Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, looked at the Son of Heaven blankly, and replied after a while: "Minister...... I was thinking, His Majesty summoned his ministers...... What will be said. ”

Tianzi was expressionless, "Did you figure it out?" ”

Liu Xiu shook his head.

A smile flashed from the face of the Son of Heaven, he raised his fist in front of his mouth, coughed lightly twice, Liu Xiu frowned: "Your Majesty is sick, have you ever seen the imperial doctor?" ”

"It's okay, maybe I got a little cold at night." The Son of Heaven waved his hand, "I have something I want to ask you. ”

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"I used to have a few children, but they didn't keep them, after Shi Hou was born, he was raised in Shi Zizhu's family, and he finally grew up. Now that the queen has given birth to a sister-in-law for me, I am wondering where this child should be raised. ”

When Liu Xiu heard this, he didn't dare to say anything. In these years, the sanitary conditions are not good, the child death rate is very high, from the accent of the Son of Heaven, it can be heard that this imperial concubine is very important, if it is raised in his family, in case this baby dies, he can't eat and walk?

Seeing that Liu Xiu was silent, the Son of Heaven frowned slightly, so he had to say directly: "The queen said, although you are not a Taoist, you also know some Taoism, and it just so happens that Wang Chu also gave birth to an average-old child, and she hopes to put the child in your house." You see......"

Speaking of which, Liu Xiu couldn't say anything if he didn't answer. He bowed to the ground: "How can the minister be virtuous, and the prince will be fostered in the cold house." The minister is very honored, but I am afraid that I can't afford it. ”

"Don't be afraid that you can't afford it." The Son of Heaven smiled, "You can afford to marry the eldest princess, what's the big deal about fostering a prince." I said before that you teach children well, and I want you to be a young master. ”

Liu Xiu grinned awkwardly. The Son of Heaven threw out so many benefits at once, naturally it was not without a target, looking at it like this, he was determined to gamble, and he had to use that Yangzhou to stab Shi Zang Min and defeat Tanshi Huai in a short period of time. Alas, it's a pity that Lao Tzu has done so much homework.

The Son of Heaven continued: "You have made meritorious contributions in Northern Xinjiang, and I have not rewarded you yet, so I will reward you with the house of Cao Jie, choose an auspicious one to marry the eldest princess, and help me take care of this child together." ”

Although Liu Xiu was very frustrated, he couldn't show the slightest, so he had to bow down and thank him.

"Also, Yuan Meiren heard that you are outstanding in painting and wants to learn from you. I have already answered her, and after you have been to the queen's palace later, you will go to Lantai. The Son of Heaven smiled, "I heard that the ring in your hand is probably a lost item in the palace." ”

Liu Xiu suddenly made a bitter face, reached out and took off the ring, and handed it over with both hands. The Son of Heaven took it in his hand, looked at it carefully for a while, and said in surprise: "Although this ring looks exquisite, I can't see anything abnormal, why are Taiping Dao and Heavenly Master Dao worshiped as gods?" ”

"The minister also thinks that they are a little tricky." Liu Xiu pursed his lips, took the ring from the hand of the Son of Heaven, rubbed his fingers, and the beautiful girl in an apricot yellow shirt suddenly appeared in front of them. Originally, this girl wore a three-point style, but after the experience of the Lu family's observation, Liu Xiusheng was afraid that such an embarrassing thing would happen again, so he asked her to wear the apricot yellow spring shirt that Wang Chu wore when he met him for the first time.

"This dress looks familiar." The Son of Heaven recognized it at a glance, but what he was most interested in was this girl who suddenly appeared like a fairy. If it weren't for Liu Xiu forcibly pulling him regardless of etiquette, he would almost have knelt on the ground and worshipped. When Jian Shuo and several other little eunuchs and Lang Zhong saw this situation, they knelt on the ground involuntarily, kowtowing like pounding garlic.

"This ...... This is the gods? ”

"No, Zhang Jiao said that she was just a messenger of the Yellow God, but the minister didn't think it was reliable." Liu Xiu was used to it, glanced at Jian Shuo and the others, and winked at the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, is it ......?"

