Chapter 279 Princess
Wang Chu was startled and hurriedly covered his clothes, signaling the two maids who were testing the water to go out first, closed the door, then looked at Liu Xiu with a blushing face: "What's wrong?"
After not seeing each other for more than a year, Wang Chu obviously gained weight. His originally slender body became round and smooth, his face was white and red, and his skin looked even more delicate and smooth. At this moment, red glow flew on his cheeks, and there was a little moisture in his eyes, which made him look even more arrogant and charming.
However, although Liu Xiu was so moved that he was more concerned about another thing: who taught her the art of room? He held Wang Chu's shoulders and stared at her eyes tightly, his voice a little dry: "Achu, how did Mrs. Lu teach you the art of room?"
"What's wrong?" Wang Chu lowered his head embarrassedly, hugged Liu Xiu's waist with both hands, and leaned his almost-shy body against Liu Xiu's chest. Listening to his powerful heartbeat, waves of confusion and infatuation, a stream of heat flowed through his heart, and his legs became wet, and his legs became a little weak, which made her hug him tighter.
"Achu, tell me how Mrs. Lu taught you the secret technique in your room." Liu Xiu was a little anxious and shook Wang Chu's shoulder hard. Wang Chu became even more shy and couldn't bear it. He buried his head in Liu Xiu's arms and said whispering: "Husband, let's wait until I take a bath, and then come to serve you again."
"No, no, no, you must tell me." Liu Xiu was almost crazy. What Tang Yingzi said echoed in his ears, like a spell that made him go crazy.
Only then did Wang Chu realize that Liu Xiu's expression was wrong. He raised his head and looked at Liu Xiu whose eyes were almost red in surprise: "Husband, what's wrong?"
Seeing that Wang Chu's expression was not chaotic, Liu Xiu finally felt relieved, but before he heard the final answer, he was still a little uneasy, so he had to squeeze out a smile and beg Wang Chu to tell him the truth. After hearing his question, Wang Chu quickly let go of his hand, walked quickly to the bed, took out a roll of silk book from under the pillow, and stuffed it into Liu Xiu's hand. He turned his head embarrassedly, and his trembling voice seemed unheard.
"Mrs. Lu told me some of this." Wang Chu's earlobes were red like transparent jade, "but I was stupid. Although I was thinking about it day and night, I still had only a few understandings and had not obtained the samadhi."
Liu Xiu looked at the silk book full of portraits and written words in his hand. He raised his face with relief, patted his forehead, and sighed a long sigh. He shook the silk book in his hand that was comparable to the sequel to the sequel of the sequel, leaned behind Wang Chu, and pinched his voice and said, "Achu, since that's the case, let's study it together."
Wang Chu shook his body and said tremblingly: "Don't you believe this, why...why..."
"I believe it now." Liu Xiu laughed, threw away the silk book, picked up Wang Chu in the waist, gently placed it in the bathtub, took off his clothes in a few seconds, and jumped in naked. Wang Chugang heard him speak so seriously, and thought he really wanted to practice the secret arts in the room with her. Now, when he saw him like this, he immediately knew that his nature had not changed. He quickly shook his hand and said, "Husband, it's not like this, it's not like this."
"My husband doesn't know the taste of meat for a year, no matter what he is, he will have a full meal first." Liu Xiu smiled wickedly, holding Wang Chu in his arms like a hungry wolf, and putting his hands together. Not long after, Wang Chu threw the secret technique in the room out of the sky, raised his head, and let out a thrilling moan.
The clouds scattered and the rain was collected. Only half of the water in the bathtub was left, and it was useless. Liu Xiu wrapped Wang Chu, who had softened into a pile of mud, and then he changed the water. Although according to the current rules, the maids whom Wang Chu married were natural concubines, and he did not need to avoid them at all, although he had painted countless pictures of ladies, and had not worn clothes, he still could not accept the beauty of having a big quilt on the same bed, and refused to expose his body in front of the maids.
