At the end of October, the princes and kings left Liu Bang one after another and returned to their respective feudal countries. After a break for half a month, Liu Bang personally led Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and others to inspect Longxi, Shangjun and Beidi County, and even ran to the foot of the Great Wall of Beidi County, which is the border between Han and Hungary. Nearly 10,000 Han people migrated there, established a horse garden, cast iron by themselves, on the left is the fertile soil of the crops, on the right is the vast pasture, the horses in the pasture are all strong and majestic, and the neighing is even more deafening, like the mighty soldiers on the field. The official of the Great Wall frontier defense stated to Liu Bang that when he was farming, he would plough the acres with him, and in his spare time, he would train his fists and feet. or organize them to discuss the skills of horse breeding; or organize young people to train their horseback skills and archery skills with rewards, and they will all get something in a year, one of which is a bumper harvest in agriculture; Second, although he is not proficient in horseback skills, he can also raise horses and ride horses. The official also said that since the opening of the customs market on the border between the Han and the Hungarians, their own silk cloth and tea, pottery and other materials from the hinterland of the Central Plains have continuously entered the Xiongnu market, and they only bought more and more horses, cattle and sheep with the Xiongnu people for reproduction, although there were Xiongnu soldiers on the border from time to time, they did not dare to rob wantonly, but just leisurely on horseback to observe from a distance whether the behavior of the Han Dynasty people offended the Xiongnu people, and saw that everything was normal and galloped away. Liu Bang knew the bottom of his heart, and immediately rewarded the 100 Han people nearby and encouraged them to take root in the border.

When Liu Bang returned to the palace from the foot of the Great Wall, it was already in the middle of December, and he was tired of running around for more than a month, and he slept for three or four days when he returned to the palace, and no one could wake up. In December, the cold wind was howling, and suddenly it was snowing heavily, just like last year's heavy snow. There was nothing to do in the outer court, so Liu Bang played with Mrs. Qi's palace, but a eunuch came to report that the prince Liu Jian had a high fever and did not go away. As soon as Liu Bang heard this, he took a break from the chess game and Huo Huo got up, and Mrs. Qi brought a robe and draped it on Liu Bang and told Liu Bang not to be anxious, the imperial doctor will definitely be able to rejuvenate him. Liu Bang hurriedly left the hall and ran to the Linhua Hall with a 'hmm'.

As soon as he entered the Linhua Palace, Liu Bang felt that the hall was as cold as an ice cellar, and he didn't find that there was a stove in the hall, so he shivered and went straight to the inner hall. As soon as he entered the inner hall, he saw that the imperial physician was carefully checking Liu Jian, who was not long term, and then looked at the couch but saw Mrs. Guan staring at Liu Jian with dull eyes without saying a word, although Liu Jian's loud crying and staring at his familiar mother Mrs. Guan with black eyes, Mrs. Guan leaned on the couch with cold eyes and ignored it, only asking Liu Jian to cry and scream. Liu Bang's face immediately darkened, and he walked over to Mrs. Guan's bed, and looked at her coldly, "What are you crazy about?" What do you want to do in the ice cellar to take Liu Jianzuo? Mrs. Guan didn't react, her eyes were dull and her expression was jealous and depressed. Liu Bang touched her forehead and cheeks, both of them were cold, pulled her hands and put them into his chest socket to warm them, and complained a little affectionately, "Lady Qiang!" After that, he immediately called the palace people to light the stove, but Mrs. Guan suddenly stood up and shouted at the palace people, "Mo Sheng stove!" Liu Bang glared at her, "Hey! Where does the widow displease you? If you don't want to raise Liu Jian, ask her to be raised on your behalf, you don't have to cry. "He's my son, and no one can raise him!" Mrs. Guan replied stiffly. "It's midwinter, why don't you make a stove? Liu Jian is only two or three months, why don't you care about him? Mrs. Guan raised her head and looked at Liu Bang as if she hadn't thought about it, "After thinking about it, she forgot everything." Liu Bang laughed, let out the hands holding Mrs. Guan on his chest, and said with a smile, "You are not me, what are you worried about?" Mrs. Guan rolled her eyes, and only after planning in her belly did she say to Liu Bang eagerly, "My brother said that when he arrived in Yanmen, he would send someone to pass on safety, and a year has passed, no one has come to report his brother's safety, what happened to him?" As soon as the words stopped, Liu Bang's smile suddenly stopped, his face was ashamed and a little dodgy, and he grabbed the back of his head and smiled perfunctorily for a while, "Yanmen has a lot of things, and he can't be busy." Some time ago, someone came from Yanmen, saying that everything was fine in Guan Xiuyan and that the state affairs were busy, and I forgot to tell you. Mrs. Guan said with a perfunctory smile, "If he is good, I will be good." Turning his head, he shouted to the palace people with a cold face, "Make a stove." ”

