In the evening, Liu Bang still went to the Yuzao Palace. looked preoccupied, and when he came back, he sat quietly aside, never spoke, sometimes scratching his head, sometimes exhaling heavily, and sometimes looking at one place in a trance. Mrs. Qi knew that the emperor's busyness in the past few days made him very tired, so she ordered others to go down, and the hall was quite quiet. Seeing that the emperor was preoccupied, Mrs. Qi sat quietly and did not disturb him, picked up the bamboo slips on a few cases and read them silently by the bright candlelight, but in fact, she was also absent-minded and didn't have the heart to read.

The two of them were silent for a long time, and the hall was silent, only the bewitching candle flames danced wildly.

'Squeak-' The door of the hall opened, Jing Tilt entered, and walked straight to Liu Bang, but saw the emperor sitting on the side with a gloomy face and no words, looking frightening. Dai Qing seemed to have something to say, but it looked inconvenient, Mrs. Qi put down the bamboo slip and beckoned her to come over, asking her what was the matter, and Jing Tian said that Mrs. Guan was out asking to see the emperor.

Mrs. Qi pondered for a long time, and Mrs. Guan came to make trouble again, this is the second time. The last time it happened that the emperor had not come back, and it didn't make a fuss, but he came over again every day or two, and he must have pestered the emperor to go to Linhua Palace. Mrs. Qi sat up from the mat, looked at the frowning emperor Liu Bang, and asked Jing Tian to accompany her out to see Mrs. Guan.

Outside the hall, Mrs. Guan followed Chanxin, the wind was very strong, Chanxin came over and put on a cloak for Mrs. Guan, and the two waited in the cold wind under the steps.

Mrs. Qi and Jing Tian had just taken a few steps when they saw Mrs. Guan standing in the biting cold wind, shivering from the cold. Mrs. Qi hurriedly descended the steps, held Mrs. Guan's hand and said with concern, "Why bother, Madame?" It's so cold, how can you stand in the wind, come in. "Mrs. Qi pulled the tube and sat down. Mrs. Guan looked at Mrs. Qi coldly and resentfully, did not move, unceremoniously put aside Mrs. Qi's hand, still standing at the foot of the steps, her eyes staring at the inner hall of the Yuzao Palace motionlessly, the candles in the inner hall were enchanting, quiet and silent, and there were only the emperor and Mrs. Qi at the moment, thinking about this, Mrs. Guan could not suppress the anger in her heart, glanced at Mrs. Qi, coldly 'hummed' and took a step forward angrily, disdainful of talking to Mrs. Qi.

Mrs. Qi was dried by Mrs. Guan, and Mrs. Guan did not receive Qi Ji's affection at all. Mrs. Qi and Jing Tian glanced at each other, and the two understood that Mrs. Guan thought that she had occupied the emperor for too long, and it was true that the emperor still hadn't been to Linhua Hall for a long time, but the place he hadn't been to for a long time was not just Linhua Palace. Mrs. Qi is also wondering why Liu Bang has come to Yuzao Palace these days and not to Linhua Palace, Mrs. Guan's pregnancy is by no means a good reason for Liu Bang not to go to Linhua Palace, but he should go to Linhua Palace more often. Mrs. Qi stood on the second step embarrassed, and asked Mrs. Guan, "What is Madam doing here?" ”

"Knowingly ask!" Mrs. Guan threw her another sentence unceremoniously, glanced at Mrs. Qi and looked at her with disdain, and turned to carry Mrs. Qi.

Mrs. Qi was suddenly angry but it was inconvenient to get angry, so she had to suppress her anger and said coldly, "Madame, go back, Your Majesty is very tired, I hope you don't disturb him." ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Guan hurriedly turned around and glared at her, gritted her teeth and looked at Mrs. Qi, slowly approached Mrs. Qi's face, and said hatefully, "Who is bothering him, Mrs. Qi, don't forget, the emperor is not your alone, I hope you don't entangle him." ”

Mrs. Qi smiled kindly, and said to Mrs. Guan firmly, "Madam is wrong, even though the emperor is not mine alone, but the ...... he loves the most in his heart" raised his head and said proudly, "It's me." ”

Mrs. Guan was furious but was so excited that she couldn't speak, "You ......"

Mrs. Qi patted the dust on Mrs. Guan's robe for Mrs. Guan, and held Mrs. Guan's shoulders with both hands, "Mrs. has a bad memory, who said that only one child is okay at the beginning, and who is pestering the emperor every day now." There was a bit of banter and ridicule in the words.

Mrs. Guan had no confidence, she did swear like this at the beginning, but she didn't expect that she was becoming more and more inseparable from the emperor, and now that she has a child, she can't do without it. looked at the proud Mrs. Qi resentfully, her eyes were split, she glanced at her fiercely, no longer entangled with Mrs. Qi, and went up the stairs with a chan heart.

Mrs. Qi hurriedly caught up, and when she reached the top of the steps, she caught up with Mrs. Guan, grabbed her and said again, "Don't go in and disturb Your Majesty." ”

Mrs. Guan glanced at her hatefully, ignored Mrs. Qi and went straight to the inner hall, looked left and right to see if she saw it, and then turned a red pillar to the right, and saw the emperor sitting in a place with a gloomy face, his eyes looking at the ground motionless, exhaling loudly, his eyebrows squeezed together, and he looked worried.

