The King of Chu, Xiong Liangfu, who was furious and had not yet recovered from his serious illness, was supported by Prince Xiong Shang and walked to the throne step by step with difficulty.

After finally sitting down on the throne, Xiong Liangfu calmed down his heavy breathing and turned his eyes to the prince standing beside him.

Xiong Shang nodded slightly and stood on the stairs with a clear understanding in his heart, looking down at the important officials of the Chu Kingdom below.

"The king has an order, and the envoy of Xuan Wei comes to the palace."

Xiong Shang's voice fell, and the ceremony officer in the palace ran quickly to the door of the palace. King Chu's orders were heard one after another in the palace.

"Your Majesty has an order to send the Wei envoy to the palace."

"Your Majesty has an order to send the Wei envoy to the palace."

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At this moment, Wei envoy Xu Yan and several of his attendants had been waiting under the stairs outside the main hall for a long time.

When the loud shouts of the Chu palace guards on both sides of the stairs reached his ears, a confident smile appeared on the face of Wei Ambassador Xu Yan.

"Rhinoshou, would you like to come with me?"

"Since I've been invited by your superiors, why would you dare to disobey me?"

The smile on his face became brighter and brighter, his right hand holding the scepter became harder, and a look of solemnity appeared in Xu Yan's eyes.

"us……"

"Walk!"

After he finished speaking, Xu Yan led Gongsun Yan, the rhinoceros leader, and a group of attendants behind him, and slowly walked up the stairs leading to the main hall.

Xu Yan didn't walk very fast, but every step was as heavy and steady as a mountain.

When he reached the door of the main hall, Xu Yan suddenly paused and secretly let out a breath of turbidity in his chest.

Entering the palace, Xu Yan quickened his pace, taking three steps at a time and two steps at a time to reach the front of King Xiong Liangfu of Chu.

"The foreign minister pays homage to the King of Chu."

Sitting high on the throne, looking at the Wei envoy below who was greeting him, Xiong Liangfu suddenly felt full of anger in his heart.

The battle on the front line had just ended, and the Chu army suffered a disastrous defeat in Yancheng. At this moment, the envoy from Wei dared to stand in front of him so grandly.

If possible, Xiong Liangfu would like to capture the Wei envoy in front of him alive to commemorate the Chu soldiers who died in the bloody battle on the front line.

But Xiong Liangfu is the King of Chu after all, and his more than 20 years of hard work in the throne have made him understand that he must not act blindly because of his personal likes and dislikes.

In this era of the Warring States period, when etiquette was broken and music was broken, the custom of "when two countries engage in war, do not kill envoys" has become useless.

Otherwise, the messenger would not have become a high-risk profession, and even worse, he would be thrown from the city wall by the opponent.

Whether to take action against the envoy, in addition to the host's personal likes and dislikes, the situation faced is also one of the important factors to weigh.

Obviously, Chu State, which had just suffered a huge defeat at the hands of Wei State, could never completely break up with the other party.

The anger of Chu King Xiong Liangfu subsided little by little as he weighed the pros and cons, but the atmosphere in the hall gradually became solemn because of the long silence.

At this moment, the important officials of the Chu State below did not dare to say anything, because they knew that they could not bear the anger from the King of Chu;

At this moment, Wei envoy Xu Yan, who was standing under the throne, remained silent because he was waiting for King Chu's next reaction;

The tacit understanding reached by both parties made the air in the hall seem to become thinner.

Just when the waiting ministers of the Chu State were out of breath, a sudden sound broke the balance in the hall.

"Now Chu and Wei are at war. I wonder what important matters the Wei envoy has to come to Yingdu?"

The voice fell, and Prince Xiong Shang came to Xu Yan, and their eyes met at this moment.

"Dare to ask..."

"Xiong Shang, I have met the Wei envoy."

"Foreign minister, please pay your respects to the prince."

At this moment, Xu Yan, Xiong Shang and Xiong Liangfu were standing in the main hall. Xu Yan was in front, Xiong Shang was in the middle, and Xiong Liangfu was still sitting on the throne.

