Liu Lu is gone, Princess Luan is gone, and the matter of Han and Hun is finally over, although she is still a little worried about Liu Lu, but Sha Ling'er said that she will take care of everything.

The ministers told Liu Bang to take advantage of the Xiongnu welcoming team to return to his hometown, and stepped up the dispatch of troops to the border around Jiuyuan County to prevent Maodun's southward attack. Liu Bang always laughed and said that the ministers were too nervous, Sha Ling'er kept the contract, and Mao Dun went south for what reason? Even if he didn't succeed in coming to Jiuyuan County, this could not be an excuse, and Jiuyuan County had always belonged to the Han Dynasty. Liu Bang said that he knew it in his heart, and told everyone not to worry, so he did not immediately send troops to the border of Jiuyuan County to garrison.

For two or three days, there was still a cool breeze, and the sun in the sky seemed to be listless and looming in the clear sky, lazy.

On this day, Liu Bang remembered to go to Weishui to inspect it, since the Weishui wreck, Liu Bang went to check the Weishui area every few days, and also took the embankment of Jingshui to take precautions, Liu Bang was accompanied by Xiao He and Chen Ping.

In the past few days, the situation in the Yuzao Palace has been calm, because Yun He Xiuyue did not convey any important news to Empress Lu, which also made Empress Lu's heart full of urgency relax a little, not only because Mrs. Qi did not move, but even Mrs. Guan did not dare to make a mistake. Empress Lu thought that Mrs. Guan was afraid of herself, and she was a little satisfied with Mrs. Guan's behavior in the past few days, and finally did not make trouble for the royal family when the Hun envoys were still in the Han court, presumably Mrs. Guan was afraid of herself after all.

In addition to paying homage to Empress Lu in Changxin Palace every day, Liu Ying spent most of her time in the Prince's Palace to study with her uncle and grandson, and she also learned a lot of knowledge. Outside of amateur, there is nowhere else, Sha Ling'er is also gone, and for a while Liu Ying still feels a little lonely, and always feels that she has lost a rare friend to talk to. I often play pot throwing games in the hall to entertain myself, and every time I go out of the temple and look up at the sky, I feel a little desolate.

Although the weather was not very good on this day, Empress Lu seemed to have a clear sky, a rare splendor, and always smiling.

Out of Changxin Palace, Empress Lu stood on the steps outside the hall and raised her head and closed her eyes, taking a big breath, feeling so fresh, everything was solved, there was no trouble, so it was a rare relief.

I opened my eyes and looked in the direction of my surroundings, as if I was a little lost, pouted, looked at a piece in the distance, and didn't know where to go to relieve my boredom. Mrs. Qi will definitely not go there, not necessarily once a year. Mrs. Guan didn't want her to go. Mrs. Bo and Empress Lu didn't look down on her at all, Shi Meiren and Zhao Meiren soaked together all day long to teach each other the technique of brocade female red, and only Empress Lu stayed alone, and there was no one else in her mind except to talk to Dai Qing.

"Let's go to Lone Star Terrace." Lu Hou commanded lightly.

After calling off the palace maids and eunuchs who were accompanying on both sides, Dai Qing accompanied her to the Lone Star Terrace in the north.

The Lone Star Terrace is five feet high, and after reaching the top, it can overlook the entire palace, Liu Bang also often comes here, and there are also palace maids on duty to serve, as well as fruit snacks and tea, exclusively for the royal family to enjoy.

Finally, when we arrived at the top pavilion, the shape of the palace city gradually came into full view. Empress Lu did not sit down in a hurry to feast her eyes, but walked straight to a railing, holding the railing and looking at the city in front of her quietly.

Dai Qing came to Lu Hou's side and accompanied her to see the scenery. Changle Palace, Weiyang Palace, Jinhua Palace, Liyang Palace, Arsenal, and Shanglin Yuan in the distance, as well as the crape myrtle platform that is spacious and high in the distance, all of them can be seen.

