Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen

After Xu Pingjun returned to Chang'an from Lishan, he went straight to Huo Mansion. The people in the Huo Mansion were in a mess when they saw the empress's sudden arrival.Xu Pingjun broke into Huo Guang's residence before they could communicate.Huo Guang was still recuperating on the couch, when he saw Xu Pingjun, he immediately got up and knelt down to greet him.Xu Pingjun walked up to his couch in a few steps and prevented him from getting up.The girl on the side hurriedly moved a couch and invited the queen to sit on it. "Master Huo, have you heard about Master Meng?"

Huo Guang glanced at the girls in the room, and the girls all left the room. Huo Guang sighed: "I have heard that the sky is jealous of talents, it is really painful." "Yun Ge broke into the mountains alone to look for Mr. Meng." Huo Guang was really moved at this moment, "What? Such a big snow went into the mountain alone? Is she dying?" "This is what Yun Ge asked me to bring, and I have already brought it." After Xu Pingjun finished speaking, he immediately got up and left the Huo Mansion. Huo Guang leaned on the couch, closed his eyes and meditated.After a while, he sighed softly and ordered people to call Huo Yu, Huo Shan and Huo Yun to see him.

"Yu'er, the three of you went to write a letter to the emperor together, and said: "I suddenly heard the news of my son-in-law's death, and also heard that my daughter's whereabouts are unknown. My father is in great pain and his condition is getting worse. Please ask the emperor's associate ministers to go to the mountain to find his sister. 'If the emperor refuses, you should kneel and wait for him to agree." Huo Yun said reluctantly: "The reason why I gave in to Meng Jue before was because I didn't want him to completely side with the emperor, but after all, the emperor is young, so he got angry and messed up, and started to destroy the Great Wall himself, which is exactly what we wished for! Wouldn't it be better for us to sit on the sidelines and reap the benefits?"

Huo Shan was also full of reluctance, "Yun Ge, this girl stole my token, and I haven't settled with her yet! Still want to kneel for her? I won't go! She is not the real Huo family." "You..." Huo Guang coughed, and Huo Yu hurried to help his father calm down, "Don't worry, father! My son and younger brothers will immediately go to the palace to see the emperor. Father rest assured to recover, and you don't have to worry about Yun Ge. The three of us together Go, the emperor dare not refuse." Huo Guang nodded, Huo Yu and the three were about to go out when Huo Chengjun's voice sounded outside the door.

"Don't go!" She walked up to Huo Guang's couch and knelt down, but Huo Guang was about to dodge, "Cheng Jun, how can you kneel to me now?" Then he said to Huo Yu and the others: "Help your sister up quickly." Huo Chengjun knelt down and refused to get up, "Yun Ge and me, Daddy can only choose one. If Daddy saves her, he will just treat her as an unfilial daughter who never gave birth to me." Her tone was so loud that everyone in the room was stunned. Huo Guang was hurt and angry, and coughed violently, Huo Yu called out anxiously: "Sister!"

Huo Chengjun was still kneeling and motionless. Huo Guang rubbed his chest and said, "They don't know Yun Ge's identity, but you do. Don't you think of blood relationship at all?" "Has she ever read Yun Ge? Knowing that Xu Pingjun and I cannot tolerate each other, she defends Xu Pingjun in everything! Knowing that the crown prince is of great importance to our family, she protects Liu Shi everywhere! Knowing that the emperor is my husband, But she did something with the emperor! Knowing that Liu He had a grudge against our family, she stole the token and let him go! This time she dared to steal the token to save people, what will she do next time? Daddy doesn’t need to persuade me anymore , I have made up my mind, from now on, the Huo family will have her without me, me without her!"

Huo Guang stared at his daughter with a threatening coldness in his eyes. The three of Huo Yu were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, not daring to raise their heads, but Huo Chengjun raised his head and looked at his father without giving in. After a long while, Huo Guang smiled and nodded at Huo Chengjun, "I am old, but you are all grown up." Turning around, he lay down facing the wall, "You all go out!" His voice seemed to have suddenly aged ten years . Huo Chengjun kowtowed: "Thank you daddy, my daughter has returned to the palace." After they walked out of the house, Huo Shan smiled and asked Huo Chengjun, "Who is Yun Ge? It can't be my uncle's illegitimate daughter outside, right?"

Huo Chengjun said with a smile: "Second brother can guess. Who cares about her! Anyway, from today on, she has nothing to do with us." Huo Shan nodded, saying hello again and again. Huo Yu said with a cold face: "Your Majesty, I will send you here and leave first." Huo Chengjun called out aggrievedly: "Brother, Yun Ge and us have had a deep grudge, and it's not like you don't know it. Could it be that you also help her?" "I don't care about Yun Ge's life or death, but my father is sick on the bed. As a son of man, what you did just now is over!"

Huo Yu left in stride, Huo Chengjun's face turned green and red for a while, turned his head suddenly, and ran out of Huo's mansion quickly. As soon as she left Huo's mansion, someone greeted her, she got on the carriage and asked, "Does the emperor know that Yun Ge went to the mountains?" "Just found out." Huo Chengjun froze, held his breath, and asked leisurely, "What's your majesty's reaction?" "The emperor is very sorry, lamenting the deep love between Mrs. Meng and his wife, and sent additional troops. I hope that there will be time to search and rescue Mrs. Meng."

