After the little beggar left, Yifang stood in place for a long time, which was really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it took no effort to get there. She was worried about how to deal with Zhu Xuhou Liu Zhang, so the solution was sent to the door.

This token was given by him after she helped Liu Zhang, when she was outside the palace, she only remembered to send Zhou Yafu to his mansion quickly, and he didn't look for it when he lost it, and now he thinks that with this token, he can enter and leave Zhu Xuhou's mansion at will.

Yifang rushed back to Zuichun Building with this token, Deng Tong and Liu Heng were getting together to discuss countermeasures, they were also sad, and it was estimated that they had not come up with a good solution.

"Yifang, you're back, but I haven't seen you after looking around." Liu Heng pulled her to his side and sat down, and when he saw that she seemed to be happy, he asked again, "So happy, could it be that you have thought of a way to deal with Liu Zhang?" ”

Liu Heng just asked casually, but he didn't expect her to really nod: "The king guessed that the concubine did have a way." ”

"Is that true?" Liu Heng was surprised, and so was Deng Tong. They all knew that Yifang would not joke about this matter at will, and she said that there was a way, and she must have really come up with an idea.

Yifang took out the token and put it in front of them: "Look at what this is?" ”

Liu Heng didn't know it, but Deng Tong had been in Chang'an for so many years and knew almost everything, so he recognized it at once.

"If it's a token to enter and exit the Marquis Zhuxu's mansion?" Deng Tong's expression was a little surprised, "This token can almost be faked." ”

Yifang smiled and shook his head: "You don't have to think it's true, it's true." ”

Seeing that both of them looked at her with inquiring eyes, Yi Fang explained: "In the past, when I was in Chang'an, I worked as an errand beside Empress Dowager Lu, and she and Lu Lu wanted to design Zhu Xuhou, but I overheard it, because Zhu Xuhou helped me once before, I told him the news. In order to thank me, he gave me this token, but then it was accidentally stolen by a little beggar, and when I went out just now, I met the little beggar again, and the thing was returned to my hands. ”

"That's a coincidence." Deng Tong sighed.

"yes, even God is helping us." Yifang also thinks so, this matter is too much of a coincidence, but there is no other explanation, it can only be called providence.

But she didn't know that the little beggar was waiting there, but he was actually ordered by a person. After walking in the Yifang, the little beggar turned a corner in the street and came to a man hidden in the alley.

"Heisei Hou, I have already handed over that token to that lady."

"Good job, let's go to the Hou Mansion tomorrow to receive the reward!" The man was hidden in the darkness of the alley, and his face could not be seen clearly, but he vaguely felt a feeling of not knowing the fireworks in the world.

The three of them discussed for a long time, and finally a few days later, Liu Heng and Yifang went to visit Liu Zhang, Marquis of Zhu Xu, with generous gifts. Even the people of Chang'an know that Liu Heng and Liu Zhang are now like fire and water, and there will be no private contacts. But at this time, Liu Heng brought a generous gift to visit Liu Zhang, obviously a weasel to give a New Year's greeting to the chicken.

Liu Zhang also felt so, and on the surface welcomed Liu Heng in, but in fact, he ordered people to be extremely vigilant, and even probed the entire outside of the Hou Mansion, for fear that someone would suddenly besiege him.

"My nephew didn't know that the fourth uncle was coming, and he couldn't go out to greet him, so it was my nephew." Liu Zhang was still polite on the surface, he welcomed Liu Heng into the house, and ordered someone to prepare the best tea.

Liu Zhang said nice words while watching the two of them vigilantly, but when his eyes fell on Yi Fang, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

"After my nephew heard that the fourth sister-in-law passed away, the fourth uncle has not established a new queen, so who is this?" Originally, it should have been rude to ask like this, but Liu Zhang was anxious to make sure of the doubts in his heart, and he couldn't care too much for a while.

Liu Heng and Yifang came with a mission this time, so naturally they would not be angry: "She is the plain beauty of this king." ”

"Plain beauty?" Liu Zhang didn't get the answer in his mind, and continued to ask, "My nephew is rude, it's just that this beauty looks a little similar to one of my nephew's old people, I don't know if the beauty is surnamed Shangguan?" ”

Yifang only wanted to help Liu Heng ascend to the throne as soon as possible, but she forgot about this floor, she hurriedly replied: "Master Hou is afraid that he has made a mistake, my name is Dou Yifang." ”

Since he clearly admitted his mistakes, he naturally didn't have any reason to ask any more, so he fooled around twice and talked about other topics. Both sides have their own thoughts, and even if they talk about family life, it doesn't feel like uncles and nephews at all.

