Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

The morning glow coated the Dahan Palace built on the mountain with a layer of gold, the sky was as blue as washing, and migratory birds flew high.

A few lonely sparrows stood on the eaves of the palace, but were disturbed by the noise in the palace, and flew away with chirping.

"Your Majesty, are these Shu silks feasible?" Xia Houyi asked, pointing to the brightly colored Shu brocades held by the maids.

The extravagant Xiahou Hui looked back and forth in front of more than ten different colors and styles of Shu brocade, and finally she stopped in front of the dark blue brocade of brocade, stretched out her hand to stroke it a few times, the touch was soft, and then pulled the silk and satin to look carefully its style.

I saw that the dark blue brocade is woven with cloud patterns of various colors, and it is also composed of several colors such as fine white and goose crown red. There are two embroidered lovebirds, the male bird is blue and the female bird is red.Among the vermilion cloud patterns and emerald green cloud patterns, the red bird lowers its head slightly, as if it is about to comb the feathers of the male bird, and the male bird looks at the female bird tenderly.

"That's it!" Xia Houhui nodded in satisfaction, and said, "To make a silk quilt with this style, the brocade with dragon and phoenix stripes selected earlier can be given directly to Pang Xi, and there is no need to make clothes."

"promise!"

Pang Xishi, a native of Xishi in Xiangyang County, the sister of the late Guanghan prefect Xizhen, married Pang Lin more than [-] years ago.Not long after the two got married, after giving birth to a daughter, and Cao Cao went south to attack Jingzhou, Pang Lin and his wife were separated due to the war.

Pang Lin and Xi Zhen went south to join Lao Liu as an official. Pang Xi stayed in his hometown in Xiangyang County and did not remarry. Instead, he raised his young daughter alone for more than [-] years.Twenty years later, when the Han Dynasty recaptured Jingzhou, the Jingzhou people of the Han Dynasty returned to their hometown, and when Xi Zhong returned to Xiangyang, he happened to find his aunt Xi Shi, which was a pleasant surprise.

Pang Lin, who was far away in the northwest region, was overjoyed when he heard the news, and ordered Xi and his daughter's family to be sent to Guanzhong.The two reunited, and it became a good story in the midst of the war.Xia Houhui, who was ordered by Liu Chan to manage the harem, heard about it. With her intelligence, how could she not act, and prepared to give bed tents, clothes and two people, thinking that the kindness of the big man showed Xi's righteousness.

Just as Xia Houhui pointed out the main points of making Shu brocade, the young maid entered the hall panting heavily and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is lucky."

"Yeah!" Xia Houhui was overjoyed, ordered everyone to retreat, hurriedly adjusted their makeup, and went up to the palace gate.I saw that Liu Chan had already entered the room first, exempting everyone from courtesy.

"Your Majesty~" Xia Houhui called softly, showing a shy gesture on his face, no longer the aloof look he had just pointed out to everyone.

Liu Chan put his arms around Xiahou Hui's plump and soft waist, felt the alluring aura on her body, and said with a soft smile, "What is Yuanrong up to?"

"The concubine is picking silks for the Pang Liangzhou couple, would your majesty want to see them?" Xia Houhui asked.

"No need!" Liu Chan raised the corners of his mouth, feeling that he had nothing to worry about, and said with a smile: "Director Yuan Rong, I can rest assured, it's up to you to decide."

As he said that, Liu Chan hugged Xiahou Hui's waist tightly, and sighed: "In recent years, the affairs in the palace have been chaotic. If I don't have my wife to share my worries, how can I concentrate on state affairs, but my wife has worked hard!"

Hearing this, Xia Houhui was very happy in his heart, looked at Liu Chan's face with crescent-like eyes, and said: "It is really a blessing for my concubine to be able to share your majesty's worries."

Since the death of Empress Zhang, there was no one to take care of the affairs in the palace. Occasionally, there were disputes among concubines, and Empress Dowager Wu came forward to mediate.Fortunately, there are not many concubines in Liu Chan's palace, and some wives are too old to please the king with their beauty, so they don't expect to be much favored. Liu Chan is content to visit them occasionally.As for the disputes in the palace, it often happened between the Yin sister Hua and other young concubines who had just entered the palace.

Even so, the Empress Dowager Wu could never replace the functions of the Empress, such as comforting the families of the dead and injured soldiers and maintaining the relationship between Liu Chan and the ministers. After the death of Empress Zhang, no one did it.Previously, Liu Chan tried to let Mrs. Wang, the mother of the prince, take care of these matters. Mrs. Wang, who was born as a singer, was at a loss for these matters and was unclear about what to do.

