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Chapter four hundred and ninety eight wonderful journey

At the end of March, the emperor's carriage set off from Chang'an City for nearly half a month. A team of two or three thousand people had just passed Luoyang City. After resting in Luoyang City for two days, the emperor's team continued to move southeastward. The way was extremely slow, and it seemed that the emperor was out for a trip.

The line is divided into three parts: front, middle and back. The first part is a road-opening team composed of old border soldiers. Although this is an official road, I am afraid that there are places on the road that are not suitable for the emperor's carriage to pass by, so I need to open mountains and split the road to prepare for the army to pass. The road-opening team is also responsible for contacting local officials, and Liu Zhao is the first to be the brunt of it. He asked to transfer to the front to be the vanguard officer. Liu Yu couldn't stop this kind of thing, so he simply let the old and scheming.

In the central army, there were the emperor's carriage, as well as the new army guards, female guards, and palace maids. Several of the wide carriages were the most annoying. This time, the emperor was on patrol, not only the emperor was there, but also the other wives of Empress Dowager Lin and Liu Yu. The high bed and soft pillow were like a moving greenhouse. Liu Yu was afraid that Xu Xuan would get angry, so he prepared a sedan chair for eight people for her. Such a family migration, it was no wonder that he could not walk fast on the road.

But Liu Yu didn't seem to be in a hurry either.

Among the rear army, the new army soldiers were mostly escorted some carriages, and there were some ministers who followed the emperor to patrol. Qi Fang was responsible for the dispatching and security of the rear army and the work of breaking the tail behind the palace.

The team dragged a long team of 10 or 20 miles, and they had to look after each other at the beginning or the end would be troublesome if they were separated. Before, Xu Caihua led most of her daughter's army to Jiankang City first. Apart from this dispatch, Liu Yu did not make any military deployment, making it impossible to see what Liu Yu was going to do.

Although the emperor was on patrol, he was afraid that there would be bandits and stings along the way. The entire travel team was always on guard and was in a state of tight outside and loose inside. He was wary of the outside but very relaxed and happy inside.

Except for the first few days on the way, Liu Yu was riding a horse, and the rest of the time he had all got into the wide emperor's carriage and never came out. Women's laughter often came out of the carriage. This sounded like Liu Yu was having a mess inside. The fact is that there were usually more than one woman. It was often a group of women's laughter, which made people feel that he was unreasonable.

Men who have this idea are usually far away from the Emperor's Divine Carriage and cannot hear it. Among women, the palace maids and female officials are very cognizable and do not speculate at will. Although the female guards are gossiping, they also know what to say during the march. The only thing that is angry is the female doctor Qu Ning. The carriage she was riding is only one carriage away from the Emperor's Divine Carriage. Occasionally she can still hear the harsh laughter, which is even more unbearable than the pain and bumps her body endured.

At noon that day, the group stopped to rest and prepared lunch. Liu Yu was out of the emperor's carriage in disheveled clothes, and was about to ask Lu Chu'er to bring the meal in. A woman came towards him, and Liu Yu couldn't help but smile. It was Qu Ning. She had expressed to him that she should "control" earlier. Of course, it was brake or desire, so Liu Yu was too lazy to think about it.

"Doctor Qu. Didn't you tell you not to get close to me?" Liu Yu said with a straight face.

Qu Ning looked angry and said, "The King Lin is really free and ignorant of external affairs. Have you forgotten that Mrs. Zun is still pregnant? This doctor is here to diagnose her with the Peaceful Pulse."

"oh."

Liu Yu responded casually, and saw Qu Ning walking towards the sedan chair where Xu Xuanzhu was riding without looking back. As a result, Xu Xuanzhu's voice came from the emperor's carriage: "Sister Qu is looking for me?"

Qu Ning thought that Liu Yu was caring about being romantic and happy with his beautiful wife and concubine, and left Xu Xuanzhu aside. Unexpectedly, Xu Xuanzhu appeared in the emperor's carriage. Although this was a bit unethical, as long as the emperor had no objection, the ministers would not dare to mention it casually.

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"Is it Doctor Qu? Let's talk." Qier's voice came from the imperial carriage.

Qu Ning respectfully took the order and boarded the carriage. Entering the first floor of the imperial carriage, the first floor was half shorter than the second floor where the emperor was. It was a small place as big as a transit platform, with shoes placed, and two palace maids standing waiting for the call.

