Back at Zhaoyang Palace, Chen Jiao shut down all the palace maids, leaving only Anu and Liu Huichen in the room. Chen Jiao said seriously: "What you see next must not be circulated, do you know?"

While speaking, Chen Jiao walked to the stone wall. The stone wall was carved with various patterns. After reaching out and rotating on one of the patterns, she lifted up the place where she was sleeping on her usual bed. A square gap was revealed below, and several stairs could be seen vaguely. Liu Huichen's heart was shocked. They naturally had this secret way, but she never thought that in this palace, there was also...

"Anu." Chen Jiao turned his head and said to Anu, "You stay here. If someone comes, help me make up a reason and cheat me over."

Anu responded cleverly: "Yes, Anu knows."

Chen Jiao turned her head, looked at Liu Huichen and smiled, and said, "Huichen, accompany me to go down for a walk, okay?"

After getting off the tunnel, Liu Huichen realized that this place was much wider than she expected, and the tunnel was well connected and had many directions. Liu Huichen looked up at the ceiling and knew that this huge tunnel could not be completed by a temporary force. Liu Huichen said uneasy: "Aunt, this tunnel..."

"You are trying to ask how this authenticity came about, right?" Chen Jiao said.

Chen Jiao walked forward a few steps, pointed to an exit south and said, "There is Yilan Palace over there." He pointed to the west and said, "There is Changle Palace over there. It is twists and turns like a maze, covering almost the entire underground of the imperial city. Unfamiliar people will get lost in it."

"Huichen, you should know that the Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace were both founded. Emperor Gaozu expanded the underground passage on the basis of the Qin palace. This underground passage was almost built at that time. In addition to the open passage, I know that there are many hidden secret passages that need to be touched to open."

"Those hidden tunnels were built by Empress Lu back then. Although she was dominating from behind the curtain, she couldn't help but worry about Liu's counterattack, so she rebuilt this tunnel. Just in case, all the craftsmen were destroyed after the work was completed. Only Empress Lu and Empress Zhang at that time knew the details of this secret. Later, Lu was executed, and Empress Zhang was placed under house arrest in the secluded room. The secret tunnel was lost."

When Liu Huichen heard this, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Chen Jiao. The meaning was very obvious. Since it was lost, how did you know?

Chen Jiao smiled bitterly and said, "Huichen, Empress Dowager Dou, Grandmother of the Emperor, was the concubine given to Emperor Wen by Empress Lu. She was also in the palace and had heard of the reconstruction of the tunnel. After she ascended to the position of Empress Dowager, she sent someone to explore it deliberately and took a lot of energy to figure out some of the maps of the secret tunnel. She didn't even tell my mother about this secret, but only told me. Because, at that time, she thought I would live in the palace for a long time."

"Does my aunt want to use this tunnel to leave?" Liu Huichen asked in a low voice.

"Just be prepared for any trouble." Chen Jiao shook her head, "I decided to stay. It is my business to face the inner demons. But I don't plan to implicate you. If things are urgent, you can take Anu from here. When you go to the outside world, contact Guo Sizhi. With you and his ability, you should be safe."

Liu Huichen smiled slightly and said, "Aunt, you're thinking too much. Huichen believes that there will never be any day when this authenticity will be used."

Chen Jiao just smiled, held Liu Huichen's hand, walked around the tunnel, and said, "Going out from here is the shore of the water. I am the only one who has always been smart. You should remember this road, right?"

The two of them turned back to the place where they had just come down and came out of the tunnel, but saw Anu who was anxiously tying around. Chen Jiao felt funny and asked, "Anu, what happened?"

"Miss." Seeing Chen Jiao, Anu shouted happily, rushed over and said, "You are back. The Queen Mother sent someone to say that you would like to go to Changle Palace to gather immediately, but I am so worried about me."

When Chen Jiao heard this, her brows frowned again. The Queen Mother didn't know what her mentality was, but she gathered every three days and every five days. But the other party was the Queen Mother, and she couldn't refuse, so she had to sigh and said, "Let's change our clothes and go over."

...

