Chapter eight hundred and fourteen offering treasures
Wei Xun was given the title of Hu Qi Xiaowei by Liu Xiu, and he followed the Huben army and worked as an errand in the palace.
Although Wei Xiao sent his eldest son, Kai Xun, to the palace as a hostage this time, Liu Xiu's fear of Wei Xiao not only did not lessen, but actually increased. Wei Xiao would rather let his son be a hostage than send troops to attack Gongsun Shu.
It can be seen that Wei Xiao just wanted to live in a corner and dominate Liangzhou.
Liu Xiu sneered at this. Wei Xiao wanted to grow in Liangzhou, so he sent his son as a delaying strategy. He thought he was smart, but in fact he was short-sighted.
Many of the people who defected to Kaixiao were people with great ambitions. Once they found out that Kaixiao only wanted to live in a corner and only wanted to guard this three-acre land in Liangzhou, these people would definitely be disappointed in him.
As time goes by, they will all abandon Wei Xiao. In the long run, what Wei Xiao is doing now is really self-destructive. It is difficult for such people to be complicit.
Liu Xiu was not in a hurry to attack Gongsun Shu now. The main reason why he asked Wei Xiao to send troops to Western Shu was to test Wei Xiao's attitude. Wei Xiao's performance disappointed Liu Xiu, but on the surface he continued to maintain good relations with Wei Xiao.
Because of his relationship, he sent an envoy to Liangzhou to commend Wei Xiao for his loyalty.
At the moment, there are two people Liu Xiu is eager to eliminate, one is Zhang Bu and the other is Dong Xian.
As for Liu Yong's son Liu Yu, in Liu Xiu's opinion, he is not worth mentioning. Logically speaking, Liu Yong has already proclaimed himself emperor, and Liu Yu is Liu Yong's successor. He should also proclaim himself emperor, but Liu Yu did not dare.
He only calls himself King of Liang.
Of course, there was a reason why Liu Yu did not dare to claim the throne. Liu Yong had surrendered to Liu Xuan, and that was how he won the hearts and minds of the people of Shandong and received support from the people of Shandong.
Although he later proclaimed himself emperor, which caused dissatisfaction among many people, Liu Yong was highly respected and accomplished in local governance. After he proclaimed himself emperor, although people were dissatisfied, no one rose up to resist him.
But Liu Yu was incomparable to Liu Yong. He wanted prestige but not prestige, and wanted merit but not merit. If he proclaimed himself emperor, not only would no one respond, but he would only arouse people's dissatisfaction and indignation, and the gain would outweigh the loss.
Liu Yu's concern, in Liu Xiu's view, was that he lacked courage, had no fighting spirit, and did not have the courage to fight back without any hesitation.
Liu Yong was no longer very good, but Liu Yong's successor Liu Yu was not as good as Liu Yong. How could Liu Xiu take Liu Yu seriously?
Liu Xiu sent a message to Gai Yan to defeat Liu Yu as soon as possible, so that he could change the direction of attack and attack the two thieves Zhang Bu and Dong Xian. Zhang Bu from Qi Di and Dong Xian from Donghai were Liu Xiu's biggest problems.
On this day, an army from the Eastern Expedition Army suddenly returned to Beijing. This army was sent back by Pang Meng, and it escorted a lot of gold, silver, jewelry and women with it.
During this period, Pang Meng followed Gai Yan in the Eastern Expedition and made many military exploits. However, every time the emperor's edict was passed to the army, he was rarely mentioned. This made Pang Meng feel a little aggrieved and a little bit confused.
dissatisfied.
He felt that his contribution in the Eastern Campaign was not much less than that of Gai Yan, but in the edict, His Majesty only mentioned Gai Yan's achievements, but did not mention a word about his achievements. This made Pang Meng feel that the problem was not with His Majesty.
On the body, nine out of ten are from Gai Yan.
Gai Yan must be jealous of his own achievements. When reporting to superiors, he deliberately underreported, failed to report, or even made false accusations out of thin air. This led to His Majesty's dissatisfaction with him.
This time, he sent his subordinates to send the treasures and beauties collected from Pei County back to Luoyang. The main purpose was to let His Majesty understand that he had something to do during the Eastern Expedition, and his achievements were not under his influence.
, In addition, no matter what Gai Yan said about himself in the memorial, it was framed.
