On the 21st, Liu Xiu went to the southern suburbs of Luoyang, set up an altar to worship the sky, started to be a fire virtue, advocated red, raised a high temple in Luoyang, and built a shrine. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This made Liu Yang, who heard that Guo Guo and Guo's mother had left Zhending, even more unhappy. Liu Yang knew that if Guo's mother and Guo Guo were able to leave unnoticed, someone must have secretly helped him, and he may also be clear about the big things he wanted, and he may face the possibility of being accused at any time. In this way, Liu Yang also knew that Guo Shengtong would not obey his arrangement. So, while asking people to thoroughly investigate who helped Guo Guo's mother and son leave, Liu Yang discussed the details of another arrangement with his staff.

Not long after, Liu Yang took advantage of his illness to fabricate a prophecy and said: After Chijiu, Gall Yang was the main one, and then colluded with the thieves in Mianman County to rebel in private.

Here, Guo Guo, the waiter of the Yellow Gate who had returned to Zhending, finally returned to Luoyang, went straight to the palace to meet Liu Xiu, and saw that Yin Xing was there, so he didn't speak for a long time.

Yin Xing understood, and without Liu Xiu's words, he retreated with interest.

After Yin Xing left, Guo Guo quickly told Liu Yang about his rebellion, and said how Liu De helped him escape.

Liu Xiu was skeptical about this, and he asked Guo Guo: "King Zhending is Aiqing's own uncle, if he succeeds in great things, Aiqing's wealth and glory are not a problem, isn't Aiqing excited?" ”

I saw Guo Guo solemnly replied: "Weichen only knows about the matter of loyalty to the king, and the king of Zhending lured Weichen to return on the grounds that his mother was sick and secretly detained, and wanted to use Weichen and his mother to blackmail Guo Guiren to hurt His Majesty. ”

When Liu Xiu heard this, he bowed his head slightly, and couldn't help but appreciate Guo Guo. Thinking that he had been trying his best to support the Yin family, it was inevitable that he would ignore the Guo family, and he felt a little guilty for a while. As for the importance of Liu Yang's rebellion, he didn't dare to believe Guo Guo at once.

Guo Guo saw that Liu Xiu still didn't believe it, so he took out a letter from his arms and presented it to Liu Xiu, "This is the Zhending Wang's son-in-law, Liu Deling, and Weichen to hand it over to Your Majesty." ”

Wanfu took it from Guo Kuang's hand and handed it to Liu Xiu.

After Liu Xiu opened it and looked at it, he couldn't help but think deeply.

Liu De said that he did not agree with his father's plan, and in order to avoid the misery of life, he was willing to work for Liu Xiu. After the deed was completed, the 100,000 troops lent to Liu Xiu in the past also belonged to Liu Xiu, and they were sure that the royal family would be loyal to the Han family for generations. It's just that in order to stabilize the hearts of the people and show Liu Xiu's sincerity, Liu Xiu wants to make Guo Shengtong the queen and protect her honor in her lifetime.

In Liu Xiu's opinion, if Guo Shengtong's honor represents his attitude towards Zhending, this is beyond reproach, but this posterior, he only cared about Yin Lihua from the beginning, if it weren't for the Yin family no one in the court, he would not have delayed the establishment of the queen so far, seeing that things are going well, when Yin Lihua gave birth to a prince, he would be able to establish Yin Lihua, but now he ran into Liu Yang's rebellion. In the letter, Liu had to ask him to set up Guo Shengtong as the queen, and there was no room for discussion between the lines, which made Liu Xiu quite distressed. Liu Xiu knew that he could not convene the ministers to discuss at this time, otherwise there would be no way to reverse the matter of appointing Guo Shengtong as queen. Liu Xiu had no choice but to let Guo Guo step back first, and ordered him not to publicize this matter, as a matter of importance, for the sake of safety, he needed to find out clearly.

Guo Guo had no objection to this, and retreated respectfully. Guo Guo knew what Liu De wrote in the letter, and he also knew why Liu Xiu hesitated at this time, but he believed that Liu Xiu's final choice would not disappoint them.

Liu Xiu immediately ordered his henchmen to go quietly to Zhending. It was night, because he had something in his heart, Liu Xiu did not go to the West Palace, nor did he go to the Changqiu Palace, but returned to his East Palace with a heavy heart.

Yin Lihua was quite surprised when she heard this. Although she can't sleep, except for the occasional trip to Changqiu Palace, Liu Xiu will go to the West Palace the rest of the night, whether it is simply sleeping, or just meeting and talking, even if she is too busy, she will let people know, but tonight is really a little unusual. At this time, Yin Lihua couldn't help but think of what Yin Xing had passed on to her before. Yin Xing's people told her that Guo Guo, who had gone back on leave, suddenly came back, and as soon as he came back, he talked with Liu Xiu alone for a long time.

