Huai State, Jinling.
The dim sunlight shines through the window, reflecting on the figure sitting in front of the desk. The original black hair has become mottled. Wang Qi reached out and touched the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, sighing slightly in his heart, and then looked at the heroic young man in front of him.
This is his eldest son, Wang Pu.
At that time, Wang Pu was only a few days old, and he was like a flawless jade. Everyone in the palace was amazed. Wang Qi and Xizi had three sons and two daughters. It can be said that all of them were like flawless jade. When they grow up, although they are slightly inferior to their mother, they are still as beautiful as ever.
His two daughters are not as beautiful as their mother, which is what holds him back as a father. Although Wang Qi is also handsome and handsome among the princes, it depends on who he is competing with. Everyone in the family has a charm of 95 or above, but he is the only one with 91. How can he not be held back?
Looking at the heroic eldest son, Wang Qi also realized that he was old.
It has been more than twenty years since the Huai State moved its capital to Jinling. When Wang Qi moved the capital to Jinling under pressure, he was under great pressure. If there were any problems with the development of Jinling, it would become an excuse for those people.
After moving west to Jinling, he needed to maintain the interests of all parties, continue to promote young crops loans, and suppress the aristocratic class in the country. A few years ago, Wu Zixu and Sun Wuzi passed away one after another. Fortunately, there were still Fan Li and Wen Zhong in the court.
The Huai State has been tempering its edge over the years. After all, the Huai State is so powerful that it is too easy for it to be attacked by other countries. Especially this time after Huai State defeated Chu State.
Therefore, in these years, the Huai State has not used troops against the Bangzhou countries. Wang Qi has not even moved the states that have been surrounded by the Huai State. At the same time, he has made good friends with the Bangzhou countries.
Many of the students in the Academy are serving as officials in various countries, and there are also students from various countries who go to the Academy to study. Even students from Qin came to study.
Although the Huai Kingdom did not expand outwards, several countries bordering the Huai Kingdom did not dare to touch the Huai Kingdom's brows, especially when Sun Wuzi was still alive. After the death of Sun Wuzi, Qi Chu was relieved.
When Sun Wuzi passed away, Wang Qi gave him extremely high treatment. He sent Prince Pu to hold his coffin and the Tengjia Army to escort him. He also ordered the whole country to ban singing, dancing, and banquets for three days, and the whole country was in mourning.
It is said that after the death of Sun Wuzi, the King of Chu happily danced in the palace and then got drunk.
When Wang Qi heard about this, he was very angry and ordered his troops to capture two cities in Chu State and move the people in the cities back. The State of Chu was at the front of the Huai State and did not dare to fight with them. They could only send envoys to ask for the return of the Huai State to the people.
An envoy from the State of Chu came and said that the State of Chu had no fault and that Huai was unjust in attacking the State of Chu. He wanted the State of Huai to release the people.
Wang Qi attacked the Chu State on the grounds that the Huai State was in mourning and the King of Chu deliberately sang, danced and drank, which hurt the feelings of the Huai State. He also stated that this war was entirely caused by the rudeness of the King of Chu, and the Chu State should bear full responsibility, and demanded that the Chu State compensate for the loss of food and grass sent by the troops and the compensation for the death and injury of the soldiers.
The Chu envoy was shocked and angry: "Now that Huai is strong and Chu is weak, if you want to impose a crime, why bother?"
When everyone in the Chu State heard about this, they were filled with indignation and asked the King of Chu to send troops to attack Huaihe. The King of Chu, Xiang Meng and Qu Qing hesitated for a long time, but in the end they did not send troops and ordered a strict defense. All passes must be vigilant to prevent Huai Guo from sneak attack.
Wang Qi was very sorry to see that Chu State endured and did not send troops. He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity this time, that is, he wanted to let Chu State attack, and then take advantage of the situation to invade Chu State. Unfortunately, Chu State did not take the bait, and Wang Qi had no idea of attacking Chu State's passes, so he left it alone. .
