Watching Bo Ji neatly put the generals in pairs, Lu Pheasant groaned for a long time, and finally cut to the chase,

"I remember that when His Majesty led the alliance of princes to confront Xiang Yu in the wall, I also went to the camp in front of the battle.

At that time, you assisted me in the rear. ”

She motioned to the palace people to bring the other burden forward, and she also helped Bo Ji tidy it up, but she didn't raise her head and replied softly,

"Yo, it was a decisive battle at that time, success or failure was in this move, the queen had more important affairs, we could only do a little bit of our efforts, and it was also a last resort."

"As a last resort?"

"Yes, at that time, Qi Ji often followed the army, went in and out of the camp, and stayed in the main tent, as if she was in a no-man's land, she was arrogant at the time, so she didn't bother to take care of the trivial matters of food, clothing, housing and transportation behind."

She smiled, and the work in her hands was not messed up at all,

"But now, her eyes, all the time, look elsewhere."

Lu Pheasant didn't expect that Bo Ji's casual words would fall into her arms.

"So, you mean—"

"The concubine means that in the next few months, when the queen is not in Luoyang, all the harem affairs that require hard work can be let go and taken care of by her."

Bo Ji pursed his lips and smiled lightly, raised his head and quickly glanced at Lu Pheasant, his eyes full of steady composure.

"You-" Lu Pheasant sighed with relief, bowed his head slightly, and let go of most of his thoughts, and in this sigh, there was some hidden sincerity.

Tai Shi Gong did not write wrong, she did not look away, it was clumsy, in the battle of dragons and phoenixes in a group of people, none of those who could end the story and stand proudly as a winner were stupid.

***

Except for the crown prince Liu Ying, the other princes in the palace are all young, and the other concubines are not as willful as Qi Ji's Yicheng.

Her arrogance is not natural, but she is really pampered and arrogant, as her ambition grows day by day, Qi Ji is full of eyes and eyes are aimed at the back position, and she does not hide it in front of the emperor.

At the beginning, before Liu Ji boarded the dragon chair in Dingtao, he had a silent secret game with the heroes and elders for the first queen candidate in the world.

The heroes either have feelings for Lu Pheasant, who shares weal and woe, or they are unwilling to break the existing pattern and regenerate turmoil, they all recommend her in unison, but she knows in her heart that the victory seems to be logical, but in fact, she was almost forced into a desperate situation.

Thanks to the memories of her previous life, she bet on Zhong Liyuan's whereabouts, so she retreated and won Han Xin's vital help.

That desperate encounter taught her something, and Qi Ji, has she not benefited since Dingtao returned?

She will naturally grow, she will work harder to consolidate the holy grace, and more deliberately remove obstacles, and any concubine who is pushed to the harem of the assistant in front of the stage will become the object of her elimination.

Therefore, when the queen is not in Luoyang, only when the harem is handed over to Qi Ji will everyone be truly peaceful.

Since she intends to be in the back position, she will definitely do her best to prove to Liu Ji and everyone that she is more benevolent and wise than the current queen, and more suitable for the world.

Only the harem in charge of Qi Ji will not be troubled by Qi Ji.

For the time being, she will lead the harem, not only will there be no accidents, but if there are other concubines who want to cause trouble, she will deal with them strictly and use them to establish authority.

***

Lu Pheasant saw this clearly, Liu Ji must also understand this, and Bo Ji, who has no quarrel with the world, is also aware of this.

Whether it was 900 years ago or 900 years later, the so-called good luck and good fortune are mostly the self-humility used by the surviving wise men to avoid disasters and taboos.

"Well, the Taifu is in the capital, and Uncle Sun Tong is also a pillar of the Pillars, if the princes have anything, they can go to them first."

Lu Pheasant smiled and patted Bo Ji's hand, and the boat crossed the water without a trace, allowing this conversation to slip through lightly.

The two continued to gossip, Bo Ji, as a Huiji, chattered about the exotic imagination about central Hunan and Lingnan that she had been familiar with since childhood.

