Dahan first prince

Chapter 270 If I don't say it again, I won't have the chance to say it...
With the cooperation of the military soldiers of the Imperial Army, the drunken father was moved back to the bedroom. Liu Ying returned to the banquet and paid a round of wine for the old man.

After the alcohol surged up and the feeling of being paralyzed emerged, Liu Ying apologized and left the banquet, and returned to the bedroom.

Seeing that her father was still the same as when she left, lying crookedly on the couch, Liu Ying couldn't help smiling, and then cleaned up for her father.

After laboriously moving her father's legs onto the couch, taking off the pair of thick leather boots, and covering her father with a thin quilt, Liu Ying felt at ease.

Feeling the smell of alcohol coming from her mouth and nose, and looking at her father's dusty trouser legs, Liu Ying made some calculations, and finally came to the gate of the palace with a wry smile.

He waved to the jailer not far away, and before Liu Ying could ask for hot water, unexpectedly, a long growl suddenly sounded from the imperial couch behind him.

"Everyone back down~"

Frightened by the sudden growl, he turned around, and saw Liu Bang who was lying on the imperial couch in a daze just now, but now he was sitting boldly on the edge of the couch.

Even though the dim lights in the hall covered most of the old emperor's body, Liu Ying could vaguely see several deep ravines on the old emperor's protruding forehead;

The slightly messy beard hung under the jaw, and it was roughly restored to its usual appearance by a hand that was also dry.

Between the beards, the thin lips pursed slightly;
The slightly flat bridge of the nose hangs above the two thick bags under the eyes, and the eyes are shining all the time.

If the pair of eyes were covered, the old emperor's eyelids would clearly cover a small half of the eyes!

But even so, the gleam in those deep eyes always makes people unable to see that they are a pair of drunken eyes...

——Don't be angry and prestige!
When such a face appeared on a man sitting on the edge of the roof, looking straight at her, Liu Ying couldn't help but have such an adjective in her mind.

Except for the phrase "all retreat", the old emperor obviously didn't say anything; except sitting on the edge of the couch and looking at Liu Ying, the old emperor obviously didn't do anything.

But under the gaze of those sharp eyes, Liu Ying still felt that a hill quietly appeared directly above her!
As the old emperor's gaze became sharper, the hill only slowly pressed down, causing Liu Ying's forehead to show a little sweat, and Liu Ying's spine to bend slightly...
Boom!
A low muffled sound declared that Liu Ying could no longer resist the coercion of that hill, she lowered her head, bent her waist, bent her knees, and knelt down a little inside the palace gate.

When Liu Ying realized her actions, before she had time to figure out why she knelt down, another sentence completely bypassed Liu Ying's brain and blurted out from her mouth.

"Son, see Father!"

As these words were blurted out on their own initiative without Liu Ying's permission, the hill hanging above Liu Ying's neck seemed to rise again and gradually disappeared.

But even so, Liu Ying was held in place by a mysterious force of unknown origin. She didn't dare to straighten up, nor should she raise her head, and she didn't even dare to stretch out her sleeves to wipe the sweat from her forehead... ···

"Come forward."

"Whoo~"

When the old man whispered again from above, Liu Ying couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, straightened her upper body a little as if she was relieved, but still didn't dare to get up, she just walked forward on her knees, and came to Liu Bang for an appointment. five step position.

It wasn't until this moment that Liu Ying finally saw a trace of emotion that could make her feel at ease from the eyes of the old man.

— pity.

And a trace of sternness that obviously suppressed this pity and wanted to replace it.

"Father..."

"Is it better?"

A word of concern for no reason, but it didn't seem to attract the old emperor's attention.

Jiang frowned slightly, and before the old emperor raised his right hand, the old eunuch who did not know when he appeared on the side of the imperial couch hurriedly brought a tray.

He picked up the water bowl on the tray, took a sip, rinsed his mouth without caring about his appearance, and then spit the sewage into the copper bowl on the tray. The old man wiped the corners of his mouth with his sleeve and looked at Liu Ying. Lift your head lightly.

"Get up and talk."

When the father gave the order, Liu Ying didn't dare to be negligent, she quickly got up from the ground, took advantage of the time when the old man moved his neck, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and came to the old man's side.

Seeing that the old emperor turned his neck from side to side exhaustedly, he seemed to casually point his finger in the direction of the palace door where Liu Ying knelt down just now.

"Why kneel down?"

