Before dawn the next day, Liu Hong got up from the couch with a strong spirit, after a simple wash, drank the decoction handed over by Wang Zhong, sat down in front of the bronze mirror, and let the palace maid dress up for him.

Speaking of which, this is the first time Liu Hong has seen his current appearance.

Even in the dim light of the oil lamp, the handsome face looked unusually white and tender, almost sickly; There is still a grain of unwiped eye droppings in the corner of the eye under the thick eyebrows; The bridge of the nose is fairly high, and there is almost no blood on the slightly chapped lips.

After the twelve crowns were gently placed on the 'ball head' tied up on the top of Liu Hong's head, and the string used for fixation was fastened under Liu Hong's neck, this handsome face with a little femininity looked a little more energetic.

Wiping the corners of his eyes, Liu Hong stood up, his arms flat, waiting for the palace maid to put on the dark dragon robe hanging next to the mirror for him.

On the side, Wang Zhong was staring intently at the palace maid who was dressing Liu Hong.

At the moment when the dragon robe was put on Liu Hong's body, Wang Zhong walked to Liu Hong's side, rudely pushed away the palace maid who was trying to tie Liu Hong's belt, and personally arranged the dragon robe on Liu Hong's body. After Liu Hong finished dressing, he bowed back to the side, and continued to stare vigilantly at the palace maids in the hall.

Liu Hong didn't notice this, his attention at this time was all focused on himself in the mirror.

Hanfu Huazhang, even in the eyes of Liu Hong, a later generation, is quite handsome.

At the collar of the robe sewn with silk, there are two dragons made of gold wire; The white undergarment peeks out slightly from the wide deep hem of the robe; The right open 衽 (rèn) solemnly declares the pride of the Han people - the state of etiquette, the country of clothing!

After a little arrangement, Liu Hong nodded with satisfaction, and walked towards the outside of the hall with a straight face.

Today is destined to be a difficult day.

Wang Zhong silently picked up the 'White Snake Sword' that Liu Hong had forgotten on the side of the couch, and kept up with Liu Hongdi's pace in small steps.

Yu Guang caught a glimpse of the sword in Wang Zhong's arms, Liu Hong turned sideways slightly, and looked into the depths of Wang Zhong's eyes.

I saw Wang Zhong bowing slightly as if nothing had happened, and said softly: "The slave maid made her own decision and brought the 'Gaozu Emperor Sword' for Your Majesty..."

The corners of Liu Hong's mouth unconsciously curled, and he continued to walk towards the imperial chariot that stopped at the bottom of the long steps.

"In the afternoon, send the sword of Emperor Gaozu to Shaofu, and ask the craftsmen of Shaofu to 'maintain' it."

"No."

Walking down the long steps step by step, Liu Hong had a satisfied smile on his face.

- Only smart people can live longer in this changing deep palace.

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But after a while, the imperial chariot slowly stopped outside the front hall of Weiyang Palace, and then there was a high-pitched and tongue-twisting singing voice: "Your Majesty has arrived~stop~"

"Yayu?" Liu Hong lifted the curtain of the car suspiciously, only to see a tall and handsome young man in a robe standing on the royal chariot.

"Your Majesty, do you remember the ten people you saw at Sima Gate that day?"

Hearing Wang Zhong's reminder, recalling what he saw at Sima Gate that day, and then looking at the young man's obscure face, Liu Hong suddenly realized.

Isn't this the soldier who shouted "You come to Gaha" to Liu Heng with a halberd under Sima Men that day?

Wang Zhong on the side smiled and explained: "The slave and maid are very loyal to this son, so that they can send someone to find it the day before yesterday, so as to serve His Majesty before the carriage..."

The confessor also spoke at the right time: "The confessor is concerned to see Your Majesty..."

Liu Hong, who was in the carriage, looked at the handsome young man slightly, smiled slightly, and said, "I know." ”

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Entering from the palace gate, Liu Hong saw that the guards on duty in front of the palace gate nodded slightly, and his heart was at ease.

