In the twenty-fifth year of Lu Zhaogong, King Chuping willfully issued a series of edicts. These edicts included the repair of the city walls of Zhouqu (present-day Fengtaixi, Anhui), which was completed and relocated to the past; The outer city of the nest and the roll was built, and a group of people moved in.

King Chuping's actions not only greatly disturbed the people's livelihood, but also created an understanding of "the country is in danger" to the people, and as a result, people inside and outside the government and the opposition were panicked.

When Uncle Zi got the above news, he couldn't help but shake his head and said: "The king of Chu is dying, he makes it impossible for the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and the people will inevitably be sad." This kind of sorrow will affect the body of the king of Chu, and the worries of the whole country will be added to him, and he will not be able to live too long. ”

In September of the twenty-sixth year of Lu Zhaogong, King Chuping died.

King Chuping was the king of Chu in the history of the Spring and Autumn Period. During the reign of King Ling of Chu, he served as a diplomat and local administrator of the state of Chu, and at that time he left the impression that he was "knowledgeable, loving the people, and diligent in government", and of course he also had "great ambitions" in his heart.

After seizing (and perhaps more appropriately) taking the throne, he adopted a series of policies for a short period of time; But how could it be that the two generals (Dou Chengran and Fei Wuji) who he trusted were not angry, they colluded to buy off their henchmen, and turned all good policies into a reason for their own personal gain. Later, although Dou Chengran was executed, the worse Fei Wuji has always been standing; Dou Chengran is only evil on the surface, but Fei Wuji is evil in his heart. Fei Wuji flattered the powerful and squeezed out all the officials who were in charge: Chao Wu was forced to flee, and Ran Dan and Shen Hai were almost killed by him. In addition to Ling Yin and Da Sima, the royal family has no doctor that Fei Wuji doesn't want to kill, and there is no doctor who doesn't want to kill Fei Wuji.

Fei Wuji deceived King Chuping's ears and eyes again, he created a false image and fabricated lies, so that King Chuping could not see with his eyes and could not hear clearly with his ears. This scene is so similar to the scene when the prince abandoned his illness and forced Zigan to death thirteen years ago - Fei Wuji had already used the same methods used to deal with Zigan to control King Ping! In the eyes of outsiders, Fei Wuji did a lot of evil, but King Chuping ignored it, and people had to suspect that the bad things done by the courtiers were instructed by the king.

King Chuping soon revealed his true nature, and the scale and style of his travel were even larger than that of King Chu Ling (he even drove with a hundred horses), and the trend of aristocratic comparison was extremely strong, and the difference between monarchs and ministers disappeared.

The people of the country finally recognized his true colors of hypocrisy, greed, and incompetence: he was on a par with King Chu Ling in terms of brutality and greed (both of whom killed the sons of their ancestors); However, at the national political level, King Chu Ling was brilliant and made good use of virtuous ministers, creating the heyday of Chu and pushing the status of Chu to an unprecedented height; The king of Chuping, on the other hand, was mediocre and incompetent, stupid and stupid, and not only lost the lands of Chen and Cai, but also retreated in the war against Wu, losing several border towns and large tracts of land.

So the Chu people said bitterly: "If we can do it all over again, we will definitely defend the king of Chu Ling to the death, and we will not let the plot of abandoning the disease succeed!" ”

At the end of the reign of King Chu Ping, the state of Chu was declining day by day, the state of Wu was ready to move, and the border passes were repeatedly urgent. The people of Chu were living in poverty, and a large number of people fled abroad (including Mrs. Ping); The state is on the verge of overthrowing, and the palace is still singing every night; Although the people in the market are in turmoil, none of the news released by the royal family is worrying!

Before his death, King Chuping called Ling Yin Zichang, the Great Sima Prince Yishen (Zizixi, the brother of King Chuping), and Dazai Fei Wuji to explain the aftermath before the sickbed. King Chuping said: "Bugu has no talent (this is true), leave the weak son of the troubled country to the masters, and the prince will be handed over to you to assist." If he becomes a talent, I will receive the kindness of the doctors; If you can't become a talent, I will resent all of you! ”

King Chuping finally died, but his successor was too young (only seven or eight years old) to make it difficult to do anything, so Nangwa wanted to make Prince Yishen (Zixi) king. Prince Yishen is the second son of King Chuping, a gentleman with rich experience in governing the country and acting in a decent manner; The Chu people said that they could see the shadow of the first master from him. He also had a brother named Wang Zijie, who had just entered politics at this time.

Nangwa said at the court meeting: "The prince is young, and his mother was originally Wang Zijian's fiancée, and she has no status as a wife. Zixi is old and benevolent, has both experience in governing the country and has the qualifications to ascend the throne, isn't it more beneficial for the Chu State to appoint him? ”

This was probably the only right decision made in Nangwa's life, but Prince Yishen flatly refused. In a country where everyone is at risk, from princes and doctors to peddlers, no one can determine which will come first, tomorrow or death. The higher the status and the greater the power, the greater the danger; Prince Yishen didn't think it was an auspicious thing to reach the pinnacle of power, but thought that once he took the throne, it was equivalent to putting himself on the grill, and as long as someone lit a fire, he would be wiped out.

Prince Yishen said angrily: "What you said is purely insulting the king and disrupting the country!" State-owned foreign aid should not be taken lightly; The king has heirs, and he shall not disturb them. Creating conflicts in the royal family will cause turmoil, disturb order and ominous people, and then I can only bear the disaster! Do you think the royal family is your own? If you talk nonsense, I'll kill you!" ”

Nangwa was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and didn't dare to continue to speak; The ministers then held a coronation ceremony for the crown prince, and King Chu Zhao ascended the throne. At the end of the year, the prince fled to Chu with the Eastern Zhou classics, and the people of Chu were overjoyed, and King Zhao of Chu gave him a large piece of land.

After the death of King Chuping, Fei Wuji restrained a lot. He was a political outburst: he had no illustrious family background and no exploits to boast about. As soon as King Chuping died, he lost his backer. The new king is a little boy who obeys Nangwa's words, and the prince should regard him like a maggot and avoid him. Nangwa became the actual controller, and Fei Wuji saw the wind and steered the rudder, and immediately took refuge in Nangwa.

While the people of Chu were busy arranging the funeral for the first king, the Wu State in the east was seizing the time to collect troops to prepare for the western expedition. The king of Wu was ready to send Gongzi Guang and Gongzi Zhuyong to lead an army to attack Chu, and sent his uncle Ji Zha to the north to visit other countries to observe the attitude of the Chinese princes towards Wu's invasion of Chu.

However, Childe Hikaru accidentally suffered a serious traumatic injury to his thigh during the conscription work (it is said that he was in a coma for a day and a night due to excessive blood loss before waking up, and almost met Hades. But judging from the events that followed, it is very likely that his coma was faked), and he could only walk on crutches for half a month; The royal bureaucracy had to order the prince to cover up the rest and go out instead of light.