Shortly after Duke Wen of Jin returned from Mianshan, envoys from King Zhou Xiang came to him, saying that his uncle had led the rebellion and that the emperor had fled to Zheng. He asked the Marquis of Jin to send troops to help the king and escort the emperor back to Luoyi.
It turned out that King Xiang of Zhou lost his wife in middle age and wanted to marry another. Taozi, a doctor, and Uncle Xian recommended him a beautiful woman named Ji Kuma, who was from Di. In order to prove Ji Kuma's beauty, Taozi even sang Di Ren.
Ballads of:
Former Ji Kuma,
Later Kuma,
night pearl,
Shine brightly.
Taozi explained: "There are two beauties in the Di Kingdom. The first one is named Ji Kuma, and the latter one is also named Ji Kuma. Both of them are beautiful and fragrant, like pearls. The former Ji Kuma was kidnapped from another country by the chief of the Di people.
After Chong'er fled to the Di Kingdom, the chief married the former Ji Kuma to Chong'er. The latter Ji Kuma was the daughter of the chief of the Di Kingdom. She was only eighteen years old and was not married yet."
King Zhou Xiang was fascinated by what he heard. Taozi continued: "Your Majesty, you are the Son of Heaven. You are supreme in the world. With your dignity, as long as you are willing, the people of Di will be eager to climb the dragon's beard."
After hearing the words of the two ministers, King Zhou Xiang sent people to the State of Di to propose marriage. The chief of the State of Di was very happy and married his daughter Ji Kuo to King Zhou Xiang. After King Zhou Xiang got this beautiful woman, he loved her very much and made her his wife.
As queen, she is called Queen Kuma.
Queen Kuma grew up in a nomadic tribe and was accustomed to freedom since childhood. After marrying Queen Zhou Xiang, she had to stay in the palace every day. King Zhou Xiang was middle-aged and lacked energy and could not satisfy the young Queen Kuma. As time went by, Queen Kuma
She became irritable. One day, she said to King Zhou Xiang: "I stay in this palace all day, and my life is boring. I want to go out and relax."
King Zhou Xiang asked: "Beauty, where do you want to go?"
Ji Kuma said: "I don't know where I'm going. I just want to go hunting on horseback, blow the wind in the mountains, look at the water in the river, and wander around in the woods."
King Zhou Xiang smiled and said: "This is easy. I will take you to Beiman Mountain for hunting."
Ji Kuo immediately cheered and jumped. King Zhou Xiang set a date, and his men immediately made arrangements. A group of vanguard troops set off early and built houses and stands on Beiman Mountain in advance, just waiting for the emperor to arrive.
When everything was ready, King Zhou Xiang took Queen Kuma, some members of the royal family, and a large number of escort troops to Beiman Mountain.
When the hunting started, King Zhou Xiang and Queen Kuma went up to the stand, drinking wine, admiring the scenery, and preparing to watch the army hunt. King Zhou Xiang offered a reward: "Anyone who kills more than thirty animals, regardless of birds or animals, can
, get the first-class reward; those who catch twenty, get the second-class reward, those who catch ten, get the third-class reward. Those who catch less than ten get no reward."
After the announcement and an order, the hunting began. Everyone went into the forest with a cheer.
At dusk, the princes, kings, grandsons and the soldiers of the army each brought back the prey they had caught to report their merits. Some of them caught more than twenty animals, and some of them hunted more than a dozen. Only the great-uncle brought more than thirty animals.
Moreover, they were all elk, hare, pheasant and other hard-to-hunt prey. King Zhou Xiang gave him wine and gave him the first-class reward.
Queen Kuma felt itchy in her heart after seeing it, and said to King Zhou Xiang: "King of Heaven, I haven't ridden a horse and shot an arrow for a long time. It's still early, and I also want to go hunting. Is that okay?"
King Zhou Xiang originally wanted to please the beauty, but now that he saw that Queen Kuma was happy, of course he agreed.
