In 202 BC, Liu Bang became the ruler of the Han Dynasty and was the co-ruler of the world, but his world was not stable. In 199 BC, that is, in the eighth year of the Han Dynasty, the rebellion in the Yan Dynasty area was basically quelled, but the Zang clan and Han Wangxin died into the Xiongnu, Liu Bang used Chen Feng as Zhao Xiangguo to guard the border of the Zhao Dynasty, and he himself led the army back to Chang'an to rest. Xiao He reported that the Weiyang Palace was completed, and the major princes and kings would gather in the Weiyang Palace for the overall worship in October.

On September 9 of the eighth year of the Han Dynasty, the breeze was gentle, and the people in Chang'an City who had experienced many years of war climbed one after another, drank chrysanthemum wine, ate Chongyang cake, and inserted dogwoods on their bodies, and looked at the sky at the top, hoping to protect the people of the world.

There were already horses galloping in all directions, the princes and kings of various places sent envoys into Chang'an in advance to congratulate Emperor Gao on this grand occasion, and sent envoys to send a lot of local specialties, wrote a congratulatory message to the envoys to transfer to the central officials, and then handed over to Emperor Gao one by one by the officials to check, Emperor Gao was overjoyed after seeing it, and called the doctors of the officials to reply to him, and also entertained the envoys of various countries in the Changle Palace.

The people of Changle Palace and the palace people have long been busy. Liu Bang took the ministers to accompany the Emperor Taishang to dine, enjoy singing and dancing, because the Emperor Taishang was physically inconvenient, Liu Bang sent someone to help the Emperor Taishang back to Liyang Palace temporarily, and he himself led the ministers and the concubines to the top of Lishan Mountain to pray for blessings. In the afternoon, Liu Bang felt a little tired and ordered the hundred officials to go home to have fun, explaining that they could not go to court for three days, and Liu Bang rested alone in the longevity hall of Changle Palace for a while, and before resting, he explained that he arranged for Zhu Ji to eat in Changle Palace in the evening. When night fell, Queen Lu Pheasant, Mrs. Bo, Mrs. Guan, Zhao Zier, and Shi Meiren, the sister of Wanshi Jun Shi Fen, were already waiting in the front hall of Changle Palace. The first moment of the time has passed, and there is no Liu Bang and Mrs. Qi, and the concubines are both disappointed and looking forward to it, and they all raise their heads to look outside the hall. In the future of the emperor, the queen and the concubines did not dare to eat casually, so they had to wait silently.

Mrs. Guan, who was sitting on the mat, had long been unable to hold back, and looked up at the outside of the hall from time to time, except for the darkness outside the hall. Mrs. Guan's face was full of displeasure, and she complained in a slightly tired voice: "Does the emperor's absence mean that you don't have to use dinner?" ”

"Maybe something happened, sister, wait a minute." It was the stone beauty next to her who spoke, she had a high updo, a golden hairpin, a pink face, a Chu costume curling around the waist of the willows, her bright eyes were soft and beautiful, and she took Mrs. Guan's hand to comfort her.

"There's one less person." Zhao Zi'er, who was opposite Mrs. Guan, looked around the hall and then spoke abruptly, just meeting Mrs. Guan's eyes, Mrs. Guan smiled disdainfully, but she had already complained in her heart and blurted out with vinegar, "Mrs. Qi is capable." ”

"The time will come, she ...... Why didn't it arrive? Zi'er asked Mrs. Guan, and at the same time saw that Zhu Ji was languishing as if defeated.

Mrs. Guan glanced at the sluggish crowd one by one, and her heart was overjoyed, and she snorted coldly and said, "The emperor and Mrs. Qi may be in the clouds and rain in Wushan." After saying that, he covered his mouth and smiled, taking advantage of the situation to sneak a glance at Empress Lu, who was sitting in the back seat, with a smile on his face, elegant and generous. Mrs. Guan squinted at Madame Bo sitting upright and waiting silently, with only an indifferent expression on her face, as if she didn't care about these boring words, so she turned her face away and looked out of the quiet hall. Empress Lu was dressed in a dazzling yellow suit, generous and decent, with a motherly style, and her lotus calyx face was no less than that of other concubines, and when she saw that the night was dark, she asked Dai Qing, the attendant behind her, "What time is this moment?" Dai Qing didn't enter the palace for too long, and she was alert and flexible, and she was liked and treated by Empress Lu, and soon rose to the rank of deacon female official who was only inferior to Zhan Shi of Changxin Palace. Dai Qing leaned over and replied, "It's just past three o'clock." Empress Lu whispered, "It's three o'clock." Then he ordered, "You go to the Longevity Hall to call the emperor, and everyone has arrived." "Whew." After Dai Qing left Lu, he walked past the other concubines and walked outside the palace gate. Empress Lu gestured to a palace maid next to her, and the palace person hurriedly took small steps over and bowed his head to receive the order. Lu Hou said: "You go to Yuzao Palace to call Mrs. Qi, and say that everyone is waiting for her." "Whew." The little palace maid resigned and left.