When they arrived at Changle Palace, in addition to the Queen Mother Wang, Liu Che was also present. Since they made it clear in the garden that day, they had only had "business" contact. Now, when they suddenly saw this scene, Chen Jiao couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Wang Shi completely ignored her embarrassment and asked her to sit with Liu Che and talk to her.

"Giao," Wang Zhi asked, "The Ai family plans to match Jin'e's child with the Prince of Huainan. What do you think of this marriage?"

When Chen Jiao heard this, she was stunned and thought in her mind that when she was called last time, it seemed that the Queen Mother had the meaning of the words, but she was only concerned about seeing the old man, but she forgot to think deeply. King Huainan? The old unlucky man who was about to be confiscated and destroyed the country in just a few years, married to their family? What good results could be achieved? Chen Jiao frowned slightly, and was about to speak, but she thought that she suddenly pointed out that King Huainan wanted to rebel, and was afraid that she would give someone a handle, so she calmed down and said, "I heard that the prince is not young, and it is not suitable to be with Miss Jin'e? And in terms of seniority..."

"Haha." Wang Shi shook his head and said, "E'er and the others don't need to be ranked according to the Liu family's seniority. The Ai family mainly likes Huainan because of the humble gentleman of Huainan. They are famous. After E'er marrying, she will not feel wronged." She breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Chen Jiao's opposition because of her seniority. This time, she called Chen Jiao to find out whether there would be any changes in the marriage between Jin E and the Prince of Huainan. Since Chen Jiao didn't mention it, it must be a big problem.

Chen Jiao unexpectedly saw Liu Che's face slightly changed when he heard the four words "Quick and gentleman". Then Wang Shi said: "In fact, these vassal kings also have good wise kings. The emperor must treat them kindly."

Speaking of this, Liu Che was immediately unhappy. He frowned and said bluntly: "Who is here to complain to you again?"

Wang Shi shook his head and said, "No one comes from me. I heard of it myself. Che'er, it is a way to be a king, be generous and fierce, and it is not a good thing to be too strict. Since the original King Yan has made such a big mistake, then I will grant a virtuous king who is close to the royal family and goes there."

Chen Jiao couldn't help but feel funny when she heard this. Although the Queen Mother Wang is an extremely smart person, she seems to have some limitations in state affairs. She would actually suggest that her son re-appointed King of Yan. If Liu Che agreed, wouldn't his previous efforts be wasted? This matter is strange. It turns out that the Queen Mother Wang rarely interferes in political affairs. Why did this time ask a sensitive question?

Liu Che swept all Chen Jiao's expression into his eyes, but he still responded to the Queen Mother in a vague way.

...

evening

Just after finishing her bath, Chen Jiao, who was in a thin single dress, was dripping by the window and hung her hair, fell asleep by the evening breeze. When she opened her eyes again, she found that the sky was full of stars, and she was wearing a man's coat. She stood up and walked into the room in a disfitable man's coat, but saw Liu Che holding the book in his forehand and looking at something. Chen Jiao couldn't help but reach out and rub her eyes, wanting to make sure that she hadn't woken up yet, how could she see Liu Che sitting here at this time?

Liu Che also noticed her. Looking at her rubbing her eyes, a non-obvious smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and said, "What are you doing when you stand so far? The night wind is cool, get closer to the lights and warmer."

Because the situation was really strange at this moment, Chen Jiao temporarily lost the ability to react flexibly and could only squirm forward obediently. Liu Che's long coat was slowly dragging on the ground. Liu Che didn't care about her deliberate slowdown behavior, but only shouted to the outside: "Come on, bring the midnight snack."

The group led by Piao'er immediately entered one by one and placed the exquisitely decorated snacks on several tables. If Chen Jiao's return to the palace had any immediate impact on the Han Palace, the snacks in front of her were. It has to be said that even the dishes made by the imperial chefs of this era were still unsightly to Chen Jiao's eyes, so she had to personally show off many dishes. This demonstration made the whole palace have a good taste. The habit of eating midnight snacks gradually emerged in the palace.

Chen Jiao looked at the fresh and attractive midnight snack, and felt that she was really hungry. After touching her stomach, she stopped being polite to Liu Che. She accelerated to his side, reached out to pick up a bowl of soup, and began to fill her stomach. The two worked together to quickly eliminate the small snacks on the table. After eating and drinking, Chen Jiao finally recovered her spirit, raised her head, looked at Liu Che and said, "Why are you here?" Perhaps because she had not eliminated the midnight snack together before, Chen Jiao actually lost the fear and alienation of Liu Che.

