Just when all the countries in the world were worried about Zhao's invitation to join the alliance, at this time, the Song king, who had returned to power, was not only worried about the three kingdoms of Qi, Zhao and Chu, but also worried about his many heirs.

On this day, King Song got up early in the morning, and as soon as he finished washing, he reported to a waiter: "The king, the prince is here, and he is about to say hello to the king." ”

King Song's face suddenly sank when he heard this.

Since the crown prince was placed under house arrest, first the hearts of the people in the court have fluctuated, and many ministers have begun to move closer to the princes and grandsons who are good friends, and then, his children and grandchildren, who were originally suppressed by the prince, have also surfaced after being attached to the ministers, intending to compete for the crown prince.

And this Gongzi You is his third son, four years younger than Prince Zhen, and he is forty in fifty this year.

In the past, when the crown prince's position was stable, Gongzi You, because he was old, would only enter the palace on the fifteenth day of the first month of each month to greet him, and even sometimes there was a cold and warm wind, and he often couldn't see anyone for several months.

However, since the crown prince was placed under house arrest by him, and then he spread the news that he planned to abolish the prince, this prince insisted on entering the palace early every morning to greet him, regardless of whether it was windy, rainy, or dizzy.

What does this son of his mean, of course he knows, it is nothing more than thinking that he is the oldest except for the crown prince, and according to the principle of establishing a successor and establishing a brother and a brother, as long as the crown prince is deposed, then he is naturally the candidate for the next prince.

However, like Prince Zizhen, the third child is also too old, and his old age has been revealed, which makes him very unhappy.

What made him even more unhappy was that he felt that he could live for more than ten or twenty years, but as a result, Gongzi jumped up and down and couldn't wait to become the crown prince, wasn't he looking forward to his death?

This is even more excessive than Prince Zhen!

Therefore, King Song didn't like his third son in his heart.

However, after all, it is his own son, and in order to stabilize the situation, he can't turn his son away.

Thinking about it, King Song tried to slow down his tone and said, "Let him come in." ”

"Yui!"

Soon, Childe came in and greeted him, said a few words, and retreated.

As soon as the prince walked from the front foot, there was a waiter who reported: "My lord, the prince respectfully asks to see you." ”

Hearing this, King Song immediately took a deep breath.

This is the sixth child, who has been mixing in Qi and communicating the relationship between Qi and Song, but after he heard that Prince Zizhen was under house arrest, he immediately returned to China with more than 30 guests with the support of King Qi.

What to do when he came back, King Song knew that he was just coming back to grab the crown prince so that he could ascend the throne in the future.

However, I am still in good health! Does he need to be so urgent?

"Biography."

"Yui."

Gongzi Jing came and went, but King Song did not clean up.

"The king, the prince is fortunate to see you."

This is the seventh man who returned to the DPRK from the border not long ago

In the middle of the ring, King Song saw all his sons who were in Shangqiu's position as princes, and then he couldn't help but gently rub his temples.

Alas~~ headache and tiredness.

He has so many sons, none of them make him worry, all of them think that he is old, think that he has a few days to live, and line up every day to ask for warmth, but every one of them is sincere, and most of them have other purposes.

At this time, King Song suddenly missed the old days.

Although he used to be very annoyed every time he saw Prince Zizhen, after all, he only had to face Prince Zhen every day. Unlike now, all the people who have ideas about the position of the crown prince or the throne of the Song Dynasty are all involved, although they are not princes, but at this moment, they are actually all princes.

There is no crown prince, but suddenly there are more than a dozen sons who want to inherit his throne, which is not as good as before.

The prince is the foundation of a country, and I can't deceive him!

After a long sigh, a waiter reported: "The king, the minister Tang Ying asks to see you." ”

"Hmm!" When King Song heard that it was not another son visiting, he immediately settled down and responded, "Spread." ”

"Yui."

Soon, Tang Ying came.

"The king, the spies sent by the minister to spy on Gongzifu came to report, Gongzifu seems to be very dissatisfied with the king's house arrest of his father Prince Zhen, and has ordered the recruitment of Ding Zhuang under his rule."

"What? This rebel! King Song suddenly frowned deeply, and said angrily: "Why, the widow just let the prince meditate at home, could it be that their father and son can't stand this little grievance, and they still think that the army can't rebel?" ”

Before the words fell, at this time, a waiter reported outside the door: "King, Xiangguo asks to see you." ”

King Song was stunned for a moment, and immediately responded: "Please Xiangguo!" ”

Soon, Qiu Li walked into the palace, and when he saw that the minister Tang Ying was in the hall, he did not show surprise, but directly bowed and said: "The king, the prince who has just guarded the land of Sixi has sent a letter, and the minister did not dare to hesitate, so he immediately sent the letter of the prince's suit to the king." ”

"There is Lao Xiangguo." King Song answered, and then took the book of Gongzi's clothes and opened it to look at it, but saw that the letter was full of sincere words, and summed it up and said three things.

First, Gongzifu heard that his father was guilty and imprisoned in the house, and Gongzifu asked his father what crime Prince Zhen had committed.

Second, Gongzifu heard that there were rumors everywhere in the country that the King of Song wanted to abolish the prince's chastity and give the crown prince Zhenzhen to death, and Gongzifu asked whether this was true or false.

In the end, Gongzi sincerely stated that if his father was really guilty, he would come to Shangqiu to suffer on his father's behalf, and only asked his grandfather to pardon his father, Prince Zizhen.

Seeing the deep affection and loyalty in the letter, King Song couldn't help but sneer.

If it weren't for the fact that he had just known that Gongzifu had begun to recruit soldiers and planned to lead the army back to the capital, he really thought that Gongzifu would return to the capital to be punished for his father.

It's just that although he already knows the plan of Gongzifu, how to deal with this still needs to be cautious.

Over the years, although they have grown older, many ministers have moved closer to the crown prince. And the crown prince has been the prince for forty years, and his power in the court is deep-rooted, even if he is under house arrest, and even he has released the news of the abolition of the prince, but there are still many ministers and ministers who come to intercede for the prince.

This is only in the court, locally, especially in the southern part of Shangqiu and close to the territory of Taizizhen, I don't know how many people have been encircled by Taizizhen, let alone how many people have secretly taken refuge in Taizizhen.

It is precisely because of this consideration that although he put the prince under house arrest before, he did not immediately abolish the prince, but said that he let the prince think about it behind closed doors at home. Then he quietly released the rumors, wanting to see if those people were princelings.

Now, the prince's henchmen have not been cleaned up, and if Gongzi Fu leads his army north at this time, then the Song State will definitely face a serious civil strife. Even, if one is not good, he will capsize in the gutter.

Such a result was not what King Song wanted.

Thinking about it, King Song immediately spoke: "Xiangguo, immediately send someone to reply to Zifu and tell him that the widow is just letting the prince think about it behind closed doors at home, and he has no intention of abolishing the prince, let alone giving the prince to death." The rumors in the country now are just tricks played by the enemy country in order to bring disaster to the Song Kingdom.

More than ten years ago, when the second child died of illness, the widow was sad for a long time, and he was seriously ill for this. Later, some sons died of illness one after another, the widows were hit one after another, the white-haired people sent the black-haired people, and the pain in the hearts of the widows was beyond words.

Now, the widow is more than eighty years old, and the prince is the eldest son of the widow, and the widow is too late to feel heartache, so how can he kill him! ”

Sighing, King Song said to Qiu Li: "Xiangguo, tell Zifu not to believe the rumors in the country, in a few days, when the prince's reflection is over, the widow will naturally let the prince come out." ”

When Qiu Ye heard this, he replied expressionlessly: "Only! ”