In the spring and March of the fifth year of Emperor Hui, Zhang Kai, the governor of Yanmen, married Liu Liu, the lord of Wu State, from the Qiandi of King Wu.

In the early Han Dynasty, there was no custom of congratulatory marriage, and among the newlywed couple, Liu Liu was the cousin of Emperor Hui Liu Ying, and Zhang Kai was a brother and sister with Empress Zhang. On the day of the wedding, the emperor and queen did not arrive.

On the fifth day, Zhang Yan took Zhang Yan, the son of the Marquis of Xuanping, to Liuhou's Mansion to congratulate the two on their wedding.

"Yan Yin, today I congratulate on personal friendship," she smiled and presented the congratulations, "Let's not put those false ceremonies in place?" ”

Zhang Kai was originally a free and easy person, so he smiled and said, "In this case, let's go to the courtyard to talk." ”

It has been three years since Emperor Hui went to the border in the second year of Zhang Kai to return to Chang'an to get married. Although the Liuhou Mansion has always kept the Yan Garden for the second son, the arrangement of the sprinkling is outdated. Zhang Yan walked in all the way and saw that the servants in the garden were all tidying up, and there was some depression in the huge garden.

"What," she asked unexpectedly, "are you planning to leave Chang'an again?" ”

"yes." Liu Liuying came out, glanced at Zhang Kai, and said with a smile, "He is aiming at the border, and I am married to him." Then marry the chicken and the chicken and the dog and the dog, and after a few days, they will also go to Yanmen. "The sweet acquaintance between husband and wife is all in this eye.

As a first-time wife, Liu kept a plain yellow skirt and combed her round hair. Collect some of the girl's simplicity and publicity, and add some softness and quiet beauty.

Zhang Yan suddenly felt a little envious, lowered her eyes and said, "Yanmen is cold and hard, but it is far less rich than Chang'an. ”

"What does it matter?" Liu Liu said disapprerovingly, "As long as you can be with your eldest brother and stay together." It's better than me being alone in Chang'an, and putting him alone among the women who are released in Yanmen. ”

"Yikes." She reacted suddenly, looked at Zhang Yan's slightly stunned expression, and said embarrassedly, "I didn't mean to ......"

In Weiyang Palace, a lady with the surname Wang was pregnant. The news has already spread in the powerful families of the Han Dynasty. Although the emperor was still in his prime, it was a good thing that he had a legacy in the Han family. But Liu Liu always felt that this was a very sad thing for the little queen in the Jiaofang Palace.

She remembered the young girl she saw in the garden at the spring banquet that year, among the girls from the noble family in the garden, she was beautiful like a snow doll, and her eyebrows were clear and flying. Until now, he has contracted a little depression.

"It's okay." Zhang Yan smiled indifferently, "I also think it's good." If she could, she would rather stay with Liu Ying in the border land than face the warblers crying all day long in the Weiyang Palace.

Zhang Yan and a boy from Zhang's side branch play in the garden. At this time, he ran along the corridor and shouted, "Sister." "Almost April weather. Chang'an was already a little stuffy, and a layer of sweat appeared on his head.

"Slow down." Zhang Yan smiled, took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off his forehead for him.

Seeing Zhang Kai and his wife, Zhang Yan politely called, "Cousin." Cousin-in-law. ”

Liu Liu's nature is frank and open-minded, and he does not shy away from taboos, pointing at Zhang Yan and smiling, "Why doesn't Ah Yan call me my cousin?" ”

"Where?" Zhang Yan said angrily, "Obviously you should call me sister-in-law." ”

Well, it's a bit bizarre to say. Count the seniority from Lu Yuan's side. and from Liu Ying's side, there is a full generation difference. For being able to elevate her rank because of this, Zhang Yan is also a little subtlely proud.

Liu Liu took Zhang Yan's hand. He smiled and said, "Yan'er, my nephew put a koi fish in the lake before, and it has five or six colors on it, do you want to go and see it?" ”

Zhang Yan looked at her brother's back and smiled. Suddenly, the gazebo changed from extremely lively to extremely cool. Only she and Zhang Kai were left.

