Since the Emperor Chu took office, the State of Chu has worked hard to govern and stabilize the country. In the past ten years, its national power has increased rapidly, and it has gradually caught up with the State of Chen.
In these years, although there have been repeated interferences from the grassland people on the border, and according to the usual practice, tribute has to be paid to Chen State every year, the country is still stable and the people can live and work in peace and contentment.
However, since the beginning of this year, a series of events have gradually broken this stability.
The rise of large tribes on the grassland doubled the pressure on the border, and the alliance with Chen Guo alleviated this pressure. However, before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, the prince's condition worsened rapidly, and it became worse day by day.
Foolishness and a gloomy future for the country have aroused the desire of countless knowledgeable people to protect the country.
By mid-June of that year, envoys from the State of Chen and the State of Chu came to the capital one after another. The prince was assassinated, and King Xin was assassinated. There was an undercurrent in the capital, and even ordinary people noticed a trace of abnormal atmosphere.
Officials in the DPRK and China, as well as people who are always paying attention to political affairs, are even more worried. The current situation has become extremely tense. A small spark may completely ignite it. When the time comes, no one can predict
What will be the final result?
Kyoto, inn.
Although the envoys from the Grassland and the envoys from the Chen State were both guests from afar, in terms of their relationship with the Chu State, the Grassland was naturally far inferior to the Chen State, and the place they lived in was nothing more than a post station.
In a certain room in the inn, many grassland messengers stood in front of a young man, looking extremely respectful.
The young man is dressed in Han Chinese clothes, holds a folding fan, and has his hair pulled up into a high bun. He has a handsome appearance and can be regarded as a handsome young man.
Wan Yanyan opened the door and came in, happily saying: "Second brother, why are you here!"
The young man looked at her, smiled and said, "Yan'er, you sneaked out quietly this time, are you ready to accept the punishment from your father?"
"The worst thing is that I will be punished..." Wan Yanyan curled her lips and said nonchalantly: "I came out this time and saw a lot of things and met a lot of people. Even if I am punished, I am willing to do so."
The young man patted her on the head and said with a smile: "It seems that your trip was not in vain. Your Chinese is getting better and better."
The middle-aged woman walked in from the door, cupped her hands and said, "I have met the second prince."
The young man looked at her and said, "Master Gongsun, there is no need to be polite."
After everyone entered the room, he asked: "How is the plan going?"
The middle-aged woman said: "The plan to assassinate Princess Chen failed, but we have gained the trust of the Crown Prince of Chu. The plan to marry Princess Changning is in progress. Honglu Temple will host a banquet for us and Chen in two days."
Ambassador of the country, that is a great opportunity."
"I heard that the courtiers of Chu State suggested that the prince be deposed." The young man shook his head and said, "I thought we could achieve our goal with the help of the prince's power, but I didn't expect that the prince would not be able to protect himself..."
The middle-aged woman looked up at him and said, "The prince has just sent someone to deliver the message. The matter may be better than what the second prince heard."
"Oh?" The young man raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "I have just come here. I have to trouble Master Gongsun to tell me about the affairs of Chu State..."
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Splendid Palace.
Zhao Man's mood was much better than when she first came to Chu State. Every day she looked forward to deposing the prince. After deposing the prince, she could go back the same way and live back in her princess mansion outside the palace. There would be no restrictions and she could do whatever she wanted...
Chen Zhou walked in from outside the door, bowed and said, "Master Tang, someone from Prince Xin's Mansion said that Prince Xin asked you to come over."
Chen Zhou was a smart and skilled young man, so Tang Ning specially recruited him from Lu Teng.
Zhao Man held up her chin with her hands, pouted, and asked, "Why did you go to Xinwangfu again?"
Tang Ning looked at her and said, "Whether we can go back depends on King Xin. Only by visiting Prince Xin's residence more can we prepare in advance."
Zhao Man wondered: "Can we go back? What does it have to do with King Xin?"
Tang Ning looked at her and said, "Think about it, if King Xin can become the emperor, wouldn't the prince be deposed? In this case, the marriage will be invalidated, and we can naturally go back."
