Chapter 22 The Storm Rises
One morning three days later, there was an uproar outside the palace, and the people were all looking forward to watching what was happening, and thousands of Han soldiers in the bazaar were running majestically in the direction of the palace with strict discipline. Liu Bang went to the front hall again, and someone told him that someone on the border was back, so he hurriedly went to the front hall without saying a word, and saw Guo Ting's other general Feng Yong, Feng Yong simply made a military salute, and he didn't care about the great ceremony of the monarch and ministers in front of the big event, so he had to make a simple salute. He told the emperor that he didn't know why General Guo Ting had just led the Han soldiers to enter the border of Helan County, and the Loufu soldiers who had just been stationed in Helan for two days all withdrew to Loufu without warning, leaving behind the people of Helan who had plundered. After General Guo Ting arrived, the Lou Fu soldiers had already left, but General Guo Ting was confused. So he sent people back overnight to report to the emperor, and brought back 1,000 people, and the remaining 2,000 people stayed in Helan, saying that it was to prevent Lou Fu from returning to Kou again.
Feng Yong also said that General Guo Ting left 2,000 men to guard against the Xiongnu and Lou Fu, and secondly, after arriving at Helan, he immediately ordered to strengthen the fortress of Helan City, so it was necessary to use manpower, so he made this decision and asked the emperor to approve General Guo's approach.
Liu Bang sat on the couch, rubbing his temples lightly with one hand, while listening to him, acquiescing to Guo Ting's approach. asked Feng Yongke again if he had seen the Hun soldiers, Feng Yong said no, only saw some scattered Lou Fu soldiers retreating north. Liu Bang was puzzled, and waved his hand to Feng Yong to go down.
Liu Bang was meditating in the front hall again, why did the Lou Fubing soldiers withdraw again? After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't figure out why, so I had to wait for the details of the Huns and Loufu to come back and report to him.
Outside the palace, the ministers were busy with the migration of people; In the palace, the emperor was in command, encountered many things, encountered more difficulties, and the final ruling must be cautious. Sometimes, in order not to affect the ministers' hearts to do things, Liu Bang does not tell the ministers some relatively insignificant things, such as the incident of Lou annoying Kou Helan this time, but he feels that it is sudden, it is not that he can't beat them, in fact, as long as General Guo Ting has a few thousand people in his hands, he can beat Lou Fu back.
The busyness of the past few days has made Liu Bang feel very tired, and there is no important piece of music outside the palace at present, so he can finally take a little rest. So he returned to the Yuzao Palace in a languid state, seeing that he was not in a good mood, Mrs. Qi was ready to ask someone to stage a song and dance, so as to relieve the pressure and help the emperor to have fun, Kabuki was waved by Liu Bang to retreat as soon as he entered the palace, saying that he wanted to be quiet. Liu Bang sat on a spacious mat against the temple gate, scratched his forehead, turned his head to look at the dazzling light in front of the temple door, sighed, and looked at the bright light outside the hall with a calm and quiet gaze.
Mrs. Qi put her hand on Liu Bang's shoulder and patted it gently, comforting, "There have been many political affairs in the past few days, and Your Majesty has worked hard." ”
Liu Bang patted her hand with his hand, turned his head and smiled reluctantly at Mrs. Qi, did not speak, and then looked at the front of the hall with deep eyes, a gust of wind blew up the dead leaves on the ground and rolled into the hall, and a yellow leaf fell right in front of Liu Bang's knees.
