CHAPTER XXXI

In the first month of the sixth year of Jianwu (30 AD), not long after Liu Xiulian issued two edicts, the war came one after another. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Wu Han defeated Dong Xian and Pang Meng, and then Dong Xian and Pang Meng were successively taken off by Han Zhan and Qianling and sent to Luoyang, followed by Ma Cheng who also captured Shucheng, killed Li Xian, pacified the nine counties of Lujiang, and triumphed as a teacher. In this way, there is a great sign that the Daoming King will be helped by heaven.

The eastern part of the country was pacified, the east attacked the west and the west, and the distant and close attacked. The east is decided, and the west is woe. Gongsun Shu occupied Shu County, called himself "Emperor Gongsun", and dominated one side, Liu Xiu had already made plans. Now that he was relieved of his worries, he immediately consulted with the ministers about Situ. Looking at the map of silk books, to attack Shu County, the only way to attack Shu County is to borrow Tianshui, cross the Qinling Mountains, enter Wu County, tend to Yangping Pass, and approach Chengdu. However, between Luoyang and Chengdu, there is a hustle and bustle of autocratic Liangzhou and Shuofang. The territory of Kui Huan borders the interior, and Gongsun Shu is far from the border. Liu Xiu must take Longxi and Shu, but it would be better if he could take it without blood, so Liu Xiu ordered people to pass on Longxi and Shu many times to announce the blessings and misfortunes.

Just when Liu Xiu and his ministers were plotting against Longxi and Shudi, a shocking conspiracy in the harem was quietly going on.

On this day, the poppy came to the West Palace and asked to see Yin Lihua.

In the past few years, perhaps a few beauties have been frustrated and lazy, except for asking Guo Shengtong for peace on weekdays, they no longer seem to have the heart to compete for favor, and they have never bothered Yin Lihua again, and they only nod their heads when they see each other on weekdays. Now the poppy suddenly asked to see her, which made everyone in the West Palace puzzled.

Yin Lihua had no reason to avoid Yu Meiren, so she asked Iris to come in.

As soon as the poppy came in and saluted, she kowtowed and said, "This time, Xie Guiren was magnanimous to the concubine at the beginning, and he didn't care about the concubine's nonsense. After speaking, she kowtowed her head literally, and after kowtowing, she said: "This is the grace of Xie Guiren to save his life in the past." ”

Such a big gift, Yin Li Huasheng received it for a while, how could he accept it again. Seeing that Yu Meiren was about to knock down, she hurriedly got up and walked over to support her, and said, "Sister Yu, why is this?" You make my sister feel uneasy like this, if you encounter difficulties, you can only come, and you can help your sister without refusing. ”

Yu Meiren looked at Yin Lihua with an extremely resolute expression, and said, "Your noble, please rest assured, the concubine will never be unfavorable to you." Today's concubine is sincere to thank you, if the noble person does not allow, the concubine will kneel at the gate of your palace to express gratitude. ”

Yin Lihua looked at the poppy beauty with firm eyes, for some reason, she was a little panicked, hesitated again and again, she finally let go of her hand and took two steps back.

The poppy immediately knocked down, this time it was harder than the previous one, and it was faintly red.

Yin Lihua looked at the poppy beauty so solemnly, and couldn't figure out what the poppy mere wanted, but the poppy beauty's eyes were honest and didn't seem to have any bad intentions, so when she saw the faint red on the poppy's forehead, she couldn't help but feel pity.

"This is Xie Guiren's help when the concubine is struggling." After saying that, he kowtowed again.

Yin Lihua thought that this should be the end, so she hurriedly approached Yu Meiren to help her up, and at the same time did not forget to let Yu Xinyue go to fetch the medicinal oil. Yin Lihua felt pain when she looked at Yu Meiren's forehead, and she didn't understand why Yu Meiren's face didn't change.

Yin Lihua didn't know that compared to the humiliation she received in the violent room that day, the pain she suffered this year, and the pain she suffered this year was really insignificant to Yu Meiren today.

The medicinal oil came, and Yin Lihua personally applied it to the poppy.

Poppy watched Yin Lihua gently and attentively apply medicinal oil to herself, and her nose couldn't help but be a little sour. She thought that a warm and kind woman like Yin Lihua deserved the deep favor of Emperor Liu Xiu, no matter where she was in the future, she would pray for Yin Lihua, praying that Yin Lihua would be honored and healthy in her life.

Yin Lihua applied the medicated oil to Yu Meiren, and after cleaning her hands, she said to Yu Meiren: "In the future, if my sister doesn't think that King Yi and Yang'er are noisy, you might as well come to my sister to sit here." ”

Yu Meiren smiled: "The concubine can't wait for the noise of the princess and the prince, how can she dislike it." ”

When Yin Lihua heard this, she suddenly felt that she was speechless, she thought, Yu Meiren's knees are still empty, and she must be longing to have a son and a half daughter. For this reason, Yin Lihua glanced at the poppy.

Seeing this, Yu Meiren said: "You don't need to worry too much, what the concubine said has no other meaning." ”

Yin Lihua saw that there was no sadness on Yu Meiren's face, and her words were sincere, so she put her mind at ease and smiled.