Chen Jiao didn't think so, but Liu Che realized this immediately. He smiled, smiled very gently, and said, "I'm here to ask you, to Yan State, should I migrate a prince close to the court to Yan State? Or should I combine the country as a county? Who knew that you fell asleep by the window and only woke up until now."

Hearing this question, Chen Jiao wrinkled her nose and replied directly: "Of course, it is the country that is a county. The highly centralized county system is the most suitable for China."

"The most suitable?" Liu Che keenly grabbed this word and asked, "Why did Qin II perish?" Although he had become more and more aware of the benefits brought to him by the county system, the destruction of Qin, which the princes clamored, caused him some trouble.

"The birth of any new thing can never be so smooth." Chen Jiao shook her head and said, "Qin was destroyed by severe punishments, not county and county systems."

“The birth of anything new cannot be so smooth?”

"Yes." Chen Jiao suddenly felt a little dizzy, and wanted to say a few words to send someone out. "Many systems set by Qin Shihuang actually set up models for generations. Although the Qin Dynasty died in the second generation, the systems he founded would be inherited from generation to generation. Even if Emperor Gaozu had opposed the tyrannical Qin and represented the world, he still inherited the Qin system, right? In this sense, how did Qin perish? Now that Your Majesty has reduced the vassals, did he also re-enforce the county system to destroy the feudal system? This is just because the county system is the most suitable for the court to rule the world."

Although the Han Dynasty inherited the old Qin system, every new dynasty would not give any good comments to the old dynasty, so the Han Dynasty's understanding of the Qin Dynasty was also within an extremely narrow range. Many of the Qin system that Chen Jiao inherited was cited as the Zhou system. What Chen Jiao said today was really fresh for Liu Che. Liu Che listened to all this attentively, and the candles on the whale-shaped candlestick on the table next to him kept burning, emitting a slight fragrance. When Chen Jiao finished her speech entitled "The Historical Significance of the Existence of the Qin Dynasty", her cheeks were already red and her eyes were blurred. Chen Jiao herself also discovered something was wrong. She opened her mouth and wanted to see the guests, but her body softened and fell into Liu Che's arms.

Liu Che, who had been obsessed with Chen Jiao's speech, suddenly realized something was wrong with Chen Jiao. Her face was bright red and her whole body was hot. This was clearly... Liu Che looked up at the Qiongyu candlestick beside him, shook his nose, smelled the slightest fragrance, and then looked down at Chen Jiao who was intrigued by his arms, and understood everything. He sighed, carried Chen Jiao to the inner room, placed it on the soft couch, and lifted a thin quilt to cover her. However, Chen Jiao wriggled uncooperatively, and her whole body kept approaching him, and her red face kept rubbing against his chest.

Liu Che wanted to push her away, but when he saw her dependent and praying eyes, his outstretched hand fell on Chen Jiao's very delicate face, gently rubbing his fingertips. From the corner of his eyes, he glanced at the candlestick that was constantly falling tears, and he remembered the night of his wedding that year.

Chen Jiao seemed to enjoy Liu Che's treatment very much, with a cat-like expression on her face, and her body was still twisting in Liu Che's arms, but she was talking about something. At first, Liu Che didn't pay attention. Later, after listening carefully, she heard her crying: "Dad, I want to go home... Mom, where are you, I miss you so much."

Hearing this strange noun, Liu Che frowned and asked, "Giao, who is Dad? Who is Mom?"

"Dad is dad." Chen Jiao replied impatiently, "Mom...no mother anymore. It's mom, mom, my daughter feels so uncomfortable. Where are you?"

"Does mom mean mother?" Liu Che asked.

"Don't keep asking." Chen Jiao frowned and replied. The blurred eyes created focal length for the first time. She glanced at Liu Che carefully and suddenly smiled, "You look like a fool Liu Che."

When Liu Che heard this, he smiled unconsciously and found that he was serious with a person controlled by the drug. He was really foolish. He shook his head and planned to let her go and go away. Otherwise, if he continued to get entangled like this, he would have no confidence in his own self-control.