The Son of Heaven looked at him inexplicably, and it took a while to come back to his senses, and he hurriedly repelled Jian Shuo and them, and there were only two of them left in the hall. The Son of Heaven's eyes widened suddenly, his mouth wide open but he couldn't say anything, just pointed to the lifelike but ethereal figure, his fingers trembled like a stroke, and an unhealthy flush appeared on his face.

Liu Xiu then showed the Son of Heaven the Xianxia films, which Zhang Jiao and Lu called Taoism, and action movies including Mozi's Five Elements. The Son of Heaven was fascinated, if it weren't for Liu Xiu's presence, he was afraid that he would be dancing.

"What the hell is this...... What the? ”

"I don't know, it feels a little similar to illusion." Liu Xiu shrugged his shoulders and handed the ring back to the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven couldn't put it down, and after a while, he looked at Liu Xiu: "I heard that only you can use this ring?" ”

"Nope." Liu Xiu said with a smile: "Before the minister, Yingzi, mother and daughter would use it." ”

"Eiko's mother?"

"Exactly, this ring was originally owned by Yingzi's mother." Liu Xiu said what Tang Yingzi had said to him again. The Son of Heaven thought about it, shook his head, and handed the ring back to Liu Xiu with a smile: "Okay, whether it is a lost item in the palace or not, this ring is yours." It's just that when I want to see it, you don't have to refuse. ”

Liu Xiu was really afraid that he would go back, although this ring was of little use to him, but it was of extraordinary significance to control the Heavenly Master Dao. Because of this, he refused to transfer the authorization to the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven didn't say anything more, talked a few words of gossip with him, and asked him to go to the Jiaofang Palace to see the queen, as if he called Liu Xiu to ask a few gossips this time. Liu Xiu didn't ask much, and went to see the queen when he left the Xuanming Palace.

Da Changqiu Lu Qiang is still so lean, and his spirit is also very good, but there is a little more worry between his eyebrows and eyes, and his hair is almost white. Seeing Liu Xiu, Lu Qiang showed a rare smile and politely gave a salute. Liu Xiu didn't dare to slack off, saluted respectfully, said hello, and then entered the hall.

Seeing the queen for the first time, Liu Xiu was startled, and immediately understood the most fundamental reason for the queen's fall from grace.

The queen was twice as fat as when Liu Xiu saw her last time, her face was like a disc, and her whole person looked like a fully fermented steamed bun. Liu Xiu sighed, this is the Son of Heaven who did a bad thing with his own good intentions, seeing that Queen Song gave birth to a princess, she was waiting for her delicious food and drink, and even took Wang Chu and Tang Yingzi to gain a lot of weight, but Wang Chu is only twenty-one years old this year and is recovering well, although Liu Xiu found that she was fatter than before, but she didn't think too much. But Queen Song is different, she is almost thirty years old this year, if a woman of this age does not have children, she can still maintain her body shape, once she gives birth, it is difficult to recover her body shape, plus she has sufficient nutrition, and she is even more out of control when she gets fat.

Don't say that the beauties in the palace are like clouds, and the Son of Heaven is a person who likes the new and hates the old, even in ordinary people, women of this size are very difficult to love.

"Your Highness, how are you ......" Liu Xiu didn't know what to say.

The queen didn't think about it for a while, and asked a little nervously, "What's wrong with me?" ”

"The minister is worried...... "Liu Xiu is very painful, it seems that this is too hurtful to his self-esteem, but there is no way to do it if he doesn't say it." Your Highness, if you continue to be blessed like this, I am afraid that your body will be affected. ”

The queen hesitated for a moment, and then she understood, and her face couldn't help but flush, regret and shame, and be frustrated.

"Liu Qing, Deran, what can you do?"

Liu Xiu was silent for a while, and said six words: shut your mouth and open your legs. This is the most effective way to lose weight, but it is also the most boiling way, nine out of ten weight loss failures, just because they can't persevere, not to mention that this is in the palace, how easy it is to keep your mouth shut, and it is even more difficult to make a woman who is a queen sweat and run.

Empress Song sat stunned for a while before slowly nodding: "Thank you Deran for your advice." ”

"That's what a minister should do." Liu Xiu returned the salute, and said that the Son of Heaven wanted to raise the emperor's concubine by him, and the queen finally showed some smiles when she saw that he had already responded.

