Ten months ago, Dai Di Chen Xuan reported that the Xiongnu had not made any big moves recently, and had plundered the people once or twice since they married the Han Dynasty, and they had never invaded since they were expelled by the border guards. Lou Fu and Aries are also quiet, and they do not offend each other with the Han Dynasty.

After Liu Bang received the song, he paced and thought, since there was nothing to do on behalf of the land, he recalled Fan Xu, and asked Chen Feng to lead the troops to guard the border of Zhao Dai alone.

At the end of December, Fan Xu returned to Chang'an to meet Liu Bang, after a homely greeting, Liu Bang shook his hand and immediately asked Yanmen County Shou Li Wei how he was, Fan Xu was stunned for a while, I don't know what Liu Bang asked this person to do, but seeing that the emperor was serious, Fan Xu said that he had met Li Li a few times but was not very familiar with each other, only heard others say that this person was quite famous under Chen Xuan's account.

Liu Bang silently pondered and then asked Fan Hao to go back. A cold wind struck the empty hall, and the cold wind mixed with snowflakes floated in, and when it landed on the wool mat, it instantly melted into the velvet thread.

Yu was drinking soju alone in the hall, looking at the snowflakes fluttering outside the hall, but Liu Bang had a heaviness and hidden worry, thinking about many things recently, he sighed and drank his stomach.

Suddenly remembered that the prince had not come to see him in the past two months, and felt very strange for a while, so he asked the eunuch next to him, if the prince had come to look for him recently.

A short and dark eunuch looked frightened, and hurriedly approached and bowed his hands.

"Tai, the prince, the servant sees that the prince often wanders outside the palace and does not dare to come in." Liu Bang lived in the wine bottle and looked at it coldly,

"Wandering and afraid to come in?" Liu Bang was really surprised, and asked again after pondering,

"How many times?" The eunuch bowed his head and whispered,

"No less than eight, eight, eight times in two months. Every time he came, he stopped, only lingered outside the palace for a while and then went back, and the prince seemed to be afraid of His Majesty. Liu Bang clenched the wine bottle and looked displeased, and after a while, the anger on his face poured out like a volcanic eruption, and a heavy punch sounded on the case, and he said with disdain,

"Rat boys! What is your fear of seeing your father? Liu Bang was angry because of the prince's weakness, and he immediately wanted to drag the prince back and scold him and replace him.

The next day, when the prince made a pilgrimage to Empress Lu, his face was decadent and melancholy, and after the worship, he sat quietly on the mat with a dull gaze and did not say a word.

Empress Lu saw that his faction was abnormally busy and asked the prince what was unhappy. The prince frowned and hesitated and said,

"My son made eight or nine pilgrimages to his father in two months, but he was stopped by the attendants, and said that his father was reviewing the recital, and told me to go back first." The prince said with a look of disbelief,

"Is my father so busy? Today, I didn't dare to procrastinate, so I went to worship my father early, but I was still blocked back. Father's ...... Do you blame me or hate me? Empress Lu had already thought about this matter with a cold face, and her frosty face was already full of resentment, and she gritted her teeth and said coldly,

"These days, you don't go to worship him. He's awkward with me. The prince's eyes widened and he looked inexplicable.

Lu Hou sneered,

"Some time ago, I slapped Liu Ruyi, and I relieved my hatred at that time." The prince was speechless,

"Queen Mother......" Empress Lu snorted coldly, and comforted the prince on his shoulder,

"Don't be afraid, just beat him, who is still afraid of him? The matter of the Kwantung Emperor has not been settled with his mother. The prince's eyes lit up, and he persuaded urgently,

"Don't keep fighting, the position of deputy is reserved, if God grants me, my son will want it; If God favors others, there will be no sorrow or joy. There is no dispute between the outer court and the inner palace. Empress Lu looked at the prince for a long time, knowing that the prince was benevolent and friendly and unwilling to fight for the prince and vice president with all his might, but he couldn't bear him, Lu Hou patted the prince's hand worriedly, and sighed,