After Liu Chan thought for a while, he asked Xia Houhui to come forward to handle the palace affairs.It really lived up to Liu Chan's expectations. The elegant and knowledgeable Xia Houhui, who was born in a famous family, handled these things in an orderly manner.The fair and considerate style of dealing with affairs won the concubines in the palace to be convinced internally, and the subjects admired and loved externally.

Liu Chan sat on the couch with Xiahou Hui in his arms, picked up the teacup, and asked casually, "I was on the road just now, and I heard the attendant call the Zhonggong, who is the name of the Zhonggong?"

Those in the middle palace refer to the queen.Because the queen's palace is built on the meridian and is located in the center of the harem, it is called the "middle palace".

Xia Houhui blinked, apologized and said: "This is just calling the concubine. The servants in the palace don't know the etiquette of honor and inferiority, so they call them whatever they want. Please punish the concubine's crime, Your Majesty."

Liu Chan put down the teacup, stretched out his hand to hold Xiahou Hui's catkin, and said with a smile, "It's just a casual question, whether it's Zhonggong or Niangniang, it's just a title. It's enough for Madam to help me in the same boat."

Hearing Liu Chan's words so close to himself, the eloquent Xia Houhui was a little at a loss, and a warm current surged from the bottom of his heart.Xia Houhui eased his emotions, and solemnly replied: "The king is the rock, and the concubine is the puwei, so it should not be changed."

Hearing this, Liu Chan sighed and said, "Since the queen died of illness, I have no one who is close to me. Now I feel quite comfortable by Madam's side. If the capital is moved to Chang'an in the future, Madam will be respected as a noble person and live in the house." Zhonggong."

Xiahou Hui lowered his eyes and said thoughtfully: "Your Majesty, this may be inappropriate with etiquette. The one in the palace is the place of the queen. Now your majesty has established a prince, and the mother of the prince is the wife of the king. The concubine is not the queen, but a nobleman. Living in the middle palace is not only inconsistent with etiquette, but also may cause the prince and Mrs. Wang to have other thoughts, which is not good for the court situation. The concubine should still live in another place, and the middle palace can still be idle."

Hearing what Xia Houhui said, Liu Chan felt uncomfortable.There is no precedent for letting a noble person live in the middle palace. Given Xiahou Hui's current situation, it is not impossible to confer the title of empress.It's just that Liu Chan still can't let Queen Zhang go, or Liu Chan still doesn't want to forget Queen Zhang.

After a long time, Liu Chan said, "In this case, Yuanrong has been wronged."

Xia Houhui smiled slightly, and said: "It is enough to be by His Majesty's side. Things outside of the body are not enough."

After a pause, Xia Houhui changed the subject and said, "May I ask Your Majesty, when will my big man move the capital?"

Liu Chan patted Xiahou Hui's catkin, and replied: "The move of the capital has been decided, but it has not yet been planned. Guan Shizhong has just arrived in Chengdu, and he will enter the palace tomorrow. He will present the strategy of moving the capital at the meeting. If it is not bad, the time of moving the capital will be within a few days." Come out."

"Since this is the case, the concubine will inform the wives in the palace to make preparations in advance, so as not to delay the relocation of the capital." Xia Houhui replied.

"No rush!" Liu Chan asked, "How is Hu'er these days?"

Seeing Liu Chan thinking of Liu Hu, Xia Houhui raised the corners of his mouth and said, "Hu'er should still be riding and shooting, and hasn't returned to the palace yet."

"How about archery?"

"You can score seven or eight out of ten in foot archery, and you can score five or six out of ten in riding and archery at the beginning, which is not as good as your majesty." Xiahou Hui said with a little boastfulness in his words.

"Seven or eight out of ten; five or six out of ten." Liu Chan muttered a few times, quite satisfied.

If you shoot ten arrows on foot and hit seven, and if you shoot ten arrows on horseback, you can hit six arrows, which is already a high level. It may not be as good as the level of a brave cavalry general, but it is far superior to everyone. For a 12-year-old child to be able to have such shooting skills, it can be said that he is extremely talented.

Then, Xia Houhui continued: "As for the scriptures, Hu'er has recently started to study "Guanzi" and "Hanshu" and other works, and the progress is acceptable."

Liu Chan raised his eyebrows slightly, Liu Hu is such a talented kid, he has both civil and military skills.The doll born by the combination of the old Liu family and the old Cao family is really different from other children, even the second child with the best talent is not as good as Liu Hu.

With a light cough, Liu Chan said: "Reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles should be encouraged, and now I can let him study abroad. You can go to Nanzhong for a tour, explore the local conditions and customs of Nanzhong, and know the things of the people."

"promise!"