At the bottom, Qu Ning was not clear about the structure of the Emperor's Divine Carriage. After she came up, she felt that she might have misunderstood Liu Yu, because there were indeed many people on the carriage. In addition to the two palace maids standing, the female emperor, and Liu Yu's other beautiful wives Xu Xuanzhu and Han sisters, there were also the empress dowager. In addition to the empress dowager Lin's body being wrapped tighter than the sect, Liu Yu's wives were much more casual, including Qier and Xu Xuanzhu, and they only had a light gauze dress as outer garments. Although there was a mid-lane inside, their ankles, calves and forearms were exposed, and they were holding pieces of paper in their hands, as if they were playing with interest. Each had a hand, and there were many that had fallen down on the quilt they sat around.

"Sister, sister, don't worry, it's my turn, I can't say it." Xu Xuanzhu welcomed Qu Ning in, then pulled out the piece of paper on his hand and wanted to throw it on the quilt. As a result, Qier quits and quickly reminds her that she hasn't "out".

"Okay, let you go first. Wait until Doctor Qu has taken the pulse." Xu Xuanzhu put the paper on his hand and nodded to Qu Ning, indicating that she could take the pulse.

Qu Ning couldn't understand what they were talking about at all.

Qu Ning had a pulse diagnosis for Xu Xuan, and his face seemed to be thinking, very cautious, and it also had a little ominous meaning. Xu Xuanzhu asked hurriedly: "Sister Qu, I wonder if he has been exhausted these days and has had a fetal aura?"

Qu Ning did not answer immediately, but just put away his arm that was taking the pulse, looked at the woman staring at her, and said to Xu Xuanzhu seriously: "Sister Xu, I don't know if I can go to the bottom to talk."

Qu Ning's expression is hard not to make Xu Xuanzhu think too much.

Although Xu Xuanzhu has been tired of traveling these days, the family rarely gets together. He does nothing but rushing for a day, and the emperor is very stable and comfortable. He is very unhappy in playing the cards made by Liu Yu. He has not even had any discomfort in his stomach these days. Why did something suddenly happen?

"Sister Qu, you might as well say something." Xu Xuanzhu had a little bad premonition and said.

Qu Ning said: "It is inconvenient to speak here."

Xu Xuanzhu nodded and said, "Then you wait."

Xu Xuanzhu hurriedly sat down. He took off his gauze dress, changed into a thick spring outfit, then put on white socks, put on his heels, and walked off the horse stool. At this time, Liu Yu was walking over while eating. Liu Yu looked at Qu Ning and Xu Xuanzhu who were walking off the carriage and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xu Xuanzhu smiled faintly on his face and said, "It's okay, just come down and get some air."

"Oh, don't catch a cold, it's a bit cold outside." Liu Yu put his cloak on Xu Xuanzhu. He returned to the carriage alone. At this time, Xu Xuanzhu quickly asked Qu Ning: "Sister Qu might as well say, is it the fetus going on?"

Qu Ning shook his head and said, "Sister Xu, don't worry, your pregnancy is fine, but your journey is exhausted recently and you need more rest."

Xu Xuanzhu thought about Qu Ning's words and was a little confused. He only walked seventy or eighty miles a day in the past few days. It only took sunrise, and he paused for an hour, and he camped in the inn that he had passed before sunset. She was "rest" every day and didn't feel that it was too tired.

"What does sister mean?"

Qu Ning said angrily: "Sister, the emperor is still young, she doesn't understand. Don't you understand?"

Xu Xuanzhu looked confused, she really didn't understand.

Qu Ning sighed and said, "If my sister followed Prince Lin again and regarded the emperor as a joke, sooner or later there would be a sound outside. What's more, the Empress Dowager was not satisfied with the filial piety and was so mingled with Prince Lin. How could outsiders have no gossip?"

Xu Xuanzhu finally knew what Qu Ning was saying. While she was relieved in her heart, she was about to tell Qu Ning that these things were fine. Liu Yu's voice came from behind Xu Xuanzhu: "Doctor Qu, you are really gossiping. It's okay to do your own things well. Do you want to be a clan minister and have a bloody advice to the court... a bloody advice to the imperial carriage?"

Although Qu Ning has a lot of opinions about Liu Yu, Liu Yu's identities are different now. She is disrespectful like before, when she sarcastically sarcastically, when she heard Liu Yu's words, she just looked a little unhappy, but she was not suitable for an attack.

