April.

The warmth in the south always comes earlier than in the north.

The warm spring breeze blew on Gongziyu's body, but it didn't bring him any warmth. On the contrary, at this moment, he was chilling all over his body, and he couldn't help but shiver.

Not long ago, Chu Yue joined forces to weaken the Qi State, which can be described as a complete victory.

The plundering behavior of the two countries naturally made the soldiers and generals of the two countries all make a lot of money, and the credit of defeating the famous general Kuang Zhang of Qi State made the people involved in this matter even more famous.

As the deputy general of the Yue Kingdom in this expedition, the prince of Yue Guo naturally gained fame and fortune. After returning from the gilding, Dayou became a famous general of the Yue country in one fell swoop, and was sought after by the nobles of Wucheng.

Standing at the bow of the boat, the scenery around him continued to retreat eastward, looking at the west, and now Gongziyu's head and heart were on fire, gradually dispelling the chill in his body.

Now, Gongziyu is heading all the way west to the Yingdu of Chu.

Not long ago, Gongzi Yu, who could not bear the atmosphere in Wucheng, could not bear it anymore, and formally proposed to the king of Yue to strengthen the friendly relations between Chu and Yue, and the two countries exchanged ministers.

Therefore, after obtaining the consent of the king of Yue, as the liaison of the Yue State to the Chu State, Gongziyu decided to visit the Chu State in person to obtain the support of the Chu State for himself.

Xiong Huai was overjoyed when he got the news of the visit of the eldest son of the king of Yue, which is a symbol of the closer relationship between Chu and Yue!

For this reason, at the suggestion of Zhao Hua and Ejun, Xiong Huai decided to give Gongziyu the treatment of the status of the prince of another country, and took the prince of Chu as an envoy to greet Gongziyu at the ferry outside the city of Yingdu.

Ferry port outside the city.

Prince Heng and Doctor Shangguan sat opposite each other not far from the ferry, Doctor Shangguan was talking, and Prince Heng kept nodding on the side.

This is the first task that the prince accepted after the crown salute, in order to avoid the prince's rudeness, Xiong Huai deliberately took the official doctor as the deputy envoy to assist the prince.

Soon, someone came from the ferry: "Prince, the envoy of the Yue Kingdom has disembarked and gone ashore." ”

The prince said expressionlessly: "Okay, I know." ”

The attendants retreated, and the prince said to Doctor Shangguan: "Doctor, now we welcome the Yue envoy." ”

Doctor Shangguan replied, "The prince, please." ”

After a short time, the prince Heng greeted Gongzi Yu and a group of people.

After the ceremony.

The crown prince personally accompanied him and accompanied Gongzi Yu to Yingdu.

In the car, Gongziyu kept seeing the Chu people outside the car holding happy events in the carnival, and asked in surprise: "Dare to ask the prince, I don't know what great joy has happened in Chu recently, why I have seen happy events all over Chu all the way, even this Ying is no exception." ”

The prince shook his head horizontally and said: "There is indeed a great joy, if the prince comes early and breaks the time, he will catch up with the grand event held by my Chu State." ”

Gongziyu's eyes lit up: "Dare to ask the prince, why is this." ”

The crown prince sighed: "Without him, it's just a meeting in mid-spring." ”

Mid-Spring Meeting!

Gongziyu immediately knew what was going on.

It's just that now that the Zhongchun meeting has been eliminated by various countries, is it still popular in Chu State.

Thinking about it, Gongziyu asked: "Prince, is this ancient legacy still circulating in your country?" Your country can also organize a Mid-Spring Festival across the country! ”

A trace of imperceptible embarrassment appeared on Prince Ziheng's face, and when he saw Gongziyu's attention outside the car, he said ambiguously: "It's probably okay." ”

While speaking, the prince remembered the situation when the King of Chu reorganized the Mid-Spring Festival last year, and that time was also a big event, but some people laughed and some were sad.

Last year, according to the regulations, all unmarried men and women over the age of fifteen should participate, and many nobles also sent their children in response to the call of the king of Chu.

As a result, many nobles successfully married, but some nobles did not bring back a wife, but brought back a concubine.

What's worse is that there are still a small number of daughters of noble families who are missing, and when they are recovered, many of them are already children this year.

It can be described as a loss of face.

In the case that the king of Chu did not agree to divide different areas according to the status level, and the participants were forbidden to walk around.

In order to prevent his son from marrying a concubine before marriage, it is also to prevent his daughter from being deceived.

So before this year's Mid-Spring Meeting, the nobles who had school-age children at home made a marriage contract in advance and no longer participated in the Mid-Spring Meeting.

It's the same for ordinary people, forget about the son, as for the daughter, it's better to be the wife of someone else's family than to be deceived into being a concubine or not knowing where to be deceived!

As a result, the number of participants in this year's long-prepared Mid-Spring Party was not even one-third of that of last year's hastily held Mid-Spring Party...

And for the state of Chu, how to say, the Zhongchun meeting failed, but this policy was successful, the process was not important, and the purpose had been achieved.

Therefore, even if no one attends, this mid-spring party must continue.

Until habit becomes nature.

Gongziyu naturally didn't know what was behind this, but just looked at the crowd outside the car who was holding a happy event and sighed: "Chu State is really a country of morality, and the people are simple." ”

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That night, Gongziyu visited the important ministers of Chu with heavy gifts and began to seek the support of the important ministers of Chu State.

The next day.

The main hall of the Chu Palace.

After Gongzi Yu finished saluting, he officially explained his intention: "The foreign minister came to visit the king on the order of the widow, and the widow heard that there was a virtuous minister named Zhaohua on the left and right of the king, and the widow intersected with him several times, admired his virtuous ability, and hated me for not giving birth to others. In order to strengthen the friendship between the two countries, the widow is willing to re-appoint each other...

“···” Xiong Huai's eyes widened suddenly.

Although I had known for a long time that Gongzi Yu was here to strengthen the friendly relations between Chu and Yue, I thought that the eldest son of the king of Yue would come in person, first, to show sincerity, and secondly, to exchange gifts between the two countries.

I didn't want to let Zhao slip be the minister of Yue Guo.

Xiong Huai secretly said that this is indeed a means to strengthen the friendly relations between the two countries.

It's just that Zhao Slip is willing?

If Zhao Slip can't get out before the Chu State attacks the Yue State, then this is an extremely dangerous thing.

After retiring from the court, Xiong Huai immediately summoned Zhaohua, who was still in the barracks.

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When he came to the Chu Palace, he quietly listened to the King of Chu explain the matter, and before the King of Chu asked, Zhao Hua saluted and said: "Congratulations to the King Hexi King, this is a sign that God is going to destroy the Yue Kingdom." ”

Xiong Huai looked at Zhao Slip, who fell to the ground, and said lightly: "What does Xianqing mean to let the widow agree to King Yue's request and let Qing go to Yue to do business?" ”

"Please allow the king." Say goodbye.

Xiong Huai was silent for a while and said: "If Chu and Yue are really friendly allies, then it is naturally very good for Xianqing to go to Yue to maintain the relationship between Chu and Yue." But Xianqing also knows, the widow has never thought of weakening the Yue country, but wants to destroy the Yue country, once the widow's army attacks Wucheng, then Xianqing is in the Yue country, I'm afraid..."