Three Kingdoms

Xu County.

Han Dynasty Palace City.

After finishing his dinner, Fu Shou wanted to follow Liu Xie as usual and walk around the palace wall together. It was a reserved time for the two of them, and it was also a sweet moment that only belonged to the two of them. Even if it was Not saying anything, just standing together quietly, looking at the same sky and blowing the same night wind, which made Fu Shou very satisfied and happy.

"Well... Queen..." Liu Xie took two steps, but stopped, turned around and said, "Queen, you have worked hard today, so you don't have to accompany me. You should rest early..."

"Ah?" Fu Shou was stunned, his eyes widened, hesitated for a moment, and wanted to say something, but saw Liu Xie had gone away, so he had to swallow the word "Your Majesty".

Liu Xie raised his head, walked forward, turned around the main hall, and walked under the palace wall. Dong Guiren was already waiting aside. When he saw Liu Xie, he bowed his head and saluted.

"No courtesy!" Liu Xie waved his hand, then walked forward and said as he passed Dong Guiren, "Come, follow me..."

"Thank you, Your Majesty..." Dong Guiren responded eagerly, and then followed Liu Xie.

"How is your health lately? Are you feeling unwell? How is the fetus?" Liu Xie asked softly as he walked.

Dong Guiren is pregnant.

Normally, this is a great joyous event. If national affairs permit and the imperial power is stable, Liu Xie's first child, although not yet born, must be shown off no matter what.

However, the reality is that there is nothing, no red robes, no amnesty for the world, even Dong Guiren's food, clothing and doctors, Liu Xie finally asked Xun You to find them from outside the palace...

"Back to Your Majesty..." Dong Guiren caressed his slightly bulging belly, his smile full of maternal glory, "Everything is fine... The doctor prescribed some anti-fetal prescriptions in the past two days..."

Liu Xie nodded, and his eyes couldn't help but linger on Dong Guiren's belly for a moment.

It was the first time for Liu Xie to feel this complicated feeling of being nurtured by his own bloodline and then born, becoming a continuation of his own life.

fantastic.

"I read in the book that even though you are pregnant, you cannot sit still for a long time. You also need to walk occasionally to exercise your blood. This is good for you and the baby... But be careful about the wind and cold... Whoever comes, Go get my cloak and put it on Mr. Dong!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty..." Dong Guiren thanked him.

Liu Xie laughed and said: "We are all a family, why are you so polite... Haha, speaking of which, I would like to thank you. It is a great achievement for you to give me a royal son!"

Dong Guiren put his hands on his lower abdomen and his face turned slightly red. Even though he was about to become a mother, he was still a little shy after hearing Liu Xie's words.

Liu Xie was obviously in a good mood. After walking along the palace wall for a short distance, he walked slowly and said, as if he was speaking to Dong Guiren, but also as if he was speaking to himself, "The current turmoil in the country and the country is , Fang Xian is a loyal minister... a big man... what he needs is more loyal ministers and good generals..."

Dong Guiren followed Liu Xie and greeted him in a low voice: "Your Majesty is wise, and you will naturally have virtuous ministers and good generals to help you..."

Liu Xie was stunned for a moment, nodded slowly, and laughed: "That's right! That's right! Your father and you are both very good, very good..."

"Your Majesty..." A palace maid came forward, holding a lacquer plate in her hands, holding a large cloak.

"Come, let me put it on for you!" Liu Xie was obviously in a good mood. He reached out to take the cloak, and then put it on Dong Guiren himself. "Your father has merit, and you have merit too! Maybe it will be a double marriage by then." Such joy..."

Dong Guiren didn't quite understand what Liu Xie meant, but he still thanked Liu Xie, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

On the other side, the palace maid holding the lacquer plate slowly stepped back. Under the lacquer plate, a few strands of hair were slightly floating in the night wind, revealing a small half of her delicate ears...

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"My servant went late... I didn't hear much..." A little palace maid knelt down in front of Fu Shou and reported in a low voice, "I only heard what His Majesty and Mr. Dong said... about Mr. Dong and the abbot of the country. All have great achievements, and then double happiness comes and so on..."

"Achieving merit? Double happiness?" Fu Shou murmured again.

The palace maid lowered her head: "Yes, this is what I heard..."

"Well, I understand...just step back..." Fu Shou said in a low voice, "Don't mention this matter to others again!"

The palace maid kowtowed and stepped back, "I understand..."

Originally, Fu Shou thought that the time he spent walking on the palace wall after he had his late breasts belonged to him, to himself and Liu Xie, and to the intimate love between the emperor and the empress, but now …

"Great achievement?" Fu Shou frowned.

