Chapter 40: The Follow-up to the Trip to Changling
I haven't been here for more than half a year, and I don't usually go to Changxin Palace, so I don't know what Empress Lu is busy with every day. Today, it seems that when Empress Lu is idle and has nothing to do, he will come to Changling to watch. It seems that this queen is indeed competent, it seems that the queen is really different from other women, others only know how to eat and dress in the palace, but the queen is not idle, showing the style of a man. When I remembered that when I was at home, everything in the house was my wife Lu Hou's final say, and she was running around by herself, even if she had any different opinions after returning home, she was not qualified to be more serious with Lu Hou, and Lu Hou was in charge of herself. After becoming the emperor, although Empress Lu did not dare to control herself so much, and she was not very afraid of Empress Lu, but in some political matters, she was still not as good as her, and she had many opinions on different things, which was the biggest difference between Empress Lu and others. Liu Bang has come here, Changling has undergone such a big change, along the way to the wall of the dormitory has been painted to draw the area of the figure, the project is even more stable.
The entourage helped to observe everything in the Changling Tomb, look here and touch there, command and command here and tell there, and leave Liu Bang alone for a while. Liu Bang casually turned around and looked at the young people who were busy going in and out to stay and build Changling, and moved the corners of his mouth from time to time, and went inside to find Lu Hou alone.
When the entourage saw the emperor walking inside, they gave some instructions to those who built the Changling Mausoleum and hurriedly followed the emperor in. Zhou Bo Fan Xu, two military generals, one left and one right, were guarding the emperor's side at all times, and some of the monks who passed by with gravel only dared to stop far away and bow their heads, waiting for the emperor to pass before they dared to straighten up and continue walking, and Zhou Bofan was also very vigilant while walking, responsible for the emperor's safety, and did not let anyone be the emperor.
It is the dormitory in the Changling Mausoleum, that is, the main hall, the main hall has the front room, the middle room and the back room, and the two sides are connected by many small ear halls, as if the miniature style of the Weiyang Palace. There are workers busy everywhere in the main hall and ear hall, carrying stones and digging earth and iron tools clangling, but their backs are dripping with sweat and soaking their clothes. Liu Bang looked straight ahead, walked forward quickly, and not long ago, he heard the voice of Empress Lu from the middle room and the back room in front of him. They walked through the passage between the middle room and the back room.
"Dig this place, you can't do without a room here." Lu Hourong solemnly commanded the people who were digging stones and ramming earth in the middle room, shook his head again and again, and said, "The top of the dormitory in front of you should draw a full map of the heavens, including thousands of sun, moon and stars, and all the winding rivers, lakes and seas are carved on the rammed earth in the room, as well as the back room. He took a few steps in the direction of the Backrooms, pointed to the Backrooms, and said, "The back of the Backrooms is carved with a dragon relief, the same as the middle room of the Front Rooms." And the walls from the entrance to the back room are all painted with unicorns, birds, beasts, birds, and landscapes, do you know? ”
Everyone said, 'Oh'. Seeing that Changling was not satisfactory, Empress Lu stood in place and commanded, for fear that they would forget which procedure, even after telling him, Empress Lu still frowned and did not smile at all. With a long sigh of relief, as soon as she turned around, she saw Liu Bang and his party standing in front of her, Empress Lu was stunned for a moment, feeling that Liu Bang's arrival was very sudden, and she was looking at herself with a smile.
Empress Lu crossed Liu Bang's line of sight and looked at Lu Jia, Wang Ling, Fan Xu and others, and everyone bowed down to give Empress Lu a bow. I have never seen Liu Bang when I come often, and I asked the person in charge here at first, only to know that the emperor does not come most of the time, either for half a year or a year, or for a longer time. He is not worried or impatient, anyway, he will not die, they will never be able to finish the Changling, so they don't take it seriously, always feel that they still have a lot of time, when they want to see the Changling Tomb come to see, look at it is also a look or two, the construction of the emperor's mausoleum, others will not be lazy, once the quality problem is found, it is the crime of the clan to be caught, so everyone is attentive and careful work, never make any big mistakes.
Empress Lu saluted, "The emperor is happy and happy." Dai Qing also hurriedly saluted with Empress Lu.
Liu Bang smiled and hurried over to help Empress Lu up, put one hand on Empress Lu's shoulder and asked, "Why are you here?" I heard that I often come, so why bother? There's a steward here. ”
Empress Lu smiled and turned her face to Liu Bang and said, "Anyway, it's fine, it's better to do something for the emperor, and I'm afraid that they won't be able to do it well and forget some important procedures, so I will come over to take a look, Your Majesty won't blame, right?" ”
Liu Bang smiled, raised his head and said, "You are so idle, you often think about me, and I understand it." ”
"For the emperor and for myself, is the emperor willing to be buried with his concubines?" Empress Lu looked indifferent.
