Chapter 11 Wei Wangye

After a long journey, Liu Xiu finally led the crowd to reach Pingyan City, an important military town in the northern part of the country.

King Wei was waiting outside the city as early as possible, because it was not early, and Liu Xiu and others had traveled a long distance and needed to rest urgently, King Wei did not greet them too much, so he arranged for Liu Xiu and his party to rest.

Although the greeting scene was not grand, it was solemn, and King Wei did an impeccable job, although it was the first time to act independently, seeing the king of the empire and the official of the feudal territory, Liu Xiu spoke decently, neither humble nor arrogant, and King Wei did not dare to underestimate him.

The crowd was separated and said nothing.

Under Liu Hongwen's arrangement, Liu Xiu lived in the empire's palace in Pingyan City.

Because Pingyan belongs to the military town of the entire Han Dynasty, in order to highlight the royal attention, a palace is set up here, according to the custom, even if the emperor is not there, there are members of the royal family to come to inspect, so that there are people cleaning here every day, and they dare not slack off a little.

After the arrangement was made, Liu Xiu sat down, looked at the surrounding environment, soothed and soothed his muscles, pointed to the chair next to him, and said with a smile to his "sister", who should actually be called An Xuehui:

"I've been in a hurry for the past few days, and it's hard work, sit down, don't be so restrained."

An Xuehui nodded, saluted Liu Xiu, and sat down on the chair beside Liu Xiu.

Neither of them said anything, so they fell silent.

After a while, Liu Xiu suddenly opened his mouth and said:

"Do you know why you were asked to go with me this time?"

An Xuehui looked up in a daze, looked at Liu Xiu, shook her head, and said:

"I don't know."

A smile appeared at the corner of Liu Xiu's mouth and said:

"If my father knew that you were so restrained in front of me, he would think that I was incompetent."

An Xuehui "restored" the princess's appearance at this time, and said with a slightly naughty smile:

"Tell me, why did you bring me to Pingyan City? Is it because after you leave, you are afraid that I will have no one to take care of me and be bored in Luojing? ”

Liu Xiu shook his head and sighed:

"There is a woman in the Wei Kingdom, waiting for me, because she is in Dongping, the capital of the Wei Kingdom, too far away from Pingyan, I can't go to see her, but I have something to say to her, so"

"So just let me go?"

An Xuehui smiled faintly and said:

"Although I don't know where Dongping is, I can serve and deliver a letter for His Highness."

Liu Xiu shook her head, and was about to answer, when she suddenly heard a delicate woman's voice coming from the beam above her head:

"Does my brother say that means I can speak? It's going to suffocate me along the way. ”

An Xuehui's heart tightened suddenly, the female voice on the beam was extremely similar to her own voice, even if you don't have to guess, you know that this person is the princess of the current Han Kingdom - Liu Ying.

An Xuehui is not a stupid person, and as soon as she thought about it, she understood what Liu Xiu's purpose was in bringing her to Weiguo.

The woman who is in Dongping must be Luojing City, someone who is familiar with Liu Xiu's sister and brother, and even has a relationship with Liu Xiu, but for some reason, she married into Weiguo, it seems that her husband's family must be a powerful person in Weiguo, otherwise Liu Xiu would not have bothered so much.

And asked her to come with her, just to hide people's eyes, she stayed with Liu Xiu as a royal identity, hiding from the nobles of Han and Wei, and the real princess secretly went to Dongping to deliver a letter for Liu Xiu.

Because Liu Ying and that woman are familiar with each other, Liu Xiu will not be afraid that things will go wrong.

What a brilliant plan.

An Xuehui figured this out, smiled, stepped forward, saluted Liu Ying, and said:

"I've seen the princess."

Liu Ying lightly rolled down from the beam, rubbed her body, and said with a smile:

"Don't be so polite, now that you're me, I'm you, I'm so polite to myself, I'm not used to it."

After speaking, he casually ripped off his bodyset and threw it aside.

It seems that the bumps along the way are quite hard, Liu Ying is in a bad mood, irritable, seeing Liu Xiu's expressionless face, sitting there comfortably, she can't help but be angry in her heart, she stepped forward, pulled Liu Xiu up, threw it aside, and sat down with a big grin.

He let out a rough breath.

Comfortable!

An Xuehui looked at Liu Ying's face and frowned, feeling a little remorseful in her heart, feeling that she had lost this time.

