Wang Chu was startled, hurriedly covered his clothes, and motioned to the two maids who were testing the temperature of the water to go out first and close the door, only then did he look at Liu Xiu with a red face: "What's wrong?" ”

I haven't seen him for more than a year, Wang Chu is obviously a little blessed, his originally slender body has become round and jade, his face is white and red, and his skin is more delicate and smooth.

However, although Liu Xiu was thrilled, she was more concerned about another thing: who taught her the room technique. He hugged Wang Chu's shoulders and stared at her eyes tightly, his voice a little dry: "Ah Chu, how did Mrs. Lu pass on the secret technique in your room?" ”

"What's wrong?" Wang Chu lowered his head embarrassedly, hugged Liu Xiu's waist with both hands, leaned his almost ** body on Liu Xiu's chest, listening to his strong and powerful heartbeat, a burst of confusion, a stream of heat flowed from Xintian, between the legs became wet, and her legs were a little soft, which made her hug her tighter.

"Achu, tell me how Mrs. Lu passed on the secret art in your room." Liu Xiu was a little anxious, and shook Wang Chu's shoulder vigorously. Wang Chu was even more shy, buried his head in Liu Xiu's arms, and said squeaked: "Husband, after the concubine takes a bath, I will come to serve my husband." ”

"No, no, no, you have to tell me." Liu Xiu was about to go crazy, and what Tang Yingzi said echoed in his ears, like a spell, making him about to go crazy.

Wang Chu realized that Liu Xiu's expression was wrong at this time, raised his head, and looked at Liu Xiu, whose eyes were almost red, in surprise: "Husband, what's wrong?" ”

Seeing that Wang Chu's expression was not confused, Liu Xiu finally relieved himself, but before he heard the final answer, he was still a little uneasy, so he had to squeeze out a smile and beg Wang Chu to tell him the truth. Wang Chu listened to his question, quickly let go of his hand, walked quickly to the bed, took out a silk book from under the pillow, stuffed it into Liu Xiu's hand, turned his head embarrassedly, and his trembling voice was inaudible.

"Mrs. Lu gave me this and told me some more." Wang Chu's earlobes were as red as transparent jade, "It's just that the concubine is stupid, although she thinks about it day and night, she still knows nothing about it, and she doesn't know any of them." ”

Liu Xiu looked at the silk book in his hand full of portraits and words, raised his face with relief, patted his forehead, and let out a long sigh. He shook the silk book in his hand comparable to the Spring Palace, leaned behind Wang Chu, and said in a pinched voice: "Ah Chu, since this is the case, then let's study and study it together." ”

Wang Chu's body trembled, and he said in a trembling voice: "You don't believe this, what's the matter...... How to ......"

"I believe it now." Liu Xiu laughed, threw away the silk book, picked up Wang Chu by the waist, gently put it in the bathtub, took off his clothes in three or two, and jumped in naked, Wang Chu just heard him say so seriously, and thought that he really wanted to practice the secret art in the room with her, but now when he looked like this, he suddenly knew that his surname had not changed at all, and hurriedly shook his hand and said: "Husband, it's not like this, it's not like this." ”

"My husband doesn't know the taste of meat for a year, so I don't care what he does, I'll have a full meal first." Liu Xiu smiled evilly, hugged Wang Chu in his arms like a hungry wolf, and put his hands up and down, and it didn't take long for Wang Chu to throw the secret technique in the room out of the clouds, raise his head, and let out a ** moan.

The clouds dispersed and the rain fell, and only half of the water in the bath bucket was left, and it was unbearable to use it anymore, so Liu Xiu wrapped Wang Chu, who was soft into a mess of mud, with a quilt, so that people could change the water. Although according to the current rules, the maidservants that Wang Chu married with him are the concubines of course, and he doesn't need to avoid them at all, although he has painted countless pictures of ladies, both dressed and undressed, but he still can't accept this kind of big quilt in the same bed, and refuses to show his body in front of the maidservants.

