In the early Han Dynasty, alcohol was banned due to a severe shortage of supplies, including a ban on drinking and drinking. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 In the early days of the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the country had become rich. The prohibition of alcohol was relaxed, and the liquor shops in Chang'an City had already sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, as many as the sand of the Ganges.

The city of the Han Dynasty was the city in the middle of the day, and the Chang'an market at noon in midsummer on this day was crowded and bustling. The hot wind blows on the face, and the wine flag hung high in the wind. The proprietress of a liquor store is busy collecting money for liquor, and the proprietress is greeting customers who have come to drink and order food in the hall.

The owner of the liquor store is a short, stocky middle-aged man, his eyes are squinted almost into a line when he smiles, and he is standing warmly and thoughtfully in front of a table of customers to introduce his own rice wine, rice wine, millet wine, and rice wine.

The table in the west of the hall was obviously too drunk, and they were talking about the government in a disturbing manner. A big man with thick eyebrows and big eyes was frowning and said loudly: "It's only been a few days, and those relatives who do whatever they want are back, alas. An old man with a goatee at the same table touched his beard and said, "That's also something that can't be helped, I heard that the emperor has been reprimanded by the empress dowager and is studying behind closed doors." ”

An elegant-looking middle-aged man at the next table couldn't help but answer: "Alas, that's it." Officials such as Lang Zhongling and Imperial Doctor Shi were all imprisoned, and as soon as the Empress Dowager spoke, these waiting clans didn't tremble again. ”

When everyone talks about this, the conversation fades. They all continued to drink on the side dishes, and I don't know who sighed in the corner: "I heard that this time it is the emperor who is afraid that he will not be able to protect himself, and the queen mother wants to change people." ”

This sentence is like a boulder thrown into the calm lake, stirring up waves. The crowd became lively all of a sudden, this is not the case with his grandson in the final analysis, who is not related to whom in the royal family, King Liang almost ascended the throne and became the emperor back then, no one can convince anyone.

And the princes' mansions in Chang'an City returned to their former liveliness at this time, and the candidates who had been disgraced and sent back to their fiefdoms returned happily and feasted guests. A few days ago, the Confucian students who pointed out the country disappeared, and the people who preached and taught on the streets became old people with fairy wind and bones.

At dusk on this day, the twilight of the sunset shone on the towering city walls. A frugal carriage finally got out of the city gate before falling into the city gate, and a white-haired old man got out of the carriage tremblingly, looked at the glorious and simple Chang'an City and stopped for a while. Finally, with the help of the boy, he got into the carriage and went away.

As the saying goes, no book is made without coincidence. The two soldiers on duty that evening happened to be the two soldiers on duty when Shen Gong entered the city, but it was a pity that these two people, who often pointed out the gains and losses of the government and realized that heroes were useless, did not recognize that this desolate and lonely old man was the Confucian master Shen Gong who had asked two middle-aged Confucian scholars to invite in.

The sky finally darkened, and the stars sparkled in the blue night sky like pearls. The lights in the Qingliang Hall are bright, and the people who come and go to the palace look respectful and bow their eyebrows, which is in stark contrast to the joy and excitement of the queues in Chang'an City.

In the inner hall, it is so quiet that it is almost suspicious, and the sound of the fire swaying in the palace lamp can be heard. In the quiet, Gillian and Liu Che sat opposite each other on the couch. She looked at Liu Che with a solemn face with concern, and reached out to hold his hand.

After a long time, Liu Che raised his head from his contemplation. He met Gillian's eyes that were almost full of moisture, and said with a reluctant smile: "Jiaojiao, I am the rightful heir in the edict of the first emperor." Even if it is the empress dowager, she can't be said lightly. ”

Gillian looked at his boiled red eyes, and her heart ached, almost doubting the history she had studied. Even if she had read some of the history of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, she was not sure what the future would be when the situation was so out of control. She has long known that the old Huang faction, represented by the Empress Dowager, will eventually clash with the New Deal. Liu Che will be dormant here, she has been prepared for all this. However, she didn't expect that her grandmother was already ready to change the emperor.

These days, she goes to Changle Palace almost every day to ask for a meeting. However, they were turned away. Even Guan Tao complained to her, and she didn't say anything about such a big thing. Gillian was silent, Guan Tao said that her mouth was dry, and she finally understood that Gillian, who had always refused to show her bias in front of her mother and herself, had fallen to Liu Che at some point.

It's no wonder that the queen mother is almost so angry that she can't sleep well for a few days, the grandson of the in-laws feels that her wings are stiff and wants to leave her, and the most pampered granddaughter is also desperate to help him.

Guan Tao and Gillian's mother and daughter, who have been in the house for more than ten years, know that Gillian is stubborn and stubborn, and once it is determined, it will not change. She gradually became annoyed, and said to Gillian in a cold voice: "You are stubborn, your grandmother has even chosen someone now." Gillian was shocked and wanted to ask Guan Tao. Guantao refused to say a word anymore and brushed his sleeves away.

