Chapter 312

The emperor took a sip of tea and dropped a chess piece. "You have been in Xirong for more than 20 years. How is your life?"

He dropped the piece. The situation is clear. Chu Chengxun sighed in his heart, smiled and said, "the minister has a good life in Xirong. Except for his appearance, there is no difference from Xirong people."

"It's really a performance of appearance. So the people of Xirong can see at a glance that you are a person of the state of Qin. No matter how much you learn from the local people of Xirong, you are always a person of the state of Qin. For them, you are an outsider," the Emperor's eyes became more and more profound. "I called you back to the state of Qin. Don't you blame me for disturbing your life?"

Chu Chengxun frowned and smiled a little on his lips. "How could it be. The emperor has already said how to be close to them in Xirong. They all look like people from the state of Qin. It's natural for people from the state of Qin to return to the state of Qin. After all, this is the hometown of Chen."

The emperor lifted up his lips and said, "you are very flexible. But the royal family of the state of Qin didn't raise you at all. It was Xirong's adoptive father and mother who raised you. How many feelings do you have in the state of Qin?"

Chu Chengxun's eyes darkened, "I still remember when I was a child, I went out to catch butterflies with brother Huang. At that time, the first child of brother Huang had been born, but I was still a child of the same minister in mind. We had a good time at that time, but I didn't catch any butterflies. The first emperor sent him to Xirong. I remember talking about the butterflies I didn't catch on the way to Xirong 。”

"You still remember so clearly. It seems that I'm getting old," the emperor said with some emotion. "I remember hearing the news that the first emperor wanted to send you to Xirong. I was shocked and sad. I knelt on the ground in front of the study for a long time, but I only got a rolling word from the first emperor."

Chu Chengxun was stunned and smiled low. "Thank you, brother Huang. I thought brother Huang really didn't want a brother."

"Why don't you? I'm thinking of you after you've been gone for a long time. It's a pity that the first emperor refused to let you come back until he died. I can't help it," the emperor lowered his eyes. "I also want to let you come back, and the ministers mean again and again."

"I understand in my heart that I have never blamed the emperor's brother," Chu Chengxun smiled soothingly at him. "Don't mention the sad things of that year. It's been so long. Doesn't the emperor still have something important to discuss with me?"

As soon as the emperor patted his forehead, he smiled awkwardly and said, "I remember. I haven't told you what it means to call you back this time."

Chu Chengxun's eyes flashed a strange, "is it because of the matter of Chu Jun that the emperor brother called his ministers back?"

The emperor nodded and added: "and you have the blood of the royal family. You can't always put it in Xirong. You must recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors. There is also the matter of Duanwang."

"Duan Wang is young and promising," Chu Chengxun raised his lips. "Seeing his intention to aim at the princess, I think he is also a person who values love and righteousness. Why has the emperor refused to let him become a prince?"

The emperor's face became gloomy. "There are too many things here. I didn't want him to become a prince, and he can't inherit my throne under my eyes. Therefore, I want you to return to the state of Qin to make sure you control the Duan king."

Chu Chengxun asked unexpectedly, "what does the emperor mean, which Prince will inherit the throne?"

"Imperial concubine Fu has two princes, and several concubines in the harem have been pregnant one after another. Although my body is getting worse day by day, I still have no problem supporting it for several years. The first emperor was only five years old when he succeeded to the throne."

Chu Chengxun bit his lower lip, "but Duan Wang can't just watch those princes enter the east palace."

The emperor sighed faintly, "that's why I want you to control Duan Wang. He can assist in government affairs, but he can't be the emperor."

"Why does the emperor dislike Duan Wang so much," Chu Chengxun said strangely, "is it because Mrs. Heyi, she has been so many years, not to mention that Duan Wang is your own son."

"I know, but I can't tell you more about Mrs. Heyi," the emperor lowered his eyelids. "In short, I have only one purpose to let you come back. I can only control the Duan king, so that he can only be a prince, not an emperor."

Chu Chengxun told the truth directly, "the emperor also knows that the king's wings are becoming more and more abundant, which has the potential to surpass the monarch. There are many of his people in the court. It's not an easy thing to control him."

The emperor waved his hand, "don't worry, I will try my best to help you behind your back. You are also a prince. Your appeal can naturally control Duanwang. I entrust you with this intention."

Chu Chengxun turned his eyes and moved in his heart, "I understand that I will do my best to the emperor."

"It's hard for you to come back and help me. I don't know how to thank you," the emperor patted him on the shoulder. "After a hundred years, I will give you a satisfactory gift."

Chu Chengxun lowered his head with a smile. "I have no complaints when I work for the imperial brother."

Xi yuhou waited at the gate of the palace for a long time. Finally, he saw a white figure in front of him. He quickly picked up the gauze clothes and put them on him. "When the LORD went in, why didn't he even put on the gauze clothes? The humidity in the palace is heavy. Don't hurt your body."