After changing the water, Liu Xiu sat in the bathtub with Wang Chu in his arms again, and there was no word about the separation, Wang Chu leaned in Liu Xiu's arms, and his still slender fingers slid reluctantly on Liu Xiu's sturdy skin, looking at him with a blurred eyes, gently kissing the scars on his body, and said distressed and proud: "Husband, every time you have good news, the concubine feels very honored, and the former friends in the boudoir meet, and the concubine enjoys their eyes very much." But now seeing the injuries on her husband's body, the concubine feels very ashamed, the concubine only knows that she is happy, but she forgets that her husband is sacrificing his life and forgetting death. ”

"That's as it should be." Liu Xiu smiled slightly and stroked Wang Chu's mellow shoulder: "War injuries are originally the proudest medals for men. ”

Wang Chu raised his head and looked at Liu Xiu's increasingly resolute face with pity: "But...... The concubine still hopes that her husband will be serious in the future, thinking of the eldest princess and the concubine, as well as our children, don't be brave again. ”

Only then did Liu Xiu think of the daughter he had never met, "What about my little princess?" ”

"Husband, you can't say that." Wang Chu suddenly became nervous, sat up straight, and the twin peaks that were obviously more upright made Liu Xiu's eyes look all the time, although he had consumed the energy he had accumulated for more than a year just now, and now he was still in a weak period, but his heart still trembled, and after a while, he saw Wang Chu's nervous face, and couldn't help but say with some surprise: "What's wrong?" ”

"Husband, although Your Majesty values you and raises Ah He and the emperor's concubine together, she is not a princess after all, and she is also a concubine." Wang Chu's voice had a very well-hidden stagnation, and then solemnly reminded: "It's just that there is a difference between respect and inferiority, and it may not be okay to talk about it at home, but the disaster comes from the mouth, in case it is heard by someone and reaches the ears of His Majesty, it will be troublesome." ”

Liu Xiu blinked, it was rare that he didn't refute, he might not take this seriously, but Wang Chu reminded him very reasonably, if this really reached the ears of the Son of Heaven, it was definitely not a joke.

"Last time, that Xiangshi was wrong, but it scared me so much that even the queen's face changed, and the Son of Heaven was in a good mood and didn't take it seriously." Wang Chu stroked his chest with palpitations, and the bursts of milk waves made Liu Xiu dizzy for a while. He swallowed: "What Xiangshi?" ”

Wang Chu's eyes were a little frightened, and it took a while to tell Liu Xiu what had happened. It turned out that when the emperor's concubine captured Zhou, the Son of Heaven took him to Beibi Mountain to worship Emperor Guangwu, and Wang Chu took his daughter with him. The Son of Heaven was very interested, outside the temple, and went to visit the pine and cypress of the original mausoleum, and met a middle-aged scholar, the Son of Heaven asked him to show the two children. The Xiangshi first looked at the emperor's son-in-law Liu Xie, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he said that this son has the appearance of the Son of Heaven, and although there will be some twists and turns in the future, he will be a saint in the end. These words are in the heart of the Son of Heaven, and the queen is very happy to hear it, and asked him to show Liu He, but this Xiangshi looked away, he said that this girl is a noble princess, and will become a more noble queen.

The latter sentence is just that, although she is a concubine, the possibility of becoming the queen is not big, but it does not mean that there is none, and as a Xiangshi said, the Son of Heaven did not take it too seriously, but the previous sentence angered the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven also sank his face, making people drag the Xiangshi down and beat him to death, but he never thought that the Xiangshi was very good, and he actually broke free from the two tiger Benlang and escaped without a trace.

Wang Chu was so frightened that he knelt down on the spot with the child in his arms and pleaded guilty, fortunately, the Son of Heaven was only annoyed by the Xiangshi's nonsense, and sent people to chase her, but Wang Chu obviously felt that the Son of Heaven was in a very bad mood, and then a few days later, he let Wang Chu leave the Jiaofang Hall with the child.

Liu Xiu was also taken aback, although he has his father's ambitions, if his dream comes true, as long as his daughter can grow up to be Chengren, it should be expected that she will become a princess, but this can't be said in front of the Son of Heaven, doesn't this mean that he Liu Xiu will rebel in the future? No matter how much the Son of Heaven trusts him, it is impossible to tolerate this sentence, it is completely regarded as a joke, not to mention that people in these years still believe in the matter of appearance, otherwise it would not be so popular.

