The night is getting deeper.

In the eternal alley, it is deeper than the night.

Yongxiang does not refer to a single palace, nor does it refer to a single area.

In fact, Yongxiang was synonymous with the harem in the Han Dynasty.

The whole Yongxiang is composed of more than a dozen large and small palace groups, which are like stars and moons, surrounding the Son of Heaven's bedroom in the front hall of Weiyang Palace and the queen's residence in the north of Weiyang Palace.

At this time, the court of the Han Dynasty had not yet ushered in the crazy expansion of the Little Pig Dynasty.

In the past sixty years, only one palace has been added to the entire Weiyang Palace.

It was built by Emperor Gao Liu Bang in order to please his favorite Mrs. Qi.

However, after Mrs. Qi was made a human by Empress Lu, that palace became a taboo for all concubines after that.

Over time, the palace was abandoned, and after twenty or thirty years, it was reborn as a weed, and gradually, it became a waste concubine's residence, which is commonly known as the cold palace.

Liu Che put on his winter coat and strolled on the edge of the cold palace.

The roads of Yongxiang are generally narrow, just to prevent scandals in the palace.

But the road in front of the cold palace was wide enough for two carriages in parallel.

The bluestone slab under his feet is solid and smooth, and you can imagine how Mrs. Qi was favored back then.

It's a pity that Liu Bang would never have imagined that he had just died, and the woman he loved the most was made into a human being, and he lived for several years as well as dead, and only two of his sons could live until the day when Empress Lu closed her eyes.

Liu Che's footsteps stopped in front of the cold palace.

"How's it going?" Liu Che asked lightly.

"Your Majesty, the slave's eyeliner has been sent out, and she is following ......," Wang Dao beside him bowed his head and replied.

Liu Che raised his head. I looked at the dark halls and broken eaves in the cold palace, if possible. He didn't want anyone else in this palace to be in charge.

"Just keep an eye on it......" Liu Che said in a low voice: "When their affairs are done, they will all be arrested......"

"No!" Wang Dao lowered his head. Humbly replied.

This little eunuch in the past, a loyal slave in his previous life, made Liu Che feel a little strange more and more.

His style and behavior made Liu Che feel a little, like the eunuchs like Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian he had seen in the book.

Especially, after this eunuch read the book last year and took power, this feeling became more and more similar.

But it doesn't matter, the eunuchs are all dependent on the imperial power.

Maybe. In front of the courtiers and the nobles, Wang Dao is a great man, and he can determine his life and death with one word.

But in front of Liu Che, this is just a loyal dog.

Although the words are rough, this is the reason.

No matter what kind of eunuchs, even if it is the eunuch group that abolished the Son of Heaven and exercised the power of life and killing, they are also parasites attached to the royal family.

Left the imperial power. They are nothing!

Most of the eunuchs in history are actually the emperors who can't control the situation or are too lazy, and let go out to bite the vicious dogs.

Such as Ming Wuzong to Liu Jin, and the apocalypse to Wei Zhongxian.

Now the Han family is on the rise. The monarchy is also unprecedentedly powerful, so there is no need for the royal road to go out and bite people.

What he did. In addition to the affairs of the embroidered guard, it needs to be seen and summarized. The rest is to serve Liu Che's daily life.

Even after a while, when Liu Che found a suitable candidate. The royal road will even be unloaded from the dispatch of the embroidered guards.

This is the norm of dynasties.

The imperial power was at its peak, the eunuchs were useless, and at best they were a caring person.

Only when the imperial power is weak and the power of the ministers is strong, can the eunuchs have the prestige of establishing an emperor and being nine thousand years old.

Therefore, Liu Che was not too worried that Wang Dao would get out of control.

"Let's go, let's go to Mrs. Xia's side first......" Liu Che raised his foot and commanded.

"No!" Wang Dao hurriedly followed with the palace lamp.

……………………………………

Hening Palace, is from the Xiongnu and relatives of the Xiongnu Beihai Yan, the Han Dynasty Xia Lady of the dormitory.

Xia Rouge has been in Han for nearly half a year and has been working hard to learn Chinese language, Han etiquette and culture.

