Everyone crowded into the Emperor's bedroom, not daring to relax for a moment to care about the Emperor's condition. Doctor Song is a master of acupuncture, and Doctor Qin said that Emperor Taishang had wind paralysis, so Doctor Song knew that wind paralysis could be treated with acupuncture and moxibustion to dredge the meridians. So Song briefly explained the benefits of acupuncture treatment to Liu Bang, and began to perform acupuncture treatment for the Emperor Taishang with Liu Bang's nod and agreement. After all, acupuncture is an indispensable and very important method of treating diseases in medicine, acupuncture is the body acupoints, to stimulate the acupoints is naturally indispensable pain, Song Taiyi just pricked a needle in the acupoint of the emperor, the emperor on the couch groaned in pain, beads of sweat flowed down from the sideburns, Liu Bang couldn't bear to see it, it was like murder, so he left the bed and stood while not being able to bear to see his father's treatment process, only to feel trembling. After all, Imperial Physician Song is a Imperial Doctor, and no matter how painful the Emperor is, he continues to acupuncture, so that he is responsible for the body of the Emperor, and continues the acupuncture treatment calmly without his heart beating and his face is not shocked.

The prince and Liu Heng both knelt in front of the couch, comforting their imperial grandfather with words, telling him the beautiful stories in Pei County in the past, this trick was very effective, the emperor was really fascinated by the sound, with the prince and Liu Heng telling, his thoughts also returned to the past. thought that in the past, he often dragged Liu Ying and Lu Yuan to the street to play and buy a lot of things that the sisters liked; Sitting together with a few fellow neighbors in their spare time, talking about the past and the present, talking about the past and the present, going to the street to play a game of Go, I don't know Go at all, every time I fail, I swear not to play Go again; Playing cockfighting and pitcher games with some elderly people or people of the same age as oneself, life was really easy at that time. Now trapped in the palace, as if losing freedom, although the emperor moved for him to move to the old friends in Pei County, the Emperor Taishang finally felt that it was not as lively as when Pei County, but also understood that if you want to be rich, you will lose your freedom, and if you want to be free, you will not be rich.

Seeing that the Emperor Taishang finally shouted in pain, Lu Hou came to Liu Bang's side, put his hand on Liu Bang's wrist, the two looked at each other indifferently, Lu Hou gently bent out a smile to the emperor, telling him that the Emperor Taishang would be fine, Liu Bang nodded back with understanding. Bo Ji squinted at the emperor and empress, but couldn't help but smile, and vowed never to fight again, so peerless and independent in his own palace, never mixing anything. The emperor's expression and attitude towards her have proven everything, if it weren't for someone saying that the emperor was sick, he guessed that the emperor would definitely come in a hurry, so he brought Liu Heng over, ostensibly to see the emperor, but in private, Mo still hopes to see the emperor, even if the emperor doesn't look at himself, he must let the emperor know that there is a son named Liu Heng. Every time I see the emperor, I always add a bit of desolation in my heart after every meeting, but it doesn't hurt, but fortunately, Bo Ji is not a woman who loves to fight.

Outside the hall, there is loneliness; In the hall, there was a nervousness.

A little eunuch came running from outside, respectfully holding a roll of bamboo slips in his hand, and his face was frightened and he came to the palace. Stopped outside by the emperor's guards, the little eunuch looked nervous but glared angrily, "Delay the national situation, you can't be responsible, get out of the way!" The solemnity and seriousness of the little eunuch's face made the emperor's guards dare not continue to forcibly intercept him, and the two guards looked at each other suspiciously, and let him in. hurriedly entered the inner hall, and all the eyes in the hall gathered on the little eunuch for a while, and looked at the little eunuch complainingly. When the eunuch saw that everyone was there, he didn't care about saluting everyone, so he turned three steps into two steps and came to Liu Bang, and showed the emperor the bamboo slip in his hand, so he stood aside and waited. Seeing that the little eunuch looked panicked, with a serious look, Empress Lu guessed in her heart that something must have happened, and hurried to the emperor to read the text written on the bamboo slip in her hand.

Liu Bang quickly pulled away the bamboo slips, and when Fang saw half of it, he blew the corners of his mouth and beard high, and exhaled angrily, and a pair of dragon eyes were already full of anger. Bo Ji next to him saw the emperor's expression change, guessing that something important must have happened, and his heart was also cramped and nervous, and his anxious and worried eyes never left Liu Bang. Liu Bang closed the bamboo slip in his hand and put it in the big sleeve of the wide robe, turned around and put one hand on Lu Hou's shoulder and told her to take care of this place, take care of the emperor, go to the front hall first, and come to see her father at night. Empress Lu nodded with an 'um' sound.

Liu Bang hurriedly came to the side of the emperor's bed, pretending to be relaxed, and took the old father's calloused hand and said, "Your lord, my son has something important to do, and I will come to see you at night." "The Emperor struggled to spell out an 'um'. He also instructed the prince and Liu Heng to take good care of the imperial grandfather, talk to him, and tell him stories, both of them nodded.

After the matter was completed, Liu Bang hurriedly walked out of Liyang Palace with a gloomy face, and urgently ordered the confessors on both sides to summon Chen Ping and Xiao He into the palace. After the two confessors were killed, they ran away like the wind to summon Xiao Chen and the others. Liu Bang blew his beard and stared along the way, and when he came to the front hall, he paced around the hall with his hands behind his back, sometimes sighing, sometimes shaking his head, sometimes scratching his forehead, sometimes stopping to think for a long time, taking out the bamboo slips in the big sleeves of the wide robe, and reading the contents of the bamboo slips, and pacing more angrily after reading.

