After Wang Mang left the study of Wang Gongming, the patriarch of the Wang family, he hurriedly ran outside the door. Those little servants along the way didn't dare to come forward to say hello, and they all dodged aside, for fear of bumping into him.

Originally, according to the rules of the Wang family, when the little maid and others saw the young master, the master, the lady and other distinguished figures, they had to salute and greet them, and they must not be lazy.

But once Wang Mang became famous, he first killed the Huo family's little servant, and then killed the Yang family's guards, and then used a knife to persecute the four major families. Such arrogant and arrogant behavior frightened the little guys. When I saw him in person for a while, I forgot the rules.

When he came back to his senses, Wang Mang was no longer there.

When I came to the door, I saw Wang Jingyan waiting quietly with a "Manyun paper umbrella".

Next to her, there was that Zhang Gen waiting.

"Jingyan, where did you get the paper umbrella?" Wang Mangqi said.

"He got it for me." Wang Jingyan pointed at Zhang Gen and replied.

It turns out that this root is also a flexible person, and he feels that it is not a problem for the young grandmother to stand at the door empty-handed and wait, and it is not good for him to move a bench to block the door. So I got a very beautiful paper umbrella to cover the fallen leaves, the breeze, the sunset, dust, and put on a show.

Although it is not very useful in practice, it is always a piece of mind.

Wang Mang was very satisfied, and said to Zhang Gen: "You have a heart, lead the way, and when Ben Shao returns home, he will have his own reward." ”

Zhang Gen was overjoyed, "Yes, young master!" ”

After that, he walked in front to lead the way, Wang Jingyan walked in the middle, but Wang Mang followed behind.

After walking for a while, Wang Jingyan saw the dead leaves falling in late autumn and stopped.

When Wang Mang walked to him, she also beat the paper umbrella in her hand for Wang Mang to cover the fallen leaves.

Wang Mang was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly, took the paper umbrella from her hand and played it together.....

After a long time of twists and turns, when Wang Mang saw that the courtyard in front of him was somewhat familiar, he smiled and said, "Jingyan, we are almost there." ”

Wang Jingyan was about to speak, but the subordinate sent by Xue Fengyi's housekeeper Wang Da ran over and said hurriedly: "Young master, miss, you are finally back." The old lady is anxious that you will get lost, and wants to go to you. ”

"Well, it's a little too far to get out of the way this time."

Wang Mang answered, and Wang Jingyan quickened their pace, and after a while, they entered their own yard. I saw Xue Fengyi and Wang Yuanhai sitting in the hall with uneasy expressions, looking left and right.

"Mother, Uncle Wang, we're back." Wang Mang made a salute and ordered his maidservant He Qing to take a hanging copper coin and give it to Zhang Gen.

"You're back."

Xue Fengyi complained, "You are really, the sky is about to get dark, why did you come back so late?" ”

Back to his mother, the child had just accidentally lost his way and walked to his grandfather's side. Then I talked to my grandfather for a while, so I was late. Wang Mang replied.

"What? You went to him? ”

Xue Fengyi was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "What did he tell you?" ”

"Grandpa asked me about the head of the Huo family." Wang Mang told the things one by one.

After hearing this, Xue Fengyi was a little more relieved.

"Mang'er, if it's okay, you should go there as little as possible to avoid trouble." Xue Fengyi instructed, and said: "I have just discussed with Yuan Hai, and in three days, you and Jingyan will first get married and get married." ”

When Wang Mang heard this, he didn't have time to speak. Wang Jingyan ran to Wang Yuanhai, threw herself into his arms, blushed, and said in a long tail: "Father...."

"Hahaha, Jingyan, there's nothing to be embarrassed about. You don't have to learn from those hypocrites, just your heart. I see that you and the virtuous nephew are also quite compatible, so I just got things done earlier, and I will have to trouble in the future. ”

Wang Yuanhai touched her head and laughed, and then said with a sad face: "It's just a pity that your mother went early, otherwise she would be happy." ”

Xue Fengyi said to Shangguan Ningxuan: "Jingyan, she just came to our house, and she is probably not used to living alone, so after dinner, you can live with her, so you can be her companion." ”

"Yes, Mother." Shangguan Ningxuan responded.