Now, there is not much trace of the Huns on her body.

Although, her Chinese is still a little difficult to speak.

But she has always insisted that she uses Chinese, no matter how difficult it is to pronounce it or how complex it is to master Chinese, whether in public or in private.

She's always been like that, and she's been consistent.

Even with her, the maids beside her were forced to speak only Chinese.

And the advantage of this is obvious, the Son of Heaven has at least four or five days in a month to stay in the Hening Palace.

Compared with the huge harem of the Son of Heaven, four or five days is already a proof of great grace.

"Your Majesty has arrived, Xia Ji greets!" The eunuch's chant came from the door.

Xia Rouge immediately stood up and sat down in front of the dresser, and the maids around her immediately surrounded her and groomed her.

Today, the son does not like the concubines to use rouge gouache, and admires simple beauty.

Therefore, no matter Xia Rouge or other concubines' dressers, there is no cosmetics such as rouge. It's just that beauty is a woman's instinct, and if you can't use rouge gouache makeup, you will inevitably have to use more expensive jewelry and beautiful clothes to set off your body.

Therefore, in the Han Palace, costumes became popular, and the harem concubines invested almost all their savings and rewards in jewelry, clothing, and more expensive pearl powder.

Although the Son of Heaven does not like the concubines to be too extravagant, the concubines know that if they can't dress themselves up beautifully and conform to the aesthetics of the Son of Heaven, then there will be no future.

A moment later, Xia Rouge dressed herself up with the help of the maids.

Standing in front of the bronze mirror, she straightened her full chest with slight confidence.

The emperor loves her the most, and he can't put it down.

She also knows how to highlight her strengths.

Therefore, her clothing is designed around her proud figure as much as possible, and it also incorporates some Xiongnu aristocratic women and the design style of Western Regions.

For example, the set of clothes she is wearing now is a silk silk coat, thin as a cicada's wings. I only wore a white ** for warmth, although in such cold weather. Even if Xia Rouge had already adapted to the cold humans in the Huns, he felt a little shivering.

But compared to competing for favor. It's cold, it's nothing.

Her outfit, since the design came out, has been appreciated by the Son of Heaven more than once.

Even in the four days after she put on this outfit, she was favored by the Son of Heaven for four consecutive days.

Therefore, Xia Rouge began to believe that this outfit brought her good luck, and from now on, no matter the season, as long as the Son of Heaven comes. She would have changed into such clothes to greet her.

Familiar footsteps soon came from the door.

Xia Rouge immediately sorted out his mood and stepped forward full of hope.

"Concubine, welcome Your Majesty xià ......"

Liu Che walked into the palace, looked left and right, frowned slightly, waved his hand, and the maids and eunuchs in the palace immediately retreated, leaving only a few of Xia Rouge's personal maids and the royal road and other close eunuchs brought by Liu Che himself.

"Flatten...... Liu Che shook his body, and went straight to Xia Rouge's incense to lie down.

The two maids immediately stepped forward. Massage up for Liu Che.

Xia Rouge lay down beside Liu Che, and the little bird hid in Liu Che's arms like a human, and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, do you want to be a concubine?" ”

Her Chinese sounded a little stiff. But the voice is very good, and it is graceful, like a yellow bird.

But Liu Che was not as usual. The gentle caress and even the wide clothes were untied, but he reached out and touched Xia Rouge's face. said lightly: "Aifei, don't be in a hurry." Wait......"

As soon as these words came out, Xia Rouge immediately heard the meaning of the words.

She was slightly surprised and asked, "Your Majesty, but did the concubine do something wrong?" ”

Liu Che looked down at her.

I have to admit that this Hun clan does have a great attraction to him.

But......

Liu Che wasn't sure if she was involved in that incident.

Although it is said that Liu Che took the initiative to release this matter, and deliberately lured the Xiongnu hidden in this palace to take it away.

But if Xia Rouge was confirmed to be involved in that......

A woman who is unfaithful to her husband is unforgivable, no matter what the era!

"Don't rush yet, wait!" Liu Che smiled and pinched the other party's plump body again.