The meaning of the Empress Dowager was quickly conveyed to Liu Che's ears through Gillian's mouth, and then there was a long silence in the Qingliang Palace.

Gillian's tears fell without warning, and big drips fell on Liu Che's hands. The cold tears stung Liu Che, and Gillian had already wiped her tears with her sleeves in a panic: "Yes, Che'er, you're right." You are the new king of the world by your uncle's decree, and no one can abolish you. Even if it's the imperial grandmother. "Her form is weak, but her words are sonorous and powerful.

Liu Che choked up and stretched out his hand to hug her into his arms. Gillian, because he has annoyed the Queen Mother. At this moment, he is Gillian's reliance. He cannot be weak and there is no way back. can only move forward, and he has clearly understood this truth since the death of his father.

He knew that this throne could be given to the Empress Dowager as well as taken away. Princes from all over the world are about to go to Beijing for the Hajj, and the Empress Dowager can replace you with anyone she wants. During the day, the queen mother also came to the Qingliang Hall to persuade him to stop caring about his uncle and teacher, and to do everything to make the queen mother truly satisfied.

Why didn't he understand this truth? However, he could not make up his mind. From the bottom of his heart, he couldn't agree from the bottom of his heart that his father was wrong to introduce his teacher in times of crisis, how could he be a king?

I want to break free from the shackles of the Queen Mother, and I have completely annoyed the Queen Mother. After the collapse of the New Deal, under her own repeated maintenance, the Empress Dowager let go of Shen Gong, who was nearly ninety years old and was not familiar with it. Dou Ying is the nephew of the Empress Dowager, and Tian Wei is his uncle. These two people are not worried about their lives, at most they are just dismissed and go home.

But Zhao Juan and Wang Zang are different, as the two banners of Confucianism, the Empress Dowager must kill them to set an example. She hopes to do it herself, so that she can teach the Confucian students of the world a lesson. However, he can't do it.

He is not an indecisive man, nor is he a soft-hearted man. However, he has his own principles and bottom line, and he can do something and can't do something.

There was a large pile of columns piling up on the side of the East Palace, and his heart was tightened and tightened, and he could hardly breathe because of all this. However, he is still as majestic as before people, and only in front of Gillian does he dare to relax a little bit.

Gillian broke free from his arms and said in a firm tone: "I will ask to see my grandmother again, she can't never see me forever." I grind her, beg her, whatever you want. She didn't allow Liu Che to refuse, and she already stood up: "Che'er, now we can only retreat, until our grandmother is satisfied." But it's not a ...... to give in"

As she spoke, she got up and sat down at the dresser. She carefully traced her eyebrows and said in a voice that only two people could hear, "Che'er, I still believe that only you can do what you think. And we are regressing now, just for the day to come. After all, what we have is time. ”

Liu Che's heart was moved, and he looked at Gillian incredulously. He has always been reluctant to force Gillian to make a clear choice between him and his grandmother, but this is the first time that Gillian has said something that can almost be called a big rebellion to use time to grind her grandmother.

Gillian has already restrained her words and concentrated on drawing her eyebrows. By the time Liu Che came to her senses in her words that seemed to have found a different way, she was no longer there.

This night, Gillian knelt in front of the gate of Changle Palace for more than an hour and almost fainted. Finally, the Queen Mother, who loved Gillian to the core, was summoned. She didn't come back all night, and Liu Che almost didn't sleep all night. The lights in the Qingliang Hall were bright, and he looked thoughtfully at the strange cat embroidered by Gillian on the tent.

At the same time, the dark and damp prison that has not seen the light of day all year round ushered in a middle-aged woman with a gentle and outstanding temperament. She wore a black cloak, held a palace lamp that flickered on and off in her left hand, and carried a food box in her right hand. The face was gone. She had been unhindered by the jailer to lead her to the depths of the prison, where Zhao Juan and Wang Zang were sitting haggard on the damp floor of the prison.

A jailer had already stepped forward to open the cell door, and the middle-aged woman slowly walked in. took off his cloak and hat, and the exposed face surprised Zhao Juan and Wang Zang. Because the person who came was the biological mother of the current emperor, the queen mother of the dynasty.

The two looked at each other and were about to salute. The Queen Mother had already spoken faintly: "Today, there is no need to be rigid in etiquette. She looked at these two elegant Confucian scholars in the dim light, and couldn't bear it, and said softly: "You are also old ministers, to this point, it is the mourning family and Your Majesty who can't stand you." ”

Zhao Juan and Wang Zang raised their heads suddenly, and their eyes turned red all of a sudden. The two of them chattered with their lips trembling, unable to speak.

After a while, the Queen Mother spoke again: "The Queen Mother has already revealed her tone and wants to set up a new emperor. Zhao Juan and Wang Zang looked at the Queen Mother, and they couldn't care about humility anymore, and Zhao Juan asked anxiously: "Is the situation so serious?" ”

The Queen Mother paced back and forth a few times, and Zhao Juan and Wang Zang had already smelled sadness in the extraordinary silence of the Queen Mother. Finally, the Queen Mother nodded slightly.