The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Duke Zhen Guo did not believe that King Chu was assassinated.He was worried that this was a pretense created by King Chu to paralyze him and the prince.

He wrote a letter and sent it to his confidants in Wuhuashan, asking if there was anything strange about Wuhuashan.Although he believed that King Chu would not find Wuhua Mountain, it was better for him to inquire in person just in case.

Duke Zhen Guo didn't know that Wuhua Mountain had long been controlled by the King of Chu.His confidants were also controlled by King Chu and had betrayed him long ago.

Wuhuashan's confidants wrote back and told Zhen Guogong that there was nothing unusual in Wuhuashan and everything was business as usual.However, the copper in Wuhuashan will not last long.At the end of the letter, he asked the Duke of Zhen Guo when new copper would be delivered, otherwise work would stop after a while.

The eldest son of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion saw his father frowning after reading the letter and looking a little unhappy. He thought something had happened at Mount Wuhua, so he asked worriedly: "Dad, King Chu went to Mount Wuhua?"

"No, everything is as usual in Wuhua Mountain." Zhen Guogong said, handing the letter in his hand to his son and letting him read it himself.

The eldest son of Zhenguo Duke's Mansion hurriedly lowered his head to read the letter and saw that there was nothing abnormal in Wuhua Mountain, but the new copper was not sent, so the craftsmen there could not continue to forge weapons for the time being.

"Dad, King Chu didn't go to Wuhua Mountain, what are you worried about?" Wuhua Mountain is hidden, and no matter how capable King Chu is, he won't find it there.

"Weapons are not enough." When the Duke of Zhen said this, he sighed slightly, "Now that the copper theft in Pengcheng has been discovered, it will be difficult to steal copper from Pengcheng and transport it to Wuhua Mountain to forge weapons." We can no longer continue to forge weapons, this pair It's a big deal for them.

Hearing what Duke Zhen Guo said, the prince of Zhen Guo Duke's mansion realized the seriousness of this matter.

"Dad, why don't we transport copper from other places." Pengcheng's copper cannot be transported to Wuhua Mountain, so we need to get it from other places. Pengcheng is not the only place in Zhou Dynasty that has copper.

"Where can we go?" Zhen Guogong shook his head slightly and said, "It is not easy to steal copper from other places without anyone noticing. Furthermore, the emperor has realized that if he does it again, he will only get into trouble. "In the past few years, they have been very secretive about misappropriating copper in Pengcheng. It is not known who exposed the truth and made the emperor aware of it.

The eldest son of Zhenguo Duke's Mansion felt that his father's thinking was right, "Then we can only wait a few years."

The Duke of Zhenguo sighed and said, "I'm afraid I can't wait."

Hearing this, the eldest son of Zhenguo Duke's Mansion was shocked and said: "Dad, what do you mean..."

Seeing his son's frightened look, Duke Zhenguo smiled reassuringly at him: "As a father, you prepare for a rainy day."

"Dad, even if King Chu is still alive, even if he has the ability to sneak back to the capital, as long as he doesn't find Wuhua Mountain, there is no evidence, and the emperor can't do anything to us." The eldest son of Zhenguo Palace also didn't believe King Chu Shen Jiang Death.

"King Chu..." Duke Zhen Guo said, with murderous intent in his eyes, "He has become our biggest obstacle, and we cannot let him live no matter what."

"The whereabouts of King Chu are still unknown. Our people have been searching the Jinling River for many days but have not found the whereabouts of King Chu." The prince of Zhenguo Palace frowned and said, "Except for Jinling, we have searched in other places, but there is no King Chu." Any news. Where is this King of Chu hiding?"

"We underestimated King Chu. He made many clones on his way to Pengcheng. The one who is missing in Jinling Shenjiang should also be his clone." King Chu is more difficult to deal with than King Dai.King Chu should not have been allowed to grow in the first place.

"Dad, where do you think the King of Chu will go?" Jiang Nan asked whether it was big or small. It was easy to find someone, but he couldn't find the King of Chu.

"I asked Pengcheng to mislead King Chu. King Chu may have gone to Yangzhou."

"Yangzhou?" The prince of Zhenguo Palace looked surprised, "If King Chu really went to Yangzhou, there is no way there would be no news at all."

"Yangzhou is not our place. The governor of Yangzhou is the grandfather of the tenth prince, and the tenth prince is close to the King of Chu. It is not impossible for the governor of Yangzhou to protect and hide the king of Chu."