Huo Chengjun let out a long breath, sat in the carriage briskly with his whole body, and laughed comfortably.It seemed that Liu Xun was really angry this time, and his murderous intention was determined, and Yun Ge would definitely die. After Xu Pingjun returned to the palace, he immediately ordered people to prepare fragrant soup for bathing. It was heard that the most skillful old maids in the palace helped her comb the most charming bun, and asked the maids to take out all the dresses and pick out the most delicate of.After dressing up properly, all the court ladies praised the queen for her beauty.

The strange self in the mirror turned out to be charming and charming. That man was her husband, and she thought that what he wanted was a close relationship, but she never thought that one day she would also become an "Israelite". The slender figure walks through the wind and snow, and the flying skirt dances in a blur. The moment Liu Xun raised his head, he felt that the plain white world suddenly turned into a purple, drunk and gold fan at sunset.It was so bright and beautiful that people couldn't move their eyes, but there was an inexplicable sudden pain in my heart. Before I could think about it, my soft body shrank into his arms as if afraid of the cold, "Is the emperor frightened?" Still carrying the freshness after bathing, he couldn't help but bury his head on her neck and sniff deeply, she smiled timidly and hid.Due to his illness, he had been forbidden to have intercourse for many days, so he suddenly picked her up and walked towards the inner hall without realizing it. In the crocodile tent, the spring breeze passes, and the mandarin duck's pillow is wet with red tears. He is passionate, sympathetic and affectionate; she is flattering and flattering. She filled the void in his heart, but he slowly cracked her heart open. The clouds and rain are slow to close, and the wind still exists. She whispered softly in his arms, and the funny things in the past made him burst into laughter, and the laughter expressed his joy. When the word "Yunge" was fused into the past from time to time, he was still laughing, but laughter had become a means to cover up his emotions. Xu Pingjun tearfully begged: "The person sent by the emperor should be appropriate, but the concubine is really worried about Yunge, so I beg the emperor to send Mr. Jun Bushi to take charge of this matter." Liu Xun stared at her, laughed, got up and dressed, and wanted to leave.Xu Pingjun grabbed his robe, stumbled and knelt at his feet, "Your Majesty, my concubine begs you! I beg you! For the sake of past affection, I sent Jun Buji to search and rescue him." Seeing her unfamiliar charm and beauty, Liu Xun's suppressed anger suddenly burst out.Nothing but two!Yun Ge fooled him once, even she dares to fool him again! "Are you begging for Yunge? Or for Meng Jue?" "The concubine...the concubine begs the same." Liu Xun kicked her hand away with all his strength, and said mockingly, "Meng Jue and you are really good partners." Xu Pingjun was stunned and puzzled, but her heart felt confused again. She climbed a few steps and grabbed Liu Xun's robe again, "Meng Jue and my concubine are good friends. I have always regarded the emperor as a friend, everything he has done for Hu'er, the emperor also sees it, I beg the emperor to show mercy!" Liu Xun sneered and said, "I see many things in my eyes, you don't have to worry that I am stupid! Do you think I don't know what Meng Jue is doing behind the scenes? He put me in prison and almost took my life , and pretended to be kind to me. Also, how did your fiancé-in-law, Ouhou, die? Do you want me to ask you to do another autopsy in front of you?" She looked up at him, and under his cold gaze, her face gradually turned pale, "He...he...he was killed by me...by me." Liu Xun laughed loudly, "He was indeed killed by you. He shouldn't have wished to marry you, otherwise he wouldn't have died of poison." Xu Pingjun's body trembled, he clutched his robe tightly like the last piece of driftwood, "He...he died of poisoning?" Liu Xun smiled and said, "You know this matter better than anyone else, don't you want to marry him? You still want to ask me?" Her hands slipped from his robe, her body trembled more and more, shivering into a ball. There was hatred in Liu Xun's eyes, "I always thought you were kind and straightforward. No matter how bad you are, this alone is worthy of my respect and protection, but you... you poisoned your fiancée before you planned marriage. Later." He bent down, carried her and asked, "Why did Zhang He suddenly come to propose marriage to me? I thought the 'marriage made in heaven' was just your intentional plan! What kind of person do you think I am?" Can I let you fiddle with it? Did you participate in Liu He's affairs? Although I know what happened to you before, I think you are to me after all..." Liu Xun's chest heaved violently, and his hands squeezed more and more Tight, as if Xu Pingjun's arm was about to be cut off, "...I don't care about you anymore! But how dare you...you are really helping Meng Jue, even betraying me for Meng Jue!" Xu Pingjun burst into tears, and his body went limp on the ground. Liu Xun threw her away, and she fell to the ground lifelessly like a piece of dead wood.Liu Xun flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked out of the palace gate, Qixi rushed up to meet him, "Your Majesty, go..." "Show Zhaoyang Palace!" "yes!" After a while, there seemed to be no one else in the Xuanshi Hall.In the vast and deep hall, there was only one woman lying on the cold gold brick floor, and there were occasional weeping. He Xiaoqi walked gently to the entrance of the hall, looked at the woman inside, with tears in his eyes. He walked up to her and knelt down, covered her with a cloak, and helped her up, "Sister Xu, don't cry, the emperor has already left, and your tears hurt only yourself." Xu Pingjun looked at him shaking his head, tears were still