In the afternoon of the next day, Dr. Sanlu hurriedly entered the palace.

Then, after Mrs. Song and the others left, Qu Zhi immediately reported softly: "King, just now there is news from the Huaiyin Monarch's Mansion that early this morning, the subordinates in the Huaiyin Monarch's Mansion found that Zheng Sleeve hanged himself last night. ”

"What?" Xiong Huai's heart was shocked, revealing a look of disbelief.

The day before yesterday, the ministers were still debating whether Zheng Sleeve should be killed in the court meeting, and the day before yesterday he also severely reprimanded the prince for this matter.

As a result, just last night, Zheng Sleeve committed suicide.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai stared at Qu Wei with a fierce look: "Xianqing, did Zheng Sleeve really hang himself?" Didn't he kill? ”

Qu Shu shook his head: "My lord, after Huaiyin Jun Ling Yin repeatedly confirmed, Zheng Sleeve did take the initiative to disperse the servants last night, and then hanged himself alone in the room. ”

Xiong Huai was stunned, was silent for a long time, and then spoke: "Summon, let Huaiyin Jun order Yin to immediately choose a place to bury him, and bury him with the etiquette of Huaiyin Jun's mother, not thick, nor thin." ”

The petition immediately responded: "Only." ”

In addition, although Zheng Sleeve is the mother of Ziqing, he is only a concubine after all, so although he is dead, he is still not allowed to be included in the classics, and he cannot engrave a monument to leave his name. As for the name of his tomb, leave it anonymous. ”

"Yui."

"Also, summon Ziqing and tell him that his mother is seriously ill and dead, and ask Ziqing to arrange for someone to guard his mother's grave."

"Yui."

Receiving the order, he rushed away.

And just when Qu Zhi left the palace, the palace guard Xiang Chengjun, who was patrolling the palace wall, looked at the back of Qu Zhi leaving in a hurry, and suddenly showed a look of hesitation, and his heart was slightly uneasy.

Since the state of Chu moved its capital to Shouchun City, Xiang Chengjun has been serving as the guard of the palace city and the guard of the king of Chu, so he knows very well that the king of Chu has been living in the harem in the past few months, and rarely summons ministers.

And today, Doctor Sanlu Qu signed but entered the palace to see the king of Chu with a look of urgency.

You must know that Doctor Sanlu has been in charge of the clan, and now that Qu Zhi hurriedly entered the palace, it must be that something happened to the clan.

And in the past few days, the biggest disturbance is undoubtedly the matter of Zheng Sleeve, the mother of Huaiyin Jun.

And Ziqing, the son of Huaiyin Jun, and the current Han Wang Jise, are his childhood playmates, and the three of them grew up in the palace together, and they are like brothers.

Therefore, at this moment, he looked at the figure of Qu Shu, and wondered in his heart that it was Ziqing's mother Zheng Sleeve who had an accident.

Thinking about it, Xiang Ji immediately summoned a soldier and ordered: "Quick, go to Huaiyin City immediately to investigate." ”

"No."

The soldiers turned around and left, and at this time, Xiang Ji saw that Deng Lingguang, the left Sima who was now in charge of Zhibeiya in place of Chen Zhen, also hurriedly entered the palace.

Seeing this, the uneasiness in Xiang Ji's heart became even stronger.

The other side.

After Xiong Huai finished reading the news brought by Deng Lingguang, he immediately threw the information in his hand to the ground, and said angrily: "Summon, let the prince come to see the widow quickly." ”

"Yui."

Prince's Mansion.

The governor reported the news that had just been sent back from Huaiyin to Prince Heng, and then arched his hand and said: "Prince, now that the plan is successful, we can get rid of Gongzi Ziqing next."

The minister had already bribed the disciple of the former Huaiyin monarch Ling Yin Jinshang, and was ready to send him to Handan to lobby Gongzi Ziqing.

Gongzi Ziqing has always been filial to his mother, if he heard that his mother Zheng Sleeve hanged herself in order not to cause trouble for him and to protect his reputation, then... Gongzi Ziqing will definitely be ashamed and embarrassed, shameless, and kill himself. ”

"Good." The prince nodded expressionlessly, and then said to the Marquis of Zhou: "You immediately arrange for him to lobby Ziqing, and Gu hopes that when he comes back, he will bring back the good news that Gu wants." ”

"No."