Dai Qing and the small palace people walked out of the door one after another, and they didn't walk a few steps away before they met a team of people, and vaguely saw that the leader was a female palace person, it was Zhen'er, the girl of Yuzao Palace, and the team of people and horses came over to see that it was Dai Qing and saluted, and asked if the queen was inside. Dai Qing was suspicious and asked her what was wrong. Zhen'er briefly explained to Dai Qing that it was the emperor's order, and Dai Qing didn't dare to slack off, and when he saw that the emperor was already in Yuzao Palace, he returned to the main hall of Changxin Palace with the small palace person. All the concubines were surprised that Dai Qing had just gone out and come back, but they didn't see the emperor and Qi Ji, and they all looked at Dai Qing with their faces to find the answer. Dai Qing hurriedly walked to Empress Lu's side and whispered back that the emperor was in the Yuzao Palace, and Zhen'er was waiting to see him. Huo Ran, who was unhappy with Empress Lu, raised his head and stared at Dai Qing coldly, thinking to himself, isn't the emperor in the Longevity Palace? How do you get to the Ichmoe Palace? Why didn't anyone come and report it? Empress Lu was surprised and soon kept a smile on her face, and as soon as her jade hand was raised, Xuan Zhen'er entered the hall. Hearing that Zhen'er was sent by the emperor, the queen probably already knew the emperor's purpose for letting Zhen'er come here.

Zhen'er glanced at the beauty like a flower, and all the concubines had a slight grudge against Zhen'er because of Qi Ji's affairs, so she hurried over to Lu Hou'er. "The emperor is in the Yuzao Palace?" Lu Hou picked up the tea on a few cases and took a sip casually, asking slowly. The queen has never been angry and arrogant, Zhen'er said truthfully, "Yu Niangniang, Mrs. Qi has abdominal pain for unknown reasons, and the emperor hurried to the Yuzao Palace, for fear that everyone will wait too long and let the slave and maid come over to inform you to eat as much as you want, so you don't have to wait for the two of you." "Zhen'er will inform you of all the things in the Yuzao Palace. At the end of Shen Shi, Liu Bang, who was still asleep in the Longevity Palace, was woken up by a small eunuch knocking on the door, and the eunuch knelt on the ground in panic when he came in, and said that Mrs. Qi suddenly had severe pain in her abdomen. Liu Bang was so shocked that he hurriedly got up and ordered the imperial doctor to go over, and he himself hurried to the Yuzao Palace. At that time, Liu Bang remembered the dinner in Changle Palace, so he ordered Zhen'er to come over and tell him.

When Empress Lu heard Zhen'er's words, although her face was as indifferent as water, she was already angry, gritting her teeth with hatred, her fingers squeaked under a few cases, and a trace of cold killing intent flashed in her eyes in an instant, but soon it was gone.

"The emperor ordered the slaves and maidservants to bring some dogwood and chongyang cakes." As she spoke, Zhen'er asked a few palace people waiting outside the door to bring things in. Empress Lu only glanced at the chongyang cake and dogwood and became disgusted, raised his hand slightly in the air and waved, Dai Qing told them to leave quickly. Zhen'er and a few palace people put down their things, made a farewell ceremony, and exited the main hall.

There was a sudden silence in the palace, and Zhu Ji's face was surprised and jealous. Everyone looked at Lu Hou, Lu Hou's face was cold for a long time, but he quickly straightened his waist and moved his chopsticks to eat silently, Zhu Ji didn't dare to say and moved his chopsticks to eat, and there was a slight sound in the hall. Guan Wen captured the change in Lu Hou's expression just now, and seized the opportunity to quickly add fuel and vinegar, and his words were full of stimulating meaning, "Skillful! Today's Double Ninth night, we waited solemnly, but she was sick by chance, how do you know if she is really sick? Guan Wen gushed in the hall, his words were cold and hard, and after speaking, he comfortably put a piece of water elbow into his mouth, and his bitten lips and teeth were fragrant.

Empress Lu gave a faint white glance and continued to eat. Zhu Ji listened to Mrs. Guan's words in her heart, and did not pay attention to her on her face, nor did she answer the phone, everyone just ate silently. Zhao Zi'er frowned, her eyes moved slightly, she stopped the dishes and chopsticks for a while, glanced at Zhu Ji for a while, and then took over Madame's words, "Immortals don't know when everyone is sick." Guan Wen Leng 'hummed' and glanced at it with disdain, and continued to dance while eating, "Abdominal pain? How is it not a dragon child? Guan Wen deliberately exaggerated, and deliberately glanced at Empress Lu, who still kept silent and only ate silently. Shi Meiren took over Madame's words and said solemnly, "Mrs. Qi is swimming in the lake with us today, but I have never heard that Mrs. Qi is happy. Suddenly, there was silence in the hall, all the concubines looked at each other, only Mrs. Bo sat alone and ate quietly, quietly listening to their conversation but not saying a word, there were no waves in a pair of eyes and only indifferent calm, like Huang Laoxian's family. Guan Wen first ignored Shi Meiren's words, and looked at Mrs. Bo who didn't say a word and just cared about eating, looking high, usually Mrs. Guan hated Bo Ji's clear appearance, and then saw that she still didn't care much about this matter, Mrs. Guan became annoyed in her heart, and deliberately asked Bo Ji with a hot face, "What does Mrs. Bo think about this matter?" ”

