Volume 5 The World Collapses Chapter 422 Prudent

Liu Bei got off the car in front of General Wei's mansion, and Yushou led the carriage and horses into the courtyard, but Liu Bei did not go in, but stood in front of the mén for a while. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info~~ It's been a while since he left Yuan's Mansion, and he still feels that his hands and feet are a little numb, and his heart is beating hard. He rubbed his face, feeling that his face must be a little pale, at this time, if he went in and collided with Liu Xiu face to face, Liu Xiu would definitely be able to see his abnormality.

He froze for a while, then smiled calmly, walked into the house, and said hello to the two soldiers on duty at the entrance of Mén. The two soldiers were a little surprised, you look at me, I look at you, and laughed.

Liu Bei entered the main courtyard, the hall was empty, he hesitated, walked through the main hall again, and walked to the back room. As soon as he turned the little mén, he heard the voices of Liu Xiu and Wang Chu laughing.

"Madam, you slow down, now you are precious, you can't be careless."

"What's valuable, it's not the first." Wang Chu said: "By the way, did you send the lanterns to the emperor's concubine?" I'll have to use it tonight. ”

"I sent it, I asked Xuande to go, he was just going to the palace to congratulate the Queen Mother on the New Year."

"Xuande is back? Why didn't I see him? ”

"I just came back yesterday, I saw that he was too tired, so I asked him to go back and rest directly, and I didn't bother you."

"This Chinese New Year, he is not at home to accompany his mother, what are you doing in a hurry to come back?"

"There's something urgent." Liu Xiu replied vaguely, without telling Wang Chu the specific situation, "By the way, Ah Chu, Xuande is not small, you usually pay attention to it, see which NV is virtuous and Ningshu, help Xuande pay attention." ”

"Looking for it in Luoyang?" Wang Chu hesitated a little, "Luoyang's NV eyes are high, and there are rules in the palace, more than thirteen and less than twenty, they must be selected by the palace first, and the good NV sons have entered the palace, and the rest ...... I'm afraid that Xuande won't look down on him, although he doesn't talk much, but I can see that he has a high spirit. ”

"Of course, how can an ordinary NV be worthy of my brother." Liu Xiu laughed, "Don't be lazy, although there are rules in the palace, but those powerful people have a way, if they don't want to let NV enter the palace, then they can't enter the palace." ”

Wang Chu giggled, "The family of the powerful? You're right, the powerful family has a way, but the nv of the powerful family can look down on him? ”

"What's wrong with him? When I first came to Luoyang, I didn't as good as he is now, didn't he marry you into Mén? Don't underestimate Xuande, Xuande just didn't encounter a good opportunity, otherwise it would be a matter of time before it became developed. Do you see that among our brothers, apart from Lu Shi's two sons, which one reads better than Xuande? ”

"This is also true, if it weren't for the Yuan family squeezing out the exam, he would have been serving as a three-year county order now." Wang Chu sighed: "Since the husband has an order, the concubine has no choice but to obey her orders, and I will visit Ming'er to see who has a good son and is worthy of this good brother of my husband." ”

Liu Bei's heart warmed when he heard this, and he almost rushed out to tell Liu Xiu about going to Yuan's house just now, but as soon as his feet moved, he stopped stiffly, and just coughed dryly. Liu Xiu heard it, turned his head to take a look, and couldn't help laughing: "Look, I said that it was time for Zhang Luo, and as soon as it came to marrying a wife, Xuande appeared." ”

Wang Chu put away his smile, bowed to Liu Bei, and then retreated into the inner room. Liu Xiu walked up, returned to the hall with Liu Bei, and asked very casually, "The lanterns were sent?" ”

"I sent it, and the imperial concubine likes it very much." Liu Bei said, pretending to look at Liu Xiu casually. Liu Xiu hesitated for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Then it goes without saying, I can't find a second one in the entire Luoyang City with the colored lanterns I pierced." ”

"This is also true, who in the entire Luoyang City can have such a calligraphy and painting realm as the eldest brother, even if they are similar, they are also self-conscious, and they are unwilling to do anything on the lanterns." Liu Bei said and laughed twice, and then sank for a moment: "Big brother, do you know, I saw the emperor's concubine today, and suddenly I had a strange feeling. ”

"Strange feelings?" Liu Xiu looked at Liu Bei in surprise, "What's so strange, it's not the first time you've seen him." You've memorized him countless times when you're a kid. ”

Liu Bei smiled and nodded: "Yes, but I haven't seen him for more than a year, and he has changed a lot." I just saw him in the palace, and I didn't recognize him at once, but I think this imperial concubine is a little similar to you back then. ”

Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, and his eyes suddenly became a little stern: "Xuande, what nonsense are you talking about, how can the imperial concubine be like me." ”

Liu Bei was a little embarrassed, "I just felt like this for a while, and I didn't mean anything else." ”

"The speaker doesn't listen, the listener has the intention, you have to know how many people in Luoyang are staring at me now, staring at the Song family, if this kind of thing spreads, can it still be said clearly?" Liu Xiu's face sank, and he said very seriously: "You are already twenty-two years old, you should know the severity of this kind of thing, don't say it a second time in the future, do you hear it?" ”

"Big brother, don't worry, I won't say it to others." Liu Bei hurriedly apologized, but couldn't help sneering in his heart. Liu Xiu's reaction was a little excessive, which was very different from his usual city government, and it could only be said that it was more than a cover.

