Listening to Yin Lihua's words, Liu Xiu's mood eased a lot.

Seeing Liu Xiu's brows stretched, Yin Lihua smiled and said, "The concubine should go and make some snacks for Your Majesty!" ”

"Good!"

Liu Xiu nodded with a smile.

After Yin Lihua went out, Liu Xiu looked at Liu Yang again, and then turned around and walked out of the room.

When he arrived in the main hall outside, he beckoned to the door of the palace, and Zhang Kun walked in, bowed and saluted, and said, "Your Majesty!" ”

"Zhang Kun, you go and find out the impeachment of Gongsun by the imperial envoy, send someone to Chang'an, and hand it over to Gongsun."

Liu Xiu said.

After hearing this, Zhang Kun nodded in response, and then he asked puzzledly, "Didn't Your Majesty have a letter to General Feng?" ”

"You don't need it, you just send someone to send it to Soshu!"

"Yes! Your Majesty! The slave understood. ”

Zhang Kun bowed, turned around and walked out.

With the relationship between Liu Xiu and Feng Yi, there is no need to say some things too bluntly, he only needs to send the impeachment of the imperial envoy to Feng Yi, and Feng Yi naturally knows what is going on.

After Zhang Kun left, Liu Xiu sat down on the mat, and when he saw Yin Lihua's embroidery on the side, he picked it up casually.

Yin Lihua embroidered a white horse, but it was not finished, and there was a line of small characters embroidered next to it: Bright white horse, in the valley of the sky, a bunch of life, its people are like jade.

This is a poem in the "Book of Songs: Xiaoya", which roughly means that the white horse grazes in the valley, and the person is as beautiful as jade.

For the ancients, many of the poems in the Book of Songs were like fairy tales, desirable.

Liu Xiu looked at it and smiled, he felt that there could be one more person next to this horse, and that was him.

He was admiring Yin Lihua's embroidery, when a maid came over, put a cup of tea in front of Liu Xiu, and said softly, "Your Majesty, please use tea." ”

Liu Xiu looked up and saw that the palace maid who brought the tea was Luo You.

Liu Xiu has no impression of Luo You, and can remember her as a person because she once saved Lihua.

However, Luo You's appearance was very miserable at that time, his nose was blue and his face was swollen, his face was also swollen, and the whole person was almost skinny.

Now Luo You's appearance is as if he has transformed from the inside out, his hands are like soft wattles, his skin is like clotted fat, his face is like a cockroach, his teeth are like rhinoceros, he has a clever smile, and his beautiful eyes are longing.

Even if the beauty is not as good as Yin Lihua, it is not far behind, at least above Guo Shengtong, Xu Xiling, and Xi Cheying.

Liu Xiu has a problem, he has always had a natural affection for people with a good image, whether the other party is a man or a woman.

He looked at Luo You happily and asked with a smile, "Luo You, how are you doing after you transfer to the West Palace?" ”

Luo Youbi bowed respectfully and said: "The noble man takes good care of the servant, and the nobleman's kindness to the servant is remembered by the servant!" ”

Liu Xiu nodded with satisfaction, picked up the teacup, lowered his head to smell it, and asked, "What kind of tea is this?" ”

Luo You said: "It is a flower tea made by a servant, and the nobles like to drink it very much." ”

After a pause, she said cautiously: "If Your Majesty doesn't like to drink flower tea, the maid will go and change a cup for Your Majesty!" ”

"No need."

Liu Xiu smiled: "I like everything Lihua likes." ”

As he spoke, he took a slow sip of tea, which tasted sweet, which was indeed a taste that Lihua would like.

Liu Xiu picked up Yin Lihua's embroidery and asked, "Luo You, how do you see the nobleman's embroidery?" ”

Luo Youzheng said: "The noble embroidery is outstanding, the embroidery is exquisite, lifelike, vivid, and people will like it at a glance!" ”

After Liu Xiu heard this, he laughed.

Yin Lihua is really not good at embroidery, but this Luo You is very good at flattery.

He was about to send Luo You down, but the latter spoke again: "Through the nobleman's embroidery, it can also be seen that the nobleman hopes that His Majesty will come to the West Palace more often." ”

"Oh?"

