"Your Majesty, this is the performance of Yuan Yao, the Taishou of Xia County, Xia County has reclaimed a large area of land and cultivated Yankang rice... He said that there was still a shortage of manpower, and there was still room for continued reclamation, and he hoped that the next service soldiers could be arranged to carry out reclamation work outside the Saiwai....", sitting in the Houde Palace, Liu Qu listened to Pang Tong talk to him about the recitals in various places, Liu Qu This is the first time to deal with the recitals in various places alone, and when he thought that his order could make the Han Dynasty stronger, Liu Qu was very excited.

"This is a watch... Well... Need to be reclaimed? Where are the original soldiers? ”

"It's all in Ningzhou."

"This...", Liu Qu had the heart to express his opinion, although he didn't understand this, but when he was about to speak, his father's majestic face appeared in front of him, "A good king is to be able to use the right person, not to show how outstanding he is, otherwise, he is proficient in everything for the monarch and decides for the world, but he failed to make the country better and the people rich, this is a dereliction of duty of a son of heaven!" It was here that Father used to say these words to him.

Liu Qu was silent for a moment, and then asked with a smile: "In Pang Linggong's opinion, what should I do?" ”

Pang Tong thought for a moment, and then said: "Dang Yun, the land outside the Saiwai is extremely important, the enemies outside the Han always come from outside the Saiwai, if you can turn the outside of the Saiwai into farmland, let all the enemies get off their horses and become farmers, the Han will never be troubled..."

"Okay, just do what Pang Linggong said! That's it! Liu Qu said, Pang Tong nodded, and picked up a recital, Liu Qu had to listen to Pang Tong's opinion every time, Pang Tong was a little strange in his heart, but it was not good to say anything, after dealing with it for nearly half an hour, Liu Qu stretched his waist, he said: "Pang Linggong, I'm a little tired, go to dinner first, and then come back and continue to deal with these things?" ”

"Your Majesty, these recitals have been piled up for a long time, and they can't be delayed any longer, the things of the day will be interrupted on the same day, Your Majesty can go to dinner, and the old minister will continue to watch...", Pang Tong said helplessly, Liu Qu walked out of the Houde Palace, had a meal, and chatted with the queen for a long time, remembering that Pang Tong had not eaten yet, he called Qi Yue again, and said: "Pang Linggong is still in the Houde Palace, he has not eaten, you can send him some food...."

Qi Yue looked very bad, his eyes were still blank, he heard the order of the Son of Heaven, he was silent, Liu Qu finished the order, and was about to say something interesting to Wang Yuanji, seeing that Qi Yue had not left, Liu Qu asked with some doubts: "Husband Qi?" Why don't you go yet? What's the matter? ”

Qi Yue raised his head slowly, his face was still stained with tears, and he said, "The slave maid just misses the country a little... When the country is still there, he will never leave the Houde Hall so early, before Pang Linggong comes, he is busy in the Houde Palace, after Fat Linggong leaves, he is still there, and he will accompany Pang Linggong to dine. His voice was a little hoarse, but it made Liu Qu a little unhappy.

"What do you mean by that? Do you want to persuade me to be diligent?? I will go to the Hall of Virtue later, and I didn't say that I won't go! ”

Qi Yue shook his head, "Your Highness ascended the throne, and everything in the palace has stabilized. ”

For him to call himself His Royal Highness, Liu Qu has no anger in his heart, this guy has accompanied his father all his life, and it is normal that he can't change his mouth in a short time, not to mention, even he grew up under Qi Yue's care, for Qi Yue, he is still a little close in his heart, Liu Qu asked: "If you have anything, just say it." ”

"The slave maid implores His Highness to let the Yellow Gate in the East Palace order Bao Jun take over the position of the slave maid."

"Oh?"

"Bao Jun has a pure temperament, is loyal, and works diligently, he has been in the East Palace since he was a child, and his Highness can trust him."

"You're going to..."

"In addition, the slave maid begs His Royal Highness to find a small burial place for the slave maid outside the entrance of the imperial mausoleum....", Qi Yue said, bowed to Liu Qu, and then walked out, Liu Qu was a little stunned for a while, and did not react, until Qi Yue walked out of the hall, he suddenly woke up, jumped up suddenly, and chased out of the palace, just walked to the door, and heard an exclamation, and the cry of the palace maid.

This exclamation came from the Houde Palace, when Liu Qu rushed to the door of the Houde Hall not far away, he saw an amazing scene, there were more than a dozen big eunuchs, kneeling in the direction of the Houde Palace, their bodies were strange, something was wrong, and Pang Tong also heard the movement, he had already walked out of the Houde Palace, stood on the left side, looked at these people, frowned, Liu Qu ignored the obstruction of the Yellow Gate, and hurriedly stepped forward.

