In the sixth year of summer and May,

After the Marquis of Biyang was released, he learned that Empress Zhang had interceded for him that day, so he offered a generous gift to thank him for his help.

Xie Wei came out of the Jiaofang Hall and said, "The queen said that she was just a gesture and didn't dare to say her kindness. The Marquis of Biyang once helped the Queen Mother, and also taught His Majesty and the eldest princess, that is, he was indirectly kind to the Queen Mother. Niangniang accepted the jade Ruyi, and the rest of the things were returned, and the Marquis of Biyang was asked to cherish it in the future. ”

After this trip to prison, Liu Ying was relieved of his post as the judge of Changle Zhan, but still retained his title of Marquis of Biyang. Therefore, he was no longer allowed to enter and leave Changle Palace as freely as before. Empress Lu didn't want to touch her son's moldy head too much, so she had to find all kinds of excuses in private to make an appointment to enter the palace for a while. In this regard, Liu Ying may not know, may know, but she did not say anything.

"Ah Yan, you did the right thing," in the Jiaofang Palace, Lu Yuan took his daughter's hand, sat on the couch, frowned, and said, "Judging it is a blessing, although we don't need to fall into the well, we don't have to pay too much attention to it." ”

Unlike his mother and younger brother, Lu Yuan has a quiet temperament, and when he was a child, he only stayed at home in Fengpei, but he was rarely taken care of by him.

Zhang Yan was wearing a cool summer dress, turned around, cut a piece of aventurine melon, handed it to her mother, and said, "This is a new melon that just came in today, my mother tasted it, it was sweet and tight." ”

She said goodbye to her mother's words.

She has never been as orthodox as her mother, and she is naturally not a noble profession, but when the attached master is in power, their words of joy and dislike are more effective than a gentleman's death. Although she is the same celebrity in the eyes of Empress Lu as the judge, there is no need to turn to him for help, but it is always good to coexist peacefully.

But. She sighed, these were not much necessary for her.

"Mother," Zhang Yan leaned on Lu Yuan's body and suddenly asked, "If, one day, well, I'm gone, you have to live a good life." ”

Otherwise. Even at the ends of the earth, I will feel guilty.

"What do you mean?" Lu Yuan was startled and hurriedly took her hand. Panic asked, "Okay, how do you say such a thing?" Have you been wronged in any way? ”

"Nothing." Zhang Yan said, "This is the two palaces of Weiyang Changle, and the queen mother is my grandmother." Your Majesty is my uncle, where does anyone dare to wronged me? ”

"Then why did you suddenly say such ominous words?" Lu Yuan refused to be fooled this time, and insisted on asking.

Zhang Yan's gaze drifted in the Jiaofang Palace, and finally landed on the bookshelf of the "Book of Songs", and said with a smile, "Just look at the "Yanyan" of the Book of Poetry." He said, 'The son of the Son is returned, and he is sent far away into the wilderness.' Look to the Buddha. Weeping like rain. I thought, how sad it must be that the woman in the poem married far away, and her relatives at home could never see her again. ”

"I see." Lu Yuan let out a sigh and knocked on her head. He smiled and said, "Mother is stupid to see you reading." Where is there so much nonsense? Well, you are married in Weiyang Palace, and your mother lives in Shangguan, and it only takes half an hour between us to come and go. When does my mother miss you, she will come to the palace to see you. If you miss your mother, go home and stay for one night, and our mother will talk quietly and leave your father and your majesty behind, isn't it also good? ”

"Okay." Zhang Yan smiled and fell into her arms, "Let's ignore him." ”

As the sun approached, Zhang Yan stood under the towering door of the Jiaofang Palace, watching the back of her mother's palace car slowly leaving, and the sunset shone obliquely down and fell on her side face, showing an indifferent gold. Her eyes are like glass, calm and serene.

Tu Yu, who came over, hesitated, and didn't dare to disturb her.

It's been a long time since that chaotic Shangyuan night. His Majesty and the Empress did not return to the palace until the early morning of the second day, and more than a dozen courtiers went to His Majesty to act recklessly, Liu Ying had no choice but to admit his mistake in the court and promise not to act so recklessly in the future.

Mu Xi knew that he was guilty of gaffes, so he let the queen mother fall into the design of Wang Bazi, and knelt outside the Jiaofang Hall for a night, her lips were slightly purple, waiting for the queen mother's disposal.

Zhang Yan did not condemn her.

"It doesn't have much to do with you, that's what I want to go." "It's just that, Mu Xi, you remember," she said suddenly, "not that everyone but you are stupid, and you don't have to be clever in the future." ”

"No." Mu Xi trembled and responded.

From the moment the queen suddenly spoke fiercely, Tu Yu felt that Zhang Yan, who had been accompanying her since she was a child, had changed a little.

She has become like Zhang Yan standing under the palace at this time, looking a little quiet, as if overnight, from a lively and jumping girl to a quiet and elegant woman.

The Queen Mother also reprimanded Zhang Yan for the incident on the night of Shangyuan, "It's just that eight sons are dead, as for making such a fuss, it doesn't make people live in peace." You too, Your Majesty wants to mess around, and you won't persuade you on the side. ”

Zhang Yan burst out laughing and said, "I get tired of seeing Your Majesty's old appearance all the time, well, people are not crazy teenagers, and it's good to be crazy occasionally." ”

"Well, that's right." The Queen Mother was amused by her.

