The name of the King of Chuhuai was Qi Huai, and the birth mother of King Zhaoxiang of Qin was named Mi Yue, and the relationship between the two was not ordinary. In fact, King Huai of Chu never thought of ending up as a prisoner in the Qin State, and after he was trapped by the Qin State with a treacherous trick, he had been trying to find a way to escape back to the Chu State, but in the end he failed. Although there was no direct relationship between King Huai of Chu and King Zhaoxiang of Qin, there were still some inexplicable and unclear relationships between the two of them by relying on Mi Yue. At that time, the Qin state was facing the six kingdoms of the art of integration, has been looking for a way to crack, they came up with a way is to unite one or two of the six countries, and then the six countries will have problems because of the alliance, the alliance will not be broken. Qin Guo thought well, and they did.
King Huai of Chu was quite accomplished in the first half of his life, he once appointed Gongsun Yan as his chancellor, King Huai of Chu as the commander, and united the Six Kingdoms and Yiqu to fight against the Qin State, this time the Seven Kingdoms cut down qin, broke through the Hangu Pass of the Qin State, and almost destroyed the Qin State, which was the only time that the Six Eastern Kingdoms had the greatest threat to the Qin State, but unfortunately, due to the internal contradictions of the Six Kingdoms, the Qin State finally gave up on peace. And the king of Chu Huai was imprisoned because he credulously trusted a person, this person was Zhang Yi, and the king of Chu Huai finally died in another place, and it was this Zhang Yi who killed him.
After that, the two countries were at war and peace because of various problems, and for twenty-six years, the two countries had maintained friendly relations for many years, but unfortunately, the prince of the State of Chu who was in the State of Qin killed the Doctor of the State of Qin who had a vendetta against him, which made the State of Qin seize the excuse again, attacked the State of Chu for three consecutive years and occupied eight cities of the State of Chu. In the end, King Huai of Chu did not heed the persuasion of Zhaoju and Qu Yuan, and insisted on going to the State of Qin to negotiate peace, and the result was that king Huai of Chu was imprisoned by the State of Qin and received a humiliating reception as soon as he arrived at Wuguan (king of Chu, then closed Wuguan, and then went west to Xianyang, and chaozhangtai, such as a vassal, did not cooperate with the ceremony). After the king of Chu Huai arrived in Xianyang, he naturally became a hostage of the State of Qin, and they demanded that the State of Chu cut off the land and pay compensation, etc. The King of Chu Huai was still relatively backbone, he refused these unreasonable demands in the State of Qin, of course, even if he agreed, it was useless- the State of Chu had already elected a new monarch.
Why would King Huai of Chu prefer to die as a prisoner in the Qin Kingdom rather than return to China to become king? The condition for King Huai of Chu to return to China and continue to be king was to cede the land. And the king of ChuHuai was repeatedly deceived by Qin, and it can be said that he hated the Qin state thoroughly, and naturally would not cede the land to seek perfection. And the king of Chu Huai knew that even if he agreed, the king of Qin would not necessarily let himself go back, and at the same time, the country would inevitably refuse. Instead of leaving a greedy and fearful name, it is better to directly refuse to appear noble.