Not long after, Liu Bang called some ministers home, only saying that officials with more than 2,000 stone would go to Hongtai to accompany them in the evening. Only Xiao He, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and other veterans were left, and they led most of the Weiyang Palace with Sha Ling'er, and the elderly Liu Bang felt tired and inconvenient to speak, and endured the fatigue to accompany the young and energetic Sha Ling'er, but it was no longer as good as the original initiative to lead her to watch everywhere, but let Sha Ling'er go to where to visit, Xiao He replaced Liu Bang to say a magnificent introduction, Liu Bang nodded on the side, unwilling to speak more. Fortunately, after a while, Sha Ling'er also ran so that her legs were sore, and she sat on the stone platform in front of the hall, panting with a snort, and the golden sun shone on her tender face, which made Liu Bang sigh at the beauty of the youth, and suddenly flashed back to his youth for a while, thinking about the things he did when he was young and scolded his parents, Liu Bang shook his head alone and laughed. Sha Ling'er rested for a while, and then said to Liu Bang that he was very tired from the rush for several days, and asked Liu Bang to allow him to go back to rest, Liu Bang was eager to do it, and immediately agreed with a smile, and called the palace people to lead the way, and took Sha Ling'er to the Zhaoming Hall of Changxin Palace, Zhaoming Hall had already sent someone to clean up two days ago.

After Sha Ling'er left, Liu Bang immediately let out a long breath, patted his cheeks with both hands, looked at Sha Ling'er's distant back with deep eyes, and couldn't help blurting out, "This young man is fortunate to be a daughter, otherwise he will take over the Huns, and my family's future will be worried." ”

Xiao He, Chen and others were silent, squinting their eyes and nodding involuntarily.

At the end of the afternoon, Empress Lu originally wanted to accompany Sha Ling'er to continue to observe the back garden of Changxin Palace, but she was still dizzy, so she asked Dai Qing to accompany Sha Ling'er to watch the back garden instead of herself. When Sha Ling'er saw Dai Qing, she felt very kind, probably of the same age, so she grabbed Dai Qing's hand and smiled at her kindly. Dai Qing first explained to Empress Lu the reason why she couldn't come in person, Sha Ling'er smiled, and said that she didn't dare to bother the queen to come in person, and she was already accompanied by the emperor in the morning, so she didn't dare to bother the queen anymore, but Dai Qinglai was more suitable, and he had something to say about his age, and he was even more informal. Dai Qing saw that Sha Ling'er was so straightforward and hearty, and the wild beauty of the sun was extraordinarily sunny, and immediately liked Sha Ling'er's lively sunshine for a while. Dai Qing took Sha Ling'er and a few people to the back garden of the Han family, which covers an area of 100 hectares and has special craftsmen to overhaul the flower stands. It is the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, so the summer flowers have already melted into the soil, leaving some flowers that only bloom in late autumn, or red or white Yueji, wood hibiscus, okra; yellow or purple marigolds, imperial chrysanthemums, hibiscus; There are other yellow acacia, golden cinnamon and other purple and red. The Xiongnu are northern, the climate is cold, Sha Linger has not seen these red, now I see it, I like it extraordinarily, every time I see a flower, I want to go up and smell the fragrance of the flowers, I can't break the branches and bring it back to the Xiongnu for cultivation. About nearly half an hour is intoxicated in the Han family's sea of flowers, admiring the Han family's purple and red, there is a quiet and elegant Tao Yao Pavilion in the back garden, the name is taken from the "Book of Songs, Tao Yao": the peach is dying, scorching its flower, the most can symbolize these bright and gorgeous flowers, so it is the most appropriate name for the back garden.

The two of them sat in the Taoyao Pavilion with their cheeks in their hands, and they didn't say a word, but they each smiled and wandered in the sea of flowers. The red wheel fell westward, and the last slightly reddish golden sunlight shone quietly and peacefully on the faces of the two girls, and the surroundings were quiet, and occasionally a cool breeze blew the hair of the two girls, elegant and chic and dignified. The palace sounded the sound of sunset drums, it was the time of the day when the day and night intersected, Dai Qing and Sha Ling'er got up and prepared to go back, the two of them did not lose the liveliness of a girl, laughed at each other for a while, and said that today is the happiest day. Dai Qing continued to lead the way, saying that if she was free another day, she would take her to see the chrysanthemums outside Yongxiang, Sha Ling'er happily caught up with Dai Qing and nodded her head again and again.

After about a quarter of an hour, Dai Qing sent her back to the Zhaoming Palace, not far from the Changxin Hall where the queen lived, and there were all kinds of chrysanthemums in the Zhaoming Palace, but they were not as lively as Yongxiang. Closed the door, fell sideways on the couch, also opened a 'big' shape, looked at the top of the hall and continued to be stunned and indulged in the afternoon sea of flowers, and there was a knock on the door outside the door.

"The door is open, come in." Sallinger said towards the door.