This isn't what guy gave me eye drops, right? Liu Xiu thought back to some of the discordant voices hidden under the affection when he saw the Son of Heaven during the day, and suddenly understood a little, and an ominous cloud of doubt rose in his heart.

"Where is the child now?"

"The husband is coming back, and the eldest princess will take care of it for two days." Wang Chu said shyly: "Tomorrow, when the concubine accompanies her husband to meet the eldest princess, she will naturally see her." The eldest princess also has some things to discuss with her husband. ”

Liu Xiu nodded, thought about it, and asked again, "Is there any news from my father-in-law?" ”

"Yes, my father has asked my brother to pass the word, I hope that after you come back, I can go back as soon as possible."

Liu Xiu understood and nodded. Wang Chu's father, Wang Yu, is now Guangluxun, one of the Nine Qings, and he must have a better understanding of the things that the imperial court is arguing about now, and it is very useful to know from him some of the things that the Three Princes and Nine Qings are thinking before the court debate. Empress Song's brother Song Qi is now the ruling Jinwu and one of the Jiuqing, and his father Song Feng is still a general of the chariot cavalry, and he will also attend the meeting. Queen Song gave birth to a son-in-law, although it is justified to inherit the throne, but the power of the Song family in the palace is obviously not very good, whether this child can be Chang Chengren is very good, and the difficulty of ascending the throne is not small, and it is not surprising that they need his support.

"Tomorrow, I will go to see the eldest princess first, and then go to the Song Mansion, after these two things are done, I will accompany you home to meet your father-in-law."

Wang Chu nodded happily, she leaned into Liu Xiu's ear, and said embarrassedly: "Husband, why do you care about the secret technique in the room, is it because of that wind and snow girl?" ”

"What does it have to do with the snow?" Liu Xiu's old face flushed, and he covered up: "You can't see that she is still a virgin, right?" ”

"Her body is still a virgin, but her heart is not a virgin." Wang Chu glanced at Liu Xiu, and said with some insincerity: "It's not that the concubine doesn't abide by women's morals, it's just that she is a Hu girl, and her husband cherishes her, so she will put it in her heart, so that outsiders will see it and make irresponsible remarks, which will damage her husband's reputation." ”

Liu Xiugan laughed twice: "I understand, I understand." ”

"I don't understand." Wang Chu's fingers circled around Liu Xiu's chest, "The husband is out alone, and he is clean and self-conscious, he refuses to go to the camp to fight with him, and the wind and snow girl has affection for her husband, why is she still a virgin after so long?" Is it ......?"

"Could it be what?" Liu Xiu's eyes widened, and he feigned anger: "What do you want to say?" ”

"The concubine is just thinking, could it be this snow girl...... Hehe...... Wang Chu stuck out his tongue, blushed, and stretched out his hand to slide down the water: "Could it be that she will only serve her husband like this?" ”

Liu Xiu shuddered, crying and laughing: "Nonsense, she has no problem at all." He told Mrs. Lu that the wind and snow were a good thing, and said distressedly: "It's really that witch's nonsense, otherwise ......."

Wang Chu was stunned for a moment, a trace of loss flashed in his eyes, but he pretended to be indifferent and quipped: "Otherwise, the husband would have been hugging the beauty a long time ago, right?" ”

"Who believes that nonsense." Liu Xiu pretended not to see it, and kissed Wang Chu on the forehead: "But she feels that her identity is not as noble as yours, and she is not as good as you, only this can help me a little, and I have to learn the secret art of the room from that witch before I am willing, and I have no choice but to follow her." He laughed wickedly: "Are you secretly having fun?" ”

"The concubine is not so careful." Wang Chu raised his eyebrows, "The secret technique in the room, the concubine will also know, if it weren't for the fact that the husband is so anxious every time......"

"I'm in a hurry?" Liu Xiu was annoyed and ashamed, stretched out his wolf claws, and grabbed Wang Chu's chest fiercely, cutting off Wang Chu's words.

"Alas, husband, husband, don't worry, the concubine will also have some secret techniques, and let the concubine serve the husband......" Wang Chujiao smiled, dodging, and there were waves in the bath tub.

