The capital city is Chang'an.

Liu Bang didn't handle other political affairs in the past two days, hiding in the deep palace and blowing his beard and staring, thinking about being angry with King Zhao, and eager to eat meat and skin. The emperor was in a bad mood, and all the ministers did not dare to take things lightly. Prime Minister Xiao He received the news that the Kanto migrants were suspended, because it had been snowing continuously for the past few days, and it was inconvenient for everyone to walk, so he sent people to Chang'an to ask the emperor to suspend and wait for the weather to clear before leaving. At this time, the emperor closely pursued King Zhao and Guan Gao's assassination of himself, and he had no intention of asking about anything else, and the rest of the things, Prime Minister Xiao He made his own opinions, reported the major matters to the emperor, and solved the small matters for the emperor by himself, and presented the recital of each solution to the emperor Liu Bang, and Liu Bang was not dissatisfied. I couldn't sit still in the Xuanshu Palace, I was not interested in watching the snow, and I was playing with the concubines of the harem, and I felt that I hated these things very much at this time. Liu Bang pretended to be depressed in his heart, unhappy all day, Mrs. Qi asked him what was the matter and frowned, he waved her back angrily, Liu Bang, who had never lost his temper with Mrs. Qi, could no longer suppress his anger this time, and Mrs. Qi also became the person who affected the pond fish.

Liu Bang sent more than a dozen people to Zhao State to inquire about the news, and asked why the governor did not escort King Zhao to Chang'an for so long.

Empress Lu, who has been taking care of the emperor, saw that Liu Bang had never entered the Liyang Palace since he left the Liyang Palace in a hurry that day, and looked at the emperor's expression that day, and then heard rumors in the palace that the emperor was furious, and Empress Lu said that something big must have happened, so he also quietly sent someone to secretly investigate the cause of the emperor's anger, and the person who came said that Zhao Xiangguangao had assassinated the emperor that year, and now the emperor has issued an order to escort King Zhao and Guan Gao to Chang'an together.

Empress Lu was shocked when she heard this, and her resolute eyes were also full of panic at the moment, she didn't believe that King Zhao would do such a thing, and she didn't know how the emperor would deal with King Zhao, and she immediately thought of Princess Lu Yuan in addition to her urgency, I don't know what she would do in the face of her father's edict, or follow King Zhao to Chang'an in Zhao at this time? Dai Qing suggested that Empress Lu intercede with the emperor and lightly send down the king of Zhao. Empress Lu waved her hand to negate her suggestion, saying that she was hiding from the emperor to investigate things, if she went to ask the emperor at this time, she was disgusted by the emperor and provoked the name of participating in politics, not to mention her own fault, the case of King Zhao sending someone to assassinate is very important, and it can be solved by not interceding, the emperor is angry this time and resolutely wants to tie King Zhao to Chang'an for trial, who would dare to beg for mercy in anger? Dai Qing was silent, Empress Lu was anxious, and told her son-in-law that she would be fine if she was kind and kind, but this was just her own prayer, Empress Lu knew the emperor's temperament, and King Zhao would be insulted by the emperor when he arrived in Chang'an.

At this time, the matter of Zhao Xiangguang's assassination of the emperor in the palace was also rumored, and both the eunuchs and the palace people whispered about how the emperor would deal with his son-in-law. Dai Qing felt very inappropriate when he heard this, and was afraid that Empress Lu would be angry, so he solemnly warned the palace people and eunuchs not to discuss this matter behind their backs, and the violators were not forgiven.

Empress Lu hurriedly used the excuse to find the Marquis of Biyang to judge him, and when he entered the palace, his face was uneasy, and he asked urgently, "Niangniang, is it for the sake of King Zhao to find the ministers?" "Obviously, Shen Shiji also knew about King Zhao.

Empress Lu nodded anxiously, and said solemnly, "The emperor has now taken Zhao Wang Zheng to escort Chang'an, I don't know what the situation of Ah Yuan is, the prince will go out of the palace on my behalf to check, and report any news to me quickly." ”

Judging the food, he immediately went out of the palace and rode his horse to Hangu Pass, and after walking a few miles, he suddenly pulled the reins and stopped, and saw several prisoner carts coming in the snow from a distance, and the clothes of the superintendent in front of him were the clothes of Chang'an officials.

