Chapter 39 1. Harem

On the stage of history, Liu Xiu is lucky.He was an actor first, and later became a director.In the eyes of a great director like him, anyone who he considers to have fulfilled the task of a historical role can step down.Deng Yu, Li Tong, Ma Yuan, etc. are all like this.Now, he still wants to oust a character from the stage. This role is very important and special. She is Liu Xiu's queen Guo Shengtong. What binds Liu Xiu and Guo Shengtong together is not love, but politics.We know that Guo Shengtong was married by Liu Xiu when he was drifting in Hebei and fighting guerrillas.However, I had to insert an advertisement. Before Guo Shengtong, Liu Xiu had already married a wife.

Having said that, although Liu Xiu and Guo Shengtong, there is no love at all.However, he is not the kind of person who immediately demolishes the bridge after crossing the river.For many years, he has been holding Guo Shengtong in his arms, first as a nobleman, and later as a queen.Empress Guo is also very content. Although she comes from a wealthy family, she is frugal and courteous, and never causes trouble for Liu Xiu. In this way, the two lived with respect as guests.No waves, not even a little wave of passion.If Liu Xiu is willing, Guo Shengtong is also willing to live a life of low-key and non-controversial life.

Of course Guo Shengtong is willing, but Liu Xiu is not.Deep in his heart, he felt that he was ashamed of his love and his ex-wife.He believes that he once sacrificed love for politics, and now he must justify love and return love to a happy ending. Liu Xiu's ex-wife was named Yin Lihua.Yin Lihua, a new savage from Nanyang.It is said that her ancestor was Guan Zhong, a great man in the Spring and Autumn Period.The seventh grandson of Guan Zhong, from Qi State to Chu State, was worshiped as Doctor Yin, and the Yin surname came from this. Yin Lihua, heaven's darling.She was born in a wealthy family, and the family is very rich. To what extent is the money rich? The troublemaker once made a calculation. Her family's coachman, horses and fields are comparable to princes and kings.

In other words, it is simply rich as an enemy. It's all right if you have money, and you are also pretty.At that time, Liu Xiu had just moved from his hometown to Xinye to join his brother-in-law, and his job had not yet been found. If he had a job, he was a farmer.After he heard Yin Lihua's reputation, his heart was itchy.Is there anything he can do other than itching?No. Liu Xiu is very handsome, but being handsome cannot be exchanged for money.Living in troubled times, it would be nice for him to earn a living.A stunner like Yin Lihua is destined to be someone else's wife.Of course, it is also possible to think about it, but only in a dream.

Later, Liu Xiu went to Chang'an to study gilding.Once, he saw Master Zhijinwu passing by on the streets of Chang'an, and he couldn't help saying: "An official should be regarded as Zhijinwu, and a wife should be regarded as Yin Lihua." Zhi Jinwu, whose real name is Lieutenant, and his branch is also known as the Northern Army, is dedicated to guarding the imperial city for the emperor.Among the civil and military officials, the guard of honor of Zhi Jinwu going out is the most spectacular. There are two hundred cavalrymen, and there are also five hundred and twenty people who raise flags and hold swords to open the way.

When Qin Shihuang traveled, he passed by on Xianyang Street.Liu Bang, who was the head of the pavilion at that time, went to Xianyang on a business trip. He was lucky enough to witness the idol, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh: a man should be like this. Liu Bang did not expect that many years later, he would also become emperor.Liu Xiu didn't expect that many years later, instead of becoming the Zhijinwu, he would become the emperor.What was even more unexpected was that before he became emperor, he successfully married the beautiful woman Yin Lihua. It was the first year of Gengshi (23 AD) when Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua got married. Yin Lihua was nineteen years old and Liu Xiu was twenty-nine years old.It was the second year that Liu Xiu participated in the revolution.Yin Lihua bets her youth on Liu Xiu.It has been suppressed for many years as soon as it was pressed, and the years like water flowed away, and the wishful gentleman appeared in front of him no matter what.

It was hard for Yin Lihua to stay alone in the vacant room, but it was even harder for Liu Xiu.Fighting, fleeing, the eldest brother was killed, pretending to be a grandson to show favor to Liu Xuan, crossing the Yellow River north, and suffering.In the end, finally broke out a piece of world, the capital Luoyang.This year, Liu Xiu sent someone to bring Yin Lihua to Luoyang. The two separated for two years and finally reunited. But when Yin Lihua arrived in Luoyang, she found that there was an extra woman beside Liu Xiu.Her appearance is slightly inferior, but she is very powerful and full of energy.At that moment she was stunned.