falling, "Would you like to tell me now why you want to be an eunuch?" He Xiaoqi didn't hold back, tears rolled down his eyes, he wiped them away with his sleeve. "Brother Heizi and the others are already dead. If I don't come in, sooner or later... I will be here. I will have no wife and no children, and my wealth and life depend on the emperor. The emperor is not afraid that anything will happen to me." Xu Pingjun opened his mouth, and his eyes were full of horror and disbelief. "The emperor is the emperor. His surname is Liu Mingxun. He is not our eldest brother, nor will he be a sick person whom my sister knows." The "unbelievable" in Xu Pingjun's eyes gradually turned into the "believe" of resignation. She stood up numbly, walked to the mirror and sat down, combing her hair bun and arranging her dress slowly. "Xiaoqi, did Huo Guang send someone to ask to see the emperor?" "No." There was desperation in her eyes, looking at herself in the mirror, she suddenly pursed her lips and smiled. "Xiao Qi, do you know? Yun Ge is very kind to me, she gives way to me and protects me in every way. In fact, she has already thought about illness, but because of me, she backed down. We were arrested by King Yan She told me to run away first, and in order to protect me, she spared no effort to lure the killer away with her own life. But I was not good to her. I knew her thoughts about her illness, but I deliberately pretended not to know. When Meng Jue is sad, it is the moment when she needs company the most, but because of a little selfishness, I let her leave Chang'an alone, without anyone to see her off." He Xiaoqi persuaded: "As long as you are human, who has no selfishness? Yun Ge doesn't necessarily have selfishness towards her sister." "I know you all think she is having an affair with Liu Xun." Xu Pingjun smiled and said, "But I know she won't. I may not trust my husband in this world, but I trust her." He Xiaoqi was stunned, and looked at Xu Pingjun stupidly. "Since she met me, every time there is danger, she thinks of me first, and every time I face a difficult situation, she is the one who lends a helping hand. Although she calls me my sister, she is actually like a sister, always taking care of me. This time I can finally look like a big sister. Xiaoqi, can I ask you something?" "Everyone in the past has withered, only you and me are left, let me tell you, sister!" After Xu Pingjun finished exhorting softly, He Xiaoqi asked in shock: "Sister, are you sure?" "I am sure!" "it is good!" Seeing that he agreed, Xu Pingjun walked out of the hall. He Xiaoqi saw the direction she was going, hurriedly chased her out, and asked, "Isn't your empress going back to the Jiaofang Palace?" "I'm going to Zhaoyang Hall, and I'll leave everything to you." Xu Pingjun walked outside the Zhaoyang Hall, facing the gate of the hall, and knelt down.Immediately there was noise in the hall. Huo Chengjun and Liu Xun had already rested. Hearing the noise, she asked displeasedly, "What's going on?" Madam Xia, who was serving her, reported from outside the curtain: "The empress knelt in the snow facing the gate of the palace." Huo Chengjun said "Yeah", and sat up from Liu Xun's arms, "Hurry up and prepare your clothes, I'm going to..." Liu Xun pulled her back into his arms, "Sleep when you're sleeping, if someone likes to kneel, let her kneel." Hearing Liu Xun's words, everyone was convinced, and they all fell silent. Those who should watch the night should watch the night, and those who should sleep should sleep. Huo Chengjun smiled mildly, and said with jealousy: "Isn't this concubine worried that the emperor will lose his anger in return?" Liu Xun smiled and put his arms around her waist, "You know that my heart is with you, and you still eat these unreasonable jealousy. A song 'bending the waist' will make me bend my waist for you!" Huo Chengjun closed his eyes, leaned on Liu Xun's shoulder, and smiled coquettishly, but his heart flew out without knowing why. He felt at a loss in the cold snow, cold forest, and cliffs. Did he really just leave like this? Liu Xun didn't seem to care about it at all, but his chest was burning with anger, and the warm and soft jade in his arms, and the soft cry just made his heart feel more empty. The rustling snowflakes are not big or small. A row of lanterns was hung under the eaves outside Zhaoyang Hall. The light cast on the flying snowflakes made the snow crystal clear. Against the background of the night, the outlines of light and shadow were like ice crystals. , with the ups and downs of the eaves, it is like grains of colored glass floating in the air unevenly. Xu Pingjun raised his head and stared blankly at Zhaoyang Palace, tears welled up in his eyes again.Even if such a beautiful scenery, he will not accompany her to enjoy it, so what if there is a beautiful scenery on a good day? The past and the past flashed through my mind intermittently, I just felt that although the world is big, the rest of my life has nowhere to go.Can she blame Meng Jue for Ouhou's death?Such a coincidence, but she simply believed that it was her own destiny, and it was not clear in her heart, she just refused to face the darkness in her heart.Suddenly, I remembered what Zhang Shenxian said when he told her a fortune, "The creation of the heaven and the earth, there is a frontier between drinking and pecking", and I felt that it had a profound meaning. If it wasn't late at night, if it wasn't snowing, if it wasn't just kneeling here, where would you be able to see such a beautiful scene? If he hadn't forcefully skimmed the water back then, why would he kneel in the snow today?What is the suffering she has suffered today compared to her crime of killing Ouhou?When she tried her best to marry Liu Bingji that day, she had already planted the fruit of today. The gains and losses in life seem to be random, but in fact they are all caused by themselves.Instead of punishing yourself for the cause of yesterday, it is