King Huainan is in the palace of Beijing.

Hearing that the emperor's envoy was coming, Liu Anxin was shocked, "This will be the dead of night, what will the envoy do!" ”

Liu An greeted him to the front hall, and when he saw that it was Doctor Han Yan, his heart jumped even more suddenly, and he arched his hand and said, "Doctor Han." ”

Han Yan's face was as usual, so that people couldn't see her joy and anger, holding a roll of bamboo slips in both hands, and when she saw Liu An, she immediately said loudly: "The emperor's edict!" ”

Liu An hurriedly knelt down, only to hear Han Yan read: "Wang Su is benevolent and righteous, good at soothing the people, so that I can live in Chang'an and worry about Huainan." The king came from afar, and he was deeply comforted. If the king does not live up to me, I will live up to the king! Wang Qimian! 'Dabang Weiping, Dazong Weihan. Waidvining, Zongzi Weicheng. 'I have high hopes! ”

"The king has taken it." Han Yan read the edict, gently rolled up the bamboo slip, and leaned over to hand it to Liu An.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Liu An took it with both hands and said respectfully. I don't know when, a layer of cold sweat has broken out on my back.

After receiving Liu Che's letter of admonition, Liu An was much more low-key, no longer as before, ushering in the send-off, and promoting the book "Huainan Honglie" everywhere.

The daughter Liu Ling disagreed, and when the father and daughter chatted in the morning, Liu Ling asked: "It's just an edict, why did the father stop dying?" ”

"The emperor is wary." Liu An shook his head and sighed: "Alas, my time has not come!" ”

"Liu Che is the same age as his daughter, is his father afraid of him?" Liu Ling snorted lightly and said crisply: "What's more, the power of the court is in the hands of the Empress Dowager." ”

"Don't underestimate Liu Che." Liu An's face became solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "I only saw him, and I knew that this person was a powerful character." The young age, the depth of scheming, and the speed of decision-making are terrifying! I'm afraid that in the future, he will be a little smarter than his grandfather and his father. The Empress Dowager is already old and can't hold him down for a few years. ”

"......" Hearing his father say this, Liu Ling was silent.

"Go back to Huainan after the Hajj for your father," Liu An looked at his daughter worriedly, and instructed: "You stay in Chang'an alone, be careful in everything." ”

"My daughter knows." Liu Ling nodded in agreement, and added: "It's the same as before, if there is something I will send someone to contact my father quickly." ”

"Good!" Liu An breathed a sigh of relief and smiled lightly: "Hehe." Liu Che has been married for almost five years, and no heirs have been born yet. Before the prince was established, his throne was unstable. ”

Liu Ling was in agreement.

Liu Che and Chen Ajiao have been married for four or five years, and they have not yet given birth to a boy and a girl, and the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother are a little anxious. Liu Che is only eighteen years old, he is still young, ordinary people are not worried about having no sons at this age, the emperor is different, the emperor has to have more sons early. At this age, grandfather Liu Heng and former emperor Liu Qi already had several children.

Inside and outside the palace, more and more people began to pay attention to Chen Ajiao's belly, and some people came up with other ideas.

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Princess Pingyang cares about her younger brother and deliberately selects more than a dozen beauties, planning to give them to her younger brother to enrich the harem. Worried that her cousin and sister-in-law Chen Ajiao would have an opinion, Princess Pingyang would not be able to send people in directly.

Taking the opportunity to enter the palace to visit the queen mother, Princess Pingyang saw Liu Che and invited with a smile: "Your Majesty is free, come and sit in my house." ”

"Okay!" Liu Che agreed: "If you have time, you must go to my sister's house to visit my sister and brother-in-law." ”

"That's it." Princess Binh Duong was very happy.

……

Late spring in March, the first day.

Liu Che went out of the palace to Ba Shang, sacrificed to the ancestors, and prayed for blessings and disasters. When returning to the palace, Liu Che read the agreement with his sister and came to the Pingyang Hou Mansion to visit his sister Princess Pingyang and brother-in-law Pingyang Hou Cao Shou.

The husband and wife are just like living dragons, full of spring breeze, busy entertaining the emperor's younger brother. When Liu Che and his party sat down, Princess Pingyang summoned the dozen beauties.

The huge hall is crowded with warblers and swallows, dressed up one by one, and the fragrant breeze is blowing.

"Your Majesty is blessed!" The girls were well-trained and gave Liu Che a big salute.

"Get up." Liu Che was very interested and inspected the beauties in front of him.

Nothing liked! Liu Che shook his head and sneered. One by one, they are dressed with heavy makeup and pretentious, and there are many such women in the palace.

Seeing that her younger brother couldn't take a fancy to any of them, Princess Pingyang was very disappointed. 'Let's pick slowly. Princess Pingyang thought, and soon she adjusted her mood and said softly to Liu Che: "I asked the cook to cook a few seasonal dishes, Your Majesty must eat well, and come to my sister's house in vain." ”

"If it suits my taste, I'll come often." Liu Che joked.

"Hey. It's better to come often. Princess Pingyang also smiled.

The wine and food feast was opened, Liu Che sat alone, accompanied by Princess Pingyang and his wife. The three of them talked and laughed.

The singers of the Hou Mansion sang in the hall. The silk and bamboo are melodious, and the singing is tactful.

Zhan Bi Qiao, green bamboo.

There are bandit gentlemen, such as cutting and learning, such as grinding.

It's shy, it's shy.

There are bandits and gentlemen, and they must not be ridiculed.

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The women sang "Qi Ao", which was originally to praise the appearance and virtue of the patriotic monarch Wei Wugong. Singing this song today is just right for the occasion.

Liu Che was really happy, and casually glanced at the singers. With just one glance, he couldn't take his eyes off.