This was not the ending she wanted to see, absolutely not. Yin Lihua is very smart, she has already seen that Liu Xiu belongs to him, but Luoyang does not.When she married Liu Xiu, how many people did Liu Xiu attend?When Liu Xiu and Guo Shengtong had a bridal chamber, there was a lot of ostentation, and everyone in the world knew it, including literati and warriors.This is one of them.She has been separated from Liu Xiu for many years, and it doesn't matter whether the relationship is good or bad, the main reason is that she has not produced the crystallization of love.However, the political fruits of Liu Xiu and Guo Shengtong have already been borne.

The fruits of those victories are the sons born by Guo Shengtong for Liu Xiusheng. Of course, the situation is not as bad as Yin Lihua thought.She found that although Guo Shengtong was recognized by Liu Xiu, he was still a noble person.The Queen's position has been vacant, waiting for an empty seat.Obviously, Liu Xiu wanted to leave this position to Yin Lihua. Oh what a horrible man.No matter how great the political temptation is, no matter how ruthless the battlefield is, he still has love in his heart, the first love he once had.In his career, he conquered the world; in love, he will compromise, but never give in.If you have such affection in life, your heart is enough.

However, love has emotional weight, and politics must have a first-come, first-served basis.When fighting Jiangshan, she was far away in the sky, and Guo Shengtong was by her side to accompany her.In the position of queen, Guo Shengtong had to take the turn no matter what.The position of queen is politics, not love. I figured it out, and everything was calm.Soon, Liu Xiu said to Yin Lihua, Luoyang is very big, but there are not many good places, and the queen is reserved for you.Do you understand it? Of course Yin Lihua understood very well.However, she refused.She told Liu Xiu that the queen should give Guo Shengtong, and that it was enough for her to be a noble person.

Liu Xiu was taken aback and shook his head.No, the queen is yours. In my heart, it has always belonged to you.However, Yin Lihua was also very stubborn, saying, but in my heart, it belongs to Guo Shengtong. The two were deadlocked like this.Finally, Yin Lihua told Liu Xiu that Guo Shengtong had given birth to a child, but she hadn't.Also, Luoyang is still very strange to her, she just arrived here, occupying the queen's position, she is not at ease.I gave you love, but Guo Shengtong gave you energy.I don't even argue, you should follow her. Liu Xiu looked at Yin Lihua sadly, speechless.After a long time, he decided to obey and made Guo Shengtong the queen.Therefore, Liu Qiang, the son of Liu Xiusheng, was also named the prince by Guo Shengtong. In this way, things came to an end for the time being.It is temporary, far from over.Fifteen years later, the issue of the queen's ownership was once again brought to the table. Liu Xiu wants to reposition the queen, he has many reasons.After Kai Xiao and Gongsun Shu were exterminated, the world was basically unified, and he was free to toss about the harem.This is one of them.Yin Lihua has been in Luoyang for fifteen years, and she is almost familiar with faces, big and small.More importantly, she didn't waste her time.Over the years, she has given birth to a basketful of children for Liu Xiu without sleeping or eating.This is the second. In the past 15 years, Yin Lihua has been on the rise and has been favored constantly; Guo Shengtong is like a junk stock, which has already fallen below the issue price and fell to the bottom, waiting for liquidation.At this time, it was time for Liu Xiu to liquidate the matter.This is the third. Liu Xiu has prepared an excuse for Queen Guo to sell.There are two reasons: one is that Empress Guo has been out of favor for many years, her heart is unbalanced, and she is always complaining; Queen Guo has been out of favor for many years, and she has complaints in her heart, which may be true.At that time, Empress Chen Ajiao of Liu Che, because she was childless, was quite upset when she saw Liu Che favoring the lowly singing girl Wei Zifu.He even used his mother to fix Wei Qing to vent his anger.After the defeat, he lost his position and lost his army, and was thrown into the cold palace ever since. The way of the world has always been like this.The man's world is in front of the palace and on the battlefield; the harem will always be a testing ground for women to play tricks.No way, there is only one emperor and so many women.Lack of resources will inevitably lead to competition.Therefore, it is not wrong to be jealous, but the wrong thing is that the skills are not as good as others. In Liu Xiu's view, it was not a bad thing for him to marry Guo Shengtong back then.Political marriage is a transaction.Transactions are all contracts.Since it is a contract, there must be a time limit.Just like fruit and food, there must be a shelf life. Fifteen years is long enough.The political shelf life has passed, and the contract should be changed.At this time, Queen Guo was called to step down, and Liu Xiu was merciful. Soon, Liu Xiu abolished Queen Guo and demoted her to Queen Mother Zhongshan, and the nobleman Yin Lihua was promoted to queen.At the same time, Liu Xiu issued an edict: No discussions or celebrations are allowed.If you don't know how to praise, I will cut off his head. In this way, the Queen's position was returned to Yin Lihua like something that had been borrowed for many years.