'Squeak' the door opened, and a woman in a bearded suit came in, about the same age as Sha Ling'er, but her temperament was not half as good as Sha Ling'er's. She was holding a plate in her hand, and in the plate were a golden pit and two cups, and the golden pit was still steaming, and when she came in, she put the golden pit and the cup on a few tables.

"Niu Hu'er, where have you been?" It turned out to be her personal maid Niu Hu'er, and when she saw her bring these, she sat up smartly and said to Niu Hu'er that she hadn't seen Niu Hu'er for a day, and she was accompanied by the emperor in the morning and Dai Qing in the afternoon, and she forgot the existence of her personal maid Niu Hu'er.

"Princess, come for tea. After you left, the queen called me to go, the tea was prepared by her personally, saying that she was afraid that you would be tired all the way, so it was good to drink tea to refresh yourself, and I would go to Hongtai for dinner in a while. Niu Hu'er happily talked to Sha Ling'er in Xiongnu language, put the serving plate on the next few cases, and asked Sha Ling'er to go over for tea.

Sha Ling'er got up from the couch, patted the clothes on her body, and walked towards the side of the case, and saw Niu Hu'er putting the tea on it, and there were two mats next to the case, suddenly her heart lit up, and she shouted, 'Oops', and her hands had already covered her mouth. Niu Hu'er stared widely, not knowing what Sha Ling'er was doing. Sha Ling'er cried and laughed and pointed to a few cases as if she was remorseful and said, "I asked why the ministers of the Han family looked at me like that in the morning, it turns out that I used this as a seat." After that, his cheeks were red with regret, and he felt uncomfortable until he made a fool of himself in front of the Han family's monarchs and ministers, and his face was embarrassed with a smile. Niu Hu'er was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "The princess has always been lively and hearty, and it is possible to do this." Sha Ling'er was ashamed to complain that she laughed at herself, and Niu Hu'er smiled and comforted her, "Don't be ashamed, we are different from the Han culture, don't blame those who don't know." Let's have tea, princess. ”

Sha Ling'er felt good at this time, too, the Xiongnu culture is different from the Han culture, a few cases are so high, and it is just right to sit on it, who knows that their thing is used as a table, and no one told her at that time, so I think about it, Sha Ling'er is finally not so apologetic and ashamed, she wiped her face like washing her face, smiled, and returned to her original lively appearance. Sha Ling'er curiously bent over and sniffed the tea in the golden fang, her eyebrows were raised, and the corners of her mouth curved into a beautiful arc, "I heard that the tea of the Han family is of the highest quality, it is very delicious, I haven't drunk it yet." After that, he couldn't wait to take the golden bud and pour it to his mouth, and after drinking, he seemed to have an aftertaste, and said, "The fruit is a good tea." "It's a bold woman, she doesn't use a small cup, but directly picks up the golden sword and pours it into her mouth with her neck up, she is really the princess of the Hun family, wild and bold and straightforward and informal.

Niu Hu'er stood to the side and nodded. That's right, tea is indeed a treasure of the Han family, and ordinary people can't drink it. Tea has a long history and is famous all over the world, with a cultural history of 3,000 years before the establishment of the Han Dynasty, from the primitive to the Three Kings Era, from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Qin and Han dynasties, tea has become more and more the royal object of the ruling class. Originated in Shennong, gradually heard in Lu Zhougong, as early as before the Shang Dynasty, tea has been regarded as a treasure, for sacrifice and enjoyment, precious, to the Qin and Han dynasties have gradually become common, Ba County territory has become the birthplace of tea and the main supply of tea for the court.

Niu Hu'er remembered what Mao Dunshan Yu had told her, leaned slightly to Sha Ling'er's ear, and said solemnly, "Princess, in addition to welcoming the princess of the Han family in Chang'an this time, don't forget what your brother Wang said to you, be sure to bring Jiuyuan County over." ”

Niu Hu'er's tone was as if Mao Dun had personally explained it here.

Sha Ling'er's face, which was still happy, became melancholy at this time, put down the golden sword in her hand, frowned and got up and walked to the window, her eyes were looking straight ahead, she didn't talk anymore, she looked out of the hall with her hands around her arms for a long time, the moonlight was hazy tonight, and there was a peaceful silence, but Sha Ling'er's heart couldn't be quiet.

"Princess, princess......" Niu Hu'er behind her saw that she didn't speak, and followed her to the window to look at her, and saw her looking at the night sky with a distracted look, the stars in the night sky were shining, and the purple stars were bright, guarded by the stars.

Sha Ling'er sighed and said abruptly, "Niu Hu'er, why do you say that the Xiongnu and the Han court are fighting? Why do you want to join forces? Brother Wang said that the people of the Han family are not good people, they are all cunning and vicious, and they are all suppressing and surrendering the surrounding small countries. But that doesn't seem to be the case today, they're nice to us, aren't they? personally went out of the city to greet them, and took us to see their palace, living in such a good house, their emperor and queen were also so kind to us, and brought us tea, the Han family deserves to be a ceremonial state, not what Brother Wang said. Sha Ling'er also remembered what Brother Wang had said to her, which was completely different from what she saw today, and originally thought that according to the meaning of Mao Dun, even if she didn't want the princess, she would want the Jiuyuan region, but today she saw the grace and generosity of the Han family, and she couldn't do what Brother Wang explained, so she hesitated and entangled.

