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A scene suddenly appeared on the streets of Luoyang, twenty handsome and mighty young knights with bright armor and bright armor escorted a young knight who was only about six or seven years old, riding a snow-white war horse, and entered Luoyang City with a special sound of hooves. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoA tall and mighty, splendid young eunuch led the way in front of him, with a respectful demeanor. The young knight had a delicate appearance and good facial features, but his face was solemn, and he was quite awe-inspiring and serious. He didn't squint, sat on the horse's back with his waist straight, his body gently undulated with the forward and then of the war horse, the blood-red helmet on his head, and the red tassels on his shoulders, like a ball of fire jumping, reflecting his slightly wheat sè's immature little face also rosy.

To everyone's surprise, they walked on the gallop road, although they did not walk in the middle, but to one side, but also showed that their identity was extraordinary. Chi Road is a road dedicated to the Son of Heaven, and without an edict, even the crown prince cannot take it, let alone a minister. Even if there is an edict, they can only walk on one side as they do now, but they cannot march in the center.

This scene quickly attracted the attention of pedestrians on the side of the road, some people were attracted by the heroic appearance of this young man, and turned their eyes to the heroic appearance of the young man, and praised this young man for his talent, and some were surprised by the dignity of his identity, and he was able to get the favor of the Son of Heaven and march on the galloping road, while some people were shocked by his military uniform, and were attracted by the twenty majestic knights around him.

"It seems to be a knight under General Wei's tent." A well-informed middle-aged man suddenly said: "The last time I saw it, the young general who led the way was a disciple of General Wei, and his name seemed to be Zhang ...... Zhang Fei, yes, it's him, General Zhang, who is both civil and military. ”

"Really? So who is this kid? Someone next to him asked, "Could it be the son of General Wei?" ”

"No, General Wei has a son, but he was born at the beginning of the year, so he is not so old."

"It seems to be right, there is a child as big as General Wei, but I heard that it is a daughter, not a son."

"That's weird." The middle-aged man was puzzled: "Since he is not the son of General Wei, why is General Xiao Zhang under General Wei's account accompanying him?" General Xiao Zhang is General Wei's personal guard commander. ”

"Yes, looking at the eunuch in front of him, this child's identity must be very noble."

"Nonsense, can you walk the road if your identity is not noble?"

Among the pedestrians, a middle-aged man stared at the young knight's face, with a look of surprise in his eyes, as if he had seen something incredible, but he didn't say anything, but quickly restrained the surprise in his eyes, reached out to cover the mouth of a middle-aged woman beside him, glanced at the surprised and happy woman, and pulled her into the crowd.

The group walked through the long street, straight through the compound road between the North and South Palaces, and restrained the war horses under the tall Suzaku Que in the North Palace. Twenty knights turned over and dismounted, neat and neat movements like a person, they pulled the reins of the horse with their right hand, held the iron halberd in their hands with their left hand, and stood straight in front of the Suzaku Gate.

"Get out of the way!" Jian Shuo led towards the gate, stretched out his hand and flashed the jade plate in his hand, and shouted: "The emperor's concubine returns to the palace, you take care of his guards carefully, and there must be no mistakes." ”

When Liu Kuan, the guard captain who hurried out after hearing the news, was startled, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly arranged for someone to take care of Zhang Fei and the others. Jian Shuo didn't pay attention to him at all, and led Liu Xie to walk in. Liu Kuan looked at Liu Xiena, although he was obviously a little immature, but he revealed a natural and upright back, and suddenly patted his head: "No wonder I can't see the emperor's concubine in the palace, it turns out that he has been fostered in General Wei's mansion." ”

"What did you say, my lord?" The frightened Suzaku Gate hurriedly asked, "You mean, the child that General Wei often brings into the palace is the emperor's concubine?" ”

Liu Kuan's face narrowed, and he glanced at the people around him majestically: "Listen to me, this matter doesn't matter if it spreads randomly, otherwise, be careful of your tongues." ”

The Suzaku Gate and the palace guards were startled and nodded again and again.

The Son of Heaven was sitting in the hall, and suddenly heard footsteps outside, and then saw Jian Shuo leading Liu Xie, the emperor's concubine in military uniform, to walk in quickly. As soon as he saw Liu Xie's heroic look, the Son of Heaven's eyes suddenly lit up, and he subconsciously stood up and walked forward. When Liu Xie saw it, he took two steps, crossed his hands in front of his chest, and bent over his heart to bow: "Son's Minister's Association, please meet my father." With the armor on the body, the sons and daughters can not be fully saluted, please see with military salutes. ”

The Son of Heaven was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing, grabbed Liu Xie's arm, touched the nail piece on it, and smiled from ear to ear: "Ah, it's a real nail piece, it must be so heavy, right?" Come on, come on, Ah Xie, don't be too tired, take it off, take it off. ”

"Back to my father, my sons are not too important." Liu Xie smiled sweetly: "Erchen has to wear this armor every day to practice riding shè half-ri, and he is used to it." ”

