Chapter 30: Reconciliation
As for why Liu Bang deliberately avoided Mrs. Guan, it turned out that he had always considered Mrs. Guan's younger brother in his heart, and he knew that the queen's side would definitely find out about Lu Ling's death. Liu Bang has investigated Lu Ling clearly, although the early Han Dynasty pursued a policy of valuing agriculture and suppressing business, there are still many people who do business for more interests, maybe being an official in their hearts is not the first place, money is the king, and money is the only way to walk in the world that can pass through any channel. Lu Ling is such a person, so the business is very big, the Guanzhong region of the Kanto region has his territory and scope, many princely states will buy his jewelry and jade, the jade in his hand is much better than the jade presented to the Han Palace and the royal court, it is a rare high-quality. It's just that Lu Ling was unlucky, and after returning from Kanto, he encountered a major incident, that is, he had a bad heart and wanted to rob the people's daughter as a concubine, but the matter was unsuccessful, and he gave his life instead.
Liu Bang knew the queen's character, although he reached a consensus with himself on the surface and would no longer pursue the matter, but behind his back, he would definitely figure out who forced Lu Ling to a dead end, and forced his Lu family to a dead end, then that person would also die, and it would be ugly to die. Unfortunately, this person is Guan Xiuyan who instigated the wild people to gather at Ximen, and Liu Bang himself is doting on his sister at this time, and she is already pregnant, how can he watch Guan Xiuyan go to a dead end? Now that he is asked to go to Yanmen, he will be transferred out of Chang'an to avoid trouble, and maybe the queen will not be held accountable. Speaking of Liu Bang's intentions, Mrs. Guan didn't think about it for a while, but it took a big circle to force Liu Bang to tell the truth. Then, Emperor Gao Liu Bang is indeed busy enough, thinking about a lot of unknown things, and he also has to deal with many unknown things secretly, maybe in this way he can avoid possible struggles and embarrassments. The court carefully consolidated its imperial power, and the harem had to adjust the forces of each palace to achieve a relative balance and avoid conflicts.
For Liu Bang's treatment, Mrs. Guan secretly gritted her teeth after hearing this, it turned out that Liu Bang had thought of everything, it turned out that he had long suspected his younger brother, so in her opinion, how sensitive her husband was to politics and people's hearts. Mrs. Guan suddenly understood what was going on.
Liu Bang was holding Mrs. Guan, it just so happened that Chanxin also took back the medicine and had boiled it in, just entered the palace and saw that Mrs. Guan had woken up, Chanxin was so happy that she hurriedly put the medicine in front of Mrs. Guan, and said happily, "Mrs. finally woke up, Mrs. Don't scare Chanxin in the future, if it weren't for the emperor to hug Mrs. back, Chanxin really didn't know what to do." ”
As he spoke, he pushed the medicine in his hand forward, Mrs. Guan and Liu Bang beside him glanced at each other, Liu Bang smiled at her, took the medicine and fed it to her personally, and was as careful and considerate as when she fed ginger soup. Mrs. Guan pursed the corners of her mouth with satisfaction, and stared at Liu Bang coquettishly, "I drank ginger soup just now, do you want to drink medicine now?" Don't drink it. With that, he brushed aside his cheeks, which were gradually reddening.
Liu Bang scooped up the medicinal soup and blew it, stopped for a while, took the medicine in one hand, and turned Mrs. Guan's cheek to himself with the other, pretending to be angry and said, "You must drink it, how can ginger soup be used as medicine?" ”
Mrs. Guan pouted at him' Poof' smiled at Liu Bang, at this time it looked very cute, like an eighteen-year-old girl who was pitied, full of girl's immaturity and innocence and a trace of loveliness, completely lost that kind of sick attitude, cheeks gradually flushed, girlish and innocent eyes at this time without any filth, as if he had not experienced anything in the world so clear and warm, so that Liu Bang, who was already close to the sixtieth birthday, was really at a loss for her, in front of Liu Bang's eyes, as if he wanted to protect the ethereal woman he loved.
Approaching Liu Bang's side with his mouth wide open, Liu Bang smiled with satisfaction, fed the medicine to her, and said in a father's tone, "If you are sick, you have to take medicine." Then he fed her a spoonful of the medicine, and said, "You can't get on your knees in the future, no matter what happens, you know?" You don't even need to ask what I decide in the future, you know? ”
Mrs. Guan drank the medicine, nodded, and looked at Liu Bang who was feeding the medicine with smart eyes, he also trained himself like a parent who coaxed a child to admonish himself and coax himself, so he couldn't help but laugh out loud when he was cute, Liu Bang smiled and glanced at Mrs. Guan. Mrs. Guan took advantage of Liu Bang's good interest at this time and said, "Your Majesty, if one day, the concubine does something wrong, a big mistake, will you forgive the concubine and protect the concubine?" ”
Liu Bang's hand stirring the medicine stopped, and his eyes moved inadvertently, thinking if she was unwilling? Didn't she take her words to heart? Does she still have the heart to stir the harem? Why do you ask such a question? If you are just testing yourself, how do you answer it? If it's as you guessed, how do you answer that?
Mrs. Guan frowned again when she saw him, knowing that she shouldn't ask such a question, so she raised her eyebrows, puffed out her mouth, and sat on the couch with a deflated body, not expecting Liu Bang to answer anything.
"I like women like Chuzhuang Fan Ji and Jin Wenqi Jiang, and the people in the harem had better not make mistakes." After a pause, he quietly changed the subject. Maybe Chuzhuang Fan Ji and Jin Wenqi Jiang were just an excuse to block Mrs. Guan's mouth, and they really couldn't give a positive answer to what she asked. If you make a mistake, it depends on how big the mistake is, whether it can be contained, whether it is worthy of forgiveness, even if you are willing to forgive, will there be another incident of Ximen forcing the palace, forcing you to make your own decisions, and forcing yourself to execute some concubines who have made big mistakes. But in his heart, he wanted to say, "I will protect you and forgive you", but if he did, wouldn't that be a certain degree of indulgence to her?
Mrs. Guan was confused by his words, so she bit her lip and nodded casually, "Got it." ”
Liu Bang finished feeding all the medicine in his hand, handed the empty bowl to Chanxin, and said to Mrs. Guan, "You rest first, your body has just eased." You stupid woman, dare to get rid of the child, I won't spare you. With a smile, he helped her lie down and covered the quilt with a good corner, and then sat down in front of the couch and said, "When did you kneel in Changxin Palace?" Why didn't I hear the report from the people of Changxin Palace? Liu Bang held the couch with one hand, leaned forward and asked.
Mrs. Guan's eyes rolled wildly, her mouth bulging, she really didn't want to dwell on too many things, she didn't want to have anything bad with the queen, so she opened her mouth and said, "The concubines don't let them report it." "Huh?" Liu Bang looked at Mrs. Guan with a look of disbelief, and asked rhetorically, "You won't let it?" Why not? "Oh, if you don't let it, you won't let it." Mrs. Guan stretched out her hands from the quilt, took Liu Bang's hand and said coquettishly, "Your Majesty, don't ask, okay?" It's already in the past, don't get the queen wrong. ”
Liu Bang was teased by her again, and reached out to pinch her cheek.