When the car entered the south gate of the royal city, Zhao Bohu led a group of pedestrian officials who were in charge of diplomatic relations to greet the princes politely in the wide carriage and horse farm paved with white jade.

Although Zhao Bohu was young, on this important day, his face, which had always been dumbfounded, was filled with the warm spring breeze. He bowed to the princes one by one and greeted him one by one, and then extended his hand to ask: "The ministers have gathered in the main hall, and are about to see the style of the princes' title of kings."

When it was Zifu's turn, Zhao Bohu showed his true concern and joy on his face, and he grabbed his sleeve: "Brother He, when did he come? Even if he didn't have time to come to his house, he should send someone to hand him a name to the thorn."

After not seeing each other for many years, Zi Fu's father still stood tall, but his temples were slightly gray. Zhao Bohu said this, and he felt a little ashamed and bowed to thank him, "I should have visited my house, but I just thought that Brother Zi Mu was busy with government affairs and could not bear to cause trouble. After the ceremony, I decided to come to the house to apologize."

"You and I are in harmony, why should I worry about such false gifts? Please go first."

The first time Zifu's father He Sumu's face opened his leisurely smile: "Brother Zimu is confused, it should be my Lord Yu asks you first."

According to the ceremony of the Jiubin, every welcome and gift, he had to give in three words and then go. Therefore, more than ten princes in this line were given in sequence, which was originally intended in the title, not completely empty rituals. The princes came to the main hall, arranged in three rows according to the title of Duke and Bozi, and bowed deeply at the main hall of the Haojing Palace, which was as towering as the palaces of the world, and then went up one after another along the Danmu.

Danbao is the stone steps in front of the hall painted by red lacquer. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, material resources were difficult, and the stone steps in front of the hall were paved with green stone strips, which was too dark and heavy, so it was painted red to show good fortune. In later generations, the country became rich, and unified dynasties all used carefully selected high-quality white jade to lay the stone steps in the main hall. If red lacquer was applied, it would be too wasteful. This was why the top red felt was paved, which was more magnificent than red lacquer. This wind followed the later generations and the national gift of the red carpet was given. This is a later story.

The princes stepped on the steps of Danmu. Although they did not look at each other, they also cleared the entire situation in front of the palace at one glance. The royal city guards all had red armored bronze axes and halberds standing in the two sides of the Danmu, like a red poplar forest, with awesome power in the world. The princes each gathered their troops in the country, so they could naturally see that these etiquette weapons were genuine copper materials. Although they looked clumsy when they went to the battlefield, they could be said to be extremely powerful. Just the bronze axe weighing thirty-six pounds and nine feet and nine inches long, no matter your sharp sword, it would be difficult to stop the force of slashing and sweeping.

Suddenly, the princes suddenly felt a chill on their backs.

The nine large tripods representing the nine states in the world passing through the palace entrance platform are the main hall gates of about two meters high and wide.

At this moment, the main entrance was wide open, and a thick red felt three and six feet wide reached the depths of the hall before the royal platform. The two sides of the red felt were clerks and ministers of the Great Zhou. Looking from afar, the dark and deep and solemn image had to make people suddenly sigh "This is the temple of the true emperor."

In an instant, the bell roared nine times, and the grand and peaceful music suddenly filled the vast and majestic hall. In the sound of music, waves of masters and voice officials flew out from the hall one after another: "The emperor came to the court - the emperor came to the court -"

Then waves of sound came: "The princes meet - the princes meet -"

The princes bowed deeply at the entrance of the hall to the heavy royal platform and stepped into the palace overlooking the world.

The red felt corridor was about to reach halfway, and the princes clearly saw King Li of Zhou, Ji Hu, strode out from a red jade screen that was three or six feet wide - the scale crown, the court uniform, the crown belt was clean, and the steps were calm. Although they were only young, they set an example in every move, clearly showing a kingly atmosphere.

According to common principles, at the spring dynasty meeting, after the princes from all directions met with the Emperor of Zhou, they would go to the side hall to rest for an hour under the guidance of the eunuch, and wait for the Emperor to give him a banquet at noon.

After the scattering of the court, the princes sat or stood in the hall of the side hall, chatting with each other in order to pass this boring time and relieve themselves of their own fatigue.

"Duke Yu, why are we waiting here for a long time? I haven't seen Duke Zhao of Zhou come to entertain you or two?" Several people asked around Duke Yu. Because Duke Xin Guo is inconvenient to come, Duke Song - due to the conceivable reason, he has not come to pay a visit in person for several years. Duke Yu, who was not outstanding, has become the leader of all the princes.

.Everyone will ask him first if there is anything.

"Well," Mr. Yu naturally did not want to expose his mediocre relationship with the royal family in front of the princes, and replied vaguely: "Maybe the emperor has given other instructions!"

"Did you find out? The emperor's face is unhappy today. Are you not satisfied with the tribute we are waiting for?"

"Hey! How good do you think of the dignified Emperor Zhou?" Mr. Yu grabbed his head and answered with confidence: "Look at the princes in this hall, how many of them have come? But one-third of them. Can the emperor be happy?"