"Then there is Lao Deran, Deran is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, the emperor's concubine can get your enlightenment, and he may be able to achieve something in the future. If there really is such a day, my Song family will definitely not forget Deran's merits. The queen was overjoyed and let the child be embraced. It's strange to say, the emperor's concubine Liu Xie saw that Liu Xiu didn't recognize his life at all, and he opened his little hand and was about to pounce on Liu Xiu, a little more affectionate than Liu Xiu's biological daughter. The queen looked at the child lovingly, and the brilliance of her mother's surname flashed in her eyes. "He is really destined to be his husband."

Liu Xiuxin said, you think this is a great grace for me, but you don't know that I don't want this grace at all, not to mention that the price I paid is too great. It's a shame that I kept a hand at the beginning, otherwise I wouldn't have had a place to cry this time.

After gossiping with the queen for a while, Liu Xiu said goodbye, went to Nangong to visit the queen mother, and then went to meet Bi Lan and other old acquaintances, and then came to Lantai slowly. Yuan Hui had already been told by the Son of Heaven that Liu Xiu was going to come to see her, but he didn't come for the first time, nor did he come for the second class, and he thought that Liu Xiu had been delayed for a long time on the queen's side, and he felt very uncomfortable.

"Bei Zhonglang will be here, it's really an honor to be a concubine." Yuan Hui said without yin or yang.

Liu Xiuyi raised his eyebrows, stood there with his hands behind his back, raised his chin slightly, glanced at Yuan Hui in an old-fashioned manner, and said nothing. Yuan Hui was very uncomfortable by him, he became angry for a while, and his face sank, and the little eunuch next to him saw that her face was wrong, and immediately reprimanded him sharply: "Liu Xiu, you are so bold, dare to be rude to a beauty?" ”

Liu Xiu glanced at the little eunuch contemptuously, and the sharp eyes forced the little eunuch to stagnate, and swallowed all the words back. He turned his gaze and pretended to stroke the pitifully short beard under his chin: "According to the rules in the palace, beauties do not have a knighthood, and they are only rewarded when they are old, I am the general of Beizhong Lang in the middle of the two thousand stones, is it necessary to salute you?" He glanced at the little eunuch: "The beauty is from a family, why is it so unstrict?" ”

Yuan Hui was stunned, and then his face flushed with shame.

The concubines in the palace have various ranks, the rank of the previous dynasty was relatively high, after the revival of Guangwu, the cost of the harem was reduced, and the rank of the vast majority of concubines was canceled. But because they are the women around the emperor, especially those favored beauties, even if the rank is not high, no one generally dares to be rude to them, and it is common for people with a much higher rank than them to salute them.

But today, when he met Liu Xiu, an unreasonable stunned young man, he not only accused Yuan Hui of not understanding the rules in person, but also carried a gun and a stick to the Yuan family, which made Yuan Hui angry enough, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it. She originally wanted to give Liu Xiu a dismount, but Liu Xiu didn't eat her, and in turn returned a more ruthless punch.

This immediately blinded Yuan Hui.

Without waiting for Yuan Hui to react, Liu Xiu frowned slightly: "Yuan Meiren, I will serve Your Majesty's edict to guide the beauty in painting." If the beauty has no intention of apprenticeship, the minister will retire. ”

Apprentice? When Yuan Hui heard these two words, he finally came to his senses and remembered Liu Xiu's intention. Yes, she saw that the Son of Heaven likes calligraphy and painting, and at this point, although there are many capable people in the palace, none of them can be as popular as Liu Xiu, in order to further consolidate her favor, she pulled Liu Xiu over from the queen's side by the way, and then came up with such an idea.

Don't let a small be a big one. Yuan Hui reorganized his mentality in a short period of time, suppressed the anger in his heart, and saluted respectfully. It's just that she never thought that there would be such a program as an apprenticeship, and she didn't prepare for the apprenticeship at all.

Liu Xiu was very unhappy, he opened his mouth to respect the teacher, closed his mouth and respected the teacher, and made a lot of accusations, not only stunned the eunuchs and palace maids next to him, but even Yuan Hui was upset by his chaotic fist, and he had no usual calmness and wisdom.