"Niangniang, Princess Long'an and Princess Luan don't know where to go." Dai Qing turned his head and said softly.

Empress Lu shifted her gaze to the direction of Xiao Guan in the north and looked at it, squinted her eyes and said deeply, "After all, it's not practical, I always feel that this palace has done something wrong, and I always feel that something bad will happen in the future, but what it is, I can't say." ”

"Niangniang, even if this is the case, don't worry too much, presumably Princess Long'an will take care of the overall situation to deal with everything."

Empress Lu also nodded comfortingly.

Turned around and sat down in front of a few cases, holding his head on several cases with one hand, a little palace maid brought them good tea, Lu Hou didn't drink it, just put it as it was, Dai Qing handed the snacks on a few cases to Lu Hou, Lu Hou also shook his head and didn't want to eat.

"I don't know how my brother handled Lu Ling's affairs, why didn't he enter the palace to talk to me for so long." Empress Lu has been busy with the princess these days, and has no intention of dealing with Lu Ling's murder, and today I have a free child, thinking of this matter, I just hurriedly handed it over to my brother to handle, and I don't know if her brother has done it, don't go wrong.

Dai Qing frowned slightly, looked at Empress Lu, Dai Qing did not know the news outside the palace from the girl's mouth, Empress Lu asked this, Dai Qing blamed himself for not paying more attention to this matter for Empress Lu. After a little contemplation, he comforted Lu Hou and said, "Presumably Lord Hou has already taken care of it, and I feel that it is inconvenient to enter the palace without anything, so I didn't come." ”

Empress Lu didn't know in her heart, and when she heard Dai Qing say this, she had to take it as such, and asked, "Does Liu Ruyi have a master now?" ”

Dai Qing's eyes narrowed into a straight line and immediately brightened, "It is said that Mrs. Qi found him a master, but the king didn't want to live or die, so he loved to play with guns and sticks, Mrs. Qi had no choice but to let him, and found a good person for him to teach him martial arts." ”

Empress Lu opened her mouth and chuckled, with a trace of contempt and disdain in her eyes, and said, "I really don't know how the emperor likes him, do you really want to cultivate him to become the second overlord of Chu?" Will this beautiful mountain and river be handed over to a little doll who only knows how to fool around all day long? After speaking, he shook his head and smiled, and then grabbed the dim sum on the case and took a few bites.

Eating and eating, he stopped and sighed, "Suddenly I feel a kind of desolation, is it because of the late autumn and early winter?" ”

Dai Qing continued, "It's because we're standing too tall. After that, Empress Lu was slightly stunned, and then chuckled, "That's right, the high place is slightly cold, the scenery is beautiful but you can't stay for long, go back." ”

After staying in the Lone Star Terrace for a while, Empress Lu and Dai Qing got off the Lone Star Platform and prepared to return to Changxin Palace, walking on the pavilion road of the Jiuqu Ileum, and Dai Qing followed Empress Lu closely. A gust of cold wind came in, Empress Lu shivered, hurriedly wrapped the cloak tightly, and told Dai Qing that it would get colder and colder in the future, and he needed to add more thick clothes, Dai Qing smiled and thanked Empress Lu.

"The prince is not in good health, when you have time, you ask Shaofu to make a few more thick cotton clothes and send them to the prince." Empress Lu tilted her head slightly and told Dai Qing not to be cold, the prince.

"The slave knows."

The two were talking and laughing, and a group of people came from a distance at the end of the pavilion corridor, walking in a hurry. At first glance, it looks like a few palace maids and eunuchs, and a palace maid in the middle is holding a burden in her hand, and several people look at the left and right sides vigilantly from time to time, so serious. was walking here, raised his eyes and saw that he bumped into Queen Lu, especially the palace maid with the burden was even more frightened when she saw Queen Lu, and she didn't know how to go, where to go, her face was suddenly blue, her head was full of cold sweat, and she was holding the burden tightly in her hands, and she hurriedly made people prepare to change her route, and she didn't even dare to say hello, and was about to slip away in a hurry, but she was stopped by the clever Dai Qing stepping forward.