After straightening his clothes and taking a deep breath, Liu Hong crossed the threshold and stepped into the main hall of Weiyang Palace.

"Ministers greet Your Majesty~"

"My emperor has no borders~"

Greeted by all the ministers in the palace, Liu Hong held his head high, stepped up the imperial steps step by step, walked to his own dragon seat, and turned around: "Everyone, Aiqing is exempt." ”

After Liu Hong sat on the throne, the courtiers in the palace knelt down for the first time.

Different from the ancient court presented in later film and television dramas, the relationship between monarchs and ministers in the Han family is relatively equal in most cases; That is: the minister worships the king, and the king also worships the minister.

When Liu Hong entered the palace, the courtiers did not kneel down and kowtow like in film and television dramas, calling themselves slaves; Instead, he bowed his head deeply and bowed his hands in worship.

Before Liu Hong sat down, he also nodded his head lightly to show that he returned the salute.

After everyone sat down, Liu Hong found that although there were few faces he knew, there was a 'logo' that could determine the status of everyone in the hall, as well as the approximate official position - the ribbon.

For example, Prime Minister Chen Ping, who sits at the front on the left, has a purple ribbon around his waist.

On the left side of Chen Ping, Taiwei Zhou Bo, Lang Zhongling Cao Yan and a middle-aged man all had cyan ribbons around their waists.

Glancing, Liu Hong's brows suddenly furrowed slightly, and he whispered to Wang Zhong beside him, "Who is behind the prime minister?" ”

I saw that the man was sitting behind Chen Ping, and the ribbon around his waist was actually the same as Zhou Bo on Chen Ping's left; Ranked in the left class, this person should be a courtier, Qingshou said that his status is at least the chief official of Jiuqing, and dare to sit behind Chen Ping, which means that this person's status is second only to Chen Ping and Zhou Bo, and above all the other courtiers.

According to the official system of the Western Han Dynasty, there is only one person who meets these conditions - the Imperial Doctor!

The Imperial Historian and Xiangguo (Prime Minister) and Taiwei are tied for the three dukes, and the rank and Jiuqing are the same as the middle two thousand stones, although they are the same as the Jiuqing with the green ribbon, but they hold the gold seal; And Jiuqing's arms or waist, all of them are ink marks.

Rao wanted to break his head, and Liu Hong didn't find any trace of information related to the imperial doctor at this point in time.

"Your Majesty, this duke is the Imperial Doctor, Pingyang Marquis Cao Yao..."

Wang Zhong's whisper came, making Liu Hongqiang's pretended calmness almost collapse!

If Tai Shi Gong's sources are reliable...

This Cao Qi is Zhou Bo's person!

Before the start of the operation to destroy Zhu Lu, the plan was leaked, and he was told to Lu by Lang Zhong Ling Jia Shou; This message was brought to Zhou Bo by Cao Shen's eldest son, that is, the second generation of Pingyang Marquis Cao Yuan!

In other words, as the three princes with the highest status in the political arena of the Han Dynasty, they all stood on the opposite side of Liu Hongdi...

Barely controlling his distorted face, Liu Hong continued to scan the ministers kneeling on either side.

After seeing a person kneeling behind him on the left side, suppressing his shoulders that were rising and falling violently due to wheezing, Liu Hong's heart settled down a little.

Gently clearing his throat, Liu Hongqiang said calmly: "Where is Shaofuqing?" ”

The sound of frustrated inquiries resounded throughout the hall, but everyone in the store fell into an eerie silence.

Liu Hong's face suddenly sank: Zhou Bo is going to come to another 'non-violent non-cooperation'?

Just as Liu Hong gritted his teeth, a small shrimp sound came from afar.

