Twenty-one: Mother

Empress Lu stumbled over from the porch, her eyes were red like a mad demon, she grabbed his sleeve, and scolded viciously, "Liu Ji, do you have to force my daughter to death before you stop?"

Liu Bang gently brushed away his wife's hand and walked out of the Jiaofang Palace.

Zheng Shifang, the imperial physician with the medicine box on his back, hurried to the Jiaofang Palace, saw the emperor, and was busy saluting.

"No need," Liu Bang waved his hand, "Hurry up and treat Princess Yuan!" ”

He came to the front hall with his hands in his hands.

"Your Majesty." Jianxin Marquis Liu Jing stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Harmony is the eternal plan of the Han Dynasty, and there are women who do not know what to do." But Your Majesty, please be mindful and don't be swayed by it......"

"Liu Jing," Liu Bang sighed, intercepting his words, "You don't have to say it! Walking on the corridor of the wine pond with his sleeves folded, "In addition to being the emperor, I am also a father after all!" ”

Liu Jing was stunned, and hurriedly chased after him with Bai Yugui, "But Your Majesty ......"

The sound of the water in the wine pool sounded, and the canal water introduced from outside the palace fell into the pool, causing a burst of snow-white waves, and the sunlight projected down, covering a layer of misty water vapor, Liu Bang turned around and leaned on the white jade of the wine pool, "Liu Qing, I have eight sons, but only one daughter is Manhua." ”

"Actually," Liu Bang sighed, "I didn't really love her in the first place, the girl's family is a money-loser after all, and there is nothing to pay special attention to." ”

But she is her own daughter after all.

In the accusation of Lu Yuan at the cost of his life in Jiaofang Palace, he finally remembered the dusty memories of the past, at that time, he was just a small pavilion chief in his hometown of Feng County, wandering outside for a day, and when he returned home, Man Hua, who was combing his bun, came out of the fence door and shouted crisply, "Ah Weng." ”

"Your Majesty," Liu Jing hurriedly gave up his hand and persuaded him, "The minister knows that His Majesty and Princess Yuan have a sincere relationship with each other, and it is difficult for Your Majesty to take Princess Yuan and the Xiongnu as a pro-Xiongnu." But the people of the Han Dynasty are also His Majesty's people, for the Han Society, only with the Yuan princess and relatives, the Huns respect the Han Zhen princess, will value this Yan clan, if you choose a woman at random, then the Huns respect is limited, and the relatives will eventually end up with a dead letter! ”

"Liu Jing," Emperor Gao slapped the white jade railing, pointed at the courtiers in front of him and laughed,

"Your insight is good, but it's a bit of a detour! How can the dispute between the two countries change because of a woman? Take 10,000 steps back and say, I am willing to sacrifice my daughter, why would people give in for a woman? ”

"This-" Liu Jing opened his mouth, speechless for a while.

"A real princess is more valuable than a fake princess, but it is only limited. Besides, "Liu Bang walked along the water of the flying canal,

"Princess Yuan is my daughter, I don't know her ability yet? Her appearance is not average, she is kind and stupid, she really let her go to the Huns, but she is afraid that she will die in a few months, but she will not be able to really achieve the effect of harmony. If you choose a beautiful and intelligent woman from your family, maybe Mao Dun will like it some. ”

"But Your Majesty," Liu Jing walked quickly, arguing with reason, "the minister still thinksβ€”"

"Okay," Liu Bang waved his sleeves in displeasure, "This matter is so decided, Liu Qing doesn't have to say it anymore!" His wide robe went around the corner of the corridor and went in the direction of the immortals, and never looked back!

Liu Jing stood on the wine pool for a while, then turned away dejectedly.

Zheng Shifang bandaged the wound on Lu Yuan's neck, took a step back and said to Lu Hou, "Your Royal Highness the Queen, the princess's wound is still more than an inch away from the vital point, although it looks dangerous, it is actually not a big problem, it will be able to recover after a while, but it is ......"

"Just what?" Lu Hou asked.

"It's just that the princess may not be able to speak normally for two or three months!"

There was silence in the Jiaofang Palace, the blood stains in the hall had already been cleaned up by the palace people, Princess Lu Yuan was lying on the couch in the inner hall, her neck was tied with gauze, and her face was pale like a shadow that was about to die. Zhang Yan stayed aside, looking at the pale face of A-Niang on the couch, just yesterday, A-Niang was still full of happy smiles, looking forward to the day of reunion with A-Weng, at this time, she was unconscious, lying on the red sandalwood carved couch in the hall. A wave of anger suddenly aroused in his heart, picked up the bronze sword that was still stained with A-Niang's blood, and strode out of the hall.

