After dinner, Liu Bang dragged his slightly drunken body to prepare to Queen Lu, drinking less wine and encouraging himself, after all, he had violated the agreement with the queen, and he didn't know how the queen would react.

The dim candlelight in the Changxin Palace was enchanting alone, still as usual, quiet, the palace people were still shuttling through the handover, and the big trees in the courtyard were still lonely. Occasionally, a gust of wind hit, which made Liu Bang, who was sitting in the imperial chariot, shiver, and stretched out his hand to pull the cloak on his shoulder to keep himself warm, and his eyes were full of guilt and worry as he looked at the Changxin Palace that was getting closer and closer in front of him.

At this time, he was complicated, both guilty and worried, and had to be so entangled, he knew that he was going to disappoint the queen again this time, and hoped that the queen would understand the righteousness and be considerate of him, sighing. Lifting the curtain and looking at the crescent moon in the sky, it was clean and cold, Liu Bang said to himself, "Queen, I can't help it, the Huns are so strong, I really can't play tricks, otherwise it will cause a big war." ”

Not long after, Luan drove to Changxin Palace, Liu Bang was greeted by the housekeeper, and saw that there were not many people in the palace, and the faint fire was afraid that it would not be clear what to illuminate. I looked at the familiar Changxin Palace in front of me, but I hadn't been here for a long time, and I felt very cold, the palace lights on both sides were slightly yellow, and the candles were blown by the wind. Seeing that the candles in the palace of Lu were dim, I didn't know if the queen was not inside, how to talk about it when she went in, and whether her reaction would be too strong. After pondering the ordinary queen's character, Liu Bang gradually became worried, and after he understood Lu, he hesitated to stop outside the palace and did not dare to enter.

Liu Bang stepped on the steps, stretched out his hand and was about to knock on the door, but he didn't know what to think in his heart, and suddenly his mind was blank, and suddenly his hand stopped in the air, retracted again, and stood at the door for a long time, wandering around for a long time.

Suddenly, the door opened, Dai Qing came out after waiting for Lu, and closed the door with his hand, Liu Bang stepped forward and patted Dai Qing on the shoulder, which startled Dai Qing, turned around and saw that it was the emperor and hurriedly saluted. Liu Bang called her up, bent her waist and stretched her neck to look inside the palace door, there was no movement in the hall, pouting her ass and asking Dai Qing, "Is the queen there?" ”

Dai Qing nodded lightly and said, "Niangniang...... I haven't slept yet, so the emperor will go in. ”

Liu Bang let out an 'oh', waved his hand to call Dai Qing down, and gently pushed the door open and entered. In a dim place, Liu Bang saw Empress Lu sitting quietly beside a few cases, looking at a place intently, not knowing what he was thinking. When Liu Bang got closer and closer, Empress Lu realized that Liu Bang was coming, and dragged his slightly tired body to stand up and salute, "See the emperor." ”

"Why is the queen always so strange, we don't have to be so polite in the future, okay?" Liu Bang hurriedly helped Lu Hou up, put his hand on Lu Hou's shoulder and said with a smile.

A smile was forced out of Empress Lu's faint tiredness, and she nodded tiredly and sat back on the mat.

Liu Bang also took a mat and sat opposite Lu Hou, and when he saw Lu Hou's indifferent face and lack of qi and blood, he asked urgently, "The queen's face is not good, is she sick?" ”

"Nope." Answered him succinctly.

Liu Bang said 'oh' lightly, seeing that Empress Lu was not in a good mood, and it was not easy for the Huns to welcome their relatives, he took the initiative to speak, and accompanied Empress Lu for a while.

Empress Lu took out the Go that had been prepared, put it on a few tables, put the candle flame closer, and said, "Does the emperor want to play chess?" ”

Liu Bang looked up at Empress Lu who was setting up chess pieces, and stopped talking, he didn't come here to play chess, and Empress Lu didn't want to refuse to play chess, and said, "I am willing to accompany the queen to play a game." ”

Lu Hou smiled perfunctorily again, without the slightest nostalgia.

"Is the emperor in black or white?" Lu Hou asked.

"Everything." Liu Bang said.

"Then the concubine is still black." As he spoke, Empress Lu took the black chess pieces and took the first step on the chessboard, and Liu Bang also followed a random step, his mind was not on playing chess at all, and he was completely on the board of Empress Lu. Lu Hou looked at the chessboard with the chess pieces in his hand, pondered for a while, and took another step, Liu Bang saw that she was indeed interested, so he had to accompany her to play chess. The two of you take a step, he takes a step, no one lets whom, who paves the way for whom, they are all walking with all their spirits, as if they are gambling on something, more and more gunpowder smells, and finally Liu Bang was afraid of annoying the queen, so he deliberately lost the battle, secretly let Lu Hou, but Lu Hou didn't know, just like this for a while, in the end, Lu Hou defeated Liu Bang.

"I'm not good at chess, but the queen is really powerful." Liu Bang said with a smile as he spread the chess pieces on the chessboard.

Empress Lu said lightly, "It's not that the emperor's chess skills are not good, but the emperor's favorite concubine." There was no smile.

Liu Bang smiled again, and watched Lu Hou pick up the chess pieces one by one and put them back in the box.