better to practice for the fruit of tomorrow. Xu Pingjun smiled slightly, pulled out the hairpin from his head, and using the hairpin as a brush and the snow as a silk, he outlined the "Snow Palace Night Light Picture" in front of him.While painting, I was concentrating on what kind of poem I should make to be worthy of this dreamlike and phantom scene. early in the morning. When Liu Xun got up to go to court, he thought he would see a man with a sad expression begging him to change his mind, but unexpectedly the woman in front of him was calm and calm, and when she saw him, she just bowed her head deeply.Her posture was humble and humble, but he felt that she was as cold and clean as the snow falling on her shoulders. He felt irritated in his heart, smiled, and left in a hurry, letting her continue to kneel. Not long after he left, Liu Xi came running in a sable cloak, stood in front of his mother, and patted the snow off his head and body for his mother. Tears rolled in his eyes, but he kept biting his lip, refusing to cry. come out. "Mom, are you cold?" Xu Pingjun smiled and shook his head. "Can Auntie get Master back? It must be possible, right?" Xu Pingjun thought for a while and said: "Mother really wants to say 'yes' to you, but you are already a little adult, and Mother doesn't want to coax you, Mother doesn't know." Liu Xi stood silently in front of her for a while, "Mother, I'm going." "it is good." Liu Xi ran into the Zhaoyang Palace with a "thump", and when Huo Chengjun saw him, he immediately ordered someone to undress him, take a hand stove, pour tea, and get snacks, and ordered a group of court ladies to circle around Liu Xi. "Why is Your Highness suddenly free?" Huo Chengjun looked suspiciously in his eyes. Liu Xi shook Huo Chengjun's arm, "Mother, you have been hurting Hu'er very much. Hu'er begs you to save the mother. If the mother kneels down again, she will get sick." Huo Chengjun laughed relievedly, picked up an orange and peeled it for him to eat, and said: "Your father is in a fit of anger. When the anger passes, we will speak soft words. Your father will definitely forgive the empress." After Liu Xi swallowed the orange in his mouth, he asked worriedly, "Really?" "certainly!" He felt relieved, and there was a smile on his face. He casually grabbed the pastry on the plate and ate it. Huo Chengjun brought him a bowl of hot milk, "Eat slowly! Didn't you have breakfast this morning?" Liu Xi nodded, "I heard that the queen mother was kneeling in the snow when I came together, so I ran over to see it immediately." Huo Chengjun asked with a smile: "Why is your mother willing to let you come to me?" "Mother's queen... Mother's queen..." Liu Xi lowered his head, hesitating and unable to speak, and finally said after a while: "I came here by myself. I know that the father loves the empress. What the empress said, the father should will listen." Seeing his appearance, Huo Chengjun sighed suddenly, "If my future children are half as filial as His Royal Highness, I will be satisfied." Liu Shi immediately said: "Yes, my brother will definitely." The old man said that what children say is accurate, Huo Chengjun laughed happily, "Your Highness thinks I will have a son?" "En!" Liu Xun nodded vigorously. Huo Chengjun fed him oranges again, "After your father and emperor leave the court, I will go and intercede for your mother." After Liu Xi saluted Huo Chengjun and thanked him, he went happily. In the court hall, several ministers reported the economic situation of the people's livelihood to Liu Xun. Liu Xun became angrier as he listened, "What do you mean by soaring food prices? Isn't this year a bumper harvest year? A catty of charcoal fire costs 100 yuan? Is it charcoal fire or gold?" The minister trembled and nodded, "Yes, yes, what the emperor said is true! In Chang'an City, not to mention ordinary people, even the ministers dare not use charcoal at will. In order to save charcoal, all the small kitchens in the minister's house have been removed. , only use the big kitchen.” Liu Xun was so angry that he wanted him to "screw out", so he held back and ordered him to back down, "Jun Buyi, tell me, what's going on?" "This year is a bumper harvest year. Even if the price of food has risen due to the heavy snowfall and inconvenient transportation these days, there is no reason for it to skyrocket. According to my observation, in addition to food and charcoal fire, there are also medicinal materials and silk. It’s just that I can’t feel the two things for a while.” Liu Xun nodded. People who are not sick don't care about the price of medicine, and no one makes new clothes every day. "These things affect each other, and if they continue to rise, I'm afraid it will cause panic among the people, and the people will rush to buy and hoard. Once there is a panic buying, the price will be pushed up even higher. The final situation is that people who don't need food and charcoal have sufficient stocks. And those who really need it can’t afford it. According to Si Tianjian’s forecast, there will be a severe freeze this winter, and if there is not enough food and charcoal, people will freeze to death or starve to death.” Liu Xun only felt his brain hurt, "I know what you said, and I also know what you didn't finish. If there are more people who freeze to death or starve to death, the people will complain, blaming me for being incompetent. What I want to know is why the prices of good things are soaring?" "Since the food is already abundant, the minister's inference should be that someone manipulated the market and wanted to profit from it." There was a "wow" explosion in the hall, and the buzzing sound was endless. Du Yannian retorted: "It is not uncommon for merchants to hoard goods and raise prices for profit, but this time, the grain in the entire Han Dynasty is rising, as well as charcoal fire, medicinal materials, and silk. Which merchant has such great ability?" ?” Tian Guangming sneered and said, "Master