Unexpectedly, Chen Jiao, who had already lost her mind, grabbed him and murmured: "Liu Che, you liar. The husband and wife are the same birds in the forest. When the disaster comes, they fly away. I didn't fly, why did you fly away? Why?" Hearing this question, Liu Che trembled all over and could no longer take steps. He could only stiffly, hold Chen Jiao in his arms, twisted, and asked in a daze.

"Scam, liar..." Chen Jiao was finally tired, and fell asleep in Liu Che's arms among the scammers.

The quietly burning honey candle occasionally makes the sound of sparks splashing. Liu Che held Chen Jiao in his arms with all his strength, but his eyes were not far away from the burning candlelight you were burning, and his dark eyes were bottomless.

...

Added to the palace.

"Liches, eels, pig's trotters, beef bones, Codonopsis, Angelica, and jujubes, etc., which seemingly ordinary things, mixed together and eaten, will have an aphrodisiac effect. The ambergris candle that asked Princess Guantao to bring into the palace is the last guarantee." Chunyu Yi took a few medicinal materials from the hand of a man dressed in a slave in front of him and said softly, "But, brother, are you sure that Princess has a way to light the incense candle at the right time?"

"The centipede insect dies without being stiff. Since she has agreed, there must be a way. Don't worry." The man raised his head, and under the candlelight, it was Li Xi. "But you, are you sure that you were not seen when you went to deliver medicinal materials?"

"Natural." Chunyu Yi smiled and said, "Aguo, who is in Zengcheng Palace, is Shangshi from Shangshi Bureau. I have always been responsible for preparing Li Meiren's medicinal food. It is common for medicinal food to go to and from the imperial kitchen. If the medicinal materials are placed in a very conspicuous place, then the person will recognize them."

"That's good. I didn't expect the opportunity to come so quickly. I hope that tonight, the people arranged by the eldest princess can successfully put these things into Jiaojiao's dishes, so that you don't need to take any more risks." Li Xi said, "Fortunately, His Majesty allowed the people from Baicaotang to go directly to the palace to find you, otherwise it would be difficult to bring these medicinal materials in."

"These are health-preserving medicinal materials, but if you want to take them out from the imperial kitchen, I'm afraid that your Majesty will find someone to investigate afterwards, and you will know something is wrong." Chunyu Yi covered his mouth and smiled, saying, "Now, even if he turns around and checks, he can only blame himself for eating eels by mistake, which is so lustful."

...

When she woke up the next day, Chen Jiao opened her eyes in a daze and was surprised to see Liu Che half-supporting her body, looking at her quietly. She immediately hugged the quilt and retreated suddenly, stammering: "You, why are you here?" As she spoke, she touched her body with both hands, but fortunately, her clothes were still there.

"You stopped me and didn't let me leave." Liu Che said lightly, his tone was calm, less ordinary coldness and more gentleness.

"How can I stop you! I..." Chen Jiao said as soon as she said something, scenes flashed in front of her eyes last night. She seemed to be really grabbing the corner of this guy's clothes and preventing him from leaving, and she also said something on him... and said something that was not. Thinking of this, Chen Jiao's face turned red. She hurriedly covered her head with a quilt and moaned: "How could I do such a thing?"

"Since you are awake, get up." Liu Che smiled on his face when he saw her appearance, and then shouted to the outside, "Come in and serve the empress to wash up." Under the guidance of Piao'er, the palace maids respectfully knelt on the side of the obstacle.

Under the service of the palace maids, Chen Jiao began to wash up. After a while, she heard a familiar piece of music coming from outside, which was "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace". When she put on her clothes and walked out of the inner room, she found that Liu Che was gently brushing the strings of the piano in the outer room, and the music was written by him.

When Liu Che saw Chen Jiao coming out, he stopped and turned to her and said, "I have heard Zhuo Wenjun play this song a few times. I wonder if there is any mistake?"

"Your piano skills are always better than mine, so how could there be any mistakes?" Chen Jiao lowered her head slightly. Although the piano was not a very popular instrument at that time, Liu Che and Chen Jiao had learned it under a master because of their curiosity. Liu Che was talented and had always had better grades than hers.