"Isn't that Lu Yuan, the princess of the Han family?" "And the monarch of Zhao Kingdom, what have they done? Why did you run into the prisoner car? "I heard that Zhao Jun is plotting against him, it's so serious...... Some pedestrians on the road saw Princess Lu Yuan and King Zhao being held in several prisoner cars behind Du Youpeng, so they started talking about it in twos and threes. Judging his horse on foot and mixed with the pedestrians, he and a group of pedestrians watched the prisoner cart silently, and quietly followed the prisoner cart to the foot of the east gate of Chang'an. The superintendent released all the guilty people on the prisoner car, and the king and queen of Zhao got out of the car, although the two of them were at most old, they were both full of vicissitudes of life and looked at Chang'an in winter, a miserable white and lifeless, a kind of coldness suddenly invaded the backs of the two, and they couldn't help but shiver. Lu Yuan thought that a few months ago he said that it would be difficult to see his mother, but he didn't expect to be able to see it today, and it was this embarrassing appearance. Suddenly a gust of wind blew, freezing everyone to shrink back, King Zhao clenched Lu Yuan's shoulders, and the two indifferently and firmly handed each other a never-abandoning look.

Judging from afar, he saw Princess Lu Yuan beside King Zhao, tied the horse to the dead wood next to him, and hurriedly broke through the crowd and went straight to the princess. Judging the food was also taken outside, and the mind was blank for a while, as everyone pushed and shouted, but the eyes lit up, the trial food base hurriedly took out the talisman on his waist and arched it forward to show the guard, and the guard took a look at it but it was Biyang Hou, so he quickly made way for him. Judging the food, he walked to Princess Lu Yuan's side, first bowed his hand, and whispered to her, "The queen mother already knows about King Zhao, and she asked the ministers to wait for Her Royal Highness the princess here." ”

Princess Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment, stared at this person for a long time, and then remembered that he was the Marquis of Biyang. The princess and the trial of the food base are both Pei County villagers, since the princess married to Zhao many years ago has rarely seen this person, a little unfamiliar with him, today I see him is a marquis aristocratic dress, knowing that he is a housekeeper in the Xiang Yu camp to accompany his mother for more than two years, speaking of it is also a benefactor, the princess simply did a simple ritual between the villagers, the judge of the food base was shocked and did not dare to accept this responsibility and was busy returning the courtesy. After the two politely interacted, the princess knew from the words just now that her mother would not sit idly by and ignore the affairs of King Zhao, and at this moment the princess felt a little relaxed in her heart, and told herself that if her mother interfered in this matter, she could turn things around, and the princess immediately rushed into the palace to ask her mother to persuade her father to let King Zhao fall lightly.

The princess said to the food judge, "Master Hou, can you do me a favor?" ”

When asked what was the matter, the princess said, "Help me take Zhang Yan and Zhang Yan into the palace, they are behind, they will come here in an hour, and I will go to the palace to find the queen mother." The princess hurriedly agreed and asked the princess to enter the palace quickly, and the princess returned to King Zhao and whispered a few words and hurriedly entered the palace.

At this time, Zhang Wu, the superintendent of the post, told everyone to take care of the prisoners, and reported to the emperor in the palace himself. King Zhao and Guan Gao Meng Shu snuggled together, Zhang Ao opened his arms and wrapped Guan Gao's group of old ministers in his arms, Guan Gao and others were teary-eyed, looking at King Zhao guiltily, and King Zhao pulled a far-fetched smile at them. Seeing that Zhang Yan's sister and brother were still in the future, he came to King Zhao's side, and waved his hand at him and said that if the queen was there, it would be fine, Zhang Ao nodded ashamedly.

Zhang Wu reported all the affairs of Zhao to Emperor Liu Bang, and said that King Zhao and Guan Gao were waiting for the edict at the foot of the east gate at this moment. "Bang-" Liu Bang got up with the case, pointed at Zhang Wu and said angrily, "You don't need to see me, all of them will be handed over to the Tingwei Mansion for detailed investigation, and the trial will start in two hours, tell Zhang Tingwei that you don't have to worry about me, I just want the truth." After a quick and frenzied dragon face's anger, Liu Bang paused for a moment and then asked again with a gloomy face, "There is no minister to follow, right?" ”

Zhang Wu's face was uneasy and silent for a long time, he trembled and bowed and whispered, "Guests, Meng Shu and the others all wore their hair and followed King Zhao to Chang'an......

