In the first month of the first month, Tian'er quietly rushed to the Shangyuan Festival between Xiao Xiao and Susu. Let go of all government affairs, let go of all displeasure, let go of all sorrows, and wait for this Shangyuan Festival. A few years ago, due to the war between Chu and Han or the crusade against the rebellious princes and kings, the royal family was so constricted that they couldn't live the Yuan Festival, not to mention the people? This year seems to be relatively stable, the emperor has called the ministers to the Weiyang Palace Hongtai night banquet, and the people have also cleaned up a little, mended up their clothes, put on a pretty makeup, carried lotus lanterns, and smiled on the spring breeze to welcome the Shangyuan Festival. Two days before the festival, Emperor Liu Bang received a congratulatory gift from the envoy of King Wuzhu of Minyue and King Min Shao, five pairs of white bi, 1,000 kingfishers, 10 corals, 10 rhino horns, and a beetle beetle. The ceremonial official said that it was sent from the Minyue region more than a month ago, and when he arrived in Chang'an, it was just in time for the Shangyuan Festival. Liu Bang played with the white bi and rhino horn in his hand, smiled from ear to ear, said that it was good, stared at the things in his hand and instructed the ceremonial officer, "For the time being, ask the Minyue envoys to stay in Chang'an, and after the first lunar month, ask them to bring back some iron tools from the Central Plains in Minyue, silk and rice, and some silk technology, and entertain the envoys well." After that, he played with the treasures in his hands, Liu Bang had never seen these treasures, at least he was willing to give up after playing with them in his hands for a few days. As for why they sent gifts to Liu Bang, Liu Bang knew very well in his heart that the handicraft industry in central Fujian was underdeveloped, and there was a shortage of iron and silk, so he urgently needed iron tools and silk technology from the Central Plains. Originally, like Nanyue, they had a trade with the city on the border between Changsha and their own country, but they saw that the relationship between Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, and Changsha was getting worse and worse, and their bad relations were likely to affect their friendship with the Han Dynasty, so they took the initiative to give gifts to the emperor of the Han Dynasty, asking for friendship and exchanges.

On the second day, Liu Bang began to formally meet with the envoy, and the envoy presented the superstition of the king of Minyue and the king of Min to the emperor...... If there is no other country, it will always be good with Shangbang, and the cities of Jingguan are willing to come and go ......for a hundred years", etc., Liu Bang looked at the book and smiled, and said eight words to the messenger, "Exchange and exchange, and the eternal union is good." ”

The messenger mountain shouted 'Long live'.

Tomorrow is the Shangyuan Festival, Liu Bang is very happy in his heart, both happy that Min Zhongjun took the initiative to make friends with the state and happy that he has a lot of credit, as the head of a country, he feels that he can do these things and is very successful, that is gratifying and satisfying and proud. In the past two days, I have never seen him scold people once, and when he saw the eunuchs and palace people, he nodded at them with a smile, his abnormal behavior scared the eunuchs and the palace people, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, and he was even more worried that the emperor had changed his temper? Seeing them like this, Liu Bang smiled stunned again, and continued to take care of himself.

Shangyuan Festival.

Empress Lu sent someone to pick up the Marquis of Xuanping and his wife and children to Changxin Palace early in the morning. There was not much joy in entering the palace this time, because I had just moved out of here at the beginning of the month. If it weren't for Empress Lu, Lu Yuan decided not to come, or Zhang Ao persuaded Lu Yuan, saying that now he has no worries and lives freely, which is much easier than when he was King Zhao. Lu Yuan knew that this was Zhang Ao's disobedient words, and Zhao Guo was governed by Zhang Er, and as a result, he let it die in his own hands, wouldn't he be very sorry for his father. Lu Yuan came to Changxin Palace only to worship Empress Lu, and before seeing Liu Bang, he claimed that he was unwell, and asked his mother to allow her not to participate in the night banquet, Empress Lu knew her mind and agreed, but Zhang Ao must appear on the seat, otherwise the emperor must suspect that Zhang Ao hates him, Zhang Ao has always been careful to do things, and Empress Lu's mention was in his own expectations. The prince came in and heard that his sister was not feeling well, and he himself didn't like such a lively thing, so he also asked Empress Lu to allow him to play with his sister and two nephews. Empress Lu did not approve of the prince's approach and wanted to call the prince to go, but Liu Ying pretended to cough a few times, and said that when he saw his father recently, his father saw that his face was pale and accompanied by a cough, so he allowed himself to stay in the prince's palace to rest during the Yuan Festival, so Empress Lu did not force him anymore.