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In Chang'an City of the Western Han Dynasty, there are three royal palaces, commonly known as the three palaces of the Han Dynasty, namely Changle Palace, Weiyang Palace, and Jianzhang Palace.

Among them, Changle Palace is the place where the emperor deals with government affairs and sleeps in the palace, Weiyang Palace is the place where the court meets, and Jianzhang Palace is the place where the heavens are sacrificed.

At this moment, in the Yongning Hall of Changle Palace, there is a young man in his early twenties, wearing a dragon robe and a flat crown, sitting at the desk.

There are many documents on the desk, which are the concerts of the officials, waiting for the emperor's approval.

This young man is the emperor of the dynasty, Liu Xin, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, who has just ascended to the throne for less than a year.

At this moment, he was approving the performance of the ministers.

Since he ascended to the throne, he has the intention to reform the imperial court, cut down the vassal kings, eliminate the nobles, centralize the central power, and revitalize the Han family.

Helplessly, there are traitorous ministers and hegemons outside, trampling on the hearts of the people, and there is Queen Wei's disturbing harem inside, and the concubines are intrigued. If we want to carry out reform smoothly, we are powerless.

At this time, an inner eunuch walked in from the door and said prostrately: "Your Majesty, the eighth prince Liu Ping is here!" ”

Liu Xin heard the eunuch's report, put down the recital, and thought, "Why did the eighth uncle come here at this moment?" ”

After pondering for a moment, he replied, "Eighth Uncle Xuan! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The eunuch withdrew under the order.

After a while, I saw a middle-aged man about thirty-five or sixteen years old walking in a python robe, bowing down and saying, "Minister Liu Ping knocks on Your Majesty, may Your Majesty live long live, long live, long live." ”

"Eighth Uncle is exempt."

Liu Xin took a sip of tea from the teacup on the side and asked, "Why is Eighth Uncle here?" ”

Liu Ping, the eighth prince, squinted his eyes and glanced around, and when he saw that there were still some maids not far away, he coughed lightly a few times, and replied: "Your Majesty, the minister received the order to leave the palace this time, but he really found a beautiful woman in Yangzhou City, I don't know if His Majesty wants to summon it..."

Liu Xin heard the coughing sound, immediately understood, interrupted the words of the eighth prince, and said to the servants: "Wait and go down first, you can't come in without my orders." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Several handmaidens did not dare to stay, and retreated in turn.

When the maidservants completely left the imperial study, Liu Ping said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, they are all members of the Wei family, right?" There are too many eyes and ears of the Wei family, and there are even their people here at this time. ”

Hearing this, Liu Xin couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Eighth Uncle, I don't know that they were sent by the Wei family to spy on me, but what can I do?" ”

These eight princes are idle kings, they don't have much military power in their hands, and they are good at wine.

Outsiders think that this prince is an ornament, and he will only find a beautiful woman for Emperor Liu Xin to take in the harem, which is of little use. But I didn't know that this prince was really Liu Xin's rare confidant, and he had great ambitions.

And Liu Xin also took advantage of the faintness of good beauty, so he set up doubts and confused the outside world. secretly ordered Liu Ping to investigate the movements of all parties and arrange his own forces.

He was unwilling to be a puppet emperor, and wanted to get rid of it and centralize the court. But on the surface, you can't act rashly, for fear of a backlash from the major families. had to plot secretly and try the guts.

At this moment, only the two of them were left in the entire imperial study, but they had no scruples.

"Eighth uncle, the reason why I sat in the big position was that you secretly contributed a lot to me back then. Don't hide it from the eighth uncle, the Wei family is really persecuted, and I am really worried.

As for the queen of me, she refused to even do anything, did not enter my bedroom, and did not exist at all, which shows how obvious their rebellion is. It is even more than the Nahuo family, the Wang family, the Sun family and other major families. Liu Xin said angrily.

