After receiving a report from the palace people that the emperor had arrived, Liao Ji, who was in the position of Fuhua, immediately led a group of eunuchs and palace maids to greet him in a graceful manner.

With a slight blessing, he said softly: "The concubine welcomes Your Majesty!" ”

Looking at Liao Ji's slightly bulging lower abdomen, Liu Yong stepped forward quickly, lightly supported Liao Ji's waist, and complained: "It's cold outside, just let the palace people come out to greet you, why did you come out in person?" ”

Liao Ji touched Xianhuai's abdomen, her eyes were very gentle, her face was satisfied, and she said in a low voice: "Your Majesty's love is the grace of the king, and the concubine's greeting is in line with etiquette, etiquette, and it should not be wasted." ”

Helping Liao Ji into the Yutang Palace, the warm air came to the surface, and the charcoal fire in the Ding furnace was burning, making the temperature inside much higher than outside the hall.

Liu Yong immediately felt a burst of heat, Liao Ji obviously thought of this a long time ago, gritted his teeth and whispered: "Your Majesty, don't move." Then she stretched out a pair of slender jade hands, and ten fingers like green onion and white jade flexibly peeled off Liu Yong's neckline and faded off the long robe.

Liao Ji is pregnant, her own blood is being conceived in her womb, and in a few months she will give birth to an heir, once she gives birth to a child who is a prince, then her position will be more secure.

An emperor who has children and whose bloodline is continued, his future is worth looking forward to.

Then, the arrangement for Xiao Liu Xuan should be put on the agenda.

Liu Xuan, his own servant, the eldest son of his cheap brother, the son of the filial piety emperor, the former prince.

From the day he entered the palace, the identity of the little nephew was automatically canceled and he became the imperial nephew. As the former prince and the original heir to the throne, the sensitivity of his identity cannot but make Liu Yong secretly vigilant.

Now that the new emperor's heir is about to be born, it is imperative for Liu Xuan to live out of the palace, and it is the right of the young prince to live in the palace, and the emperor's young brother of course also has this privilege, but the emperor's nephew, who is more estranged from the emperor's blood relationship, is not included.

Liu Xuan went out of the palace to live, and it seemed that there was a bit of a taste of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, but this was where the etiquette system was, and it was clear and straightforward.

But Liu Xuan's courtesy when he left the palace made Liu Yong difficult again. Han system, the prince is crowned king; The son of the king, the marquis of the feudal ranks.

The feudal marquis is too cool, as for the feudal king...... Liu Xuanfu has lost his identity as a prince, what should he do?

Liao Ji saw Liu Yong's frowning slightly, and her mind didn't belong, and she said curiously: "Your Majesty, what are you thinking?" ”

"How is Liu Xuan doing?" Liu Yong asked suddenly.

At the mention of Liu Xuan, Liao Jiwaner smiled and said, "Xuan is chubby, and he is cute." Eat well and sleep well. It's three years old, loves to tear and throw things, not long ago, taking advantage of the palace people's unpreparedness, the Queen Mother's dressing box was thrown behind the rockery of Changle Palace. ”

He ...... Is the imperial sister-in-law still raising her? ”

"Yes, why did Your Majesty suddenly ask about this today."

Sighing, Liu Yongran to the bed and lay down on his back, breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "I am ready to make Liu Xuan the king and build a palace for him in Jinli." ”

Now that Shu Han is small, every place and every county is precious, so it is naturally impossible to seal Liu Xuan.

"Canonize Xuan as king, but he is only three years old, will it be too early." Liao Ji held her stomach and slowly leaned to the couch.

"Sooner or later." Liu Yong didn't want to say more on this topic, so he turned his head and said, "Let's talk about something else, by the way, I have already sent an envoy to Wenshan to pardon your father, and now he should be on his way back to Chengdu." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the concubine is really grateful and happy." Liao Ji cried with joy, Ying Ying bowed, and there were tears of joy in her eyes.

Liu Yong was so frightened that he hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull her over, sat down carefully, and said with emotion: "If it weren't for your fighting, I would only be helpless." ”

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The next day, Liu Yong continued to convene ministers to discuss the Northern Expedition, and the meeting place was still in the East Pavilion.

On the second day, the disagreement over the Northern Expedition did not diminish with a night's rest, but the tendency to fight with each other intensified.

As the discussion deepened, the two factions with different policies and lines became more and more distinct.

Liu Yong, Wei Yan, Li Yan, Ma Dai and others supported the whale swallowing Guanzhong and raiding Tongguan, which was a radical; Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, and Ma Dai hope to advance steadily, first to calm Longyou, and then to talk about others.

"The surprise attack on Tongguan is just talk on paper and rhetoric, and there may be some difficulties in implementing it. Not advisable, not advisable! General Zhen'an Fu Kuang waved his hand with a look of disapproval.

"On paper? How wise and martial Emperor Gao was back then, how good the Marquis of Huaiyin was to fight, and why did he never choose to fight Longyou. Imperial Historian Li Yan sneered and refuted: "At that time, the Han army adopted the tactics of not being held back by the enemy's insistence on the key points, and after concentrating the main force to break the three kings' army, except for leaving part of the troops to besiege Zhang Han, who was holding the ruined hill city, the main force quickly moved eastward to the front line of Hangu Pass and Wuguan, and completed the entire strategic deployment. Even if he is as brave as Xiang Yu, he can't attack Guanzhong, so he can only look at Guan and sigh. ”

"It was only later that Gaozu gradually conquered the counties of Guanzhong that fell into death."

"That's right!" Wei Yan also spoke out to help Li Yan: "Three months after the letter to Guguan, attack Longxi; Six months later, he conquered the northern land and captured Zhang Ping; Ten months later, he captured the waste hill, and at this time completely occupied the entire Guanzhong region, and at that time, Gaozu had already returned from the east of Hangu in Pengcheng. ”

"Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, you should take one step at a time, not be greedy, not pragmatic." Zhendong General Zhao Yun

From the end of the fourth year of Jianxing, when the Northern Expedition was discussed in the East Cabinet, to the middle of December, there were nine more court meetings on the issue of the Northern Expedition, but there was still no satisfactory result for everyone.

Even during the period when Yang Yi, who joined the army in the Prime Minister's Mansion, because of his disrespectful words, he spoke against Wei Yan, the general of Zhenbei, and was pulled out by Wei Yan and cut off a strand of hair, so Yang Yi was so frightened that he cried.

After a discord, at the beginning of December, Wei Yan ended his debriefing and set off to return to Hanzhong.

After discussing with Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, Liu Yong issued an edict to migrate 2,000 people from Shu County, Zitong County, Ba County, Brazil County, and Jiangyang County to enrich the tuntian fields in Hanzhong, try to plant Zhancheng rice, and restore the vitality of Hanzhong.

During this period of time, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang tried to persuade Liu Yong many times to choose the strategy of sending troops to Longyou, but Liu Yong was always unmoved.

At the beginning of December of the fourth year of Jianxing, a major event occurred in the Han army, and the imperial court decided to set up a heavy cavalry battalion in the Chinese army, with 3,000 people, with Hu Ben Zhonglang Guan Xing as the battalion captain, and Yulin Zhonglang Zhang Bao as the military Sima.

December flies quickly, time flies, and the new year is coming.