(a)

After you led part of the staff team and guards from the middle of the cold Beji grassland to Bitang Hot Spring for winter recuperation, the liveliness of the Hot Spring Palace soon surpassed the liveliness of Liu Shen and Concubine Wang Taishu when they spent the winter in the Hot Spring Palace in the past years, and this incident gradually caused some reactions in the imperial court of Yunzhou.

There were gradually courtiers in Yunzhou who were discussing. Many courtiers privately expressed their views that in addition to having a large court in Yunzhou, our dynasty now has a ****** in the Hot Spring Palace. This kind of discussion became louder and louder, and later, some people even openly used the word "******" in the court meeting in which Liu Shen personally participated.

After Liu Shen heard this word for the first time, he pretended not to hear it and was noncommittal. This encouraged some of the courtiers, who tried to use the word more frequently and more openly, as they thought about Liu Shen's intentions.

In this case, the civil and military subordinates who stayed in Yunzhou felt very unfair, and everyone discussed it together and decided to do something about it. On the one hand, they wrote a letter to you about the situation in the court, and on the other hand, they tried to convey the news to me in the palace, hoping that I could play a role in influencing Liu Shen's attitude and curbing this undercurrent of detachment.

So, on the day before the Laba Festival, Fu Tianliang's wife followed the wives into the palace to celebrate the festival according to the usual practice. She took an opportunity to mention this during the dinner, consciously or unconsciously, and let me know what was going on outside.

(b)

That night, when Liu Shen came to my palace, he saw me dressed in official court clothes and knelt very solemnly at the gate to greet him.

He was amazed.

He said, "How can it be so grand? Jean? Tomorrow is Laba Day, huh? ”

I knelt on the ground and bowed, "Ask King Han to give Qin'er a grace." ”

Liu Shen said: "Look at you, this makes me nervous. We are married, what special grace do you need to ask me so solemnly? ”

I said, "Kneel and ask the King of Han to decree that after the Laba Festival, all the courtiers of Yunzhou will be forbidden to go to the Hot Spring Palace." ”

When Liu Shen heard this, his face changed.

Immediately, a smile appeared on his face.

He said: "Qin'er, let's not listen to outsiders telling right and wrong. Things are complicated in the DPRK. You can spend the festival comfortably, and you don't have to worry about these discussions of the government and the opposition. ”

I insisted on kneeling and couldn't get up.

I said, "King Han, Qin'er is not talking about the affairs of the court, but only about the affairs of the family. King Han is Qin'er's husband. The peace of the king of Han is the peace of Qin'er, and the anxiety of the king of Han is also the anxiety of Qin'er. Nowadays, the hot spring palace is bustling, and there are many discussions in the court. The King of Han is not quiet in his ears every day, and his heart is not at peace, and as the wife of the King of Han, I can't help but be restless. Why didn't the king of Han settle the court once and for all, and his heart was at peace? ”

Liu Shen looked at me, he groaned, didn't speak, and didn't reach out to help me up.

I continued to kneel there and said to Liu Shenchen: "King Han, Qin'er lost her parents since she was a child, and it was the general's father who took me in and raised me. If my father is still here, seeing him born and die like this, even if he comes back to heal his injuries, he will have to take his injuries and hold his illness, and work tirelessly day and night to be loyal to the king of Han and worry about state affairs, how unbearable and heartbroken my father will be! ”

I said, "King Han, the general came back from the northern front because he was not in good health, could not stand the severe cold, and became ill. The king of Han repeatedly persuaded him to come back, also so that he could get enough rest. Nowadays, the hot spring palace is so bustling, how can he have a peaceful retreat? With his temperament, he will inevitably still worry about the King of Han and work hard for the state affairs in his illness. ”

I said, "Whether it is the king of Han, my father, or the general, they are all relatives who are kind to Qin'er, and the uneasiness of the king of Han is my uneasiness, my father's heartache is my heartache, and the general's fatigue is my fatigue." All the hardships are compelled, and the pain and shame are painful, and I am tormented every day. Ask King Han to be compassionate and help Qin'er avoid such inner pain. ”

I looked at Liu Shen.

I bowed to the ground again and said, "Qin'er knelt down and begged the king of Han for grace, issued a ban, and solved all these problems once and for all: to make the king of Han feel at ease, to make his father blind, to make the general recuperate, to calm down the court discussion, and to save Qin'er from suffering." ”

(c)

Liu Shen listened, and his face became warm again.

He reached out and pulled me.

He said, "Qin'er, get up and talk about it, if you kneel on the ground for a long time in such a cold weather, your knees will hurt because of the current cold when you are old." ”

I continued to insist on kneeling in the snow.

I said, "King Han, when Qin'er first entered the palace, someone pointed out to me your chief attendant and eunuch, and someone told me that he was favored and promoted by the King of Han because he still served the King of Han with all his heart and blood while he was sick. ”

I said, "Because of this matter, everyone in the palace said that the King of Han was a benevolent monarch with affection and righteousness, and that if he did his best for the King of Han, he would definitely gain the trust and respect of the King of Han." King Han never failed those who were loyal to him. ”

I said, "Although the general and the chief have different statuses, they are also the same, they are both servants of the Han king. Why is it that as a subordinate, he also worked hard for the king of Han despite his illness, but in the heart of the king of Han, he feels different? ”

I said, "What does the King of Han want the general to do to feel at ease?" Do you want him to close the door to the hot spring palace and ignore the front-line war, and be busy with winter tonics, chanting the wind and the moon, and appreciating the snow like those courtiers in Yunzhou? ”

I said, "If this is what can reassure the king of Han, then please make a clear decree from the king of Han." ”

I said, "The concubine begs the king of Han to take care of my father, who has raised me for 16 years, to relieve his only son of his toil and let him have a real rest." ”

(iv)

Liu Shen looked at me for a while.

His face bent down towards me more gently.

He took my hand and said again, "Qin'er, I heard everything you said. Get up first, and let's go inside and talk, it's warmer than in the snow. All right? ”

He looked at me.

He approached me and said to me with a low smile, "You can't just kneel in the snow so beautifully, waiting for me to be unbearable, so I can only pick you up in public, right?" ”

He continued to move closer to me.

I stood up silently.

He watched me stand up, a smile on his lips again.

He was so close to me, almost looking into my eyelashes, and whispered, "Should I rejoice that you are very persuasive that you stand up so quickly, or should I grieve that I am almost unattractive?" ”

I lowered my eyelashes and bowed my head in silence.