Hongtaichung. Next to the dragon-shaped throne is the concubine seat, and the next level is the minister's seat, all of which are already full. In the clear night, a very grand drum was held in the palace, twenty-four music and drums were arranged in an arc in the field, twenty-four rows of lanterns were hung in an arc on the twenty-four poles, there were also lanterns, there were also big face dances, there were fierce Bayu dances, and there were also sleeves and waist dances taught by Mrs. Qi, but the dancers were all temporary dances, and they were not very well danced, which was not as good as Mrs. Qi. The ministers pushed each other's cups and cups, staggered, drank red faces, laughed earth-shattering, and sometimes spat swear words that everyone could accept, and some of them drank happily and got up drunk and forced the ministers next to each other, but they also forgot that there was still Emperor Gao, but it didn't matter, the emperor himself was happy, he didn't care about these, he smiled and stroked his beautiful beard.

Wang Ruyi, who was sitting next to Mrs. Qi, looked at these scenes and became more and more sleepy, hanging his head listlessly and not speaking to anyone, pouting his small mouth, boredly grabbing the fruit on the case to eat, and sighing halfway through the meal but pretending to be an adult. Ruyi raised his neck and looked at it, but the princes didn't come except himself, and seeing the program he couldn't understand made him feel embarrassed. Looking at his mother-in-law Lu Hou, Liu Chang was not there in his arms, and the prince beside him was also not there. Ruyi poked his head and took a look, and pouted his mouth unhappy, remembering that his father had allowed him to go to the palace to see the lanterns outside the palace during the Yuan Festival, Ruyi glanced at his father, Liu Bang was drinking happily at this time, and the lower-level officials raised a glass to celebrate the festival together, and forgot about what Ruyi thought, maybe he didn't care about it at all. Ruyi dragged his mother's relatives and his wife beside him, and said that he wanted to go out of the palace to see the lanterns, Mrs. Qi said that the lanterns in the palace were much better than those outside the palace, Ruyi didn't care, she just wanted to go out, twisted her body and begged Mrs. Qi, Mrs. Qi suddenly darkened her face and stared at the disobedient Ruyi, Ruyi glanced at Qi Ji, and muttered in a low voice, "You, you, you are the most annoying." "While Mrs. Qi didn't pay attention, he got up and came to Lv Hou's side, Mrs. Qi didn't pay attention to him and did something that scared Qi Ji, Mrs. Qi didn't have time to stop him, he was already sitting in front of Lv Hou, and his little hand dragged the corner of Lv Hou's clothes and asked tenderly, "Mother-in-law, where is the prince's brother?" ”

Fang was enjoying the singing and dancing Empress Lu looked at Ruyi and then at Mrs. Qi, Mrs. Qi hurriedly bowed her head, Empress Lu held Ruyi's shoulder and said with a smile, "In Changxin Palace, what are you looking for him?" Ruyi smiled and said nothing, got up and left, did not return to the original position, and went directly to Changxin Palace, Mrs. Qi saw the situation and hurriedly told Zhen'er to chase after her.