…… The Son of Heaven stood on the winding corridor with his hands behind his back, looking at the lotus flowers blooming in a pool of clear water, without a trace of expression on his face. Liu Biao arched his hands, respectfully followed behind the Son of Heaven, and looked nervously at the back of the Son of Heaven with the corner of his eye. I haven't seen him for more than a year, and the Son of Heaven is thinner, but the majesty between his eyebrows and eyes is heavier.

"According to what you say, although Liu Xiu is a little self-conscious, his loyalty to me is beyond doubt?"

Liu Biao nodded without thinking: "The minister dares to guarantee, at least so far, I have not found any signs of Liu Xiu's disloyalty to His Majesty." He was bent on developing industry and commerce in the state, but he only wanted to do everything possible to reduce His Majesty's burden, and he had no intention of enriching his own pockets. ”

"Well, that's fine." The Son of Heaven softened his color and looked at the stone seal he was holding in his hand, "Do you think he can pay 300 million yuan in taxes every year after governing the state for 30 years?" ”

Liu Biao frowned: "The minister doesn't know." ”

"Don't know?" The Son of Heaven was a little surprised, turned around and glanced at Liu Biao: "Haven't you been involved in all the plans he has drawn up, how can you not know." ”

"The minister......" Liu Biao was very embarrassed: "The minister did participate in the plan he drafted, and also felt that advocating industry and commerce was the only way to achieve self-sufficiency in the current state, but the minister did not know how to verify the estimated data he said, and the minister had never had such an experience in the books he read and the things he had experienced, so the minister could not judge whether he could achieve his goal." ”

The Son of Heaven pondered for a moment and nodded understandingly: "What about the others?" ”

"The others are similar to the ministers." Liu Biao thought for a while, and added in a low voice: "However, the minister believes that Bei Zhonglang will not be unexpected, when he estimates those figures, he is as serious as deducing the battle situation before the war, and he does not dare to take it lightly." ”

"You're trying to say that he's right-minded?" The corners of Tianzi's mouth twitched, and he said with a smile.

Liu Biao owed a debt and replied loudly: "That's exactly what the minister thinks. ”

The Son of Heaven did not speak again, waved his hand, and motioned for Liu Biao to retreat. Liu Biao saluted and retreated step by step, until he went out of the door, he let out a long breath, his face was a little heavy, and he was a little happy.

Zhang Rang quietly walked over and stood silently behind the Son of Heaven, although the Son of Heaven did not look back, as if he knew that he was coming, he asked very abruptly: "Zhang Rang, do you say that Zhang Jiao's method is right, or Liu Xiu's method is good?" ”

Zhang Rang had a calm smile on his face, and said very calmly: "Your Majesty, the minister has been in the palace for decades, and I have never heard of a person who can do a thirty-year assassination history in a state. ”

"Could it be that if he is replaced, no one else can do what he is doing now?"

"Your Majesty, when Bei Zhonglang will be in Luoyang, how well the "Ta Kung Pao" is done, and how lively the annual exam is, but now the "Ta Kung Pao" says some painless things, and I am afraid that few students will come to participate in this year's exam."

The Son of Heaven patted the railing a little upset, and Zhang Rang's words stabbed him in the heart. Liu Xiu once gave him the idea to hold a large-scale examination every year to win scholars from those families. This is the third year, but things are no longer sustainable, because the scholars who were admitted to the first two exams are now in trouble. After the first year of admission of the scholars was released, at the end of the year, it was found that most of them had varying degrees of greed for ink, so they were dismissed a lot, which seriously affected the reputation of the examination for talents, and the results of the second examination were even more troublesome, those scholars could not arrange a place to go, if they were all Lang, I was afraid that the palace would be overcrowded and could not afford to support. It's time to issue the exam edict again, and whether or not to take the exam has become the most headache for the Son of Heaven.

Liu Xiu's suggestion seems to look beautiful, but the implementation is a mess and full of situations. This made the Son of Heaven very hesitant, which in turn affected his confidence in Liu Xiu, whether he could defeat the Xianbei people and stabilize the northern frontier of the Han Dynasty, and whether the new policy of the state would cultivate a warlord with heavy troops and a separatist side?

As soon as he thought of this, the Son of Heaven would think of what the Xiangshi had said, and he felt dizzy. He both believed and disbelieved the judgment of the minister. Liu Xiu's daughter became a princess, does that mean that Liu Xiu will rebel? If so, then why did his imperial concubine become a saint again, Liu Xiu rebelled, how could he still let his son be the emperor?