There is even a danger of his life, Liu Xiu has a secret, although he doesn't know it yet, but as long as he knows that he met in Weiguo, even if Liu Ying met his former lover for him, it will be difficult for him to save his life.

Before I came, I always thought that Liu Xiu was just a person who was "cowardly and useless, cowardly and afraid of things" in the prime minister's mouth, but when I saw it today, I realized that the rumored incompetent third prince was actually a hidden person.

Taoguang has been obscure for several years, and he has quietly concealed from everyone, Liu Xiu is not simple.

I knew that another "stand-in" came.

An Xuehui thought so annoyedly.

At this time, Liu Ying didn't know where to turn out the brocade robe that was exactly the same as An Xuehui and put it on, and was lying on the soft couch, holding a fragrant cheek in one hand, and a white jade palm on the other, gently playing with a dagger that she got out of nowhere.

On the dagger, the cold light flickered in the bright candlelight.

Her five fingers are slender, and her cardamom-painted nails are very long, revealing an indescribable extravagance, An Xuehui is becoming more and more confused in her heart, Princess Liu Ying in front of her, as if she has changed in a blink of an eye, and there is no longer a little bit of the innocent atmosphere of the little girl just now.

Seeing An Xuehui looking at herself, Princess Liu Ying smiled faintly:

"You really look like me, it's really embarrassing to be a prime minister."

Listening carefully, her voice is slightly hoarse, with a slight magnetism, and the rhythm of her speech is reserved and soothing, clear as a cloud.

These are things that An Xuehui didn't learn at all.

She subconsciously looked at Liu Xiu, who was a little angry because she was robbed of the recliner, this "cowardly third prince" was so scheming that even Prime Minister Yaheng had been deceived.

What he taught himself was just Princess Liu Ying's mannerisms, and now it seems that he doesn't know anything about this Princess Liu Ying at all.

Could it be that the so-called princess who taught me how to write, paint, and act before is also fake?

These two people, it's terrible!

An Xuehui breathed for a while, and then calmed down in her heart, she was just a pawn for others to drive, and death was only a matter of time.

At the moment, he gave up his fear and said with a smile:

"People who know so many secrets of His Highness and the princess are still alive, I am already very content, Your Highness rest assured, although I will definitely die, as long as I am alive, I will definitely do what the 'princess' should do, and I will not miss the important things of His Highness."

The princess played with the short dagger in her hand with a thoughtful look.

Ban Yan nodded and said:

"You're smart."

An Xuehui quickly glanced at the sister and brother in front of her, and replied cautiously:

"The little woman is just an ant, and she should have died many times, but I am not a dull person, so I naturally know what His Highness's intention is to keep me alive, but you also know that I"

The dagger swung slightly in the princess's palm, and her water-shearing eyes lifted slightly, and she smiled:

"Do you mean your family? They have already been placed by me. ”

An Xuehui smiled noncommittally and did not speak.

Seeing her like this, Liu Ying smiled slightly in her eyes, and said:

"If you don't believe me, I'll show you a few things."

After glaring, Liu Xiu stood up with an unhappy face, and after groping in her bags for a long time, she walked up to An Xuehui and handed her a bag of things.

Things to start, heavy, An Xuehui hurriedly opened the bag, and looked at it, it was all the things she gave them when she saw her parents in the Prime Minister's Mansion before leaving.

The words scratched out by myself with my fingernails on it are code words that only I and my parents can understand, simple but useful.

Just when she was stunned, there was a dinging sound on the pillar in her ear, An Xuehui Huo Ran raised her head, and looked at the red-clothed princess on the chaise longue in amazement. Body, she looked at herself with a smile, but the dagger was no longer in her hand.

An Xuehui looked back in amazement, and on the pillar, the dagger was still shaking there.

She pulled out the dagger, and a few words were engraved on it

"Listen to the princess."

It was my father's word.

"Okay, I trust you." ――

Seeing An Xuehui exit the palace gate, Liu Ying breathed a sigh of relief, sat up on the recliner, swayed her legs, and asked Liu Xiu with a smile:

"Xiu'er, Xiu'er, how is my expression? Hey hey"

Without waiting for Liu Xiu to speak, she pursed her lips and said:

"An Xuehui is very smart, it seems that you have chosen the right person this time."

After speaking, she rolled her eyes around and said with a smile:

"Hey, are you scared?"

