Chapter 29: Summoning the Princess (2)

And all the people sat down on the mats, and the people on the left and right sides pushed their cups and drank them, and it was very lively.

Liu Bang, who was sitting on the upper seat, was already a little drunk between his eyebrows, leaning on the couch sideways, showing a drunken smile, putting one hand on his knees, his eyes narrowed slightly, and drank the wine in his other hand, and asked Sha Ling'er who was sitting down with a little wine, "When does Princess Luan plan to leave?" ”

Sha Ling'er's face was solemn, if she was absent-minded, and sometimes Liu Lu beside her toasted politely, Sha Ling'er drank it perfunctorily, and continued to frown and unintentionally play with the wine in her hand and contemplate. A jade and bright face, cloudy for a long time, biting his lip and scratching his head from time to time, he no longer cares about the wanton joy of the ministers in the palace, and is immersed in his own thoughts. The plate on the case has been enthusiastically stuffed with delicacies by Liu Lu and didn't pay attention to it, when he heard Liu Bang ask, he was slightly stunned, put down the gold and silver in his hand, and said indifferently without enthusiasm, "It's just a few days, I have also seen the princess of the Han family, everything that should be done has been done, it's time to leave, and I'm sorry to bother more." ”

"This is a thousand miles, Princess Luan is resolute, a few days ago she went south in the yellow sand, and soon she will go north, I just hope that the princess will take care of our Han daughter." Liu Bang said with a smile, holding up the wine and respectfully inviting Sha Ling'er.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, please rest assured, the Xiongnu Kingdom will definitely entertain the princess of the Han family, this time our two countries have formed a good relationship between Kun, then there will be no wars and disputes in the future, Your Majesty said yes?" Sha Ling'er raised the wine bottle on a few cases and raised her glass to Liu Bangyao, who was seated, and smiled perfunctorily like a dragonfly.

Although Liu Bang was a little drunk, he did not lose consciousness, but he looked very sober and excited, and nodded again and again, "The princess is quite a master, as the princess said, it is best to never have more wars and strife in her life, and the Han family should always keep its promise." ”

Sha Ling'er did not show weakness, knowing that Liu Bang was provoking her to promise, her heart suddenly lit up, the emperor of the Han family was really smart, and every sentence was not mixed with a word of nonsense, and every sentence was quite meaningful. Sha Ling'er smiled and followed suit, "The Xiongnu are not a state that does not keep its promises, and we also keep our promises. Like a dark war of words, the invisible smoke of gunpowder gradually faded.

Empress Lu heard that they were getting more and more out of the topic, and there was a secret war, so she was quite uneasy, and hurriedly laughed with her, "Princess Luan Ba drinks tea." Hurriedly changed the topic, and had already seen that Sha Ling'er's face was clouded and unenthusiastic, and she told herself in her heart that Sha Ling'er was still suspicious of Liu Lu, so she had such a smell of gunpowder.

Liu Bang was drunk and hazy and didn't see these things clearly, so he took the vegetables and sent them to his mouth, chewed them in his mouth, and sighed in the blink of an eye. Putting the chopsticks on the case, smacking his mouth, he didn't know what was wrong, and Empress Lu also looked at him inexplicably, glanced at Xiao He and Chen Ping, and then lowered his head and continued to eat absentmindedly.

"I went to the Huns, and I don't know what special dowry to prepare for Lu Yuan." Liu Bang played with the wine bottle in his hand and bowed his head, thinking that he felt that Hanting was sorry for Liu Lu and must want to compensate her.

Liu Lu, who was sitting next to Sha Ling'er, glanced at the emperor respectfully and cautiously, then at Empress Lu, lowered his head and ate stuffy vegetables without saying a word.

