Liu Bang was overjoyed when he saw the strong man, and when he saw that the county commander was still kneeling on the ground tremblingly, he immediately scolded, "Get out!" If it weren't for the use of people, you would also be like a river embankment admonisher. The county commander and the county officer hurriedly got up and withdrew in fear. When Liu Bang sat down on the couch, the strong man walked in front of Liu Bang and solemnly bowed: "The minister sees the emperor, the queen's mother." ”

Liu Bang couldn't close his mouth and smiled, personally helped him up, held his hand and said again and again: "The general doesn't have to be polite, I am happy to see the general again, the general is tired all the way, I miss you very much." ”

When Empress Lu saw him, she was also overjoyed, came over to show a warm smile when she saw her relatives, and asked, "Why did the general return to Chang'an at this time?" Isn't it on behalf of the troops to resist Han Wangxin's army? ”

Seeing that the emperor and queen treated the general so well, Xiao He also catered and said: "The general must be tired after a long journey back to Chang'an, so it is better to go back and rest, how about it?" ”

When the general saw the emperor, the queen and Xiao Cheng were very moved to him, and he didn't know who to answer for a while, so he knelt down and replied after a trance: "Minister, Fan is sorry for the grace of the country, and swears to be loyal to the Han Dynasty, and there is no second heart." This return to Beijing, is due to the death of the Han Wangxin surrendered to the Huns, the thieves did not send troops, I and the Huns on the same day, presumably the Huns will not help the thieves crusade against my Han for a while, the ministers thought that the wine in October Weiyang, the princes and dynasties will be in the Weiyang Palace, afraid that Chang'an has a chaotic minister and thieves halfway to raise troops, so hurried back to Kyoto to guard Chang'an, General Chen Feng supervised the border army of the two countries of the Zhao Dynasty to prevent Han Wangxin from taking the opportunity to make trouble. ”

It turned out that this general was Liu Bang's royal general, Wuyang Hou Fan Xu. Seeing that he was still so hearty, Liu Bang laughed out loud with his beautiful beard, helped him up again, and patted him on the shoulder: "My good general and good brother, have you returned home?" ”

Fan Hao arched his hand and said, "Not yet, the minister came directly to the emperor to restore his life." Fan Hao and Liu Bang exchanged pleasantries for a while, but soon saw that Xiao He and Empress Lu did not have too many expressions, but they only saw a sad face, and remembered everything they saw when they returned to Beijing. Fan Hao frowned and asked: "Your Majesty, when the minister came back, he saw that some of the big trees in the city were uprooted, the bridges were broken, the streets were extremely dirty, and there were white curtains hanging in front of the people's doors, I don't know what happened in Guanzhong?" ”

Liu Bangfang was in joy, and when he heard Fan Xuan say this, his mood suddenly sank, and the smile on his face slowly disappeared, replaced by a sad face, and he kept sighing and shaking his head without saying more. Seeing this, Fan Hao guessed that something must have happened, so he turned his head and asked Xiao He: "Prime Minister, is there something wrong with Guanzhong?" ”

Xiao He also sighed and said: "General, the person you killed just now is the one who is in charge of the river embankment in the Weishui area, and the Weishui embankment has burst, and many people in Zhou County ...... Dead. ”

Fan Xu: "Huh? With a loud mouth, he was a little surprised, and he was surprised for a long time and asked urgently: "That being the case, why did the prime minister say that Fan Hao was wrong?" ”

Xiao He was just about to speak, when a housekeeper hurriedly came from outside to report and came in to salute: "See the emperor, the queen's mother, Xiao Chengxiang, General Fan." ”

Liu Bang asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The man replied, "The prince is out asking to see him." ”

Gao Zu was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself: Why did the prince come at this time?

The queen was also slightly puzzled: Ying'er?

Liu Bang instructed the housekeeper to call the prince Chuan. The sheren was going out to pass the crown prince, and met the panicked Dai Qing, Dai Qing entered the palace gate, and hurriedly walked over to pay tribute: "Dai Qing sees the emperor, the queen's mother, Xiao Chengxiang, and General Fan." ”

Seeing Dai Qing coming in a hurry, the queen panicked and asked, "Dai Qing, what's the matter?" ”

Dai Qing looked left and right, as if it was not good to open his mouth to the public.

