The prince and his master looked up at the palace and left slowly. If King Ruluo doesn't want to summon them, what's the use of standing here and waiting? He could only leave immediately and live in a certain room under the arrangement of the postmaster. The messenger stood in front and ordered the merchant: "This is the foreign envoy arranged by my king. I will entertain you with good wine and delicious food." The merchant looked at the two guests who had come from afar and said: "Please obey me." King's order." Then Er Chong was brought into the guest room to rest. After entering the guest room, the prince became even more restless. He turned around and asked, "Sir, since King Ruluo Xi doesn't want to see us, then what's the point of us staying here?" The prince's master asked: "Your Highness, the revenge of the previous king Don't you want to take revenge?" This question just struck the prince's heart, which made the prince extremely distressed. He took a few steps forward and said, "I want to take revenge on the enemy of the late king, and I never dare to forget it." The prince's master said again: "Your Highness We shoulder the heavy responsibility of restoring the country, and we need to be calm and wait for the king's summons."
Although they were entertained with good wine and meat, there was no sign of King Ruluo's summons. The prince's master did not think about food and tea, so he called the postman and asked, "I wonder when the king will summon us?" The postmaster also had a look on his face. Helpless, he said: "I am just a minor minister. As for when the king will summon you, I don't know yet. Please wait patiently." They shouldered the heavy responsibility of restoring the country, but King Ruluo Xi was not summoned for a long time. He was very anxious and said: "Since the king doesn't want to summon us, I will go to see the king myself and beg for your summons." The messenger dissuaded him and said: "Sir, please don't act rashly. If you startle the Holy Master, if the king blames you, I may kill you." The prince's master pushed the messenger away and said: "The foreign minister has already put his life and death aside. If the king wants to kill me, just come." Then he turned around and kowtowed: "Your Highness, I will go first. Your Highness, please wait here. The prince looked at the prince's master with his eyes and said: "Sir, I will go with you." The prince's master's eyes were like a torch and said: "The prince is the crown prince of a country. How can the future king lower his status and insult our family?" The wind." The prince looked at the back of the prince's master as he walked out, followed closely and said: "Sir, how precious is it to go here." The prince's master waved his hand, stepped out of the post house, and walked towards the Ruluo West Palace, but was stopped by The soldiers guarding the palace gate stopped him and asked, "Why did you see the king?" Before the prince's master looked up at the palace gate, he revealed his identity and said: "I am the prince's master of the termite tribe. I have an urgent matter to meet with the king." The soldiers guarding the palace gate He refused on the grounds that the king was busy with political affairs and it was inconvenient to summon foreign envoys. The prince's master knelt outside the palace gate and said: "If the king is unwilling to summon the foreign ministers, the foreign ministers will not be able to kneel down until the king summons the foreign ministers." In the palace, King Ruluo Xi discussed political affairs with the ministers. Hearing the quarrel outside the palace gate, he called a eunuch and said, "Go and find out what happened outside the palace gate." After a while, the eunuch came in and said, "Your Majesty, the termite tribe's envoy is kneeling down to wait for the king's summons. ." King Ruluo Xi had no idea in his mind and was tired of it. He said, "What do you think we should do?" A minister came out and looked up at him and said, "Your Majesty, if we summon the termite tribe's envoys here, we might attract troops." Woe, our country has just settled down and we can no longer provoke war over this matter. We cannot summon him." He then ordered the eunuch: "Just say that the king is busy with political affairs and it is inconvenient to summon him. Just ask him to go back and wait. Just go and tell him." The eunuch walked out of the palace gate again, stood on the steps and said: "Sir, please go back. The king is busy with political affairs and it is inconvenient to meet." The prince's master knelt down and raised his head and said, "I have been waiting to stay in the post house for three days. I have never seen the king ask anything, may I ask what the king means?" The eunuch was also speechless and shook his head before entering. The prince's master shouted: "Your Majesty, please save our termite clan! Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" King Ruluo Xi was constantly interrupted by shouts from outside the palace, and became furious and retreated to the harem. He also told the eunuch to give it some food. The eunuch walked out with a food box in his hand and said: "Sir, your voice has become hoarse from shouting. I, the king, love you. Please have a meal."
"No, no, the foreign minister asks the king to come out to meet the foreign minister, otherwise the foreign minister will go on a hunger strike and kneel to death outside the palace gate." The eunuch also expressed sympathy in his heart, and paced back and forth anxiously, saying: "What are you doing again? Why bother?" The prince replied: "My people of the termite tribe are being slaughtered by foreign tribes. I was born as a minister of the termite tribe, and I can live in peace and quiet." Then he shouted: "Your Majesty, please save my termite tribe. ! God! Open your eyes and take a look. Do you really want to destroy our termite tribe? Your Majesty, please save the common people! Your Majesty, please show kindness!" The sky gradually became dark, and then it started to rain again. It started to rain heavily. The prince's master knelt down in the heavy rain, looked up to God and shouted: "Oh God! Can't you understand Wei Chen? Wei Chen only has this humble life. If you want to take it, take it! Even if Wei Chen is Even if I die, I have to wait until the king comes out to meet him." There was continuous crying outside the palace gate, and the crying could break the heart and soul, and it was enough to make the heaven and earth shake.
