After Xiahou Ying drove the carriage for a while, he stopped in a forest, where there are many dead trees and is very safe and quiet, the left side of the forest is a misty mountain that blocks a side of the world, and a few strange birds call from time to time in the mountain, breaking the silence of this forest, a lake on the right surrounds this not rich dead forest, the dead leaves fall on the calm lake, drifting away quietly with the water waves, and the road leading to Hangu Pass is rugged and difficult to walk. Xiahou Ying tugged on the reins, put the whip on the passenger seat of the carriage, and got out of the car to open the curtain behind her.

Empress Lu, the princess, the king of Zhao, and the crown prince were all greeted by Xiahou Ying one by one.

Liu Ying hugged Zhang Yan and went to play under the big tree next to her, Princess Zhao Wang followed Lu Hou to a big tree, Lu Hou slowly stretched out her hand, took the princess's hand, and instructed, "Ah Yuan......" Lu Hou was really not happy, her face was serious, the princess was also anxious, and looked at the queen mother worriedly, Lu Hou squeezed out a smile in order not to worry about her daughter, the curvature of the corner of her mouth was very uncomfortable, and said, "Go back, it's safe to go back." ”

"Queen Mother......" The princess looked worried, not knowing what to do.

Empress Lu patted the princess's hand and whispered, "We will meet, take care." ”

The whole atmosphere seemed very dull, and several people didn't know except for Empress Lu and the crown prince who knew what was going on. As soon as King Zhao heard Empress Lu say that it would be safe to return to Zhao Kingdom, he was shocked in his heart, as if he had noticed something, and came to Queen Lu with questions, and asked with a determined look in his eyes, "Please tell the truth from the queen mother, is it related to the princess to call us back to Zhao in a hurry this time, why did the queen mother say that it would be safe to return to Zhao Kingdom." ”

"This ......" Empress Lu was asked by him so suddenly, a little unable to catch the words, I didn't expect that she said casually, but was caught by King Zhao, she frowned at first, and then laughed, and also took King Zhao's hand, put his hand on the princess's hand, and said, "No, you think too much, the princes and kings have been in Beijing for no more than twenty days, and you should go back." Empress Lu took the day when the princes and kings entered Beijing to worship as the first card, and turned her head and called the prince, "Ying'er, do you have anything to say to your sister and brother-in-law?" ”

At this time, the prince was holding Zhang Yan and sitting under the big tree to play, making little Zhang Yan laugh, the prince made a grimace for her, Zhang Yan's better face was always like a pink flower open, innocently chasing and pestering the prince to play, and the laughter of the nephew and uncle echoed in the forest. Even Xiahou Ying, who was feeding the horse, felt very happy when he saw it, before his sister came, the prince seemed very unhappy, he had no playmates every day, and wanted to play with the palace people, but they were afraid of their identity as the prince, and they were not at ease at all, and now when my sister came with her nephew and daughter, I could also go to my sister's palace to play with Ah Yan every day, and I was very happy.

Hearing Empress Lu call him, he picked up Zhang Yan and came to Empress Lu and his sister, the princess hugged Zhang Yan from his arms, the prince gave Zhang Yan to his sister, smiled and pinched her pink face, and said, "Ah Yan is very cute, next time I enter the palace, my sister must bring Ah Yan." ”

The princess nodded and said with a smile, "Next time, don't bring Yan'er, bring Yan'er." Zhang Yan is also the son of Princess Lu Yuan and Zhang Ao, and is Zhang Yan's younger brother.

Without waiting for Liu Ying to speak, Yan'er in her arms looked at her mother, pouted and said, "Don't take your brother, take Yan'er." ”

Everyone laughed.

"Brother-in-law, Sister will ask you to take care of it in the future." The crown prince said to King Zhao with a smile.

The princess and King Zhao glanced at each other, and Zhang Ao took the princess into his arms and nodded and smiled at the prince.

After greeting for a while, the time was almost up, and I was afraid that I would stay outside the palace for too long, so Empress Lu summoned everyone together and said, "Hurry up and go, take care all the way." ”

Empress Lü and the crown prince sent the princess and King Zhao to another car.

"Take care of the queen mother." The princess in the car lifted the curtain and said to Empress Lu next to the car, King Zhao also nodded to Prince Lu, and Xiao Zhang Yan asked her grandmother and Uncle Liu Ying to make a fuss in the car. Empress Lu and the crown prince both looked at Ah Yan with a smile on their faces, and said, "Ah Yan is good, you must not leave next time you come, okay?" ”

"No, Ah Yan won't go back." Zhang Yan cried.