"Madam, go back first and have a good talk with Doctor Qu for your husband." Liu Yu said with both hands on Xu Xuanzhu's shoulder.

Xu Xuanzhu nodded and returned to the carriage first. Only then did Liu Yu turn cold.

Qu Ning robbed Bai and said, "What does Your Highness Lin have to say? You might as well leave it to your words after returning to the court. If Lin is dissatisfied with the little girl, the little girl will resign after returning to the court and will not appear in front of Lin."

"Doctor Qu may have misunderstood what I mean. Actually, I want to tell you..." Liu Yu smiled and leaned into Qu Ning's ear and said, "The main purpose of our trip south is to find Mr. Liu..."

When Qu Ning heard Liu Yu mention "Young Master Liu", Qu Ning's body shook, as if a wave in his heart was lifted up by Liu Yu. Although Qu Ning felt that his cheeks were a little hot, she still tried to calm down and said, "Your Highness Lin is really good at joking."

Qu Ning thought Liu Yu was revenge on her presumption, so he deliberately brought her sweetheart to embarrass her.

At this time, Liu Yu sighed and said seriously: "I am not kidding. If you can't find Mr. Liu on this trip, there will definitely be a war in the south. The court cannot afford such a war, and it would be better if you can."

Qu Ning didn't expect that "Young Master Liu" would be related to the war in the south. She had heard before that the main purpose of the court's journey south was that Su Yan, the Southern King, was kidnapped for no reason, and the court sent troops there and did not find the result. Now these rumors are basically consistent with what Liu Yu said, which means that Liu Yu was not deliberately lying to her.

"Then... Mr. Liu, what is his identity?" Qu Ning finally plucked up the courage to ask.

After admiring the elegant and courageous "Young Master Liu" who was in the fire pit, Qu Ning focused on the bright moon. Unfortunately, the family surnamed Liu in Chang'an City had been inquired about it by her, but she could not find the "Young Master Liu" she admired. Liu Yu, the only person in the matter, seemed to be an enemy of her previous life. Qu Ning hated Liu Yu, and she knew that even if she lowered her arrogant head, Liu Yu would not tell the truth. Therefore, she has suffered from longing for the past two years.

"I am not convenient for me to disclose my identity as Mr. Liu. But it can be said that after Doctor Qu learns her identity, he will definitely be very surprised and may even lose his love for her."

Liu Yu's last sentence was obviously "provocative", so how could Qu Ning not hear it? Qu Ning said in his heart that he must have been complacent as he saw through his thoughts, thinking that she would not admit it.

"The King Lin refused to say it. Then I won't say it. I just told you something. Even if Mr. Liu never gave up on his love for the little girl, I would not give up, and I would not change my original intention because of the King Lin's words. Hum!"

After Qu Ning finished speaking, he carried her medicine box back to her carriage without looking back.

Liu Yu looked at her back and muttered: "The cold stone girl is just a slutty hoof. Is it crazy to miss men? Wait until you know that Liu Li Niang is the young master Liu you are looking for, and you can't see you looking for a crack in the stone."

Liu Yu thought. This moment of "witnessing the miracle" must be taken with Qu Ning to witness it with his own eyes, which is a pleasure.

Liu Yu returned to the carriage, immediately threw away all his unhappiness and played his cards with peace of mind. Compared with the good brands of Qier and Xu Xuanzhu and others, Liu Yu's brand was not very good, and he often sneaked cards and touched cards. Except for Meiren Lin who only watched and did not play, the rest of the people did not notice at all, so Liu Yu became the biggest winner.

The prizes after victory are like touch, hugs and kisses, so that laughter and laughter are constantly in the emperor's carriage.

Liu Yu was happy because he threw two cards to win. The sound of horses approaching outside the carriage was heard. Liu Yu held a short gun and looked out the window. It was Lu Chu'er's rash ghost. Liu Yu had the words first, and no one was allowed to ride a horse within one mile of the emperor's carriage. If he wanted to ride a horse, he had to walk slowly like a guard. This was Liu Yu was afraid of someone to attack, and only Lu Chu'er was so stupid and not afraid of taking a gun.

"The emperor, general, son-in-law, and the governor of Andao County sent someone to send local specialties."

Lu Chu'er jumped off the horse and jumped directly onto the platform outside the emperor's carriage. Cai Yingnu and a female military guard who were driving the car asked for instructions.

