This is something everyone in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty knew, but was reluctant to mention.

The Third Prince Jun Yangxi, who was sent as a hostage, was not only the pain of Emperor Wen Zhao's life, but also the greatest shame of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

On the white palace road, snowflakes were falling down in a flurry. When I entered the palace at 3:00 pm last night, the snow was still very strong.

But when I came out, the sky outside was gray and gloomy, but the wind and snow had subsided a lot.

Jun Yichen held up an oil-paper umbrella to shield Yang Susu from the wind and snow.

Not far behind was Wangyou, who was pursing his lips, and Qingzhou, who was also holding an umbrella for Wangyou.

Jun Yichen's voice was gentle to begin with, but in this weather, it seemed a bit cold: "Are you tired, Su'er?"

Yang Susu shook her head: "Your Majesty, Su'er has been sleeping for more than an hour!"

"Then Su'er will accompany me to visit the Queen Mother, okay?"

"Well, I also feel like I haven't seen the Queen for a long time. I wonder if her heart disease has improved?"

Yang Susu's mind flashed through the empress's dignified and gentle face. She should have given her acupuncture earlier, but things always went wrong.

Jun Yichen sighed slightly: "If she was better, father wouldn't have asked the master of the Medical Immortal Valley to come down the mountain."

"Did Your Majesty visit the Empress yesterday?"

"No, when I entered the palace, I was invited to Jingci Palace. Then my father fell down. Eunuch Lin said that the master of Yixian Valley was with my mother, so I didn't rush to Fengqi Palace."

"The Queen Mother still hasn't gotten the answer she wants from the Prince!"

Jun Yichen glanced at Qingzhou who was not far away and was carefully holding an umbrella for Wangyou, and said calmly: "Hmm."

Yang Susu looked up at Jun Yichen's handsome profile. After coming out of the Palace of Heavenly Purity, although Jun Yichen didn't show it on his face, Yang Susu could sense that he was worried.

Jun Yichen is a person with strong self-control.

Yang Susu felt that few things could affect Jun Yichen's mood.

"Why is the prince so unhappy?"

Jun Yichen was silent for a moment: "Does Su'er know about the hostage Jun Yangxi?"

When she was little, Yang Susu had indeed heard about the affairs of the Third Prince Jun Yangxi.

But very little is known!

Jun Yichen continued, "My third brother is only one year younger than me. At that time, my father had just ascended the throne and the Eastern Zhou was still weak, but the Western Zhou was already powerful enough to be feared. The Western Zhou considered the territory of the Eastern Zhou to be in their pockets, and the two countries sent troops to fight. The commander at that time was the father and brother of Concubine Shu!"

Yang Susu nodded: "I know this. Later, Concubine Shu's father and brother were defeated and lost two cities in Dongzhou, and finally died in battle!"

"Everyone knows that the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was defeated, but how could they know that in that battle, Concubine Shu's father and brother led an army of 100,000 to fight against the 500,000 cavalry of the Western Shang Kingdom. With their bloody battles, they also severely damaged the Western Shang Kingdom, causing it to lose nearly 300,000 cavalry. That's why they did not continue to attack the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, but proposed the issue of hostages."

He looked at the snowflakes all over the sky, and his voice was cold: "The condition proposed by Xishang at the beginning was to let the Queen's son go to Xishang as a hostage, but I was sick at that time, my mother cried every day, and my father was grieving. In the end, I negotiated with Xishang and let the third prince Jun Yangxi go instead."

"Third brother went to Xishang on behalf of the king!"

Jun Yichen was not a cold-blooded person. When Yang Susu first met him, she was moved by the warmth in his eyes. Over the years, for the sake of the Third Prince Jun Yangxi, he must have been more sad than others!

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