The envoys sent by the imperial court did not encounter the war in Liulin Village and Yangshi County, and even they did not know that there was such a thing.

They set out from Luoyang and first went to Yecheng to meet Huangfu Song, the Youzhou pastor.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, some prefectures and counties set up prefectures and counties, and there was no fixed place. Under normal circumstances, it is the governor or governor of the state who decides which city they are governed.

Of course, this is not to say that this is the case for all states and counties, some states and counties, their state capitals and county capitals, will be located in the same city for thousands of years.

Jizhou is a bit special, or it can be said that Jizhou is actually a relatively large state, Jizhou, there are many cities, since ancient times have become the capital of a country or a relatively developed and prosperous economic, political, cultural and so on. Even without these, Jizhou, the land of Hebei, has become a place where some princes and nobles have been fiefdoms over the years.

For example, Handan, which was the capital of the Seven Heroes of Zhao in the Warring States Period. In addition, there are such countries as Anping, Zhongshan, Qinghe and so on.

Don't talk about it far away, just talk about the plain palace, just eat the three counties of Yi, and these three counties can also be said to be a country of fiefdoms. Liwu County, where the Plains Royal Mansion is located, was once extremely prosperous. These are also due to the palace of the plains.

If a certain Jizhou Assassin and Taishou have a close relationship with the Plains Palace, then it would not be surprising that he chose to set up his state capital in Liwu County.

Anyway, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, especially in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, a state assassin, a taishou, and a state pastor can set up a government office of his own and an official institution that belongs to him. In other words, this is actually equivalent to a small court belonging to the chief official of this state.

Therefore, the establishment of a state capital depends on the choice of the governor of the state.

The state capital of Huangfu Song was set up in Yecheng.

The Qin messenger sent by the imperial court first went to Yecheng to meet Huangfu Song.

For more than a year, the imperial court has come and gone, basically without interruption, and sometimes, there are several waves of imperial court messengers sent by the imperial court every month. So these are not surprising.

But when Huangfu Song received the secret decree sent to him by the imperial court, he couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.

The meaning of the secret decree is to let Huangfu Song wait for the Qin to go to the plain palace of Liwu County to announce the nobles of the horse into Beijing, and let Huangfu Song find an excuse to make Liu Xian of Liufu in Liulin Village disappear.

Naturally, this secret decree does not directly say this, but the meaning is more or less the same. After all, it is impossible for the emperor to directly issue an order to openly kill Liu Xian on trumped-up charges.

In terms of the secret decree, it is mainly said that Ma Guiren of the Plains Mansion is the widow of the brother of the first emperor and the only relative of the first emperor. These are the merits of Ma Guiren. Now the whole Jizhou is not very calm, the emperor is worried about the safety of Ma Guiren, so he sent a special messenger to take people to the plain palace to welcome Ma Guiren to the capital to settle down, so that Ma Guiren can live in peace.

Then vaguely mentioned that Ma Guiren was just a woman's family, and it was inevitable that the adulterer would take advantage of it, deceive Ma Guiren's trust, and plot against him. For example, Liu Xian of Liufu in Liulin Village, who recognized Ma Guiren as his stepmother, this son is named a clan relative of the Han family, but he openly became a businessman, which shows that he is full of copper smell.

Merchants pursue profit and only talk about profit in everything, therefore, the court felt that Liu Xian's intentions were suspicious, and wondered whether Liu Xian saw that there was no successor to the Pingyuan Mansion to approach Ma Guiren, and then plotted the wealth of the Pingyuan Palace. And the imperial court received a secret report, Liu Xian relied on the trust of Ma Guiren, and had cleared the dissidents in the Plains Palace, and expelled hundreds of old people in the Plains Palace, and his heart was bad.

In case something happens to the plain palace and Ma Guiren has any accidents, then this will be the fault of the current emperor who failed to take care of the relatives of the former emperor, which directly affects the reputation of the emperor and the face of the Han court. Can't a court protect the relatives of an emperor? How could the court allow traitors to plot the wealth of the relatives of the first emperor?

Plains Palace, there is no need for an heir, then Liu Xian, should be dealt with secretly.

The secret decree sent by Qin to Huangfu Song is roughly like this. After Qincha's hints, Huangfu Song naturally understood that this was the imperial court, or the emperor, or it was possible that those traitors in the court wanted to put Liu Xian to death.

After Huangfu Song read the secret decree and listened to Qin Cha's hint, his heart was full of anger. In any case, Huangfu Song is a loyal and upright minister, and the secret decree and the meaning of the Qincha are to let him make a knife and kill a good person who has relieved tens of thousands of people in Yangshi County.

Right and wrong, Huang Fu Song's heart is very clear. What's wrong with Liu Xian? What crime was committed? This is really unwarranted, just because Liu Xian worshiped and recognized the noble man of the Plains Mansion as his stepmother, which involves a huge interest, so Liu Xian must die?

However, Huangfu Song was very complicated, and after receiving the secret decree, he had anger but couldn't vent it. Because he was first and foremost a Han Chen, the secret decree sent to him by Qin was true, and he knew in his heart that this must be the meaning of the current emperor. So, what can he do? Let him disobey the holy decree, he really can't do it.

This is like Lu Zhi's incident at that time, Lu Zhi did not bribe those eunuchs, and was ordered to be imprisoned. In this, how could Lu Zhi not know that it was those traitors in the DPRK and China who deliberately framed him? But so what? Even, Lu Zhi must know in his heart that this must be the traitor in the court who deceived the emperor, so that the emperor would order him to be arrested, but what can I do? Who told the emperor to trust those eunuchs and not trust him, Lu Zhi? Do you dare to disobey the Holy Command?

