Guo Shengtong wanted to persuade Liu Xiu to take care of Da Sima's face. Before she could say anything, Song Hong's wife happened to come over with a pair of daughters.
Song Hong's wife was in her thirties, with a dignified and beautiful appearance, and her two daughters were also extremely handsome.
The eldest daughter is seventeen or eight years old and looks like her mother. She is handsome and elegant. The younger daughter is fifteen or six years old. She looks like her father Song Hong. She is beautiful and has a scholarly air.
Mrs. Song and the two Miss Song saluted Liu Xiu and said in unison: "I pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
Liu Xiu turned to look at Mrs. Song and the other three, waved her hands with a smile, and said softly: "No need to be polite."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Liu Xiu once acted as a matchmaker for Song Hong, hoping that Song Hong would divorce his wife and marry his eldest sister Liu Huang, but Song Hong refused on the grounds that "a wife of wretched grain will not return to the court." When she saw this Mrs. Song, Liu Xiu also felt sad in her heart.
It’s a lot of emotion.
If Song Hong could really divorce his wife and marry his eldest sister, I think her eldest sister would not return to the fiefdom to cultivate herself now!
Now Liu Xiu also saw that Song Hong's feelings for his wife were indeed very deep. Song Hong was also honored as Da Sikong and ranked as one of the three princes. However, Song Hong not only did not divorce his wife, but also did not even take a concubine.
Mrs. Song's belly was very unsatisfactory, and she only gave birth to two daughters for Song Hong, but she could not give him a son. But even so, Song Hong insisted on not divorcing his wife and not taking concubines.
In terms of character, Liu Xiu also had to give Song Hong a thumbs up.
Song Hong bowed to Liu Xiu and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is Wei Chen's eldest daughter, Song Huachang; this is Wei Chen's youngest daughter, Song Yiqing."
Liu Xiu nodded to Song Huachang and Song Yiqing and praised with a smile: "Song Sikong is so lucky. The two daughters are like hibiscus out of water!"
He said this as an elder, but Liu Xiu was very young and did not look like the elders of Song Huachang and Song Yiqing, so when he said these words, he seemed a bit frivolous.
Everyone present knew Liu Xiu and knew that Liu Xiu had once thought about asking Song Hong to be his brother-in-law. After hearing what he said, they didn't take it seriously. On the contrary, Song Huachang and Song Yiqing were blushing and at a loss, especially Song Huachang.
, peeking at Liu Xiu from time to time.
Song Huachang was already seventeen years old. A girl of fifteen years old would have to prepare for her marriage. Although it was not uncommon at the time for a seventeen-year-old girl to get married, at least her husband's family had been chosen. Song Huachang had not yet married.
Find a good husband's family.
She is the eldest daughter of the Da Sikong Mansion and is of noble birth. Due to her family background, most young talents who come from poor families or ordinary powerful families are excluded from the threshold.
The candidates who can reach the threshold are basically the children of the founding heroes.
But most of the founding heroes who followed Liu Xiu to conquer the world were big bosses. Before they became powerful, they were just small people living at the bottom of society.
But Song Hong was a world-famous talent. Song Hong's father, Song Shang, had already been an official in the Shaofu when he became emperor. The Song family was a scholarly family with a serious history of 800 years, and was behind the officialdom.
How could Song Huachang, who grew up in such an environment, look down on those rough guys who came from a poor background and became powerful just because they chose the right master?
Therefore, although the eldest lady of the Song Dynasty has reached the marriageable age, the matchmakers have almost reached the threshold of the Song Dynasty, and they have not been able to find an ideal partner who can make other girls' hearts flutter.
When Song Huachang saw Liu Xiu today, she couldn't help but feel heart palpitations.
It can be said that Liu Xiu agreed with all her criteria for choosing a son-in-law. He was young, handsome, talented and learned, and he was the supreme Ninth Five-year-old. When Song Huachang heard Liu Xiu's praise for herself, Song Huachang's heart almost jumped out of her throat.