"Where to go? How did you not salute when you saw the queen? Dai Qing raised his face and reprimanded sternly, and the kung fu of teaching the people under him was not covered, but he stayed with Empress Lu a little more imperceptibly.

The palace maids and eunuchs hurriedly returned to Qi Qi and knelt down, "The queen mother is extremely happy." He didn't dare to raise his head, and he trembled with fear.

"Why the hurry? Is there something wrong? Empress Lu looked at them carefully, in addition to seeing the trembling body of the palace maid and eunuch lying on the ground, she also saw the palace maid kneeling in the middle with her head bowed holding a burden in her hand, she felt strange, walked to her side, and looked around her, "Who are you?" Want to escape the palace? Empress Lu's words were faint but serious, and she glanced contemptuously at the little palace maid who was kneeling in the middle with the burden.

The little palace maid trembled all over, and she didn't dare to get up and raise her eyes to look at Empress Lu, so she buried her head low, and said hesitantly, "Hui Niangniang, slave, slave and maid don't want to escape, slave and maid...... The slave gives birth to a child...... No, no...... When he was sick, the emperor allowed the slaves and maids...... Raising children, no, raising bodies. Intermittently indistinct, his voice became smaller and smaller, and his body became more and more trembling, obediently lying on the ground and waiting for Lu Hou to open his mouth to punish.

After hearing it for the first time, Empress Lu and Dai Qing looked at each other in surprise, and the palace maid's intermittent words revealed a lot of information, give birth to a child? With Empress Lu's accurate sixth sense, she felt that there must be a big article in the words of the palace maid's mouth, saying that the emperor allowed her to keep it, does the emperor know who she is? Unless the emperor has favored her.

Standing in front of the palace maid, "How can the emperor tell you to rest?" ”

The palace maid slammed her head on the ground and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... When the slave fainted while working in the front hall, His Majesty let the slave and maid rest. ”

Is she telling the truth? If there is a fake, this palace will not spare you. Empress Lu calmed his face and asked the others kneeling beside him with sharp eyes.

A man kneeling on the ground replied, "Yes, yes." ”

Dai Qing came to the palace maid who took the burden, bent down and snatched the burden from her hand at once, the little palace maid instinctively jumped and wanted to stop but couldn't stop it, and when she saw Lu Hou's hook-like eyes, she was too frightened to stop, so she had to kneel on the ground with a frightened face and let Dai Qing check the burden.

rummaged through the baggage, and turned out some fine jade, jade bi and jade gui or something, as well as jade pots, all of which were the best treasures of the royal family, and Dai Qing showed these things to Empress Lu.

After Empress Lu looked at it, her eyes stared straight at the little palace maid, she had already guessed that the emperor must have done something sorry for her, otherwise how could she have these good treasures, it must have been given by the emperor's order.

"You steal?" Lu Hou asked.

The little palace maid's frightened face turned even more frightened, and she hurriedly waved her hand and said, "No, no, no, the slave doesn't dare." ”

"Say, how did these things come about?" Empress Lu was furious.

"Yes, yes...... Before the emperor ...... finished speaking, the palace maid suddenly hugged the corner of Lu Hou's skirt and cried and pleaded, "Niangniang, the slave doesn't dare, please don't kill me." The others kneeling on the ground buried their heads in their heads and continued to tremble.

Empress Lu Dai Qing looked at each other again, and sure enough, he confirmed his guess.

Lu Hou closed his eyes slightly and suppressed the anger in his heart, and suddenly showed disgust, "Where to lead her?" ”

"To the North Garden." The palace maids and eunuchs replied in unison.

"Dai Qing, give her something." Empress Lu turned her back to them and said angrily, "Go." ”

Everyone shuddered and got up and lowered their heads. Dai Qing handed over the burden to the little palace maid again, and the little palace maid hurriedly took the burden, hurriedly saluted Empress Lu, and followed the others to the direction of Beiyuan.