It must be that Xiangshi talking nonsense, and other than that, there is no reasonable explanation.

The Son of Heaven looked at the stone seal in his hand again. Liu Biao said that this small stone seal was polished by Liu Xiu and carved by himself, although the stone seal was small, it hid the meaning of Liu Xiu's fist. The white stone, with its bright red texture, looks pleasing to the eye, and the deviant but lively and vivid inscriptions are as beautiful as a painting, but the inscriptions sound a little twilight.

Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh. If these words came out of the mouth of a Confucian scholar who was full of poetry and books, the Son of Heaven might not think it was strange, but when it came out of Liu Xiu's mouth, the Son of Heaven felt very incongruous. In the eyes of the Son of Heaven, such a person who does not follow the right track would actually take such a pedantic sentence as if he were a rule, which is as incomprehensible as the words of that Xiangshi.

If Liu Xiu and Zhang Jiao's style were reversed, maybe the Son of Heaven would feel a little more normal.

"Where did he go today?"

"I heard that I went to the Eldest Princess's Mansion first, and now I'm probably in the Song Mansion."

"Song Mansion?" The corners of the Son of Heaven's mouth provoked a sarcastic smile: "Has Song Qi finally found the backbone again?" ”

Zhang Rang smiled: "General Beizhong Lang has always been close to the Queen Song family and the Cao family, if there is no General Beizhong Lang, where will they know how to share worries for Your Majesty." ”

"Hehe, I hope they can still listen to him this time and do something practical for me, instead of crying in front of me all day long." The Son of Heaven waved his sleeves a little impatiently, and the seal stone in his hand accidentally touched the railing and cracked a corner. The Son of Heaven frowned and looked at the stone seal with regret.

Zhang Rang saw it and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this seal is too unstrong, let's let Shang Fang imitate a gold one." ”

"Golden?" The Son of Heaven thought about it, shook his head and denied: "The gold is too vulgar, let's pick a similar piece of jade to imitate one." ”

"Your Majesty." Zhang Rang took the stone seal with both hands and carefully put it into his arms.

Tianzi smiled and shook his head: "It's really like cooking a little fresh, this one will be bad if you are not careful." ”

Zhang Rang said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the more beautiful things look, the easier they are to break, which is also a common thing. ”

The Son of Heaven's eyes flashed and he was thoughtful.

…… In the Song Mansion, Song Feng, the general of the chariot and cavalry, did not attend, Song Qi sat as chairman, Cao Luan accompanied him, Liu Xiu sat in the guest seat, and Cao Ying sat at the bottom. There are no outsiders here, and they are more casual, and they don't say a few nonsense words and go straight to the topic they care about most.

The Song family looks very good now. Queen Song gave birth to a princess, the queen's position became more and more stable, the Song family father and son were rich and worry-free, and the Cao family father and son also followed the light, Cao Song was the big Si Nong, and Cao Ying was the captain of Changshui. But the Song family has some worries in their hearts that are not humane to outsiders: Queen Song has fallen out of favor, if the Son of Heaven hadn't gone to see her son, he wouldn't have gone to Jiaofang Hall at all, and he was there with Yuan Meiren most of the time.

"Needless to say, Yuan Meiren's appearance is several years younger than the queen, and her family's knowledge, calligraphy, chess, calligraphy and painting, are all above the queen." Song Feng patted his thigh a little irritably: "Compared with the Yuan family, my Song family has no chance of winning except for a royal concubine." And the imperial concubine is only two years old now, in case there is a long and short ......" He was afraid and didn't dare to say any more, raised his head and looked at Liu Xiu for help: "Deran, you have to help us." ”

Liu Xiu was very puzzled, Yuan Hui was indeed not bad, but there were many people in the palace who were stronger than her, as for the strength of the Yuan family, to be honest, it was Yuan Hui's fatal flaw, not her help. Song Qi didn't see the subtle relationship at all. But he was very puzzled that Queen Song gave birth to a princess for the Son of Heaven, judging from all aspects, the Son of Heaven was very satisfied with this princess, Queen Song should be more favored than her son, why did she fall out of favor?

(To be continued)