The palace people were full of surprise and asked, "Lady Zhang, what are you going to do here?" ”

Zhang Yan turned a deaf ear, walked to the north of Changle with a straight face, and asked, "Is Liu Jing out of the palace?" ”

The palace guard holding the halberd and armor was stunned for a moment when he saw her appearance with evil on her face, and replied, "The palace that Lord Liu entered when he was in Yin has not gone out at this time. ”

Zhang Yan nodded, holding her sword and standing in front of Que to wait.

Jianxin Marquis Liu Jing came out of the palace in a trance, and overheard the coquettish voice of a girl, "The surname is Lou,"

Liu Jing's original surname was Lou, and because Emperor Jinyan moved the capital to Guanzhong, he was given the emperor's surname Liu. At this time, when I heard people drink out their real surnames, I looked up in amazement, and saw a girl with a pink carving holding a bronze sword pointed at her, and her eyes breathed fire, "You who killed a thousand knives, what kind of grudge does my family have against you, and you want to force my family to die?" ”

The doorman of the Beique Palace was dumbfounded, and after half a ring, he reacted and hurriedly stepped forward to snatch the sword in her hand. Zhang Yan's body was detained, struggling desperately, and a pair of big apricot eyes glared at Liu Jing, "Lou Jing, do you know that our family is harmonious and Lele, my mother and Ah Weng have a deep husband and wife, and my mother even just gave birth to my younger brother, just because of your words, it almost fell apart in a blink of an eye." If you have the ability, why don't you take your daughter to kiss? ”

"Mrs. Zhang's words are wrong!" Liu Jing said loudly, he had already guessed her identity from the words of the sword-wielding girl, and now he made a statement, "Liu Mou made a personal plan to His Majesty, not for personal enmity, but for the Han Dynasty." If the courtiers are friendly and can be Anhuns, the ministers are willing to send her to the relatives! ”

Zhang Yan's body paused, and suddenly giggled, "I see!" ”

She glanced at Liu Jing contemptuously, "I thought you could be so cold-blooded, it turns out that you are a cold-blooded and ruthless person at all!" Have you asked your daughter if she would like to? She is just your daughter, what does she owe to you, what does she owe to you, why do you decide her life like this? ”

The bronze sword fell to the ground, stained with dust, and the streak of blood on the blade became more and more dim. "Lou Jing, have you seen it?" Zhang Yan smiled eating, "The blade of the sword is stained with my mother's blood, just now, in the Jiaofang Palace, my mother took this sword across her neck and cut it down fiercely." ”

"You are a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, a great loyal minister, and the princess who forced the Yuan to commit suicide with a sword, you really should be recorded in history and leave a name for eternity! Do you have to force our family to ruin before you give up? ”

Liu Jing was shocked, and looked down at the Qinggang Sword. Its sword body was ancient bronze, and the blade was stained with a large area of blood condensed into dark red, which could be seen how determined Princess Lu Yuan was at that time!

He suggested in front of the emperor that Princess Yuan make peace, which was indeed out of public interest, but he really did not think about Princess Yuan's position.

Princess Yuan has been married for a long time, and the Marquis of Xuanping is in harmony with his wife, and has a pair of children, living a happy life, and suddenly was broken up and went to the Xiongnu and relatives, for a weak woman, it can be described as a catastrophe.

But he really didn't expect that this matter almost cost Princess Yuan's life!

At this moment, facing the girl in front of him with a sad and angry expression, he felt a trace of guilt in his heart and asked, "Is Princess Yuan okay at this time?" At this point, the idea of Princess Yiyuan and her relatives was finally extinguished.

"Nonsense!" The crown prince Liu Ying hurriedly came from the East Palace and reprimanded, "Zhang Yan, you are too ignorant of the sky and the earth!" ”

Changle North Gate is the outer gate of the palace, where the officials and the people on the chapter, the contribution of the Quartet and the entry and exit of hundreds of officials, are in and out of this way, it is the important place of Changle Palace, Zhang Yan is here to sword Ling court ministers, it is really absurd and bold.

Zhang Yan knelt on the ground with a "bang" and said stubbornly, "Uncle Prince, Ah Yan knows that she was reckless today, but I don't regret it." Every word that Ah Yan said was true, even if it was again, Ah Yan would do it again! ”

She knelt on the blue brick ground under Beique, her eyes were red, and she still raised her chin high, Liu Ying looked distressed and angry, and reprimanded with a straight face, "Are you still reasonable?" "Tell the side," escorted Mrs. Zhang to the East Palace to think about it. ”

"You don't need to be charged," Zhang Yan brushed away the two prince guards who stepped forward at the "promise", "I'll go by myself." Straighten your back and head towards the East Palace.

Liu Ying sighed, turned to Liu Jingjin and said politely, "Jianxin Hou, this niece of the lonely is just a child and is not sensible, don't worry about her!" ”

Liu Jing bowed his hand gloomily, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is polite, Mrs. Zhang is angry about her mother's affairs, and even filial piety, although Weichen is a little pedantic, she will not be embarrassed for her." Wechen retires! He turned and walked towards Beique, walking very slowly.