So, Xia Rouge also knew that things were indeed very strict.

As the daughter who grew up in Shan Yuting, Xia Rouge may be inferior to the Han women in other aspects, but in terms of intuition and political acumen, she surpasses the Han women by much.

You must know that in the Huns, even if it is the most favored daughter, as long as she does something wrong, she will never recover.

As for Shan Yu's concubines, several of them died violently or were simply executed every year.

And because they have that fate, they may just say the wrong thing or even just appear when they shouldn't have appeared.

In the Han Dynasty, it was not so dangerous.

But because of this, Xia Rouge knew that something must have happened.

Moreover, if she can't clear her suspicions, I'm afraid that the end will be even worse than those concubines who were singled out to be executed!

She sat up and looked at her maids, and between her eyebrows, she was already murderous.

These maids were all dowry women she brought from the Xiongnu.

In the tradition of the Xiongnu, these maids were her private property.

Everything from body to soul belongs to her.

Even if she was going to kill Shan Yu, these maids should follow her.

Otherwise, they will be hanged in front of the tribe's gate, the corpse will be pecked by wolves and crows, the skull will be made into a urinal, and the descendants of the clan will all have their hearts gouged out alive.

"What did you do to hide from me?" Xia Rouge took out the momentum of his Beihai clan and glared at these maids angrily.

Xia Rouge is very smart, and the problem can only come from these close people.

At this moment, Xia Rouge was hated and annoyed.

What she hated was Shan Yuting, such a big thing, she didn't greet her.

And what she was angry about was these slaves and maids around her.

Xia Rouge treated them well, learned the methods of the Han family, rewarded them very much, and even hinted that in the future, some of them would be sent to the imperial bed of the Son of Heaven, and they would be her allies in the palace in the future.

In order to prevent these people from having eyeliner planted by Shan Yuting.

But who knows, such a generous grace. But he was still betrayed by these slaves.

This made Xia Rouge unacceptable!

At the same time, it also made Xia Rouge completely cut off the last trace of affection for the Huns!

Since. The Xiongnu was single in court and did not regard her as a daughter. didn't support her, but dragged her back.

Don't want such a mother!

For the daughter on the grassland, since the mother clan betrayed her, it is a matter of course for her to abandon her mother.

In the past few decades, behind most of the rebellions and confrontations in the Xiongnu Empire, there were nobles of the royal court.

It's just that very few succeed.

When the maids beside Xia Rouge heard this, they knelt down one after another.

Liu Che watched. Suddenly laughed.

This woman is indeed a wise woman!

It's just that, I'm afraid I can't clear the suspicion.

However, it doesn't matter, because Liu Che will soon know what the truth is.

"陛xià...... The left servant of the embroidered guard shot Wang Wenshu and ...... "Wang Dao walked to Liu Che's side and whispered.

"Go and ask him how it turned out!" Liu Che commanded softly, and at the same time his fingers tapped lightly. This was one of the few habits he had learned from the Emperor.

A quarter of an hour later, Wang Dao came back and whispered in Liu Che's ear for a long time.

Liu Che listened, and the look on his face gradually relaxed.

Stretched out his hand and hugged Xia Rouge's body. kissed her on the mouth and said, "The concubine is good, there is no trust in vain!" ”

Xia Rouge was stunned. She didn't understand what was going on, but she knew it. She has regained her husband's trust and favor, and said, "Your Majesty." In the grassland, a woman marries her husband, of course, for the sake of her husband, and not for her mother......"

As she spoke, she began to sob.

Liu Che smiled and said, "But it's not me, I blame the concubine, I admit the punishment!" Concubine Ai, say it, whatever compensation you want, I will promise you! ”

Xia Rouge immediately threw herself into Liu Che's arms, wrapped her body tightly around Liu Che, and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine just wants to give birth to a son......

Liu Che rolled over and pressed her underneath, holding her chin and staring into her eyes.

Xia Rouge's words, regardless of whether it is true or not, but Liu Che believes that no matter what kind of man, he likes his women and demands so much from himself.

And at this moment, several heavily armed soldiers walked into the hall, and then these soldiers began to arrest people in silence.