Queen Kuma entered the back tent, changed into soft armor and came out. She was carrying a long bow, a quiver on her back, and a sword hanging on her waist. She looked dashing and heroic. Queen Kuma was accompanied by several dowries.
The girls of the Di tribe were all dressed in military uniforms. This group of young women came to a stop where King Zhou Xiang's eyes were all drawn. It was simply a beautiful scenery. King Zhou Xiang was very happy.
Taishudai stood aside and couldn't help but stare straight at Hou Kuma. King Zhou Xiang frowned, and Taishudai quickly lowered his eyelids.
The sergeant brought a few horses. Kumago stepped forward lightly, pulled a white horse, jumped on the horse's back with a slight jump. Kumago's maids also got on the horse one after another. It was obvious that they were all skilled.
rider.
Queen Kuma saluted King Zhou Xiang, shouted, and whipped the horse. The women also whipped their horses' butts, and after hearing the sound of horse hooves, the group of "female cavalry" galloped away.
In the blink of an eye, he disappeared under the cover of the woods. The princes, princes, grandsons on the left and right, as well as the soldiers in the audience all cheered.
King Zhou Xiang said to the princes, princes and grandchildren: "Which of you is willing to protect the queen while hunting?"
Someone was about to go out, but his uncle came out first and said, "My king, I am willing to protect the queen."
This uncle is the brother of King Zhou Xiang. He is tall, handsome, and outstanding in bow and horse skills. King Zhou Xiang nodded and said, "Uncle is willing to go. It would be the best."
The uncle cupped his hands and thanked King Zhou Xiang. He got on his horse, knocked his legs together, and looked at the group of women who were running like the wind, and chased after them.
King Zhou Xiang squinted his eyes, picked up the wine glass, and took a sip.
Kumago galloped on her horse, as happy as a bird flying out of its cage, and soon left everyone far behind. As she ran, she heard the sound of horse hooves behind her. When she looked back, she saw her uncle leading one person.
As soon as they were riding, they were chasing after her. Kuma was secretly happy and smiled. She reined in the horse's head and waited for her uncle to lead him closer.
Queen Kuma said, "I heard that my uncle is very skilled in bow and horse. When I saw him today, he was really amazing."
Taishu Dai said: "The queen's riding skills are amazing, but I can't even match them."
Queen Kuma laughed happily. The laughter stopped, and the two looked at each other for a while, both of them feeling excited. It seemed that they had thousands of words to say, but they were unable to speak.
At this time, soldiers from the mountain opposite came to a small group of elk. When Taishu led the elk gradually approaching, he said to Queen Kuma: "Please shoot first."
Queen Kuma did not hesitate, drew her bow, nocked an arrow, aimed at a stag, and shot an arrow with a bang. The stag jumped violently and ran towards the forest with the arrow. Queen Kuma was proud of it.
He looked at Taishu Dai. Taishu Dai also had a bow in his hand. He aimed at the deer and fired an arrow. He saw a stag in the herd jump forward and fell to the ground. Taishu Dai raised his bow and fired an arrow.
It swaggered into the distance for a while. When the soldiers saw it, they ran to search for prey. After a while, a group of soldiers came to Kumago and Taishu with two pieces of prey.
Queen Kuma and Uncle Tai exchanged some compliments. Although they were in high spirits, it was getting late, so they had to come back with the prey. King Zhou Xiang was so happy that he couldn't help but praise each other: "Queen, thank you for your hard work. Queen is really capable..."
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A few days later, the uncle brought the court and went back to greet his mother, Empress Dowager Hui. Empress Kuma happened to be there too. The two couldn't help but flirt. After a while, the two left one after another, met in the garden, and then found a quiet room.
Went for a "long talk".
The first time this kind of thing happened, it was like water bursting from a dam, which was difficult to contain. From then on, Queen Kuma would often have "accidental encounters" with her uncle in the garden, and then go to that quiet room for "long talks."