Interrupted by Mrs. Song and the two daughters of the Song family, Liu Xiu forgot about Qin Zihua, who was still in the posture of giving a blessing. Wu Han walked to her, quietly pulled down her clothes, and motioned for her to stand up.
Qin Zihua looked at Wu Han with wet and red eyes.
Wu Han wrapped her hand with his wide sleeves and whispered in her ear: "Don't worry, I'm here!"
Liu Xiu was about to walk into the dock when he suddenly realized that Wu Han hadn't followed him. He looked back and found Wu Hanzheng and Qin Zihua kissing me behind. He was furious and called back: "
Ziyan!"
Wu Han hurriedly let go of Qin Zihua's hand, stepped forward quickly, and said, "Your Majesty!"
Liu Xiu said expressionlessly: "It's time to board the ship."
Wu Han couldn't help but rolled his eyes secretly. It was just a trivial matter like boarding a ship. As for His Majesty personally summoning him?
He walked beside Liu Xiu and whispered: "Your Majesty, Zihua and Weichen have been together for so many years. Weichen knows Zihua's character."
Liu Xiu asked: "How was her relationship with Xie Gong before?"
Before Wu Han could answer, Liu Xiu continued: "The love between husband and wife is deep, right? At the beginning, she could abandon Xie Gong so decisively, and in the future, she can abandon you so decisively!"
"Your Majesty, Zihua did not abandon Xie Gong. Wasn't Xie Gong killed by me..."
"If she really has deep feelings for Xie Gong, she should not follow you."
"Over the years, I have worked hard to win Zihua's heart little by little."
Liu Xiu clicked his tongue, glared at Wu Han dissatisfied, and said, "I think you are really obsessed with it!"
"Your Majesty's misunderstanding of Zihua is too deep. Zihua is not what Your Majesty thinks..."
"I'm not wrong about people."
Wu Han murmured in a low voice: "Your Majesty also said that Pang Meng can be left alone!"
Liu Xiu raised his eyebrows and said dissatisfiedly: "Zi Yan is fighting for this woman with me?"
Listening to the two of them talking to each other, it was like a conversation between two children quarreling. Guo Shengtong couldn't help but burst out laughing. She said: "Your Majesty, Ziyan is not a child anymore. Which woman does he like?
Which woman he wants to treat well is all Ziyan's own business."
Wu Han nodded at Guo Shengtong and said with a smile: "The queen still understands the truth."
Hearing this, Guo Shengtong couldn't stop giggling. Liu Xiu sighed helplessly and said, "If Ziyan is an outsider, he can do whatever he wants. How can I care about his private affairs? I regard Ziyan as my sibling."
ah!"
When Wu Han was an official in the court, even if he made a mistake, Liu Xiu was reluctant to scold him, let alone punish him. He didn't want Wu Han to be hurt in the hands of a woman one day, especially someone like Qin Zihua who was so hypocritical.
woman.
His words made Wu Han extremely moved. But the more he said this, the more he dared to do something difficult. On one side was the emperor, who regarded him as a brother, and on the other side was the woman he admired most. These two people did not get along, and he was caught between
In the midst of this, there is a dilemma.
Guo Shengtong tried to smooth things over and said: "Today is the eve of the lunar month. It is a happy day for your majesty and all the people to enjoy together. Don't mention these troublesome things today. No matter how much your majesty is dissatisfied with Qin Zihua, it should be postponed to later."
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It was rare for him to be scolded by Guo Shengtong, and Liu Xiu felt that her scolding was quite reasonable. He shrugged, and as expected, he stopped talking about Qin Zihua. Seeing this, Wu Han let out a long sigh of relief and expressed his gratitude to Guo Shengtong.
Eyes.
Looking at the two of them, Guo Shengtong felt angry and funny. If Liu Xiu and Wu Han were getting along in private, if uninformed people were to see it, I am afraid no one would believe these two. One is the supreme emperor, and the other is a human being.
