In the Western Han Dynasty, the prince's palace group did not have the title of the East Palace in later generations, such as the subordinate officials had the prince's doctor, the concubine, the horse, the housekeeper, the prince's concubine, the prince's royal horse, the prince's family, etc.

Now the crown prince Liu is only eleven years old, two years younger than Huo Guang. Because he has not yet reached the age of the crown, Prince Wei has not yet moved into the Bowang Garden built for him by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. At this time, Tai** is also still in Weiyang Palace, located in the northeast of Weiyang Palace, but generally entering and exiting Tai** is not entering from the north palace gate of Weiyang Palace, but there is a separate portal near Changle Palace. At the same time, it is worth noting that not far from the Tai** Gate is where the Chang'an arsenal is located, in which a large number of armor weapons are stored.

Huo Guang did not change to the carriage, but the Tai** Guards opened the way, and he still sat in the carriage of the Champion Hou Mansion and drove to the Tai** Gate. When he got here, the carriage couldn't go in, so Huo Guang got out of the carriage and entered the palace gate under the leadership of the Tai** guard.

This is the first time Huo Guang has entered Weiyang Palace, although this is not the core area of Weiyang Palace, but it is already three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry. As far as Huo Guang knows, there are more than 2,000 people in the Tai** guard alone, and more than 2,000 sergeants also belong to the prince's private army, and it is precisely because the prince has such a force in his hands that when the witch Gu case broke out, he was forced to rebel, relying on the guards of the Tai** and the emperor**, plus the prisoners of Chang'an Prison, he actually fought with the army of the then prime minister Liu Quxiao for five days and five nights.

Because it was the crown prince Liu Ju who summoned him, he didn't have time to give Huo Guang a careful tour of Weiyang Palace. Along the way, Huo Guang didn't look around, but lowered his head and only looked at his footsteps, following behind the Tai** guard.

"The prince has an order, and it will be passed on to Huo Guang in Cao's servants." After walking more than ten steps, Huo Guang heard the voice of the chamberlain from the front.

Huo Guang raised his head slightly and glanced at it, and found that he had come to a palace, which was a typical Han Dynasty palace. The rammed earth is used as the wall, the wall is painted with white plaster, and the ground is paved with bluestone slabs, and the overall appearance is composed of blue and white.

"Your Excellency, please." An attendant stood in front of the temple gate and said to Huo Guang.

Huo Guang followed this person and stepped into the palace gate, ancient palaces have thresholds, and this threshold is not low, the one in front of him is more than thirty centimeters high. As soon as he stepped into the hall, Huo Guang found that the floor inside was not a stone slab, but a splicing of regular wooden floors. The whole hall is dominated by vermilion, and the decoration of the surrounding walls is mainly frescoes, and the content of the murals is mainly based on ancient sages and auspicious immortals.

"It's Cousin Aguang?" Not long after Huo Guang entered the hall, a still immature voice came from behind the curtain. "Ya * Wen * Yan * Qing * Shou * Fa" Huo Guang was also a little surprised when he heard this voice, he didn't expect that the crown prince Liu Ju would actually condescend to call himself a cousin.

"Chen Huoguang greeted His Royal Highness the Prince. (Pingnan romance)" Huo Guang hurriedly knelt down and met him with the courtesy of a monarch and a minister. The crown prince is a minister in front of the emperor, but he is a king in front of others, of course, this is also where the prince has always been difficult to do, because no matter who is the prince, it is difficult to deal with this relationship.

"Hurry up, there are no outsiders here, so you don't have to see outsiders like this." Liu Ju hurriedly pulled Huo Guang up, at this time, Liu Ju was still mostly a child, and his words and deeds were not a qualified prince.

"Your Highness, please forgive the ministers for being rude, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the king, no matter whether anyone sees it or not, the ministers cannot overstep." Huo Guang replied with a straight look, as if he didn't appreciate Liu Ju's feelings at all. However, Huo Guang knew in his heart that he was now in the palace, and every word and deed might be watched by someone, no matter whether the prince was sincere or false to him, there was nothing wrong with being cautious.

"Alas, you and your eldest cousin are so similar, both so boring. Let me introduce you to you, this is Shi De, the son of Taifu, who you may not know yet, but you must be familiar with his father, which is from the Houhou Zhao Ponu. Liu Ji saw that Huo Guang still looked serious, and his enthusiasm for Huo Guang suddenly decreased by three points, but because the relationship was there, he would not have any prejudices against Huo Guang.

Huo Guang had already stood up, and sure enough, he saw two teenagers standing behind the prince, one of whom was older and in his twenties, and the other was about the same age as himself, and should be thirteen or fourteen years old. Huo Guang knew that the older person must be Shi De, and speaking of which, the influence of this Shi De on the crown prince Liu Ju was not ordinary, because in the original history, twenty years later, Shi De was the 'prince young master' of the prince Liu Ju, and it was Shi De's opinion that the prince was forced to raise troops. Judging from the situation at that time, Shi De's suggestion was neither good nor bad, because even if Prince Wei did not soldier, he would only end up dead, but Shi De's loyalty to the prince was beyond doubt!

Zhao Ponu's eldest son, Zhao Anguo, was also a lifelong loyalist of the crown prince Liu Ju, and was finally involved in the witch Gu case and killed. Now it seems that these people have begun to gather around the prince, and it seems that although the prince is young, he also has his own team.

