After Jin Xiangong won the first time (the matter of the fake Dao and the defeat will be described in detail later), he couldn't wait to canonize Li Ji as his wife. According to the regulations of the Zhou rites, such major events must go through divination and temple procedures. Guo Yan was ordered to start divination, and the burning lines of the turtle showed a great omen. Xiangong did not give up, and ordered the Zhan Zong, and the result of the Zhan Zheng was auspicious. Xiangong ordered that the results of the confession be subject to the results of the confession, and demanded that preparations for the temple ceremony begin immediately.

Guo Yan said: "The turtle is short and the turtle is long, so it is better to take the turtle and elephant as the standard." Moreover, the fortune shows that 'concentrating on pampering the fortunate will give birth to an accident, taking away the exclusive ram of the prince (Shen Sheng and other princes), and the stench will not dissipate for many years. 'Rebellion in the office must not be started, so she must not be made a wife!' ”

But how can the power of a diviner resist the will of the monarch? Jin Xiangong directly ordered Guo Yan to be evicted, and the next day held a ceremony to make Li Ji his wife.

After the fall of the Jin Kingdom, the Liji Party couldn't wait to get rid of Shen Sheng. Due to the prince's stubbornness and weakness, the doctors did not dare to openly side with the prince, but they did not show any opposition to him.

Rick, on the other hand, is one of them, often consciously or unconsciously expressing his support for the crown prince. This situation was very troublesome to the Liji party, and they also actively lobbied for the sacrifice of the princess in the hope of getting rid of Rick; But Xiangong was unmoved: he seemed to be deliberately putting up a barrier for the villains so that they could not do whatever they wanted.

Later, Yushi came up with a solution, he asked Li Ji for a sheep, and then led the sheep to visit Rick, who prepared a dinner party for him. By the time the feast was in full swing, Yushi looked half-drunk. Suddenly he stood up and danced away from the table, and as he danced he said to Rick's son, "Noble lady, have a glass of wine with me, and I may tell this man (he said of Rick) how to serve the monarch in peace." ”

After toasting with the hostess, Youshi then sang: "If you are not close to him, you are not as good as birds and crows; Others gather in the woods of flowers, but you guard the withered branches. ”

Rick was dazed and asked him what Lin Yuan was and what was withered.

You Shi said: "The mother is a lady, and the son will naturally inherit the throne, can it not be called a forest garden with lush flowers and trees?" My mother is gone, and I am riddled with slander, can I not call it a withered and withered branch? Moreover, the branch is about to break. ”

Rick suddenly came to his senses, and he hurried over the feast, and then lay down in his clothes. Rick tossed and turned into midnight, not only did he not feel sleepy, but his mood became more and more irritable. He sent someone to invite Yushi back and asked him, "Was what you said earlier a joke, or did you hear some rumors?" ”

Yushi tells him that the crown prince has completely fallen, and Xian Cheng is looking for an opportunity to get rid of him. But Rick still doesn't believe that the monarch would be ruthless enough to kill his own crown prince, and that he is still an impeccable man of character. Youshi said: "But Xi Qi is also a good boy!" If one is bound to die, who do you think the monarch will choose? ”

The line of defense in Rick's mind was finally broken. But he said that he did not dare to disobey the will of the monarch, nor could he bear to carry out cruel orders, so he could only remain neutral. By doing so, Dr. Risch said, would have avoided disaster.

The next day, Rick meets the doctor, Pi Zheng, and he talks to him about what happened yesterday. Pi Zheng couldn't help but shake his head again and again: "It's a pity!" You believe that play, too! If you don't take a stand, they may not dare to attack the prince; Now that they have figured out where you stand, the crown prince will be dead! ”

Rick couldn't help but thump his chest. After calming down, he asked Pi Zheng if there was anything he could do to get it back. Pi Zheng said that he took the king's heart as his own heart, and would never go against the will of the monarch, and he didn't know anything else. Unable to undo the great mistake he had made, and could not bear to be involved in the tragedy of cannibalism, Rick declared himself ill the next day. As a result, just thirty days later, the prince's life came to an end.

In late November of the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Lu (656 BC), Chong'er and Yiwu came from their fiefdoms to Quwo to reunite with Shensheng, and the two had been far away from the court, unaware of the imminent danger. The three brothers plan to return to the capital together to participate in the ritual.

Li Ji sent a messenger to Quwo and told Shen Sheng that he had dreamed of his mother, Jiang; Jiang complained that Shen Sheng was unfilial, she was cold and hungry in the sky, but her son was mixed with women and brothers all day long.

Shen Sheng did not dare to slack off, and immediately held a sacrificial ceremony for his mother, and then he took the sacrifice to the capital. When the three brothers entered the palace, they were told that Xian Gong was hunting in the suburbs with a large number of retinues, and the prince left the sacrifices in the palace.

Six days later, Xiangong and his entourage returned to the capital. When the prince was about to enjoy the wine and meat, Li Ji stopped him and said, "These foods are all from outside the palace, and the concubine thinks that they should be tested for poison." ”

Xiangong casually spilled a glass of wine on the ground, and a small grave immediately bulged on the ground; picked out a piece of meat and fed it to the dog, and the dog died instantly; He also forced the little eunuch to test the poison, and the little eunuch died immediately.

Li Ji was shocked, she ran to the door and shouted at the East Palace, "Oh my God! Sooner or later, the Jin Kingdom will belong to the crown prince, why are you in a hurry to murder the lord! Do you think that by poisoning the monarch, you can keep the Jin Kingdom? What will the people of the Doctor country do to a person who kills his father and kills the king?! ”

Xiangong was furious, shouting and ordering the prince to be brought. Shen Sheng was chatting with the teacher at Du Yuan's house at the time, and the two got the news first, Du Yuanqian said: "The prince is leaving, I will defend you in front of the prince!" ”

The thugs broke into Du Yuan's house, learned that he had let the prince go, and prepared to arrest him. Du Yuanqian first scolded Li Ji for being shameless, and then said that he must bring down Li Ji.

This sentence made the mob murderous, and one man suddenly shouted: "The old fellow dares to arrest!" There is no mercy for killing! The murderers swarmed him and stabbed him to death in an instant.

Li Ji also framed Chong'er and Yiwu and said: The two princes have been messing with the prince during this time, and they should know something. But when the armorers were ordered to summon the two, they learned that the two sons had also fled.

At this time, the Lihime party, who were hiding outside the court, were ordered to carry out a great purge in the capital. A number of militants in civilian clothes have already appeared in the streets, provoking, causing trouble and inciting riots. People with ulterior motives and people who don't know the truth mingle with them, smashing, burning, and killing.

At the critical moment, Xun Xi stepped forward, he immediately issued martial law, and quickly sent guards to control the situation in the city.

Xun Xi ran to see Xiangong and said that he did not believe that the prince would enter the palace alone and offer the highly poisonous diet to the monarch, as if he was afraid that others would not know that the murderer was him; He also did not believe that the prince could stay with his teacher in peace after carrying out the conspiracy, but did not gather the armor soldiers to start a rebellion; He didn't believe that Chong'er and Yigo were involved in the plot to kill the king—the two were unprepared at the critical moment, and instead drank in the dark during a banquet.

Xun Xi's words played an obvious role, and Xiangong's emotions gradually subsided, and he became less angry. But Liji's maid suddenly broke in and reported that the lady was terrified: she was in a trance, hallucinating and even having a tendency to look for short-sightedness. Xian Gong immediately left Xun Xi, who was still chattering, and hurried back to the harem.