Chapter 9 Insist on leaving the city
For the first time, there was exhaustion and helplessness in Empress Lu's eyes, she had often had to deal with these sudden things in the palace for a few years, except for the change of reserves, nothing would make her so flustered. Today it seems that she is wrong, her daughter and son are heaven to her, if anyone has an accident between them, she can't bear it at all, and when the time comes, I am afraid that I will not resent Liu Bang first, but first resent my own incompetence.
With a long sigh, he was silent for a long time, closing his eyes to calm the excitement of patience. Liu Ying stroked Lu Hou's back to comfort her a little, helped her to sit down on the mat next to a few cases, picked up a small clay pot and gave a pot of bait to her mother, Lu Hou had no heart to drink these at this time, and didn't want to live up to the prince's good intentions, so she took a few sips and put them back on a few cases. grabbed the prince's hand and held it tightly, his eyes were all occupied by vicissitudes and helplessness, and he opened his mouth bitterly, "Ying'er ......" looked at the prince's spring-like eyes, all of which were so clear and pure, Lu Hou's heartache suddenly trembled and stopped, for a while she didn't know what to say, where to start, maybe the prince asked something first, and he knew what to answer him.
The prince looked at his mother like this, and was anxious, leaning to the side of Empress Lu, propping his hands on a few cases and asking eagerly, "Queen Mother, what's wrong?" ”
"Do you hate your father?"
Liu Ying stared in a daze, and let out a light 'ah', Liu Ying didn't know how to answer, took her eyes away, sat back again, silently scratched the edge of her temple with her index finger, and glanced at her lost mother.
gritted his teeth and complained, "Your father is really ruthless, completely ignoring the agreement between the queen mother and him, I used to trust him so much and love him, even if he spoiled Qi Ji, now even Mrs. Guan dares to come to challenge me and bewitch your father to marry your sister to the Huns." Empress Lu looked at the prince with tears in his eyes, and the prince was shocked when he heard it, his mouth was wide open, and the word 'ah' jumped out one by one, completely unbelievable.
"So the queen mother wants to send her sister away, in order not to cause friction between the father and brother-in-law, so the queen mother doesn't tell my sister, right?" The prince said.
Empress Lu nodded, "Weng Son-in-law can't be suspicious, your father is not optimistic about Ao Er, and he can't tell your brother-in-law about today's events, you know?" ”
The prince nodded, and the phrase 'sister married to the Huns' echoed in his ears, a little sad and unprepared, his saliva kept swallowing into his throat, and he covered his face with his hands to sort out all the fragments of his father's treatment of himself and his sister in the past few years. In the past few years, my father has never talked to him once, never took the initiative to go to the prince's palace once, and never took the initiative to ask for warmth to himself. All the food, clothing and daily life are all ordered by the mother to serve the good life, the mother often comes to the prince's palace to care for the father and the emperor to neglect themselves, often persuade themselves to learn the things of humility, and the festival is also a simple celebration of the mother and son. For my sister and brother-in-law, I have heard a lot from others, and I also know that my brother-in-law is not liked by my father, so I often scold him. Father's actions flashed in his mind, the resentment in the prince's heart was so resentful that he pinched his face vigorously, but he didn't dare to say anything resentful of his father, since the Chu-Han War, his father pushed himself and his sister off the carriage three times and twice, the prince's love for his father changed his attitude forever, and he no longer dared to be coquettish in his father's arms as before, some were just respectful and respectful, and they didn't dare to contradict anything, and they accepted their father's orders in peace. So, the prince's face was more sad and melancholy, every time he saw his father and Ruyi's father-son affection, envied and recalled the beauty of himself and his father, there was not much turmoil in his heart, fate decided that he was replaced after all, so he took the initiative to turn around and leave quietly with a beautiful smile in the laughter of his father and Ruyi.