After changing the water, Liu Xiu sat in the bathtub with Wang Chu again, telling the separation without saying a word. Wang Chu leaned in Liu Xiu's arms, his slender fingers slid reluctantly on Liu Xiu's strong skin. He looked at him with a confused look, gently kissing the scar on his body, and said with a heartache and pride: "Husband, every time you have good news, I feel very honored. When my friends in the boudoir met, I enjoyed their eyes very much. But now I see the wound on my husband's body, I feel very ashamed. I only know how to be happy, but I forgot that my husband is sacrificing his life."
"This is what it should be." Liu Xiu smiled slightly and stroked Wang Chu's round shoulder: "Fight injuries are originally the most proud medal for men."
Wang Chu raised his head and looked at Liu Xiu's increasingly resolute face with pity: "But... I still hope that my husband will be steadfast in the future, and think about the eldest princess, my aunt, and our children, don't show off his courage."
Only then did Liu Xiu remember his never met daughter, "Where is my little princess?"
"Husband, you can't say that." Wang Chu suddenly became nervous and sat upright. His obviously more perky peaks made Liu Xiu look at him. Although he had been consuming more than a year of energy and was still in a weak period, his heart still trembled. After a while, he saw Wang Chu's nervous face and said in surprise: "What's wrong?"
"Husband, although Your Majesty values you and raises Ahe and the emperor's legitimate son, she is not a princess after all, and she is also a polite daughter." Wang Chu's voice was stagnant very well, and then solemnly reminded: "It's just that there is a difference between superiority and inferiority. It may be a good thing to talk about at home, but disaster comes from the mouth. If someone hears it and reaches His Majesty's ears, it will be troublesome."
Liu Xiu blinked his eyes, and there was no refutation. He might not take this seriously, but Wang Chu's reminder made a lot of sense. If this is truly passed to the emperor, it would definitely not be a joke.
"The last time the ossie misread, but it scared me so hard that the queen changed her face. Fortunately, the emperor was in a good mood and didn't take it seriously." Wang Chu stroked his chest with lingering fear, and the waves of breasts made Liu Xiu dizzy. He swallowed: "What ossie?"
Wang Chu's eyes were a little scared, and it took a while to tell Liu Xiu about the incident. It turned out that when the emperor's legitimate son captured Zhou, the emperor took him to Beimang Mountain to worship Emperor Guangwu, and Wang Chu accompanied him with his daughter. The emperor was very interested. Outside the temple, he went to visit the Songbenlin in Yuanling. When he met a middle-aged prime minister, the emperor asked him to see the eyes of the two children. The prime minister first looked at the emperor's legitimate son Liu Xie, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he said that this son had the appearance of the emperor. Although there were some twists and turns in the future, he would be a saint and Ming emperor. This was exactly what the emperor wanted. The queen was very happy to hear it, and asked him to see Liu He. Unexpectedly, the prime minister took a look and said that this girl was a noble princess and would become a more noble queen.
The next sentence is fine. Although he is a concubine daughter and is unlikely to become a queen, it does not mean that there is no one. Moreover, as a minister, the emperor did not take what he said seriously. However, the previous sentence angered the emperor, and the emperor also lowered his face and made people drag the minister down and beat him to death. However, he never thought that the minister was very good at it. He actually broke free from the two tiger men and escaped without a trace.
Wang Chu was so scared that he fell to death. He knelt down on the ground and apologized on the spot. Fortunately, the emperor was only annoyed that the minister was talking nonsense and sent people to chase him everywhere, but did not take his anger on her. However, Wang Chu obviously felt that the emperor was in a very bad mood. After a few days, he asked Wang Chu to take the child out of the Jiaofang Hall.
Liu Xiu was also surprised. Although his father had ambition, if his dream came true, as long as his daughter could grow up and become a princess, it should be expected that this would not be said in front of the emperor. Doesn’t this mean that Liu Xiu will rebel in the future? No matter how much the emperor trusts him, it is impossible to tolerate this sentence. It is completely a joke. Moreover, people these days are very confident about things about looking at photos, otherwise prophecies and divination would not be so popular.
