As mentioned before, Cai Guo was in a weak position because of Mrs. Xi.
In a sense, Cai Aihou was directly killed by a woman.
And Cai Guo's national destiny is destined to be inseparable from women.
Immediately afterwards, the second one was Cai Muhou.
It is said that back then, Cai Muhou married his sister to Duke Huan of Qi. It stands to reason that with such a strong thigh as Duke Huan of Qi, Cai Guofan would know something and take advantage of the precious intermission to revive Cai Guo.
It shouldn't be difficult.
However, the saying "women mistook Cai Guo" is not groundless.
Since Mrs. Cai married Duke Huan of Qi, she relied on her youth and beauty to be completely unreasonable and disrespectful.
For example, one day, Cai Ji took a boat ride with Duke Huan of Qi, who was already in his twilight years. Mrs. Cai, perhaps because of her girlish nature, loved to toss the boat, so she rocked the boat vigorously, which made her very old.
Duke Huan of Qi felt very uncomfortable, so he stopped him with words.
But Mrs. Cai, perhaps because she was used to being pampered in the Cai Kingdom, still refused to listen. Not only did she not listen, she even shook her head even more.
Mrs. Cai may have thought that all the men in the world would fall for her charming ways.
But no matter what, maybe it’s because the old and twilight Duke Huan of Qi doesn’t understand amorous feelings, or maybe it’s because he has experienced so much in life that he has already become numb to this thing, or maybe it’s because most elderly people tend to be suspicious.
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Therefore, Duke Huan of Qi was so angry that he drove Mrs. Cai back to Cai State, but he did not sever the relationship between them as husband and wife.
To put it bluntly, this can be regarded as giving Cai Guo enough face.
Firstly, this leaves a way out for Mrs. Cai. Secondly, when Mrs. Cai returns to the Cai Kingdom, she can at most be regarded as visiting relatives, rather than being divorced.
Therefore, no matter what, Cai Ji is still the official wife of Duke Huan of Qi.
But Marquis Cai Mu didn't know if he had taken the wrong medicine. Perhaps he doted on her sister too much, so he actually remarried Mrs. Cai to someone else!
After Duke Huan of Qi heard about this, he was immediately furious. After all, Mrs. Cai was still his legitimate wife! Marquis Cai Mu actually remarried Mrs. Cai like this? How could he, the overlord of the world, be punished?
Where?
This hat is too green!
Can Duke Huan of Qi swallow this breath?
Therefore, Duke Huan of Qi immediately organized his army to prepare for war and prepared to attack Cai State.
What happened later was simple, Cai Muhou was captured. Afterwards, all the princes in the Central Plains apologized and begged Duke Huan of Qi on behalf of Cai Muhou. Only then did Qi Huangong come down the stairs and let Cai Muhou return home.
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Therefore, to say that there is one and two, there must be three.
The third king of Cai State who was captured because of a woman is the current king of Cai State.
It is said that when Cai Houban was still the prince, he asked to marry the prince concubine in the state of Chu.
And his father, Cai Jinghou, agreed without thinking. After all, being able to marry with the Chu State would only bring advantages and no disadvantages to the entire Cai State.
However, who would have known that this Cai Jinghou was also a guy with a spermatozoon and a brain. In this regard, there is indeed some family inheritance in it.
Just after he married his son, he saw that his daughter-in-law from Chu was very beautiful, and he suddenly became lustful again, so he committed adultery with her.
And how could Cai Houban, who was still the prince at the time, endure his father cuckolding him? So, in a fit of anger, he directly rebelled and killed his own father, and he himself became the king.
What Guan Cong said just now, that Marquis Cai killed his father and usurped the throne, was actually talking about this.
And because of Guan Cong's words, the number of kings in the Cai Kingdom who were in trouble because of women immediately changed from two to three.
After listening to Guan Cong's suggestion, the King of Chu suddenly realized that it was feasible. Anyway, I asked you, Marquis Cai, to come to the meeting. Whether you come or not, Cai Guo is destined to be destroyed!
Not much to say, let’s get straight to work.
The King of Chu immediately wrote a letter asking Cai Hou to explain the reason why he killed his father and usurped the throne, and asked Cai Hou to go to Chu to meet the King of Chu.
Similarly, at this time, the position of leader of the Chu Kingdom becomes particularly important.
