After retiring from the idle people in the hall, the mother and son were finally able to say some private words.

"The family banquet set by the general is in the afternoon, and there is still an hour before this time, and the emperor doesn't have to come so early." The Empress Dowager Shangguan is dressed in makeup today, which is not as light as the usual class, but does have the majesty of the mother's world.

"I came in advance to give the Queen Mother a birthday gift."

"Didn't I say to Yu Langzhong before that I won't accept birthday gifts this year." Although the Empress Dowager Shangguan said this, she didn't look too angry.

"These birthday gifts are all gadgets that I asked Yu Langzhong to buy from Beicheng Guo, just hoping to win the queen mother's pleasure, not expensive things, adding up to only a thousand yuan."

Liu He said that, nodded to Yu Wuwu, and the latter immediately ran outside the hall, took two Changyi Lang, and carried a camphor wood box in.

After all, the Empress Dowager Shangguan is not very old, and she has stayed in the palace since she was a child, and she has hardly lived the childhood that a normal girl should have.

But she was naturally envious of the maidservants around her who often mentioned those things.

Now that I heard that Liu He had brought it to me, my interest was even more aroused.

"Come, Yu worry-free, give a congratulatory gift to the Queen Mother."

"No."

Yu Wuwu said, and opened the box.

A bunch of all kinds of bits and pieces appeared in front of the Empress Dowager Shangguan.

It's nothing more than some shuttlecocks, puppets, bone crutches and other small things.

But the eyes of the Empress Dowager Shangguan lit up all of a sudden.

It seems that buying, buying, sending and sending is useful in any era.

Liu He didn't have time to do this himself, so he had to let Yu Wuwu come to Changle Palace a few more times in the future to learn how to please the Queen Mother for himself.

After the Empress Dowager Shangguan ordered someone to accept all the cheap birthday gifts in this box, Liu He started the topic.

"Queen Mother, at the court meeting that day, the middle father was dissatisfied because of Xiahou Sheng, and at today's family banquet, I am afraid that the middle father will be resentful."

"Actually, that day, after you proposed to give Emperor Xiaowu the temple number at the court meeting, the general had already come to me once, and he said that you should not make an assertion, and I should not stop it."

The Empress Dowager Shangguan said lightly, but Liu He had seen Huo Guang's domineering, and the Empress Dowager Shangguan must have suffered a lot of grievances because of this matter.

"Why didn't the Queen Mother mention this matter to me?" Liu He asked.

This is not contrived, but a simple concern for political allies.

Dead lips and cold teeth.

Liu He and the Empress Dowager Shangguan have such a relationship.

The Empress Dowager Shangguan smiled miserably and said, "Even if I tell the emperor about this, what can the emperor do?" ”

"Then I won't let the Queen Mother save that Xiahou Sheng, so that the pressure on the Queen Mother will be less."

"This matter has passed, don't mention it again, if you can give the emperor a reputation of benevolence and righteousness, even if I am reprimanded by the general, it will not hurt."

"Even if the general is angry again, he has to endure it in the end, after all, he can't abolish me, the queen mother."

Yes, there is only a deposed queen, how can there be a deposed queen mother.

If you want to abolish the queen mother, you must first abolish the emperor.

But the Queen Mother disagreed, and the emperor was not so easy to be deposed.

Asking is a cold mouth.

……

There was silence.

Liu He didn't know how to talk about it.

To say pitiful, in this Weiyang Palace, the Empress Dowager Shangguan is more pitiful than herself.

At least she has a future, and the Empress Dowager Shangguan is destined to stay in the past in Changle Palace.

Lonely to be the surviving person of Emperor Xiaozhao.

Liu He remembered that Liu was ill.

That lucky guy, I'm afraid he's following Guo Kai to be happy in Xia Du at the moment.

I really envy him.

Thinking of Liu's illness, Liu He naturally remembered the lively Beicheng Guo.

Perhaps, one day can let the Empress Dowager Shangguan also go out of the palace?

When Liu He was a little stunned, the Empress Dowager Shangguan spoke instead.

"Today's family banquet, does the emperor have anything to worry about?"

"Back to the Queen Mother, what I am most worried about is not things, but people, I have never seen Huo Chengjun, nor have I seen Huo Xian, I don't know what kind of temperament they are."

"I'm not very familiar with these two, but Chengjun is quite gentle, not as domineering as a general, if you don't talk about family, she should also be a woman who is suitable for a room and an IKEA."

Liu He heard the implication of the words, it doesn't matter what kind of person Huo Chengjun is, the important thing is that she is the child of the Huo family, and Liu He can only deal with it carefully.

"As for Huo Xian...... Empress Dowager Shangguan obviously hesitated, and finally chose a milder word and said, "Huo Xian, with a pungent temperament, is another pillar of the Huo family, in the back house of the General's Mansion, Huo Xian's speech is more effective than that of the General." ”

"The young people in the Huo family's henchmen all take Huo Yu as the core, and Huo Yu seems to be heroic, but in fact he is Huo Xian's son who has not grown up." The Empress Dowager Shangguan's words were full of mockery.