"Since the beauty doesn't have the sincerity to learn to paint, the minister will retire first." Liu Xiu didn't wait for Yuan Hui to come back to his senses, arched his hand, and walked away.

After sending an evil fire, Liu Xiu finally felt a little more comfortable, but when he thought of the Son of Heaven's style, Liu Xiu was both disappointed and angry. He spent so much effort in northern Xinjiang, just because it did not conform to the Son of Heaven's utopian dream of defeating the Xianbei people as soon as possible, it would be in vain. That Zang Min didn't know what kind of character it was, anyway, he didn't have any impression of this person, he didn't think he was a peerless general, such a toss, everything he had done in front of him was in vain.

If you don't want to think so much, the Son of Heaven is still worthy of him, before taking away his military power, he asked him to raise the prince on his behalf, and let him be Mr. Yuan Meiren's painting, and he also rewarded him with the lost and found ring in the palace, and also rewarded him with a big mansion, so that he could marry the eldest princess in advance, it should be said that benevolence and righteousness are complete.

However, when he thought that the new policy that had just been put on the right track in northern Xinjiang was likely to die, Liu Xiu was still not happy.

Pat your head when you make decisions, pat your chest when you promise, and you can only pat your ass when something happens, but bureaucrats can pat your ass and change places to continue to be officials.

Liu Xiu remembered Jia Xu and remembered what he said: Whether the Han can prosper depends on the will of heaven. It's a pity that this guy saw the danger of Luoyang and fled from Luoyang to Bingzhou, but he didn't expect that Bingzhou was not safe, and the Son of Heaven shattered his dream with a word.

You'll have to write him a letter and tell him about it. As soon as this thought popped up, Liu Xiu suddenly felt a little strange, he had so many subordinates in Northern Xinjiang, Jia Xu was definitely not the closest one, but why did he first think of Jia Xu instead of others, such as Zhao Yun, when something happened?

Back at the Tai Chi Dao Hall, Wang Chu was teasing the child, and when he saw that Liu Xiu's face was wrong, he hurriedly handed the child over to the nanny and followed Liu Xiu upstairs. "What's wrong, it's not going well?"

"Smooth." Liu Xiu smiled bitterly: "I broke the conspiracy of Yuan Kui and others according to your father's instructions, but I still lost completely." ”

"What the hell is going on?" Wang Chu comforted: "Don't worry, tell me about it." ”

Liu Xiu told him what happened in the palace, and Wang Chu clapped his hands with his eyebrows fluttering when he heard it: "This is a good thing." ”

"Okay? Your husband and I will be male nannies in the future. Liu Xiu rolled his eyes speechlessly, it's really long hair and short knowledge, is this still a good thing?

"Husband, listen to me." Wang Chu couldn't hide his joy, hugged Liu Xiu's arm and smiled: "Do you think you can win?" ”

"No, if I could, I'd go and fight myself."

"Then do you think that Zang Min or something can win?"

Liu Xiu hesitated for a moment: "Unless he is a god, he can't." He has very full confidence in this, he has talked about this with Duan Cheng, Lu Zhi, Zhang Huan, Jia Xu, Xun You and others, and almost everyone said in unison that unless there is an unknowable accident, such as the sudden death of Tanshi Huai, and the Xianbei people themselves are in chaos, it is simply impossible.

"In that case, why don't you let them touch this mold?" Wang Chu said with a smile: "If they are defeated, the Yuan family will also be implicated, and the Son of Heaven has also tried, except for the husband, who else dares to take over?" ”

Liu Xiu sighed, it wasn't that he didn't understand this truth, but he felt that it was a pity. However, apart from him, there are probably few people who will have this kind of thought, whether it is the people of Tuntian, or the soldiers at the border pass, how many people die is just a number, and the most important thing for the Han is people.

"The eldest princess will be very happy when she hears this news." Wang Chu jumped excitedly, and Liu Xiu vaguely saw a little bit of the shadow of the past. She tilted her head and thought about it, then laughed again: "Husband, why don't you do the matter of the Wind and Snow Girl by the way?" ”

"Whatever you want." Liu Xiu waved his hand absentmindedly and lay on his back on the bed. Wang Chu sat beside him, caressed his chest, and said with a smile: "That concubine can hold on tightly, in a few days, my husband will not be my alone." ”

Liu Xiu glanced at her, but he saw a little loss from her smile, and couldn't help but feel unbearable, pulled her over and hugged her to his chest, and said unnaturally: "Achu, am I also quite hypocritical, I spent so much thought at the beginning, but now I ......"