The miserable cries outside the palace gate made King Ruluo Xi toss and turn, unable to sleep peacefully. He called the eunuch and asked, "Has the termite envoy outside the palace gate not left yet?" The eunuch stood at Ruluo Xi. Beside the king, he looked very respectful, then glanced outside the palace gate a few times, felt pity, and said: "Your Majesty, it has been on a hunger strike for a day and a night, and it has been unable to kneel down. Your Majesty, you'd better summon it, Otherwise, something big will happen." King Ruluo Xi was very angry. He sat up and said, "Do you want to interfere in the affairs of the widows? Internal history is not allowed to interfere in the affairs of foreign dynasties. You have served two generations of kings, so why don't you think so? Do you know?" The eunuch immediately knelt down, trembling with fright, and said: "I don't dare, I don't dare anymore. Your Majesty, please forgive my sin." King Ruluo Xi then slowed down and said: " The ant will not blame you. The eunuch ordered you to get up and answer." The eunuch then stood up and closed his lips tightly to be careful of the disaster coming from his mouth. On the contrary, he could not save other ants. He would not be able to protect himself, and the gain outweighed the loss, so he kept silent and kept quiet. Stand aside. The crying outside the palace gate made King Ruluo Xi very upset. He held up his head with one hand and said, "Let's arrange for some palace ladies to sing and dance." Inside the palace, there were singing and dancing birds, and outside the palace, there was constant crying. The rain gradually subsided and drizzled. There was a sound of pattering. King Ruluo Xi was silent in the song and dance, ignoring the cry outside the palace gate, and fell asleep with his head propped up, and the sound of snoring could be heard. The eunuch led the maids gently out of the palace gate, looked back at the prince's master kneeling outside the palace gate, shook his head helplessly, and left with a long sigh.
The storm lasted all night and didn't stop until dawn. The raindrops dripped from the eaves of the palace, and the air in the morning after the rain was like a wash, stained with the smell of earth, washing away the dust of the day. During the morning court, the ministers all avoided the crown prince's division, or gathered around to watch, chatting a little or even feeling worried, and entered the palace helplessly. Seeing that it was pitiful, the eunuch put the breakfast aside and said: "Sir, you have been kneeling all day and night, please have some breakfast." The prince's master still refused: "If you don't see the king for a day, the foreign ministers will not have to eat for a day. ." It was so stubborn that it didn't even have the strength to speak and had to hold on. It gasped and inhaled. Seeing that its face was pale, the eunuch was helpless and said, "Why are you doing this?" The prince's master straightened his back and begged: "Your Majesty. , please save the termite clan! Your Majesty!" His tears dried up and he shed two lines of bloody tears. He continued to shout: "Your Majesty, my foreign minister is begging you, save the termites, save the termites! Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Even though it was September, the sun in the south was still so hot. Then the eunuch entered the palace and said: "Your Majesty, the foreign envoy of the Termite Tribe has cried all his tears and made his blood bleed. Go and have a look." These words made King Ruluo Xi feel restless and said: "Go out and have a look. , don't let it die in Jiuruluo Xizhou." King Ruluo Xi was even more anxious, and the minister below comforted him: "Your kindness is the blessing of Jiuruluo Xizhou." The eunuch walked out and stood in front of the prince's teacher. Hold an umbrella next to it to shade it. The prince's master looked up at him, his body was shaking unsteadily, and he said in a low voice: "Go away, I will kneel and die outside this palace gate and I don't want your pity." The eunuch was very distressed and said: "Sir." The prince's master still refused. The eunuch's kindness showed that it was a stubborn ant, and he said: "Go away, or I will crash to death on this step with my last breath." The eunuch was also convinced, stepped aside, and complained: "I I have served two generations of kings and read countless bugs in my life. I have never seen such a stubborn ant like you. If you want to die, just die. What does it have to do with me? I have such a bad attitude, but I have ended up in an unpleasant situation. ." He ordered the children to bring in cushions and sit cross-legged to see how long he could kneel.
The prince's master also didn't come back all day and night, and the prince didn't sleep all night. He walked up and down in the room, anxious. He called the messenger and asked: "Sir, you have been in the palace all night and you haven't come back. Could it be that something has happened to you?" The messenger was silent for a long time and said: "Xin Xu, your husband has already met the king. After talking with the king all night, he deeply agreed with the king. The king left him in the palace to ask for advice. Prince, please be patient and don't be impatient. He will come soon. Then you can meet your husband." After hearing what the postmaster said, the prince said doubtfully: "The news is accurate."
"The news from the palace is certainly accurate."
The prince felt at ease and said happily: "With such a good thing, my master's talent and learning will definitely convince the king." But who could have known that the prince's master knelt outside the palace gate for three days and three nights, and finally he was exhausted. Fainted.
