Kui Sui was named a nominal captain of Hu Qi by Liu Xiu, and with the Tiger Ben Army, he worked as an errand in the palace.

Although Kui Huan sent his eldest son Kui Huan to the palace as a proton this time, Liu Xiu's jealousy of Kui Huan was not only reduced, but also increased.

Kui Huan would rather let his son be a hostage than send troops to attack Gongsun Shu, it can be seen that Kui Huan just wants to live in a corner and claim hegemony in Liangzhou.

In this regard, Liu Xiu scoffed, Kui Huan wanted to become big in Liangzhou, and sent a son to delay the army, thinking that he was clever, but in fact he was short-sighted.

Many of the people who defected to Kui Huan were people with great ambitions, and once they found out that Kui Huan only wanted to live in a corner and only wanted to guard the one-third of an acre of land in Liangzhou, these people would definitely be disappointed in him.

After a long time, they will also abandon Kui Huan one after another, and in the long run, Kui Huan's current approach is really a self-defeating move, and it is difficult for such people to conspire.

Liu Xiu is not in a hurry to attack Gongsun Shu now, the reason why Kui Huan sent troops to Xishu is mainly to test Kui Huan's attitude, Kui Huan's performance disappointed Liu Xiu, but on the surface he still continued to maintain a good relationship with Kui Huan, and sent an envoy to Liangzhou to commend Kui Huan's loyalty.

At the moment, Liu Xiu is anxious to clear two people, one is Zhang Bu and the other is Dong Xian.

As for Liu Yong's son Liu Xuan, in Liu Xiu's opinion, it is not worth mentioning.

It stands to reason that Liu Yong has already been called the emperor, Liu Wei is Liu Yong's successor, and he should also be called the emperor, but Liu Wei did not dare, and only called himself the king of Liang.

Of course, there is a reason why Liu Wei does not dare to be the king.

At the beginning, Liu Yong surrendered to Liu Xuan, and only then did he win the hearts of the people in Shandong and be supported by the people of Shandong.

Later, although he was called the emperor, causing dissatisfaction among many people, but Liu Yong was highly respected after all, and he also made great achievements in governing the place.

But Liu Wei can't compare with Liu Yong, he wants to have prestige without prestige, he wants merit without merit, if he is called emperor, not only will no one respond, but it will only arouse the dissatisfaction and indignation of the people, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Liu Xuan's concerns, in Liu Xiu's view, are that he lacks courage, has no fighting spirit, and does not have the courage to break through the cauldron and fight back.

Liu Yong is no longer good, but Liu Yong's heir, Liu Xu, is not as good as Liu Yong, how can Liu Xiu take Liu Su in his eyes?

Liu Xiu sent a message to Gai Yan, defeated Liu Xuan as soon as possible, and then turned the spearhead and attacked Zhang Bu and Dong Xian.

Zhang Bu of Qidi and Dong Xian of the East China Sea, these two people are Liu Xiu's henchmen.

On this day, an army of the Eastern Expeditionary Army suddenly returned to Beijing.

This army was sent back by Pang Meng, and he escorted a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, and women with the army.

During this time, Pang Meng followed Gai Yan's Eastern Expedition and made a lot of military achievements, but every time the edict of the Son of Heaven was transmitted to the army, he was rarely mentioned, which made Pang Meng feel both aggrieved and dissatisfied.

He felt that his merits in the Eastern Crusade were not much less than those of Gaiyan, but in the edict, His Majesty only mentioned Gaiyan's merits, but did not mention his merits, which made Pang Meng feel that the problem was not His Majesty, but nine times out of ten, it was from Gaiyan.

Gaiyan must have been jealous of his own merits, and when he reported to the top, he deliberately underreported, did not report, or even framed out nothing, which led to His Majesty's dissatisfaction with him.

This time, he sent his subordinates to send the treasures and beauties looted from Peijun back to Luoyang, the main purpose was to let His Majesty understand that he had done things in the Eastern Crusade, and his own merits were not under him Gaiyan, and in addition, no matter what Gaiyan said about himself in the song, it was all framed.

Pang Meng is actually a very good person, loyal and honest, otherwise, Liu Xiu's evaluation of him would not be so high, but he has a shortcoming, that is, his mind is too delicate and he is too sensitive.