"Princess Lu Yuan went north to the Xiongnu, I haven't seen her for a long time, our Han family's silk brocade and tea, ironware and those porcelain or something, I think I will bring a few more cars, and when I go to the Xiongnu, let the Huns also see the things of the Han family, enhance the good of the two countries, and pass on the customs and culture of the two countries." Empress Lu stopped the chopsticks in his hand and asked Liu Bang with a smile, "I don't know if Your Majesty is willing to do this?" ”

When Liu Bang heard it, it was a good way, the silk tea and brocade of the Han family, and the cattle, sheep and horses of the Huns, were exchanged with each other, and he nodded with satisfaction, "Well, yes, the queen's method is the most practical, what do you think?" Liu Bang said and turned his gaze to Liu Lu, who was bowing his head to the side.

"Uh, yes, yes, son, listen to the oracle." Liu Lu was speechless and accepted it plainly, it didn't matter what good or bad dowry was for her, she didn't care about these. He is an imposter again, and he has no right to speak.

Empress Lu opened her round eyes and glanced at her cautiously, and smiled, Liu Lu saw that Empress Lu's eyes were staring at her, and she didn't dare to look at her, and lowered her head and grabbed the wine in a panic and drank it all, and she stuck out her tongue with the bitter wine.

Fang turned his gaze back from Liu Lu and saw that Sha Ling'er and Niu Hu'er were staring at Liu Lu with two pairs of eyes, refusing to let go as if they were staring at their prey. Empress Lu wandered vigilantly on the two of them, thinking that they must have noticed Liu Lu's every move just now, from the suspicious eyes of their staring at her, Empress Lu smelled a dangerous smell, and hurriedly broke into a smile and said to Sha Ling'er, "Yuan'er is so happy, and she can't drink, this drink actually choked her." Hehe smiled, and Sha Ling'er also smiled perfunctorily without saying a word.

When the atmosphere was awkward, Niu Hu'er suddenly stood up and stood in the center of the hall, and the ministers on both sides of the case drank a lot of wine suddenly spurted out, surprised by Niu Hu'er's actions.

"Can I say a few words?" Niu Hu'er made a Han ceremony and asked Liu Bang.

Liu Bang and Lu looked at each other, are you ......"

"My name is Huyan Niuhu'er, the maidservant of Princess Luan Shaling'er."

"What's the matter? Please speak. Liu Bang put away his smile, looked at the Niu Hu'er who suddenly appeared in front of him seriously, and listened to her word by word. Sha Ling'er, who was sitting on the mat, saw Niu Hu'er suddenly run into the main court, almost spit out the wine she drank in her mouth, wiped her mouth, looked at Niu Hu'er inexplicably, and gave Niu Hu'er a fierce look and told her to come back, but Niu Hu'er didn't see it at all. I don't know what Niu Hu'er wants to do, I'm very anxious, don't I want to bring up the matter of Jiuyuan County again, I obviously told Niu Hu'er last night, why is she still unwilling? Sha Ling'er's eyes lit up, "Oh no, she must have said this," looked at Niu Hu'er in the court with a frightened face, only to feel that her mouth was dry, and her ass seemed to be leaving the table but she was not leaving the table and writhing uneasily.

"Speaking of the dowry of the princess of the Han family, His Majesty the Emperor doesn't have to send any silk tea and brocade, it is better to give her a piece of land, I don't know where Princess Lu Yuan's fief is." Niu Hu'er drew out the land issue in a neat and neat sentence.

It's bad, I was only busy giving Liu Lu a title at the beginning, and I had time to discuss where her fief was in the future. Now that Niu Hu'er asked like this, Liu Bang was asked, and the embarrassing pestle was there, "Uh...... There is no extra fief in Chang'an City, so I can't talk nonsense, so I had to look at the side of Lu Hou, Lu Hou collided with his eyes, raised his hand slightly between his abdomen and shook him gently, signaling Liu Bang not to speak.

Liu Bang's face seemed to freeze, smiling rather than smiling, scratching his sideburns.

Lv Hou pretended to be calm, as she knew, today the Huns must also ask about the land, I didn't expect it to be the maid of Princess Luan to ask, how much made Lv Hou feel that he lost face, and the friendly meeting process of the important leaders of the two countries in the court turned out to be a lowly maid who came out to question the Han Emperor, Lv Hou immediately lost his good impression of Niu Hu'er, his face sank, and he sat down at the seat without saying a word to listen to Niu Hu'er's next words.

