Surprise at three quarters

After Gillian was deposed, the palace that had been quiet for several years began to be turbulent again.

And this kind of undercurrent reached its peak after Wang Mei gave birth to the second son of the emperor, and gradually turned into a confrontation on the bright side.

The queen and Wang Meiren were on edge, and a fight could break out at any moment, so the atmosphere in the harem was naturally very bad.This kind of fight made Liu Che very dissatisfied, so he asked his mother, the Queen Mother, to come forward and suppress the two of them.

However, maybe even God is helping Wei Zifu.This year, the Xiongnu invaded again, broke through the border, and plundered countless people.

Under such circumstances, Wei Qing led the army to go around to the back of the Xiongnu, cut off the opponent's back, and then flew south, not only completely disintegrating the attack of the Xiongnu army, but also successfully recaptured the fertile land around Heshuo.

This piece of land called "Shangjiang Jiangnan" has fertile water and grass and dangerous terrain. It can not only graze horses and grow food to increase strategic supplies for the Han army, but also become the front line against the Huns, completely eliminating the threat of the Huns cavalry to the capital Chang'an. .

After this battle, Wei Qing was conferred the title of Marquis of Changping because of his military achievements, and he was in the limelight for a while.

Taking this opportunity, Wei Shi incited the courtiers to ask for the crown prince.

Originally, Liu Ju would not be established as the crown prince until a few years later, but during this period of time, the Wei family has been very low-key, so he was able to remain in favor.Even though Liu Che gradually became estranged from Wei Zifu later, his favor towards her younger brother Wei Qing was enough to make up for it.

But because of Wang Meiren and the second son Liu Hong, Wei Zifu didn't want to wait any longer.She desperately hopes to confirm her son's heir status, so as to eliminate the uneasiness and confusion in her heart.

However, this kind of action, in the opinion of Gan Gang's assertive Liu Che, is a provocation to his own authority.

The powerful officials of the former court and the female family members of the harem united together to threaten him, which completely aroused Liu Che's sense of crisis in his heart.He began to realize that the favor he gave to Wei Shi was so great that they dared to act behind his back.

The king's doubts do not need evidence, as long as he has this idea, it is enough to judge the crime in his heart.

Although the border still needs a general like Wei Qing, and even though the queen is his former beloved, Liu Che still has a grudge in his heart.

He agreed to the courtier's request to establish a prince, but at the same time, he no longer had any scruples, and began to pamper the beauties in the harem wantonly.And between the emperor and the empress, naturally they gradually drifted apart, and they were no longer as close as before.

And what happened next made this couple completely exist in name only, seemingly in harmony with each other.

In the fourth year of Yuanguang, Cao Shou, Marquis of Pingyang, died, and Liu Che's sister, Princess Pingyang, was a widow.After Wei Qing emerged and was named Marquis of Changping, Princess Pingyang favored him.

Wei Zifu was born in Princess Pingyang's mansion. The eldest princess can be said to be her benefactor, but after she became a queen, the relationship between the two became quite delicate.She was not happy with this marriage, so after the queen mother expressed her intentions for Princess Pingyang, she declined.

As a result, just a few days later, the Queen Mother died of illness.

This incident became the final trigger, completely freezing the already precarious relationship between Liu Che and Wei Zifu.

From the beginning to the end, no one found that there was a hand behind these things.Because these things would have happened in history, what Gillian did was to adjust their order, let some things collide coincidentally, and then plant the seeds of disagreement in the hearts of both parties, waiting for it to take root on its own germination.

Facts have proved that there is no love between Liu Che and Wei Zifu.

Afterwards, Liu Che completely let himself go, and began to pamper the palace people wantonly. In a few years, the harem, which was originally somewhat empty, was completely filled, and there were a steady stream of beauties joining it.

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"It's done!" Yuan Xiao looked at the hands, with undisguised excitement on his face.

The biggest difference between this long knife and ordinary knives is that the blade is a touch of bright white, and the material is completely different from the handle next to it.

That is what Yuan Xiao has been studying continuously for the past few years.

The result - steel.

Although there is still a big gap compared with the steel of later generations, in this era, it is definitely at the level of a magic weapon.If the output can be increased and used on the battlefield, it can even determine the outcome of a war!

Yuan Xiao was very excited, tried this knife on several materials, and confirmed that the blade was very strong, and it was easy to cut a bone, so he said to the people next to him, "Go and report to the general, and say that the knife has been cast." ...No, wait!"

Halfway through the talk, she thought of a better idea, "Don't report it for now, I'll draw a blueprint, and you can make a knife according to the shape, and then send it to the general."

After speaking, he walked to the table, picked up a pen and started drawing.

The people around her were used to her style of doing things, and no one disturbed them. After waiting quietly for a while, the drawing was completed.The craftsmen took the blueprints and went down to try out this kind of long knife.

With previous experience, this time, they acted very quickly and delivered the knife the next day.