For some reason, the prince endured and allowed his father to snub him, but he didn't want to see his sister also be snubbed by his father, and the waves in his heart fluctuated for a moment, and for the first time he complained about his father's unfairness to his sister. The resurgence of the inner turmoil may be due to the fact that his sister is already a wife, and his father wants to marry his sister who is already a wife, which he cannot tolerate.
The prince was complaining in a dull voice, and a little palace maid came in and said that the imperial servant Xiahou Ying had prepared the carriage and horses, and was waiting outside the palace gate at the moment. Lu Hou replied with a 'hmm', feeling heartache, and the car was coming, which meant that they were leaving.
Soon, the princess and King Zhao took Zhang Yan to Changxin Palace. Put Zhang Yan on the ground, Zhang Yan is a child, when she saw the adults so nervous, and saw her mother and father holding packages in their hands, she staggered to Lu Yuan's side, her fat hands wrapped around Lu Yuan's waist, and asked with bright black eyes, "Mother, where are we going?" Don't you play with your grandmother and uncle? ”
The princess leaned over, raised her hand and gently pinched Zhang Yan's pink face, and bent out a smile, "Yan'er, let's go back to Zhao Kingdom, and come back to play with grandmother and uncle when we have time, okay?" ”
When Zhang Yan heard this, she immediately looked unhappy, squeezed her brows, her small mouth was pouted, and she threw herself into Lu Yuan's arms and hugged Lu Yuan's neck and responded in a low voice, "It's not good." ”
The princess held Zhang Yan in her arms, straightened up and looked at Empress Lu awkwardly, not knowing how to persuade the innocent child. Lu Hou stood aside and looked at Yan'er, although she loved and liked it very much, but at this time, she didn't know what to say to the innocent child.
"Alright, let's go." Lu Hou walked to Lu Yuan's side and patted Zhang Yan's delicate shoulder, seeing that time was running out, she hurriedly told everyone to leave.
Walking outside the door, Empress Lu turned back to Dai Qing and said, "Dai Qing, if the emperor comes up, you can deal with it first, and the palace will come when you go." ”
The prince who was walking beside Empress Lu also nodded solemnly at her trust as if he had been ordered by Dai Qing, and Dai Qing let out a heavy 'um'.
The princess and King Zhao pulled Zhang Yan down the steps, followed Lu Hou to the palace gate, and after walking a short distance, they saw that the carriage prepared by Xiahou Ying was already waiting there, and Lu Hou and they hurried over.
Xiahou Ying saw that the queen and princess and King Zhao were coming, and they also hurriedly got out of the car to pick them up, and took the big and small bags in their hands and put them in the carriage.
Empress Lu, the princess, the crown prince, King Zhao, and Zhang Yan were all crowded in a carriage, and no one sat in the other carriage, but when they arrived outside the palace gate, the princess and them had a car, and Empress Lu also wanted a car when he came back, so he asked him to prepare two.
After they sat down, Xiahou Ying drove to the palace gate with a 'driving' sound.
In the car, the people in the car were all full of dejected faces, and they couldn't see a trace of happiness, Lu Hou hugged Zhang Yan without saying a word, looking out of the car window, there was loneliness outside the window, Xiao Xiao was solemn. The prince sat quietly opposite Empress Lu and did not speak, turning his gaze back and forth on Empress Lu, Sister A, and Brother-in-law. The princess's hand and Zhang Ao's hand were clasped tightly, and at this time she didn't know what was going on in the palace, seeing her mother so flustered, it must be a bad thing, and she was suddenly a little nervous.
"Queen Mother, the son leaves without saying hello to his father, the father won't blame his daughter, right?" The princess said.
Empress Lu withdrew his gaze from a distance, glanced at the prince who was in the know, and the prince also glanced at Empress Lu, and then looked at his sister. Lu Houqiang smiled and said calmly, "He won't blame you, don't worry." After returning to China this time, I don't know when I will be able to see you again. Chang'an, Zhao Guo, it's so far. After speaking, he looked out of the car window blankly, the cool breeze outside the car window blew up the hair on Lu Hou's sideburns, and a cool breeze came to his face, but he smiled as if he felt comfortable.
