Liu Bangjunchen came out of the ridge of the blacksmith village, slowed down, and looked at the fields on both sides of the golden sky. Chen Ping came over on a horse, and said to Liu Bang on the horse, "Congratulations to the emperor on returning to the sea, and the people are virtuous." Liu Bang pulled the reins leisurely and smiled, "The prince is the second person to praise me so much. Chen Ping smiled and asked, "Then the first one is Prime Minister Xiao?" Liu Bang shook his head, "Wrong, wrong, the first person to praise me is in Chang'an." Liu Bang smiled leisurely, "Can you think of a baby?" Chen Ping sighed, his face was full of surprised smiles, and Liu Bang said, "The Marquis of Yingyin has both civil and military skills, and the blessing of the Han Dynasty." Liu Bang stroked his hair and smiled, and when he talked about the baby, he thought that he had come to Luoyang for nearly a month, and earlier he also learned from the mouth of the people from Chang'an to Luoyang that the prince had won the hearts of the people in the customs and did practical things, and it was very prosperous, the prince not only went out of the palace to appease the celebrities and rich people who migrated to the eastern part of the country to get their favor, but also supervised the construction of the Yellow River embankment and many canals around the Yellow River, and also deposed some flashy officials very decisively, so as to win the hearts of many people, and recently often led the second and third ministers to inspect the situation of the poor people in the suburbs of Chang'an. And with the support of Xiao He, he built several shelters for people living in difficulty in the suburbs of Chang'an, and ordered Zhan Shi in the palace to arrange looms, agricultural tools and other things for him, and forced the local wealthy families to donate several acres of land for them to cultivate for free, which was intended to make his men and women have their own affairs. The prince did a good job in Guanzhong, Liu Bang didn't need to think about it and knew that Empress Lu played a lot of roles behind him, he originally wondered that Empress Lu was a little anxious to let himself out of the customs to appease the people of Guandong, it turned out that he wanted the prince to develop public opinion in the Guan, if the prince was like this for a long time, if he wanted to inherit the unification, he would be dying. Thinking of this, Liu Bang's face changed instantly, and he told all the ministers behind him to walk slowly, and asked Chen Ping to ride away with him, and then slowed down and rode leisurely when he ran dozens of miles away. Chen Ping saw that the emperor's face was not good, and he muttered in his heart for a while and asked, "What happened to the emperor?" ”

"The building of the country is unstable." Liu Bang's spicy old eyes revealed a little bit of missignificance and worry, stared at Chen Ping for a long time and said, "What do you think of the prince?" Is it worthy of the throne? ”

Chen Ping was slightly stunned, speechless for a long time, knowing that the emperor's heart was to ask King Zhao Ruyi to inherit his great cause, if he said good things for the prince, the emperor would think that his party would be with the prince, and he would not discuss major matters with him in the future, and would not be reused by the emperor more and more; If he said good things for King Zhao, the emperor was puzzled and thought it was perfunctory. Chen Ping, who has always been wise and free, grabbed the back of his head at this time, and after smacking his lips again and again, he planned in his abdomen for a long time, then bypassed Liu Bang's words, and said in a hidden voice, "If the monarch is Beichen, if he is virtuous, all the stars will be together." Liu Bang was quite disappointed, squinted at Chen Pingliang with his old eyes and was speechless for a long time, knowing that Chen Ping was smooth and would not tell the truth, so he also read that he was a person who could not be talked to, Liu Bang's eyes wandered on Chen Ping's body for a long time and then turned to look at the two fields, and his not very smooth face was full of sadness. Phew-" Liu Bang pulled the reins and stopped, turned to look at the others who had fallen two miles away, "hiss-", Liu Bang gave a loud whistle in his mouth, and the others who fell behind immediately rode their horses and galloped over. Looking up at the sun, I feel particularly dazzling, some people have already sweated profusely in their clothes, and Luoyang in June is not inferior to Chang'an in the scorching sun. Liu Bang was thirsty, eating mulberries did not quench his thirst, so he dismounted and went to the forest on the left to pick a lot of sand fruits to eat, hugged them and gave them to everyone to eat, and told Xiahou Ying to tie fifty gold to the top of the tree as compensation, and after everyone ate under the tree, they each got on their horses and returned to Luoyang South Palace.