"So, the King of Chu is in Yangzhou."

"Probably."

"Dad, since we know that the King of Chu is in Yangzhou, why don't we send people to Yangzhou to get rid of the King of Chu?" The look on the prince's face turned sinister, "Father, we must not let the King of Chu return to Beijing alive."

"We can't do anything in Yangzhou."

The eldest son of Zhenguo Palace asked with a puzzled face: "Why is this? Although the Yangzhou Governor is the grandfather of the tenth prince, he is not something to be afraid of. We can also get rid of him."

"The governor of Yangzhou is nothing to worry about, but Yangzhou is a place controlled by the emperor, not a place where we can mess around." The Duke of Zhen had never wanted to get to know the king of Chu directly in Yangzhou, so as to avoid long nights and dreams. "Once we take action in Yangzhou, we will only anger the emperor."

"Then we can only wait until the King of Chu returns to Beijing, and take action on his way back to the capital." The prince of Zhenguo Palace thought that King Chu had a clone on his way to Pengcheng, and he had no idea where his true identity was. where.I'm afraid that on the way back to Beijing, King Chu will use this trick again. "Dad, we have to find a way to find out about King Chu. Otherwise, if King Chu repeats his old tricks, we won't be able to find his true identity, which will make it difficult to get rid of him before he returns to the capital."

"My father has sent people to Yangzhou to inquire about the King of Chu." Although they cannot kill the King of Chu in Yangzhou, they can secretly inquire about the whereabouts of the King of Chu.

"I didn't expect King Chu..." The prince of Zhenguo Palace did not finish what he said, but the meaning was obvious. "By the way, King Jing's side... Jinling's side was made a mess by King Jing, and Li Jue is still missing."

When the matter in Jinling was mentioned, a flash of anger flashed through Duke Zhen's heart.

"What a bunch of rubbish." Several members of the Song family couldn't deal with them together.

"Dad, I'm afraid that King Jing already knows everything about what we did in Jinling."

"Wait until he returns to Beijing and kill him on the way." When Zhen Guogong said that he wanted to kill King Jing, he didn't even blink, and his tone didn't change at all.

The prince of Zhenguo Palace said thoughtfully: "Counting the days, it's time for King Jing to leave for Beijing."

King Jing, who was worried about Zhen Guo Gong and his son, had written to the emperor, begging to stay in Jinling and continue to preside over the next government and hospital examinations.

The emperor has just received a letter from King Jing.After reading the content of the letter, the emperor chuckled: "Old Seven is wise."

Sun Kui brought a cup of freshly brewed tea and brought it to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, what did His Highness King Jing do to make you so happy?"

"Lao Qi went to Jinling to hold the imperial examination and did a good job, and he did not disappoint me." The emperor picked up the teacup, lowered his head and took a few sips of tea gracefully. "He wrote a letter and wanted me to promise that he would be responsible for the future of Jinling. The government examination and the college examination.”

"This shows that His Royal Highness King Jing wants to continue to share your worries." The emperor gently rubbed the rim of the cup with the tea lid. He said with a half-smile: "He stayed in Jinling and wanted to continue to be in charge of the imperial examination. On the one hand, he wanted to continue to take charge of the imperial examination. On the other hand, wooing the scholars in Jinling is to survive."

"Stay alive?" Sun Kui was frightened by these two words, "Your Majesty, does anyone want to harm His Highness Prince Jing?"

"His biological uncle, Duke Zhenguo."

Sun Kui was so frightened that he almost screamed, but luckily he shut his mouth in time.

"The Duke of Zhenguo wants to kill His Highness King Jing?"

The emperor put down the tea cup in his hand, raised his eyes to Sun Kui, and asked, "How is the queen's health?"

"I secretly changed the medicine. There is no serious problem with the queen's body. It's just that the queen will feel dizzy from time to time." Sun Kui reported truthfully.

"Don't let the queen fall into a coma all the time. Let her faint once every few days." The emperor tapped his fingers on the royal table and muttered, "I decree that the queen should take a good rest."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"By the way, let Concubine Rong and Concubine Ying assist the queen in managing the harem."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Kui said in his heart. The Emperor asked the two noble concubines to help manage the harem. This was more uncomfortable for the Queen than killing her.What the Empress cares most about is her position as queen and her power to manage the harem.