It turned out that the queen of the Wei family was arrogant, relying on her appearance to be almost the first in the world, and with the support of the Wei family behind her, she looked down on Liu Xin at all. If it weren't for the sake of the family having a proper name to control the government, she would definitely not want to enter the palace as a queen.

Now even if she enters the palace, she still doesn't want to sleep with Liu Xin, in name only. It's just that the women who blindly entered the palace with several other major families to be concubines and concubines really made Liu Xin angry.

Liu Xin really wanted to take a leave of absence from the queen and enter the cold palace, but she didn't have the ability and right.

"Your Majesty's suffering, why don't you know it? But how can it be so easy to revive the Han dynasty? ”

Liu Ping, the eighth prince, knew that Liu Xin was actually living more bitterly than himself, so he was quite sympathetic, and sighed: "Your Majesty, if it weren't for the fourth and seventh brothers who had to fight to the death with a few other brothers, why would our royal family end up in such a situation?" As long as the fourth and seventh children are willing to work together to help us, it is not impossible to eradicate those big families, quell the rebellion, and revive the Han family.

Now there are those families in the court who hold the power and control the supergang and carve up Kyushu. Outside there are Dongyi, Nanban, Xirong, and Beidi troubled frontiers. In the face of this situation, His Majesty can only endure for the time being and secretly accumulate strength. If Your Majesty makes a move, I am afraid that if it is not them, they will set up a new king. However, who else in my royal family has such ambition and ambition as His Majesty? ”

"Hey...."

Liu Xin sighed and said bitterly: "Actually, you can't blame the fourth uncle and the seventh uncle too much, they are all the bitter fruits of the struggle for the throne back then." Now they are resentful, and it is understandable. I can see that the fourth and seventh uncles want to change the dynasty. In fact, if they don't change the dynasty, why don't I want to give up the throne?

Now, in my Han family Kyushu, except for those princes who divide Qingzhou equally, the remaining eight states have all fallen into the hands of others, and I am really sad. ”

"What if Your Majesty gives way?" The Eighth Prince sneered: "Even if the fourth and seventh don't change the dynasty, how can those big families be willing to let them ascend the throne?" The current situation is very obvious, these families just don't want our Han family to continue, and they don't want to see our royal family have powerful and virtuous people ascend to the throne.

Your Majesty can sit on the throne, and it is not a good thing to look at it from a different perspective. At the very least, those families will temporarily lose their guard and fight among themselves, so that we can have a chance to sit on the throne. Once the fourth and seventh elders ascend the throne, I am afraid that if it is not our Han family, it will be cut off immediately. How can the power of one state be comparable to the power of eight states? ”

"Let's not talk about these for the time being, what is the matter with Uncle Eight coming this time? I can't spend too much time alone with you, and Uncle Eighth can tell you the situation quickly. Liu Xin interrupted.

The Eighth Prince said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, after several years of planning and arrangement, we have 40,000 elite soldiers. In order not to arouse the suspicion of the outside world, the minister specially settled the 40,000 elite soldiers on the edge of Liangzhou (Sichuan), bordering the Nanban. These soldiers and horses will be our foundation, and if the situation is unstable, we can use them to make a comeback.

And this time, the minister has secretly contacted the prime minister of the Dayue clan and the general of Loulan State, and is discussing major matters. Once the talks are concluded, we may be able to use their hands to sweep away Kyushu and restore the Han dynasty. ”

"Forty thousand?

Liu Xin nodded slightly, "It is already rare to develop from one poor and two white to forty thousand, Uncle Seven, you have bothered." And that Liangzhou is the place where Gaozu raised his troops, and now the eighth uncle has settled the soldiers and horses there, which is also extremely safe.

As for the Loulan Kingdom and the Dayue Clan, they are also wolf ambitions and difficult to take advantage of. If you are not careful, not only will you not be able to kill the enemy, but you will hurt yourself. The eighth uncle should be cautious about the plan to drive the wolf and chase the tiger, and he must not take it lightly. In addition to these things, does the eighth uncle have other important things? ”

"Yes!"

Liu Ping, the eighth prince, said word by word: "The four families of Sun, Huo, Yang, Zhang and the Wang family had a huge conflict not long ago. ”