Yu Meiren glanced at Yin Lihua, then lowered her eyebrows, and said, "Noble, in addition to thanking you this time, the concubine does have one more thing to ask for." ”

After hearing this, Yin Lihua suddenly felt a little relieved, and said with a smile: "Sister, it doesn't matter, if it is within my sister's ability, my sister is duty-bound." ”

When the poppy lady heard this, she smiled and said, "Since the concubine entered the back court, she has not seen her relatives for several years, and she misses it very much, and she hopes that the nobles will help her." ”

After hearing this, Yin Lihua felt that this was not a difficult matter, so she responded.

Seeing that her goal had been achieved, Yu Meiren did not linger long, but before leaving, she finally said the request that she had hesitated for a long time, and she asked Yin Lihua to take care of her family later.

Yin Lihua hesitated about this, but finally nodded and agreed.

At night, Yin Lihua told Liu Xiu about what Yu Meiren said when she came to the West Palace today.

Liu Xiu had already heard about it from his own people, and now when he saw Yin Lihua mention it, he said, "If you don't worry, let people watch it." ”

Yin Lihua thought so, and saw that Liu Xiu had not yet expressed her position on Yu Meiren's request to see her relatives, so she asked Liu Xiu with some embarrassment: "What about Yu Meiren's request to see relatives, can Uncle Wen approve it?" ”

Liu Xiu couldn't see Yin Lihua's expectations, although he hadn't interfered in the affairs of the backyard over the years, but this did not prevent him from satisfying Yin Lihua, he smiled and said: "What Jiaoyue wants, how can I not be reasonable." ”

Yin Lihua was happy about this, but she still had some concerns, "But will this make Uncle Wen embarrassed, after all, these things should be the queen's decision, and it is extremely inappropriate for concubines to do this?" ”

Liu Xiu said with a smile: "You and I both understand, Yu Meiren must have begged the queen, the queen should not, she begged to come to you, in fact, it was just my idea, this matter is not a big deal, no hindrance." Even if it's a big thing, I'm happy to do it. ”

There shouldn't be anyone who doesn't like to listen to sweet words, Yin Lihua thought.

The next day, Liu Xiu immediately asked Wanfu to summon the family members of several beauties into the palace. This move made the hearts of several beauties bloom.

When the poppy finally saw her mother and sister, she couldn't help but cry with joy. After calming down her excitement, she slowly talked about her days in the palace, and then told her mother not to let her sister follow in her footsteps, she said that if he was in trouble in the house, he could ask the Yin family, and if the Yin family needed the family, she also asked her mother to persuade her father to help. The poppy's mother should not be down.

I have seen my relatives, and my poppy wish has come true. On the second day, she made some pastries with her own hands, and avoided everyone as usual and came to the old place to meet Liu Qiang.

After nearly a year of getting along with the poppy, Liu Qiang has a lot of trust in the poppy, and Liu Qiang feels the coveted maternal love in the poppy, and every time he eats the food made by the poppy himself, he loves it very much, and eats defenselessly. This time, there were no exceptions. Liu Qiang picked up the pastry and ate it.

Yu Meiren watched Liu Qiang eat, but her heart was very tormented. At this time, she had forgotten her hatred for Guo Shengtong, only thinking that Liu Qiang was just an innocent child, and thinking that Liu Qiang was unguarded and close to her, her heart was very uncomfortable. Seeing that Liu Qiang had eaten one piece, and when she was about to eat the second one, she finally couldn't help but reach out and knock it off, and removed all the remaining pastries. Immediately afterwards, she picked up Liu Qiang and ran to the hospital.

Qingyu, who was hidden in the shadows, took in everything, and she had a faint guess in her heart, so she immediately turned around and quickly ran to find the imperial doctor. When Qingyu led Gao Ziming back, she met Liu Qiang's poppy beauty who was holding the poisonous hair.

Gao Ziming took the lead in giving Liu Qiang the antidote pill brought by Qingyu at the prompting, but due to the fierce toxicity and urgency, Gao Ziming could only detoxify Liu Qiang.

Just when Gao Ziming rescued Liu Qiang, Guo Shengtong led the palace people to come.

"What did you do to the Prince?" Guo Shengtong shouted in a deep voice, "Come on, take these three people for the palace." ”

Guo Shengtong originally wanted to wait for her to be beaten into a trick, and ordered a few people to sign and postpone the painting before reporting to Liu Xiu, but whether it was Yin Lihua's people or Liu Xiu's people, they all learned about it and told their own masters as soon as possible.

After Yin Lihua heard the news, she was shocked, she didn't think about it, she was about to go to Changqiu Palace, it was Mama Liu who stopped her and asked her to find Liu Xiu first. Yin Lihua suddenly came back to her senses and hurriedly found Liu Xiu, but before she could speak, Liu Xiu asked her to follow. Yin Lihua didn't know whether to say it at this time, and in a hurry, she glanced at Wanfu and saw Wanfu nodding to her. Seeing this, Yin Lihua hurried to follow Liu Xiu.

Just when Guo Shengtong ordered the torture of the three people, Liu Xiu came with Yin Lihua.

Guo Shengtong didn't expect Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua to come so quickly, and the missed opportunity made her regretful. She looked at the palace people present sharply, and wanted to find out the person who reported the news, but she saw that everyone was equally calm and calm. For this, she couldn't help but squint her eyes.