Chapter 1228: Xiang Yu's orphan, living in seclusion

It is said that young boys admire love and young girls yearn for spring.

When Yi Xiaochuan was the envoy to welcome the bride, he saw that Princess Lian was sweet and lovely, pure and desirable, and he couldn't help but have some dirty thoughts about her.

After his sweet talk, Concubine Li was aroused by his love.

Later, Concubine Li entered the palace and was infected with the plague. It was Yi Xiaochuan who risked his life to save her.

The relationship between the two gradually deepened.

But that's all.

Yi Xiaochuan is a "third party" to Concubine Li.

After all, before Yi Xiaochuan met Concubine Li, she had already been designated as the concubine of the First Emperor.

In other words, Yi Xiaochuan has been hooking up with a married woman.

Fortunately, although Concubine Li had an affair emotionally, she remained physically faithful, so the First Emperor was not framed.

Finally, when the First Emperor passed away, Concubine Li was required to be buried with him and she was not seen by the light of day for more than two years.

During these three years, Concubine Li hoped day and night that Yi Xiaochuan could save her.

As a result, after eight or nine hundred days and nights, Yi Xiaochuan disappeared without a trace.

Instead, it was the Han Emperor who sent people.

With this, Su Mingzhe severed the relationship between the two with one sword.

Afterwards, Concubine Li entered the palace. She was taken care of by two aunts, and her parents and relatives were all subservient to the Han Emperor. How could she dare to resist?

Now, several months have passed, even if Yi Xiaochuan has returned to Xianyang, the broken connection is difficult to reconnect.

"Unless the big boss behind the scenes takes action!"

Su Mingzhe reached out and stroked Concubine Li, who was as obedient as a cat. He raised his head, his gaze passed over the gauze curtain and the roof, and collided violently with an inexplicable divine power in the sky.

……

"Retribution! This is retribution!"

Gao Yao hurried out of the mansion and saw his younger sister Xiaoyue comforting Yi Xiaochuan. In anger, he told Yi Xiaochuan that the Han Emperor had also taken the elixir of immortality.

Seeing Yi Xiaochuan in agony, Gao Yao thought of Gao Lan and Xiaoyue who were abandoned by him, and there was only one word in his heart: awesome!

Finally it’s your turn, you scumbag, to be loved but unable to obtain it!

"Brother, please stop talking!"

Xiaoyue looked at Yi Xiaochuan's decadent appearance and felt so distressed that she almost wanted to cry.

Even though she had fallen in love with someone else, she got together with Xiang Yu.

However, for women, the word "first love" can be very destructive.

In particular, Yi Xiaochuan has a delicate and tender appearance, and few girls are not attracted to him.

"Okay, okay, I won't say it, I won't say it!"

Gao Yao knew when to stop, and knowing that Yi Xiaochuan had been hit hard, he stopped talking nonsense and pulled Xiaoyue, wanting her to go home with him.

In Gao Yao's opinion, as long as his younger sister doesn't get together with Yi Xiaochuan, nothing else matters.

This time, Xiaoyue didn't resist.

No matter what, she is Xiang Yu's woman now. She followed Yi Xiaochuan out just now because she was in a hurry. Now that she has regained her senses, she naturally has to avoid suspicion.

It was the next day in a blink of an eye.

Xiaoyue went into the kitchen herself and made a few Chu side dishes, heated up a pot of wine, and steamed a basket of buns, then brought them to the imperial prison.

Because of Xiaoyue's identity as Gao Yao's sister, the jailer of the imperial prison did not dare to make things difficult for her.

Of course, there is also the factor that Su Mingzhe wants to persuade Xiang Yu to surrender.

Not long after, Xiaoyue came with a lunch box and saw the imprisoned Xiang Yu.

Unlike others, Xiang Yu was not only strong but also skilled in martial arts. During the escort process, he once beat a guard to death and almost allowed the guard to escape.

Therefore, Xiang Yu, who was imprisoned in the cell, still had his heavy shackles and handcuffs not removed.

Looking at Xiang Yu, who was now slovenly and no longer the heroic figure he once was, Xiaoyue couldn't help but cried out in distress:
"Brother Yu!"

"Xiaoyue, why are you here?"

When Xiang Yu saw Xiaoyue dressed luxuriously, he was startled.

Xiaoyue didn't wait for Xiang Yu to think too much and told him how she escaped from the predicament.

Only then did Xiang Yu know that Zhao Gao was not dead and had returned to his identity as "Gao Yao".

The two talked quietly for a moment.

Xiaoyue brought out some wine and food and let Xiang Yu have a good meal.

After eating and drinking, Xiang Yu suddenly said in a serious tone:

"Xiaoyue, don't come to see me again!"

Ever since being imprisoned in the imperial prison, Xiang Yu had no intention of getting out alive.

No matter what, Xiang Yu was once a king. How could he do something as insulting as surrendering?
So, when Yi Xiaochuan came to him yesterday and advised him to surrender to the Han Emperor, he directly refused.

Xiaoyue came again today, and Xiang Yu was afraid that she would speak first, so he simply refused in advance.

"Brother Yu, I'm not here to persuade you to surrender."

