After bidding farewell to his father and leaving the Xuanshi Palace, Liu Che turned around and changed his route to Changle Palace to visit Empress Bo.

When Liu Che arrived at Shufang Hall, Li Xin was already waiting for his arrival.

"How is your mother lately?" Liu Che asked casually after the greetings.

"Your Highness, the queen is doing well recently..." Li Xin lowered his head and replied.

But Liu Che still noticed that Li Xin frowned slightly when he answered.

Liu Che knew Li Xin very well, and Liu Che knew Empress Bo even better.

The two masters and servants are the kind of people who will feel depressed even if they are wronged.

Therefore, Liu Che knew that something must have happened that made Queen Bo unhappy!

It's a pity that Zhang De disappeared after returning to Chang'an, as if the eunuch had never appeared in this world.

As a result, Liu Che lost his important news channel.

If Zhang De was still alive, he would definitely know about Queen Bo's affairs!

"I have to prepare to win over a new set of eyes and ears..." Liu Che thought in his heart.

However, although all the palace eunuchs are greedy, it is a bit difficult to find someone as smooth-talking and reliable as Zhang De!

Especially since Liu Che is now the prince, his every move is being watched.

"It seems like Wang Dao will have to make more trips to the palace..." Liu Che thought.

To win over eunuchs, it is most appropriate to send eunuchs to do the job.

In this way, the target is small, less likely to be criticized, and at the same time, it can effectively prevent many troubles.

Even if something goes wrong, it has nothing to do with Liu Che!

With this in mind, Liu Che followed Li Xin and walked into Shufang Hall.

As soon as he entered the palace gate, Liu Che saw several carriages parked among the horses and horses in the palace.

"Are there any guests?" Liu Che asked.

"Your Majesty, it's Uncle Guo and members of the Bo family who have come to the palace to pay their respects to the Queen. In a few days, it will be the Queen's birthday, so the family is making plans..." Li Xin lowered his head and replied:

"However, the queen doesn't like too much noise. So she doesn't want to make any arrangements. However, the uncles and elders of the Bo family insist on making a big deal..."

When Liu Che heard this, he was slightly startled: "My mother's birthday is approaching, why doesn't Mr. Li send someone to inform the orphan?"

To be honest, Liu Che really forgot when Queen Bo's birthday was.

In fact, there are probably not many people in this palace who remember the Queen’s birthday!

Liu Che rubbed his temples and ordered: "Wang Dao, when you go back soon, prepare a gift for the orphan immediately. At the same time, go to the Young Mansion and tell Cen Ming's Mansion that the Queen's birthday this year will be more than half of the orphans, so the Young Mansion should be prepared!

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"No!" Wang Dao, who followed closely behind, nodded in agreement.

"Your Highness is interested..." Li Xin quickly knelt down and thanked: "I have thanked the Queen for your kindness, but the Queen has already given instructions. This year will be the same as in previous years. Don't make any extravagant arrangements..."

Liu Che chuckled.

The Bo family has always been so low-key and frugal.

When the Empress Dowager was there, even the Empress Dowager's own birthday was rarely organized. Usually it was just the emperor, princes, emperor's grandchildren and concubines gathering together for a family banquet.

Under his leadership and advocacy, no one in the court at that time dared to be extravagant and wasteful. Even the emperor's favorite concubine had to weave her own cloth!

This is the benefit of having a virtuous wife at home and a virtuous queen in the state!

However, Liu Che didn't want Queen Bo's birthday to be too deserted this year.

On the contrary, Liu Che has decided to make a big deal!

The reason is very simple. Taking the opportunity of Queen Bo's birthday to announce to the world the close relationship between the Queen and him as the prince, this will pave the way for publicity for next year's adoption and the subsequent identity of the legitimate son.

At the same time, Liu Che also wanted to make Empress Bo happy and fulfill her responsibilities as a human being.

If we don't express this attitude, there will inevitably be some whimsical people in this palace.

Well. Honest people are always bullied!

Li Xin led Liu Che through the attic of Shufang Palace to the main hall.

When several eunuchs saw Liu Che, they immediately shouted loudly: "The prince is here!"

