Under the grateful eyes of the old peasants, the dilapidated carriage set out on the way back to the city.

When the carriage was completely blurred in the setting sun, Wang Laosi still came to Wang He's side without giving up, and continued to come up with an old wrinkled face, and said: "Brother Wang, don't forget the things that my brother entrusted you." ”

After Wang He said "hum", he didn't say a word superfluous, so he hurriedly rode his lame donkey and rushed towards the other direction of Changyi City, for fear of hearing something more rebellious from Wang Laosi's mouth.

Because the delay in Guantian was longer than usual, Liu He and the others entered the city just before the north gate closed.

The Han Dynasty enforced a very strict curfew regime.

At the right time, the gates of the city will fall; At the beginning of the day, the door will also be closed.

After this time, if you walk around the city at will, you will be arrested by the patrolling pavilion guards, and although the sin is not too serious, it is not a pleasant thing to be sentenced to fifty lashes.

Of course, the curfew is only binding on ordinary people, not on princes and ministers.

But Liu He sat in a broken carriage today, neither a chauffeur nor a guard of honor, on the way back to the palace, they encountered several waves of patrolling pavilion guards in a row, all of them stopped them and wanted to "fight the autumn wind", and finally they were frightened back by the talisman issued by the lieutenant's mansion that Yu Wuwu showed out.

Tossed around by these city patrol guards, when Liu He returned to the side gate where he had set off from the palace in the morning, it was already close to the right time.

At this time, the entire royal palace and the city of Changyi were completely quiet, and the evening breeze blew lightly, much colder than during the day.

Liu He first took a shower, changed out of the coarse linen clothes that were already stained with mud, and put on the silk robe that he had taken off in the morning.

When he came out of the bathhouse again, he changed back to the king of Changyi from the gate of Changyi Kingdom.

"Your Highness, the dinner in the Fuyao Hall has been prepared for you."

Liu He nodded and asked, "After we leave today, did Tian Bu come to the palace?" ”

"I've asked the others, and he hasn't come yet."

"I'd like to see how long he can hide."

"The granary started to move ten days ago, so it should be these two days."

"Okay, then let's wait for the arrival of this young man."

"You can also go down and rest, today's business is done."

Seeing that Yu Wuwu was still standing in place, Liu He said with a smile: "Yu Qing don't worry, this is the Changyi Palace, the widow has lived here for more than ten years, he won't get lost, go back early to rest, there are still many things to do tomorrow." ”

"No." Yu Wuwu saluted before leaving, and gradually disappeared into the night.

Compared with the daytime, the palace was quieter, and in the flickering light of the palace lamps, only a few slaves and maids on night duty were still guarding under the porch.

They stand still, motionless, and sometimes even mistake them for wooden figures if they don't pay attention.

Liu He didn't have much communication with them anymore, and walked into the Fuyao Hall quickly.

On the several cases in front of the screen in the outer hall, Liu He's dinner today had been arranged, and several slaves and maids who were waiting were kneeling on both sides with their heads down.

Although Liu He usually treats his subordinates very kindly, since he is in the palace, there should still be rules, as long as Liu He does not take the initiative to speak, the subordinates do not say that they take the initiative to talk to him, and they don't even dare to get up too much.

There is not much difference between the food on the table and the usual dinner, but Liu He was already hungry, so he couldn't care about his image, so he devoured it.

Immediately, the sound of eating was very unsightly in the hall.

The kneeling slaves and maids shrugged their shoulders slightly, and at a glance they knew why they were laughing.

Liu He didn't care about these small sections, and ate all the food on the table like a wind whirlwind.

Then, while burping, he put his hands behind his back and said, "The widow has eaten, you can clean up." ”

"No."

The slaves and maids answered, and then came over lightly, and got busy skillfully.

Some cleaned up the dishes, some handed over towels soaked in hot water, and some made up the bed for Liu He in the apse.

At this time, whether in Chang'an or in the vassal states, the number of eunuchs was still very small, and some of the people who served the Son of Heaven and the princes and kings were slaves and maids or hired servants who had no personal freedom, and the other part was Zhulang like Yu Wuwu.

Specifically, the slaves and maids served the Son of Heaven or the kings in their specific lives, and the Zhulang mainly served the Son of Heaven and the kings in their ceremonial life.

Now the servants who are busy in the temple are all servants, although they look very ordinary and weak, but they are very skilled in doing things.

Most of them are in their prime, and they are about to reach the age of marriage in this era, but Liu He has not had any evil intentions, and even deliberately kept some distance from them.

It's not because Liu He was too profligate in the past, and he had too many prostitutes and good friends, leaving behind unfeasible personnel problems, but because Liu He now understands that these handmaids are not his "good match" - in this era of paying attention to the right people, the kings and the servants are almost separated by a moat.

What's more, Liu He has his own goal, and this goal is still in Chang'an.

Therefore, although it is said that "full of warmth and lust", Liu He, who is full of food and drink, does not have any non-distinguishing behavior towards these servants, but just asks them about the trivial things in life in the simplest language like during the day.

On the one hand, it is to pass the time, and on the other hand, it is also to be able to understand the lives of ordinary people in more detail.

When the maidservants were about to finish their work, Liu He had already begun to yawn.

According to common sense, Liu He usually has to practice calligraphy and copy books at this time - this is a habit that he has not been able to shake in the past two years.

But Liu He did too much today, so he planned to be lazy and go to bed early.

Just when he was about to "drive away" the maidservants, the confessor Dai Zong walked into the Fuyao Palace.

"Your Highness, the little official has something to report."

Both the confessor and the Langzhong are the close ministers of the kings and the Son of Heaven, but the status of the Zhulang is higher than that of the confessor, like the Langzhong in the palace of Changyi is ranked 200 stones, and the confessor is generally only ranked 100 stones.

Baishi is almost already the lowest rank in the Han bureaucracy, and under them, there is only the "fighting food" that "does not enter the stream".

Dai Zong was twenty-five years old, strong and healthy, and had also learned swordsmanship, so in addition to the responsibility of spreading the news, when Liu He went out as the king of Changyi, he also served as the personal chief of the guard, so he took the chief of the guard, and the rank ratio was four hundred stones.

"Huh? It's so late, what's the matter? ”

"Someone asked to see me."

"If it's not urgent, let him come back tomorrow, the widow is going to bed."

King Changyi is just a decoration, important things outside the palace have been solved during the day, and things in the palace are watched by Yu worry-free, so Liu He's words are already sending guests off in disguise.

But Dai Zong didn't get up, he continued: "I'm afraid this one is not easy to get rid of." ”

"Huh?"

"It's Wang Fu here."

Liu He's heart tightened, followed by a headache, this was the last person he wanted to see.

"Let's just say that the widow has rested." Liu He waved his hand and said.

"No."