In the next few days, Weiyang Palace Hongtai held a small banquet to invite the princes and kings who were about to return to the fiefdom, at the banquet, everyone still ignored the etiquette of eating, drinking and having fun, Liu Bang was in a good mood, and rewarded the princes and kings with rich gold and other Chang'an specialties. After the banquet, they were busy saying goodbye to the princes and kings, some stopped to say goodbye in Changle Palace, and some had to be sent to Baqiao in person, and before leaving, they had to shake hands and ask some things, such as sending their little brother Liu Jiao, and filled him with a car full of Chang'an specialties.

In the past few days, Liu Bang has always lived in Qi Ji's Yuzao Palace, although this time the deliberate thing was not successful, Liu Bang was on fire, and Qi Ji was displeased, but Liu Bang wanted to suppress the matter, so as not to cause a head-on conflict between Empress Lu and Qi Ji, and Qi Ji did not dare to frequently ask about the change of storage again, so she had to serve Liu Bang well.

Empress Lu secretly suppressed her heart for this turmoil, and she had already designated Qi Ji as a mortal person, but the time had not yet come, so it was difficult to start, so the prince had nothing to do, so she did not pursue it. In the past few days, she has been concerned about the prince and the princess, and she has not seen Liu Bang in the past few days, and the princes and kings have not left much, so it is time to talk to him about the prince and the prince. Thinking that he must have gone to Qi Ji, thinking of their laughter, Empress Lu was angry, thinking that he could no longer wait for Liu Bang to go to her Changxin Palace, and he had to find Liu Bang in person.

Liu Bang is dealing with government affairs in the front hall, all about some things about the people's livelihood, looking at the ministers to write such things, Liu Bang glanced at ten lines at a glance, showed a shallow smile, and signed with a big stroke of the pen, and all the government affairs were done so quickly in one stroke.

Stretched, yawned, pointed to a housekeeper, and said, "Let's go, go to the Yuzao Palace." ”

The Sheren followed him out, and Liu Bang seemed to remember something, stopped, looked back, and said, "It's cold, go and get my cloak." ”

"Whoa." The sheren returned to the main hall and brought him a cloak, Liu Bang took the cloak with one hand, put it on his shoulders handsomely, and walked away.

Not long after leaving, he walked to a corner of the arsenal, and was about to turn a corner, when two people came out at once, it was Empress Lu and Dai Qing.

This frightened Liu Bang.

"Who?" Liu Bang subconsciously screamed, his face pale.

Empress Lu bowed and saluted, "Concubine Lu Pheasant." ”

Liu Bang covered his chest slightly, fixed his eyes and saw that it was Empress Lu, so he changed Tie Qing's face, changed his gentle and warm face, helped Empress Lu up, and said, "Why are you, where are you going?" ”

"Where is Your Majesty going?" Lu Hou asked.

"Ugh." Liu Bang thought to himself, it was impossible to say that he was going to Qi Ji, wouldn't this be going to knock over the vinegar jar of Empress Lu? After a pause, he said, "There's no place to go, just walk around." ”

Empress Lu smiled and said, "If Your Majesty has nothing to do, the concubine will accompany you, and the concubine wants to ask Your Majesty for permission if she has something." ”

"This ......" Liu Bang hesitated a little, looked at Empress Lu as if he was solemn, and then said, "Okay." ”

The two came to a pavilion in Changle Palace, and several palace people accompanied them.

Liu Bang didn't speak, found a platform to sit down, put his hand on the railing, there was no more glitz in his eyes, only a kind of silence and exhaustion, he quietly looked at the scene in the distance.

Lu Hou didn't speak, he also looked at the scenery in the distance like him, glanced at Liu Bang beside him, and also looked in the direction of Liu Bang, opposite was a flower bed, but except for the chrysanthemums, the rest of the flowers were withered.

"Fragrant yellow flowers, Xiao Suxi." Liu Bang's eyes highlighted the vicissitudes of life, and two words spontaneously appeared.

Lu Hou carefully read his words, knowing that he also had difficulties, and there were also things in his heart that were difficult to let go, and suddenly felt that Liu Bang was so pitiful, there was no bosom friend in his heart, and no one understood his suffering. Empress Lu understood it in her heart, but why was it so contradictory, sometimes it made her feel that she loved him very much, and sometimes it made her hate him very much, what kind of attitude should she have towards him, Empress Lu was at a loss.

Looking at Liu Bang's broad and solid shoulders, his figure was a little tired, Lu Hou walked behind him lightly, put his hand on Liu Bang's shoulder, and patted it gently, as if to give him some comfort. After all, Liu Bang is her husband, after all, Liu Bang once loved her so much, and she also loved Liu Bang, she didn't want to force Liu Bang how, as long as he didn't violate her bottom line, Empress Lu would not do anything.

Liu Bang turned his face slightly, looked at her hand, put his hand on Lu Hou's hand and patted it, as if they understood each other.

"Your Majesty......" Empress Lu called him lightly.

Liu Bang turned around, raised his eyes to look at Empress Lu, took her hand, and asked her to sit down.

"Isn't there something wrong with you? What's the matter? Liu Bang asked.