Liu Xiu was slightly stunned and said:

"Afraid of what?"

Liu Ying raised her head, looked at Liu Xiu and said:

"You're about to see Liu Hongwen, aren't you nervous and afraid?"

When Liu Xiu heard Liu Ying talk about Liu Hongwen, her heart jerked up.

Ziyu!

He bowed his head, sighed, and for a long time answered what he asked:

"Sister, Ziyu's matter, please."

Liu Ying nodded.

The two were silent for a while, and Liu Ying suddenly said:

"On the way, I heard those guards say that King Wei is very arrogant, he is just a foreign vassal king, and he is not the king of a country, why?"

"Sister, you are not in the court, so naturally you can't see some things." Liu Xiu said lightly:

"At present, my Han Dynasty was newly defeated in the Battle of Jingyun, and his vitality was greatly damaged, although the two sides are now negotiating peace, but it still drags our country's 200,000 troops, and there are Yan thieves in the north, and urgent documents on the border are written in a few days. Most of the troops in various cities in southern China were recruited in the Battle of Jingyun, and at present, except for the Imperial Guards in Luojing City, only the army of King Wei is an elite living force. ”

Speaking of this, he sighed and said:

"The empire can't do without him!"

After saying that, he shook his head, walked to the side of the bed and lay down, closing his eyes.

The relationship between the sister and brother is very good, and Liu Ying doesn't think it's a pestle, but seeing that he is a little tired, he looks worried, and says:

"What's the matter, Xiu'er, are you tired?"

Liu Xiu shook his head, still did not open his eyes, and said:

"No, I just think the situation here is worse than I expected when I was in Luojing City, and I have a bit of a headache."

Liu Ying didn't know how to persuade him, so she lowered her head and fell silent.

What happened in Luojing City was very dangerous, and she watched Liu Xiu stay awake all night, carrying out all kinds of planning, and exhausting conspiracies and calculations. If this place is even more thrilling than Lotin, then the situation is really very critical.

Liu Xiu was slightly irritable, stunned for a while, quiet for a while, and suddenly asked:

"Sister, you also met Liu Hongwen today, what kind of person do you think he is?"

Liu Ying thought sideways, made a thoughtful look, put her hand on her cheek, and "pondered" for a long time before replying:

"King Wei, I don't think it's very powerful, seeing the two of us respectfully, very polite, not fierce at all, and it seems that he doesn't have any special opinion on you, it stands to reason that he should have a pimple in his heart about you and Ziyu, but when I saw it today, I didn't see anything, and I felt that he was no different from the other courtiers in Luojing City."

Liu Xiu replied casually:

"Really?"

Liu Ying nodded desperately, with an expression of "you have to trust my judgment", and said:

"Yes, I don't think he's very powerful, but ah, on the way back, I heard the guards say that King Wei is very brutal and will do anything for power."

Liu Xiu looked at Liu Ying with interest and said with a smile:

"Oh? What did King Wei do? Even the soldiers of Luojing City have heard of it? ”

Liu Ying showed a frightened expression on her face and said:

"I heard that when King Wei just ascended the throne, hundreds of officials were not satisfied, especially the Minister of State Chen Fuxin, wanted to set up the second prince to succeed to the throne, at that time they all wanted to play the imperial court, let the father and the emperor order the establishment of the monarch, but before the chapter was played, Liu Hongwen took the lead in attacking, and arrested all the officials who opposed him in the name of fornication and rebellion, in order to set an example, he put all those officials to death, and the screams of those people spread for ten miles, which was very terrifying, and I heard them say that those officials screamed for three days at the entrance of the vegetable market before they died!"

Liu Xiu was surprised:

"Is there such a thing? How did I not know? ”

Liu Ying said proudly:

"Of course you don't know, this matter is forbidden by the imperial defense of the country, this is still a few days ago a veteran of the garrison drank too much and inadvertently said that he leaked his mouth, I called him aside, and he was able to confide in him, but after his father knew about it, he gave an order to King Wei, so that he should not expand the situation, and he was not allowed to kill innocents indiscriminately, so this matter did not make a particularly big fuss, and his father's name decreed that Chen Fuxin should not be harmed, which saved his life, and he was the minister of state for more than ten years, and he stood tall."

After speaking, Liu Ying raised her head very proudly, looked at her younger brother, and waited for his praise.