Hearing this unexpected question, Liu Ying's forehead, which had just been wiped off, was immediately covered with another bead of sweat.

After forcing herself to gather her mind, and carefully worded her words, Liu Ying bowed slightly.

"Go back to the emperor and ask."

"My son heard: There is gold under a man's knees, don't bend it lightly; even if you bend your knees, you only kneel to the sky, the earth, the emperor, your relatives, and your teachers."

"Father, who founded Han Guozuo, became the king of the world, that is, the king of the son; and the father, who gave birth to a son through his own blood, will be the descendant, and the father will be the son's relative; moreover, the father's respect and teaching in the past will be the son's son." Also a teacher."

"I can see the king, relatives, and teachers face to face, so I have to kneel..."

Hearing Liu Ying's reply, the old emperor only turned his head thoughtfully, as if it was a novelty, "Oh? With a cry, he turned his body sideways with a half-smile.

"The crown prince, should he also kneel down to heaven, earth, monarch, relative, and teacher?"

"Hmm~"

"Since that's the case, who should I kneel to when I am as noble as the Son of Heaven?"

Seeing that the old man showed interest in the topic of 'to whom should I kneel', Liu Ying's restraint faded a little, but her words became more rigorous.

"Father asked immediately, and my son dared to speak?"

Seemingly asking a question tentatively, Liu Ying smiled gently after the old emperor nodded casually and leaned against the wooden guardrail next to the royal couch, and narrated her views.

"I am foolish to think that the five of heaven, earth, ruler, relatives, and teachers are the closest and closest to the destiny of the universe."

"Heaven and earth are called: ghosts and gods; kneeling to worship ghosts and gods is the respect of living people;"

"The king, the king of all the people in the world, is ordered by the sky, and takes the place of the sky to shepherd the people of the world; therefore kneeling to the king should be the loyalty of the living people;"

"Dear ones are brothers and sisters of the blood, and the elders of the clan; therefore kneeling relatives should be considered filial piety;"

"Teachers, preaching, accepting karma, solving doubts, and teaching others what they have learned, so as to establish themselves with them; therefore, it is a courtesy to kneel to the teacher."

As she spoke, Liu Ying's eyes did not dare to move away from Liu Bang's body for a moment. Every time she uttered a word, she never forgot to carefully observe the changes in the old emperor's expression.

Seeing that the old man did not show any displeasure, Liu Ying cleared her throat a little, and became more cautious in her words.

"As for the emperor father, he was ordered by heaven to be the king of the world, and he was rewarded by heaven to shepherd the people of the world. As far as the emperor father is concerned, the three of heaven, earth, ghosts, gods, and emperor are all superior to heaven."

"Thus among the three of heaven, earth, and king, the emperor only needs to kneel down to tell the sky, and then..."

Almost word by word, Liu Ying breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that there was no sign of unhappiness on her father's face.

In the next few words, Liu Ying became more and more relaxed after speaking.

"As for relatives, my Han family ruled the world with filial piety. When the first emperor was still alive, my father would be the emperor once every five days, with complete filial piety."

"The old son thought that, for his relatives, the emperor only needs to kneel down to his parents to show filial piety."

"Although the teacher is also a person who should be respected, the father is the king, even if he is a great sage with extraordinary talents, he is no more than the father's minister."

"Therefore, master, the emperor does not have to kneel, nor can he kneel; as long as he respects and respects him, he can complete this ceremony..."

After saying that, Liu Ying did not forget to smile and lowered her head a little more, and added: "This is all my humble opinion, my father just pretended to be a drunken gaffe..."

But when Liu Bang heard the words, there was no expression of approval on his face, nor was there any sign of displeasure, even the casualness that seemed to be chatting before quietly disappeared from Liu Bang's face.

"Oh·······"

"The people kneel to heaven, earth, king, relatives, and teachers."

"I, kneel down to the sky, worship my parents, and respect my teacher..."

"Ok?"

Emphasized like 'Huh? With a sound, Liu Ying nodded a little blankly, and saw an extremely rare seriousness suddenly appeared in the eyes of the old emperor.

"Where's the prince?"

"Prince, the prince of the country and the queen of the ancestral temple, is the king in the world, and he is a minister and a son to his parents."

"Since that's the case, why should the prince kneel down to heaven, earth, emperor, relatives, and teachers? And why shouldn't he kneel down?"

Hearing this question, Liu Ying just let go of her heart, and then suspended it again.

At this point in the topic, no matter how dull Liu Ying is, she already understood what her father meant.