Jun, do you think we haven't thought about this matter? It's because we have thought about it carefully that we don't speak nonsense and pretend to be shocking. Could it be that all the merchants of the Han Dynasty have united? What kind of army do the Six Nations need?" Liu Xun yelled: "Shut up. You don't doubt it, just keep talking." "I have thought about it. It is not necessary for all merchants to unite. People have a herd mentality, just like snapping up. It's not that the snapping up really needs it, it's just that he buys it when he sees others buying it. This principle applies to merchants as well. It works, as long as one or two big merchants in the industry start hoarding goods and raising prices, the sober merchants will naturally hold on to the goods in their hands in order to chase profits, and move their cameras, and many small merchants will see that the big merchants are doing the same , a natural following." "If I order the distribution of relief food, will the price of food be suppressed?" "That depends on how much relief food the emperor has, and how much money those big businessmen have. If they can absorb all the relief food distributed by the emperor, the emperor's decree may not help the matter, but will cause a hidden crisis." Liu Xun nodded, Jun did not doubt that he had touched his hesitation.The frontier is unstable, and if there is insufficient food and grass, the crisis will be even greater.When he was at a loss, some bits and pieces suddenly appeared in his mind.He once sent someone to follow Meng Jue for a long time, and the spy's replies were often "Meng Jue went shopping and changed shops again", "didn't buy anything", "just asked the price", "and the seller, the buyer. Good people chat".He always thought that Meng Jue was pretending to be relaxed, but at this moment, he realized the importance of "shop", "price" and "buying and selling". Meng Jue! When the courtiers saw the emperor's face turned livid and his eyes sharp, they were so frightened that they fell to their knees, and the hall immediately became very quiet. When everyone was trembling and did not dare to breathe, there was a noise outside. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this slave wants to see His Majesty." The eunuch clamored to see him, but the guards blocked him and refused to let him go. Liu Xun was furious, "Drag on, naked and flogged!" The guards immediately dragged Fuyu away, Fuyu struggled and shouted: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly fell into a coma... Your Majesty..." Liu Xun jumped up and rushed out of the hall in a few steps, "What did you say?" Fu Yu knelt down in front of Liu Xun, crying, "Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince suddenly fell into a coma, and he couldn't wake up no matter how much he screamed..." Before Liu Xun waited for him to finish speaking, he rushed towards Jiaofang Hall with big strides. Qixi hurriedly said: "It is said that Imperial Physicians Li and Imperial Physician Wu will enter the palace as soon as possible!" Just after the Tai Tu left, the Prince fell ill?The ministers in the hall looked at me and I looked at you. None of them dared to speak. They all held their breath, lowered their heads, and quietly stepped back. In the Jiaofang Hall, eunuchs and maids knelt down on the ground. Liu Xi lay quietly on the couch, his face was black and blue, and his little hands were tightly curled into a ball. Liu Xun was greatly distressed, and asked sharply, "Who took care of the prince from yesterday to today?" Two palace maids and two eunuchs crawled out from the crowd, their bodies were shaking so much that they were going limp on the ground, their upper and lower teeth were chattering, and they couldn't speak a word. Two imperial physicians strode in, Liu Xun ignored the interrogation and hurried out of the way. The imperial doctor examined the pulse, and probed the acupuncture points with silver needles. The two exchanged glances inwardly. They agreed with each other, and one of them said in a trembling voice, "It should be something that shouldn't be eaten." Xu Pingjun had just arrived with the support of two eunuchs. Seeing his son's appearance and hearing the imperial physician's words, his body softened and he fell to the ground. An imperial physician was busy visiting the queen again. Liu Xun's face became normal instead, and he asked unusually calmly, "Can the crown prince's illness be cured?" The imperial physician who was kneeling on the ground could just see Liu Xun's hands. Liu Xun's hands were trembling all the time, and the imperial physician's body also trembled, "Mr.... Do your best!" Liu Xun smiled and said, "You'd better do your best." The imperial physician crawled to Liu Xi's side and took his pulse again, but his hands were shaking badly, and he was panting heavily. The imperial physician who was checking on the queen said in a low voice, "Emperor Zhang has unique knowledge about difficult and miscellaneous diseases." When Liu Fuling was on the throne, Imperial Physician Zhang was ranked first in the imperial hospital. After Liu Xun came to the throne, he seemed to dislike imperial physician Zhang, and was demoted again and again. Although he is still in the imperial hospital, he is only a handyman in charge of grinding medicinal materials. Liu Xun immediately said, "Send him." After a while, Doctor Zhang arrived. After checking his condition, he thought for a moment and asked, "Do you have mung bean soup?" An eunuch hurriedly replied: "Yes! Yes!" "Immediately go and bring a large pot, open His Highness's mouth, and fill it with mung bean soup, the more the better." A group of people who have lost their minds have their backbones, and they are busy in their positions. Liu Xun's heart widened slightly, but his voice weakened, "Can the disease be cured?" Imperial Physician Zhang said respectfully: "Fortunately, His Royal Highness didn't eat much, and found out in time, the condition has