Wang Chu raised his hand to cover his lips, raised his head to look at him, his eyes were a little moist: "Husband, don't blame yourself too much, the concubine is content." The eldest princess is very affectionate to you and doesn't say anything, and the affection of the wind and snow girl for you is beyond the reach of the concubine. If you want to say that you regret it, you can only say that the concubine didn't know anyone at the beginning, and she suffered by herself. Although she is now a concubine, her husband is very fond of her, and the concubine is already content, so she doesn't dare to complain. ”

Liu Xiu laughed embarrassedly twice, not daring to complain, that is, there were still complaints in his heart. It's just that the matter has come to this point, and it's useless to complain.

"Yikes!" Tang Yingzi rushed in like a gust of wind, screamed, opened his hand to cover his eyes, but his fingers opened wide, revealing naughty eyes: "Shame to death, shame to death, Sister Achu is pestering her big brother in broad daylight." ”

"Go!" Wang Chu was annoyed and ashamed, and hurriedly got up from Liu Xiu's chest, wiped his tears with a handkerchief, and pushed away Tang Yingzi, who was shaking his head and looking around her.

"Uh-huh, Yingzi, what's the matter with you coming up?" Liu Xiu broke the embarrassing situation.

"Aunt Lu is here, and she also brought a little child." Tang Yingzi said happily, "Big brother, that kid is interesting, let them live with us." ”

Mrs. Lu? Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then he heard the voice of Lu Shi talking downstairs. He hurriedly stood up, leaned on the railing and looked down, only to see a carriage parked in front of the gym, Lu was greeting Luo, and a little boy about ten years old timidly took her hand timidly, not leaving an inch.

Liu Xiu hurriedly went downstairs, and greeted the Lu family from afar: "Madam, can the trip in Shuzhong go well?" ”

Lu Shi smiled slightly, bowed, and pulled the little boy over: "Alu, don't kneel down and kowtow to your husband." ”

The child quickly knelt down, kowtowed twice, and said loudly, "Zhang Lu to meet Mr." ”

Zhang Lu? Liu Xiu was a little dizzy for a while, this is Zhang Lu, the great warlord who has been separating Hanzhong for 30 years?

"Husband." Wang Chu poked Liu Xiu and motioned for him to step forward and help Zhang Lu up. Liu Xiu was stunned, hurriedly rushed forward, stretched out his hands to help Zhang Lu up, and just looked at him twice, another little boy jumped out of the car and shouted: "Mother, I also want to apprentice." ”

"You want to apprentice too?" Lu Shi looked at Liu Xiu with some embarrassment, and was embarrassed to speak.

"This is your second son Zhang Wei, right?" Liu Xiu heard Lu talk about her two sons, and it is estimated that this seven or eight-year-old boy should be Zhang Wei. Lu nodded, and Liu Xiu smiled: "Anyway, it's all the same teaching, one is also accepted, and two are also received, but Madam, this apprenticeship is indispensable." ”

Lu Shi couldn't help but smile with his lips hidden, his eyes were crooked into crescents, not only Liu Xiu was a little distracted, but even the guys who were driven out behind were stunned. Seeing this, Lu Shi hurriedly put away his smile and bowed: "Thank you, sir." ”

"Don't rush to thank me, maybe you'll regret it soon." Liu Xiugan laughed and invited the Lu family into the room, "In order to prevent you from regretting it, let's tell you before accepting your apprenticeship." and state affairs...... Subject to change. ”

Lu was also a little surprised. After Liu Xiu finished speaking, the Lu clan was relieved and waved his hand unmindfully: "It's okay, if the adults don't come to the state and merge the state, it's a big deal for us to withdraw the sect members again, and the loss is limited." She paused, and then continued: "I went back to Shuzhong this time to rule a hexagram, and I made a hexagram specifically for the future of the adult, and the result was the ninety-fourth hexagram, and there was no blame. ”

(To be continued)