"Qi Lao...", the words suddenly paused, Liu Qu saw the faces of these people clearly, they knelt on the ground weakly, blood spilled from the corners of their mouths, their eyes were round, and they were all dead, and at the front, it was Qi Yue who was the leader, he was also lying on the ground, twitching, judging from the blood on the ground, he was bleeding, and insisted on coming here, before he fell to the ground, Liu Qu rushed to his side with an arrow step, and easily helped Qi Yue up.

The corners of Qi Yue's mouth were still bleeding.

"Husband Qi?! What are you guys doing here?? Why?! ”

"Temple... Your Highness.. Country... Also needed... Need... We... Obey...", Qi Yue never finished speaking, in the violent trembling, Qi Yue's hands fell, and they were killed instantly, they had already taken the poison, Liu Qu looked around, these eunuchs around him, all of them had served his father in the past, they took the poison, and came to the place where Emperor Xiaode was most familiar, and was buried here for Emperor Xiaode, all of which brought Liu Qu a huge shock.

He had heard that when Emperor Xiaowen died, there were also close servants who chose to be martyred for him, and they wanted to continue to serve the Son of Heaven after death, but Liu Qu didn't believe in these at all, he felt that those Yellow Gates were probably afraid of being questioned by the new monarch, so they had a good reputation when they died, but when he saw these eunuchs around him, he changed his mind, he didn't plan to liquidate these people, he felt that Qi Yue was in the palace, and he could save himself a lot of trouble.

But they still chose this path, what to say?

Call them stupid? Or are they loyal martyrs?

"Alas...", Liu Qu sighed, slowly put down Qi Yue in his arms, and then looked at these people kneeling at the door of the Houde Palace, he was a little speechless, their appearance, Liu Qu has seen it many times, every time Father is dealing with the performance in the Houde Palace, these people always kneel here and wait, those few Huang Men whose names Liu Qu can't say, and even brought the tools of the past, some holding lanterns, some holding fans....

Now, they are still here, waiting for their Son of Heaven to come out of the Hall of Virtue tiredly, when their Son of Heaven wearily walks out of the Hall of Virtue, Qi Yue will come forward with a smile and inform all the things in the Heavenly Palace, some of the Yellow Gate will go to support the Son of Heaven, and some will carry lanterns, but unfortunately, the Son of Heaven will never come out of there again, and Qi Yue and them, the same, can no longer get up to serve the Son of Heaven.

"Give them a place outside the gate of Father's Holy Tomb and let them serve Father." , Liu Qu said.

Pang Tong and Liu Qu sat in the Houde Hall again, Liu Qu was still thinking about Fang Cai's affairs, most of the things fell on Pang Tong's body, the two of them were busy until the night, very deep at night, but things were still not over, Liu Qu couldn't sit still, if it was said that at the beginning, he was still a little curious, but after he and Pang Tong dealt with the table for a whole day, those curiosity in his heart had disappeared, and instead of this curiosity, it was endless fatigue.

He had never been so tired, even if he marched with the commander of the Southern Army, he had never been so tired, sitting in this hall, looking at the recitals one by one, listening to Pang Tong analyzing for himself, and explaining the results after different responses, Liu Qu was really about to explode, how could he be so tired? Liu Qu had never thought that reviewing the recital would be such a tiring thing, and at this moment, when he remembered that his father had been busy all day without eating or drinking here, there was only shock in his eyes.

After the infinite admiration for my father, I was deeply afraid in my heart, could it be that in this life, I have to sit in this temple all day long like my father, busy every day and night? The joy brought to Liu Qu by ascending the throne disappeared without a trace at this moment, and finally, he still couldn't hold on anymore, stood up, looked at Pang Tong on the side, and said helplessly: "Pang Linggong, let me go back and rest for a while, and do the rest tomorrow." ”

"If Your Majesty is tired, go and rest, and the rest will be handed over to the ministers, if these are delayed until tomorrow, I am afraid that it will be more difficult to complete...", Pang Tong said, there was no disappointment in his words, His Majesty This is the first time to review the recital, anything, there is always a process of gradually getting used to it, he can hold on for so long, Pang Tong is already very happy, as for the rest, he can also deal with it himself, anyway, today today, it has always been Pang Tong who has made up his mind, not Liu Qu.

When leaving the Houde Palace, Liu Qu didn't dare to raise his head, he felt a little ashamed, he seemed to have become a deserter on the battlefield, he shouldn't have escaped, thinking about this, he returned to the harem, Wang Yuanji had already put Ah Shi to sleep, was waiting for him, saw Liu Qu dragging his tired body in, Wang Yuanji hurriedly stepped forward and took off his clothes for him, Liu Qu fell on the bed weakly, Wang Yuanji was about to say something, but heard the gentle snoring, Liu Qu had already slept.

And in the Houde Palace, the lights are still flickering, Pang Tong is constantly reviewing the watch, when he finished processing these, it was already the middle of the night, stood up, walked to the door, but turned around again, looking at the empty Houde Palace.

"Your Majesty... You gave your minister a day off... Why did you take another long vacation? ”