"There is a kind of pest called 蜮 (yù), which is said to be born for the influence of the evil earth, born on the water's edge, with poisonous arrows, and can shoot people for their lives at all times. 【1】

When you get to the south, the queen must avoid the streams and rivers. ”

"What sting, you've seen it with your own eyes? Hugh is sensational. ”

Lu Pheasant's brain swelled when he heard this, thinking that if the power of the Central Plains Dynasty did not really reach the south one day, people's wishful thinking imagination of the "Southern Barbarians" would not stop.

In the last century, Jiangnan had been fully developed and was a land rich in fish and rice, and now the place where Nanyue is located, roughly from the south of Jingchu to the south of Wuling, was a place of derogation at that time.

She read countless derogatory poems, and the officials who scribbled out from Chang'an or Luoyang, went out of the Qinling Mountains, went down to Xianghan, crossed Dongting, traced the Xiangjiang River, arrived in Changsha, and became farther and farther away from the center of the court, frustrated and sad all the way.

When they finally crossed the Five Mountains and entered Lingnan, the worries in their chests reached their peak, and they often left behind the popular poems of Duling.

Wuling is not only a geographical demarcation, but also a division of life encounters.

Behind him, is the supreme glory of the former Tianzi Hall, in front of him, is the turbulent waves of strange roads, the poets in the pen to exaggerate the ability to do, write all over the Lingnan poisonous fog miasma, snakes, insects, rats and ants, smoke waves soul broken.

However, even in those depressing and derogatory poems, Lingnan only has poisonous insects and poisons, and there are no monsters.

"Bitterness is bitterness, and desolation is really desolate, but after all, it is the land of the Son of Heaven, and what is born and grown is nothing more than exotic insects and snakes, not ghosts and monsters."

Lu Pheasant meditated:

If I don't even dare to go, how can I accept it? How can we encourage the people of the Central Plains to migrate to the past, and how will they be governed in the future?

***

"Forget it, Jiren has his own natural appearance, and we will silently wish the queen all the best on this trip and return triumphantly every day."

Seeing this, Bo Ji thought about it, and said without giving up,

"It's nothing else, but you have to be careful with the humidity, many northerners are not accustomed to the water and soil when they arrive in the local area, and they all say that it is typhoid fever."

Hearing typhoid fever, Lu Pheasant's heart moved, "Well, this is reasonable, I can save it." ”

First, there are medical officials in the Changsha Palace, and secondly, I don't know if this way, as she expected, can meet the miracle doctor.

Just thinking about it, the palace people suddenly came to report that Liu Ji had dispersed the court meeting and also came to the North Palace.

Bo Ji had only seen Liu Ji two or three times in the past year, thinking that more things were better than less, so he hurriedly retired and left the main hall to the emperor and queen.

When Liu Jifu entered the room, he saw several colorful fabrics stacked on the floor, which were brilliant and beautiful.

He came closer to take a closer look, and saw a novel pattern woven on it, so he asked,

"This is to be brought to Zhao Tuo? What's woven on it? ”

Lv Pheasant replied,

"It's all grape patterns, some are grape fruits, flowers and birds, and some are grape vines and phoenixes.

Shaofu only rushed out last night, and it was too late to take stock and load the car. ”

"Tsk, do you really weave a grape pattern? Did Liu Jing give you the pattern? He had never seen grapes, so how could he draw them? ”

Liu Ji casually lifted the top layer of the brocade, looked at the front and back, and was amazed.

"He had seen grape patterns in the Huns, and he had heard about grape fruits.

People say that the gentleman has six arts, etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics, and he has one more item, and he can also draw it.

In short, if it doesn't look like it, it's enough for Zhao Tuo to recognize it anyway, so that's enough. ”

Lu Pheasant thought to himself, Liu Jing has never seen grapes with his own eyes, haven't I seen them yet? A slight change in her is enough to be vivid.

LIU Ji stroked the beard,

"Well, when you go south this time, you can be regarded as worrying about the country.

I was supposed to go on my own, but I was a little tired and wanted to take a break. ”

These words were half perfunctory, and Lu Pheasant listened silently and remained silent.

I don't know what I thought, his face gradually sank, and he added,

"I don't want you to have merit, but I want to be innocent, don't make your own claims about South Vietnam, talk about it if you can, forget it if you can't talk about it, don't cause any trouble for me.

It's Nanyang County and Nanjun County, so you should pay more attention to it. ”

But that's true.