Mrs. Guan didn't dare to go any further, and after Mrs. Qi came in, she wanted to instruct Mrs. Guan again, but Mrs. Qi approached her and didn't speak, Mrs. Guan was excited by Mrs. Qi, but she had the courage to walk to the emperor's side, and knelt on the ground to give the emperor a set of kneeling salutes. After waiting for a while, she didn't hear the emperor let her get up, Mrs. Guan rolled her eyes and slowly raised her head, but saw that the emperor didn't see herself at all, and still sat quietly on the mat thinking about things.

Mrs. Guan twisted behind her, feeling that everyone was looking at her jokes, especially thinking of Mrs. Qi's sarcastic face, Mrs. Guan gritted her teeth and saluted again, "See ...... concubine"

"Got it!" Mrs. Guan didn't finish speaking, but Liu Bang interrupted in a dull and cold manner, Mrs. Guan looked up and saw the emperor looking at herself expressionlessly, and her cold face frightened Mrs. Guan a little, so that she didn't dare to say a word.

Mrs. Qi took advantage of the situation to come over and help Mrs. Guan on the ground, "My sister still doesn't care for herself like this, the emperor has ordered not to salute, especially Madame, how can Madame forget?" Spread a thick mat on the ground, helped Mrs. Guan to sit down, and said, "Now that you are pregnant with the emperor, it is important for Mrs. to take care of her body." There was another mockery in the words.

In front of the emperor, Mrs. Guan didn't dare to be too presumptuous, nor did she dare to give Mrs. Qi too much face, so she just said 'thank you' coldly.

Mrs. Qi asked someone to bring dessert to Mrs. Guan to eat, and Mrs. Guan said thank you again, but did not accept it to eat, but moved her eyes to the emperor. Liu Bangfang thought about things with a calm face and didn't say a word, Mrs. Qi gave Liu Bang a piece of dessert, Liu Bang came back to his senses and smiled euphemistically at Mrs. Qi, took the dessert and ate it in a big gulp, and said that he was just hungry this time. Mrs. Qi said that she wanted to ask the cooks to cook meals, but Liu Bang stopped her, saying that she only needed to eat a little dessert to satisfy her hunger. Looking at the affectionate appearance of the two of them, Mrs. Guan felt as if she was redundant to see the excitement, she was resentful in her heart, her expression was complaining, looking at the delicious dessert of the emperor, Mrs. Guan also felt hungry, she really didn't eat tonight, touching her belly, bulging, and feeling that the baby in her belly was moving. Mrs. Guan also deliberately said to Mrs. Qi, "Baby, can you come out quickly?" After you come out, your mother will make clothes for you to wear, give you good food, whatever you want, your mother will give you, even if everyone doesn't love you, your mother will not abandon you, so ah, come out quickly, okay? Mrs. Guan touched her belly and said caressingly. Mrs. Qi was not greedy, but smiled, but Liu Bang heard that the child was moving, and she was happy to come over to join in the fun. So he lay on Mrs. Guan's lap in front of Mrs. Qi, touched her stomach and listened, laughing from time to time, "I'm really moving, you listen, the kid is so energetic." ”

Mrs. Qi and Jing Tian looked at each other silently, looking at the ambiguity between the emperor and Mrs. Guan.

Liu Bang was intoxicated with the emperor in Mrs. Guan's belly, and he was laughing and listening to the child's unconscious actions, but he made the emperor and Mrs. Guan like this, thinking that he was also like Mrs. Guan at the beginning. Mrs. Qi coughed a few times, and Liu Bang realized that he had lost his temper, so he quickly got up and smiled at Mrs. Qi.

Mrs. Guan took advantage of the situation and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine is not only here today to ask you to return to the Huadian, but the concubine wants to ask her younger brother Xiuyan, has he arrived in Yanmen?" ”

Liu Bang immediately became nervous, gradually smiled, a trace of gloomy anxiety and guilt crossed his eyes, and he looked at Mrs. Qi without taking care of Mrs., and said after a long pause, "It should have arrived." He didn't say anything more, for fear that saying too much would cause Mrs. Guan's doubts. Mrs. Guan nodded in disbelief, muttering that it would be good and that it would be good, full of relief. Liu Bang looked at Mrs. Guan but had a sense of guilt that he had never felt before, facing a pregnant woman who told a lie about life and death, Liu Bang quickly worried about how to lie in the future.

Mrs. Guan suddenly took Liu Bang's hand and asked, "What was the emperor thinking just now, is it okay to say it and let the concubines give you ideas." Liu Bang was stunned for a moment, smiled, and said that it was all a political issue, and women were not allowed to participate, so Mrs. Guan pouted. Liu Bang was overshadowed again.

After sitting for a long time, Mrs. Guan didn't mean to leave at all, but became more and more interested the more she chatted, and she heard Liu Bang and Mrs. Qi yawning, and tears welled up in their eyes. Mrs. Qi thought that Mrs. Guan refused to leave and she was very tired, so she had to persuade Liu Bang to go to Linhua Hall with Mrs. Guan, saying that it was more revealing and serious, Mrs. Guan and Chanxin were women, and it was not safe to walk. So Liu Bang had to stretch his waist and yawn, and accompanied his wife back to Linhua Palace.