When he arrived at Changxin Palace, Ruyi entered the inner hall of Changxin Palace as if he entered a no-man's land without anyone to stop him. Take a look inside, giggled, sure enough, my brother is here, Ruyi walked to Liu Ying's side with an innocent smile on his face, Liu Ying was playing with Zhang Yan on the couch and didn't notice Ruyi's arrival too much, was patted on the shoulder by Ruyi, Liu Ying chuckled, turned his head to see that it was Ruyi but also smiled, knowing that Ruyi was so naughty. Liu Ying called Ruyi to come and sit, Princess Lu Yuan came in with Zhang Yan from the side, and saw that the demon king in the palace was coming, Lu Yuan hated Qi Ji as much as his mother, so he didn't like Ruyi very much. If he agreed, Lu Yuan pulled Zhang Yan in, and then called politely with a smile, "Sister Yuan'er." ”

Lu Yuan gave a cold 'um', handed Zhang Yan to the prince, and picked up Xiao Zhang Yan, who wanted to sleep, and went to the inner room. Ruyi was snubbed by Lu Yuan, and for some reason Lu Yuan snubbed him, Ruyi pursed his lips and was not very happy. The prince knew that Ruyi was unhappy because of his sister, and he knew that Ruyi was the most coaxing, so he asked Ruyi with a smile why he didn't watch singing and dancing, and Ruyi drooped his face and said that he didn't like it. Ruyi usually doesn't see Zhang Yan much, but now she is in front of her, a lively little beauty, a playful bun in the clouds, round black eyes, and a cherry-like mouth, Zhang Yan snuggled in front of Liu Yinghuai, blinking her moon-like eyes and staring at the strange Uncle Ruyi, and Ruyi also stared at Zhang Yan with a smile. The prince couldn't help laughing when he saw Ruyi like this, and pinched Ruyi's face on his shoulder, but Zhang Yan cried "wow, wow, wow", Xu Ruyi stared at her for a long time, Zhang Yan didn't understand why Ruyi kept staring at her, so she cried anxiously, and fell back into Liu Ying's arms, glancing at the stunned Ruyi with red tears.

Liu Ying stroked Zhang Yan and said, "Ah Yan, he is Uncle Ruyi, have you forgotten?" ”

Ruyi took a step closer, smiled hehehe, and the immature chubby little hand suddenly grabbed Zhang Yan's hand and shook it from side to side, "Ah Yan, I'm Uncle Ruyi, why haven't you come to Chang'an to see me for a long time?" ”

Liu Ying couldn't help but laugh when she looked at this scene, Ruyi is Zhang Yan's uncle at such a young age, so Liu Chang, who is still breastfeeding in swaddling clothes, is also Zhang Yan's uncle, Zhang Yan is a few years older than Liu Chang, but she called the baby uncle who didn't know anything, Liu Ying smiled when she thought about it. Zhang Yan withdrew her little hand, with tears in her eyes, and looked at the relatively strange uncle in front of her, and felt that she was not impressed, so she raised her little head and looked at Liu Ying, who was holding her, Liu Ying nodded to her and said again, "He is Uncle Ruyi." ”

After a long pause, Zhang Yan murmured with tears in the corners of her eyes, "Uncle Ruyi, I'm Ah Yan." ”

Ruyi jumped and jumped happily, and also got into Liu Ying's arms and kissed a little Zhang Yan while Zhang Yan was not paying attention, Zhang Yan slapped him in annoyance, but fortunately Liu Ying stopped Zhang Yan who wanted to get out of her lap, and said that Uncle Ruyi cherished her so much. At this time, Zhen'er came, and when she came in, she first gave Liu Ying a plain gift and wanted to take Ruyi back, Ruyi refused to live or die, and Zhen'er didn't dare to force him, so she had to say that Mrs. Qi was going to beat him when she went back, and Ruyi didn't want to go back, so she also got behind Liu Ying to hide from Zhen'er.

Liu Ying immediately came to the identity of the prince and said to Zhen'er, "I will take care of Ruyi, tell my mother to rest assured, you go back." ”

Zhen'er had something to say back to Qi Ji, shook her head helplessly, looked at Ruyi and walked out.