Because after many alliance meetings, Chu's position as leader has been consolidated, and coupled with Chu's successive victories in wars, it is difficult for the princely states not to recognize Chu's position as leader.
Therefore, it is justifiable for Chu State to want to interfere in other countries' affairs.
Since the State of Chu intervened in Cai's internal affairs as the leader of the alliance, how dare Cai Houban have any objections?
As soon as he heard that the King of Chu asked him to go, why don't he go directly?
As a result, Cai Hou was lured to Qianxi by the King of Chu.
Now that Marquis Cai is here, it is obvious that the King of Chu does not want him to leave.
He first arranged for hundreds of armored warriors to hibernate in the hall.
Then, the order was given to hold a banquet in honor of Marquis Cai, and Marquis Cai was made very drunk first.
Some people may be confused. Marquis Cai is not stupid. Does he not know that his life will be in danger if he enters Chu? How dare he get so drunk?
Let’s talk about the King of Chu here.
When the King of Chu entertained Marquis Cai, he actually did not take the initiative to mention Marquis Cai's murder of his father and usurpation of the throne.
In other words, the King of Chu had no intention of blaming him at the banquet. After all, his position as King of Chu was obtained by killing his nephew Jia Ao.
Marquis Cai killed his father, and he killed his nephew. To put it into perspective, they were basically in a radius of eight liang, which was pretty much the same.
The King of Chu had already suffered a loss in this matter. He still remembers the scene before Qingfeng's death.
Therefore, if the King of Chu used this incident to criticize Cai Houban at this time, wouldn't it be equivalent to slapping himself in the face again?
And of course, at the banquet, since the King of Chu kept silent about Cai Hou's murder of his father and usurping the throne, naturally Cai Hou would not mention it too much.
On the contrary, the King of Chu continued to defend Cai Hou, expressed sympathy for Cai Hou's situation back then, and even stated that Chu and Cai would marry again in the future.
Faced with such sugar-coated bombs from the King of Chu, Cai Hou, who had always had no independent opinions, could not stand it. He immediately put down his guard and had a pleasant conversation with the King of Chu.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After a few glasses of wine, the two of them even studied the beautiful women dancing there to add to the fun.
The King of Chu came up with that classic line again: Is your waist thin?
Later, Marquis Cai got drunk, and then... nothing happened.
After hearing that the King of Chu threw a cup, Marquis Cai died tragically in the Chu State. The King of Chu used the simplest and crudest way to get rid of the king of Cai State.
Then, the King of Chu arrested all the officials of Cai State who came with Cai Hou, and tortured them one by one, forcing these officials to admit that Cai Hou was the king who killed his father and usurped the throne.
When the news spread back to Cai State, Cai State was in chaos.
Seeing that the strategy of watching and obeying was working, the King of Chu no longer hid it, and directly ordered the prince to abandon Ji and lead an army of one hundred thousand, and go straight to Cai Guo.
This time, the King of Chu was again trying to bring order to Cai Guo.
Of course, it is estimated that even the King of Chu himself would not believe this banner.
However, bragging is bragging, and as long as his bragging is based on absolute strength, others can only let it go.
What's more, now that the king of Cai State is dead, all the officials who followed Cai Hou into Chu have also suffered. What opinions can those who stayed behind in Cai State have?
Seeing that the prince abandoned Ji and led his army to come, Cai Guo also surrendered without a fight, just like Chen Guo did at the beginning.
The state of Cai was destroyed.
As a result, Chu State has now truly reached the number one position in the world, both in terms of territory and prestige.
In terms of territory, the Chu State closely supported the Zheng and Song Dynasties in the north, reached Baiyue in the south, Bashu in the west, and Wuyue in the east. The vast territory of the Chu State reached its peak for a while, even after King Wu, who was the second of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period,
Neither Helu nor King Goujian of Yue had ever reached such a point.
From the perspective of prestige, Chu State was able to first win Qunshu and Chaoyi in just a few years, then destroy Zhongli, then Ke Lai, Chen, and Cai.
In this process, countless small countries were annexed by the Chu State, and the whole world was shocked.
But even so, the countries in the Central Plains remained indifferent and still indulged Chu. No one has ever questioned Chu's status as the leader of the world.
Faced with this situation, it is obvious that King Chu's most glorious moment has finally arrived.