After listening to Lu Yuan's words, Empress Lu thought deeply that he had to find the support and support of the ministers of the court, the crown prince was the foundation of the country and could not be easily shaken, and the more the emperor doted on Liu Ruyi, the more worried Empress Lu became. The courtiers are all heroes who follow the emperor to fight the world, and with their support for the prince, at least half of the wings have grown, and Liu Bang will not easily refute the opposition of the courtiers. Even if Liu Bang will be angry in his heart, he is a wise politician, and he knows that if he avoids his edge, he will not easily have the idea of easy storage.

Halfway through May, there were a few clear rains a few days ago, the mulberry leaves were dense, and the women of Chang'an were leisurely raising silkworms at home. The palace is also as stable as a mirror, and all the concubines have time to learn the skills of raising silkworms and reeling silk. Empress Lu found an opportunity to tell Liu Bang that she wanted to go out of the palace to see the silkworm raising of the women in Chang'an, and that as the queen of the world, she should blend in with the people and check their sericulture production. Liu Bang saw that it was a good thing, so he readily agreed.

One sunny day, Empress Lu took Dai Qing out, followed by several palace eunuchs as personal guards. At first, I really came to the suburbs to check their living conditions, especially asked about their field industries, and asked about the sericulture industry of the women in the family. Lv Hou personally demonstrated the skills of raising silkworms and reeling silk, won the warm applause of the people, and won the love of the people. Approaching the time of the afternoon Shen, Empress Lu relieved the busy loom shuttle cloth in his hand, and said goodbye to the farmer, several peasant families on the side were reluctant to watch the queen leave, and only went back when the queen could not see the figure, and praised the virtue of the queen of the dynasty again and again.

Originally, leaving the palace was not for the sericulture career of these women, but it was just a disguise. Empress Lu instructed the eunuchs behind him to take the things in his hands, and before Empress Lu left the palace, he specially ordered someone to prepare the best treasures in the palace, such as scallops, ivory, rhino horn and other gifts, and then went straight to the mansion of the Marquis. He always knew that the emperor listened to the words of the Marquis of Liu, so Empress Lu came to visit the Marquis first. Approached the Liuhou Mansion, but saw that the Liuhou Mansion still looked leisurely and elegant, and Lu Hou also liked this look in his heart, and the indifferent fame and fortune of Liuhou bravely retreated to relieve Liu Bang and Lu Hou's vigilance. Lu Houren stopped in front of the Liuhou Mansion and raised his eyes to look at the three big characters of the Liuhou Mansion, and then happily entered. I heard that the maid said that the queen brought the palace people to the palace, so Zhang Liang waited early in front of the palace to receive him. As soon as he entered the mansion, he was surprised to see that Liuhou was already in front of the door, and smiled at Zhang Liang, so he was invited to the front hall by Zhang Liang bowing respectfully. As soon as he sat down, a servant served tea, Lu Hou got up and drank it, squinted his eyes and took a sip carefully, he felt that it was very sweet, so he asked Liuhou, "Is it Ganchun after the rain?" ”

Liuhou nodded and said, "It was just dried a few days ago, and it is moist and sweet. "For Empress Lu to come this time, Liuhou also guessed seven or eight points. After drinking tea, Empress Lu asked about the living conditions of the Marquis in recent months as usual, and the Marquis replied cautiously and respectfully. After asking, Empress Lu went straight to the point and asked, "The prince and the marquis have been used to cooking at home for many years, so do you really not care about the affairs of the court?" ”

Liuhou gave up his hands and said that he didn't dare.

Empress Lu asked again, "Liu Ruyi has become the king of Zhao, presumably the prince also understands, and the palace wants to hear the opinion of the prince." ”

Liuhou's expression was not very surprised and unexpected, but it was not a thing or two from what he had guessed in his heart. Zhang Liang pondered for a moment, then got up and bowed his hand, and said, "Your Majesty's thoughts are not unreasonable, King Zhao Ruyi is a suitable candidate in his heart, and Her Royal Highness the Empress also understands in her heart that Your Majesty's choice is not only as simple as liking King Zhao Ruyi." ”

Lu Hou looked at Zhang Liang with inquiring eyes, what he meant Lu Hou naturally understood that Liu Bang didn't want to let people with different surnames take charge of power, his own brothers were not virtuous, and his sons were young. Lu Houfang was thinking, and Zhang Liang continued, "Your Highness doesn't need to worry too much, there will be no crisis in the position of the crown prince for the time being." ”

Empress Lu was reassured when she got Zhang Liang's words, she had always believed in Liuhou, and her tense nerves relaxed a little, but she was still a little worried, "The prince is not loved by the emperor, does the prince see if there is any way to help the prince?" ”