"I just listened and forgot to ask Zhuo Wenjun what the song was called." Liu Che stood up, walked to Chen Jiao, cleaned her hair, and asked.

When Chen Jiao heard this question, she raised her head, looked directly into Liu Che's eyes, and said slowly: "This song is called "Autumn Moon of Han Palace."

There was a silence between the two. After a while, Liu Che said, "Giao, please accompany me out for a walk."

It was already an early autumn scenery outside. Before I knew it, Chen Jiao had been back to the palace for several months. The heat of midsummer gradually passed, but added a coolness of autumn. After the two left Zhaoyang Palace, they walked without saying a word, one in front and one in back, Liu Che was in front and Chen Jiao was in back.

Chen Jiao looked at the scenery outside and felt a little sad. After so long that she had come to this era, she accepted the memory of A Jiao. She truly felt that she was in an era of heroes, and she was as ordinary as she could only watch all this happening in deep horror in her heart, and she looked up at Liu Che who was walking in front of her, and only saw his back and the floating crown belt. Yes, it was always like this, and he would always follow him. A Jiao was a delicate girl raised in the boudoir and could not keep up with his footsteps. Can Chen Jiao, an ordinary girl from the modern era, keep up with him? After all, he is the extremely witty, literary and decisive Emperor Wu of Han. Thinking of this, Chen Jiao stopped and looked at his back gradually moving away.

After a while, Liu Che realized that Chen Jiao had not followed. He turned around strangely, but saw Chen Jiao stopping not far behind, looking at him with a blurred look. He smiled, stretched out his hand to her, and asked, "What's wrong? Are you tired?"

Chen Jiao's eyes were frozen on his outstretched hand, looking at the slightly calloused hand, the scene in front of her was unconsciously coincided with a memory in her mind. In the past, the two of them always liked to shake off the palace maids and the little eunuchs, playing adventure games in this huge palace. Every time she was a girl, she would be exhausted early and be left behind by Liu Che who was still energetic. At that time, Liu Che would stretch out his hand to her helplessly and ask, "What's wrong? Are you tired?" Then, she would answer...

"Yes, don't walk so fast, wait for me." Chen Jiao said unconsciously.

The smile on Liu Che's face was slightly frozen. Obviously, he also remembered the past. At that moment, many different emotions arose in his heart. Then he walked back a few steps, grabbed Chen Jiao's hand, and said, "Let's go."

He looked down and took his hand, then looked at his serious side face. Chen Jiao thought, no wonder Gillian loves him so much for such a man? Gillian loves him, what about me? He inherited Gillian's memory and understood all of his past me?

Liu Che took Chen Jiao to Weiyang Stable and said to Weiyang Stable Ling: "Are the horses ready?" Weiyang Stable Ling nodded respectfully and took out two horses from the stable, one brown and one white, standing high in the sun.

"Can you ride a horse?" Liu Che asked with his head down. Chen Jiao looked up at the white horse, walked to one side, jumped up, and looked at Liu Che from a high place. Liu Che just smiled and walked to the brown horse, jumped up. He turned to her and smiled, and said, "Let's leave the palace."

Although Chen Jiao could ride horses, she was not very skilled. Although Weiyang Stable had already picked the most gentle one out, she could only drive the horse slowly. Liu Che soon discovered this and slowed down. The two rode side by side, walked out from Zhangcheng Gate, and headed out all the way to the outsiders.

"When I go back, I will tell the stable to you, and this horse will belong to you in the future." Liu Che said when he saw that Chen Jiao seemed to like the white horse under his crotch.

"Is this OK?" Chen Jiao knew that the horses raised in Weiyang stables were all for the emperor to ride.

"I just said it. It doesn't have a name yet. Give it a name." Liu Che said.

"Call it is called Taxue." Chen Jiao lowered her head and touched her horse's maw. When I read martial arts novels, my favorite word Taxue Wuhen was the word Taxue Wuhen. This snow-white horse is indeed very suitable for this name.

"Good name." Liu Che glanced at Baima, smiled faintly, and then said, "What about my horse? Don't you give me a name?"

"Does it have no name?" Chen Jiao asked in surprise.
To be continued...