Liu Xiu did not mention him several times in the edict, which made Pang Meng believe that Gai Yan framed him, secretly made a small report to the Son of Heaven, and said bad things about himself, causing the Son of Heaven to be dissatisfied with him.

But there are so many soldiers and generals in the Eastern Expeditionary Army, how can Liu Xiu mention it to everyone?

It's also unrealistic.

For a very sensitive person like Pang Meng, it is not a good thing for Liu Xiu to hold him too high, and he is a little negligent to him, which makes Pang Meng suspicious.

Pang Meng's subordinates transported treasures and beauties to the palace, leaving the guards guarding the palace stunned, not knowing what was going on.

The head of the guard hurriedly entered the palace and reported to Liu Xiuyu.

Liu Xiu heard that Pang Meng sent his subordinates to transport treasures and beauties to the palace, and he was also quite puzzled, wasn't Pang Meng following Gai Yan to fight?

How can you still have the leisure to transport any treasures and beauties back to Beijing?

What is Pang Meng doing?

Everything has been delivered to the gate of the palace, and Liu Xiu can't refuse it, so he asks people to take everything in.

The procession entered from the south gate of the Imperial Palace, that is, the Suzaku Gate, and the carriages and beauties carrying goods were all parked in the square outside the palace, and there were many tiger soldiers guarding around it.

Seeing that Liu Xiu had arrived, the beauties knelt down and kowtowed, looking around, well, there are really a lot of people, it is estimated that there are no less than three or four hundred people, a hundred flowers are vibrant, and they are charming.

As for the boxes containing the treasures, they were also carried down from the carriage, and as Liu Xiu walked in, the nearby Hu Benlang opened the lid of the box one after another.

The box in front is basically full of gold, silver and jewelry, for these, Liu Xiu has seen too much now, and there is nothing to see.

In the back box, there are a lot of corals.

Each coral is tall and large, colorful and gorgeous.

When Liu Xiu saw it, he couldn't help but look at it a few more times, and then he looked around and asked, "Who is responsible for escorting these?" ”

A general hurriedly stepped forward, intervened in the salute, and said, "Weichen see Your Majesty!" ”

This general is Pang Meng's subordinate, named Yue Ning, and Liu Xiu still has a little impression of him.

"General Yue is exempt!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Liu Xiu pointed to the box on this side, and then to the beauty on the other side, and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Yue Ningzheng said: "When General Pang led his army to attack Peijun, he found Liu Yong's palace in Peijun, and these belongings and beauties were found in the palace.

The general wanted to lead the army to fight, and it was inconvenient for so many belongings and women to stay in the army, so he sent Weichen to lead his troops to escort and escort them back to Beijing! ”

"I see!"

Liu Xiu nodded and said with a smile: "General Pang has a heart." ”

Yue Ningzheng said: "The ministers are loyal to your majesty, and they are duty-bound!" ”

Liu Xiule and patted Yue Ning's arm.

Yue Ning introduced to Liu Xiu as if offering a treasure: "Your Majesty, Weichen has inquired, these corals are all produced in Qidi, and I think they are dedicated to Liu Yong by Zhang Bu, especially these two blood strains are even more valuable. ”

As he spoke, he walked over to a box and asked his men to carry out two blood-red corals from it.

These two corals are not only large, but also blood-red, if you look closely, the texture is lush, exuding a soft luster, really like two pieces of blood jade.

Liu Xiu couldn't help but raise his hand and touch it, it was really smooth as jade.

Liu Xiu praised: "It's really good! ”

It was the first time he had seen such beautiful coral.

Yue Ning smiled: "Your Majesty likes it." ”

Liu Xiu said to Yue Ning: "General Yue has worked hard all the way, you can rest in the capital for two days and then return to the camp!" ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

Liu Xiu asked Zhang Kun to reward Yue Ning, and then let Yue Ning be sent out of the palace.

The treasures are easy to collect, and they can be stored in Shaofu, but how to deal with these beauties, Liu Xiu is also quite difficult.

It is definitely inappropriate to leave them to be palace maids in the palace, not just anyone can be palace maids, and there are strict rules on the origin of palace maids, and they must be children of good families, that is, children of peasant families.