Dong Guiren has made great achievements. Although Fu Shou feels uncomfortable, but for a man who puts loyalty and filial piety first, giving birth to a child for his husband is a great achievement as a wife and concubine. Fu Shou naturally knows it in his heart, so no matter how reluctant he is, he still He smiled and said that he didn't mind Liu Xie staying at Dong Guiren's place.

Don't you really care?

But what can be done?

I don’t know if it’s because of my health or other factors, but I’ve never been able to get pregnant, but Dong Guiren…

well……

Fu Shou stared blankly at the dragon and phoenix wooden carvings on the Nuan Pavilion, somewhat lost in thought.

The most important thing for the sculptures of the Han Dynasty was grandeur and richness. There were no elaborate and complicated patterns, nor were there brilliant and overwhelming colors. Therefore, the dragon and phoenix patterns were very simple, taking their meaning but not their shape.

Is the Fu family just like those women in history who grew old and lost the favor of the emperor, and ended their lives with Lone Deng?

The fates of the Dou family, the Wang family, the Wei family, and the He family in the history of the Han Dynasty were endlessly tumbling in Fu Shou's mind, and Fu Shou could only think about, measure, and bear all this alone.

The friendship with Liu Xie can withstand batch after batch of people like Dong Guiren...

well……

Fu Shou sighed quietly.

It was a double happiness. If Guiren Dong gave birth to royal flesh and blood, which was the first happiness, then the other happiness would probably be his father. Otherwise, how could His Majesty say that his father also had great achievements?

In this case, what is his father's great contribution?

Your Majesty, are you going to abandon the Fu family and promote the Dong family?

Fu Shou was in a daze, thinking hard for a long time, but did not come to any conclusion. Finally, he fell into a deep sleep, as if he had returned to the day when he followed Liu Xie to escape from the Chang'an Palace...

The chaotic firelight illuminated a bizarre world, and the only stable color and shape in the center of the world was Liu Xie's back.

Noisy voices resounded in every corner of the world. Black shadows and distorted faces suddenly came and went. From time to time, they rushed to Fu Shou and roared loudly, but Fu Shou couldn't understand what they were shouting. .

Suddenly, Fu Shou felt a lightness in his arms. When he lowered his head, he saw that it seemed to be a piece of brocade, or like the blood and bones in his belly. It fell down, falling endlessly. Darkness and filth rushed up, dragging down half of the silk. It's brocade, half like a child's hands and feet, dragging it into the dark abyss!

Fu Shou cried subconsciously, trying to fish it out with his hands, but found that his hands and feet couldn't move at all!

"Husband! Your Majesty!"

Fu Shou shouted, hoping that Liu Xie, who was running forward, would turn around and help her.

Liu Xie stopped, and then slowly turned his head. On his face, instead of Fu Shou's familiar gentle smile, there was a cold and distorted face: "You can't even save the child, what use do you have?!"

"What's the use of you!" Liu Xie's face twisted to one point, filled with boundless darkness, and he shouted at Fu Shou.

I don't know when, Dong Guiren appeared next to Liu Xie, with a huge belly, and there seemed to be children's hands and feet moving inside, wrapped around Liu Xie, "Haha, sister, we are about to have a double happiness... ...Are you happy? Haha, and since you can’t give birth, why are you still occupying the position? Get out of here quickly! Get out of here!”

"Daughter of the Dong family! What are you doing! No! Double happiness! No double happiness! No!" Fu Shou shouted loudly, trying to rush forward, but couldn't move. "Daughter of the Dong family! You are treasonous! inverse!"

"Queen! Queen!" The maid who was under Fu Shou pushed Fu Shou and shouted in a low voice, "Wake up, wake up, Queen, you have a nightmare! Wake up!"

Fu Shou woke up from his sleep and found that he was covered in sweat and his clothes were soaked. It took him a while to come back to his senses and whispered in a low voice, his voice was hoarse and dry, "...I, did I say anything? What?"

The personal maid hesitated for a moment, shook her head and said, "No... no, the queen just shouted twice and didn't say anything..."

"oh……"

Fu Shou breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was groggy, he did not doubt that he was there, so he changed his clothes under the service of the palace maid, and fell asleep again...

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"Daughter of the Dong family? Conspiracy?!" Man Chong frowned, "Did you hear that correctly?"

A palace guard kowtowed and said: "I was on duty that night and heard the Queen shouting in the middle of the night. In addition to these few words, the Queen also shouted something else, but I couldn't hear it clearly..."

"Yeah, I got it, I did a good job. Let's go find Cang Ling and get the money..."