As soon as Empress Lu patted the horse's buttocks, the carriage slowly moved, and gradually galloped forward, only Zhang Yan's immature voice came over and over again in the wind, Empress Lu and the prince looked at the princess's vehicle from a distance behind the car, and a stream of hot tears flowed down, frustrated and nostalgic, and waved after walking a long distance.

Xiahou Ying saw that the princess had already gone away, and came over and said, "Queen Mother, His Royal Highness the Prince, let's go back to the palace." ”

Empress Lu nodded and was helped back to the car by the prince. entered the palace gate, but this time no one stopped him, but he got out of the way, and he was afraid of what Empress Lu just said, 'If you dare to stop the palace again, you will be punished'. It's kind of scary.

Back at Changxin Palace, Dai Qing hurriedly came out to greet him, and Empress Lu looked lost and did not have any joy. When Dai Qing met, he asked the princess and King Zhao if they had left the city safely, and Empress Lu nodded, still with some anxiety and worry, and asked Dai Qing, "The emperor didn't come over, right?" ”

"Nope."

Empress Lu breathed a long sigh of relief and sat on a couch thinking about things.

When the prince saw his mother come back, he only said one word, he was a little worried about Empress Lu's mental condition, walked to Empress Lu's side, put his hand on Empress Lu's hand and asked, "Queen Mother, what are you thinking?" ”

Empress Lu shook her head, frowned, raised her head and said lightly, "You go back first, it's okay here." ”

The prince wanted to say something, but seeing that Empress Lu was like this, it was impossible to ask anything, so he saluted and returned to the prince's palace.

The red wheel is gradually falling westward, it is not far from the time of Xu, Liu Bang will come to Changxin Palace after dinner, if the negotiation is undecided, and he insists on taking out the emperor's posture to force Empress Lu to hand over the princess, what should Empress Lu do?

She bit her lip slightly, and was silent on the edge of the couch.

Dai Qing went to the inner room and poured a cup of tea for the queen, gently put it on a few cases, walked lightly to Empress Lu's side, and whispered, "Niangniang, what are you going to do?" ”

Lu Hou said, "I don't know, this palace must think of a good way, the best of both worlds." ”

Dai Qing silently stood back.

After taking a nap, I heard Empress Lu say something to break the tranquility in the hall, and called Dai Qing and said, "Dai Qing, go and pass all the palace maids in Changxin Palace to the palace, and none of them will fall." ”

"Whoa." Although he didn't know what the queen meant, Dai Qing knew that the queen must have a way, so he went out and called all the palace maids, those on duty, those who rested, those who went to other palaces to spread the word, and those who repaired the branches in the courtyard were all called by Dai Qing.

Not long after, there was a long row of palace maids standing in the hall, all of them bowed their heads and did not dare to look at Empress Lu's Fengrong, waiting for Empress Lu's orders. Empress Lu descended the steps, her hands naturally hanging down in front of her abdomen, and walked around them, saying, "All raise your heads." ”

Although Liu Bang often comes to Changxin Palace, he often sees these beautiful women, but because of the majesty of Lu Hou, Liu Bang does not dare to make a mistake in the queen's palace, so it is a bit like a rabbit does not eat the grass next to the nest.

Empress Lu paced back and forth at these young women, and couldn't help but feel a little resentful in her heart, they were all young and beautiful women, which reminded her of Mrs. Qi, so she glanced at them fiercely first, and continued to look at them one by one. Seeing that Empress Lu didn't speak for a while, these palace maids looked at each other left and right with questions, not knowing what Empress Lu was going to do, whether she had done something wrong, she didn't speak was more scary than talking, I saw that she kept looking at them and just didn't speak.

Dai Qing was also a little anxious, but she didn't dare to ask Empress Lu.

When everyone was confused, Empress Lu walked in front of a palace maid and stopped, looking up and down, this palace maid was the most beautiful of all palace maids. Ice muscles are slippery, hair buns are towering, willow eyebrows are worn, spring-like eyes, tall noses, seductive lips, don't send her away, wait for Liu Bang to make her a lady or a beauty to confront him? Empress Lu straightened her waist and looked at the palace maid with a gloomy face, the palace maid saw that Empress Lu only stopped and rotated in front of her, she had always been afraid of the queen, and thought that she had done something wrong, so she quickly knelt down and saluted, "The slave and maid see the queen's mother, and the mother is happy." ”

Lu Hou said, "It's you." ”

One sentence confused everyone, Empress Lu left this palace maid and asked the others to go out and do their own things again. instructed Dai Qing to call this palace maid to the inner palace, saying that he had something to explain to the palace maid, and then he turned around and went back to the house.