As soon as the tea was done, Chen Ping and Xiao He arrived, and when they entered the hall, they saw the emperor pacing around the hall with a straight face, his face anxious and uneasy. Chen Pingxiao and He didn't know what was going on, they both looked at each other cautiously, and then looked at the emperor, so they hurriedly gave the first salute, and the emperor stopped the two who were about to salute, "Get up." Then he turned around and threw the bamboo slip in his hand to the ground angrily, gritting his teeth and standing angrily, very unhappy.

Chen Pingxiao didn't know why the emperor was angry, and the two were taken aback by the emperor's sudden move. After a moment of silence, Chen Ping carefully picked up the bamboo slips on the ground and looked at them, and Fang was shocked halfway through his mouth and his eyes widened. Xiao He saw Chen Ping like this, and also took it to see, and when he saw half of it, he was as surprised as Chen Ping's expression, Xiao He put the bamboo slips together and put them on several cases, and retreated to stand.

Li Cang, the king of Changsha, said that Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, had repeatedly led his troops to invade the border of Changsha in the past month, and sometimes he had captured one or two counties before returning to Nanyue, and had taken away a large amount of gold and silver artifacts. This, this Zhao Tuo, we underestimate him. Chen Ping stepped forward and said.

Liu Bang snorted, burned with anger and said disdainfully, "Little South Vietnam also dares to invade the land of the Han Dynasty." When fighting for hegemony with Xiang Ji, all the troops were concentrated in the encirclement and suppression of Xiang Ji, so I didn't worry about Zhao Tuo, but today it became a disaster, if I didn't send troops to kill it, I couldn't be at ease. Changsha is a barrier country in the south, and it is also the weakest place under the jurisdiction of the central power, but Zhao Tuo actually regarded it as a place that could be attacked, it was wrong, if he was not attacked by force, Zhao Tuo would not know the strength of my Han. I have made up my mind, and tomorrow I will order troops on the battlefield and send troops to South Vietnam. ”

Chen Pingxiao He immediately stepped forward to stop Liu Bang's momentary brain-swelling decision. Xiao He said with a solemn face, "Your Majesty thinks twice, within four letters, the first war, the people are living in hardship, and it is not easy to join forces with the Xiongnu in exchange for peace, how can you easily send troops to South Vietnam now, and South Vietnam is still three thousand miles away from Chang'an, the road is extremely far, and the ministers heard that the people of South Vietnam are extremely fierce, and the people are all heroic; In addition, the climate of South Vietnam is hot and humid, and the northern soldiers are not adapted to the climate and soil in the south, but they have not yet arrived in South Vietnam, and most of the soldiers are sick. ”

Liu Bang was angry and wanted to speak, but Chen Ping seized the opportunity and continued to persuade, "What Prime Minister Xiao Cheng said is true, the Han Dynasty is now going all out to relocate people, domestic affairs are like hemp, everything is in ruins, and the rebellion between the two countries of the Yan Dynasty was just quelled last year, and most of the troops invested were killed and wounded, and the population was sharply reduced. This year, whether it is the people or the soldiers have not yet repaired, although the Xiongnu is married to the Han family, but the Xiongnu have always been arrogant and rude, do not abide by the contract, the former Kou Helan is a witness. In this way, the south is strong and the north is strong, and there are devastated stalls to be rectified, and it is impossible for His Majesty to send troops to South Vietnam. ”

Liu Bang's face changed slightly, he listened to Xiao Chen's words in his heart, suppressed his anger and thought for a while, "Prince, let's see how to deal with it?" ”

Chen Ping took a step forward and said, "It's better to befriend Nanyue, simply Nanyue only invaded a few counties, and did not take it as his own from the territory of Changsha, I am afraid that Zhao Tuo is also afraid of the majesty of the emperor, it is better to write a letter to persuade Zhao Tuo to take care of Nanyue, focusing on the military strength and economic strength of the Han family, and persuade him to handle the relationship with Changsha well." Chen remembered that he invaded Changsha, but for the silk fabrics, tea, ironware and other goods of Changsha, Zhao Tuo's Nanyue was the country of Nanyi, and his economic power was low, so he would not dare to openly intensify the contradictions with the Han Dynasty. ”

Xiao He agreed with Chen Ping's statement. Liu Bang looked at Chen Ping and Xiao He, still a little worried, and said, "At the beginning, I gave the Yuzhang, Nanhai, and Guilin counties of Nanyue to the king of Changsha, but in order to contain Zhao Tuo. Today, the second public said that Zhao Tuo only invaded Changsha for silk fabrics and iron tea, isn't it a bit far-fetched? ”

Chen Ping pondered for a moment, and then said, "If he really wants to be an enemy of the Great Han, why not choose when His Majesty first opened the country?" Now that the Han has been cultivating for many years, he has come to invade, isn't it difficult to say about the past? And didn't Li Cang also confess that Zhao Tuo had taken away the gold and silver artifacts? Zhao Tuo did not have any soldiers stationed in Changsha. ”

Liu Bang felt that what Chen Ping said was reasonable, that the south was indeed strong and the north was strong, and that it was necessary to carry out a military operation to send troops to distant regions, and indeed to integrate the domestic and foreign situation.