Seeing that Mrs. Guan hadn't woken up yet, Liu Bang instructed the palace maids on both sides to take care of her, walked to the side of a few cases and sat on the mat, looking at a large stack of bamboo slips.

Turning the page is, "The land on the outskirts of Chang'an has been abandoned for a long time, and the minister asks His Majesty to distribute the abandoned land to the surrounding people for cultivation." Liu Bang read, the corners of his mouth raised and smiled, he felt that it was no problem and good to the people, so he waved his pen and put it aside.

I picked up another article and read it, "There are no other canals except the Jingwei Canal and the Zhengguo Canal, and it is very difficult for the people to divert water for irrigation. Liu Bang nodded with satisfaction, waved his pen again, and put it aside.

Pick up another article and read it, "Today, the sky does not rain rain, the seedlings are less and the water is not born, and the people have no tax to pay tribute to the Han Court, and the minister asks His Majesty to change the ten taxes and one to continue to be fifteen taxes and one." The corners of Liu Bang's mouth raised and smiled, he did not abandon the policy of 15 taxes and 1 year, and in the past few years, the war could not support the expenditure of military spending before the tax was turned into 10 taxes and 1, and now some people want him to continue to implement the 15 taxes and 1, so he will take advantage of the trend to implement this policy, and he will play it without thinking.

After reading three pieces in a row, Liu Bang put down his pen, moved his wrist, sighed, turned back to look at Mrs. Guan who had not yet woken up, continued to review the recital, grabbed the existing fruit on the case and ate it. Thinking that today's three articles are all about the national economy and people's livelihood, I feel that the country is indeed on the road of operation, and now the ministers have made suggestions to make the Han Kingdom stronger and stronger, and the ministers have been agriculture-oriented. "The foundation of the world is in agriculture." With a smile and a sincere word, he picked up a piece of music and read it, and saw that it was Xiao He's, Liu Bang attached great importance to his music, and lowered his head to look at it carefully, it turned out to be about General Wang Su, and said, "General Wang Suck took Nucheng to leave Beijing for Yanmen this morning, Ziliang stayed in Chang'an, and Liang invited him to enter the palace." ”

Liu Bang raised his head and closed his eyes and thought for a while, before he straightened his head, squinted his eyes and thought, now that Wang Su has gone to Yanmen and his son is staying in Chang'an, he is not afraid that he will do anything like Han Wangxin and Zang Di. Originally, Wang Liang left Wang Liang in Chang'an for him to eat and wear, as long as he didn't leave Chang'an, but now he wants to go to the palace, or let him stay in the palace and watch him. So he took a pen and wrote a sentence behind Xiao He's song, 'Quasi-playing, for the captain, Wei Palace'. Satisfied, put it together and place it on your right.

Then I watched some notes, all of which were some inconsequential little things, Liu Bang had some quasi-plays, some pressed and did not deal with them, a large number of bamboo slips, and called Liu Bang to read it in two clicks, thinking that those courtiers were still waiting in the front hall, so he asked the little eunuch just now to help him take these bamboo slips to those ministers, and the little eunuch added a few helpers to take the bamboo slips and went to the front hall to distribute the notes to the ministers.

It has been a long time since the hour passed, Liu Bang got up and stretched his waist, supporting his waist and stretching his body a few times. got up and walked to Mrs. Guan's couch, held her hand, and stroked the hair on her forehead, his eyes were full of love. Seeing that she was still not awake, she was very anxious, and she was holding back her strength to get angry and scold, the fingers holding Mrs. Guan in her hand suddenly moved, Liu Bang hurriedly leaned down in surprise and shouted, "Madam, madam, wake up." ”

He made a gesture and told the little palace maids to hurry up and prepare hot water, brought the prepared ginger soup and held it with both hands above their heads, waiting for Liu Bang to speak. He gently called Mrs. Guan again, "Madam, it's me, wake up." Directionally shook Mrs. Guan's hand, hoping that she could hear her voice. Mrs. Guan was really a little moved, her face was covered with uncomfortable expressions, she unconsciously pulled her hand out of Liu Bang's hand, pinched her forehead, slowly opened her eyes and felt that everything in front of her was so blurry, and looked at the person who was looking at her in front of her. The man's face was nervous with a hint of joy, and he finally saw that it was the emperor, and remembered that he went out to kneel in Changxin Palace, until Liu Bang came out of breakfast, and he fainted before he could talk to him, and now he is in Linhua Palace? Did he bring himself back?

Mrs. Guan looked at the person in front of her with her misty eyes, shook her head vigorously and took a closer look at Liu Bang, who was looking at herself with pity, and looked at so many palace maids and eunuchs standing by the couch. Mrs. Guan hurriedly got up and wanted to salute, but before she could really stand upright, she was pressed down by Liu Bangqiang, and listened to him, "Madame is lying down, you are sick, and it is not appropriate to salute." After that, he turned around and took the ginger soup held by the little palace maid beside him, afraid that she would be hot, so he used his mouth to blow a spoonful and feed it to her, and said softly, "Drink the ginger soup quickly, Mrs. kneels on the ground and the cold is invading, which is not good for the child, come." He fed a spoonful of ginger soup to Mrs. Guan, who was half-lying and half-leaning on the pillow.

Mrs. Guan, who was pale and weak, looked at Liu Bang at this time like a good husband who cared for and cared for her beauty, Mrs. Guan felt commendable and flattered, he had never treated himself like this, was he worried about himself or the child in his belly? Tearfully looked at Liu Bang and opened his mouth to drink, Liu Bang smiled happily, stopped to wipe the corners of her mouth for her, and scooped a spoonful of ginger soup to feed her, and she drank it anyway. Mrs. Guan looked at her belly, and touched the position of the child in her abdomen with her hand, but she cried a few lines.