Among the few personal maids beside Xia Rouge who knelt on the ground, three of them were dragged away in a moment.

And whether it is Liu Che or Xia Rouge, they all regard this qiē as not existing.

Especially Xia Rouge, she entangled Liu Che to death, her fiery body kept writhing, her eyes were like silk, and she did her best to provoke Liu Che's **.

Soon, the clothes on the two of them were constantly removed......

The next day, Liu Che sat up from Xia Rouge's plump body, and Wang Dao immediately stepped forward and reported: "Your Majesty, all the rats have been caught, what should they do, dare to ask Your Majesty to show you!" ”

Liu Che stood up, and immediately a maid stepped forward to dress him.

"Male, send it to the mines of Shu County, women's ......" Liu Che hesitated for a moment, and said: "I heard that in Shanglin Yuan, dozens of meritorious and disabled soldiers have been placed, and they are asked to draw lots, and whoever draws it is whose fine monarch!" ”

It's actually quite simple.

A few days ago, Liu Che took out the 'Great Han Huanyu Map'.

Then he deliberately brought it to Xia Rouge to see.

Although there are many places to make up for that map, as a traverser, Liu Che's geography class is not in vain.

At the very least, a rough and complete map of the world has been sketched - albeit only in a corner of Asia.

But for the Huns, this was a truly fatal temptation.

Liu Che deliberately left a copy here in Xia Rouge.

Then the matter was very simple, the rats really couldn't resist the temptation to jump out, stole the map, and then through the guò channel, sent it outside the palace, and passed it through several dark lines planted by the Huns in Chang'an.

But unfortunately, this qiē is a trap.

The embroidered guards uprooted the entire spy system of the Huns in Chang'an, including spies who had been lurking in Chang'an for more than ten or even twenty years.

Of course, with Liu Che's deliberate connivance, the map was sent out of the city and sent to the Xiongnu by two merchant families who had trade with the Xiongnu.

The embroidered guard followed, grabbing all the way down the line.

At this moment, it is estimated that the entire spy system planted by the Huns in the north will be paralyzed.

Of course, they are not without rewards.

That map will be a good guide for the Huns to launch a war of conquest to the west.

I'm afraid that in the past few years, Dawan, Wusun, and even the Yueshi people have had a headache.

This is a good thing for Liu Che.

The countries of the Western Regions have five scumbags of war, and naturally there are also powerful countries.

A country like Dawan should still be able to give the Huns enough trouble and blows.

Liu Che was not afraid that the Huns would not be fooled.

After all, the map clearly marked the three words Yue's people.

For the Xiongnu, the hatred of the Yueshi people is the object that must be eradicated in the first few places.

Although it is said that this map spread to the Xiongnu, the Huns could indeed get enough benefits from the war of conquest in the west.

Whether it is Dawan's sweat and blood, or the agriculture of the Western Regions and the excellent pasture and horse breeds of the Amu Darya River.

Liu Che also thought about the risks of doing so for a long time.

However, after considering it all, he felt that it was much better for the Xiongnu to advance westward than for them to stick to their place.

A Xiongnu who went all out to the west was bound to relax their war preparations in the east, and even transferred a large number of elite tribes from the east to participate in the war.

And now, the territory of the Xiongnu Empire has actually reached the limit of a nomadic people.

If you swallow it again, I'm afraid you'll have indigestion.

Even the later Mongol Empire, after the death of Genghis Khan, fell apart immediately.

The Golden Family is just a symbol.

The current Xiongnu are still much inferior to the Mongol Empire at its peak.

Moreover, in terms of system, the Huns had too many loopholes and deficiencies.

More importantly, Liu Che believed that the Han dynasty only needed to concentrate on development for five to ten years, and it could rely on the weaponry and tactics that led the Xiongnu for more than an era to completely crush the past.

When the time comes, what the Huns are doing now is actually just a precursor to the king!

When the time comes, there is not much difference between whether the Huns are strong or weak.

Besides, the Western Regions are not so easy to conquer.

Otherwise, Lao Shangdan Yu would have swallowed the entire Western Regions into his stomach in one gulp. (To be continued......)