Liu Xiu also felt that he was a little too harsh, and the scene was a little embarrassing, so he slowed down: "By the way, which NV family did your mother have in your photo?" ”

"My mother works at home all day, so how can I have time to visit." Liu Bei tacitly stopped talking about the topic just now, and talked about his marriage. He is twenty-two years old this year, and he should have gotten married a long time ago, but he was in Luoyang for a while, and he didn't think about it.

"Don't worry, I'll let Achu keep an eye on you, if there is a suitable nv, I will go to Mén for you to ask for a marriage, it's really not good, I ask the Son of Heaven and the queen to come forward to give marriage."

"Thank you, big brother." Liu Bei bowed with a smile, and when he raised his head, he looked at Liu Xiu, but found that Liu Xiu's brows were lightly locked, and he was obviously a little distracted.

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On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Luoyang City lifted the curfew overnight, and the Son of Heaven enjoyed with the people. But the palace is a palace after all, and it is not something that ordinary people can come to. In previous years, when Liu Xie was in General Wei's Mansion, the Lantern Festival was always the most lively festival, no matter whether Liu Xiu was in Luoyang or not, the eldest princess would always call a group of children who were not much different in his age to come to the house to enjoy the lantern game, the children of the eldest princess's two sisters, Cao Cào's children, and Song Qi's children were indispensable regulars, and sometimes Zhou Yi's son Zhou Yu and Yang Biao's son Yang Xiu would also be invited to come. It's simply a children's version of the Three Kingdoms rehearsal.

This year, the emperor's concubine is going to celebrate the festival in the palace, in order to make him happy, the Son of Heaven invited all the guests in previous years, even Cai Yong's father, who spent most of his time in Jinyang Academy, called back, although the Yuan family and the Son of Heaven have become mortal enemies, but this surface kung fu is still done without leakage, Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan, the second son Yuan Xi and the emperor's concubine are similar, but they all entered the palace to help the fun, Yuan Shu's son Yuan Yao also came, for a while the monarch and the minister were harmonious, the eyes were full of huā teenagers, and the ears were full of crisp children's voices, which made people happy to watch.

The emperor's son-in-law Liu Xie is naturally the focus of attention, but he is not proud of this, no matter where he goes, he pulls the emperor's eldest son Liu Xian. Compared with the smart and clever Liu Xie, Liu Wei is obviously a little wooden, but once Hun got into the children's pile, he became excited, kept screaming, laughing, and ran crazy with Liu Xie, and also consciously fulfilled his brother's responsibilities, pushing away the children in front of Liu Xie at any time, so as not to let Liu Xie suffer a little harm.

The Son of Heaven was very happy to see it, Queen Song smiled silently, but He Guiren was very uncomfortable. Although his son is tall and strong, he is willing to be a cow and a horse for the emperor's concubine, and he will kneel in front of this younger brother in the future, completely forgetting that he bears the ardent hope of the He family, which is really disappointing. She wanted to call the child back very much, but she was afraid of annoying the Son of Heaven, who might not be so happy to clean up the Yuan family, but it was not difficult to clean up the He family.

He Guiren was very aggrieved, he shrank in the corner alone and forced a smile, and his resentful gaze not only fell on the face of Empress Song, but sometimes also on Yuan Guiren's body. In the past, Yuan Guiren would stand with her at this time and share this loss, but today Yuan Guiren changed his xing and gathered around the Queen Mother to curry favor with her, and he didn't think of her hard-working sister at all.

Yuan Hui noticed He Guiren's resentful eyes, but she didn't respond to He Guiren, with a gentle smile on her face, she rolled up her sleeves with one hand, took out her white wrist, cut off a small piece of pastry with a silver knife in the other, and sent it to the Queen Mother with courtesy.

The Queen Mother happily took it, tasted it, and nodded again and again: "Okay, good, this taste is really good, it's the taste of our river." Alas, since I entered the palace, I haven't eaten this river's dim sum for some years. ”

"Queen Mother, this is a pastry chef specially invited by the concubine from Hejian, Jing selects the ingredients and cooks it for the Queen Mother." Yuan Guiren laughed softly: "To get the praise of the Queen Mother, no matter how hard the concubine is, it will be worth it." ”

The Queen Mother smiled. This year, Yuan Guiren sent her a lot of money, and Yuan Kui touted the merits of the hussar general Dong Chong in the court, and suggested that Dong Zhong be named the general, which made the Empress Dowager very satisfied with Yuan Guiren, and now she has eaten pastries with the taste of her hometown, and the Empress Dowager is even more happy to be a little confused, how to see how Yuan Guiren is pleasing to the eye.

"Get up, I know your filial piety, hehehe, I'm sorry for you."

"The concubine is incompetent, and she can't add a grandson to the queen mother, so she has to think about it in these aspects and do her filial piety." Yuan Guiren turned his head and looked enviously at the imperial concubine who was surrounded by the stars like the moon, "Queen Mother, Your Majesty must have been so wise and martial back then, right?" ”

"Your Majesty, he is also smart, but not so strong." When the queen mother thought of the bitterness of the year, she couldn't help but sigh a little: "Your Majesty was often sick when he was so old, and he was as thin as a reed firewood, which made me feel bad." If he had the slightest sturdiness of this child, I wouldn't be so tired. ”

Yuan Guiren's eyebrows jumped, and then he regained his composure: "At this time and that time, now Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven and rich in the world, of course, it is not comparable at that time." However, although there is a difference between the strength and weakness of the father and son, this face should be similar. The concubine still thinks that His Majesty's appearance is somewhat similar to that of the imperial concubine. ”

"It's not like that." The Empress Dowager pouted: "Your Majesty was completely different when he was a child and now. ”