His eyes first fell on Xiong Shang in front of him. After a moment, his eyes moved slightly and looked at Xiong Liangfu on the throne.

The young prince was naturally in his prime and high-spirited. In stark contrast, the King of Chu looked increasingly decrepit due to his weakness.

This situation made Xu Yan feel a little emotional. If Xiong Liangfu represents the present of Chu State, then Xiong Xiongshang represents the future of Chu State.

One is the sunset on the side of the Western Mountain, and the other is the rising sun.

Faced with the gazes of the two people looking at him at the same time, Xu Yan slightly restrained his thoughts, and his voice slowly rose in the hall.

"Now that the city of Yan has been secured, the coalition vanguard will arrive at the capital of Ying in the near future. In the event of this great victory, my king would like to invite all the princes of the world to hunt for Lantian."

"The foreign minister, by orders of my king and the king of Han, came to Yingdu to invite the king of Chu to Lantian."

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"Wei Guo has gone too far to bully others!"

After the audience came to an end, King Xiong Liangfu of Chu returned to the palace with the support of Prince Xiong Shang.

As soon as he sat down on the couch, recalling every word that Wei envoy Xu Yan said in the main hall, King Xiong Liangfu of Chu couldn't help but feel anger welling up in his heart.

When mentioning Lantian, perhaps the first thing many people think of is Lantian in the land of Guanzhong.

In the "Jin Se" written by Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty, "Lantian is warm and the sun is shining, and smoke is coming from the jade", it is Lantian in Guanzhong.

But not only is there Lantian in Guanzhong, there is also Lantian between Chu State and Yan, and the distance from it to the capital of Ying is only more than 200 miles.

The State of Wei placed the place where the alliance with the princes of the world was held in Lantian of the State of Chu. As the King of Chu, Xiong Liangfu clearly did not take his own State of Chu seriously.

The Chu army was repeatedly defeated by the Wei army, but this did not mean that Wei could bully Chu in this way.

"Cough cough cough..."

Prince Xiong Shang, who was standing aside, saw that his father was aroused by anger and became ill, so he quickly stepped forward to comfort him.

"Please calm down my father. Now is the time when the Chu Kingdom is in danger. You must not ignore the overall situation just because of a moment of anger."

Hearing the reminder from his prince and recalling the situation he was facing, Xiong Liangfu knew that he could not fall down at this moment. At this time, the Chu State could no longer tolerate any turmoil.

Xiong Liangfu tried his best to calm down and looked at his prince, "I wonder what the prince thinks when Wei Feng invites me to go there this time?"

"I would like to inform my father, I think we, the Chu Kingdom, should go there." Banner made his attitude clear, and Xiong Shang continued: "This alliance between princes is just like the old days when King Zhuang aspired to the throne."

The king of Chuzhuang asked Wang Sunman about the importance of the Jiuding. This was not because Chu State really had the strength to annex the world, but to declare to other countries that Chu State had the ambition to annex the world.

When Xiong Liangfu heard Xiong Shang mention the old story of King Chuzhuang's bid for the Zhou Dynasty, a cold light suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"The prince thinks that Wei Feng's alliance with the princes this time is just to establish his authority?"

"Exactly. Even though the Wei State is powerful, it does not dare to risk the disapproval of the world" and completely destroy the Chu State."

"Wei's alliance with the princes this time is not only to use the power of the princes of the world to coerce our Chu country and force our Chu country to surrender; it is also to use our Chu country to demonstrate to the princes of the world, so that no princes in the world dare to resist Wei.

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"Because of this, we, the Chu State, not only want to go to the alliance this time, but also take this opportunity to let the princes of the world see clearly the wolfish ambitions of the Wei State. Although the Wei State is strong, it cannot be defeated by the combined efforts of the princes of the world."

"well said."

Xiong Shang's words rekindled Xiong Liangfu's fighting spirit, and he used all his strength to push his body up.

"This time the princes gather for an alliance, our country of Chu..."

“Must go!”
Chapter completed!