Mrs. Qi sat beside Liu Bang and glanced at Jing Tian, who took the thick black robe after he understood. Mrs. Qi draped him over her shoulders, seeing that Liu Bang had not spoken much in the past few days but always looked tired and worried, she thought in her heart that he must have been frustrated in the affairs of the migrants. Looking at Liu Bang's temples carefully, I don't know when they were more white, his temples almost became pure white, dazzling by the light. Looking along the sideburns towards the forehead, the texture of the deep furrow in the front of the forehead deepens much more. Mrs. Qi's distressed tears turned red, and she touched Liu Bang's sideburns. Liu Bang looked back and smiled and said, "Touch what?" I'm old. After a pause for about a while, he said meaningfully," she said...... I can't grow old until everything is over. Mrs. Qi leaned her head on Liu Bang's shoulder and asked, "Your Majesty, are you in trouble with the affairs of the migrants?" ”
Liu Bang shook his head, "No, don't think about it, madam, where did Ruyi go." ”
Mrs. Qi said, "I went to find Mrs. Bo's house again to play with Liu Heng, I only know how to play one day, and the new Taifu that His Majesty found for him can't control Ruyi at all, but he is tired enough." ”
Liu Bang laughed a few times, he just likes this kind of wishful, just like when he was a child, he doesn't like to study, and he is so naughty. Seeing that Liu Bang was happy at this time, Mrs. Qi said cautiously and tentatively, "Your Majesty, what if someone in the harem fornicates?" ”
Liu Bang was stunned, looked at Mrs. Qi with a little doubt, and smiled, "How can you say that, fornication should be severely punished, and the affairs of the harem have always been taken care of by the queen, and if you are not in her position, you will not seek her own politics, so Mrs. will not care." ”
Mrs. Qi frowned and nodded, her face was slightly melancholy, and all the worries in her chest were piled up on her thin face, and after a short pause, she looked carefully into Liu Bang's eyes and asked, "Your Majesty...... Who have you been pampered lately? ”
Liu Bang's eyes widened, his heart sighed, he looked at Mrs. Qi in front of him in a daze, and paused for a while before he smiled and said, "How, how, how come?" Government affairs are busy, how can there be leisure? Liu Bang looked away from Mrs. Qi, and felt that Mrs. Qi's question was very strange, I don't know why she asked such a thing, but she forgot the person she had been spoiled in the past month or two, and she never thought about what Mrs. Qi meant by asking this, she couldn't be jealous, her favorite was Mrs. Qi, why be jealous?
Looking at Mrs. Qi, who was frowning and silent, Liu Bang knew what he had done to some women in the harem in the past two months, and after thinking about it carefully, he was a little ashamed and didn't dare to look at Mrs. Qi's eyes anymore, so he coughed lightly and gestured to Jing Tian, who was waiting next to him. Jing poured tea and put it on a few cases, Liu Bang got up and sat on the side of a few cases and drank tea, no longer continuing the topic just now, but there was a small wave in his heart.
Mrs. Qi remembered what Zhao Meiren and Mrs. Guan said when they came to her a few days ago, Zhao Meiren said that a woman in Beiyuan was pregnant and now lives in Beiyuan. At that time, Mrs. Guan was angry and said that she must execute this woman who does not know the height of the sky, and dare to have an affair with someone in the palace, and she was going to tell the queen that she was stopped by Mrs. Qi and Zhao Meiren.
Mrs. Qi felt that things were strange, so she didn't dare to draw conclusions privately, and she didn't dare to easily say that she wanted to discuss this matter with the queen with other concubines, because she felt that the woman in Beiyuan was pregnant with the emperor in her belly, and the reason why she lived in Beiyuan was nothing more than that the emperor didn't want people to know. Beiyuan is located in the northernmost part of Changle Palace, close to the Wei River, in Changle Palace is relatively a northernmost place, and it is also a place where some elderly palace people or concubines who have made mistakes in the palace have to think about it, and the function of Yongxiang is different, the violent room in Yongxiang is specially opened for the palace nobles who make mistakes, such as concubines such as the prince who made mistakes, and its function is to do hard labor. Beiyuan is a place for people to reflect on their repentance, and there is no human torture, there are elderly palace people there, and the emperor must have arranged for them to take care of this woman.
Liu Bang is good to himself, and Ruyi has been favored by him, which makes him want to support Liu Ruyi and plan to abolish the prince. Mrs. Qi didn't want Liu Bang to leave regrets, so she wanted to keep the woman in Beiyuan and the child in her belly for Liu Bang. But when I asked him today, he was not honest with himself, and there was no important evidence to prove that the child in the belly of the Beiyuan woman was the emperor's.
Mrs. Qi didn't dare to be careless about this matter, even if the emperor didn't admit it, but the way he spoke made Mrs. Qi feel that the child was the emperor's, looking at the emperor at this time as if he didn't know what to call and continue to drink tea, Mrs. Qi felt that the emperor had too many things hidden in his heart, and now even the people he had pampered had to secretly arrange and quietly make him add heirs for himself. Mrs. Qi knew that what Liu Bang was afraid of was not Mrs. Qi herself, but that Empress Lu would not let go, so she didn't dare to confess.
After staying in the Yuzao Palace for a while, someone in the front hall came to find the emperor again, so Liu Bang followed the eunuch to the front hall to deal with things.
Mrs. Qi was worried about the Beiyuan woman, so she asked Jing Tian to secretly go to Beiyuan to inquire about the woman's situation, and forced her to ask if the child in her womb was the emperor's, and she had to figure it out before she could decide what to do in the future.