The imperial physician got up and explained Liu Jian's condition and said that it was fine, but his body was cold, and instructed the palace people in the palace to keep warm and not to be cold.

After a while, the palace people built a stove, and there was a trace of warmth in the hall. Liu Bang sat on the couch and hugged Liu Jian to play and whisper with him. Mrs. Guan didn't say much, only watched Liu Bang laughing and coaxing Liu Jian to play, or lowered her head and pondered silently. After a while, Mrs. Guan suddenly spoke, "King Zhao is small but knows the way of respect, affectionately calls me my mother-in-law, and has run here more than a dozen times in two or three months, and every time he comes, he brings a lot of things, and plays with the emperor affectionately." It's not like the prince, he only came once and disappeared. Don't say that Zhao Wangxiao is small, but he adheres to His Majesty's majestic demeanor and treats people kindly; Don't say that the prince is respectful, but it is inferior to King Ruyi of Zhao and King Fei of Qi, if there is no queen to assist, the prince is a pile of soft mud. Mrs. Guan glanced at Liu Bang, and saw that he was not stunned and only calmly hugged Liu Jian and listened carefully, so Mrs. Guan continued, "When Your Majesty was outside the Guan, Empress Lu assisted the prince to appease the immigrants in the Guandong, appease the people in the Guan, inspect the Yellow River dam, and privately pay tribute to mulberries. Every time the concubine thought that Mi Bazi had been in charge of the Qin State for 20 years, she sighed that the prince had been hidden under the wing of Lu Hou for a long time and became a wooden figurine, and the Han family was in danger. Liu Bang was silent for a long time.

For dozens of days, Liu Bang hid in Qi Ji Palace and did not see the ministers. Lv Hou became more and more panicked, I had heard that the emperor had gone out of the palace to ask for the opinion of the Marquis on the abolition of the reserve, and the Marquis strongly objected, and the Empress Lu was grateful to the Marquis but more nervous and panicked, and always asked people to pay attention to the emperor's thoughts, and someone came to report that it was Qi Ji who persuaded the emperor to change the reserve day and night, and the emperor had moved the heart of the reserve. Empress Lu was immediately stunned, her head was covered with blood and her eyes were blank, so she privately sent someone to pay close attention, and the emperor came to report to her quickly if there was any change.