Liu Bang didn't say a word when she woke up, she didn't have a good-looking expression, and she looked a little melancholy and quiet, crying at this time, and didn't pay attention to herself.

Mrs. Guan's tears were hazy, this morning's events suddenly appeared in front of her, she went to Changxin Palace to kneel before dawn, and half of the figure in front of the door of Changxin Palace was not closed upright, until it was already three o'clock in the morning, and the door of Changxin Palace opened. The palace maids and eunuchs on duty came out one after another, and when they saw themselves kneeling, not only did they not come forward to persuade them, but they were coldly watched, and they heard their unceremonious cold 'hum' from time to time, and there were some more unkind words such as 'I don't know the number of courtesies, even the queen's palace dares to come', 'see how the queen cleans her up', 'kneel if you want to'.

Originally, I wanted to leave, but when I thought about it, since I had been kneeling for so long, how could I give up leaving? The emperor didn't want to see himself, if he didn't do something to hurt himself, how could he care about himself? So he decided to kneel and accept all foul language. But if he hadn't avoided himself, how could he have gone to the queen's territory to sacrifice his ugliness? Mrs. Guan raised her teary eyes, looked at Liu Bang aggrievedly and complainingly for a while, Liu Bang was stared at and smiled at her uncomfortably, looked down to see if her body was dirty, and then heard, "Did Your Majesty deliberately hide from the concubine?" ”

Liu Bang was stunned for a moment and laughed, scratched her nose and smiled and hugged her into his arms and said good things, "No, how can you think so?" Isn't it normal for me to go to which palace? If I didn't come to you, you were resentful? ”

Mrs. Guan broke free from Liu Bang's embrace, knelt down to Liu Bang on the couch, and said with a pause, "That's the case, I ask Your Majesty to pardon Brother Xiuyan and not throw him into Yanmen." ”

When Liu Bang heard this, he immediately got up and stood up, his face completely lost the joy just now, and he looked at Mrs. Guan for a while, and she lay down on the couch waiting for Liu Bang's response. Liu Bang waved his hands behind his back with the big sleeves of his wide robe, turned around and stood with her back and said in a loud voice, "I have decided, don't say it anymore." ”

"Please forgive Brother Xiuyan." Mrs. Guan was still kneeling on the couch, "Yanmen is close to Hu, and he is attacked by the Huns from time to time, and his younger brother is not the material of the county, and he is illiterate and inactive, please allow Your Majesty to play." ”

knew that she had to play it herself, but he was also for the sake of Guan Xiuyan, as soon as he opened the golden mouth, how could he take back the holy order at will? I didn't want her to bother, so I had to pretend to be black and continue to scold seriously, "What should a woman do in politics?" ”

Mrs. Guan straightened up suddenly, glaring at Liu Bangdao with her eyes, "There is not only one concubine who is involved in politics, but also the queen?" The queen is a princess and the concubine is a younger brother, what's wrong? ”

"You ......" Liu Bang was so excited that he couldn't speak, and the black face turned to point at her and said, "It's a foregone conclusion, how do you want me to explain to the ministers?" "Let's just say that my younger brother is suddenly sick and is not suitable for taking office." Mrs. Guan hurriedly continued.

"No way!" Liu Bang stood with a resolute reprimand, looked at the place in front of him, raised his head and gritted his teeth and said firmly, "He is decided." ”

Mrs. Guan had no way to soften on the couch for a while, and suddenly saw a sharp curly knife on the couch, so she quickly took it over and put it on her neck, and said hatefully, "My brother can't go, the emperor doesn't agree, the concubine has to make this decision, the concubine is not the queen, and you can't ask Your Majesty to change your mind, just ask Your Majesty to be happy in the next life." Then wipe your neck. Liu Bang saw that she was so anxious, his eyes were round, and he rushed to the couch, grabbed her arm, snatched the knife in his hand, and scolded, "Are you crazy? Liu Bang threw the knife out of the hall and fell to the ground with a 'bang'.

Mrs. Guan was thrown aside and cried bitterly, ignoring Liu Bang. Liu Bang was also really angry, gritted his teeth and said, "Guan Xiuyan instigated the wild people to gather in Ximen to force Lu Ling to death, do you think the queen can spare him?" Don't tell me that he didn't do it, even if the queen doesn't take him for my sake, what about the other Lu clansmen? Lu Ling's jewelry industry spreads throughout Chang'an and the Kanto region, the relationship is complicated, and the party is very numerous, do you think Lu Ling will be fine if he dies? Now, is it wrong to let him go to Yanmen to avoid trouble? Liu Bang stared, blew his beard and scolded Mrs. Guan for being ignorant, his angry fists were clenched, and he said again, "Useless things, don't look at what you look like, it's already very against your will to be a county Cheng I am a thing for him, something that doesn't have a brain, I actually want you to come to beg me, if he doesn't care about his life, then don't go to Yanmen." ”

It turned out that Liu Bang had already found out everything, and everything was under his control, but he just didn't say anything. The lady suddenly softened on the couch as if she had come to her senses, but she was too stupid, and she was stunned for a long time and thought about Liu Bang's words for a long time, before she looked at Liu Bang ashamedly and muttered to herself, "It turns out that the concubine is wrong." As he spoke, he quickly knelt on the ground, kowtowing to the ground with both hands, "Concubine Xie Your Majesty's thoughtful younger brother, the concubine is willing to accept the guilt." ”

Liu Bang was also angry at this time, and walked to his side to help her to the couch, and said with a hint of care and pity, "You are slightly ill, don't worry about these things, political matters are all taken care of by me." ”

Mrs. Guan nodded and leaned into his arms.