——This time, Yingbu raised his troops in Huainan, and they spread all over Jing and Chu during the chaos. But just as Liu Ying quelled the rebellion, Liu Bang dragged his old body from Chang'an to Fengpei's former residence.

Although the news released by Liu Bang was "returning to the hometown to worship the ancestors", Liu Ying had always believed that the credibility of this statement was almost the same as Liu Ying's "I am returning to the hometown to worship the ancestors, there is absolutely no The meaning of sending troops to whom is exactly the same.

In Liu Ying's view, the old emperor chose to come to Fengpei at this point in time, or 'return' to Fengpei, obviously because he was worried about counter-insurgency matters.

But at this moment, when the topic of "why kneeling" finally led to the question of "who should the emperor kneel to?" The only thing is 'returning to the hometown to worship the ancestors'······

"My child..."

With complicated emotions, Liu Ying tentatively opened her mouth, but found that she, who was able to talk eloquently just now, seemed to be blocked by something in her throat.

"Tell me~"

As soon as Liu Ying finished speaking, the old emperor shook his head and smiled, and raised his eyebrows at Liu Ying as if joking.

"If I don't say more..."

"Hey······"

"Who can tell what will happen in the future..."

Liu Ying's eyes turned red when she heard her father utter the words in an incomparably carefree tone that implicitly meant that her life was not long.

Reluctantly steadying her choking tone, Liu Ying finally lowered her head and gave her own answer.

"The prince, the crown prince, is the queen of the dynasty..."

"In heaven and earth, the prince is a minister, and he should kneel..."

"Yu Jun, the prince is also a minister, and he should kneel..."

"For both parents, the prince is the son, kneel..."

"Yu, teacher Yu..."

"Master Yu..."

After just a few words, Liu Ying could no longer suppress the trembling tone, choked up and lowered her head, sobbing softly.

But in front of Liu Ying, the old emperor finally turned over and lay flat on the couch, but there was still a faint smile on his face.

"How about Master Yu~"

"Master Yu..."

"Master Yu..."

Being urged gently by her father again, Liu Ying finally sucked her snot and shook her head with sobs.

"The prince is the son of heaven, but he is also the king of the world..."

"In addition to heaven and earth ghosts and gods, parents, ancestors, princes..."

"The prince does not kneel..."

Hearing Liu Ying uttered these words with three words at a time, and five words with tears in her eyes, a reassuring smile finally appeared on Liu Bang's face.

"good······"

"good·········"

"Queen, you are teaching well..."

"Prince, you also learned well..."

Said these words as if feeling nostalgic, but also as if joking, Liu Bang, who was lying flat on the couch, finally closed his eyes slowly.

"Before I left, the imperial physician of Changle Palace ordered me to say: My lifespan is at most half a year old..."

"After half a year old, the prince will inherit the importance of the ancestral temple and the community, follow my ambition, and shepherd the world's tens of thousands of people..."

"At that time, Prince, you will not kneel to ghosts and gods..."

Hearing this, Liu Ying was already sobbing. She knelt down on the edge of the couch full of grief, shaking her head from time to time, as if she wanted to say something, but no sound came out of her throat.

And on the imperial couch, the old emperor lay flat with his eyes closed, and continued to say what he wanted to say to Liu Ying all these years, but he didn't have time to say it to Liu Ying.

"Whether the emperor or the prince, you should kneel to your parents; but apart from these two, or the parents of your ancestors, the rest are not allowed to kneel..."

"Your mother's uncle, or father's clan uncle or uncle must never kneel..."

"After waiting for me for a hundred years, you can kneel down to my mother, to my temple, to the former emperor's temple, and to the ancestral temple of Sheji..."

"Where between the heaven and the earth, you can stand on the ground, and those who have a breath, you can kneel, and the only queen is alone..."

As he said that, Liu Bang slowly opened his eyes, but he didn't get up, he only saw his head turned to Liu Ying's direction.

Seeing Liu Ying kneeling in front of her sobbing, Liu Bang said 'remember? ', but I couldn't ask any questions.

Full of sighs, he stared at Liu Ying's crying face for a long time before Liu Bang turned his head again, lay flat on the couch, and closed his eyes with a smile.

"How much can you tell about today's events?"

"What do you think about Yingbo and Luwan?"

"Fan Kui, you should have sent books and newspapers to make a living, right?"

"Tell me..."

"Talk about it..."

"I, I want to hear it..."

(End of this chapter)