not deteriorated. First drink some mung bean soup, and then take some medicine. After a period of recuperation, you should be fine." Liu Xun's tense body suddenly slackened, and he leaned against the couch almost exhausted. After a while, he stood up suddenly again, and ordered Qixi: "Take all the people in Jiaofang Hall and the imperial cook to the execution room. , I personally supervise and examine." After a whole day of interrogation, taking confessions one by one, and adding severe punishments, no doubts were found. Liu Xun sneered, "They are all innocent, could it be that the prince ate the poison himself?" Qi Xi was about to use torture when Fu Yu suddenly remembered something, "After His Royal Highness got up this morning, the servant was about to serve the Prince a meal. His Highness suddenly heard that the Empress was kneeling outside Zhaoyang Hall, and immediately made a fuss to go. Naturally, the servant did not dare to let him go." Your Highness went down, I didn't want His Highness to send the servants away, and when the servants came back, His Highness was nowhere to be seen, so the servants immediately split up to look for it, and saw His Highness coming out of Zhaoyang Hall with an orange in his hand..." Fuyu said, his voice became lower and lower, and gradually disappeared. Liu Xun sat motionless, his face turning greener and greener. After a while, he asked, "Who else knows about this except you?" Fu Yu shook his head, "Only slaves know." Liu Xun sat quietly for a while, stood up, and walked out of the room without saying a word. Because the maids and eunuchs were all detained, the Jiaofang Hall was extremely deserted. Probably afraid of disturbing his son's sleep, Xu Pingjun only lit a lamp.Under the dim light, she was sitting on the side of the couch, embroidering while watching over her son. Liu Xun stood outside the window and stared blankly for a long time, only to feel that his heart, which had been flustered for a day, suddenly calmed down. He walked into the hall early, "Are you awake?" Xu Pingjun knelt down immediately, and said respectfully: "Not yet, but Doctor Zhang said that the poison has been cured, and he should wake up at any time." Liu Xun suddenly felt inexplicably irritable, and said coldly, "You motherfucker is really competent for what you do!" Xu Pingjun's face was pale, he kowtowed and said, "This concubine deserves death." Liu Xun felt disgusted, and reprimanded: "Get out!" Xu Pingjun hurriedly bowed and exited the hall. Liu Xun sat beside his son, gently stroked his face, and whispered, "Are you going to scare dad to death? When you wake up, you won't be able to remember your lesson until you wake up. If you dare to mess up next time If you eat it, hang it up and beat it." Liu Shi just woke up in a daze, when he heard his father say that he would "hang up and beat him", he was so frightened that he almost cried, "Father, my son... my son... I know my mistake..." Liu Xun twisted his face and asked: "You bastard, why did you go to Zhaoyang Palace without eating a good breakfast?" "My son... my son please ask your mother to intercede with the queen mother." "You don't come to beg me, run to beg her?" "My son... my son... They all said that the father dotes on the empress the most." Liu Xun laughed angrily: "Do you believe everything they say?" "But... my son sees that if the father doesn't rest in the Xuanshi hall, he will go to the Zhaoyang hall. The father must miss the empress often." Liu Xun wanted to explain, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only smile bitterly and said, "One day in the future, when you become the emperor, maybe you will understand. However, you should not have such troubles, because father will understand." Help you get rid of such people." Liu Xun gave a soft "Oh" as if he understood clearly. Liu Xun was reluctant to leave, and asked Liu Xun what to say.How is the homework done, what do you eat on weekdays, everyone around you likes it, who treats him badly, Liu Xun answered piecemeal.For some reason, when talking about Zhang Liangren, Liu Xi asked inexplicably why he hadn’t been able to see her recently. Mrs. Zhang has a lively temper, but she has been staying in the palace lately. Played with her. Liu Xun was surprised, "How do you know that Grand Envoy Gongsun and Zhang Liang are close?" Liu Xun talked about his experience in the imperial garden with a smile, and Liu Xun's face gradually became gloomy. "How long has Huo Jieyu been here, did Zhang Liangren and Gongsun Chang envoys arrive?" Liu Xi thought for a while and said, "For a short while, Erchen just said a few words to Niangniang, and Niangniang Zhang and the others came." "Huo Jieyu ordered you to eat some snacks, why didn't you eat them?" "I heard from Mrs. Gongsun that there was a little sister living in her belly. I thought it was fun, so I just watched her eat. Then when I was about to eat, my husband suddenly appeared and scolded me. He took me with me. I'm going to leave. I guess the lady saw that the husband was angry, so she didn't want to let me eat and play, so she let us go. The husband later punished me for copying the book, warned me not to eat snacks, and said that a gentleman is far away from a woman, so I don't want to go If you want to play with the empress, you should read more and go to study with your father." Liu Xun had complicated emotions in his eyes, and his face became more and more gloomy. Liu Xi lowered his head and said timidly: "Sir, he is very strict. I don't want to see him on weekdays, but without him, I always feel uneasy. I don't have anyone to give me advice on anything. This morning, I saw my mother being so anxious that I had no choice but to beg my mother, and I will not dare next time. Father, have you not found your husband yet? You can send more people to look for it, okay?" Liu Xun stood up and planned to leave, "You have a good rest, you can put aside your homework for the past two days." "Well, thank you, Father." Liu