Didn’t this guy give me eye drops? Liu Xiu recalled some disharmonious voices hidden under the affectionate feelings of the emperor during the day, and suddenly understood, and an ominous doubt rose in his heart.
"Where is the child now?"
"You are going to come back, the eldest princess will take you there and help take care of you for two days." Wang Chu said shyly: "I will naturally meet you when I accompany you to visit the eldest princess tomorrow. The eldest princess also has some things to discuss with you."
Liu Xiu nodded, thought for a while, and asked again: "Does there any news from my father-in-law?"
"Yes, my father has asked my brother to come and pass the message. I hope I can go back as soon as possible after you come back."
Liu Xiu understood and nodded. Wang Chu's father Wang Yu is now Guangluxun, one of the nine ministers. He must have a better understanding of what the court is currently arguing about. Before the court, he could understand some of the three ministers and nine ministers from him. It is very useful to know what the three ministers and nine ministers were thinking about. Queen Song's brother Song Qi is now the Jinwu, and one of the nine ministers. His father Song Feng is also the general of the chariot and cavalry, and will also attend the meeting. Cao Cao came today and has conveyed their intention to invite him to go to the mansion. Queen Song gave birth to a legitimate son. Although it is legitimate to inherit the throne, the Song family's power in the palace is obviously not very powerful. It is said whether this child can grow up. It is not difficult to ascend the throne. It is expected that they need his support.
"Tomorrow, I will go to the eldest princess first, and then go to the Song Mansion. After these two things are done, I will accompany you home to pay homage to your father-in-law."
Wang Chu nodded happily, she leaned into Liu Xiu's ear and said embarrassedly: "Husband, why are you concerned about the secret technique in the room? Is it because of that snowy girl?"
"What does it have to do with Fengxue?" Liu Xiu's old face turned red and he covered up, "You can't tell that she is still a virgin, right?"
"Her body is still virgin, but her heart is not virgin." Wang Chu glanced at Liu Xiu and said something indifferently: "It's not that I am not a wife, but she is a Hu girl. My husband cherishes her and keeps it in his heart. If outsiders see it, they will make things worse, which will damage his husband's reputation."
Liu Xiu laughed dryly: "I understand, I understand."
"I don't understand." Wang Chu's fingers circled Liu Xiu's chest, "My husband is alone, and he is clean and unwilling to go and hang out with a prostitute in the camp. Miss Fengxue is affectionate to her husband. Why has she been a virgin for so long? Could it be..."
"Is it something?" Liu Xiu glared at his eyes and said angrily: "What do you want to say?"
"I'm just thinking, could it be this Fengxue girl...hehe..." Wang Chu stuck out his tongue, blushed, and reached out to slide down the water: "Can she only serve her husband like this?"
Liu Xiu shivered and couldn't help laughing and crying: "Nonsense, she has no problem at all." He told Mrs. Lu that Fengxue had to have no choice but to calves, and said distressedly: "It's really that witch is talking nonsense, otherwise..."
Wang Chu was stunned for a moment, a trace of loss flashed in his eyes, but he forced himself to pretend to be indifferent and joked: "Or my husband would have been hugging him long ago, right?"
"Who believes that nonsense?" Liu Xiu pretended not to see it and kissed Wang Chu's forehead: "But she felt that her identity was not as noble as you, and her talent was not as good as you. Only this could help me a little. She had to learn the secret technique in the room from the witch before she could accept it. I had no choice but to follow her." He smiled a few times in a bad mood: "Are you secretly happy?"
"I am not so stingy." Wang Chu raised his eyebrows, "I can do it with the secret technique in the room. If my husband hadn't been so anxious every time..."
"I'm anxious?" Liu Xiu was so angry that he stretched out his wolf's claws and grabbed Wang Chu's chest hard, cutting off Wang Chu's words behind him.
"Oh, husband, don't worry, I can do some secret techniques, and let me serve you..." Wang Chujiao smiled and dodged, causing waves of turmoil in the bathtub.
