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Chu Huan stared at King Qi, pondered for a while, and then said: "If the prince regards me as a friend, I will naturally regard the prince as a friend all the time."

King Qi smiled lightly, and said: "I'm very happy when you say that. Ling Shuang won't come back because of me, and now, I don't have any extravagant expectations...!" After a pause, he asked: " Just now I heard what you said outside, they called you 'big king'?"

Chu Huan knew that these things would eventually be discussed, so he nodded and said, "A few days ago, there was a vision in the sky, so everyone supported me as the king of Chu."

"King Chu...!" King Qi looked very calm, and said with a light smile, "That's fine, the Northwest Army has already entered the customs, and there must be a legitimate banner."

Chu Huan hesitated for a moment, his brows slowly relaxed, but his expression became serious, and he said, "My lord should understand that Chu Huan's temperament has not changed today, and the Chu Huan he met back then is still the same person, but some Things have changed."

"Oh?"

"My mother has passed away. Su Niang was the only one who followed me back then. Even if I made a mistake, I could only implicate Su Niang." Chu Huan sighed: "I owe her a lot, so as long as I live , I will take good care of her."

King Qi nodded and said, "Miss Su Niang is a good woman."

"But it's different now." Chu Huan sighed: "Dingwu has been regarded as a thorn in my side, and I will kill him quickly. If I make a mistake, Su Niang is not the only one who will be involved..., except My family, as well as those generals and soldiers who have hope in me, will be implicated. There are hundreds of these people, and my future directly determines their fate, so even if it is for them, there are some things I I don’t want to do it, but I have to.”

King Qi smiled and said: "They want to follow you to make contributions and bet their lives on you. Naturally, you can't let them down."

"To this day, I have no way out." Chu Huan said: "This is not the path I chose, but it is also the path I have to go on."

"You can say these words to me, which means that you still regard me as a friend." Qi Wang said with a smile: "If you didn't regard me as a friend, naturally you wouldn't say these words to me."

Chu Huan frowned slightly, and wanted to say something, but King Qi had already said, "Chu Huan, I still have one thing to ask of you, can you help me?"

"My lord, please speak!"

"Actually, I understand that I have nothing good at it, and I can't help you. If I stay by your side, I will cause trouble for you." King Qi said, "So I want to bring my mother with me when I return to the northwest, and find a quiet place. Place to spend the rest of my life." After a pause, he said, "Can you fulfill me?"

Chu Huan hesitated for a while, and finally said: "The queen sent a letter, in fact, she also mentioned in the letter that she wanted to go back to the world with the prince and stop meddling in the affairs of the world. She only hoped that I could persuade the prince... ...!"

"The queen mother is for my own good." King Qi sighed: "I already have an idea, so I don't need you to persuade me." After thinking for a while, he said: "I plan to go back to the northwest tomorrow. After I leave, I don't know why. I can see you again sometime..., just before I leave, I want to have a few last drinks with you."

Chu Huan was startled: "My lord...!"

"Don't say anything." King Qi waved his hand and said, "From now on, you won't have to call me a prince...!" Then he laughed and said, "I don't know if we can see each other again. Forget it, Qin is here. Now at this point, sooner or later, I will perish. As a prince, I have today, and I am afraid there will be no tomorrow." Looking outside the door, he said: "Please prepare a table of wine, and treat it as a practice for me." Forced to laugh He smiled, but it was somewhat desolate.

Chu Huan hesitated for a moment, and wanted to say a few more words, but he knew better in his heart that it might not be a good thing either for himself or for King Qi himself that King Qi offered to go back to seclusion.

He has already claimed the title of king, and it is even more nondescript to keep King Qi by his side. He is actually very clear that if he continues to keep King Qi by his side, it will be a kind of torture to himself and King Qi.

If you were a ruthless person, in order to avoid future troubles, you would not even agree to King Qi's request to go back to seclusion. In the situation where you have already established yourself as a king, there is a great deal of concern for this prince who is useless to leave but may become a future trouble. It may be completely wiped out.

Chu Huan valued friendship. Although he knew that to fight for hegemony in troubled times, one must be ruthless, but he could not do it no matter what.

Pei Ji said it well, he should continue to be disturbed by it, since the king of Qi asked to go back to seclusion, there was no need for him to pretend to stay.

It is not difficult to prepare a table of wine and food. When the lanterns come on, there are more than a dozen bowls and dishes on the table, and the dishes are also very rich. Although Chu Huan has always been very frugal, and he usually eats simple food, but this time he has to do everything together. Wang Jianxing, of course, also bought more generously.

"Since the lord wants to go back to seclusion, and the empress also means the same, I won't keep it." Chu Huan sat opposite King Qi, with a single lamp beside him illuminating the room. So, it's not difficult, if the prince allows, I can...!"

King Qi had already interrupted with a smile: "Since it is a retreat, it is natural not to be disturbed by worldly affairs. Where to return to, I will naturally discuss with the queen when I see my mother, so I don't need to bother you." Sighed, said "I wanted to bring Ling Shuang back, but...!" Shaking his head, he said, "Chu Huan, you promise me that if you have the opportunity, you will go to Zhongyi Village in person and persuade Ling Shuang to come to you. I know she doesn't like me, but she has you in her heart...!"