Tu Yu was also waiting on the side, looking at the smile of the queen's mother, it was still so bright, as if the spring flowers were blooming, and the ground was full of splendor, which seemed to be no different from before. But I grew up with her since I was a child, and I always felt that smile was a little misty and unreal, with a little sad taste. Occasionally, it makes her want to cry.

So, these days she has been terrified.

Zhang Yan turned around and saw Tu Yu standing there in a daze, thinking that she didn't belong, so she stretched out her hand and shook it in front of her, and shouted with a smile, "Tu Yu? ”

"Hey-" She came back to her senses, not ashamed, and hurriedly presented the roster in her hand, and said, "This is the roster of the first batch of palace maids recruited by Weiyang Palace presented by Yongxiang, is Niangniang planning to let them out of the palace?" ”

"Hmm." Zhang Yan flipped through the book and said, "Since I am the queen of the Middle Palace, I naturally have to take charge of the Weiyang Palace." It has been nine years since the first emperor did not complete the palace in the ninth year and recruited palace maids. The original group of palace maids was no longer young. It is also the grace of His Majesty to let them out of the palace and marry on their own. ”

"That's what the mother said." Tu Yu smiled in response.

It's just that she still has some doubts in her heart. There are naturally a group of older palace maids in Weiyang Palace, but most of them are only twenty-four or five, and they are not old enough to be released from the palace. It's really strange that the mother is in a hurry to do this.

Maybe it's a mother's mercy.

She quickly found an explanation for Zhang Yan, when today's son is not keen on women, these palace maids have no hope of climbing dragons and phoenixes in Weiyang Palace, and they are getting old year after year, so they can't help but feel a little resentful and sad. Being able to return it a year earlier is a merit of one year earlier.

In the past six months, Empress Zhang has traveled more frequently to and from Changle Palace to accompany Empress Lu, and Empress Lu is also very satisfied with this.

"Your Majesty often summons some poor students these days to ask right, in Chang'an City, everyone says that Your Majesty has a heart for talent, and he is eager to try it after admiration." Empress Lu put down the jade chopstick, took the wet towel handed over by the maid on the side to wipe her hands, and said lightly,

"Really?" Zhang Yan tugged at the corners of her lips and responded disapprovingly.

Empress Lu had no choice but to say bluntly, "Ah Yan, you also mention him a little bit on the side, and it is not a big deal to use a little civilian." The foundation of the Han Dynasty is still in those old ministers and princes. ”

"The Queen Mother," Zhang Yan said angrily, "That's all a state affair, as a palace dependent, how can I interject?" ”

"Silly girl," Empress Lu said angrily, "Who said that palace dependents can't talk about state affairs." The palace relatives next to them can't. As the mother of a nation, you are rightly named. When I was the empress, didn't I also help the first emperor to govern the country? "Punish Han Xin, kill Peng Yue, pile by pile, kill decisively.

"By the way, Ah Yan, it's been almost a year."

Zhang Yanyan smiled, "Ah Yan knows." ”

Over the years, she has been a perfect coping with Empress Lu, and she can talk nonsense with her eyes open without leaking. It's just that the eyes are slightly dimmed, and the two-year deadline will probably never come to an end.

Suddenly, a eunuch ordered Zhang Ze to hurriedly enter the palace and said, "The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, it's not good, Your Majesty is furious in the court." ”

"What is the reason?" is worthy of Empress Lu, who has gone through too many storms in her life, and she has never blinked her eyelids, and asked lightly.

"I heard that it was the king of Changsha who rebelled."

The king of Changsha is the only remaining prince of the opposite sex in the Han Dynasty.

Zhang Yan sighed and put the roster of palace maids in her hand on the side of the case.

"Niangniang," Tu Yu asked puzzled, "didn't you say that you want to let the palace maid out of the palace?" ”

"Wait a while." Zhang Yan said vaguely, "Anyway, it's not in a hurry." ”

"Oh. "I am more and more puzzled by the unpredictability of the queen recently.

In any case, in this marriage with Liu Ying, Liu Ying also did her best for her, she didn't want to deal with a backyard fire when he was anxious about state affairs.

In the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Gao was the king of Changsha with the book of "Wu Rui, the king of Hengshan, from the soldiers of Baiyue, the princes, the tyrannical Qin, and the great meritorious", and governed the five counties of Changsha, Yuzhang, Xiangjun, Guilin and Nanhai, and actually only levied one county and 22 counties in Changsha.

The king of Changsha has always been cautious, and the second generation of Changsha king Wu Chen also killed his relatives and killed the rebellious Huainan king Yingbu in Cixiang.

After the death of Wu Chen, the second king of Changsha, according to Han Tui's order, he divided the feudal kingdom into three parts, one to his half-brother Wu He, and the other two to his two sons, Wu Hui and Wu Jin. Unexpectedly, Wu Chenfang entered the ground, Wu He suddenly attacked, put two nephews under house arrest, controlled Changsha in his hands, feared that the Han court would blame, and befriended his brother-in-law Yingbu, and was resentful of the Han court.

At the beginning of June, Liu Ying ordered Guan Ying to be a general and led a large army to conquer Changsha.

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Note: In history, the king of Changsha did not oppose the Han Dynasty, passed on the fifth generation, had no children, and the country was divided. The third generation of the king of Changsha is Wu Hui.

It is written here only for the purpose of the text.

Hmm, this is a transitional chapter.

Come on.

Go ahead and ask for a pink ticket.