Liu Bang's desire to depose the crown prince was well known to everyone inside and outside the government and the opposition, but it failed to live up to Liu Bang's wishes. At this point, Liu Bang was even more reluctant and did not dare to go to the Lu Hou Palace, even if he wanted to take a look at Liu Chang, who was already known as 'Dad', he could only 'look at the ocean and sigh' - look at the palace and sigh to himself. Mrs. Qi knew that things were not successful, and immediately fainted in front of her, and when she woke up two days later, the first thing she saw was crying, saying that 'if you don't have yourself, your life is not your life', Liu Bang knew that Mrs. Qi was worried but could not comfort her. Mrs. Qi was deeply worried that she would be killed by Empress Lu in the future, so she cried to Liu Bang even more, and only said that she and Ruyi would not live forever in the future, Liu Bang knew that Lu and Qi would be enemies in the future, but just after the abolition of the establishment, she also knew that the clear attitude of the ministers was not cooperative, and she was disturbed by Mrs. Qi day and night, so she went to Zhao Zi'er's Yongning Palace and Shi Meiren to hide quietly for the time being, and by the way, she was deeply worried about Qi Ji's mother and son, and Liu Bang was not in court for half a month.

Empress Lu knew that the emperor had no face to see her, and in addition to the hatred of the enemy, she was forced to be more strong, resolute and ruthless by the emperor. Empress Lu was horrified by the emperor's deposition of the crown prince, she knew that the emperor had no nostalgia for the prince, that is, no nostalgia for herself, and the emperor's approach this time forced the two of her to be completely opposed, except for the nominal husband and wife relationship, everything else seemed to be broken. Lu Hou thought of all the things with him in the past, and now although she shared the sky with him, it seemed that the sea of clouds was far away, and she couldn't help but feel heartache, and it seemed that her temples had a little more silver threads overnight, as if the lotus calyx was out of the water and was sunburned by the sun. Although anxious about the prince's incident, there was no way to do it for a while, and Empress Lu only worked day and night in her palace to pick up and weave without resting, afraid that if she stopped, her mind would be full of resentment. For eight days, Empress Lu stayed in the deep palace without saying a word, riveting the resentment and panic that was forced in her heart on the shuttle, and whoever worshipped, Dai Qing had to politely refuse according to Empress Lu's intentions. After the prince knew that his father wanted to depose him, he didn't dare to be afraid and came to worship Lu every day, thinking about comforting his mother not to be too resentful, but was stopped by Dai Qing every day.

Today, the snow is getting lighter. 'Knock knock-' A quick and crisp knock sounded in Changxin Palace. Dai Qing opened the door and looked at it, and a person wearing a white hat and a brown-gray windbreaker stood in the middle of the palace door. Dai Qing was surprised and said with joy on his face, "Madam, please." Dai Qing welcomed this person into the hall with a smile. The woman hurriedly entered the hall and untied the windbreaker on the case, Dai Qing came over to untie the windbreaker for her, the woman looked anxious, hurriedly untied the windbreaker around her neck, and asked urgently, "Where is Sister?" "In the inner hall, wait for the lady to warm up, and Dai Qing will lead the way." Dai Qing hung the woman's windbreaker on the hanger, and beckoned a palace maid to bring a bronze hand stove, and before handing it to the woman, she heard the woman say urgently, "Don't care about these here, take me away." Dai Qing nodded and led the woman straight to the inner hall. As soon as the woman entered the inner hall, she was so shocked that she stopped and stood up, the case in the inner hall was full of woven cloth, and under a slight butter lamp next to the case, a middle-aged woman with white microfilaments on her temples looked sluggish and mechanically picked up the pole to weave the cloth, which seemed to be carefully weaving but felt that her mind was not on the weaving at all, but there was some deep and melancholy contemplation of things. The loom rattled like a stream of water that had not been broken, and like a mournful melody.

"Sister E-" The woman affectionately called Empress Lu, who was sitting in the seat and carefully weaving cloth. When Empress Lu heard the prestige, a smile slowly appeared on her thin cheeks, and she slowly got up from the mat, but her legs were numb and sore due to sitting cross-legged for a long time, and Empress Lu suddenly fell to the banquet, her face uncomfortable. The woman hurriedly ran over to help Empress Lu, and said pitifully, "Sister don't move, sister just run." "Ah, you're here." The woman with her hand behind Lu smiled kindly, and she was silent for eight days, but she was always a little hoarse and weak. Dai Qing brought two bowls of bait, Lu Huan pushed her bowl to Lu Hou first, and then through the dark butter lamp, she saw that there was no trace of redness on Lu Hou's thin cheeks, and her eyes were even more cloudy, the woman was a little crying, and held the bait to Lu Hou with both hands, "Sister Wen didn't go out for eight days, didn't speak for eight days, and my sister was restless at home." Sister Ah has not had much appetite for the past eight days, so she will eat some today, and she will not be empty. Empress Lu smiled weakly, "Don't worry, my life will be long." Empress Lu looked at the bait soup hot and fragrant, but she had no appetite, and after a few sips, she pushed it aside and lowered her head, silent.