"Brother, Sister will not be by the side of the Queen Mother in the future, you have to take good care of your father and mother on behalf of Sister A, and listen to the words of the Queen Mother." The princess said to the prince again, "Now you have a princess again, study hard." ”
The prince pursed his lips tightly, and did not say a word, but nodded firmly.
In less than half a pillar of incense, he had already come to the east gate of Chang'an. Just as he was about to go out, he was stopped by the soldiers guarding him, who showed the halberds in their hands and shouted strongly, "Who is in the car?" ”
Without waiting for the people inside to say anything, Xiahou Ying had already opened her throat and scolded, "You are presumptuous, don't you know that this is the emperor's imperial chariot?" ”
"The emperor has just sent a message, people in the palace are only allowed to enter and exit within three days, and the car is not the saint today, if you want to go out, please show the charm given by the emperor." The soldiers were unmoved, their faces did not change, and they insisted on showing their charms, and stopped in front of the carriage with their halberds.
The first time Xia Houying saw a soldier dare to contradict him like this, he was so excited that he couldn't speak, so he could only angrily point at the soldier and spit out the word 'you'.
Empress Lu and the prince in the car looked at each other in surprise, unexpectedly that Liu Bang had already ordered that they were not allowed to go out of the city. Did he already know that he was going to send his daughter out of the city? Or was he more brainy than he was?
Empress Lu hugged Zhang Yan to the princess and sat down on the prince's side, "Don't you have a special talisman from your father?" Hurry up and take it out, so that your sister can go quickly. ”
At this time, the prince seemed a little reluctant, not reluctant, but he had already given the talisman to Jing Tian, and now he gave what he gave to Empress Lu. He lowered his head and scratched the corners of his mouth, and whispered, "Erchen left it in the Prince's Palace." ”
Empress Lu was speechless for a while, and looked at the prince in a daze, and the prince was so stunned that Empress Lu couldn't look upright, full of guilt.
Turning around, Lu Hou broke out of the car, "It's me." When the soldiers saw that it was the queen, they quickly put down their weapons and bowed solemnly as a military salute, "The queen is extremely happy." ”
"The main palace is going out of the city, get out of the way!" Empress Lu glared at them and let out a resolute word, and his words were solemn and solemn, and he did not allow a little laughter.
The soldiers looked at each other, hesitated for a while, and one of the soldiers raised his head and said, "Niangniang, the emperor said that he was not allowed to go out of the city, and we dare not disobey the holy order." ”
Empress Lu was anxious, her eyes were as red as blood, she pointed at this soldier and scolded loudly, "Bastard, don't you even listen to the words of this palace?" This palace is going out, are you going to tie up this palace? ”
"The last general doesn't dare, it's just a ...... Niangniang" The soldier was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground, the order was issued by the emperor, and now the queen wants to go out, but they don't know what to do, their faces are full of embarrassment, and after thinking about it again, they still don't dare to let Lu Hou out.
"Get out of the way, this palace wants to go out to do errands for the emperor, and the time has been delayed, can you afford to be guilty? If you dare to stop the palace again, you will be punished with a death penalty and get out of the way! Empress Lu roared like thunder in the car.
Seeing that they still wouldn't let him, he saw the soldier kneeling next to the carriage, and as soon as Empress Lu jumped up, he kicked the soldier far away, and saw that the soldier was kicked to the side by himself, Empress Lu hurriedly said to Xiahou Ying, "Go quickly." ”
Xiahou Ying hurriedly drove away from a road, leaving all those who were still chasing behind, and Empress Lu exhaled a big breath, looked at the pursuers behind, covered her chest and gasped, and said, "Finally come out." ”
The crown prince, the princess and the king of Zhao saw that Empress Lu had just made a decision, and they were very powerful, really like the demeanor of a big man.
The princess smiled and praised Empress Lu, "Queen Mother, you were really mighty just now, a heroine among women." ”
Empress Lu smiled bitterly, how did the princess know that this was for her.