"Oh." Lu Hou said, "A few days ago, the concubine and the prince said that they would find him a prince, thinking about it, I think that Shusun Tong is not bad, during the Qin Dynasty, he was a doctor, learned rich and five cars, Bo Gu Tong today, and compiled the etiquette of the dynasty for His Majesty, he is a good talent, I hope Your Majesty will allow him to be the prince and the prince." ”

Liu Bang was stunned, "The crown prince? ”

Empress Lu nodded, and said, "Now, the acting king is so young that Lu Jia is the prince, and after the death of the palace prince, the prince did not look for the prince, and now Liu Ying is fourteen years old, he should find a prince to teach him, and the prince should also learn more about literature and ink." ”

Liu Bang let out a soft 'oh' and nodded, "Yes, Shusun Tong is very good, I believe that he can do a good job of this Taifu, and tomorrow I will issue a holy decree to him, and the queen can rest assured." ”

Empress Lu showed a long-lost smile and said 'thank you'.

Liu Bang listened to this 'thank you', but felt guilty, a trivial matter, annoyed Lu Lu said thank you, it can be seen that the relationship between the two of them has become a lot stranger, unfamiliar with such politeness, they also know that each other is just such politeness, she put forward conditions, he will not hesitate to agree to her, he is unhappy, she will be unhappy, but there is no more waves in the bottom of his heart.

Everything is polite, everything is respectful and polite, everything goes according to the word etiquette, everything comes from women, Liu Bang has a woman, his love for Empress Lu will decrease, and the relationship between them will fade.

After saying this, neither of them spoke anymore, not that they didn't say anything, but they didn't know what else to say to each other, what was left between them to talk about, and the rest was a familiar stranger who was with each other, but had nothing to say. At least that's how they feel in their hearts.

Liu Bang and Empress Lu sat next to each other, but they just sat in a regular manner, Liu Bang stood up and looked into the distance with his eyes, and Empress Lu did not bury his head in his arms, she didn't know whether Liu Bang allowed it or not, whether it would be another embarrassment, maybe at this time none of them wanted to have someone or something to interrupt their embarrassment.

The cold wind blew, and Empress Lu sneezed, rubbed her nose with her hands, and began to rub her arms around each other again. It turned out that the weather was cold, and Lu Hou's clothes were not very thick, but a gust of wind blew and froze Lu Hou.

Liu Bang saw that she seemed to be weak, so he took off his cloak and gently draped it on Lu Hou's shoulder, and said, "It's cold, wear more clothes in the future." ”

Empress Lu probably wouldn't have thought that Liu Bang would give her a cloak like this, and suddenly felt that Liu Bang's love for her when she was young had returned, and she thought about it for a long time, looked forward to it for a long time, and was blank for a long time, so she looked up at Liu Bang with confused eyes.

Liu Bang smiled at her, hugged her into his arms, Lu Houtou leaned on Liu Bang's shoulder, and suddenly felt so happy, but also felt that it would be very short-lived, as if this kind of beauty was only a momentary thing for her, she smiled bitterly, and did not pray for how long this beauty would last, because she had never hoped for it.

The wind was blowing, the wind was not too big, but it froze the Empress Lu in Liu Bang's arms, and Liu Bang hugged the Empress Lu tightly, and the two of them leaned on each other and watched the maple red falling in the distance, and the palace people tended to walk.

It was quiet and warm for a while, and suddenly a little palace maid ran over, shouting to see Liu Bang, and shouted 'Emperor' in the distance. The soldiers were holding halberds to stop her.

When Liu Bang and Empress Lu heard the quarrel, they both stood up and looked at the palace maid who didn't understand the rules. Empress Lu glanced at her fiercely, and the palace maid immediately lowered her head, not daring to look into Empress Lu's eyes.

"What's the matter?" Liu Bang shouted at the palace maid.

"Mrs. Guan is sick and said she wants to see the emperor." The palace maid told the truth.

Liu Bang looked at Empress Lu, and Empress Lu also looked at Liu Bang with an embarrassed face, maybe he was going to ask her what she thought, if she said not to go, then he would stay. Empress Lu took his eyes off his body, Liu Bang was not good at leaving Empress Lu like this, but Mrs. Guan wanted to see him again, which made Liu Bang very embarrassed, stood in place, waved his hand to the palace maid, and said, "You go back first." ”

The palace maid left, Empress Lu looked at one place according to the railing, and Liu Bang did not speak.

"The emperor can go if he wants." Lu said with his back on his back.

"I can not go, your body is not good. She, she likes to be coquettish with me, leave her alone. Liu Bang stepped forward and held her hands in his arms. Empress Lu saw the uncertainty and wandering of Liu Bang's eyes, knew his thoughts, withdrew his hand, and said, "Your Majesty, go, the concubine is fine." ”

Liu Bang paused, lowered his head and raised it, and ordered the soldiers on both sides, "Send the queen back to the palace." ”

Liu Bang let go of her hand, glanced at her and walked away, looked at his back, and looked at the cloak on his body, Empress Lu smiled bitterly, took off the cloak and took it out of the pavilion in his hand, did not call the soldiers to escort him, and went back with Dai Qing.