On this day, Mrs. Qi brought Ruyi to Changxin Palace to worship Queen Lu. The last time the prince pushed King Zhao into the water, Empress Lu was somewhat aggrieved and did not make it difficult for Qi Ji, and asked her to sit down and only said that she wanted to play a game with Qi Ji, and Qi Ji did not dare to shirk and responded. At first, Ruyi watched fiercely on the side, but after Qi Ji and Lu Hou fought intentionally or unintentionally, Ruyi lost interest and went to play alone. When Fang was secretly competing with Qi Ji after Lu, he only heard a crisp sound in the inner hall 'pop-' and landed on the ground, and soon a palace maid hurriedly came out to report, "Lu ...... Lu...... Lu Gong's tablet ...... "Before the words fell, Lu Hou's face suddenly changed color, and he had already hurriedly got up and rolled to the ground with the chess pieces on the case, and ran into the inner hall like a gust of wind, and saw a black long card wood lying on the ground in the inner hall, and the frightened Ruyi stood next to the long card wood. Lv Hou immediately ran over in a cloudy manner, respectfully picked up the long card wood on the ground, "Father ......" two lines of clear spring flowed down, wiped the long card wood with clothes on behalf of the cloth and forced the anger to respectfully enshrine the long card wood back to its original position, took a step back and solemnly bowed twice. Qi Ji, who came in after Lu Hou, was frightened when she saw that it was Lu Gong's spirit position card, and she was busy protecting Ruyi, and she didn't dare to look at Lu Hou with guilt. If you think that Empress Lu is holding a piece of wood as a god to worship, the original fright disappeared suddenly after being protected by her mother, and she changed her smiling face and took a strong step forward, "Mother, which immortal family on the wood, Ruyi worships him twice......" Before the words were finished, he heard a slap on Ruyi's left face, and suddenly the five handprints were clearly visible, and Empress Lu's eyes showed anger and looked at Ruyi. 'Wow-', Ruyi returned to Qi Ji's arms with a hot cry on the left side of his face. Qi Ji was also flustered, crying in a hurry, and was so frightened that she trembled and "poof-" knelt in front of Empress Lu and hurriedly apologized for Ru......yi, "Ruyi is weak and ignorant, Niang Niang forgive me" Qi Ji was busy pulling Ruyi, who couldn't stop crying, also knelt down, Ruyi covered her left face and knelt and cried, "Mother beats people, and my father doesn't spare you." Qi Ji hurriedly covered Ruyi's mouth in fear, not daring to ask him to say more.

Empress Lu was furious, and stared angrily, "Just tell it, reckless child!" Then he turned his eyes to Qi Ji and said, "The game is not over, you have to wait." The last time your son fell into the water, it was none of the prince's business, don't mess around. Qi Ji knew what Empress Lu meant, and was so frightened that she didn't know whether to nod or shake her head, so she bowed to Empress Lu twice on the ground and said goodbye to Empress Lu, and hurriedly pulled Ruyi out.

At night, Liu Bang arrived at the Yuzao Palace, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he heard Qi Ji's cry. Liu Bang stepped into the hall, and saw Qi Ji crying with Ruyi. Before Liu Bang came quickly, he wanted to comfort Qi Ji with a smile in his eyes, but in the light of the candlelight, he saw Ruyi's left cheek swollen one foot high, Liu Bang immediately changed his face, pulled Qi Ji away and picked up Ruyi alone and asked Qi Ji angrily, "You hit him?" Qi Ji couldn't stop crying, lying on the couch and crying without words. Ruyi's aggrieved eyes were full of tears, and she sobbed, "My grandmother beat me." Before Liu Bang could react, he heard Qi Ji sobbing again, "Every day I am subject to lewd power, I am liberated if I die." As he spoke, he got up and touched the wall, but Liu Bang grabbed Qi Ji with some agility and yelled, "You are nonsense!" If she heard that Qi Ji wanted to die, she cried even more, and cried in Qi Ji's arms, "Mother don't die......"

Liu Bang pulled Qi Ji to sit on the couch and asked the reason. Ruyi said first, "Er knocked over the ......" Before he finished speaking, he was stopped by Qi Ji and sobbed, "Ruyi didn't intend to break the clay pot, so Lu Shi slapped Ruyi angrily." Qi Ji held Ruyi's cheek and asked Liu Bang to look, "Look at her swollen up a foot high, Ruyi's left ear can barely be heard, Your Majesty." Qi Ji sat close to Liu Bang and cried with his arm in his hand, "The Lu family is so forbearant like a sharp sword, secretly in the sheath, out of the sheath is a fatal blow to people." The concubine and Ruyi are like grass targets, and they can't fight back. Today, the Lu family sprinkled its resentment on Ruyi's face, and a hundred years later, His Majesty's mountain collapsed and Prince Lu was in power, and the concubine and Ruyi's body could not be all gone. Liu Bang listened to his words, and his heart was turbulent, but he was silent for a long time.