Pang Meng is actually a very good person, loyal and honest. Otherwise, Liu Xiu would not think so highly of him. But he has a shortcoming, that is, he is too delicate and too sensitive.
Liu Xiu did not mention him several times in the edict, which made Pang Meng believe that Gai Yan framed him and secretly reported to the emperor and said bad things about himself, causing the emperor to become dissatisfied with him.
But there were so many soldiers and generals in the Eastern Expedition Army. How could Liu Xiu be mentioned by everyone? This is not realistic.
For an extremely sensitive person like Pang Meng, it was not a good thing for Liu Xiu to praise him too highly. He was a little neglectful of him, which made Pang Meng suspicious.
Pang Meng's men transported treasures and beauties to the palace, leaving the guards guarding the palace confused. They didn't know what was going on. The leader of the guards hurriedly entered the palace and reported to Liu Xiu.
When Liu Xiu heard that Pang Meng sent his subordinates to transport treasures and beauties to the palace, he was also confused. Isn't Pang Meng following Gai Yan in the war? Why did he have the time to transport any treasures and beauties back to the capital? What on earth was Pang Meng doing?
Everything had been delivered to the gate of the palace, and Liu Xiu couldn't refuse it, so he asked people to take everything in. The procession entered from the south gate of the palace, which is the Suzaku Gate, and the carriages and beauties carrying the goods,
They all stopped in the square outside Quefei Hall, surrounded by numerous tiger and benign troops standing guard.
Seeing Liu Xiu arriving, the beauties knelt down and kowtowed one after another. Looking around, there were quite a lot of people, probably no less than three or four hundred people, with hundreds of flowers blooming and alluring.
As for the boxes containing the treasures, they were also carried from the carriage. As Liu Xiu walked in, the nearby tiger benefactors opened the lids of the boxes one after another.
The box in front was basically filled with gold, silver and jewelry. Liu Xiu had seen too many of these now, and there was nothing interesting about them.
In the box at the back, there are many corals. Each coral is tall, big, colorful and gorgeous.
When Liu Xiu saw it, he couldn't help but look at it a few more times. Then he looked around and asked, "Who is responsible for escorting these?"
A general stepped forward hurriedly, stepped in to salute, and said: "I am here to see you, Your Majesty!"
This general was Pang Meng's subordinate, named Yue Ning, and Liu Xiu had some impression of him.
"General Yue, no courtesy!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Liu Xiu pointed to the box here, then pointed to the beauty on the other side, and asked, "What's going on?"
Yue Ning said sternly: "When General Pang led his army to attack Pei County, he discovered Liu Yong's palace in Pei County. These properties and beauties were found in the palace. The general wanted to lead the army to fight, so many properties and
It is not convenient for women to stay in the army, so I sent a minister to escort him back to Beijing."
"So that's it!" Liu Xiu nodded and said with a smile: "General Pang is interested."
Yue Ning said sternly: "I will fulfill my duty to serve Your Majesty, and it is our duty to do so!"
Liu Xiu was happy and patted Yue Ning's arm. Yue Ning introduced Liu Xiu like a treasure: "Your Majesty, I have inquired and found out that these corals are all produced in Qi. I think they were presented to Liu Yong by Zhang Bu.
Especially these two blood corals are priceless." As he spoke, he walked to a box and asked his men to carry out two blood red corals from inside.
These two corals are not only large in size, but also blood-red. If you look closely, you will see that they are smooth in texture and emit a soft luster, just like two pieces of blood jade.
Liu Xiu couldn't help but raised his hand and touched it. It was really smooth as jade. Liu Xiu praised: "It's really good!"
This was the first time he had seen such a beautiful coral. Yue Ning smiled and said, "As long as your Majesty likes it."
Liu Xiu said to Yue Ning: "General Yue has worked hard all the way. You can rest in the capital for two days before returning to the camp!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
Liu Xiu asked Zhang Kun to reward Yue Ning, and then sent Yue Ning out of the palace. The treasures were easy to collect and could be stored in the Shaofu, but Liu Xiu was also in a dilemma as to what to do with these beauties. Keep them in the palace.
It is definitely not appropriate to be a palace maid in the palace. Not just anyone can be a palace maid. There are strict regulations on the origin of a palace maid. They must be children of good families, that is, children of farmers. But they must be sent away and allowed to fend for themselves.