"Your Majesty, so the Shaofu ordered the Marquis Fan of Wuyang, who died in... Died in the events of the former tense. ”

Following the prestige, I saw that about five steps to the palace gate, a middle-aged man in a Confucian robe was hunched over and bowed to Liu Hong... The direction in which it is located.

Liu Hong's heart sank, and he fell into a dilemma again.

He didn't expect that the Shaofu Order at this time was actually Fan Xu's son Fan Yan!

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PS: Explain, why the old eunuch Wang Zhong is smart.

It may be that I don't have enough pen power and didn't express it clearly: this sword is a sword that the old eunuch Wang Zhong was worried about Liu Hong's safety and stuffed Liu Hong for self-defense after Liu Hong drilled the dog hole and ran out of the Yang Palace; As for why it was wrapped in strips of cloth at that time, it was because the old eunuch Wang Zhong was worried that if people saw the inner servant with a sword, he would be found to be wrong. Later, in order to plot against the Northern Army, Liu Hong forcibly described this ordinary sword as 'Gaozu Slashing the White Snake Sword', in order to prove his identity as a descendant of Liu Bang, and borrowed some prestige from Liu Bang to get the support and support of the Northern Army.

Then in this chapter, Liu Hong saw Wang Zhong holding the sword and remembered, the old eunuch Wang Zhong knew the origin of this sword, so he glanced at the old eunuch with a deep meaning, and the old eunuch said very sensibly: Your Majesty forgot to bring the 'Gaozu White Snake Sword', the subconscious meaning is: Your Majesty rest assured, this sword is the White Snake Sword, even if you kill me, this is the White Snake Sword.

The content of this chapter about Jia Shou, the commander of the Later Young Emperor Lang, Cao Ji, the master of the Imperial Palace, and the second generation of Wuyang Marquis Fan is quoted from "Historical Records: Empress Dowager Lu Benji".

It needs to be stated that it is not a historical fact that Fan Yan was the Shaofu Order, Fan Yan was a party of the Lu family, and was killed by Zhou Bo and others in the rebellion of killing Zhu Lu; At this time, the three princes and nine kings, in addition to the prime minister Chen Ping, the imperial captain Zhou Bo, and the imperial historian Cao Yuan, only the candidates for the imperial servant and the pawn (Emperor Jing changed to Daxing, Emperor Wu changed to Dahong Road) are clear - the servant Xiahou Ying, the pawn Liu Jie. There is no record of who the remaining seven of the Nine Qings are; Including Cao Yan, the commander of Shoulang, is also a character written by the author.

But through logical reasoning, it is not difficult to conclude that in order to grasp the financial power of Shaofu, the Lu family will inevitably let one of their own people go up, and Shaofu Ling, as Jiuqing, will definitely not be able to convince people if they do not choose people with ability or background, so Lu Shi chose Fan Yan, who has a relatively large background under his hands (Fan Xu's sister-in-law, contemporary Wuyang Hou), who is young and easy to control, to hang the name of Shaofu Ling, it is quite possible, and I personally feel that the possibility is more than 70%, for the needs of the plot, In the book, the author sets the doubtful and untestable Shaofu Order as the most likely Fan Ling. Cao Yan became the commander of Shoulang in the book: as the Lang Zhongling of the Lu Party, Jia Shou died under the knife of Zhou Bo, and it was more reasonable to find a boy from the old Cao family to spy on Liu Hong.

I hope that all the officials will not accuse me of 'disrespecting history', because the historical records are limited, and the author has consulted the documents many times to no avail, so he has made such a setting that may not conform to historical facts; in the link where the historical records are clear, the author will respect the historical materials to the greatest extent and restore the situation at that time as much as possible.

But if you really want to talk about it, what is the truth of this kind of thing that is not recorded in the history books, isn't it just guessed through logical reasoning? I'm just putting my guess into the book. As for whether it is completely consistent with history, I can only say that I am writing a novel, not a canonical history; Did Wu Chengen write the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and respect history? Not necessarily. (Dog's Head Saves Life)