"What?" Liu Bang was angry again, grabbed the copper inkstone on the case and threw it at Zhang Wu's body, the inkstone happened to be thrown on Zhang Wu's left arm, and Zhang Wu suddenly felt a sharp pain and didn't dare to scream out, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he stood in place holding back the pain. Liu Bang was still not only angry, he pointed at Zhang Wu and said angrily, "Vertical son! How dare you go against your will, how can you not kill them on the spot? Zhang Wu was too frightened to speak, and it was unbearable to crawl like an ant. Liu Bangyu was angry, brushed his sleeves and paced on the stage, and after a while, he snorted coldly, and said, "Leave them for a few days, and I will tell them to follow the Zhang family!" Sitting back on the mat, he asked again, "Where is Liu Le?" "Also come with King Zhao...... Zhang Wu was so afraid that he didn't dare to say more, he became more and more silent, and glanced at the emperor cautiously, Liu Bang was looking at him with a dark face, Zhang Wu was afraid that the emperor would blame him, so he explained with a sad face, "She is a princess, she said that after she came back to visit her father and mother, she also ...... Do you want to kill them too? ”

"You are presumptuous! She is a princess, you dare to kill her? Liu Bang squinted at Zhang Wu and asked, "She, has she entered the palace?" ”

Zhang Wu nodded. Liu Bang thought about it for a while, scratched his scalp with both hands, and retreated from Zhang Wu.

Princess Lu Yuan ran along the road to her mother's Changxin Palace, ignoring the salutes of the people in the palace along the road. At this time, Lu Houzheng was also anxiously pacing around the palace, Dai Qing's sharp eyes had already seen the princess running from the corridor in the distance, Dai Qing said to Lu Hou that the princess was back, Lu Hou eagerly ran out of the palace to meet the princess, Princess Lu Yuan ran up the steps and threw tears into her mother's arms, crying aggrievedly, wetting Lu Hou's clothes. Empress Lu also had no idea, and her heart was also confused when her daughter cried like this, so she stroked her daughter's back and patted her comfortingly, "The queen mother is here, Ao Er is fine." ”

Lu Yuan's eyes were misty with tears, and he cried tightly on the back of Empress Lu, "Queen Mother, you must save King Zhao, if King Zhao dies, Ah Yuan will definitely go with him." Empress Lu stroked her back and agreed, seeing that she was thin, her body was already cold, and thinking that Zhao Guo was far away from Chang'an, she guessed that the princess must not have eaten a good meal, and immediately ordered the palace people to immediately tell the kitchen to cook a few delicious dishes.

Lv Hou helped Lu Yuan to sit down on the couch, and asked Dai Qing to quickly find a thick cloak to put on the princess, Lv Hou asked Guan Gao in detail about the assassination of the emperor back then, Princess Lu Yuan was not very clear, saying that even King Zhao did not understand, Lu Yuan told the truth about King Zhao in the car to himself, only said that King Zhao was in the seventh year of the Han Dynasty, he knew that Guan Gao wanted to assassinate the emperor, but he was stopped by himself, but he did not succeed, and when he was in the eighth year of the Han Dynasty, he did not know Guan Gao's approach at all. Princess Lu Yuan cried and swore that Zhao Wangding did not participate in the rebellion against her father. Empress Lu's face was slightly embarrassed, listening to Lu Yuan's words, it was indeed a matter of stabbing through Gao. Empress Lu pondered this matter for a long time, gritted her teeth, and inadvertently stroked the hair in front of her to find a way.

At this time, the judge also brought Zhang Yan and Zhang Yan in. Empress Lu felt distressed about their young brother to death, and kissed them on the cheek a few times, and then immediately ordered the palace people to take them down to eat and keep warm.

He hurriedly said, "When the minister came in, he saw King Zhao and Zhao Xiang being escorted to the Tingwei Mansion. ”

Lu Yuan looked at Empress Lu in fear and held Empress Lu's arm tightly. Lu Hou was slightly stunned, and said to himself: Tingwei Mansion? The Emperor was indeed furious. Empress Lu hurriedly persuaded Lu Yuan not to worry, and to watch the situation first, now that the emperor is angry, the emperor must be scolded to intercede at this time, and then find a good time to ask the emperor's subordinates to show mercy.