At the same time, Deng Tong pretended to be a servant in the mansion and successfully entered the Zhu Xuhou Mansion with the token. He once visited the Marquis Zhu Xu's Mansion at night, knew the location of it, and easily touched the study. Deng Tong took out a letter that had been prepared long ago and clamped it on the shelf.

Before coming to the Zhu Xuhou Mansion, they also called someone to inform several old ministers, as well as the generals who stood in a neutral attitude. These generals hold military power, and although they do not lead many soldiers, if they are united, they are also a large force. Call them here, and there's a good show coming up.

"I heard that Hou Ye has collected a lot of ancient classics, and the concubine wants to come to Hou Ye to visit in front of him, I wonder if Hou Ye can fulfill the wish of the concubine?" After chatting for a while, Yi Fang estimated that Deng Tong had already hidden the letter, so he made this request in a timely manner.

Liu Zhang seemed to hesitate, after all, the study room is a more important place, but Yifang is an elder for him, since he has not torn his face on the surface, this request is not too much.

"Since the fourth sister-in-law is interested, then come with me!" Liu Zhang is a smart person, and he can see Liu Heng's attitude towards Yifang between his words, and his title has changed from the beauty at the beginning to the fourth sister-in-law.

Yifang wanted to go to the study, Liu Heng naturally wanted to accompany him, and they looked at each other and smiled, which was tacit after succeeding.

Liu Zhang has always been vigilant, but what he is wary of is whether Liu Heng has arranged for soldiers to wait outside, for these intriguing things, he sometimes understands, but he is not very good at it.

Yi Fang listened to him introduce the classics here, while flipping through the bookshelves. Although he pretended to be interested in everything, he was actually looking for the letter.

"Master Hou, there are many old ministers and generals who suddenly come outside, and they are about to break in, and the small ones can't stop them at all!" A servant suddenly came to report in disgrace.

"What are they doing at this time?" Liu Zhang really felt very strange.

The support of these old ministers and generals is very important, which Liu Zhang also thought of. Like Liu Heng, he wanted to win their support. Some time ago, he went to visit them with valuable gifts, but he couldn't figure out their attitudes between words, so he could only let them go before talking. Now, for some reason, they're all rushing here.

"You go and welcome them all to the inner hall, and Ben Hou will go out in a while."

Liu Zhang informed Liu Heng and Yifang, and then went to the inner hall to meet those old ministers. If he left the two of them in the kitchen, he was naturally not at ease, so he knocked them out with him. Liu Heng agreed without hesitation, which was exactly what he wanted.

"Ladies and gentlemen, why did you suddenly visit at this time? I didn't inform Ben Hou in advance. Liu Zhang's face was full of squeezed smiles.

"If Zhu Xuhou doesn't like me, he doesn't have to send those gifts, so one thing in front of him and another thing behind his back, is it a gentleman's doing?" One of the old ministers was the first to stand up.

Liu Zhang was puzzled for a while: "What does Master Guo mean by this?" ”

"The last time the Hou Ye told me to treat the courtiers well, but what he discussed with the King of Qi was to wipe out all of our old ministers who had held important official positions during the reign of the Empress Dowager Lu, isn't this the one thing in front of the people and the one behind the other?"

Liu Zhang was surprised for a while, and he didn't know why such a rumor came out. He had promised these old ministers before that he would not trap and kill the courtiers of the Empress Dowager Lu, but now someone has released such news, which is nothing more than an attempt to provoke the relationship between him and these old ministers. Liu Zhang hurriedly explained to them, once again assured their safety, and promised to give them an official rank and knighthood after he ascended the throne.

"When Zhu Xuhou said such things at this time, wouldn't he feel empty-hearted?" Yifang's voice suddenly sounded, and Liu Heng walked in from outside with her.

"Acting king?" The old ministers immediately discussed, "Why is the acting king here?" ”

These old ministers are going to be between the two of them at the same time, and everyone knows it, but now that they are in front of them, they are still a little embarrassed on their faces. However, Liu Heng completely ignored these, and walked in generously, holding an open letter in his hand.