Zhao Man's eyes lit up and she said: "Then you go quickly, leave early and come back early..."
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Before coming to the Prince's Palace, Tang Ning thought that the old man Xin Wang wanted him to try poison again. After coming to the Palace, she realized that it was not for dinner.
Li Tianlan waited for him in front of the mansion and said, "Father is waiting for you in the study."
Tangning followed her in and asked, "What does he want from me?"
Li Tianlan shook his head and said, "My father didn't tell me, and I don't know either."
Li Tianlan walked to the study door and knocked on the door.
"Come in." A deep voice came from the study.
Li Tianlan opened the door and walked in. Tangning followed her into the study room and saw King Xin standing in front of the table, writing something without looking back.
He walked to the table and saw a piece of white paper spread on the table with two words on it.
Although there are only two words, it is majestic and majestic. There is madness in the atmosphere, and beauty in the madness.
King Xin put down his pen and asked, "What do you think of my wildly scrawled painting?"
Tangning nodded and said, "Okay."
He really didn't understand calligraphy. If King Xin hadn't said that what he wrote was wild cursive, he would have thought that the other party was doing some kind of performance art like ink graffiti.
King Xin glanced at him and said, "I didn't expect you to know cursive writing, so why don't you tell me what's so good about this cursive calligraphy?"
"..."
This is a bit overwhelming. Saving face for others means saving face for yourself. How could Tangning know the merits of his wild sketch? She looked at the two words on the table with unknown content, thought for a moment, and said:
"Fortunately, it's crazy and grassy enough!"
"Cough!" Li Tianlan couldn't help coughing.
King Xin frowned and asked: "You are so perfunctory with me, but you think my words are ugly?"
Tangning shook her head and said, "That's not the case. It's just that I don't understand Kuangcao, so I can't make any judgment on the prince's calligraphy."
King Xin shook his head and said: "Sanyuan Jidi doesn't know calligraphy... well, I will give this calligraphy to you."
Tang Ning looked at it carefully and said, "My lord, these two words are probably not suitable..."
"Not suitable?" King Xin frowned and asked: "A man is a man who stands upright and must live up to the word "magnanimous" in this life. Do you think these two words are not suitable for you?"
Tangning checked it out again and suddenly said, "It turns out he is magnanimous..."
King Xin frowned and asked, "What do you think it is?"
"I thought it was something else..." Tangning shook her head. She could write frankness almost like "slut...". King Xin's cursive handwriting was really cursive.
He looked at King Xin, changed the subject and said, "I wonder what the hell is going on when King Xin asked me to come over?"
King Xin looked at him and said slowly: "You have rescued me and the princess again and again. If you don't show anything, others may think that I am a person who knows how to repay kindness."
Tangning waved her hand and said, "It's just a small effort, not worth mentioning..."
King Xin looked at him and said: "Rewarding you with gold and silver is a bit too vulgar. You are from the Chen Kingdom, and I cannot reward you with an official position. I thought about it for a while. You and Lan Lan are about the same age and have known each other for a long time. Why not
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"This..." Tangning was stunned, looked at King Xin, then at Li Tianlan, and said in disbelief: "Isn't this bad?"
King Xin looked at him and said, "How about we let you sworn brothers and sisters?"
Tang Ning looked at King Xin and froze on the spot.
King Xin made such a sharp turn that he couldn't react for a while.
After talking in a roundabout way for a long time, it turned out that he and Li Tianlan wanted to be sworn brothers and sisters... She was a few months older than him, so even if they were sworn brothers, they should still be sisters--brothers and sisters!
Moreover, he already has several god sisters and god sisters, why does he need one more?
Besides, if he really became sworn sworn friends with Li Tianlan, then who is he? Wouldn’t he have an extra father for no reason?
Tangning looked at King Xin again, her eyes slightly focused.
He keeps talking about repaying a favor, but you believe him. It turns out that he is just trying to take advantage of himself. This bad old man is very bad...