Someone looked at the slightly empty hall, nodded, and suddenly pointed his finger at Suihou: "Look at you Jiang Han, you are here, Quan Luo Deng and you have a few people like you, and the emperor is so proud of the gift of nine guests, why are you so ignorant of politeness?"

Sui Hou was angry and shook his fat body and raised his tone: "Can you blame me? Needless to say, the State of Chu, everyone knows E Hou Yufang. Now these two men have gathered many small countries. It would be great if I can summon so many people! Besides, is the emperor and Zhao Gong unsure of these things? How can I blame them?"

Everyone thought about it, Jiang Han was in such a situation. Sui Hou was in a difficult situation over the years and could not blame him for his head. Yu Hou nodded and pointed to the side: "It seems that we can only ask him."

Everyone followed his eyes and saw Wei Hou and Zheng sitting behind the table bored, turning the bronze cup with one hand and holding the cheek with the other hand, as if they were wandering in Taixu. Someone slapped his thigh and said, "Yes, who doesn't know that he is the emperor's young man, as if he is recommended by him today, every literary and military man Zi relies on today."

While talking, everyone rushed up and surrounded Wei Hetuan, who was just in the age of dancing, and asked in a lingering manner: "Little Weihou, tell us, why are you not very happy today?"

Wei He blinked a few times, as if he was very dissatisfied with the quietness of his distant uncles and uncles who disturbed him. He said angrily: "Why are you unhappy? Look, do you understand that no one of us princes in the Central Plains has not come?"

After a look, Mr. Yu was the first to understand and slapped his forehead: "Oh! Why didn't Mr. Lu come?"

Isn't that? Lu is no better than other countries. It was the title of Zhou Gongdan. Zhou Gongdan was appointed as the emperor when he was young, and assisted the country for decades to quell the rebellion of the Three Prisons. He was able to be called the minister of the Zhou Dynasty. At that time, Zhou Gongdan was granted the title of Lu, and he remained as a dynasty minister and sent his eldest son Boqin to Lu to take over the country. It is precisely because of this that the governance of Lu was completely and inevitable when Zhou Gongdan was alive and reported to Zhou Gong at any time, and waited for his specific instructions to be implemented.

At that time, the two Dukes of Zhou Zhao both set an example for themselves, so they would naturally issue political orders that followed the king's way and once used severe means to punish the king's moral rule. It was extremely rare for the Duke of Lu to come to see the emperor in person in the spring ceremony that practiced the Nine Bin rituals.

"Not only the Marquis of Lu, did you not see Marquis of Qi Ji, but also didn't come?" Wei He continued to blink the young man's unique big shining eyes.

"It's normal for them to not come, it's strange if they come!" Mr. Yu replied indifferently.

"You only know one thing, not the other. There are already tensions between Luqi, and there are frequent conflicts in the border areas, and war is about to be fought."

"Ah? Why is this?" The princes were very surprised. In the perception of the world, Lu Qi and Duke Zhou were granted a country and Jiang Taigong. They had a good relationship for generations and had repeatedly married each other. How could they have caused wars?

"Why?" Wei He smiled contemptuously: "It's because Marquis Ji was preparing to marry the youngest daughter of Marquis Lu Bushan, who annoyed the Duke of Qi Lu Bushan. He vowed to destroy Ji's country. The Duke of Lu wanted to marry Ji's country so that he was slapped him in the face. How could he be willing?"

It turned out that this was the reason, and everyone suddenly realized. No wonder the emperor was unhappy. This was really hard to describe.

In the bedroom of King Zhou's main hall, as soon as the balance crown on his head was taken off by the eunuch Jia, Ji Hu couldn't suppress his irritability. He threw the crown on the table and shouted, "Zhong Ji's body is not cold yet, so he is so anxious to marry the new wife? Where is the Zhou room?"

The second duke of Zhou Zhao looked at each other and looked at each other.

Zhou Gong meant: You are the chief minister and the emperor's master. Who would you come up to persuade? Zhao Bohu had no choice but to bite the bullet and persuaded him: "Your Majesty, please feel sorry for your grief. When Mr. Ji and Wang Ji were engaged, they were already in their prime. Now that he is nearly thirty years old, it is indeed time to get married. Although it is faster, it is also normal for the king to forgive him."

"Give up and forgive! Young Master, you are too lenient to these people, so they are so unaware of the world and jump up and down one by one, not knowing what they are talking about!"

Zhao Bohu was shocked when he heard this, and knelt down and apologized, "This is the minister who is not strict with his jurisdiction, please ask the king to punish him!"

Seeing his fearful and trepidation, Ji Hu finally regretted that he was talking too heavily. He quickly stepped forward to help him up and comforted him softly: "I am a lonely man and don't take it to heart for a while. For the current plan, let's discuss the three of us, the ruler and the ministers. The two countries of Lu and Qi are now so tense, and the war in the Central Plains is about to break out. How should we quell the situation?"
Chapter completed!