Below, the Great Sima who is above ten thousand people.
Liu Xiu took his concubines, important ministers and their families and boarded the ship first.
Ministers who can ride in the same boat with the emperor are naturally high-ranking ministers in the court, such as the Great Sima Wu Han, the Great Situ Fu Zhan, the Great Sikong Song Hong, the right general Deng Yu, the left general Jia Fu, etc., are all here.
in.
The rest of the ministers boarded other high-rise boats one after another. It took nearly an hour just to board the boat. By the time the boats started to sail and started sailing on the river, it was already dark.
Standing on the deck and looking towards the banks on both sides of the Luo River, it is so beautiful that it even makes people feel unreal.
Luoshui is so beautiful tonight. The banks on both sides are covered with all kinds of lanterns, red, yellow, blue, green, colorful, round, square, flowers and objects, all kinds of strange. When you look up, it's
The long dragon with two lights is so beautiful.
On the road along the coast, people are crowded next to each other, and most of them are holding lanterns in their hands, forming a sea of lights.
Liu Xiu, Guo Shengtong, Yin Lihua, and the ministers present standing on the deck had all seen the world, but the beautiful scenery in front of them still stunned everyone.
Guo Shengtong leaned slightly against Liu Xiu and said with emotion: "It's so beautiful!"
Liu Xiu looked at Guo Shengtong beside her with a smile, nodded and said: "Yes, such a grand occasion could only be seen in Chang'an during the reign of Emperors Civil and Wu!"
He said this somewhat shamelessly, comparing himself to Emperor Wen and Emperor Wu.
Wu Han immediately answered: "Your Majesty's achievements are far superior to those of the civil and military emperors!"
Liu Xiu raised his head and smiled. After half an hour of sailing, he could already see crowds of people along the coast. Liu Xiu stood on the deck and waved to the crowds on the left and right coasts.
"It's your Majesty! It's your Majesty who is waving to us!" The crowd on the shore immediately burst into excitement.
The turbulent crowd frightened the county officials who were among the crowd.
The county soldiers, disguised as ordinary people, had almost no eyes left and were staring nervously at the crowd around them, fearing that an assassin would suddenly appear in the crowd and shoot at Liu Xiu who was standing on the boat.
Zhang Bi was also in the crowd, and with him was Xu Zheng. Listening to the cheers and shouts around him, Xu Zheng, who had always been mature, also had beads of sweat on his forehead. He wiped the sweat and grinned and said: "Unexpectedly, tonight
There will be so many people!”
Xu Zhengdu suspected that not all the people in Luoyang had come to the shores of Luoshui.
Zhang Bi's nerves had already been stretched to the extreme. He was much more nervous than Xu Zheng. If an accident happened, the first person to be held accountable would be the county government, and he, the county captain, would definitely be involved.
He patted Xu Zheng and said, "Come with me for a walk and take a closer look! We should have checked all the pavilions around here, right?"
Xu Zheng reminded: "From evening to now, we have checked three times."
"I'm still a little worried!" Zhang Bi turned around and waved to an entourage behind him. When the entourage came closer to him, he whispered: "Take the brothers and take a closer look at the nearby pavilions.
Search carefully and make sure nothing is missed!"
"Yes! Sir!" the attendant agreed, followed the order and left. Zhang Bi looked to the opposite side and asked: "Mr. Xu, have you also checked the pavilion opposite?"
"Same as here, it has been checked three times."
"Oh!" Zhang Bi responded softly, stretched his neck, looked at the crowd, and said quietly: "With so many people on site, even a slight accident may cause a big mess, even if no one is injured.
Your Majesty, it only hurts the people at the scene, and the county government can’t bear the consequences!”
Xu Zheng patted Zhang Bi on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "Zhang County Lieutenant, don't be nervous. We are fully prepared. It should be safe tonight!"
Zhang Ben smiled bitterly and said: "It's a big deal!" What he wanted was not a 'should', but a 'must'.