Liu Bang was very annoyed when he saw her vomiting, and strictly ordered: "Say! ”

Although Dai Qing is the queen's favorite palace person, he is also intimidated by Liu Bang's majesty, glancing at Empress Lu, Empress Lu nodded at her, and Dai Qing said: "Emperor Qi, Queen Mother, there are two female palace people in Changxin Palace who are fighting at this time, Dai Qing can't hold them, I don't know what to do, so I want to ask the queen to return to the palace to decide." ”

When Liu Bang heard that the two female palace people were fighting, he suddenly burst out of his throat, and it was the queen's duty to teach the palace people well, and the matter of Weishui in front of him was enough for him to be angry, and at this time, a female palace person would fight. Liu Bang was very annoyed, his face quickly darkened, and he said to the queen with a slight reproach: "The mother of the world first wants the harem of the mother, and now the Weishui is wrecked, and the queen can't help much, the affairs of the harem are so chaotic, let's go back to Changxin Palace to deal with this matter for the time being." ”

Empress Lu was also annoyed by the fight between the two palace maids, and when she heard Liu Bang's words slightly reproachful, Empress Lu knelt down and said: "The concubine is in charge of the queen's golden seal, and she should be in charge of the harem, but the two palace people have a dispute, and the majesty of court etiquette is lost, and the concubine will definitely handle this matter perfectly, and the concubine will retire." Liu Bang said 'um'. Lu Hou nodded with Xiao He Fan and went out.

As soon as Empress Lu and Dai Qing walked out of the gate of the front hall, the prince Liu Ying came to him, and the prince followed behind the housekeeper, his eyes were slightly fixed on the ground, not in a hurry, his face was calm, and he came over leisurely. When the sheren saw the queen, he hurriedly attended: "The queen's mother is extremely happy." ”

Seeing that it was the queen, the prince dressed up and raised his hands to make a big salute, but the queen stopped him and said with a smile: "Ying'er doesn't need to be polite." The queen looked sideways at the door of the front hall and asked, "Prince, why did you come to the front hall this time?" Your father and the prime minister are dealing with the matter of the Weishui embankment, if there is no major matter, don't bother your father, and go back to the palace for the time being. ”

At this time, the prince was young and good-looking, with a clean and tidy imperial dress and jade around his waist. The prince is fourteen years old, his demeanor is elegant, he has a bit of Confucian demeanor, and he does not lose the majesty of the prince, the corners of his mouth bend to show a good-looking smile, and he bowed his hand politely: "The queen mother is extremely happy, and the son is not only the prince of the Han Dynasty, but also the future heir, should care about the affairs of the people of the world, and the son heard that the people of Zhou County were killed, and I don't know what the father wants to deal with, and the son can learn from the father to seek the well-being of the people of the world." ”

The prince said this, and the queen was full of joy when she heard it, her son knew how to care about the affairs of the world, she seemed to have seen the majesty of the future son of heaven, and nodded incessantly: "It's okay, since the prince has the heart to pity the people in the world, and go quickly." ”

"The sons and daughters will retire, and the queen mother will go well." After the prince retired from Lu, he calmly left with the sheren.

Empress Lu watched the crown prince Liu Ying go away, and suddenly thought to herself: The world of the Han Dynasty must belong to Liu Ying. Previously, she and Qi Ji had a lot of positive and dark side battles, both of which were secretly mediated by Emperor Liu Bang in the middle, and the antagonistic relationship between the two was not broken on the surface, but the two of them understood in their hearts that the emperor liked Ruyi. Qi Ji is at an advantage, with the support of the emperor, blowing the wind on the pillow every night and saying that it is good and bad for the prince. Empress Lu was at a disadvantage and couldn't take any action, so she carefully dealt with Qi Ji's every trick. Liu Bang saw their antagonism in his eyes, and he couldn't solve the contradiction between these two women in his heart, so he could only slow down for a while. But after all, he loves Ruyi the most in his heart, but there is no reason to change the prince, so he did not bring the matter to the court for discussion, but Empress Lu was always on guard, and he was not convinced, so he had this sentence 'The world of the Han Dynasty must belong to Liu Ying'.

"Let's go." The queen watched the prince walk into the palace gate, looked at the prince's back and looked forward to the future situation, and suddenly remembered that the matter of the two palace people had not yet been dealt with, so she raised her feet and left. After walking a few steps, he found that there was no Dai Qing around him, so he looked back, and saw that Dai Qing was still there, his eyes were motionless looking in the direction of the prince, and his eyes were obsessed. The queen approached her and patted her on the shoulder: "Dai Qing? ”

Dai Qing came back to his senses, as if he had done something wrong, his cheeks were crimson, his eyes were lowered to avoid Empress Lu, and Zhiwu said, "Niangniang, what's wrong, what's wrong?" When Empress Lu looked at Dai Qing's flustered expression and the words she asked, and saw that she had been looking at the prince, she directly thought of Dai Qing's love. Lu Hou suddenly 'chuckled' in her heart, thinking that something she couldn't control had finally come ahead of schedule, that is, the problem of the relationship between men and women, she couldn't control who a person loved or who she didn't love, she could only hint with words, she couldn't let them be together. But Empress Lu doesn't need to say it, she doesn't allow any woman to block the bright road of the crown prince's ascension to the throne, and at this time it is when her luck is declining, she doesn't allow problems at this juncture.

"Let's go." The queen did not show her intuition in the past, and did not tear down the clothes.