Niu Hu'er pursed her lips, nodded involuntarily and agreed with Princess Luan's words, in her opinion, it was not what Mao Dun said, maybe it was pretended to be for the Gentiles to see? It seems that Niu Hu'er is more calm-hearted, thinking about everything and not being confused by superficial phenomena, pinching her chin and pondering for a moment, she took a step closer to Sha Ling'er, "Princess, we don't care whether the country is at war with other countries, that's a matter for men." The Han family and the Xiongnu were originally two countries of different natures, but they had a common interest in chasing land, before them, there was already a Qin court to fight against us for a hundred years, no matter who was the emperor on the territory of Chang'an, then he always had to inherit the Qin court's practices to fight with us. It is natural for them to treat us with courtesy today, do you want them to greet us with a face? ”

Sha Ling'er's originally lively and sunny face showed a rare gloomy and sad face, and she wanted to say something, but when she thought that what Niu Hu'er said was right, she didn't speak again, and continued to look out the window deeply.

"Princess, we must seize the opportunity to ask them for the Jiuyuan County area, with the Jiuyuan area, then we can go south to graze, our horses, sheep and cattle can eat abundant water and grass, we can compete with the eagles on the vast grassland without silver, we can raise the whip and shout and sing our unrestrained songs, we can rely on the heroes to see the golden light in the twilight, at that time the grassland is swept away with our laughter, galloping, what a beautiful picture." Niu Hu'er clapped her hands and fantasized happily, as if she knew that she would be able to ask for Jiuyuan, fantasizing about the beautiful scenery on the Hetao Plain that day.

Sha Ling'er looked at her expressionlessly, without nodding or shaking her head.

There was a short knock on the door outside, and Niu Hu'er hurriedly went to open the door, it was a little palace maid.

"What's the matter?"

"The emperor said that you can eat, Princess Luan, please come with the slaves."

When Sha Ling'er heard the words of the little palace maid, she walked over from the window, "Got it, Sha Ling'er will come with a change of clothes." ”

The little palace maid bowed and retired.

Niu Huer helped Sha Ling'er find a clean Hun women's clothes, changed Sha Ling'er, took off the original juvenile clothes, and put on princess clothes, which looked better than the original. Before leaving, Sha Ling'er went to the bronze mirror to take a closer look at her face, to see if her eyebrows were well drawn, whether her lips were red enough, and whether her felt hat was wearing properly.

First, she found the queen and followed the queen together, the queen talked and laughed with her, and told her about the folk customs of the Han family, Sha Ling'er listened very happily, and had long forgotten the unhappiness in the Zhaoming Palace. Soon met Liu Bang who was coming in the direction of Weiyang Palace, gathered under the steps, Liu Bang invited Sha Linger to enter the palace first, Sha Linger still bowed down and insisted on inviting Liu Bang to enter the palace first, Liu Bang had already understood her stubbornness, so you were not welcome, so she laughed and went up the steps into the hall, and Lu Hou and Sha Linger also followed each other into Hongtai.

For dinner, the cooks made a lot of delicacies to entertain this beautiful and brave little princess and invited her to eat the best dishes in Chang'an.

Originally, there were no other ladies and beauties, and the Huns came to the court and had nothing to do with them, so they just had to stay in their palace. But Liu Bang was very interested, and it happened that Mrs. Qi pestered Liu Bang and said that she wanted to see the demeanor of the Xiongnu princess, and Liu Bang immediately agreed. Thinking that since he had agreed to Mrs. Qi, he was afraid that the other concubines would come to him in the future to make noise and blame him for not bringing them, so he simply ordered the eunuch to inform all the concubines and concubines, and hurry up to call other ladies and beauties while the feast was still open.

As soon as Sha Ling'er walked into the luxuriously arranged Weiyang Palace, she felt that it was very beautiful, but she had never seen such an arrangement like the Han family in the court of the Huns, the floor was clear and clean, the candle flame was swaying, and there was an incense burner in the middle that could be hugged by three people, the incense burner was full of cigarette smoke, and the twelve vermilion pillars in the hall supported the glorious hall. Sha Ling'er was bouncing in front of her alone, looking at this and that, sometimes turning around and smiling and admiring Liu Bang and Lu Hou.

Liu Banglu saw that Sha Ling'er was so happy, so he also laughed, laughing at Sha Ling'er's innocence and liveliness; Second, I can't help but feel a sense of pride. At the beginning, Xiao He built Weiyang Palace to be extremely luxurious, saying that the Son of Heaven is home all over the world, and it is not magnificent and powerful, and it seems that it is very correct today.

"The palace building is solemn and solemn, and it is very lovely. His Majesty the Emperor is diligent in serving the people, and the people are happy, and when they entered Chang'an City in the morning, the people on both sides were really lively, vying to see us. Sha Ling'er said in a bouncing motion.