"Uncle, why? I am your nephew, I am the blood of the Qu family!" The fifth prince looked at Qu Xiong and shouted in frustration.
Qu Xiong looked at him and said calmly: "You become the king, and the Chu State will perish. You are the king, do you think you can survive?"
"Are you the Grand Marshal?" the fifth prince asked puzzledly.
"If I were really that powerful, Chu State would not be like this. I sent a letter to the capital before, asking the capital's imperial army to cross the Hengshui River and march north. Did you stand up to support me?" Qu Xiong asked.
The fifth prince was immediately speechless, because at that time, he was reprimanding Qu Xiong like everyone else, and now he naturally had nothing to say.
Now the eighth prince is standing in front of the capital with an army. Before, he could only beat drums, but now he is standing in front of the city gate wearing armor and mounting a horse. Behind him is the army that has reached its peak of anger.
"I am His Majesty's eighth son, Xiong Xuzhi, the guard at the city gate. I ordered the city gate to be opened." The eighth prince shouted loudly to the guard at the top of the city.
"Your Majesty has decreed that the capital is under martial law and the city gates are not allowed to be opened. If Your Highness really wants to come in, I can put down the hanging basket." The guard immediately responded.
When the eighth prince Xiong Xuzhi heard this, he suddenly said with grief and anger: "What's the point of me entering the city alone? In the battle at the pass of Dongyi Mountains, hundreds of thousands of armies of Chu and Yue have been fighting each other to this day. The soldiers of Chu threw their heads and shed blood. Now there are tens of thousands The wounded are waiting for rescue and placement. They finally made it to the royal capital, but now they are turned away. I know that my father thinks this will not be the case. Who passed the order? Not long ago, when my fifth brother left the city, he said that my father If you are seriously ill and in a coma, how can you issue an order while you are in a coma?"
Faced with the fourth prince's question, the guard under the city gate had no way of answering.
"Eunuch Jia, I still need Young Master Hu Ninghong's help." The eighth prince also acted like a polite and virtuous sergeant at this time.
"You know that outside is the royal capital. If you count seven, he will immediately send someone to open the door, otherwise you will attack the city. You have to see, there are not many soldiers under the city wall who are willing to die for those traitors." Four Wang Zire smiled, but his voice had not spread all over the city wall.
"It's slow."
The Eighth Prince was the first to react and shouted with a clear face: "It's bad. Before the Seventh Brother went out, Chang encouraged Qu Xiong to force him into the palace. The Fourth Brother always came out ahead."
"Haha, the Eighth Palace is really powerful. After that, he immediately ordered martial law before Lao Qi left the city. Then closing the city gate may not have reached that point. You give up. The Eighth Palace, please admit defeat with me."
"Mr. Zhao, that is a forged imperial edict. Please leave the fingerprints of the Zhao clan chief, as well as the Eighth Palace." At that time, Hu Ninghong took out an imperial edict directly from her pocket, and I was not prepared to spoil everything.
"Mr. Jia, that's when we need him." At this time, the Zhao clan leader grabbed my arm.
After hearing those words, Patriarch Zhao's face became less ugly. At this time, his eyes fell on the faces of Patriarch Jing and the Eighth Prince. Then he looked back at Eunuch Jia and said: "Haha, it turns out that Eunuch Jia hasn't made a choice yet. Yes, it turns out that the Eighth Palace is still a low move."
"Although according to Xiaoxia's rules, there should be no order of birth and age, but the Chu country is in turmoil at present, and you Chu people should let the incompetent be the king. The eighth prince is not as good as the eighth prince in terms of talent or courage. Immediately Determine the identity of the Eighth Palace Master and unify your superiors, so that you can persuade Qu Xiong, otherwise you will all be in chaos, and Qu Xiong will really let the Seventh Palace Master take over." Eunuch Jia said.
Hearing those words, the guard was immediately frightened, and immediately shouted: "In the fourth hall, he should not mess around, that is the royal capital."
"Zhao Gong must control him, otherwise everything will be over once he gets out of control. You can't guarantee that Bage will inherit Xiao Zongzheng's position before." The eighth prince said.
Seeing this, the fourth prince directly raised the spear in his hand low and said: "You, the soldiers of the Chu Kingdom, fought bloody battles, but now you have to suffer like this. Sir, as a descendant of the royal family, you are in charge of everything. No one listens to orders, prepare." Attack the city, since they dare to rebel, I will put an end to the rebellion,"
"Bad, just give him half an hour. When the time is up, when the city gate is opened, you will kill him and retreat."
The fingerprints of several people were very slow to leave under the imperial edict. Eunuch Jia immediately put them away, then raised his hands towards the Eighth Palace and said: "In the Prince's Palace, I will go to the city to announce the edict. I suspect that I will see the old slave in the Fourth Palace." Know what to do.”
However, the fourth prince paid no attention to him and shouted to the small army in front of him: "The army listens to the order and attack the city!" The guard was completely panicked at this moment and could only shout: "Your Majesty, Fourth Hall, please wait. What are you doing?" Lord, I’ll give you half an hour.”
"Kill and retreat!" When the soldiers in front heard this, they also started to drink.
"Hey!" The eighth prince saw this and stamped his feet fiercely, but there was nothing he could do.
"Rizu, is there really no chance?" the eighth prince begged.
But Eunuch Jia withdrew his hand, looked at me and said with a smile: "Clan Chief Zhao, you know what the young marshal is thinking. I will definitely rebel and am a loyal minister of the Chu State. So if you go there in person, you still have no confidence in convincing the young marshal. Marshal, it’s just that they are arguing outside, and you will have something to do when the time comes.”
"Now there is only one way." At that time, Eunuch Jia, the chief chamberlain and the most caring person of the King of Chu, stood up.
"The Eighth Palace and the Seventh Palace will really attack the city in order to seek the throne, but I am also afraid of Your Majesty." Chief Zhao said seriously.
"The talents of the Eighth Palace are higher than those of Your Majesty. I only know how to obey orders and do things. I dare not delay when important matters are at hand." Eunuch Jia responded with a smile, and then left gracefully.
"Fourth Hall, that is Your Majesty's decree." Seeing this, Eunuch Jia suddenly realized that it was right, but he still downplayed it again.
With a smile on his face, Eunuch Jia walked to the top of the city surrounded by me, looked at the soldiers and horses above, then took out the imperial edict and said: "On the fourth hall, Your Majesty even asked the emperor to mount his horse to receive the edict."
Seeing Eunuch Jia like this at the top of the city, the fourth prince's mouth suddenly showed a warm smile. I did not mount my horse at this moment. Instead, I raised my spear again and pointed it at the top of the city: "He arrived half an hour after they wanted him. I, the king, ask first, whether to open the city gate or not."
"The young marshal is a famous general in the Chu Kingdom. It is said that there are not 40,000 forbidden troops in the city, but most of the 40,000 people are dandies who have been forced to retreat by the children of various families. At least 70,000 are capable of fighting, and those 70,000 are just show-offs. ." The Eighth Prince was still arguing just now, but now his mind is clear and he is no longer afraid.
"Hu Ninghong, Ning is finally here. If it's a moment later, the Fourth Palace will really take action." Seeing Eunuch Jia appear, the city guard also breathed a sigh of relief.
What happened outside had not reached the ears of the two princes and a group of ministers who were still arguing with each other in the city by a quarter of an hour. At this moment, we believed that the person who sent the message had made a mistake, but we slowly realized something. .
"What does Eunuch Jia mean?" Chief Zhao asked.