"Son, you are only fourteen years old, you still don't understand everything, even if you ask Liu Ruyi to ascend the throne without fighting, the people of the world will not call you Yao Shun Shengjun, but say that you are cowardly and incompetent, destroying the system of establishing heirs and elders since ancient times. The emperor loves Qi Jizi and does not hesitate to abolish the heirs and establish the long, which is not beneficial to the Han Dynasty! My son is dedicated to learning Yaorang Xu You, is this time appropriate? Yaoshi's morality is better than treachery, the people are friendly and smooth, the people's hearts are simple, and the people are moralized by following the road; At this time, people's hearts are not pure, if the mountains and rivers hide dirt thousands of people have different hearts, obey the hegemony and want to be lonely in the south, and say that I am strong in the south and strong in the north, and the existence of the king with a different surname in the domestic situation is always your father, no, it is a hidden danger of the Han Dynasty. Let's say that you are older than Liu Ruyi and it is difficult to suppress the king with a different surname, how can an eight-year-old doll suppress the fierce wolf-like King Huainan, King Liang and Marquis of Huaiyin? The emperor is in everything is calm, if he collapses and the king with a different surname takes advantage of the situation, who is willing to obey the feet of King Zhao? Once someone in the country rises up, will Liu Ruyi be able to suppress it or Mrs. Qi will be able to suppress it? After a pause, Lu Hou paused for a while, and when he saw that the prince was listening carefully and seemed to be listening, he continued,

"Therefore, there is nothing wrong with the country relying on the long monarch and the country relying on the son-in-law, but it is the fault of others to destroy the regular system for their own selfishness. My son's desire to make the position of deputy prince is brotherhood, respect and righteousness; My son must inherit the great unity, which is the way of heaven and the legal system. In this case, does my son still want to give way? The prince was silent for a long time, and finally did not say a word.

Empress Lu smiled a little lightly, and said with a smile on the hand of the prince,

"The sky is selfless, the earth is selfless, and the sun and the moon are selfless. Liu Ruyi can't always be smooth, and my son won't always be mediocre, he will be very strong in the future. Your father is the light of the elm, and cannot shine far away; My son is like the morning sun, full of vitality, and the light of the sun and the moon will one day shine on my son's broad and strong body. If the prince listened carefully as usual to learn from his uncle and grandson, although he reserved his opinion in his heart, he reluctantly followed Lu Hou and smiled, so he lowered his head and grabbed his scalp and thought for a long time, and finally saw that the prince had a lingering worry on his face, and looked up at Lu Hou from time to time, and Lu Hou was relaxed and sipping hot tea.

The prince seemed to hesitate, and swallowed back the words as soon as he reached his mouth. Before the prince could speak, Empress Lu said to the prince with a straight face,

"Now the atmosphere in the court is very good, I haven't seen the emperor for three or two months, and there is an inexplicable uneasiness and panic in my heart, so you will go out of the palace to study with the Taifu. The Emperor is there, and the Queen Mother will often go to see it for you. The prince replied with an 'um', and then instructed Empress Lu,

"Queen Mother......" The prince's eyes were full of hesitation and a little hesitation, his hands under the case were clenched tightly together or clenched into fists nervously, and after thinking about it again and again, he straightened up and raised his head to look at Lu Hou, and asked with a little worry in his face,

"If in the future, if the father's mountain mausoleum collapses and the son becomes the emperor, if Mrs. Qi's mother and son are there, can the queen mother let go of their mother and son and only send them to the feudal country as soon as possible?" Empress Lu's smile disappeared suddenly, and she stared at the prince coldly for a long time, the corners of her mouth moved slightly, but she didn't say anything, and she made tea with an indifferent face.

The prince looked panicked and eagerly held Empress Lu's hand, and pleaded with Empress Lu for Qi Ji's mother and son.

"There is already a country in that day, what do you need to hate? Mrs. Qi is my mother-in-law, Liu Ruyi is my brother-in-law, if the queen mother forces her to wait until death, the queen mother will be criticized, and her son will have a disturbed conscience. The prince's words moved Empress Lu, and Empress Lu smiled at the prince with her face propped up,

"Don't talk about it, the prince who gave birth to the prince in Linhua Palace, I didn't go to see her for a day, I don't know what that little child looks like, so I went to see it." The prince's words were transferred to other topics by Empress Lu in a timely manner, and the prince couldn't get his mother's oath, after all, he was a little worried in his heart, thinking that even if he asked again, Empress Lu would not say anything, so the prince smiled perfunctorily and helped Empress Lu to Linhua Palace.