As a woman, Xiaoyue had always listened to Xiang Yu's words since she was given to him. Since Xiang Yu was determined to sacrifice his life for his country, Xiaoyue would naturally not continue to persuade him. However, she did have something to do when she came here this time:

"Brother Yu, I want to leave you a child!"

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"As a monarch, you cannot cut off the sacrifices of others!"

After hearing Xiaoyue's request to the Imperial Prison, Su Mingzhe replied with ten words and then stopped caring about it.

With the three sisters of the Lu family, the three beauties Yu Shu, Yu Rong and Li Fei, and so many women in the harem, Su Mingzhe would not have to stare at just one woman of Xiang Yu.

Of course, this is also because although Xiaoyue’s face is beautiful and recognizable, she ultimately failed to scratch Su Mingzhe’s itch.

If it was Yu Ji in "The Legend of Hongmen Banquet", Su Mingzhe would definitely not have the attitude he has now.

Day two.

A new room was prepared for Xiang Yu and Xiaoyue in the imperial prison.

After Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao learned the news, they were helpless.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

Qingming Festival is coming.

Xiang Yu refused to surrender and was given poisoned wine, which he then took to commit suicide.

Su Mingzhe agreed to Yi Xiaochuan's request and asked him to escort Xiang Yu's coffin back to Gusu for a proper burial.

June.

Yi Xiaochuan, who was escorting Xiang Yu's coffin back to Kuaiji County, suddenly lost his whereabouts and disappeared.

Su Mingzhe didn't take the news seriously.

Yi Xiaochuan has an eccentric personality and is not the kind of person who is willing to be bound by officialdom.

What's more, Su Mingzhe also snatched away his Concubine Li, which made Yi Xiaochuan even more unwilling to work for the Han Dynasty.

In the second year of the Dahan calendar, Xiaoyue gave birth to a daughter.

Su Mingzhe named the baby "Xiang Ling" and arranged for the newborn baby to be married to the five-year-old Crown Prince Liu Xu.

After little Liu Xu learned that he had a wife, he spent the whole day looking for her to play with.

Lu Xu had no choice but to ask Xiaoyue to bring Xiang Ling'er to the palace to play frequently.

In the blink of an eye, fifteen years have passed.

Su Mingzhe performed the coming-of-age ceremony for his eldest son Liu Xu and also let him marry Xiang Ling'er.

Eighteen years of the Han calendar.

Su Mingzhe chose to abdicate the throne to the crown prince, and then moved to Luoyi with his concubines.

Luoyi was the capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Although the Eastern Zhou Dynasty had been destroyed for sixty years, the city of Luoyang was still prosperous.

Another fifty or sixty years passed.

Su Mingzhe's concubines in the harem gradually died of illness, and only Concubine Li was left to accompany him.

During this period, the former crown prince Liu Xu died after reigning for more than 30 years. He was posthumously named "Emperor Xiaowen" and his temple name was "Taizong".

The current emperor is Liu Ke, the eldest son of Liu Xu, and he has been in power for twenty years.

Liu Ke lived in a honeypot. With his position as crown prince secure, after he ascended the throne and became emperor, he selected beautiful girls on a large scale and filled the harem with them. He spent his days playing and having fun, and left the state affairs to the ministers of the three provinces and six ministries.

Fortunately, most of the ministers in the court now know that Emperor Gaozu is still alive and has no other thoughts.

However, as Liu Ke became more and more foolish and absurd, some ministers began to run to Luoyang to complain to Su Mingzhe.

Su Mingzhe originally didn't want to get involved in this matter, but he became annoyed as old ministers came to him one after another.

On this day, Su Mingzhe brought Concubine Li back to Xianyang and asked Liu Ke to abdicate to Crown Prince Liu Zhi.

Liu Ke did not dare to refuse and chose to abdicate at the end of the year.

After Liu Zhi succeeded to the throne, he immediately started to make trouble.

In the early spring of the following year, he ordered 600,000 border troops to take the initiative to attack the Huns, who had become a threat to the border.

At this moment, the Huns were far less arrogant than in history and were successively suppressed and beaten by three emperors, Su Mingzhe, Liu Xu and Liu Ke.

However, the grassland tribes are like leeks. If they are not rooted, they will never be eradicated.

Basically every ten years or so, the Huns would invade the south.

Liu Zhi was an ambitious emperor who was determined to sweep away all those who disobeyed him.

He successively dispatched an army of 600,000 to attack from the northeast, north and northwest, sweeping across the entire northern desert.

This battle directly defeated the Huns and made them lose their temper.

Some of the Huns surrendered, and some moved westward.

At the same time, more than a dozen large grassland tribes, including the Donghu, Xiqiang, and Dayuan, were also conquered by the powerful strength of the Han Dynasty and surrendered one after another.

Liu Zhi took advantage of the situation and set up thirty-six counties outside the Great Wall to manage these naturalized tribes.

Seeing that the Han Dynasty was as powerful as the Han Dynasty in history, Su Mingzhe no longer wanted to get involved and brought Concubine Li to Gusu City to live in seclusion.

(End of this chapter)