"The heating in the study is the most sufficient. After all, the Yang is heavy. The concubines in the back Palace are rushing to rub the Yang," Chu Chengxun said without any emotion in his eyes. "I didn't feel cold after staying there for so long."

Xi Yu looked at him for a long time and said in a low voice, "the Lord doesn't feel cold, but his eyes look like a chill."

Chu Chengxun put on his gauze clothes and said with a sneer: "the emperor and I staged the drama of father, son and filial piety. I was moved to tears and forced to go back."

Xiyu understood more than half of it. "The slave knows. The emperor must be telling you how he thought of his brother when he was in the state of Qin. He had long wanted to take his brother back from Xirong, but because the former Emperor was not allowed to take it hard with the minister, he didn't take the prince back."

"I also asked him why he called me back," Chu Chengxun raised a sarcastic smile. "He gave me a sentence for a long time, mainly thinking of me. After all, I am a royal blood and must recognize my ancestors."

Xiyu couldn't help smiling. "He's been indifferent to his brother in Xirong for 20 years. The emperor is really right."

"When he asked me to return to the state of Qin, he wanted me to control the Duan king, so that he would never be a crown prince. In the future, he could only be a prince to assist the emperor."

Xi Yu opened his eyes in surprise. "It's impossible for the emperor to control Duan Wang. Even if there is a prince, it's impossible to compete with Duan Wang."

Chu Chengxun glanced at him obliquely, "how can the emperor not know what you know? He just took me as the victim of his confrontation with Mrs. Heyi."

"Mrs. Heyi has passed away for so many years. Will the emperor still be like this," Xiyu sighed leisurely. "The emperor absolutely can't let Duanwang become an emperor. He will try his best to control him."

"I think it's very rare. The emperor's entrustment is embarrassing me," Chu Chengxun lowered his eyes. "He exiled me in Xirong for so many years, but then he called me back, but the purpose is to let me help him control his own son. It's the most ruthless imperial family. I don't know whether Duanwang understands his father's idea."

"The slave doesn't necessarily know that Duanwang doesn't know. He just hides in his heart and points out that it will break out one day," Xi Yu thought. "Duanwang's heart is also thinking about how to enter the East Palace and become a prince, or how to make the emperor change his mind."

"Instead of making the emperor change his mind, it's better to raise troops to revolt when the emperor dies. King Duan is not a person who is willing to be a prince and help the little boy," Chu Chengxun flashed a trace of cruelty at the bottom of his eyes. "It's better to fight in the end than give up the throne."

Xiyu quickly looked at the situation on both sides and almost covered his mouth. "Lord, this can't be nonsense. If it is heard and spread to the emperor's ears, the Lord will be over just after he comes back from Xirong."

Chu Chengxun's eyes darkened, "I would have pretended to be dead and returned to Xirong when I returned to the state of Qin. I had the last glimmer of hope for the imperial brother who took me to catch butterflies. I was too ignorant and naive."

"Does the king intend to obey the emperor's arrangement to control the Duan king?"

"No," Chu Chengxun said, his eyes covered with frost, "Duan Wang is the best choice to become a prince. Personally, I don't want the emperor to be satisfied. As far as the country of Qin is concerned, I can't let a child sit on the Dragon chair and put Duan Wang with both literature and martial arts to curb his power for the sake of the Emperor's personal gratitude and resentment. I really don't know how the former Emperor liked him."

Xiyu lowered his voice, "that's why the emperor doesn't want the prince to come back so as not to disturb all his plans."

Chu Chengxun half narrowed his eyes, "if you want me not to come back, you have always put me in Xirong. You want me to come back and help him suppress his own son. A decree has recalled me to this strange palace. It's good to be an emperor. There's no problem doing anything."

Xi Yu said in a dumb voice, "is the Lord interested in this?"

"No, I missed the best time. Why worry," Chu Chengxun sighed gently. "I want Duanwang to be the emperor. He is the most suitable monarch for the state of Qin."

"It's getting late. Is the king going to return to the palace?"

Chu Chengxun looked up at the stars in the sky and said in a deep voice, "do you remember the news that Duanwang announced his marriage to the princess to be that night?"

"Remember, how did the king think of it?"

"Then you can see that Fu Guifei actually has some ideas about Duanwang," Chu Chengxun frowned. "Can you see?"

"The servant thought that that night, everyone was like a mirror except the emperor," Xi Yu smiled awkwardly. "Imperial concubine Fu is really interesting and wants to hit the prince."

Chu Chengxun pursed his lips. "It's just that the women in the palace are too lonely. There are only a few men I see all day. Naturally, I'm daydreaming, but there's more gas in the stomach of the prospective princess. After all, she seems to have a good relationship with Princess Fu."

Xiyu was stunned, covered his mouth and said with a smile: "no wonder the prospective princess's face is not very good these days. It turned out that this layer is inside."

Chu Chengxun tidied up his sleeves. "After all, it's someone else's family business. Let's stay in the palace."