Yin Lihua was thinking that there might be only one reason why Liu Xiu couldn't see Guo Shengtong, and even she didn't want to see it, and that was Guangchong**. But when I thought about it, it was a hot topic after the establishment, and Guangchong** was afraid that it had not been put on the agenda yet, so what happened? At this time, Yin Lihua suddenly felt a little uneasy in her heart, she vaguely guessed that maybe Liu Xiu was the only one who didn't want to see her, and maybe the matter would soon be settled. But not in the end, Yin Lihua is unwilling to give up, who is willing to give up being a wife and become a concubine.

At that time, there were only Liu Xiu, Guo Guo and Wan Fu in it, obviously the first two Yin Lihua had no way to know the content of the conversation from their mouths, and Wan Fu was extremely cautious and loyal, I am afraid it would be difficult to find out anything from him, but it was very easy to get into trouble, after all, it was not a trivial matter to inquire about the Son of Heaven. Thinking of this, Yin Lihua couldn't help but think: If Wanfu is used for her own use, it would be great. As soon as this idea came up, the more Yin Lihua thought about it, the better she felt. It's just that, as far as she knows, Wanfu is a person who doesn't eat hard and soft, and he has no weakness, where to start? Thinking that Mama Liu had been in contact with Wanfu, she asked Mama Liu: "Mama, I want to take Gonggong Wan for my own use, I don't know what your plan is?" ”

Mama Liu knew what Yin Lihua was thinking about at this time, and after listening to Yin Lihua's question, Mama Liu couldn't help but remember that she had heard someone say the secret of Wanfu, but she didn't know if she could take it seriously. She thought for a while and said to Yin Lihua: "Although the slave maid worked with Gonggong Wan in the palace before, it was only a nodding acquaintance. Besides, Wan Gonggong is just and selfless, and he is loyal, but he is afraid that he will not be able to be entrapped. However, the slave maid had heard about Wan Gonggong from a father-in-law before, but she didn't know whether it was true or not. ”

When Yin Lihua heard this, she immediately became interested, so she hurriedly said to Mama Liu: "Mama, come on." ”

Mama Liu nodded, and then slowly said what she had heard in the past to Yin Lihua.

Speaking of which, Wanfu is also a poor man. Since he was a child, he lost his parents, was sent to the fence, and suffered a lot of cold eyes and bullying, but fortunately, he survived with perseverance, and when he grew up, he went out alone to earn a living, working hard for his livelihood and studying hard. finally married a good wife and gave birth to a son, and studied hard for ten years to achieve fame, but was sent to serve in a remote and barren land. This has just passed the assessment, but when he returned to Beijing to report on his work, he was in the midst of war, and he had to be a small official in the Wang Mang Dynasty to make a living. When the first emperor was changed, he finally stayed as a Beijing official, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, and one accidentally offended Zhao Meng's favorite concubine and close relatives, so that he was tragically punished by the palace and became a father-in-law, but fortunately, Wanfu had the foresight to secretly send his wife and children away, otherwise he would not have survived. Later, due to the war, he was separated from his wife and children. In desperation, Wanfu threw himself into the palace, and after several rounds, he came to Liu Xiu's side.

After Yin Lihua heard about Wanfu, she sympathized with and admired him in her heart, and she asked Mama Liu: "Who told Mama about these things at that time?" ”

Mama Liu thought for a while and replied, "It is the close attendant of Zhao Meng's daughter Concubine Zhao." ”

"That's most likely true." Yin Lihua couldn't help but start pondering.

Mama Liu said about this: "The people in the palace are sometimes idle, and it is not impossible to fabricate them indiscriminately. ”

Yin Lihua thought for a moment and said, "Even if it's fabricated, we are just wasting some time, if it is true, it will be beneficial to us and harmless." Mama may not only have heard of these things, but now there may be old people in the palace, if the Changqiu Palace knows that these things are true, then it will be a big deal. ”

Mama Liu nodded at this.

The next day, Yin Lihua met with Yin Xing in private, and concisely told Yin Xing about Wanfu and her own plans. After Yin Xing heard this, he only said that Yin Lihua would wait for good news.

Just when Yin Lihua was worried about these things, Guo Shengtong had already received the news from himself, and he felt at ease. In this way, she not only saved the day, but also expected to ascend to the back position. Thinking of this, Guo Shengtong couldn't help but be full of joy. It's just that Liu Xiu is hesitating, Guo Shengtong can't help but feel sad about this, but then he thinks that he will be in the back position just around the corner, and then he can be side by side with Liu Xiu, and he will not have those melancholy. At this time, Guo Shengtong looked forward to the early end of the matter, and she could wear a phoenix robe to share the prosperity with Liu Xiu, and she looked forward to being favored for a lifetime.