Liu He nodded thoughtfully.

After listening to these words of the Empress Dowager Shangguan, Liu He's conjecture was confirmed.

Huo Chengjun is not difficult to deal with, it is Huo Xian who is difficult to deal with.

Thinking about it, Huo Xian once left a lot of harm to the Empress Dowager Shangguan.

It seems that the evaluation of the Empress Dowager Shangguan just now has been very restrained.

This Huo Xian is actually a poisonous woman, a genuine poisonous woman.

In the original historical trajectory, it was she who poisoned Xu Pingjun and put Huo Chengjun on the throne of the queen.

Later, he was even more frenzied, and actually wanted to poison the prince who was sick with Liu.

And it was also she who completely wiped out the possibility of the Huo family's smooth landing.

I don't know what crazy things Huo Xian will do in the face of Liu He.

"Queen Mother, I'm worried that they will bring up the matter of letting Huo Chengjun enter the palace early during the banquet, but I don't want her to enter the palace yet."

"This is why, the world expects the emperor and empress to give birth to an heir as soon as possible." The Empress Dowager Shangguan said half jokingly and half seriously.

"But I don't think it's time yet, I want to be a good emperor first, and I don't want to be distracted by the affairs of my heirs."

The Queen Mother heard some of the implications.

She looked at the Son of Heaven with an inquiring gaze, but the Son of Heaven looked as usual and did not respond.

"But Huo Chengjun is still going to enter the palace next year."

"Then I'll talk about it then, at least I don't want to at this moment, if this happens, I have to ask the Queen Mother to be able to deal with it."

After a moment, the Empress Dowager Shangguan nodded.

Next, Liu He chatted with the Empress Dowager Shangguan about the affairs of the court.

Although the Empress Dowager Shangguan doesn't care much about the government affairs, after all, she has been the queen for so long, and she still knows a little about the affairs of the court.

Especially some courtiers in the court, through the narration of the Empress Dowager Shangguan, Liu He understood more clearly.

And Liu He also obtained some information about the few people he cared about the most.

For example, Wei Xiang is a person who is upright and will never bow to any powerful person.

For example, Fu Jiezi is still in good spirits, and he always wants to go to the Western Regions again to do something big.

Another example is that Su Wu's son was involved in the rebellion of Shangguan Ji, so he was sentenced to the punishment of beheading, and since then, Su Wu, who demonstrated the prestige of the Han Dynasty, rarely appeared in the court.

……

These characters are very important to what Liu He will do in the future.

It never hurts to know it early.

After about an hour, all the things to be talked about were finished.

The messenger outside the hall spread the news that the general had entered the palace.

Under the busyness of the slaves and maids of the Changxin Palace, the location of the family banquet was quickly arranged.

The Empress Dowager Shangguan and the emperor sat at the top of the jade steps, and the four Huo family members were in the lower position - even if it was a family banquet, it was still necessary to talk about the etiquette system.

Within the Han Empire, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor should sit at the top, a fact that no one can change.

……

At noon, Huo Guang led his family out to the outside of the Changxin Palace.

Huo Guang walked in the front, Huo Xian and Huo Chengjun were in the middle, and Huo Yu followed last.

Watching them come slowly, for some reason, Liu He, who was used to seeing many big scenes, still couldn't help but be a little nervous.

Today, he brought a total of eight Changyi Lang, and at this moment they were guarding under the corridor outside the hall with weapons.

As long as he gives an order, this Chang Yi Lang will rush in, which is not good for Huo Guang.

Although Changyi Lang is not as heroic as Huo Yu, he is at least seventy percent sure that he will kill them in the palace.

However, Liu He can't do that.

Not to mention that there is a Huo Party like Fan Minh Woo outside the palace.

What's even worse is that Huo Guang is an auxiliary minister at the moment, although he is domineering, he has not done anything unforgivable.

Without full certainty and sufficient reasons, Liu He couldn't kill Huo Guang.

If you really do that, I'm afraid that there will be an uproar in the court at that time, and everyone will be in danger.

So we can only wait, wait for some of them to do crazy things.

At that time, Liu He made a move, and it was justified.

"The old minister Huo Guang and his relatives greet the Queen Mother and His Majesty the Emperor!"

"The ministers greet the Queen Mother and His Majesty the Emperor."

The four members of the Huo family, Liu all bowed.

"Excuse me." The Empress Dowager Shangguan said, "It's all my own family, and today is a family banquet, so there is no need to be formal." ”

"Empress Dowager Xie and His Majesty the Emperor."

The four members of the Huo family stood up and sat down one by one.

At this time, Liu He finally saw Huo Chengjun's appearance and figure clearly.

The figure is slender, the face is delicate, the manners are moderate, and there is a trace of shyness, not to mention half a point of arrogance.

Whether it is by the standards of the Han Dynasty or by the standards of future generations, Huo Chengjun is a good match.

Liu He couldn't help but shake his head in his heart and sighed secretly.

Why was this woman born in the Huo family?

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