Xun bent over, put Liu Shi's arms into the quilt, pinched the corners of the quilt carefully, touched his forehead, and turned to leave. "Father..." Liu Shi called out suddenly. Liu Xun turned around, "What's wrong?" Liu Shi looked at him in a daze, and said after a while, "Father, it's dark outside and the snow is slippery. Be careful." The gloom in Liu Xun's eyes faded in an instant, and he smiled and said, "Got it. Do you think dad is you? Go to sleep! Dad will come to see you tomorrow." When Liu Xun came out of the palace gate, he glanced around and saw a figure huddled in the dark, he seemed to wait for him to leave before he dared to go in, he said in a cold voice: "Be careful in the future, if there is another mistake, I will be the first to surrender." You are the one to blame." The figure knelt on the ground. He flicked his sleeves and walked out of the palace gate. Xu Pingjun saw that he was far away, so he stood up, locked the palace door carefully, and entered the house. When Liu Xi saw his mother, he wanted to sit up immediately, but his body became weak and he fell backwards. Xu Pingjun hurriedly hugged him, "Don't move around, the poison has just been pulled out, and you don't have the strength yet!" Liu Shi tugged on his mother's sleeve, Xu Pingjun took off his shoes and socks, and got on the couch. Liu Xun leaned in his mother's arms and asked in a low voice, "Will Father and Aunt spare you sir and aunt?" "Should be. He wanted to kill your master when he was furious. The current situation reminded him that Huo Guang has not delegated power for a day, and he still needs to rely on your master for a lot of things. What he can do is not to get angry, but to endure." Liu Xun finally felt relieved and murmured, "I hope Master can forgive me." "Hu'er, why do you say that? You bravely took the poison to save your master and aunt. When mother ordered your uncle Xiaoqi to find the poison, she was worried that you would be afraid and dare not eat it. I didn't expect you to be so brave. He I can only thank you, how can I blame you?" There were tears in Liu Shi's eyes, "Father said they beat tigers. I... I saw that they didn't kill tigers. There was a group of men in black besieging Master. I should stop them, but I was so scared that I hid. Master fell down." He also saw me at the time, he looked so sad, he must be very disappointed. I am a coward, watching the master being killed in front of me... I dreamed at night and saw the master was angry..." Xu Pingjun hugged him tightly and patted him on the back, "No, no! Your master is the most considerate of other people's difficulties. My mother has done things to your master before, but your master never gave birth to a mother." He will not be angry with you this time. Hu'er is not a coward, Hu'er is very brave, and my Huzi is smart, kind and brave." Her voice was soft, trying to brush away the dust in her son's heart , but sadly knew that she couldn't erase anything, and everything he saw and experienced with his own eyes would be engraved in his heart forever. "I'm not brave, but my aunt is brave. Mother, will my father be very angry if my aunt knows that she saved the eldest son?" "Of course she does." "But she is not afraid at all, she is still going to save the eldest son!" "Yes! If one day it's my mother or you are in danger, your aunt will come to rescue us without fear." Liu Xi’s face glowed with a strange expression, like a person who lost his way in the heavy snow and suddenly found a fire in the dark and cold, “It turns out that the words in the book are not fake. Mother, I always thought that the words in the book were all false. Believe me, I hate all books and all people, all benevolence and goodness are false! The most ironic thing is that a group of people who obviously don’t believe in benevolence still expect me to believe in it every day! Now, I I know, the sages are not telling lies, they are just trying to pursue it, and at the same time, they are trying to persuade the world to pursue it." Xu Pingjun was terrified when he heard that, Liu Xi's calmness concealed so much disappointment and confusion.What he sees every day is completely different from what he learns in books. He lost his way in disappointment. At a young age, he no longer knows what he should believe and what he can believe.She dared not even think about a life without "belief". The disappointment and confusion accumulated in Liu Shi's heart dissipated, his limbs and bones seemed to be relaxed, and a heavy tiredness surged up. He closed his eyes and said in a daze: "My aunt is in danger, and my mother will go to save her without fear. She is not even afraid of losing her father. My aunt is very brave, my master is very brave, my mother is very brave, and Hu'er is also very brave..." With a sweet smile on her lips, she gradually fell asleep. Seeing his smile, Xu Pingjun gently kissed his forehead and smiled too. Hu'er, it's not that mother is not afraid of losing your father, but that the person mother likes has long since disappeared.When you grow up a bit, mother will tell you about the elder brother Bingji whom mother knows, she will tell you the stupid things mother has done, and she will also tell you about mother, Bingji, Yunge, Meng Jue, Eldest son, tell us about our intimacy and laughter.In this world, time will change too many things, but there are always some people and some things, as long as you believe, they will never change... As soon as Liu Xun walked out of the Jiaofang Hall, Qixi immediately came up to meet him: "Your Majesty, are you going back to the Xuanshi Hall?" Liu Xun's eyes were gloomy, but his face was smiling, "Zhaoyang Hall." After walking for a while, he gave another order: "I will pass on my order to reward Zhang Liangren with a pair of Yu Ruyi, and order her to be ready to welcome her tomorrow night." "Yes. Your Majesty, what do you do with the eunuchs and maids who are locked up? The Jiaofang Palace always needs someone