Liu Xiu became interested when she heard this, raised her eyebrows, and asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

Luo You said: "The noble embroidered is the Book of Songs, Xiaoya, Baiju, this poem expresses the host's retention of the guests. ”

She is right, "The Book of Songs, Xiaoya, White Horse" does have this meaning.

The gist of the poem is that the host is especially happy when the guests visit.

Keep guests and make everyone's good time together longer.

The guest is a talented gentleman with great ambitions, but he was born in troubled times, and his talent cannot be displayed, and he just wants to go to the seclusion in the mountains and forests.

After listening to Luo You's explanation, Liu Xiu's eyes flashed, put down the embroidery, and asked with interest: "Have you read before?" ”

At that time, ordinary women did not study, and there was no spare money to let women study.

Luo You can tell the white horse in the Book of Poetry, which makes Liu Xiu a little curious about her.

Luo You's head said: "The reason why the maid knows these things is because of the nobles!" The nobleman said that the maid can't stay in the palace all his life, and sooner or later he will have to go out of the palace to get married. ”

Liu Xiu nodded thoughtfully, Lihua is not only kind-hearted, but also careful! At this time, Yin Lihua walked in from outside and said with a smile: "Your Majesty taste the pastries made by the concubine!" ”

His eyes lit up, and he immediately stood up, walked up to Yin Lihua, took the plate, picked up a piece of pastry, and took a big bite.

Yin Lihua asked, "What does Your Majesty think of the taste?" ”

Liu Xiu swallowed the pastry in his mouth and said with a smile: "Lihua's current craftsmanship is no longer inferior to the imperial kitchen!" ”

Yin Lihua was amused by Liu Xiu's praise, and the two sat down with a smile, and they chatted while eating and talking.

Seeing that Luo You was still staying by the side, Xue Ying stepped forward, pulled Luo You up, and then exited the main hall.

When she arrived outside the main hall, Xue Ying's face immediately sank, and she said coldly to Luo You: "Luo You, you have to remember that you are now a person from the West Palace, and the nobles are so good to you, if you dare to do something sorry for the nobles, I will not let you go first!" ”

Luo You went to serve tea to Liu Xiu, which is not a problem in itself, but it is absolutely intolerable to take the opportunity of serving tea to seduce His Majesty intentionally or unintentionally.

In this regard, Red Note also stood with Xue Ying.

Seeing this, Li Xiu'e frowned dissatisfiedly and said, "Xue Ying, what are you talking nonsense?"

Luo You just said a few words to His Majesty, how can he have anything to do with the sorry nobles? ”

Xue Ying ignored Li Xiu'e, who was unhappy, and only stared at Luo You coldly.

Luo You lowered his head and whispered, "The servant knows that he is wrong. ”

"Humph!"

Xue Ying snorted heavily, and this was the end of it.

Liu Xiu sent the imperial envoy's impeachment of Feng Yi to Feng Yi as it was.

Feng Yi received the music and read it from beginning to end, and at the same time, he was also shocked into a cold sweat.

Feng Yi didn't hesitate and immediately wrote a reply to Liu Xiu.

In the letter, he said that he was originally a Confucian student, thanks to His Majesty's refusal to abandon it, accept the ministers under the account, give trust, and hand over important tasks.

Now, although the minister is leading the troops outside, he is conscientious and conscientious, walking on thin ice, for fear that his majesty will be embarrassed because of his own relationship.

Every time he received a decree from His Majesty, the minister would be overjoyed, because the minister knew that as long as he did what His Majesty would do, he would be able to achieve a great victory in the battle.

And without His Majesty's will, let the ministers decide for themselves, and in the battle, the ministers will always be sincerely afraid and feel uneasy.

This should be the difference between the minister as an ordinary person and the Son of Heaven.

The minister was worshiped as a general, was given the title of marquis, commanded the western expeditionary army, and was deeply blessed by the Holy Grace, only seeking to be cautious and diligent, and to be consistent.

Now seeing the music sent by His Majesty, the minister was terrified, but the minister believed that His Majesty knew that the minister was dull, and the minister could reveal his heart to His Majesty and express his heart.

In Feng Yi's reply, he did not give any explanation for the private execution of Chang'an's order, nor did he explain why the people of Chang'an called him King Xianyang, and he was talking about his mental journey throughout.

