Next, Liu Bang explained to the close ministers around him that in the past two days, they hurriedly got inside and outside the palace, cleaned the streets, cleaned up the merchants and wine shops on Chang'an Avenue, and added a notice not to let the people get into trouble recently, and prepare for the arrival of the Hun envoys with the cleanest and most graceful Chang'an.

After canonizing the princess, Liu Bang called the court to disperse, and suddenly the palace was empty, and a person went out of the palace, and Lu Hou chased him out and asked him where to eat lunch, Liu Bang plucked his ears with his little finger, rubbed his nose, and remembered that he had an unpleasant quarrel with the queen last night, so he didn't want to eat in Changxin Palace, and laughed that it had not yet been decided, and it was the same where to eat. That's it, so I went to the Xuanmur Hall of Weiyang Palace to sort out the economic, military, and cultural contest with the Xiongnu in recent years. Empress Lu and the emperor were in a stalemate, as soon as he left, Empress Lu returned to the palace, pulled Liu Lu and instructed something, Liu Lu's face was always tense, and he couldn't relax for a moment, no one knew what Empress Lu said to her again, but he saw Queen Lu go out with a sly smile.

Before he walked to the gate of Changxin Palace, the originally cool and gentle Tian'er turned his face at this moment, and the next one did not stop, but the filth and miscellaneous in the palace were washed clean, clean and polished, and it didn't take long for the rain to gather into a stream and flow up, and the raindrops on the ground formed countless small mushrooms, which were exceptionally fresh and pleasant. Empress Lu and the others hurriedly walked around the eaves, and Dai Qing hurriedly called someone to bring an umbrella for Empress Lu.

Returning to Changxin Palace in the rain, Dai Qing ordered the palace people to cook a bowl of ginger soup for the queen, and found a set of dry and clean clothes from the inner hall for Empress Lu to change into. Sitting on the mat, his eyes were empty and focused on looking at the curtain rain outside the hall, dripping and jumping, the rain after autumn was more lonely and quiet, unlike the summer rain was lively and lively, coming one after another. The rain after autumn always gives people a sense of melancholy, and always makes people inadvertently recall the past, and then indulge in it for a long time. Dai Qing put the already boiled ginger soup on the table, and called out softly to Empress Lu, who was immersed in memories, Empress Lu put her hands on her face, took a long breath into her hands, picked up the ginger soup and blew it, and drank it all in a few sips.

Get up and stand under the eaves outside the temple gate, and look left and right, the divine beast in front of the temple is like ticking with rain, and it is washed brightly, as if wrapped in oil. Empress Lu was wrapped in a red cloak, and the rain mixed with a fine breeze blew in her face, blowing the swaying feathers on the cloak, blowing the hair of Empress Lu's temples, fresh and moist. Empress Lu quietly watched the rain pouring down like a bead curtain, and the heavy rain hazy the hills in the distance, the palace buildings in the distance, and the eyes of Empress Lu.

There were countless ripples on the ground, standing in front of the high temple gate, and the majestic rain was intertwined at will. Lu Hourong calmly admired this fresh autumn rain, his hands were naturally hanging in front of his lower abdomen, and under his long eyelashes, a pair of eyes that had been vicissitudes of life outlined boundless complexity at this time.

Slowly stretch out a hand, slowly raise it to enjoy the caress of the rain in the rain, the rain flows down the gap in the hand, and suddenly feels cool.

The rain fell for an hour, and Empress Lu stood outside the hall for an hour. Rain is the cleanest sacred thing in heaven, it descends on the earth to wash away the filth and mess of the earth, washes away the sorrow and resentment in the depths of the human heart, it calms the anger in people's hearts, purifies the heart and makes it pure.

The whole palace was ticking with the crispness of the rain, playing a cheerful melody. At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the rain gradually began to lighten. A palace maid came in from the side hall and whispered a few words beside Dai Qing.