Liu Ying looked at his back, and felt that this direct minister, who had always been known as Gongzhong Gengjie in the court, was a little rickety at this moment!

Seeing Liu Jing walking away, he turned around and hurried to the Great Xia Palace.

Zhang Yan's sword in Beique Ling courtiers can be big or small. If it is small, it is just a momentary righteous indignation of a little girl, but if it is bigger, it can be punished. For the sake of today's plan, only by pleading in front of Liu Bang as soon as possible can this matter be ambiguous.

"Hahahaha!" Liu Bang patted the royal case and smiled without manners. "This is like my Liu Bang's granddaughter, bloody enough!" He praised it, glanced at his son and said, "Unlike you, you obviously hate Liu Jing in your heart, and you still insist on putting on a good face for him." ”

Liu Ying was silent for a moment, she really couldn't imagine that Liu Bang would react like this after knowing about it.

"Father," he arched his hand, "you said something wrong, and the sons don't hate Liu Jing. ”

"Oh?" Liu Bang was stunned for a moment, looked at Liu Ying's expression and said suspiciously, "You don't hate him, do you agree with him to let you let your sister and the Huns?" ”

Liu Ying shook her head and said,

"Erchen and Sister A have a deep brotherly relationship, as a younger brother, you can't watch Sister A and the pro-Huns. But as the prince of a country, Erchen knew that Liu Jing's proposal was only a national policy, and there was no reason to hate it. ”

Liu Bang looked at his sister-in-law and smiled sarcastically, "The eldest husband is happy when he is in the world, and he is angry when he is angry, like Ying'er, you are so thick and square, even if you become the emperor, what does it mean?" ”

"Go back," he said, waving,

"I know your intentions, I already plan to stop embarrassing your sister, how can I embarrass such a little girl?"

After Lu Yuan woke up in the Jiaofang Palace, he insisted on returning to the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, regardless of his weak body. She was tired of this palace, and only wanted to be reunited with her husband Zhang Ao, and was unwilling to stay here for even a minute longer.

Xu was because of Liu Bang's guilt for depriving his son-in-law of the throne for no reason, and ordered Shaofu to place the Xuanping Marquis Mansion in Shangguan. Shangguanli is located between the two palaces of Weiyang Changle, adjacent to Weiyang Palace, and is one of the most expensive areas in Chang'an. Yang Chengyan, who will be the Shaofu, was ordered to supervise the construction of the Hou Mansion, digging lakes and filling mountains in it, carving railings and painting pavilions, and so on.

Zhang Yan, who was detained in the East Palace, was taken back to the Hou Mansion by Zhang Ao, the Marquis of Xuanping, who had just been released from the court lieutenant, and lived in the Mingyue Garden in the east of the Hou Mansion's back garden, knowing that he was at a loss, and did not dare to leave the Hou Mansion.

Lu Yuan looked very distressed, and pleaded with Zhang Ao in private, Zhang Ao comforted her softly,

"Manhua, Ah Yan's behavior has been rampant a little bit recently, the so-called jade is not cut, if you don't knock on her again, it is difficult to ensure that she will not get carried away and make mistakes again. I'd rather she remember more at this time, rather than let her be reckless and suffer in the future! ”

Lu Yuan was silent, thinking of this escape, his eyes were slightly red, and he was afraid in Zhang Ao's arms. In any case, this storm has finally passed, and it is good that they are still able to be together as a family!

Is it really good to just cover your eyes, close your ears, don't listen, don't look and don't want to, hide in your own little world, and think you're happy?

Zhang Yan sat in the study on the second floor of Mingyue Garden, playing the piano song "Spring", and the experience of her family in Chang'an in recent days flowed like flowing water in her heart, and the sound of the piano changed slightly under her fingers, and there was a faint sound of anger. When the emotions were turbulent, I suddenly heard a "poof" sound from under the window, and my heart was divided, and there was a dull pain on the tip of my right finger, and when I raised my hand, I saw a bloody stain on my index finger.

"Lady," Xie Wei hurriedly came over, "what's the matter?" ”

She is a girl newly bought by the Hou Mansion. Because Zhang Ao entered Beijing in a hurry, there were very few servants brought from Xiangguo. After Princess Lu Yuan returned to the Hou Mansion, she ordered the old housekeeper Zhang Xiang to arrange a group of subordinates. Zhang Yan is a big lady, and it is naturally not enough to have only one girl around her, so she picked among the seven or eight twelve or thirteen-year-old little girls to relieve her worries, and looked at a clump of daylilies in front of the court, and named it "Relieve Worries." ”

"It's okay," Zhang Yan said, glancing out the window, "What's going on outside?" ”

"The slave doesn't know!"

Zhang Yan came to the gate of the garden, there was no one in front of the door for a long time, and at the corner of the corridor in the distance, two figures, one black and one white, disappeared in a hurry, and there was a bouquet of scorching peony flowers against the gate.