Liu Yu coughed, his face looked very bad. He could feel it from Lu Chu'er's name that in her head, the first one was the emperor, the second one was their general, and the third one was his "son-in-law". It has been more than two years since he knew Lu Chu'er, and Lu Chu'er still couldn't change his words.

When outsiders, Liu Yu asked for advice, he would give instructions to Qier to speak. When he met an old acquaintance, the women in the carriage looked at Liu Yu, but only Liu Yu had the right to order who would go out recently.

"What specialty, send it in."

Lu Chu'er rushed in with a bag on her back. Just as she was about to open it, Liu Yu hurriedly pointed and asked, "Have you checked?"

"I checked it and there are only some local specialties inside, nothing else."

Liu Yu was still worried. What if there was an explosive inside, wouldn’t it be over?

"You go and catch the car, Guard Cai, take it out and check it again."

Lu Chu'er looked aggrieved. In a blink of an eye, the son-in-law arranged for her to drive the car again. She didn't like to do this kind of work the most. But Liu Yu did not dare to disobey the order, so she had to hand over the burden to Cai Yingnu, and then took over Cai Yingnu's position to drive the car.

After checking, Cai Yingnu said, "It's OK."

Only then did Liu Yu ask Cai Yingnu to bring the revenge in. When he opened it, he was all eaten in some places. Many of the fruits and persimmon cakes were rare in Chang'an City. But by saying that Chang'an City is rare, it does not mean that it is also rare in the palace. These things are often eaten by women in the palace.

Liu Yu waved his hand and said, "Take it away and give it to the guards to eat."

Cai Yingnu was a little surprised. These things are not common on the market outside, they are all good things. Liu Yu is so willing to do so?

Cai Yingnu just took it out and wanted to leave it to the guards during rest. Lu Chu'er excitedly snatched a persimmon cake and stuffed it into her mouth, and smiled and said, "Sister-in-law Xie."

Liu Yu said: "We are outside, and we must not touch food and water of unknown origin. If we are poisoned, it will be bad."

When Lu Chu'er heard this, she was shocked and said, "It's poisonous? Bah, bah... Son-in-law, you didn't say it earlier, I've swallowed it twice."

Liu Yu ignored her nonsense and asked again: "What else did the governor of Andao County say?"

"Oh, he also said that he was preparing to lead local officials to welcome the imperial carriage into the city outside Andao County, and said that there would be filial piety."

Liu Yu said coldly: "This is the mentality of a corrupt official and flattering his superiors."

Xu Xuanzhu said: "Didn't the sister of the Sui family come to a letter to say that the local officials of Andao County are famous?"

Every time the imperial carriage passes by, Liu Yu will often ask the local officials to write over the political achievements and local customs and customs over the past few years, which also facilitates Liu Yu to have a preliminary understanding of the local area. As Liu Yu knows, when the rebellion of the Huai King was suppressed, Andao County was on the front line of war. After the county magistrate died at that time, the current county magistrate Hu Liangcheng was replaced. Although Hu Liangcheng did a good job in the local area, it should be related to some powerful people in the court.

When Liu Yu looked up the memorials last year, that is, the first year of Qichang, he found that some officials in the court recommended Hu Liangcheng to serve as a vocational officer. A county magistrate was appreciated by the Beijing officials in less than a year. If he could not escape the collusion between officials, it would be basically the same as embezzlement and abuse of the law. Because to "respect" officials in the capital, it would cost a lot of money, which was not affordable by a local official, and if he was not greedy, he would have no bribes.

"Who knows, let's take a look when I'm here, so what if I'll spend one night in Andao County today."

Liu Yu grabbed the card and prepared for a new game.

Xu Xuanzhu didn't quite understand Liu Yu's meaning. Before, the emperor passed by many places on a tour. Although Liu Yu also met local officials, he basically didn't comment after he came back. However, Liu Yu had a lot of "silver notes" on him. While the court's commerce department was in full swing, silver notes had been spread all over the country in less than two years and were gradually accepted by ordinary merchants. Now silver notes are very popular. Even giving gifts and giving silver notes is convenient. After all, "the gift is light and the affection is heavy."

There are even many who are obviously corrupt officials. Liu Yu did not take action to deal with them, and even accepted their gifts, making Xu Xuanzhu think that Liu Yu was "corrupted".

"Madam, what are you thinking? Touch the card quickly. If you lose this, I will take off one of your clothes until you take off all your clothes."
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