Huangfu Song didn't say that he had much friendship with Liu Xian, he and Liu Xian had only met once and made a deal. But Liu Xian did give him a lot of help, and even made him owe a lot of money.

The most important thing is that through his contact with Liu Xian, he always believes that Liu Xian is indeed a loyal person. And now, the emperor ordered him to assassinate Zhongliang, which really made Huangfu Song angry and aggrieved, but helpless.

Huangfu Song took the secret decree depressedly, and those messengers left and went directly to the plain palace of Liwu County. Zhang Rang and other palace attendants sent out the messengers were naturally their henchmen and eunuchs. Naturally, they are also some relatively clever guys who are strong enough to do things, at least they know how to act when they see opportunities.

What kind of person Huang Fu Song is, they naturally know, at least they know that Huang Fu Song is a person who is truly loyal to the Han court. To deal with such a person, you can directly use the emperor's decree to make him do things honestly. Therefore, after explaining to Huangfu Song, they were all relieved.

However, they didn't want to alarm Liu Xian in Liulin Village too early, and they didn't want Liu Xian to know about the imperial court's desire for his life early on. Therefore, with the mentality that more things are better than less, he directly bypassed Liulin Village and Yangshi County from the lower reaches of the Qingshui River, and went straight to the plain palace of Liwu County. It is precisely because of this that the imperial court also avoided the war in Yang County this time.

There were hundreds of guards in the palace, so the journey was safe and sound, and they soon arrived at the plain palace.

For so many years, although the Plains Palace has been in contact with the palace in the capital, for example, there are some special days or something, and someone in the palace will send people to send some gifts to show their care and love for Ma Guiren.

But it has been a long time since he gave the Holy Decree to the Plains Palace.

Ma Guiren stayed quietly in the Plains Mansion during this time, and there was nothing to do, but her heart was still a little complicated, which was difficult to describe.

If she said that she was extremely happy and excited about recognizing Liu Xian as her righteous son and letting Liu Xian recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors in such a way, so that this Han royal family really had incense. So because she was too excited and drunk, she had an ulterior thing with Liu Xian's nephew, which really made her unable to calm down for a long time, and in her heart, she was really sometimes uneasy, sometimes ashamed, and sometimes there would be a trace of indescribable complex feelings.

Many times, she hid in her incense pavilion, looking at the bronze mirror, looking at her face that seemed to be more beautiful, looking at the face that seemed to have no traces of time, and Liu Xian's handsome and extraordinary shadow flashed unnaturally in her heart.

She found that it was difficult for her to treat Liu Xian as her nephew as she did when she first met Liu Xian earlier.

Because no matter what, this little man is already his own man in fact.

After so many years, Ma Guiren has never known what it is like to be a woman.

In fact, even now, she is very confused, because she was indeed drunk at that time, and she only has a feeling of confusion, pain and pleasure like flying through the clouds.

Whether it was pain or happiness, she always felt that something was not real, like a dream. Sometimes, she even wonders, should she really feel that feeling once?

This thought arises, as if it is attached to her bones, and it always pops up from time to time. Whenever these thoughts pop up, she can't help but have her heart beating faster and her face red.

Ma Guiren sometimes wonders if he is enchanted.

During this time, Ma Guiren's personal maids had already noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with Ma Guiren. Because Ma Guiren is alone in a daze for a lot of time, and many times he will see Ma Guiren inadvertently revealing some strange demeanor, as if he will always blush from time to time, and sometimes he will hold his face with his hands, as if he is shy.

Fortunately, these little maids of hers are also some chicks, otherwise, they will definitely be able to see that Ma Guiren is Sichun.

Sometimes, Ma Guiren is actually struggling with the relationship between mother and son who is already nominally righteous with Liu Xian. knew that this was the case, and she didn't need to let Liu Xian recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, instead of pulling such a name.

But more often, she was thinking about what Liu Xian, a little man, was doing now? Will you miss her as much as she does?

Well, how to say this, Ma Guiren is actually a woman, and if such a thing happens, it is impossible if it can still be as if it didn't happen. If she is a person who has come over, it is easier to do, just treat it as an accident, but she is not a real person after all. Any woman will probably remember her first time, right?

Especially a woman like her who has not experienced the taste of true love. In this way, it is inevitable that she will be cranky, even if she is honestly not young, but so what? Sometimes, it is true that this kind of thing knows no borders and ages.

Just when Ma Gui's mind was complicated and his mind was entangled. The imperial court sent to the door.

Naturally, you can't be too casual to greet the Chincha.

Of course, this also depends on who you are facing, or who receives the holy decree.

Sometimes, if the Qin Cha sent the holy decree into the military camp, it would be very simple, and he only needed to make the military general who received the holy decree kneel and listen to the announcement. But if it's delivered directly to someone's home, there will usually be some rituals.

Of course, these ceremonies can also be simple and complicated.

For example, when you hear that a minister has come to announce the decree, if you know that the decree is a good thing, basically, the whole government will definitely take action. All will come and kneel and hear the will. In addition, you have to take a shower and change clothes, and at least you have to change into some formal clothes. If you have an official uniform, you must also wear it. If it is a nobleman, then you have to wear the nobleman's palace costume, which can be regarded as a dress of honor.

Ma Guiren is dressed up at this time.

The Chin Cha stood and read aloud the decree to the nobles of Ma and the people of the plain palace who were kneeling on the ground.

After hearing this, Ma Guiren couldn't help but panic a little.