But it is not appropriate to dismiss them and leave them to fend for themselves.

While he was pondering, Zhang Kun walked up to Liu Xiu and whispered, "Your Majesty can temporarily place them in Lantai, and they can be used as rewards for ministers in the future." ”

Liu Xiu blinked, thinking that Zhang Kun's idea was good.

He nodded with a smile and said, "Okay! Let them live in Lantai, on weekdays, they can't move around the palace at will. ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

Zhang Kun first responded, then looked at the two red corals, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, now the queen and the nobles are happy, these two corals, it is better to give them to the queen and the nobles, so that the two ladies are also sticky and happy." ”

Liu Xiu thought about it, the corners of his mouth raised, and with a hum, he turned around and beckoned to yīn in the back.

The latter stepped forward with great interest and said, "Your Majesty! ”

"Junling, look, which one will Lihua like?"

Yīn Xing looked at it carefully, the two corals were very beautiful, and there was no difference in texture, except that one was slightly larger and the other was slightly smaller, and he pointed to the smaller one and said, "Your Majesty, your nobles should like this one." ”

Liu Xiu was stunned, shook his head and smiled, and said, "Junling, you are the same as Lihua, be cautious. ”

With the same texture, everyone knows that the bigger the coral, the better, but Yīn Xing chose a smaller one for Lihua, obviously worried that the larger one would be arrogated.

Yīn said happily: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that even if you let the nobles choose by themselves, they will choose this strain." ”

Liu Xiu smiled helplessly and said, "Okay, Junling, you can send this coral to the West Palace." ”

Then, he looked at Zhang Kun again and said, "Zhang Kun, you send this plant to the Changqiu Palace." ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

Yīn Xing and Zhang Kun both agreed.

Let's talk about Zhang Kun, he waved his hand to Kui Xun, who was standing not far away, called him closer, asked him to hold the coral, and followed him to the Changqiu Palace.

This coral is not only big, but also very heavy, let the servant to move, Zhang Kun is really not at ease, in case he falls and touches, he can't afford to pay, Kui Xun is a person who practices martial arts, and his figure is also tall and burly.

Don't look at Zhang Kun as just a eunuch, not Kui Xun's superior, but he is a close attendant next to the Son of Heaven, he spoke, even if Kui Xun was unhappy, he didn't dare to raise objections.

Zhang Kun took Kui Sui and went to Changqiu Palace.

Seeing Guo Shengtong, Zhang Kun first offered a treasure, pointed to the coral that Kui was holding, and said with a smile on his face: "Empress, this is sent by His Majesty to the slave maid." ”

Mama Feng looked at the coral, her eyes were about to fly out, and she exclaimed: "It's the first time that the old slave has seen such a big and beautiful coral!" Your Majesty is really gracious to the Queen! ”

When Guo Shengtong saw this coral, he liked it, and when he heard Mama Feng's words, his face couldn't help but smile.

She asked, "Zhang Kun, where did this coral come from?"

How come Hongu doesn't remember that there is this coral in the palace! ”

"The queen didn't know that this coral had just been transported from Peijun.

When General Pang Meng attacked Peijun, he found a palace of Liu Yong, and it is said that this coral was given to Liu Yong by Zhang Bu, and was later hidden in the palace by Liu Yongzhen! ”

"I see!"

Guo Shengtong walked to the front of the coral, looked left and right, and the more he looked, the more he liked it.

Zhang Kun said with a smile: "Coral grows in the sea, it is rare to grow into such a big one, the texture can be so smooth, and the sè ze can be so transparent, which is rare in the world!" ”

When Mama Feng heard this, she was even more precious, and when she saw that Kui was still holding the coral, she said unhappily: "You, hurry up and put the coral down!" If you fall or bump it, you won't have enough ten heads to cut off! ”

Hearing this, Kui squatted down and carefully put the coral on the ground, and then he stood up, lowered his head, and the corner of his eye was aimed at Guo Shengtong.

It turned out that this was Liu Xiu's queen, Guo Shengtong and Queen Guo.

Guo Shengtong is not a woman who is amazing at first sight, but she is a small jasper, dignified and beautiful, the more she looks at it, the more she feels tasteful, and she is now pregnant, and her figure is much plump, which makes her even more bumpy.