Seeing that they didn't speak, Niu Hu'er had a smug smile on her face, "Didn't His Majesty the Emperor give Princess Lu Yuan any fief?" Isn't that a joke? ”

Sha Ling'er felt that the atmosphere was not good, so she hurriedly whispered to Niu Hu'er, "Niu Hu'er, step down." Although Niu Hu'er saw Sha Ling'er calling her this time, she had already let go and ignored her.

A soft and rigid voice took Niu Hu'er's words, "Forgive me, Lu Pheasant really doesn't know that the slaves and maids of the Xiongnu State can speak instead of their masters?" Why didn't Princess Luan Yu speak, but you can, do you have the heart of the master? Empress Lu felt more and more that something was wrong, so she quickly got up from the mat and walked to the main court, looking at the arrogant Niu Hu'er in front of her with majestic eyes, and even reminded her to stop.

Niu Hu'er looked at Sha Ling'er, Sha Ling'er was looking at her with a dark and calm face, Niu Hu'er turned to look at Lu Hou, and her words were obviously soft, "Queen Mother, you know that Niu Hu'er didn't mean that. ”

"What does that mean?" Lu Hou continued to ask softly.

Niu Hu'er was a little strong at this time, but he didn't pay attention to Empress Lu's words, but stepped forward and bowed deeply to Liu Bang, and then said, "Since Your Majesty doesn't have a fief for Princess Lu Yuan, then Niu Hu'er has an idea." ”

Liu Bang narrowed his old eyes and pondered for a moment, "Let's hear it." ”

"Niu Hu'er thinks that His Majesty the Emperor can give the area of Jiuyuan County to Princess Lu Yuan, and any other things of the Han family can be dispensed with, so if the Hejiuyuan area is given to Princess Lu Yuan, then the princess is the benefactor of the Xiongnu State. The daughter of the Han family, the daughter-in-law of the Xiongnu country, is good for our family, with the fief of Jiuyuan County, the princess's wealth in the Xiongnu is also guaranteed, and we can also live a good life with the princess, what does His Majesty the Emperor think? Niu Hu'er insisted on telling Mao Dun Shan Yu to tell them, although she knew that Mao Dun didn't like herself, although she knew that what Sha Ling'er said was right, Mao Dun would not take her in her eyes at all, but she wanted to use this time to go south to change Mao Dun's opinion of her, she wanted to be Mao Dun's favorite Yan clan, even if she didn't compromise the means, she would become a Yan clan.

Liu Bang immediately had a gloomy old face, sat on the couch and did not answer for a long time, he was very disgusted with Niu Hu'er, and he was holding back his anger and blowing his beard. The ministers in the hall were in a loud uproar, accusing Niu Hu'er of not having the prestige of the Han Dynasty in his eyes, especially Fan Xu, Niu Hu'er's voice just fell, and he got up and angrily accused, "The girl is disrespectful to the princess of the Huns and the emperor of the Han family for arrogating sovereignty like this." Fan Xu's spitting outspokenness and anger frightened Niu Hu'er away, and several generals followed Fan Xu and stood up to accuse Niu Hu'er. At first, Liu Bang did not intercept, but slightly intended to indulge Fan Xu, and felt that it was time, so he stopped Fan Xu in a timely manner, deliberately accusing Fan Xu of not understanding etiquette, and also slapped the case and said angrily, "Fan Xu is bold, I don't understand etiquette at all, have you forgotten that you are a citizen of the Han Dynasty?" With a wave of his hand, he called two halberd soldiers outside the hall to drive Fan Xu out. The emperor ...... "Fan Xu was not convinced, and wanted to argue again, but he didn't dare to confront Liu Bang head-on, so he had to scold in a low voice and go out with his anger. Niu Hu'er was a little frightened by Fan Xu, and suddenly didn't dare to speak again. Sha Ling'er felt the pressure of words and public opinion, and she was restless and kept signaling Sha Ling'er to retreat.