to serve it." "The few who heard the imperial doctor's diagnosis were killed, and the rest were released first, Fuyu..." Qi Xi carefully listened to Xiang Fu Yu's announcement, while thinking about which eunuch would be qualified for the position of the head of the Jiaofang Palace, but after waiting for a long time, there was no answer. "...let it go too." "Yes." Qixi was very surprised, but she didn't dare to ask, she could only let herself be puzzled and let herself sink into her heart, secretly reminding herself to be more polite to Fuyu in the future. Hearing the court lady greeting Liu Xun, Huo Chengjun was both surprised and pleasantly surprised, "Why is the emperor here?" Liu Xun frowned and said: "You don't want me to come, then I will go to the other hall to rest and show you..." Huo Chengjun quickly stopped him, and said softly: "I didn't mean that. I heard that His Royal Highness was ill, and I thought that the emperor would not come. Of course, I hope that the emperor can..." Huo Chengjun said , blushing. Liu Xun hugged Huo Chengjun into his arms and smiled softly. Huo Chengjun scrutinized his expression while carefully probing, "I heard that the emperor has detained all the maids and eunuchs in Jiaofang Palace. Could it be that the prince's illness..." Liu Xun showed a bit of fatigue between his brows, and sighed, "It's not a serious illness, but what I'm angry about is that a large group of people can't take care of one person, so I locked them up in a fit of anger, and even killed him." A few. After the incident, I feel that I have vented my anger too much, and I feel a little sorry." Huo Chengjun was jealous and relieved, "The emperor loves His Highness too much, and if he cares about it, it will cause chaos. Besides, it's just a few slaves. The emperor doesn't have to take it too seriously. It's good to give them some warnings." Liu Xun said with a smile: "I haven't eaten yet, so go pass the meal on and pick what I like to cook." The maids at the side were busy passing on the meals, and naturally the pheasant soup that the emperor loved to drink was indispensable. Liu Xun is like the most considerate husband in the world. He picks up vegetables for Huo Chengjun and fills soup for her with his own hands. He is afraid that she will burn him, so he tastes it first.Huo Chengjun is also like the most gentle wife in the world, cleaning his hands, serving him vegetables, and smiling happily for him. There is a lot of joy in the hibiscus tent, but the king doesn't feel that the spring night is short. Before dawn, he got up to go to court, Huo Chengjun asked in a daze, "What time is it?" Liu Xun's voice was heard in the darkness, and he was unusually sober, "Go to sleep for a while. It's cold early this year, and the heavy snow is falling non-stop. I'm afraid many people will freeze to death. I have to make preparations as soon as possible and see if there are any." The method is to avoid as few deaths as possible.” Huo Chengjun was bored, turned over and fell asleep again. Liu Xun left Zhaoyang Hall without hesitation, and ordered as he walked, "Chuan Junbuyi, Zhang Anshi, Zhang He, and Du Yannian come to see me first." Seeing them, Liu Xun's first words were "Do you have any countermeasures?" Everyone was silent, Du Yannian said in a low voice: "On the way to the court, I have already seen people who died of freezing. Looking at the situation, if the snow continues to fall, there will be victims of disasters coming to Chang'an one after another." Liu Xun said angrily, "Meng Jue!" Everyone thought that he hated Meng Jue's accidental death, so that no one would help him to solve his problems, so they all knelt down, "I am incompetent." Liu asked: "Is Mr. Huo cured? What countermeasures does he have?" Jun replied without hesitation: "I just went to visit Mr. Huo last night, and I was still resting on the couch, and said 'I can't go to court'. I mentioned this matter to him and asked about countermeasures. He said that the emperor is young and promising, and he will surely Solve this matter properly so that I don’t have to worry about it.” Liu Xun closed his eyes, calmed down for a while, and began to issue an order: "Open an official warehouse and start distributing disaster relief porridge. Once in the morning and evening, this matter will be left to Du Aiqing. Remember, it must be served piping hot in a bowl, and put chopsticks in it." Don’t fall! If I find out that someone is fooling me, I’ll take you as a questioner!” Du Yannian kowtowed heavily: "I obey the order!" Zhang He volunteered and said, "Your Majesty, I'm going too, and I'll give Master Du a hand, at least one more pair of eyes to watch, so that those who want to profit from it will have less chance to take advantage of it." Liu Xun was a little relieved, and Zhang He's request was granted. Zhang He and Du Yannian should be rough and meticulous, so they should be able to get twice the result with half the effort. "General Zhang, from today onwards, you will visit Mr. Huo once a day. Be sure to convey my concerns and thoughts to him. I hope he can recover soon and go to court as soon as possible." Zhang Anshi had no choice but to kneel down to accept the order, and took over this delicate job.After Huo Guang failed to go to the court, many officials in the court were either dumb or contradictory. Discussions often turned into quarrels, and often the whole day's discussion ended without a single effective suggestion.Not to mention the implementation of government orders, no matter how determined the emperor is, it will be useless if no one implements it. After Zhang Anshi, Zhang He and Du Yannian resigned, Liu Xun told Jun without hesitation: "You take people to search and rescue Meng Taifu and his wife, bring as many people as possible, as long as there is a chance of survival, you must rescue them." The matter was quite strange, but Jun did not doubt the emperor's order, and only respectfully said: "I will definitely do my best."