With his relationship with Liu Xiu, there is really no need to explain many things one by one, he just needs to show his mind.

Your Majesty believes in him, and will naturally continue to believe in him, if Your Majesty does not believe in him, it is useless for him to explain more.

Soon, Feng Yi's reply was sent to Luoyang, Liu Xiu read it, nodded, and then wrote a reply letter to Feng Yi.

Compared with Feng Yihao's letter, Liu Xiu's reply was much more concise, only a few words.

Gongsun to me, righteousness is a monarch and minister, but he is actually a brother, and he is like a brother.

What suspicion can you have?

And what is there to be afraid of?

After receiving Liu Xiu's reply, Feng Yi read it, and then he was relieved.

This is just a small episode that happened between Liu Xiu and Feng Yi, but it can also be seen through this incident that the imperial envoy system has been fully activated at this stage.

The imperial envoys are scattered all over the country, and they all recognize things but not people, no matter what identity the other party is, how big an official he is, as long as there is a problem, they will all be impeached.

It's just that the Son of Heaven doesn't deal with their impeachment, then it's not something they can manage, their job is to be responsible for reporting, and as for the final result, it is a matter for the court monk Shangtai.

Feng Yi was impeached by the imperial envoy, and Liu Xiu only communicated with Feng Yi in private, and did not deal with it publicly in the court.

A few days later, the counselor Wang Yuan asked Liu Xiu in the court how to deal with Feng Yi.

There has always been a system of speech officials in the imperial court, and speech officials, as the name suggests, are people who speak to the Son of Heaven.

The speech officials in Liu Xiu's court can be divided into two parts, one is the imperial envoy and the other is the counselor.

The imperial envoy is specially directed to the subordinates, and there are lawless officials below, and the imperial envoy is responsible for reporting to the Son of Heaven.

The counselors are specially targeted, and they are only responsible for finding fault with the Son of Heaven regardless of what other officials do.

The counselor is the head of the counselor.

At the beginning, Liu Xiu hoped that Yan Guang would be the counselor, and Yan Guang would find fault with him, and he was more relieved.

It's a pity that Yan Guang didn't want to be an official in the court, and only liked to retreat to the mountains and forests and travel the world, so Liu Xiu retreated and used Wang Yuan.

This Wang Yuan was already sixty years old, and at that time, he was a respected old scholar.

Liu Xiu also took a lot of effort to reluctantly move Wang Yuan and let Wang Yuan accept the official position of counselor.

In terms of level, the counselor is not a big official, and he only has 600 stones, which is not even comparable to the county order, but this official is to find fault with the emperor, to put it bluntly, he wants to pick a bone in the egg in the emperor's body, and make a bar with the emperor every day, which is really not something that ordinary people can do, nor is it something that ordinary people dare to do.

The imperial envoy has already impeached Feng Yi, but when he arrived at Liu Xiu, there was no follow-up, and Wang Yuan, as a counselor, naturally had to stand up and ask for a clear understanding.

Liu Xiu looked at the old man with gray hair, and said with a smile: "General Feng is a person, I know in my heart that with my understanding of General Feng, General Feng will never make a rebellion. ”

Wang Yuan asked puzzledly: "Your Majesty, Weichen wants to know, is it true that the imperial envoy was impeached?" ”

"This ......" "Did General Feng selflessly execute Chang'an?"

Did the people of Chang'an and even Sanfu call General Feng 'King of Xianyang' in private, and did General Feng know about these things, and if he knew, did he order to stop it? ”

"Uh......" Wang Yuan's continuous questioning made Liu Xiu speechless.

Seeing that Liu Xiu couldn't answer, Wang Yuan frowned, and arched his hand and said, "Please Your Majesty immediately transfer General Feng back to Beijing, find out the reason, and then make a decision!" ”

After Liu Xiu heard this, his brows tightened, Feng Yi is the chief general of the Western Expeditionary Army, and now the Western Expeditionary Army is guarding Sanfu to resist the invasion of Gongsun Shu in the south, and at the same time to prevent the rebellion of the northern Kui, which can be said to be very important.

Now that Feng Yi is transferred back to Beijing, what should I do with the Western Expeditionary Army?