"Queen, I came today to discuss something with you." Liu Bang suddenly spoke, Lu Hou's hand picking up the chess pieces suddenly stopped, frozen in mid-air, the last glimmer of hope was gone, he was finally about to speak, originally hoped that Liu Bang would keep his promise not to speak, it seemed that he was wrong.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Lu Houzhong moved his stiff hand again, looked at the chess pieces with his eyes lowered, and said lightly.

Liu Bang had already sensed Empress Lu's displeasure, even so, he had to bite the bullet and say it. As soon as he grabbed Empress Lu's hand, he looked at Empress Lu apologetically, and said, "I want to marry Ah Yuan to the Huns, you see ......" Liu Bang didn't say anything further, from the time he said the first word, he saw Empress Lu's gloomy and bitter and complaining tangled eyes forcing himself, so that he had nowhere to hide and no courage to say more.

Empress Lu didn't say a word, her eyes looked at Liu Bang with straight and disappointed eyes, Liu Bang was very uncomfortable stared at by her, avoided Empress Lu's gaze, looked away, and the hand holding Empress Lu gradually let go.

"Could it be that the emperor has forgotten that he once promised his concubines that he would never marry A-Yuan to the Huns, and the emperor forgot it after only a few months?" Empress Lu's words were a little excited, and tears were about to burst out of the corners of her eyes, but she would never cry, she didn't want to be a cowardly woman in front of him.

"Uh......" Liu Bang was a little speechless with guilt for a while, and he lowered his head as if he had made a mistake and rubbed the corners of his clothes. After all, he said so, but because of the strength of the Xiongnu and the better development of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang had already decided to break his oath, as long as his country could be stable, family affection or something could be sacrificed. According to his thoughts, he has a hard time and has to do this, when family affection and national stability contradict each other, as an emperor who has worked hard to conquer the world, he must put the country first, the so-called 'lesser of two evils', family affection can be remedied, and the destruction of the country cannot be replicated. Liu Bang was entangled for a moment, straightened his waist and coldly released a sentence, "I have decided, what can you do with me?" Tomorrow I will announce that Ayuan will enter the palace, and the queen ......"

Before the words fell, Empress Lu took the lead and said, "It's useless, Ah Yuan has been sent out of the palace by his concubines, and he is already on the way back to Zhao, if the emperor wants to send someone to chase after him, it will be too late." Liu Bang unceremoniously didn't care about the simplest family affection, and Empress Lu no longer had scruples, and unceremoniously put down a sentence coldly, messing up the chess pieces on the case.

As soon as he heard this, Liu Bang was furious, and he didn't care about his relationship with the queen, nor did he care about the agreement with her, and the queen's actions made him angry. He saw that the queen never consulted with him about things, and a nameless fire rushed to his head, and he jumped up and glared at Long Mu, and yelled, "Who made you do this?" Who gives you the power? Do you know that marrying the Xiongnu is a national policy, and you actually made an initiative to send the princess away without consulting me, you are so bold. I have given the order not to leave the city for three days, why do you ignore my will? Liu Bang scolded Empress Lu while his fingers tightened, gritting his teeth in anger, he originally felt ashamed of the queen, but the queen did this, which made his last bit of guilt for her gone.

Liu Bang's anger frightened the four palace people in the hall to kneel on the ground with a 'poof', and Liu Bang yelled at them angrily, "Get out!" The four palace people cowered and opened the door and exited the hall.

Empress Lu was not afraid of his anger, slowly turned her head, her eyes were cold and complaining, she looked at her husband in front of her with anger, and said with a vicissitudes of life, "Ah Yuan is the biological daughter of the concubine and the emperor, and the concubine only has two children, Ah Yuan and Ying'er, how can the emperor be so ruthless to throw his daughter into Hudi, suffering from lovesickness, Hudi is thousands of miles away from Chang'an." The Xiongnu are arrogant and unreasonable, Ah Yuan is married, how can the emperor bear it? Marrying the Xiongnu is not only a national affair but also a family affair of the concubines, and the concubines must not ask their daughters who have become married to marry Hudi for the second time, and make the people of Chang'an laugh. Lu Hou was as angry as Liu Bang, his eyes were red, and he fought back against Liu Bang angrily, and his voice became louder and louder.

"Presumptuous, I cure you for the crime of bewitching the public, as the mother of the country, but I don't know how to mother the world, I see that you, the queen, might as well give it to others, and hand over the queen's golden seal tomorrow. You have a good rest, it's time to recuperate. ”

Liu Bang was suddenly furious, and there was no sign of softening, but he was even more annoyed by Empress Lu, and stood aside with his sleeves angrily, blowing his beard and glaring angrily. As soon as Empress Lu heard that Liu Bang wanted to abolish his posterior position, he was so shocked that his heart almost jumped out, and immediately his eyes chased after Liu Bang's angry dragon eyes, looked at him coldly, gritted his teeth and said, "To tell you the truth, have you already thought about abolishing the concubine, yes or no?" Lu Hou walked quickly to Liu Bang, her eyes were still full of tears, she stared at him fiercely and waited for him to speak, she was waiting for him to speak, if so, she decided to never see the emperor again in this life, so she took off the queen's uniform and entered the North Palace to live in peace for the rest of her life. If not, should we be grateful to him?

Liu Bang weakened at this time, feeling that his words were too heavy, and seriously hurt his wife, no matter how she was, no matter how much he contradicted himself and made him angry, he should not say anything to abolish her position and insult her. Liu Bang was silent, looked away from Empress Lu again, and said lightly, "I don't, you think too much." ”