Chu Huan frowned, his lips moved slightly, but he didn't speak.

"You also know that my uncle has passed away, Ling Shuang's parents have passed away, and there are not many relatives in this world." King Qi smiled bitterly and said, "She naturally doesn't recognize me as a cousin, if she just stays in that ghostly Zhuangzi Here, I will never be happy in this life." Staring at Chu Huan, he said, "Go find her and let her stay by your side, only in this way can she live a good life."

Chu Huan was silent for a moment, and finally said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will go find her."

The corners of King Qi's brows twitched slightly, but he said with a smile: "In this way, I will feel relieved when I leave." He reached out to take the wine pot, and the other hand went to take the wine glass in front of Chu Huan, poured the wine, After sending it over, Chu Huan stretched out his hand to take it, King Qi also poured wine for himself, then raised his glass and said: "Chu Huan, this may be the last time we sit together to drink, and we will never get drunk tonight."

Chu Huan picked up the wine glass and watched King Qi drink it up with his head up, but he also held the bottom of the wine glass with one hand and held the wine glass with the other hand, and drank it down with his head up.

King Qi put down his wine glass, and saw that Chu Huan drank all the wine in the glass, the corners of his eyes twitched, his face turned pale, and his hands trembled slightly. Seeing this, Chu Huan couldn't help asking: "What's wrong, my lord? Comfortable?"

King Qi forced a smile and said: "It's okay, maybe... maybe it's because I'm too tired from the journey."

"My lord, don't rush to leave." Chu Huan said: "I'm not feeling well, I will stay here for a few days, and when I recover, I will go to the northwest to see the queen...!"

King Qi shook his head and said, "No need...!"

Chu Huan stared at King Qi's eyes, but King Qi seemed a little afraid of Chu Huan's eyes, and smiled reluctantly, "What's wrong?"

"My lord, have you ever hated me in your heart?" Chu Huan was silent for a moment, and finally asked, "Does your lord blame me for not keeping my promise and helping you inherit the throne?"

King Qi was taken aback for a moment, and opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

"The state of Qin is already full of anger and hatred." Chu Huan sighed: "If the prince still wants to continue the Qin state, the people in the northwest will not agree, and the people in the world will not agree. If the prince wants to revenge, because personal enmity and I can understand that Dingwu is fighting to the death, but I can't sacrifice the lives of countless soldiers in the northwest for this reason."

King Qi said: "I...I understand!"

"It's good that the prince can be considerate." Chu Huan said: "My lord, in fact, you are a good person with a good temperament, but because of this, once you go the wrong way, it is difficult to wake up. The lord said that you want to go back to seclusion, I didn't stop it, just because I think this is the best way for the prince to do this. The world is chaotic, people are dying, and the prince's temperament is actually not suitable for participating in such a bloody fight. Consider the way forward.”

The corners of King Qi's mouth twitched, as if he wanted to say something, but his lips moved, but no words came out. Chu Huan picked up the jug and poured wine into King Qi's glass. Seeing King Qi's face paler, outside the hall- It was cloudy and rainy, and the autumn wind was bleak. King Qi seemed to be trembling slightly because of the coldness of autumn. Chu Huan put down the jug and said, "My lord seems to be really unwell. Let's rest first." Standing up, he shouted: "Come here, take the prince to rest."

King Qi barely stood up, he seemed to be really exhausted, stood up, a little shaky, glanced at Chu Huan, saw that Chu Huan was looking at him with concern, forced a smile: "You don't have to worry, I... ...I'm fine, just take a rest...!" At this moment, a servant came in from outside the door, Chu Huan said: "My lord, he knows where you live, let him lead you to rest, my lord Don't rush to leave tomorrow, we'll talk about it when you recover your body...!" He ordered: "Take the prince to rest."

The man bowed and said yes, the king of Qi looked a little lost, walked over, followed the man out of the door, out of the courtyard, walked through two corridors, suddenly stopped, the man in front heard the footsteps of King Qi The sound stopped, turned around, and was about to ask, King Qi had already said: "You go down first."

The man was a little puzzled: "My lord...!"

"I want to go out for a walk." King Qi said, "You don't need to follow me." He didn't say much, he looked up at the dark sky, and there was a drizzle, and he ignored the drizzle, walked into the rain, and went out of the mansion , In front of the gate, the guards guarding in front of the gate saw King Qi, but it was not easy to stop him, so he let King Qi go out.

After King Qi went out, he followed the long street outside the gate and walked half a circle around the courtyard wall of Tongzhou Zhizhou Mansion. There was silence all around, and there was no one in the drizzle of autumn night.

King Qi frowned, and walked a short distance further, and saw a figure in front of him standing under the wall, quickened his pace and asked, "Is it Mr. Zhuge?"

Seven or eight steps away, King Qi suddenly stopped, only to find that the man was holding an oiled paper umbrella covering his entire upper body, but he was wearing a pair of official boots on his feet. He didn't listen to the man's reply, and frowned In the meantime, I saw that the oil-paper umbrella had been lifted up, gradually revealing the man's face, and heard the man say: "My lord is going out, why don't you take an umbrella?"