"When do you think the queen will find out that her illness was caused by the Duke of Zhenguo?"

"This... I don't know." The Queen said she was smart, but she was often stupid.Call her stupid, but she is quite smart sometimes. "Your Majesty, why don't you reveal some news to the Queen?"

"Now is not the time. If she finds out in advance, that's a different matter." The emperor said, "If she doesn't find out, don't remind her yet."

"Yes." Sun Kui muttered in his heart: Your Majesty, do you want the Queen to notice, or do you not want the Queen to find out?

Seeing that the emperor wanted to review the memorial, Sun Kui quietly retreated.As soon as he exited the imperial study, the emperor said to the empty imperial study: "Where is the fourth child?"

At this time, a dark figure appeared quietly in the imperial study room.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu has arrived at Guiling. In half a month's time, His Highness the King of Chu will be able to reach the capital."

"It seems that the fourth child's journey back to Beijing went smoothly."

"Mr. Zhen Guo and the others did not notice the movements of King Chu." The shadow continued to report, "His Royal Highness King Chu and his party pretended to be businessmen and did not arouse any suspicion along the way."

"I really didn't expect the fourth child to have this ability." Don't think that pretending to be a businessman is a very simple thing. In fact, it is not easy. If you don't do it well, you will be recognized.When the King of Chu went to Wuhua Mountain, he pretended to be a businessman and did not arouse the slightest suspicion among the Zhen Guogong and others. Then the King of Chu pretended to be a craftsman and did not arouse the suspicion of the stewards and other workers of Guihua Village.

Now back in Beijing, King Chu continued to pretend to be a businessman and faced various inquiries and inquiries along the way, but in the end he was still not found out.This ability of disguise impressed the emperor.

The reason why the King of Chu was able to pretend to be a businessman so successfully was mainly because he had the businessman's spirit and the philistineness of a businessman.He has these two auras because when he was in Liangzhou, he often went on patrol incognito.In order to better understand the lives of the people in Liangzhou, he often pretended to be someone else.In Liangzhou, he often interacted with all kinds of people, so he could naturally play all kinds of people.

"His Royal Highness King Chu, they are well prepared." Heiying meant that King Chu was pretending to be a businessman, but he really prepared a lot of things to sell.They also sell things while traveling.If they encounter something good on the way, they will buy it.

"The fourth brother is good." The emperor was really satisfied with King Chu.If Zhao Yao was not the person the old Taoist said could bring prosperity to the Zhou Dynasty, the emperor's favorite person would be the King of Chu.As far as the current performance of King Chu is concerned, King Chu has done very well in all aspects and has not disappointed the emperor.

The only shortcoming of King Chu was the Li family behind him.The Li family was a support to the King of Chu, but it would also hinder the King of Chu.

It is not a good thing to put too much trust in literati.If the King of Chu ascends the throne, he can suppress the civil servants while he is in power, but if he dies, his son may not be able to suppress the civil servants.

The most important thing is that the King of Chu has been influenced by the Li family since he was a child, and he has long regarded the books of sages as a guide.Although he did not study as rigidly as the prince, his behavior was influenced by the books of sages.

Sometimes reading too many books is not a good thing, but reading too little is not a good thing either.

Alas, being the emperor can bring peace to the world and allow the people to live a stable life, but the fourth child cannot bring prosperity to the Zhou Dynasty.The fourth son's son may not be able to create a prosperous world.

If you want to create a prosperous world, you must not only have extraordinary wisdom and means, but also have boldness that ordinary people cannot have.Xiao Shi is bolder than Lao Si. To be precise, Xiao Shi is less disciplined than Lao Si, so Xiao Shi will be able to bring prosperity to Dazhou in the future.

"What a pity." For the King of Chu, the emperor not only admired him, but also loved him.Using the King of Chu to pave the way for Zhao Yao in the future made him feel a little guilty.

The shadow didn't speak, standing quietly in the dark corner waiting for the emperor's orders.

The emperor only felt soft and indebted for a while, and soon returned to normal.

"Continue to protect King Chu secretly."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The emperor waved his hand towards the shadow, and the shadow returned to the darkness without anyone in sight.

"By the way, what do Xiao Shi do with Li Jue?"

The black shadow emerged from the darkness again and said in a respectful tone: "Li Jue can't hold on any longer."

The emperor raised his lips and asked with interest: "What did Xiao Shi do?"

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