Liu Bang was stunned and scratched his forehead slightly, it is not okay if he disagrees, since ancient times, it has been a joint burial system for husband and wife, and the rest of the concubines don't even think about it, they can only be buried together. Liu Bang didn't expect Empress Lu to ask about this, he smiled awkwardly and shook his head, the husband and wife smiled tacitly, and Empress Lu put his hand on Liu Bang's arm.
The entourage of ministers saw the emperor and queen here, and felt a little embarrassed, each of them turned their faces in different directions and pretended to look at it casually, embarrassedly curled the tongues in their mouths together, and occasionally met the eyes of the companions on the left and right. Fan Hao couldn't stand this the most, watching the former Brother Bang and the queen's sister-in-law talking sweet words to so many ministers, and no longer saw the once imposing and uninhibited Brother Bang, his scalp was numb and his whole body was excited.
deliberately glanced at the two of them, Liu Bang and Lu Hou only cared about talking, and did not see Fan Hao on the side to give them a ruthless signal. Seeing that his tricks were not working, Fan Hao scratched his ears and cheeks in a hurry, and suddenly his eyes lit up with a sharp 'hiss-' and whistled in a chic manner. Everyone was attracted by Fan Xu's move, and Liu Bang and Empress Lu also shifted their attention to Fan Xu, seeing him whistling leisurely, and his eyes looked at himself and Empress Lu like thieves from time to time, Liu Bang knew what he meant. Holding his beautiful beard, he laughed, broke off a clod of soil from the adobe wall next to him and threw it on Fan Xu's body and scolded with a smile, "What did the butcher do?" Admonition in disguise? Then he put down a hand that was holding Lu Hou's shoulder and stood side by side with her. Empress Lu looked at Liu Bang's move and then at Fan Xu, then smiled at Liu Bang, looked at Fan Xu, and said, "Isn't General Fan like this to Ah Huan (Lu Hou's sister Lu Huan)?" Why is the husband afraid to show good relations with the woman? The state of twisting is not a husband. ”
Fan Xu didn't know how to argue, and Empress Lu said so, the emperor was joking, and he was not afraid, Fan Xu, who originally felt twisted, touched the back of his head and smiled, "Brother Bang and the queen...... Fan was speechless. ”
Liu Bang smiled solemnly and pretended to be angry, "Tuzi is bold, what should I be guilty of offending with words?" The rest of the ministers knew that Liu Bang was joking with Fan Xu, so they all cleared their throats and accompanied Liu Bang to act, and they also smiled and pretended to be serious, and stood aside respectfully and silently as if they were afraid of the emperor.
Fan Xu was stunned for a moment and suddenly lost his smile, and when he saw that the emperor was serious, he couldn't figure out whether the emperor was really angry or fake, and he looked at the people around the emperor with panicked faces. Fan Xu felt confused in his heart and touched the back of his head again, how could he change his face when he said it well? Embarrassed, his face was stunned, he looked at the emperor stiffly, and he didn't dare to smile on his face, and he was stunned for a long time before he said, "Minister...... The minister should not call the emperor Brother Bang, the minister knows that he is guilty of wrongdoing. As he spoke, he quickly knelt down on one knee to confess his guilt.
Liu Bang and the rest of the people burst out laughing, pointed at Fan and said with a smile, "It's all called, what's the crime?" If you want to be punished, Brother Bang will punish you for sleeping with Lu Huan in your arms tonight, and you are not allowed to let go. ”
"This ...... The minister won't, it's embarrassing for the minister, so please ask the emperor to surrender. Fan Hao on the ground was still serious, frowned and looked at Liu Bang, and hurriedly asked Liu Bang to surrender to him. Liu Bang continued to deliberately gloomy his face, and everyone in his entourage, including Empress Lu and Dai Qing, couldn't hold back their laughter.
"General Fan is so honest and lovely, Mrs. Fan is really blessed." Lu Jia said with a smile.
Fan Hao pondered Lu Jia's words, and with a clever 'ah-', he suddenly raised his eyes and glanced at the tall emperor and the people who were smiling and bending their eyes, and then he felt that he had been fooled, and he stood up from the ground with some annoyance, stood aside angrily, and muttered in a low voice, "How can the emperor play with it?" The emperor called him a butcher, and I said that the emperor is happy to call Brother Bang. With his arms around his arms and not talking to everyone, Empress Lu went over and patted him on the shoulder with a smile to signal that he didn't need to be angry, "The general is a pillar of the country, so you don't have to worry about such things." ”
Listening to Fan Xu's whispered words, knowing that it was a complaint, everyone was amused by Fan Xu's cuteness. Gao Qi, who usually doesn't smile, also followed the quiet fun, firstly, laughing at Fan Xu, or calling Liu Bang with Brother Bang, and secondly, Fan Xu's honest appearance is really funny. Liu Bang laughed so much that tears came out of his eyes, and he hurriedly wiped the corners of his eyes with the corners of his clothes and continued to smile.