Empress Dowager Hui's maids all knew that Taishu Dai was the Empress Dowager's darling, and no one dared to spread gossip about him.
As time went by, King Zhou Xiang heard some rumors. In anger, he threw Empress Kuma into the cold palace. Taishu took him and fled to Di Kingdom. Empress Dowager Hui was so angry that she vomited blood and could not get sick ever since.
Uncle Decai and Taozi were matchmakers for Empress Kuma. When this incident happened, they were worried that King Zhou Xiang would cause trouble, so they also fled to Di Kingdom.
The two men arrived at Di State and said to the chief of Di State: "At first, we were the matchmakers for Uncle Tai. Unexpectedly, the emperor saw Kuma's beauty and took Kuma as his own. Later, the two of them came together
When we met at Empress Dowager Hui's place, we couldn't help but talk a few more words. As a result, rumors spread, and the emperor threw Empress Kuma into the cold palace without asking any questions. He also kicked out his uncle. By doing this, he not only hurt those of us who are doing things.
It’s unfair, and I don’t take you chief seriously at all.”
Di Jun said: "Huh, it's really hateful. You're too courageous."
Uncle Dai said: "Please lend us some soldiers and horses from Mr. Di. Let us fight back to Luoyi, rescue Kuma, and make Taishu the emperor."
Di Jun said: "Okay, I will personally lead the troops and fight with you to Luoyi. If you dare to do this to my daughter, I must punish him."
The news of the Di people's revolt reached Luoyi. King Zhou Xiang sent people to Yuancheng and invited the minister Yuan Boguan to Luoyi to worship him as a general to resist the Di people. Yuan Boguan was already old and he led three hundred
A chariot went to meet the enemy. These Wang divisions, who had not fought for many years, were just like him, they were old-fashioned and had no fighting power at all. When the two armies fought, Yuan Boguan was completely defeated and he himself became a prisoner.
King Xiang of Zhou hurriedly handed over the court affairs to Duke Zhou, and fled to Zheng with dozens of followers in the name of hunting.
Taishu brought him into Luoyi. He first released Kuma, and then went to visit his mother, Queen Mother Hui. When Empress Dowager Hui saw her precious son back on the hospital bed, her spirits suddenly lifted, and she held on to him.
Hand said: "What I worry about most is that I won't be able to see you before I die. Now that you are back, you have fulfilled one of my wishes. Your brother has escaped, so you can become the emperor. If you become the emperor, I will forget it."
Even if you die, you can rest in peace."
So Taishu Dai borrowed the will of Empress Dowager Hui and ascended the throne as emperor. He named Empress Kuma the queen. Then he sent a lot of property to the Di people and asked them to temporarily station outside Luoyi City in case something happened. Mr. Di saw
After seeing her daughter, Kuma told him that Taishu Dai was her beloved husband. Just like that, the Di people actually stationed themselves outside Luoyi City.
Taishu Dai asked Di people to release Yuan Boguan and ordered him to return to the original city as a lord. Taishu Dai was also afraid that it would not be safe to live in the capital city of Luoyi, so he entrusted the government affairs to Zhou Gong and Zhao Gong, and took Empress Kuma himself.
He hid in Wenyi and lived a life of luxury and debauchery there.
Let’s talk about King Zhou Xiang. He walked to Fancheng of Zheng State and stopped. He asked his ministers to write a notice and sent it to Qi, Song, Zheng, Chen, Wei and other countries, asking the princes to send troops to Pancheng.
He came to the city to gather and followed him to Luoyi to expel the Di people. After receiving the notice, the princes all sent people to send gifts and money, but no one sent troops. King Zhou Xiang was angry and embarrassed.
Someone gave him an idea: "In the world now, only Qin Bo and Jin Hou have the strength and ambition. Please send envoys to Qin and Jin as soon as possible. As long as these two countries are willing to help, the problem will be solved."
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In this way, King Zhou Xiang sent two groups of envoys, one to Qin and the other to Jin.