"Mother." Dai Qing walked lightly to Empress Lu's side, "The emperor said that lunch will be eaten in Linhua Palace, so don't wait." ”

Lu Houping looked at the front of him, and his eyes suddenly held back a nameless fire, and he said coldly after a long time, "Come to the Hua Palace." Dai Qing hurriedly held an umbrella.

Linhua Palace.

I heard that Liu Bang's lunch was arranged in Linhua Palace, Mrs. Guan was as happy as a bride, the smile on her face never stopped for a moment, she was happy to everyone, and she was busy preparing lunch for Liu Bang personally, she had never personally prepared meals for anyone in the kitchen, and today I heard that Liu Bang was coming, but she insisted on cooking herself.

The kitchen was bustling, with the sound of chopping vegetables, frying, and pots and pans intertwined. Mrs. Guan packed up her clothes, rolled up her sleeves, tied her kitchen skirt and prepared to do it, but she was stopped by the kitchen chef and said in fear, "Madame can't do such rough work, the emperor will blame Caochen when he knows it, Madame is pregnant, and the ministers will do the work under her mouth." The chef risked his life to stop in front of Guan Wen, not daring to ask her to cook.

Mrs. Guan smiled when she heard this, "The emperor won't blame you, I'll give it to you, it's okay." "I insisted on getting it myself, but the chef couldn't stop her, so he had to let her, just carefully beckoning her to start, lest she make a mistake Liu Bang blamed.

was busy getting up, and a girl ran in outside, panting and panicking, and said, "The queen is here." ”

Mrs. Guan 'chuckled', and immediately stopped what she was doing, her eyes widened like copper bells, and she was very surprised, thinking, did the emperor bring the queen here for lunch? No one said the queen was coming.

Quickly washed his hands, untied the kitchen skirt around his waist and put it down, and hurriedly came out to pick up the queen.

Walking along the road, there were palace maids who whispered that the queen came with a gloomy face, and Mrs. Guan was even more worried, not knowing what happened to call the queen to come to the door in person. As soon as she walked to the door of the hall, Mrs. Guan turned her head sideways and looked inside, and sure enough, Lu Hou was waiting in the main hall with her on her back, and there were a few little palace maids around Lu Hou in addition to Dai Qing, how could it not look like they were here to eat, but a row of menacing postures.

Mrs. Guan was a little frightened in her heart, and turned around and asked Chanxin beside her, "Your Majesty said that the queen is also coming?" ”

Chan Xin embarrassed her face and shook her head guiltily and said she didn't know.

Seeing Empress Lu's posture, Mrs. Guan was so anxious that she hid outside the hall and didn't dare to come in, and prayed in her heart that Liu Bang would come quickly.

A moment has passed, there is no figure of the emperor in front of the door of Linhua Palace, Mrs. Guan scratched her scalp anxiously, and looked inside, Empress Lu still stood motionless in place with her waist straight, without saying anything, and several palace maids next to her were like generals in a protective manner. Mrs. Guan was in a hurry outside the hall, Empress Lu seemed to hear the sound outside, and asked who it was, Mrs. Guan panicked 'oh', and had to stomp her feet to go in, afraid of the majesty of Empress Lu, and did not dare to look up at her, just two steps into the respectful bowing of the head to bow down, "The queen is ...... of pleasure."

'Slap', Mrs. Guan's words did not fall, a slap had already thrown her cheek, due to the suddenness, Mrs. Guan couldn't parry, and was beaten back a little by this slap, almost falling to the ground. It was Empress Lu who turned around and walked over in three steps, not waiting for Guan Wen to finish his salute, but even to the many palace maids in the hall, and slapped Mrs. Guan on the face, and suddenly Empress Lu squinted at her with arrogance and disdain as if she was released.

Mrs. Guan suddenly had five finger prints on her face, confused by this sudden slap, and suddenly felt that her cheeks were hot and painful. Holding his cheek with one hand, he looked at Empress Lu with some inexplicability in anger, and Empress Lu's eyes were also full of anger, just waiting to collide with her eyes, and the smell of gunpowder was permeating the hall.