"I've seen Huo Shizhong." Shi De and Zhao Anguo both saluted Huo Guang, whether it was Shi De or Zhao Anguo, their current official positions were not as good as Huo Guang. And because of Zhao Ponu's relationship, Zhao Anguo very much agrees with Huo Guang himself.

"I don't know what the prince has to call his ministers?" Huo Guang nodded slightly at Shi De and Zhao Anguo, and then asked Liu Ju with his hand.

"That's right, I made an appointment with some young men in Chang'an City, and I will go hunting in Shanglinyuan on the third day of the next month, I want you to go with us, so that my cousin can make more friends." Liu Ji said excitedly, it seems that he has been looking forward to this hunt for a long time.

Huo Guang understood what Liu Ju meant, this was not only the prince's overtures to him, but also the introduction of the prince's cronies to Huo Guang, hoping that Huo Guang would mingle with these people. If it were the son of another powerful person, I am afraid that he would be very happy to be accepted by the prince, but Huo Guang was a little embarrassed at the moment, because only he knew the future development, which made Huo Guang very embarrassed.

In his spare time, Huo Guang carefully analyzed why Huo Guang in the original history was appreciated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and ascended to the throne, one of the most important points is that Huo Guang was cautious, he never showed any position when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was alive, and he was not too close to Prince Wei in his identity. This made Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty feel at ease to entrust Huo Guang and entrust him to do the work of Zhou Gong.

"Command!" Huo Guang replied seriously, in fact, from the bottom of his heart, Huo Guang didn't want the prince to be too enthusiastic about himself. However, the prince's words could not be disobeyed, so Huo Guang could only make a businesslike appearance, and this answer showed that he was only following the prince's will.

"If you don't have anything to do at noon, why don't you stay and eat together? An Guo often talks about the Battle of Mobei in front of me, and he just listened to his father, and I would like to hear it from you, an eyewitness. Liu Ju once again threw out an olive branch to leave Huo Guang to eat in the palace, but this time he still had an inquiring tone.

"This ...... But my brother also asked me to go to Maoling, and His Royal Highness's kind ministers are afraid that ......" Huo Guang pretended to hesitate for a moment, and then pulled out Huo Quai's name.

"Oh, since it's my cousin's arrangement, I won't keep you, so let's do it another day!" Huo Quzhi's name really works, and even the crown prince Liu Ju cares about it, so he has no intention of forcing Huo Guang to stay. However, Huo Guang's performance today did make him a little disappointed, originally last night when the princess Liu Yun ran to Liu to tell Liu Yi about what happened during the day, Liu Yun even told Liu according to Pingyang Hou Cao Xiang's evaluation of Huo Guang.

Originally, Liu Ju also thought that Huo Guang might really be his own Zhang Liang, so he sent someone to summon Huo Guang early this morning, and Liu Ju was even more determined to treat Huo Guang with courtesy, but Huo Guang's performance today really disappointed Liu Ju, and even lowered his expectations for Huo Guang a lot.

"Alas...... It's really tiring to be a man under the nose of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty......" Huo Guang walked out of Weiyang Palace and let out a long sigh in his heart. He did a move against his will today, saying that it was serious to save the prince's face, but for the sake of the prince and for his own good, Huo Guang had to do this, which can only be said to be a helpless choice!

"You drive back to the house first, and I'll walk back." Huo Guang did not get into the carriage, but instructed the coachman to drive back by himself. And he wanted to walk back to the Hou Mansion, which was also a distraction, because it was not far from here to Beique Jiadi.

Huo Guang walked on Chang'an Avenue, and the seventh and eighth children also noticed that Huo Guang was in a bad mood, but they followed behind him from a distance. At this time, Huo Guang didn't know that just before he stepped out of the gate of Weiyang Palace, an inner servant hurriedly came to the 'Qingliang Palace' from Tai**.

As its name suggests, the Qingliang Hall is the coolest place in the entire Weiyang Palace, dedicated to the emperor's summer office, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty moved here a few days ago to review the newspaper.

"Your Majesty, just now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince met with Huo Guang, the younger brother of the Champion Hou." The chamberlain did not enter the Qingliang Palace, but knelt outside the door through a wooden door to report.

"What did the prince say?" A moment later, the nonchalant voice of Emperor Wu of Han came from the inner hall, as if he was doing other things when he said this.

"The prince asked Huo Guang to go hunting in Shanglin Yuan on the third day of the next lunar month, along with some ministers and children who are close to the prince on weekdays." The chamberlain bowed his head and replied honestly.

"Oh, what did Huo Guang say? What were his exact words? Emperor Wu of Han paused for a moment before asking again.

The chamberlain's eyes rolled, and he recalled the previous scene before replying: "Huo Guang only said the three words 'the minister's order'"

"And then?" Emperor Wu of Han continued to ask.

"Later, the prince wanted to leave Huo Guang to eat, but Huo Guang said that the champion Hou wanted him to go to Maoling and resigned the prince, and then left the palace alone." I have to say that this chamberlain is very conscientious, he does not increase or decrease the scene of Huo Guang's meeting with the prince, and he does not substitute any personal feelings.

"Stand down." This time, Emperor Wu of Han paused for a long time before speaking again.

"No." The chamberlain bowed and retreated.

After the waiter retreated for a long time, the voice of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came from the Qingliang Palace: "This little guy is very interesting, is it the third day of the next month?" Looks like it's time to find something for him to do......"