...
The emperor stood in the winding corridor with his hands behind his back, looking at the lotus blooming in a pool of clear water, with no expression on his face. Liu Biao bowed his hand and followed the emperor respectfully, and looked at the emperor's back nervously with the light from the corner of his eyes. After not seeing him for more than a year, the emperor became thinner, but the power of dominating the world between his eyebrows and eyes became heavier.
"According to what you said, although Liu Xiu was a little clever, his loyalty to me was beyond doubt?"
Liu Biao nodded without hesitation: "I dare to guarantee that at least so far, I have not found any signs of Liu Xiu's disloyalty to Your Majesty. He was determined to develop industry and commerce in Bingzhou, but just wanted to do everything possible to reduce your Majesty's burden, and had no intention of filling his personal pockets."
"Well, that's good." The emperor calmed down his color and looked at the lithograph in his hand. "Do you think he can pay 300 million yuan in taxes every year for his thirty years?"
Liu Biao frowned: "I don't know."
"Don't know?" The emperor was a little surprised and turned around and glanced at Liu Biao: "Hasn't you been involved in all the plans he has drawn up? How could you not know?"
"My..." Liu Biao was very embarrassed: "I did participate in the plan he planned, and I also felt that promoting industry and commerce is the only way for Bingzhou to achieve self-sufficiency. However, I don't know how to verify the calculated data he said. I have never had such experience in the books I read and the things I have read, so I cannot judge whether he can achieve his goal."
The emperor pondered for a moment and nodded considerately: "Where are the others?"
"The others are similar to me." Liu Biao thought for a moment and added in a low voice: "However, I believe that the General of the Northern Zhonglang is not a fantasy. When estimating those numbers, he was as serious as before the war, and did not dare to take it lightly."
"You want to say that his intention is right?" The emperor curled his lips and said with a smile.
Liu Biao owed his body and replied loudly: "That's what I think."
The emperor did not speak anymore, waved his hand and signaled Liu Biao to retreat. Liu Biao saluted and retreated step by step. It was not until he left the door that he let out a long breath, his face was a little heavy and a little thankful.
Zhang Rang walked over quietly and stood quietly behind the emperor. Although the emperor did not look back, he seemed to know that he was coming. He asked a sudden question: "Zhang Rang, do you think it is Zhang Jiao's method, or Liu Xiu's method?"
Zhang Rang had a calm smile on his face and said calmly: "Your Majesty, I have never heard of anyone who can be a governor in a state for thirty years."
"If it were him, no one else could do the kind of thing he did now?"
"Your Majesty, when the Northern Middle School General was in Luoyang, the Ta Kung Pao was held so well, and the annual exams were so lively. But now the Ta Kung Pao said something that was not painful, and I am afraid that few students would come to take the exam this year."
The emperor patted the railings with some distractions. Zhang Rang's words hit him. Liu Xiu once gave him an idea to hold a large-scale exam every year to win scholars from those families. This year is the third year, but things are no longer sustainable, because the scholars admitted to the first two exams are now in trouble. After the scholars admitted to the first year were released, during the year-end assessment, most of them were greedy to varying degrees, so they were dismissed, which seriously affected the reputation of seeking talents in the exam. The results of the second exam were even more troublesome. Those scholars could not arrange their places. If they were all men, they were afraid that the palace would be overcrowded and could not afford to support them. It was time to issue the examination edict again. Whether to take the exam or not has the most troublesome question for the emperor.
Liu Xiu's suggestions seemed beautiful, but they were a mess and had a lot of situations when implemented. This made the emperor very hesitant, which in turn affected his confidence in Liu Xiu. Can he defeat the Xianbei people and stabilize the northern border of the Han Dynasty? Will the new policy of Bingzhou cultivate a warlord who holds heavy troops and controls the side?
When the emperor thinks of this, he will think of what the minister said and feel dizzy. He believes in the judgment of the minister. Does Liu Xiu's daughter become a princess mean that Liu Xiu will rebel? If so, why will his emperor's legitimate son become a sage emperor again? Liu Xiu rebelled, how could he let his son be the emperor?