It is not appropriate to destroy it.
While he was thinking about it, Zhang Kun walked up to Liu Xiu and whispered: "Your Majesty can temporarily place them in Lantai, and they can be used to reward ministers in the future."
Liu Xiu blinked and thought Zhang Kun's idea was a good one. He nodded with a smile and said, "Okay! Let them live in Lantai. They are not allowed to walk around the palace at will on weekdays."
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Zhang Kun responded first, then looked at the two red corals and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the queen and the noble are both happy now. It is better to give these two corals to the queen and the noble, so that the two of them can
The empress is also very happy."
Liu Xiu thought for a while, raised the corners of his mouth, and hummed. He turned around and waved to Yin Xing behind him. The latter walked forward happily and said, "Your Majesty!"
"Junling, do you think which one Lihua will like?"
Yinxing took a closer look. The two corals were both beautiful and there was no difference in texture. It was just that one was slightly larger and the other was smaller. He pointed at the smaller one and said, "Your Majesty, you should like this."
One plant."
Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, shook his head and smiled, and said: "Junling, you are as cautious as Lihua."
With the same texture, everyone knows that the bigger the better, but Yinxing chose a smaller one for Lihua, obviously worried that choosing a larger one would be seen as overstepping.
Yin Xing said cheerfully: "Your Majesty, I think that even if you let the noble man choose, he will choose this one."
Liu Xiu smiled helplessly and said, "Okay, Jun Ling, just send this coral to the West Palace." Then he looked at Zhang Kun and said, "Zhang Kun, please send this coral to the West Palace."
Changqiu Palace."
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Yin Xing and Zhang Kun both agreed.yyls
Let's talk about Zhang Kun. He waved his hand to Wei Xun who was standing not far away, called him close, asked him to hold the coral and follow him to Changqiu Palace. This coral was not only big in size, but also heavy in weight.
When the chamberlain came to move, Zhang Kun was really worried. He couldn't afford the compensation if he fell or got bumped. Wei Xun was a martial arts practitioner and he was tall and burly. He looked like he was powerful at first glance, so he asked him to move.
Zhang Kun also felt more at ease.
Even though Zhang Kun was just a eunuch and not Wei Xun's superior, he was a close servant of the emperor. When he spoke, Wei Xun did not dare to raise objections even if he was not happy in his heart.
Zhang Kun took Wei Xun to the Changqiu Palace. When he saw Guo Shengtong, Zhang Kun first pointed at the coral that Wei Xun was holding, as if offering a treasure, and said with a smile on his face: "Queen, this is your majesty's slave.
Sent."
Grandma Feng looked at the coral, her eyes almost flew out, and she exclaimed: "This is the first time I have seen such a big and beautiful coral! Your Majesty is so kind to the Queen!"
When Guo Shengtong saw this coral, he liked it. When he heard Nanny Feng's words, he couldn't help but smile.
She asked: "Zhang Kun, where did this coral come from? Why don't I remember that there is this coral in the palace!"
"The queen did not know that this coral had just been transported from Peijun. When General Pang Meng attacked Peijun, he found a palace of Liu Yong. It is said that this coral was given to Liu Yong by Zhang Bu, and was later used by Liu Yong.
Liu Yong kept it in his palace!"
"That's it!" Guo Shengtong walked up to the coral and looked left and right. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it.
Zhang Kun said with a smile: "Coral grows in the sea. It is rare to see it grow to such a big size. It is even rarer in the world to have such a smooth texture and such a transparent color!"
When Grandma Feng heard this, she was even more excited about the treasure. Seeing that Wei Xun was still holding the coral, she said displeasedly: "You, put the coral down quickly! If it falls or hits, even ten of your heads won't be enough to cut it off."
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Hearing this, Wei Xun knelt down and carefully placed the coral on the ground. Then he stood up, lowered his head, and kept looking at Guo Shengtong from the corner of his eye.
It turns out that this is Liu Xiu's queen, Queen Guo Shengtong Guo.
Guo Shengtong is not a woman who is stunning at first sight, but she is Xiaojiabiyu. She is dignified and beautiful, and the more you look at her, the more attractive she becomes. In addition, she is pregnant now, and her figure has become much plumper and looks even more curvy.
