusade against Chu.

In the Jingquan Palace of Chu State, Wei Ran complained: "Sister! Everyone has already reached the door of the house, and Yun'er doesn't call the generals to discuss countermeasures, or send troops to fight, or ask the allies to send troops. Those who don’t say anything are still feeding the fish leisurely there!”

Empress Dowager Wei looked at her younger brother, smiled and said, "On the front line of the Luohe River, my city is as solid as gold. Even if it is a famous rhinoceros head, he has to weigh it if he wants to attack the city. Yun'er let you enjoy the blessings in the general's mansion. Not happy? Don't worry, there will always be a time for you to go to the battlefield."

Wei Ran is big and rough, he seems to be born for war, he is very excited when he hears about the war, the four countries are united, Wei Ran is gearing up, and he is about to lead the new army to show off the might of the Chu army, but he is so young However, his nephew did not make an order for a long time, but Wei Ran was suffocated.

Hearing what his sister had said, Wei Ran was embarrassed to complain any more, he murmured for a long time, nodded, said "I'll take my leave first" and left.

In Xiangguo's mansion, the study room.

Su Jue, dressed in white, handed a sealed copper tube to Yao'er, and said, "Take the shortcut, hurry up and hand over this book to King Xi."

"No." Yao'er took the clasped fist and saluted before turning and leaving.

After Yao'er went out, Su Jue turned to look at Chu Yunqi and asked, "Who is the king planning to send as a general to lead the troops to Yuncheng?"

"The Four Kingdoms joined forces to attack our Chu State, thinking of a quick battle, but our Chu State did not leave the city to face the battle. This battle requires generals who can bend and stretch, be calm and conservative, and fight and retreat with ease. Hmm... How about General Sima Yan?" Chu Yunqi lay on his side beside the desk, playing with a teacup, and analyzed.

Su Jue smiled and nodded.

Chu Yunqi put down his teacup and sat up, hugged Su Jue and sighed: "Hey - when will the countries in the Central Plains stop, and when will the widows embrace the beauty?"

Su Jue frowned, "tsk" and said in a low voice: "The army of the four countries is overwhelming, can you not be so idle?"

Chu Yunqi gently kissed Su Jue's earlobe, and said with a smile: "Don't be angry, don't be angry." After finishing his clothes, he sat down beside the desk and said in a loud voice: "Come on, let Zuo Shuchang, General Sima Yan, come to the prime minister." The government obeys the order!"

The waiter outside the door said "No", and left in a hurry.

In less than a stick of incense, there were steady footsteps outside the study, and Sima Yan in armor walked in. It seemed that Sima Yan had just reached the age of [-], and his gestures showed that he was quite a Confucian general. He asked Chu Yunqi , Su Jue clasped their fists and saluted one by one.

Su Jue bowed his hand to return the gift, Chu Yunqi said: "Sima Yan, I have ordered you to lead an army of [-] to defend the city of Qiong, and only defend without fighting. Can you do it?"

Sima Yan was silent for a while, and said with a smile: "The goal of the alliance of the four kingdoms is to make a quick battle and a quick decision. Our army defends the city of Qiong to the death, and then declines and exhausts. My king is quite the style of a general."

Chu Yunqi got up and patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "Then how about going to the battlefield in person next time?"

Sima Yanlang smiled and said, "Your servant welcomes my king in the commander's tent!"

The military general is so cheerful, he never thinks carefully about his words, he just says when he thinks of it, Chu Yunqi doesn't care if his ministers' words offend the emperor, for a while in Xiangguo's study, the emperor and his ministers are like a family, Su Jue stands quietly by the side, smiling.

"I will live up to the king's order!" Sima Yan said solemnly while marching.

"Okay! Sima Yan, I'm waiting for you to come back to receive the honor!" Chu Yunqi's eyes lit up, and he patted him on the shoulder and said.