It seems that this year's scorching heat came very early, only in mid-June, the scorching heat of the sun has been seen, Luoyang has been scorching hot for several days in a row, and the whole city has been hiding at home to escape the heat, or running to buy ice to cool the heat. Liu Bang did not leave the Nangong Palace for a few days, and the eunuchs lifted a lot of stored ice and put it into dozens of copper ice jians, and the temperature of Nangong was slightly reduced. In a few days, there were many people suffering from heat stroke, Liu Bang instructed the accompanying imperial doctor to prescribe prescriptions for the people suffering from heat stroke for free, and he hid in the deep palace without seeing the minister, since that day the prince of the heart of the prison of the country, Liu Bang quietly sent people back to Chang'an to inquire about the situation of the people in Chang'an, and soon a messenger came to tell Liu Bang about the situation of the prince and the queen of Lu, saying that the prince would enter the palace mulberry as a way to solve the tenants and poor people in the nearby counties, and the palace people bought and transported back to the palace at a high price, which solved the living embarrassment of some of the people. You can also eat thirst-quenching mulberries in the palace, which is the best of both worlds. Xiao He sat in the Prime Minister's Mansion to deal with all matters big and small, and if there was anything wrong, he discussed it with the prince and Empress Lu before implementing it, and the three of them were very close to the government. Liu Bang asked Han Xin how he was, and the confessor said that Han Xin, as usual, was studying military books or walking in his garden.

At dusk, Liu Bang sat on the mat again, gently shaking a small fan to fight the stray flying mosquitoes, his face was only the same color and he was silent. The courtier Zhao Yao saw the emperor's sad face, and he knew some of Liu Bang's worries when he followed the emperor every day, and he had many thoughts in his heart but did not dare to come out easily, so he blew out the two palace lamps and said goodbye to the emperor and left the palace. As soon as Zhao Yao left, Mrs. Qi came out of the back room after falling asleep, and saw Liu Bang sitting on the seat without saying a word, so she also shook the fan and sat on her knees. Out for a month and a half, Mrs. Qi knew some things about Chang'an from the emperor's mouth, the prince was doing things that won the hearts of the people every day to make Mrs. Qi panic, so it was difficult to ask the emperor to depose the prince, Mrs. Qi even believed that this matter was planned by Empress Lu behind her back, and Empress Lu really secretly competed with her behind, thinking of this, Mrs. Qi couldn't help but sigh, "The concubine is dying of old age, but it is not as good as the beans in the kettle to suffer." ”

When Liu Bang heard this, he stared at Qi Ji silently, looking up at the stars in the sky at night and arching the North Star. Qi Ji cried anxiously when she saw that the emperor was silent, "The Lu family is the prince of Chang'an Defu, what is the emperor still hesitating about?" The concubine relied on His Majesty to dare to fight against the Lu family for a long time, and if the Lu family narrowly won, the concubine would die with regret. The Lu family is vicious and jealous by nature, if Her Majesty takes power after a hundred years, she will remember the old grudges, and the concubines and Ruyi are in danger with the concubines and princes. Your Majesty inspected Luoyang, the Lu family took advantage of the situation, she and Your Majesty secretly competed, auxiliary wing prince, we abolished the prince in distress, I hope Your Majesty and early planning, set the Ruyi inheritance of the unification, the son of the Lu family is the king is the end of the policy. ”

Liu Bang shook his fan silently, was silent for a long time, only stared at the North Star in the night sky, and said after a while, "Virtue is like North Star and all stars are together." In the future, Ruyi will not leave my body. As soon as the words fell, Liu Bang put down the fan and got up and went back to the inner hall to sleep.