Idiomatic story with the character "melon"

Idiomatic story with the character "melon"

Idiom Story: The Melon is Ripe

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Xiang of Qi abolished, his cousin Gongsun Wuzhi's treatment as the crown prince.

A few days later, Duke Xiang of Qi then sent Lian Weigh and Guan Zhi to guard the border pass Kwai Qiu, and they were reluctant on the left and reluctant on the right.

So, Duke Xiang of Qi said: go in July when the melon season is over, and then come back to replace you in the next year when the melon season is over.

The next year, when the melon season arrived, they waited and waited, but there was no one to replace them.

So they sent watermelons to Duke Xiang of Qi as a gift.

They took the opportunity to remind Duke Xiang of Qi that the following year, when the season for ripening melons arrived, they asked the king to honor the promise he had made.

When Duke Xiang of Qi saw the watermelon, he did not fulfill his promise.

The two men were so angry that they joined forces with Gongsun Wuzhi, rushed into the king's palace, beat him left and right, and killed Duke Xiang of Qi, and Gongsun Wuzhi proclaimed himself king of Qi.

Later, people used the metaphor of "ripe melon" to describe that if a king has no faith in his subjects and his government is not always in order, he is bound to pay a heavy price.

Sentences: They were pressured to go, asked to send someone to take over the time, the general said casually and melon and generation.

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