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Under the governance of Wang Qi, Jinling City exudes vitality. The towering city walls are shocking, and the dazzling sunlight shines down, adding a bit of majesty to it.
Sunlight was scattered in the Huai Palace. Wang Qi looked at the slightly dazzling light. He was already very old, and his beard and hair were all white, but he could vaguely see the charm of his youth.
Xi Shi poured him a glass of glutinous rice wine. Since the imperial doctor suggested Wang Qi stop drinking a few years ago, Xi Shi no longer allowed him to drink wine, but instead drank glutinous rice wine. At this time, she was still the same as she was when the two got married, as gorgeous as ever and as beautiful as ever.
Even though he has been in charge of the Huai Palace and the harem for many years, the spirituality in him has not diminished, but has a little more nobility, reflecting the beauty of heaven and earth, and the elite of the mountains and rivers.
Looking at the extremely beautiful wife in front of him, Wang Qi couldn't help but praise: "My beloved man is extremely beautiful, but I have become a sour old man."
"My beloved, please don't say that." Xi Shi gently blocked Wang Qi's mouth with her delicate hand, and then looked at Wang Qi with the same smile as she had decades ago: "My beloved is a great hero who stands upright. .”
"But heroes die late!" Wang Qi sighed: "I have already felt that I will die this autumn."
Xi Shi's heart trembled, then she smiled and said, "If you pass away, I will definitely be with you."
"My beloved, I am dying at the end of my life, why do you go with me?"
Xi Shi said, "When I drank the Hexin wine, I made an agreement to live and die together. How can we break the agreement?"
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A cave world appeared in front of Wang Qi's eyes, and he saw the figure of his ancestor Zi Jue. He immediately understood that his life was approaching, and then summoned the people from the office. Dozens of people were sitting indoors, and all of them had a black bird pattern on their foreheads.
When Wang Qi saw everyone coming here, he immediately said, "I'm going to die."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Wang Qi's decades of rule had made people accustomed to his existence. Now that he was about to die suddenly, it was hard for everyone to accept it for a while.
Wang Qi smiled and said: "I am a mortal after all, so naturally I will die."
"But there's no need to be sad, I'm just going to go see my ancestor first."
"Pu'er, after I die, the Huai Kingdom will be handed over to you! From now on, you will be the master of the Wang family. Remember to be careful in everything. Listen to Fan Qing and Wenqing's opinions on government affairs. You are a smart child. Remember to treat any enemy. Don’t be careless.”
"Good boy, the Huai Kingdom will be left to you from now on!"
Wang Pu was very sad and walked forward on his knees.
Wang Qi smiled and then said:
"Okay, don't act like a child anymore. You are already the head of the family." After saying that, he waved his hands and asked everyone to leave.
"Please step back and let me and your mother stay for a while!"
Everyone retreated, and soon two cranes descended from the sky and landed in front of the Huai Palace. There was a sad dance and the cranes croaked.
There was a lot of crying in the main hall. The bronze bell in the Huai Palace rang, and the whole Jinling fell silent instantly. Everyone knew that Duke Huai passed away.
In the fifty-first year of Duke Wenxiang of Huaihe, Duke Qi of Huai passed away in Jinling. On the same day, Xizi also died of heart palpitations. They were buried together in Nanshan.
Being kind and caring to the people is called Wen; conferring titles to the people is called Wen; being diligent in learning and asking questions is called Wen; being knowledgeable and knowledgeable is called Wen; being loyal and accepting gifts is called Wen; being able to set ceremonies is called Wen; establishing land with virtue is called Xiang; being meritorious in doing things is called Xiang; His mighty virtue is far away and he is called Xiang.
Duke Wenxiang and Wang Qi of Huai ruled the country for fifty-one years. He defeated the Chu State, moved to Jinling, promoted culture and education, raised the people's strength, and dominated the world.