Man Chong wrote a few words on a piece of wood, then threw it to the Imperial Guard, and after asking him to retreat, he fell into deep thought.

Man Chong is currently Magistrate Xu. However, although it is only the magistrate of a county in name, because there is a giant Buddha named Liu Xie in Xu County, there are some differences in status and authority. Not only does he have the power of an ordinary county magistrate, he also has the authority to oversee some affairs within the palace. , of course, is also responsible for some tasks related to inspecting and monitoring Liu Xie.

When Man Chong was about to turn eighteen, he understood that the future of fame he wanted to take was different from that of others. Compared with scriptures, he couldn't compare with those talented people, just like cheating; compared with filial piety, he couldn't do it. After all, he would lie on the ice in the river in the winter and cut his own flesh and blood with ruthless hands, but it was too much. A little more difficult...

Therefore, we can only find another way!

Therefore, when Man Chong was eighteen years old, he served as postal supervisor in the county...

Man Chong said that he was able to serve as postal supervisor at the age of eighteen. He had absolutely no connections and relied solely on his personal strength!

Of course, believe it or not.

At that time, Li Shuo and others in the county had their own tribes and harmed the people. The governor at that time was very troubled, so he sent Man Chong to picket. As a result, after Li Shuo and others heard the news, not only did they not resist or quibble, but they also They came to plead guilty very cooperatively, saying that they did not dare to do evil again, so Man Chong represented justice and pardoned these prodigal men who had the courage to correct their mistakes.

This incident spread quickly around like a bird with wings, immediately shocking a group of friends.

Wow, Man Chong has such a prestigious reputation!

Man Chong said that he did not make any agreement with Li Shuo, and he definitely did not let anyone spread the matter or promote his own reputation. It was completely a spontaneous act of the people!

Of course, believe it or not.

Later, Manchong became so famous that he was appointed as the magistrate of Gaoping County. As a result, during his term of office, all officials in the county knew about Man Chong's reputation and did not dare to do anything. Only the county governor Zhang Bao dared to break the law and provoke Man Chong's majesty. When Man Chong's trial term was about to end, Blatant corruption and bribery, and disorderly administration! Man Chong sent people to arrest him and interrogate him. As a result, Zhang Bao died after being tortured, so Man Chong abandoned his official position and returned home.

Man Chong said that Zhang Bao definitely deserved his crime. It was just that he was too harsh in his words and did not confess, so he accidentally beat him to death. It was definitely not because Zhang Bao could not make up any crime, and then he was in the county. I can't stand down in front of Mr. Zhang, so I don't want to resign.

Of course, believe it or not.

As a result, Man Chong's reputation became more and more famous, and even Cao Cao knew about it. He went there in person to conquer and recruit people, and later he was transferred to the county magistrate of Xu County.

Not long after Man Chong became the magistrate of Xu County, Cao Hong's relatives and guests broke the law many times within the boundaries of Xu County, and Man Chong arrested them. Cao Hong begged Man Chong for mercy, but Man Chong refused to let him go. Cao Hong asked Cao Cao to intercede, but Man Chong executed Cao Hong's guest who had violated the law before Cao Cao came!

When Cao Cao learned about it, he was not angry but happy, and praised Man Chong for his strict law enforcement.

Man Chong said that he was definitely enforcing the law fairly, and all the blame fell on Cao Hong's guests, who had already been executed. As for Cao Hong's relatives, they were instigated by the guests, and their guilt was relatively minor, and they could avoid death. Such a sentence was in line with the law and there was absolutely nothing wrong with it. It was a matter of concern to Cao Cao and Cao Hong.

Of course, believe it or not.

Therefore, when the guards in the forbidden area reported a piece of information about the rebellion between the Queen and Dong Guiren, Man Chong felt that all the cells in his body seemed to be ignited.

Aha! This is a big event!

As long as something like conspiracy is confirmed, it will be recorded in history no matter what! So as an important figure in solving the case, it is natural to write a few words...

Aha!

Treason!

Next, it is natural to continue to keep an eye on the forbidden palace walls, but it is not convenient after all, so it is easier and more appropriate to keep an eye on Dong Cheng first...

Hehe, you are treasonous!

Man Chong also knew that Dong's daughter was pregnant, so the so-called conspiracy was naturally unlikely to be against Liu Xie. At least he would wait until the prince was born and raised, so it was probably against the queen. After all, nightmare curses were not uncommon in the palaces of the Han Dynasty, but...

Man Chong suddenly thought of something and became a little excited. In his eyes, a fierce light flashed like a wolf seeing a little white rabbit...