And Wei Qing, who was invited by Yuan Xiao, arrived just in time.

"Look, general, this is our latest achievement!" Yuan Xiao pointed to the Mo Dao hanging on the weapon rack, and said vigorously.

Mo Dao, the legendary horse-chopping sword, is a weapon specially used to deal with cavalry. The sword is seven feet long and the handle is four feet long. It looks majestic and very eye-catching.

Wei Qing took it in his hand, waved it around for a while, tried the edge again, and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Good knife!"

Seeing that he was satisfied, Yuan Xiao also breathed a sigh of relief.Not in vain I have worked hard for several years. I drilled the kiln every day to study the temperature and materials, and finally got a result.

A few years ago, when various accidents occurred in the palace, Yuan Xiao outside the palace also had preliminary results.She also did not dedicate her achievements to the imperial court, but handed them over to Wei Qing, who was already a marquis, according to Gillian's command.

At that time, the relationship between the Wei family and the Tian family was already quite bad, so Yuan Xiao, whose papermaking achievements were taken away by the Tian family last time, chose the Wei family as a shelter, which did not arouse anyone's suspicion.

What's more, what she took out were horseshoes and stirrups.

These two things are very useful for cavalry, and sometimes play a decisive role in the battlefield.

Wei Qing attached great importance to Yuan Xiao, and he was not stingy in giving money and goods. Yuan Xiao finally started to spend public money on research in a fair manner, without the personal support of Gillian.

In the past few years, her experience has been devoted to refining the quality of iron and smelting alloys.Now that he has developed steel, Yuan Xiao decided to call it a day.

One is because this thing is enough, and she can't come up with a technology that is too heaven-defying to disrupt the process of history, and the other is because her own talent in chemistry is only so good, and she can do this under the simple conditions It's already the limit.

More needs to be promoted by the entire technology tree, and other disciplines have also been improved before consideration.

So Yuan Xiao told Wei Qing that he needed to rest for a while.Wei Qing didn't object, and generously gave her a sum of money, allowing her to spend it freely.

After getting the money, Yuan Xiao took Zhuo Wenjun and left the iron mining area with the money.

"What are you going to do?" She asked Zhuo Wenjun.

In the past few years, Gillian has been discreetly stirring up the relationship between Liu Che and Wei Zifu. Up to now, the couple has become incompatible.But the Huns were rampant, so Liu Che had no choice but to use Wei Qing, and the more Wei Qing's military exploits, the more he was afraid of the Wei family, which gradually became an endless loop.

Also in the past few years, Liu Che's harem has flourished, and several children have been born for him, including three sons.

For well-known reasons, Liu Che dotes on these three sons very much, but he is somewhat alienated from the prince Liu Ju.The result of this is that the hearts of the people in the palace are fluctuating, and they have never been stable.

This fire is now burning, and it is estimated that it is almost the same.

Recently, Liu Che doted on Mrs. Han and her youngest son very much, and there were even rumors that he was planning to change the crown prince.

Weiss won't allow this to happen, and they've already done it

I have made sufficient preparations.As long as one more spoonful of oil is poured on this fire, it will immediately spread and involve everyone around it.

Of course Yuan Xiao didn't want to get caught up in court struggles, Gillian was about to start, so before that, she would leave Chang'an for a while as a reason to rest.

However, where to go has become a difficult decision.

"Where do you want to go?" Zhuo Wenjun asked.

Yuan Xiao wanted to go to Shuzhong, Zhuo Wenjun's hometown, maybe she also wanted to go back and have a look.

Hearing what she said, Zhuo Wenjun couldn't help showing a look of melancholy.Back then, she had heard that Sima Xiangru had a new lover, so she came to Chang'an from Sichuan to break up with him.It's just that I didn't expect that after this trip, I would never have the chance to return to Shuzhong.

She didn't refuse Yuan Xiao's kindness, she nodded in agreement and said, "Then go to Shuzhong!"

Because of the long distance, the two hired a carriage and played along the way, very leisurely.Probably because of traveling through the ancient times too many times, Yuan Xiao found that he was gradually getting used to the ancient means of transportation.Of course, it is also possible that she made the spring to reduce the vibration of the carriage. Although the road is still worrying, it is still much better.

Spring is a product of modern industry. It never appeared in ancient times, because the metal smelting technology at that time was not perfect, and the ductility and hardness of pig iron were not enough.

This problem was solved after Yuan Xiao improved the metal smelting method, so now she can easily sit on the shock-absorbing carriage.

Too bad there is no rubber...

But there is no solution to this problem. Not only does China have no rubber now, but in future generations, it can only be imported from abroad.

Although they were walking on the road, they were actually very concerned about the news of Chang'an.It's a pity that the distance is far away, and the efficiency of news dissemination in this era is too low. Basically, there is no useful content to inquire about, so we can only put aside the affairs of Chang'an for the time being and play with peace of mind.