Xiong Huai thought carefully about the famous changes in ancient Chinese history, basically there was a minister standing in the foreground to attract firepower, and the monarch was behind the support and promotion, once something happened, or something could not be done, the minister who presided over the reform was immediately pulled out to vent the country's grievances.

The king is always wise, but he is deceived by traitorous ministers.

Even if his subordinates rebelled, the banner they played out was on the side of Qingjun.

(In history, the monarch personally presided over large-scale reforms, including Wang Mang's reform and the reform of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, as a result, one of them died of illness, and the other died of illness at the age of 33.) ）

Thinking of this, Xiong Huai suddenly had a headache, the original plan to go step by step was likely to have to slow down because of Zhaoyang's death.

During the Warring States Period, unlike the Great Unification Dynasty, at the time of the Great Unification, a very important contradiction was the contradiction between the monarchy and the relative power, and the monarch did not want a strong prime minister to appear within himself, so as not to threaten his own status.

However, the Warring States period was different, and all countries faced serious external threats, and it was necessary to unite at home in order to unite with the outside world, and such an excellent prime minister was particularly important.

Just like the Jin State in the Spring and Autumn Period, once there is an internal factional struggle, it will fall into internal friction, not to mention external expansion, it is difficult to maintain its hegemony.

Moreover, now that it is the prelude to the outbreak of the Great War, if Zhaoyang dies, if there is no one in the Chu State who convinces the ministers, there will definitely be some turmoil in the political situation of the Chu State.

If the internal instability of the Chu State affects the army, this will be a great trouble.

Fortunately, at this time, the state of Qin and the state of Chu had already negotiated a truce.

During the Warring States period, when a country's prime minister died, before a new strongman stabilized the imperial court, there would be internal strife and external weakness, and this was the case in all countries.

If the king dies, it is very likely that other countries will come to attack.

In the past, King Chu Huai had just taken the beginning, Wei came to pick up cheap, defeated Chu in Shanshan, and at the beginning of King Zhao Wuling's accession to the throne, the Five Kingdoms Diagram Zhao, and the beginning of King Wei Xiang's accession to the throne, he was also defeated by Qin.

Taking advantage of people's danger, in the Warring States Period, was already commonplace.

The predecessor was deeply impressed by this, which made Xiong Huai clearly aware of the negative impact of Zhaoyang's death.

It seems that in the next period of time, the state of Chu will have to settle down for a while.

Xiong Huai secretly sighed.

At the Great Dynasty Meeting, the King of Chu was grief-stricken because of Wei Meiren, and the news that he announced the revision of corporal punishment soon spread to the harem.

"Queen, just now the king of Chu was in the court meeting, because of Wei Meiren, he decided to modify the corporal punishment, and the specific matters have been agreed by the ministers and handed over to the guest secretary Chen Zhen to deal with." A eunuch stood beside Nanhou and told him what had happened in today's court meeting.

"What, that's the case?" Nanhou was shocked by the generosity of the King of Chu, and she has been married to the King of Chu for more than 20 years.

The embroidered eyebrows only wrinkled for a moment, and then relaxed.

Empress Nan took off the ornaments on her body, draped her hair loosely, and ordered her entourage beside her, "Follow me to see the King of Chu." ”

Zheng Sleeve Palace.

After learning what the King of Chu had done at the court meeting today, Zheng Sleeve suddenly felt a sense of suffocation and was out of breath.

A few days ago, Jin Shang came with the news that at today's court meeting, he had contacted some ministers who were good friends, and together they made a proposal to the king of Chu, preparing to execute Wei Meiren.

Originally, Zheng Sleeve was still looking forward to getting the news of Wei Meiren's execution.

As a result, Jin Shang was stunned by the king of Chu at the court meeting today, and he didn't say a word of the prepared words.

However, the king of Chu succeeded in gaining the support of his ministers and passed a resolution to revise corporal punishment in Chu.

Why did the king of Chu want to abolish the flesh punishment, the reason is that Wei Meiren was cut off his nose, and now the king of Chu regrets it.

Why was Wei Meiren's nose cut off, although the order was given by the king of Chu, but, is it the fault of the king of Chu?

No, it's certainly not the fault of the King of Chu.

Since it is not the fault of the king of Chu, whose fault is it?

Zheng Sleeve was cold, and the sun at noon in summer could not bring her the slightest warmth.

"What to do? What to do? Zheng Sleeve panicked, the six gods had no master, and there was no way to do it.

Wei Meiren Palace.

"Is this true?"

Receiving the news of the abolition of the flesh punishment of the King of Chu, Wei Meiren asked in disbelief.

"Beauty, this is true, now that the news has spread all over the Chu Palace, we are already the last people to know the news." The maid affirmed.

"King Chu, is this for me?" Wei Meiren was dizzy for a while, felt difficult to breathe, and was full of emotion.

"Where is the King of Chu now?" Wei Meiren asked.

At this moment, Wei Meisheng had an urge to see the King of Chu immediately, even if the King of Chu saw his ugly appearance without a nose, even if he was abandoned by the King of Chu again.

She only wants to see King Chu one side now.

"King Chu is still in the main hall now, and he should come to see you soon." Wei Meiren's maid said excitedly.

"Will the king come to see me soon?" Wei Meiren asked unconfidently.

"Definitely."

Wei Meiren received encouragement from the maid, immediately took two deep breaths, and then walked briskly to the outside of the palace, waiting for the arrival of the king of Chu.

Xiong Huai thought alone for a long time, but he didn't figure out how to eliminate the impact of Zhaoyang's death.

In a depressed mood, I wanted to go to Wei Meiren to relax, tell her about the abolition of flesh punishment, and tell her that I had all this for her.

Seeing that the King of Chu was about to leave the Great Hall, Li Qiu hurriedly walked to the King of Chu and whispered: "Great King, the Queen of the South has been waiting outside the palace for a long time, because the Great King is contemplating, and the ministers dare not disturb. ”

"The king is later? Any idea what's going on? Xiong Huai asked differently.

"The minister doesn't know, the queen is outside." Li Qiu shook his head.

Xiong Huai's eyes shrank slightly, and he didn't know what was going on with his original partner.

In the memory of his predecessor, he learned that Nanhou was the wife of King Chu Wei when he was still the prince of Chu, and the two had spent more than 20 years together.

Nanhou gave birth to the current Prince of Chu and Gongzi Zilan.

The predecessor succeeded to the throne of the queen of Chu, and got the current new love Zheng Sleeve, liking the new and hating the old, so he gradually became estranged from the queen of the south.

In the past few years, the predecessor rarely went to Nanhou, and Nanhou rarely took the initiative to find King Chu.

Today, Nanhou actually found the Great Hall, which surprised Xiong Huai.

Curiously walked outside the main hall, and soon saw a familiar body, kneeling outside the main hall with his hair draped, and learned from the memory of his predecessor that this was the queen of the south.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai walked quickly to Nanhou's side, stretched out his hands to help her up, and asked in surprise: "Queen, why are you here, but you have been wronged, and the widow is the master for you." ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai put his hair in front of him, re-dialed it behind him, and then saw a face that was not inferior to Zheng Sleeve.

From memory, it is known that Nanhou is five years younger than the king of Chu, close to forty years old.

But because of the good maintenance, from the outside, it is still around thirty.

Nanhou stood up, shook her head and said, "The king, the concubine is not wronged, but knows that she is guilty, and she has come to ask the king for her guilt." ”

"Please?" Xiong Huai frowned and asked suspiciously, "What is the queen's crime, and why is it here?" ”