Although Mrs. Guan was very angry in her heart, she also wanted to give Empress Lu a slap like this, but because of Empress Lu's status and majesty, she could only endure it, although her eyes were red, her eyes glared at Empress Lu's equally angry phoenix eyes as if they were about to come out.

One step in front of Empress Lu, covering her cheeks and asking Empress Lu unconvinced, "Why did the queen beat me?" ”

Empress Lu raised her eyebrows provocatively, the corners of her mouth twitched irregularly, and her eyes stared at Mrs. Guan like a hook, as if she wanted to eat her, and approached Mrs. Guan.

'Slap' was another slap on the other side of Mrs. Guan's face without warning.

'Ah' Mrs. Guan didn't have time to dodge like a lightning strike, and she screamed in pain, and the slap knocked her to the ground.

Mrs. Guan never thought that Empress Lu would slap herself twice in a row like this, and suddenly there were five red finger prints on the other side of her face, and the painful Mrs. Guan covered both sides of her face, and from time to time made a 'hiss' painful sound, and suddenly aggrieved tears flowed down, lying on the ground and sobbing.

All the palace maids in Linhua Hall couldn't bear to see this scene, the queen was beating a lady, or beating many slaves and maids, seeing the queen holding her breath and beating people with all her strength mercilessly, as if venting some kind of anger. The palace maids heard that Empress Lu slapped Mrs. Guan in the face, in addition to the palace people who came from Changxin Palace, the palace people in Linhua Hall also trembled in their hearts, and they all felt distressed for Mrs. Guan.

Chanxin saw that Mrs. Guan innocently slapped Queen Lu twice, and immediately cried in fear, covering her mouth with her hands and crying and being afraid. His eyes lit up, and he wanted to go out to call Liu Bang to come quickly, but as soon as he walked to the door and stepped out of one foot, he was dragged back by another palace maid beside Empress Lu, and with Chanxin's 'ah', the palace maid pulled her hair and dragged her to the ground, helping Empress Lu to make a threat, "Go call the emperor?" I told you to call. After that, he also gave Chanxin a slap, Chanxin screamed 'ah', the screams resounded throughout the temple, and her hair fell unkempt beside Mrs. Guan and cried with Mrs. Guan.

Mrs. Guan held the Chanxin beside her, looked at Empress Lu with teary eyes, and roared loudly, "Dare to ask the queen, what mistake did I make to ask you to treat me like this, although the queen is the master of the harem, but she also has to act according to the palace rules, right?" ”

Empress Lu walked up to Mrs. Guan and snorted coldly, looked at her with hook-like eyes, and pressed her face close to Mrs. Guan's face, Guan Wen thought that she was going to slap her again, so she was so frightened that she took a few steps back.

Gritted his teeth, he said, "You forced me." Empress Lu straightened her waist and stood up, carrying her on her back, "This palace said that I hate others for scheming behind my back, but if you don't listen, you sent someone to assassinate this palace a month ago, and this palace can not be investigated, and I don't want to pursue it." But I didn't expect you to change your bad nature, through the Huns and relatives want to marry Ayuan to the Huns, this palace must not bear it, which of these two things is not a capital crime, can this palace spare you? Empress Lu said hatefully, but Mrs. Guan was confused, what kind of assassination, Huns, Huns are coming? She didn't know.

"What...... What kind of assassination, what did the queen say? I, I don't understand, I don't know about the Huns, is the queen mistaken? It's not me, it's really not me. Guan Wen defended himself innocently.

Lu Hou turned around and glanced at her, 'snorted', and said, "I expected you not to admit it, but it doesn't matter, you will admit it soon." ”

Guan Wen and Chan looked at Empress Lu with panic.

"Come on, find out Mrs. Guan's silver seal and purple ribbon, and escort her to Yongxiang to be taught. No one is allowed to visit. "After Empress Lu gave the order, everyone looked at each other, did they really want to imprison Mrs. Guan in Yongxiang?