"It doesn't matter why this king is here, the important thing is that all the ministers are the pillars of my dynasty, and it would be bad if they were confused." Liu Heng handed them the letter, "This is what this king found in Zhu Xuhou's study, and it is the letter he exchanged with the king of Qi. Originally, it was just a random flipped through, but I didn't expect that the things involved in it were exactly what the ministers cared about, and I took this letter here, hoping to give the gods a wake-up call. ”

The ministers gathered together and read the words on the letter word by word, and their faces suddenly became indignant again.

"Master Hou, although we are courtiers, we will not be treated as monkeys." As soon as the old minister at the head read the letter, he angrily brushed his sleeves away. He had seen Liu Zhang's handwriting, and this letter was indeed exactly the same, and it was originally suspected that it was forged by Liu Heng, but now it seems that it is indeed a correspondence between Liu Zhang and Liu Xiang.

Seeing these ministers walk out one after another, Liu Zhang quickly picked up the letter and checked it, which was exactly what Liu Xiang said about dealing with them afterwards. But it is clear that the letter was not written by him, nor did he receive it.

Liu Zhang reacted and turned his gaze to Liu Heng: "Fourth Uncle is really despicable in doing this. ”

Seeing Liu Zhang walking towards Liu Heng in a menacing manner, Yifang hurriedly blocked in front of him: "No matter what kind of approach, it is a good practice to achieve the goal." Hou Ye can afford to put it down, I hope you can be a generous loser. ”

"Loser?" Liu Zhang sneered twice, "It's not certain who loses and who wins!" Come! ”

Some of the guards waiting outside immediately rushed in and surrounded Liu Heng and the two of them, both of them holding swords in their hands, which should have been prepared earlier.

"How is it, Fourth Uncle? Do you still like this surprise from your nephew? Liu Zhang took a knife from the guard's hand and walked straight to Liu Heng, Yifang stretched out his arms to stop him, but was protected by Liu Heng behind him.

"There are indeed some surprises, but since you have prepared a surprise, the king will also have to reciprocate with courtesy." Liu Heng didn't panic at all, he clapped his hands lightly, and some people came in outside.

These people are all wearing iron armor and holding swords, ready to fight at any time, and the leader is Zhou Yafu. Earlier, under the instructions of Deng Tong, he led his soldiers to hide in secret passages. At this time, when he heard Liu Heng's signal, he quickly came out of the secret passage exit of Zhu Xuhou's mansion and hurried to protect the two.

Liu Zhang didn't expect that he would come in so many people unknowingly from the well-guarded Hou Mansion. In this contest between him and Liu Heng, whether it is in Wen or Wu, he has already lost.

After waiting quietly for a while, Liu Zhang finally accepted this fact and ordered everyone to put away their swords.

"Fourth uncle, it seems that this throne belongs to you after all." After Liu Zhang finished speaking, he turned to Yifang, "What the fourth sister-in-law said is right, I should be a generous loser." ”

Liu Zhang sighed silently, and then led the people in the room to kneel down to Liu Heng: "The minister knocks to see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Seeing this, Liu Heng smiled similarly to Yifang, their common wish was finally realized at this time. There is still a long way to go, and they still have a lot of work to do, but this time represents a node that is worth rejoicing about.

Without Liu Zhang's obstruction, Liu Heng's ascension to the throne and succession to the throne was smooth. It only took three or five days to rectify the order of Chang'an, and the enthronement ceremony was very beautiful, and almost the whole city celebrated. This is even more lively in Chang'an City, which has just experienced a battle.

While Liu Heng ascended the throne and became emperor, he finally let Yifang come to his side and really keep pace with him. Who would have thought that the peasant girl who was still struggling in the palace a few years ago would now become the queen of the world.

Yifang stood on a high position, looking at the people below calling the queen mother, and even felt that everything was not real. There was still young Liu Qi standing beside him, and it was also on this day that he was named the crown prince. Liu Qi is still young, and he can get the position of the prince, which can be regarded as a son and a mother. Although the ministers felt that the crown prince was established too early, Liu Qi was born and is now the eldest son, so there is nothing to say.

After Liu Heng successfully ascended the throne, he moved all the people from the former palace to live in a remote courtyard, including the former puppet emperor, as well as Zhang Yan, Wen Shuyan and other Liu Ying's concubines. Yifang went through the post-sealing ceremony, so I wanted to take a look at these old people, and I don't know how much they looked like back then.