It must be that the accuser is talking nonsense, and there is no reasonable explanation other than that.
The emperor looked at the square stone seal in his hand again. Liu Biao said that this small stone seal was polished and carved by Liu Xiu. Although the stone seal was small, it hid Liu Xiu's fist. The white stone and the bright red texture look pleasing to the eye. The rebellious but lively and vivid seals are also as beautiful as a painting, but the seal sounds a bit dusk.
Governing a great country is like cooking a small freshman. If this is said from a Confucian scholar who is well-read about poetry and books, the emperor may not think there is anything strange, but if it is said from Liu Xiu, the emperor feels very inconsistent. Such a person who does not follow the rules will actually submit such a pedantic word as a symbol of the gui. In the eyes of the emperor, this is as incomprehensible as the words of the accuser.
If Liu Xiu and Zhang Jiao were in reverse, perhaps the emperor would think it was a little more normal.
"Where did he go today?"
"I heard that I went to the Princess's Mansion first, and now I'm probably in the Song Mansion."
"Song Mansion?" The emperor raised a sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth: "Have Song Qi finally found the backbone again?"
Zhang Rang smiled: "The General of the Northern Central Army has always been close to the Queen Song family and the Cao family. If there were no General of the Northern Central Army, how could they know how to share the worries of His Majesty?"
"Hehe, I hope they can listen to him this time and do something practical for me, rather than crying in front of me all day long." The emperor waved his sleeves impatiently, and the seal in his hand accidentally touched the railing, and a corner was cracked. The emperor frowned and looked at the seal with regret.
When Zhang Rang saw this, he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this seal is too unsolid. Let Shang Fang imitate a gold one."
"Golden?" The emperor thought for a while, shook his head and denied it: "Golden is too vulgar, so let's pick a piece of similar jade to imitate one."
"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Rang took the stone seal with both hands and carefully put it in his arms.
The emperor smiled and shook his head: "It's really like cooking a little fresh food. This accidental thing will break."
Zhang Rang smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the more beautiful things look, the more likely they are to be broken, which is a common occurrence."
The emperor's eyes flashed and he was thinking.
...
Song Mansion, General Song Feng of the Cavalry, did not attend, and Song Qi, the leader of the Jinwu, sat on the chairman, Cao Luan accompanied him, Liu Xiu sat in the guest seat, and Cao Cao was sitting next to him. There were no outsiders here, and they were more casual. Without saying a few nonsense, they directly started the topic of concern.
The Song family looks very good now. Empress Song gave birth to a legitimate son of the emperor, and the position of the empress became more and more stable. The Song family's father and son were rich and worry-free, and the Cao family also benefited from it. Cao Song was a senior farmer and Cao Cao was a Changshui lieutenant. However, the Song family had some unheard concerns in their hearts: Empress Song had already fallen out of favor. If the emperor had not visited his son, he would not have been in the Jiaofang Hall at all. Most of the time he was with Meiren Yuan.
"The beauty Yuan looks like a few years younger than the queen. Her family's knowledge, she can write and calculate, and she is all above the queen." Song Feng patted her thighs with some irritability: "Compared with the Yuan family, my Song family, except for the emperor's legitimate son, there is no chance of winning. The emperor's legitimate son is only two years old now, if there is a length..." He was so scared that he dared not talk about it anymore. He raised his head and looked at Liu Xiu with help: "Deran, you have to help us."
Liu Xiu was very puzzled. Yuan Hui was indeed not bad, but there were many people in the palace who were stronger than her. As for the strength of the Yuan family, to be honest, it was Yuan Hui's fatal flaw, not her help. Song Qi did not see the subtle relationship at all. But what he was very puzzled was that Empress Song gave birth to a legitimate son for the emperor. Judging from all aspects, the emperor was very satisfied with this legitimate son. Empress Song should be more favored by her son, so why did she lose favor instead... Please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!!!
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