"Also, you still need to send someone to take care of Ziqing's wife and children, once Ziqing is unlucky, Nagu will immediately come out to intercede with his father and ask his father to take back Ziqing's wife and children.

As long as Ziqing's children return to Chu State, Gu will definitely treat them like parents and give them the treatment of sons. ”

The governor immediately praised: "The prince is benevolent! ”

Before the words of the marquis fell, a waiter came from outside the door:

"Prince, the king's messenger has come with an edict."

When the prince and the governor heard this, they were shocked at the same time.

Since the king of Chu moved his capital to Shou County, he has been living in the harem and rarely summons his courtiers.

Now they had just received the news of Zheng Sleeve's death, and then the envoy of the king of Chu also arrived.

This, did the King of Chu know that they secretly planned this matter.

Thinking about it, the two of them thought of the Zhibei Yalai of the Chu State at the same time, and their hearts couldn't help but sink slightly.

Then, the two looked at each other.

At this time, the state marquis saw the shock and panic in the prince's eyes, and not only said: "Prince, the lobbyist sent to Zhao State might as well slow down." ”

"Nope." The crown prince said undoubtedly: "The people sent to Zhao State must be sent immediately, as for where the father is, he will bear it alone." ”

After that, the prince got up directly, and then walked out without looking back.

Palace.

The crown prince entered the palace and saw that his father was sitting on the throne with a cold face, his heart sank slightly, and then he arched his hand with a calm face as usual: "The son has seen his father. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, a pair of sharp eyes shot straight into Prince Heng's eyes like a sharp sword.

When the prince saw his father looking at him with dazzling eyes, his heart was empty, he couldn't withstand the pressure, he lowered his head slightly, and didn't dare to look at his father's eyes.

At this time, Xiong Huai saw the prince bow his head, his face immediately sank, and then he knocked lightly on the table, and said in a voice that seemed to be suppressing his anger: "Kneel!" ”

As soon as the prince heard Xiong Huai's words, he immediately knew that the matter of him forcing Zheng Sleeve to death was exposed.

Thinking about it, his knees weakened, and with a "bang", he knelt directly in the hall.

Xiong Huai saw the prince kneeling, immediately picked up the paper on the case, and then quickly crumpled it into a ball, and then smashed the paper ball into the prince's face, and scolded: "Look at the lack of virtue you have done, it is simply vicious, which makes the widow feel disgusting." ”

When the crown prince heard this, his whole body shook, and he raised his head suddenly, looking at his father on the throne in disbelief.

It's just that when he saw his father's cold eyes, he suddenly felt inexplicable grief in his heart.

My father said he was vicious.

Viciousness.

He never imagined that these two words would come out of the mouth of his father.

Heartache.

You must know that his own disciple Zilan was forced to death by his father.

Back then, his father could force Zilan to death for the sake of Chu, but now he is just forcing a cousin to death, and his father says he is vicious.

He did this for the sake of the Chu State!

At this time, after Xiong Huai saw that he had spoken, the prince immediately knelt under the stage and looked at him stubbornly, not only did he have no remorse and retreat in his eyes, but he was also full of fighting spirit and... Stand to reason.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai was furious, and immediately lowered his head to look at the king's case, then quickly picked up the inkstone on the case, and then smashed it on the prince's head.

The prince looked sideways at a piece of inkstone smashed over, but he believed that he was right, so he didn't even hide, and let the inkstone smash on his face in a daze.

With a muffled sound of "bang", the inkstone smashed directly on the forehead of the prince, and he was immediately smashed to the point that his head was bleeding.

At this time, the prince felt a sharp pain in his forehead, and several warm currents flowed down his forehead, flowing through the corners of his eyes, then over his cheeks, and then dripping down his chin.

The crown prince just lowered his eyes slightly to look at the dripping blood, then gritted his teeth, raised his head again, and looked at the king of Chu on the throne with stubborn eyes again.