Almost half of the town was occupied by the palace, which had not been completed for three years, and the remaining half was mostly requisitioned by the troops stationed there.

The people were crowded into narrow huts, but wherever new houses could be built, grass huts were built, and the roads, which were not very wide, became narrower and darker, and the winter was better, and in the summer it was filled with the foul smell of feces and urine, and the young men who were a little angry chose to leave here.

The mountains in the southwest are undulating, the trees are luxuriant, and it is far from being as bitter and cold as in the northwest, but since the king of Wu came, the people have been disturbed and complained.

In the first year of coming here, he began to work on the construction of the palace, which was more energetic than repairing his ancestral tomb.

The people who originally occupied the land, whether men, women, or children, were all used by him to fill the work, and the grass huts and wooden houses were reduced to rubble overnight.

Working in the palace, two meals a day, just eat without pay, live in the shack is built of wooden planks and thatch looted from the old residence of the people, dozens of people live in the Chase Shop, the summer is extremely hot, a fart can smell until dawn.

The women were sent to do laundry and cooking, and were responsible for the food and clothing of the whole palace and the barracks every day, and lived in slightly better places, which also leaked rain in summer and wind in winter.

If you have a decent face, you can go to the manager to try your luck, and maybe you will be selected into the harem of Queen Wu, and from then on, you don't have to worry about your livelihood.

Everyone knows that King Wu has a unique preference, and the beautiful and delicate princess is not pampered, but likes the peasant woman who goes up and down the mountain, and has an inexplicable hobby for married women.

The widow's surname is Feng, her appearance is barely handsome, she is tall and powerful, she can plow an acre of land in half a day, and the speed is not inferior to that of ploughing cattle, and there are even rumors in the outside world that King Wu intends to abolish Princess Zheng and set up Feng as a concubine.

In addition to being lustful, the vassal king whose real name is Wang Siheng is also extremely greedy for money, and he ruled two prefectures, six states and thirteen counties, which was originally a poor land that his grandmother did not love and his uncle did not love.

These two percent of the tax naturally went into his pocket, in addition to the filial piety money of the officials and gentry in various places, the money for merchants and travelers to buy roads, and the salt and iron of the imperial court...... Even if it's a stone, it can still make oil.

In this way, he would still cry poverty to the court every year, turning a blind eye to the army and people's livelihood that should spend the most money, and smashing the silver into the palace with all his brains, without the slightest responsibility of the vassal king.

……

The backyard of the palace, the winding path leads to the secluded, here is the king of Wu specially built for the princess, the princess likes to be quiet, since the family moved here, the king of Wu ordered people to build a residence according to the courtyard of the woman's family for the first time.

The princess's surname is Liu, her name is Mu Hibiscus, she has been familiar with four books and five classics since she was a child, and her knowledge is much more profound than Wang Siheng, who is the king of the domain.

Liu Hibiscus lives in an inconspicuous two-story small building, planting sycamore in front of the building, planting plantain behind the building, there are several clusters of pillars in the courtyard, rainy and foggy in the southwest, catching up with the heavy rain, the rain hits the leaves, squirming, then the woman likes to sit by the window and open the window, quietly listen to the sound of the rain.

Today's sky is gloomy, and I haven't waited for the rain for a long time, but an uninvited guest has come.

Wang Siheng appeared downstairs with the general's belly, knocked lightly on the door, and stood with a stick of incense before being allowed to enter.

"Lady." King Wu walked upstairs and spoke softly.

The woman sat by the window with her back to her, lightly unfolding her book coupons, putting down her pen lightly, and did not seem to hear the other party's words.

Another stick of incense, the woman put down the rabbit in her hand and turned around, even if she looked at the entire dynasty, there were few people.

"I heard that you want to set up another concubine?"

"Lady, you Bingxue is smart, how can you believe the gossip of outsiders?"

"Yes or no, don't forget who you are."

The woman put the scroll in order, took out two letters from her sleeve and handed them to the other party:

"They were written by Sima Kuan, the chief soldier of Nanyang Mansion, and Bi Jiewei in coordination with Fu Ling, although I didn't read it, but I guessed it.

Fu Ling is your old department, with the birth and death for many years, the problem is not big, Sima Kuan has always been honest, and it takes some effort to persuade him. ”

Liu Muhibiscus took out another letter with the wolf's head lacquer seal, handed it over, and said:

"There are a lot less movements in the capital, and the faces in the nearby prefectures and counties have disappeared these days, and I think it is your image of the unvirtuous prince that has reassured them."

Wang Siheng took the letter, nodded and smiled: "Thanks to the lady's arrangement." ”

The woman didn't appreciate it at all, and said in a cold tone:

"Next, according to the plan, I will send soldiers to cultivate fields and expand the military town, I will go back to the capital, and then I will leave it to you."

Hearing that the other party was going back to his parents' house for the first time in three years, the man asked:

"Why did you suddenly think to go back?"

"After all, next time we meet, I don't know what it will be, I'm not here during this time, you can help me flip through the scrolls from time to time."

"Don't worry, lady."

The man grinned, and he could vaguely see that he was a handsome and handsome guy back then, but now he is fat like this, but if he doesn't have the title of prince, he has to be regarded as a pork seller when he walks on the street.

……

The two first met in the Liu family's mansion, when he was the general in command of the three armies, she was a talented woman with a good reputation in the capital, and Liu Muqing was also a little-known member of the Ministry of Works.

The two men rarely became close friends, and often went to each other's mansions as guests in their spare time, both of them passed the marriageable age but did not marry for a long time, and the outside world suspected that they had an ulterior relationship.

In the 672nd year of the dynasty, the first emperor died, and an edict transferred Wang Siheng back to the capital, and assisted the young emperor together with Liu Muqing, who had just shown his prominence in the official department.

At that time, the Liu family was not so blatant, Wang Siheng, the imperial uncle, had always cultivated the little emperor as a Ming monarch, and later the queen mother Liu Pheasant began to cultivate cronies, control the government, and rely on the identity of the biological mother of the Son of Heaven, often said bad things about King Wu in private, and the ignorant little emperor gradually became estranged from this imperial uncle.

What made Wang Siheng most unacceptable was that Liu Muqing, who had always been known as a friend, also switched to the Queen Mother's disciple, and his official position rose all the way.

In the most fierce years of the civil and martial arts, Liu Muqing retreated bravely in order to avoid being the enemy of the other party, entered the Qingwen Pavilion full of young people, and served as an attendant consultant for a few years.

Although the relationship between the two has dropped to the freezing point, Wang Siheng successfully pried away the other party's sister during this period, even if they are married, there are still idlers in the market who chew the root of their tongues, saying that Wang Liu and the second man are subject to etiquette and cannot have a lover and eventually become a family, so he retreated and married Liu Cainu.

The words are not heart-wrenching, but they are disgusting enough, they are arranged by the young ladies who have nothing to do all day to entertain themselves, and some people even published a picture album of words, which is widely circulated.

There is always something familiar about this scene...... (End of chapter)