"Don't worry." She smiled slyly, "I thought she was going to be watching me closely." ”

Zhang Kaiyi smiled, "Although Liuliu nodded his head on some things, he is not an unreasonable person." Well, Ah Yan," he coughed awkwardly and asked, "how are you and Your Majesty?" ”

Zhang Yan thought for a while and said, "It's good, it's not good." ”

She and Zhang Kai have not seen each other for several years, Zhang Kai is a foreign minister, she is the queen, and she should not ask about such a private and obscure matter. But I don't know why, Zhang Kai asked easily, and she also answered heartily.

"Between me and him, there have been and will be many problems in the future. However, he hoped that I would be well, so I felt that there was still something to be done. ”

Zhang Kai sighed, "If I was in Chang'an at the time, I would definitely advise you not to marry." ”

Zhang Yan smiled and said, "Silly Yanyin, where are there so many ifs in life?" And I'm not doing well now, am I? ”

How can there be so many ifs in this world?

We are originally choosing our own path at every crossroads of life, and then managing our own choices.

"Ah Yan." Zhang Kai suddenly called.

He looked at her black and white eyes and promised, "If, if you don't want to stay in Weiyang Palace in the future, you might as well go to Yanmen County to find me." I will help. ”

Zhang Yan looked at her and suddenly giggled, "Hasn't Yan Yin always boasted of being a loyal minister, how dare she take over my mess?" ”

Zhang Kai sighed softly, "Your Majesty is not a person of affection. In any case, he will not force you to the end of the road. ”

Zhang Yan sighed in her heart.

"Ah Yan, you see." Zhang Kai pointed to Dongfang Dao, "Every morning, the Glowing Star will rise from that direction. ”

"Hmm." Zhang Yan smiled, "What, Yan Yin still has any research on the science of astrology?" If you have anything to say, just say it. ”

Zhang Kai was silent for a while, and said solemnly, "I look at the sky, I am afraid that there will be a big drought in Guanzhong this summer. ”

Zhang Yan was stunned and said, "Really? ”

Zhang Kai nodded and said, "Ten*." ”

She frowned, "That's right. Why didn't you tell Your Majesty in person when you saw Him? ”

"My return to Beijing on leave this time is a private matter." Zhang Kai smiled and said, "If it is started with a recital, then the astrological science is ethereal, how can it be used as a decision above the court?" I have to ask you to tell Your Majesty in private, so that he has a depth in his heart. ”

Zhang Yan took the letterhead handed over by Zhang Kai, and was thinking in her heart, when she heard the housekeeper of Zhang's Mansion hurrying over and said, "Queen Mother, there are palace people who come to the door of the Hou Mansion and urgently want to see Niangniang." I couldn't help but be stunned.

"The maid double-patterned greetings the queen." The fifteen or sixteen-year-old little palace maid is a second-class palace maid who wears a curtain in the Jiaofang Palace. Tsing Yi is quite clever. He bowed and said, "Aunt Hanlian sent her maid out to find the queen's mother." ”

"Is there something wrong in the palace?" Zhang Yan asked anxiously.

"Hmm." double-striped his head and said, "Your Majesty and the Queen Mother, there is a quarrel." ”

The quarrel between Liu Ying and Empress Lu naturally originated from Wang Bazi and the unborn child in her womb.

Zhang Yan hurriedly returned to the palace, and only then did she learn the whole story from Han Lian and Mu Xi.

In this life, under her persuasion. In the end, Liu Ying did not indulge in wine as stated in history, but stood up with her own strength under a heavy blow, and controlled the state affairs of the Han Dynasty by herself.

After all, the dead are gone. And Empress Lu is her mother who is connected by blood, and her mother has tried her best to protect her for half her life, so he respects her, although Empress Lu is not a regent as in history. Changle Palace also has a very strong authority in the Han Dynasty.

Empress Lu has this self-confidence. As long as Wang Long's mother and son die, Liu Ying will be furious, but she will have to accept the truth after all. It's just like when she killed King Zhao Ruyi under his nose.