Lu Huan saw that Lu Hou was emaciated and her appearance was broken, and she was anxious. Lu Huan knew about the recent events in the court, she was the sister of Fan Xu's wife Lu Hou, that day after the emperor said about the abolition, Fan Xu went home and mentioned this matter to Lu Huan in passing, Lu Huan immediately worried that Lu Hou could not accept it, and was afraid that his body and mind would be tired and uncomfortable, so he entered the palace to comfort Lu Hou. Seeing Empress Lü's sluggish appearance, Lü Huan was extremely anxious, "Regarding the prince, the Marquis of Wuyang has already told me thoroughly, Sister Mo is anxious, the emperor's brother-in-law will not immediately depose the prince, and the Chinese martial arts are all interested in the prince, I am only worried that Qi Ji will not stop." This time I didn't succeed, I am afraid that in the future, I will say that the emperor's brother-in-law will depose the prince, and now the sister has to plan for the prince in the future. ”

'Bang-' hammered on the case, Lu Hou's eyes were full of anger, her cheeks were red from anger, her fingers squeaked, and she gritted her teeth and said hatefully, "My son will be the emperor!" Empress Lu got up angrily, "I don't care who Liu Bang's heart is, I don't care about it, but no matter what, I will let the crown prince ascend the throne, I am the queen mother, and I hold the supreme power, and Liu Bang will love whoever he loves." Lu Hou's voice trembled slightly, and his anger was fully revealed. Lu Huan looked stunned, raised her head and said, "Sister ignored the emperor's name and called him by his name, Sister Ah hated the emperor's brother-in-law like this?" The words were angry, and every sentence trembled. Empress Lu looked at Lu Huan for a long time and raised her head, her face was struggling and tangled, if a voice in her head was also asking her: Do you hate him? Maybe I loved him before, maybe I hate him now, maybe I hate him more. After a long time, Empress Lu calmed herself down and said lightly, "I don't have the slightest thought about him, but I can't leave that person." Lu Huan was surprised by this, raised her eyebrows slightly and smiled, "There is still some friendship." Empress Lu didn't smile at all, and waved her hand annoyedly to stop the topic, "Don't talk about him, my troubles about the prince will not subside, Qi Ji and I have a grudge against the day, and he will definitely entangle the emperor to mention this matter again, and the prince will be retired at that time." ”

Lu Huan smiled slightly, pulled Lu Hou to sit down, and immediately said solemnly, "I told you, I will be the prince today." Empress Lu looked at Lu Huan in surprise. Lu Huan smiled mysteriously and said, "Sister Ejiao is depressed every day and can't keep the prince, right?" "Knowingly asking?" Lu Huan smiled again, approached Lu Hou's side, and said in her ear, "The wisdom of Liuhou is like a forest serval, the troubled times are like a barren valley, and the ordinary world is like a jade in a prosperous year, why don't you ask Liuhou what she wants?" Empress Lu's eyes lit up, and after thinking about it for a long time, she clapped her hands and smiled, "Yes, I forgot about this person in a hurry." As soon as she finished saying this, Empress Lu's smile gradually decreased and she became worried, "The emperor deposed the prince that day, and I was in the east wing, and I saw that the marquis was forced to admonish but the emperor did not listen. Recently, I heard that Liuhou has many minor illnesses, and he lives quietly at home and does not want to ask about the government, and I heard that some ministers went to Liuhou's mansion, but they were all politely rejected by the servants of Liuhou's mansion, and no one was seen. Liuhou has always been smart, and if he knows what happened to me and Qi Ji, he will not wade into the troubled waters of the palace. Lu Yan smiled lightly, "Whoever asked Sister Ah to go in person, I know that Liuhou is unwilling to be involved in this matter." Liuhou often offered advice to the emperor's brother-in-law during the Chu-Han War, but now the emperor's brother-in-law wants to shake the country's foundation, and Liuhou is a Han minister, how can he ignore this matter? I heard that Liuhou went up the mountain to practice every morning, so why not ask the second brother to kidnap him halfway and force him to offer a plan. Empress Lu frowned and thought for a while, suppressing a smile, "Isn't it okay?" Shall you not offend him if you kidnap the marquis? Will you still give advice? Lu Huan said with a smile, "Liuhou also supports the prince, although the prince is clean and good all his life, he doesn't dare to joke about the country's social affairs, the prince is related to the stability of the country, how can he ignore it?" In the palace, he didn't dare to argue with the emperor's brother-in-law, there must be an idea in it, and he would be tied to make his attitude clear. Although Empress Lu felt that Lu Huan's words were indecent, she felt that she had not lost a good plan, and looked at Lu Huan and smiled, "You are reckless, wait for me to visit him first, if he refuses to help the prince, then I have to kidnap him and make a plan." ”