Mrs. Bo smiled faintly, put a leaf of green vegetables in the vermilion lacquer bowl, lowered her eyebrows and said indifferently: "I don't have an opinion, Changle Palace is the emperor's Changle Palace, and Yuzao Palace is also the emperor's Yuzao Palace, the emperor can go wherever he wants, and it has nothing to do with the concubine." However, the blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable, Mrs. Qi is sick, as a husband, the emperor should go to visit, and there are many concubines in the harem such as Fan Ji of Chuzhuang. Mrs. Bo picked up the vegetables and put them in her mouth, still eating them very deliciously, her eyes didn't look at Guan Wen at all, and she didn't care what other people thought of her. Bo Ji said so calmly and casually, she couldn't see any dissatisfaction with Liu Bang or Qi Ji, but showed her generous and undemanding side. After hearing this, Mrs. Guan gritted her teeth in anger, squinting at Mrs. Bo, originally wanted to arouse the dissatisfaction of the ladies and beauties with Mrs. Qi again, and even wanted to intensify the contradiction between Empress Lu and Mrs. Qi, but she didn't expect Mrs. Bo to say such things, thinking that Mrs. Bo was also dissatisfied with Guan Wen's usual love of saying bad things about others behind her back. Guan Wen glanced at her, and said sarcastically and complainingly, "Mrs. Bo really thinks that she is Huang Laoxian's family, and Mrs. Bo is immersed in Huang Laoxian's articles all day long, how can she afford the troubles of the turbid world?" We should wish Mrs. Qi to take the opportunity to add another dragon to the Liu family, what do you say? ”

Although Zhu Ji was jealous of Mrs. Qi, everyone knew in their hearts that no matter how jealous they were, they would not exceed Empress Lu's hatred for her, although Empress Lu was calm and did not show anger, everyone knew what Mrs. Guan said, Zhu Ji was not as arrogant as Guan Wen, and there were some things that she knew, and she didn't have to say it. All the concubines were silent and still ate with their eyebrows low, and listened to Guan Wen's complaints and complaints by the way. Seeing that everyone was still eating in silence, Mrs. Guan became impatient, and after a moment of careful planning in her abdomen, she pretended to feel worthless for Empress Lu, and said to Empress Lu, "Your Highness, today is the night of the Double Ninth Festival, Your Majesty is not in your Changxin Palace at night, but ran to Mrs. Qi, what kind of system is this, and if you say that you are respectful and orderly, you will be up and down, she ......" Mrs. Guan didn't say anything, and then she listened to Empress Lu and said angrily, "Stop!" How to talk endlessly in spite of the face of this palace? What nonsense are you talking about? Are you complaining that the palace has not managed the harem well? Are you laughing at the fact that this palace has not even been able to teach you well in a small order of dignity and humility? Empress Lu was furious, "She doesn't know how to be polite, and you don't know either?" ”

"Niangniang is angry, the concubine doesn't mean it......" Empress Lu's anger made Mrs. Guan's face change greatly, and she immediately got up and came to the desk, bowed down and lay on the mat to admit her mistake to Empress Lu. Before Mrs. Guan could speak, Empress Lu said angrily, "Then sit down well in this palace, seal your annoying mouth, don't provoke right and wrong everywhere, and don't spread other people's shortcomings." ”

"Whoa." Mrs. Guan only complied. With a wave of Empress Lu's cold hand, Mrs. Guan sat back in her seat. Empress Lu glanced coldly and sharply at the concubines who were also jade and pure flowers but had their own thoughts, and said sternly, "The master of the six palaces is the palace, if someone makes waves in the harem, even if it is the emperor's favorite concubine, the palace will not forgive." Above the court, the emperor is respectful; In the harem, the queen is respectful, you know? ”

"Whoa." All the concubines responded in a panic and didn't dare to look at Empress Lu. Empress Lu still didn't change her seriousness, "Eat!" Whoever doesn't want to eat it will immediately go back to his palace. Empress Lu's anger pressed Zhu Ji to speak, and they all held their breath and bowed their heads to be taught. Empress Lu was resolute, tenacious and strong from the Chu and Han wars, returned to Guanzhong to experience her husband's empathy, rarely saw each other, and the emperor always wanted to replace the prince and set up Ruyi, the two gradually weakened their feelings, and were replaced by a subtle politeness. Empress Lu endured it if she could endure it, and when she couldn't bear it, she erupted in anger, and her power was so powerful that sometimes even the emperor couldn't parry.

Everyone lowered their eyebrows and glanced at the people next to each other, and then bent down to eat with their eyebrows lowered, and suddenly fell silent.