When she got up this morning, she knew that Liu Ying had gone to the shooting range, so she ordered her cronies to go to Qingliang Palace. gave Wang Long a bowl of decoction.

Wang Long naturally refused to drink this bowl of "safflower soup", all her hopes and future dependence were on the child in her womb, once she drank it. She is still the obscure eighth son of the former Weiyang Palace.

The palace people of Qingliang Hall violated the authority of the Empress Dowager Lu in person, but after King Zhao Ruyi was killed by the concubine, Liu Ying successively swept all the palace people who were present that day and could not be saved. They are afraid of repeating the mistakes of the past, so they try to procrastinate.

Under the stalemate between the two sides, Liu Yingyin knew a few days ago that Empress Lu was taking advantage of his eastern tour of Peitu. re-installed her men and horses in the Weiyang Palace. Although he didn't want to immediately depose and hurt his mother's face, he secretly ordered people to keep an eye on these horses. Wait until someone Pegasus comes to report the incident in the Cool Temple. Liu Ying was taken aback and rushed back, just in time to see that the eunuch from Changle Palace was about to pour the decoction into Wang Long's mouth.

He had barely heard the child's first heartbeat before he nearly lost him. This feeling of the rest of his life after the catastrophe made him immediately order the eunuch to go down to Yongxiang, and at the same time go straight to Changle Palace to question his mother.

Lv Hou was copying a copy of the Tao Te Ching and learned that the success was lost, and while choking his wrists, he was slightly vigilant.

If Liu Ying arrives a quarter of an hour later, then the big thing will be decided.

"Erchen doesn't understand," Liu Ying asked her mother in Changle Palace, "The queen mother killed King Zhao Yin and slaughtered Mrs. Qi, it can be said that it was to defend Erchen's position as emperor and take revenge for the personal grudges of the year." But the fetus in Wang Long's womb is also the grandson of the queen mother, and the sons and daughters thought about it for a long time, but they didn't expect that the queen mother couldn't even tolerate him. Why, exactly? ”

"What, is Your Majesty going to ask your mother for this unborn child?"

Liu Ying clenched her fists, and finally gritted her teeth and asked, "What does the queen mother want?" The honor of the Queen Mother, the wealth of Changle Palace, and the thrones of the two uncles of the Lu family were all given. The queen mother really wants me to give this throne to the queen mother. To be satisfied? ”

"Your Majesty is talking nonsense." Empress Lu didn't care, "This throne is yours, and no one in the world can question it." But your two uncles made great contributions to the Han Dynasty back then, and you are their nephews, so don't you just give them a king? ”

"Don't say that the father killed the white horse as an oath, and he can't be the king unless he is surnamed Liu." Liu Ying said angrily, "Even I swore before my father's illness that I would not make the Lu clan king. Did my mother really like to see me break my vows? ”

Empress Lu shook her head and sighed, "Your Majesty wants the prince, and some of the women of the Lu family's Zhang family give birth to you." The mourning family does not have such a grandson with a humble mother. ”

Liu Ying was extremely sad and indignant, and said firmly, "Whether the queen mother admits it or not, the child in Wang Long's womb is my own son." The Queen Mother was reluctant to recognize her grandson. Could it be that I am not the queen mother's parent? ”

"You?" Lu Hou Huo Ran stood up, his fingers trembling with anger.

In this life, how much effort does Empress Lu put into this son? She was forced by fate to retreat step by step, and in the end there was only such a son left. So he devoted all his energy to him, refusing to let Qi Yi bully and trample on him.

In the end, since it was exchanged for a "Isn't it the queen mother's parent?" ”

Liu Ying looked at her mother, who was old for a moment, and regretted it in her heart.

Zhang Yan always knew that the emperor who kept the success and the power-hungry queen mother would eventually clash. didn't guess that the fuse that lit the conflict between them would be Wang Long.

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Recently, because of dissatisfaction with the arrogance of Wang Bazi's children's shoes. The book friends of "Han Yanhua" spontaneously established the Yongxiang Family Planning Office organization. The policies pursued are: the queen has good births; infertility of concubines; Your Majesty......

His Majesty married late and had children later.

Those who support it sprinkle a pink ticket.