Soon, the palace was alarmed.

Queen Bo, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, hurried out with Bo Ronnu and several elderly people from the Bo family.

"Son, I send my greetings to my mother!" Liu Che quickly stepped forward and knelt down to kowtow.

"I'll pay my respects to you, Your Majesty!" Bo Ronnu and others also knelt down and paid homage to Liu Che.

"Good boy!" As soon as Queen Bo saw Liu Che, she immediately came forward with a smile on her face and took Liu Che's hand: "Get up quickly..."

"No!" Liu Che stood up and said to the Bo family: "Elders, get up quickly, don't try to hurt me!"

The group of people walked into the temple intimately.

Liu Che sat down on a seat next to Queen Bo, and mother and son held hands and sat down.

"My son heard that his mother's birthday was approaching, so he came to ask his mother if she had any plans?" Liu Che asked with a soft smile after sitting down.

"The prince has taken the trouble..." Empress Bo smiled slightly and said, "I don't plan to do anything this year. When the time comes, my son can come here and have a home-cooked meal with me, and I will be satisfied!"

For Queen Bo.

It is simply unimaginable to organize such a grand birthday!

She also doesn't like too much excitement in her bones.

Liu Che shook his head and said: "Does the Queen Mother know how Xiao Xiangguo reported to Gaozu when he built the Changle and Weiyang palaces?"

"It can't be majestic without being magnificent?" Queen Bo thought for a moment before answering hesitantly.

Liu Che nodded.

The current Empress Dowager of the East Palace, when she was the empress in the past, didn’t she try her best to organize birthdays that year?

The purpose is to declare her status and sovereignty to the concubines in the harem.

On the contrary, after becoming the Queen Mother, she immediately became self-cultivated, began to advocate frugality and simplicity, and no longer organized birthdays.

Empress Bo just couldn't understand this, so she clung to the old calendar of the past.

But Liu Che and Queen Bo were actually grasshoppers on the same rope, so they had to stand up and defend Queen Bo. Otherwise, if the queen had no authority and status, Liu Che, the crown prince's eldest son's status, would be worthless.

"I understand..." Queen Bo is not stupid. When Liu Che said this, she immediately understood, so she said: "Then... Li Xin, I will leave this matter to you..."

"No!" Li Xin bowed and accepted the order.

When the Bo family heard this, they also smiled with joy.

In the past, I didn’t organize the Queen’s birthday because I didn’t have the confidence.

But now that I have the confidence, of course I have to handle it well. Let the world know that the Bo family still has a lot of foundation.

Otherwise, Zhihou, a dignified Han family relative with thousands of households in the city, would be looked down upon!

Bo Ronnu looked at Liu Che who was chatting and laughing with the queen, thought for a while, found an opportunity, and interrupted: "Your Highness, I have something to ask of you..."

Hearing this, Liu Che turned around with a smile. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Queen Bo give a cold shout and said dissatisfiedly: "Zhihou, I'm talking to the prince!"

After hearing this, Liu Che was slightly startled and turned to look at Queen Bo who looked angry.

Then I thought of the way Li Xin hesitated before.

Liu Che knew that Empress Bo probably had a disagreement with Bo Ronnu, and this disagreement was caused by him.

Liu Che looked at the other Bo family members sitting aside.

Good guy, basically the entire Bo family, even the direct descendants, are here.

There are even two sons-in-law among them.

This is a bit interesting!

Liu Che is not stupid, of course he knows that the problem is probably Jumeng's.

It was probably because the flood washed away the Dragon King Temple, and Ju Meng accidentally captured a merchant family controlled by the Bo family...

But no, it still needs to be verified.

So Liu Che asked Li Xin: "Mr. Li, what's going on?"

Li Xin also knew that he could no longer hide it, so he lowered his head and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, this is..."

After listening to Li Xin's words, Liu Che started laughing.

It’s really close to what you guessed!

Didn't Meng in the drama two days ago be ordered to arrest people and kill chickens to scare the monkeys?

The several merchant families who were close to the Du family, as well as the Du family, are now all imprisoned in the prison of Neishi Yamen.
To be continued...