"Oh?" The Son of Heaven was surprised and delighted, pinched Liu Xie's arm, touched Liu Xie's chest again, and nodded happily: "Yes, yes, my Ah Xie is really strong, a little stronger than me." But what else have you learned besides riding shè? ”

"Back to my father." Liu Xie gave another salute: "Erchen practiced riding shè in the morning, and read with him in the afternoon, and now he has read "Mencius". ”

"Really? Come on, come on, tell me what is going on with this Mencius's royal way. The Son of Heaven was very happy, pulled Liu Xie up to the palace, and talked to Liu Xie. Liu Xie answered a few questions from the Son of Heaven unhurriedly, although his views were still superficial and immature, but his crisp voice, calm demeanor, and innocence that he wanted to hide but couldn't hide had already made the Son of Heaven overjoyed. The Son of Heaven was very satisfied and praised repeatedly.

Empress Song also came soon, although she had already heard Jian Shuo say the general situation, but when she saw the heroic Liu Xie standing in front of her, she was still taken aback, stunned, and a little afraid to recognize each other. The Son of Heaven laughed and said: "Queen, as the saying goes, mother and son are heart-to-heart, don't you recognize your emperor?" ”

Queen Song came back to her senses, stepped forward to hug Liu Xie, couldn't help but tears rained down, she stroked Liu Xie's somewhat dark face, and said distressedly: "My son, you must have blown a lot of wind and suffered a lot." ”

"The queen mother, Mr. said that without wind and snow, it is difficult to become a big tool, and the flowers raised in the greenhouse, although delicate, can only be used as ornamental things, not pillars."

"Yes, yes, yes." The Son of Heaven nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "Which of your gentlemen said this?" Is it Mr. Wen or Mr. Wu? ”

"It's Mr. Wu, General Wei."

"Oh, I guess it's him." The Son of Heaven's face changed, and he snorted a little dissatisfied: "What about others? Why didn't I accompany you to the palace? ”

"General Wei treats the White Horse Temple." Liu Xie's voice became a little low, and his eyes were moist: "Father, son, ......"

The Son of Heaven rolled his eyes and couldn't help but sneer: "Treat the White Horse Temple? This shaft is playing tricks with me again, hehe, first use my emperor to show his merits, please me, and then play that trick of crying, making trouble, and hanging himself? I'd like to see if he has any new tricks up his sleeve this time. ”

Empress Song knew that the Son of Heaven was in a very bad mood recently, and although he didn't say it, it was obvious that he suspected that Liu Xiu had killed Zhang Jiao, so she urgently summoned Liu Xiu back to Beijing to report on his work. Although she was worried about Liu Xiu, she didn't have much to do, and she believed that Liu Xiu would definitely have a way to free herself, so she didn't talk much, just happily pulled Liu Xie to look left and right, asked him about his life in Liangzhou, and asked him about his studies.

Although the Son of Heaven was very angry, when his eyes fell on Liu Xie again, his mood became much more relaxed. When he heard that the twenty knights sent by Liu Xiu to escort Liu Xie were still outside the palace, he sent an edict to reward them and arrange for them to go back to restore their lives, and then held a family banquet in the Jiaofang Palace, called He Guiren and Yuan Guiren over, and officially announced to them that Liu Xie, the emperor's concubine, had returned to the palace.

As soon as He Guiren heard this, his face suddenly turned white, and he held the hand of the emperor's eldest son, Liu Wei, and trembled involuntarily. Liu Xie is the emperor's concubine, and he has an important minister like Liu Xiu as a backer, and looking at the proud expression of the Son of Heaven, needless to say, he will soon be canonized as the crown prince, and all the hopes of the He family have come to naught. If Liu Xie is longer than Liu Bian, then that's it, anyway, she can't have any hope, but Liu Xie is so much younger than Liu Bian, she has always been counting on Liu Bian to become the prince, counting on it for six or seven years, but she found that this is empty, not to mention how deep the loss and anger in her heart are. She is not a person who is good at hiding herself, so the eyes that look at Liu Xie are a little unkind, but in addition to being unkind, she is more unwilling.

In addition to being older, what else can Liu Xie compare with? Even she herself felt unconfident.

Yuan Guiren was also taken aback, she only knew that the emperor's concubine was fostered outside, but she didn't know that she had been fostered in General Wei's mansion. It is normal to be fostered outside, and the emperor's eldest son, Liu Bian, did this, but it is different if it is fostered in General Wei's Mansion, and at this moment, the Son of Heaven announced that the emperor's concubine would return to the palace, and the meaning of this is even more complicated.

Yuan Guiren looked at everything around him silently, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. She glanced at He Guiren, whose face was pale, and secretly had a plan.

In the evening, a young palace maid hurriedly walked out of the palace, saw that there was no one around, turned around and ran towards the Yuan Mansion not far away. Soon, she was led to Yuan Feng and held out a secret letter in both hands. Yuan Feng opened the secret letter silently, swept it roughly, his eyes tightened, and soon regained his calm, he waved his hand and asked people to bring two cakes of horseshoe gold.

"Thank you, please take a break, and let me write a reply letter for you to take back."

The palace maid accepted the gold gratefully and agreed.