Liuhou was silent, paced back and forth in the hall a few times, and after walking and thinking for a while, he returned to his seat to support Lu Hou, "The public opinion is greater than the sky, why doesn't Your Highness ask the prince to walk more among the people?" The prince is virtuous and well-known to the world, are you afraid that no one likes the prince to support the prince? When winning public opinion, the crown prince also needs to do his best to be better than His Majesty. ”

Empress Lu nodded slightly, feeling reasonable, remembering that a few days ago, the prince told her that he had written to the emperor and wanted to go out of the palace to help check the water conservancy facilities, but somehow the emperor blocked him, so he also told the matter to the marquis. Liuhou pondered for a moment, "Your Majesty only has King Zhao Ruyi in his heart, how can he make the prince win the hearts of the people?" ”

Empress Lu was stunned, so it was, she was suddenly very angry with Liu Bang in her heart, and her anger was forced down several times when she rushed to the top of her head, and after calming down the anger in her heart, she leaned over to Liuhou and asked anxiously, "How can the prince win the hearts of the people?" The emperor did not ask the prince to inquire about political affairs, and the prince did not have much contact with the ministers of the court, and he never went out of the palace alone. ”

Liuhou suddenly ran out of plans, got up and stood at the door of the main hall and thought silently, and suddenly his eyes lit up and turned back to Lu Hou and said, "It's the middle of May now, at this time in previous years, Your Majesty usually went out of the customs to check outside, Your Highness, why don't you persuade Your Majesty to go out of the customs, so that the prince may be in charge of the country, and there will be a chance to win the hearts of the people, Your Majesty has nothing to do about it, and the people are of the same heart and appease the people, it must be the prince's business." ”

When Empress Lu heard this, she was relieved, smiled more sincerely, and kept nodding her head in praise. While speaking, Empress Lu and Liuhou looked at the sky again, and the red wheel was already falling westward, and the sunset was shining. Before leaving, he instructed the palace people and eunuchs to reward the treasures brought out of the palace to the Liuhou, Zhang Liang couldn't get rid of it several times, so he had to accept it according to the heart of the queen, and then sent the queen Lu out of the mansion. On the way back to the palace, Empress Lu thought about Zhang Liang's words and suddenly felt a little relaxed, thinking that Zhang Liang was indeed worthy of being a saint, so he began to think about how to persuade the emperor to inspect the outside of the pass.

Before dinner, Empress Lu instructed the palace people to call the emperor over, and if he didn't come, he would ask the palace people to enter Yongxiang to accept the crime, so the palace people also planned to try their best to drag the emperor to Changxin Palace. Coincidentally, Liu Bang also happened to have something to come to Changxin Palace, and as soon as the people from the small palace came to invite, Liu Bang took advantage of the situation to come to Changxin Palace. Changxin Zhan Shi instructed someone to set up a table for dinner, Liu Bang sat on the mat and pondered slightly, Lv Hou asked someone to hold Liu Chang to Liu Bang first, Liu Bang was already a sixtieth year, looking at the lovely young son in his arms, his black and pure eyes probed the strange father, Liu Bang was amused by the young son, and kissed Liu Chang affectionately and then handed it over to the palace people to take down.

During the banquet, Empress Lu pretended to be idle and asked Liu Bang, "It is now May, and the millet is nearly growing, and at this time in previous years, His Majesty has gone out to inspect the people's conditions, and the people are very happy, and the enthusiasm for production is very high." This year, will Your Majesty not go out to inspect the customs? ”

Liu Bang, who was eating and drinking, immediately stopped eating, blinked his eyes and glanced at Empress Lu with a slight surprise, and then began to eat again, and said vaguely while eating, "I, I really want to talk about this, but I didn't expect you to say it first." In the past few days, I really plan to go out to inspect the people's situation. Liu Bang paused, raised his eyes and glanced at Empress Lu and said with a smile, "The queen is really an unpredictable prophet. I decided to go out of the customs in three days to inspect, and all the affairs in the customs will be bothered by the queen to manage on my behalf, and if there is an important matter and do not decide, I can immediately fly to report to me. ”

Empress Lu was ecstatic in her heart, and nodded calmly on the surface and said, 'Oh'. This time, Empress Lu didn't ask Liu Bang who to take out of the customs, needless to say, she also knew that it was still Qi Ji, thinking that this time it was cheaper for her, but fortunately, in this matter, Empress Lu paid more attention to the prince to win the hearts of the people, as for whether the emperor brought Qi Ji or not, Empress Lu was no longer too angry with her, and it became normal to be annoyed a lot.