Dahan first prince

Chapter 393 I'm not strong, but strong means change!

"West Palace Gate?"

Changle Palace, Changxin Palace.

Hearing the old eunuch's careful report, the Empress Dowager Lu Zhi couldn't help but frowned, and there was a rare hint of doubt on her face.

In the past two years, Lu Zhi would go to the high temple of her husband Liu Bang to pay homage to her during festivals, but she never stepped out of Changle Palace.

Although his son Liu Ying still insisted on his own opinion and asked people to copy all the memorials and documents by hand and send them to Changle Palace every day, Lu Zhi never checked them out;

In addition, Lu Zhi felt a little surprised: in the past two years after the order to close the five gates of Changle Palace, Lu Zhi's physical condition seems to have improved a lot!

Symptoms such as insomnia and headache that appeared from time to time have decreased in frequency from the very beginning, and now they have completely disappeared;
For the two meals in the morning and evening, as well as in the afternoon, Lu's pheasant always ate very sweet, and his mood became much more stable.

Looking back and thinking about it: in the past two years, Lu Zhi, who no longer needed to worry about the government affairs of the court and China, not only did not feel depressed because of this, but felt a lot more relaxed.

In addition, the Changle Palace is not small. Even if Lu Zhi did not self-confine in the palace, Lu Zhi would not be able to leave the palace once a year or so, but it also made it rare for Lu Zhi to have time to enjoy the leisurely life after unloading the burden. comfortable.

In such peace, if I have to say that I have any regrets, it is undoubtedly the longing for my son Liu Ying;

But at this moment, when he heard that his son Liu Ying was standing outside the gate of the West Palace in person, asking people to remove the nail boards outside the gate of the West Palace, only a layer of deep doubts appeared on Lu Zhi's face.

"Besides the emperor, who else is there?"

The question in a calm tone caused the old eunuch to bury his head even deeper, revealing only a pair of trembling shoulders.

"Your Majesty seems to have brought the eldest son of the emperor..."

As soon as this remark came out, the doubts on Lu Zhi's face became more serious;

In the past two years, although Lu's pheasant has been 'self-confined in Changle', to be honest, there is not much difference from the past;
His son Liu Ying, in addition to sending people to send memorabilia and documents to the imperial court every day, never forgot to come to Changle Palace every five days to kneel and kowtow to the closed palace gate;

As for the officials of the court, although they could not enter the palace to meet Lu Zhi in person, they also went to bow outside the palace from time to time, and if there was anything, they would ask the officials at the palace gate to forward it.

As for the princes and princesses, there is no limit to going in and out of Changle; Empress Zhang Yan even brought her adopted son Liu Gong to Changle Palace to talk and chat with Lu Zhi almost every day.

It is also in such a relaxed and comfortable life that Lu Zhi didn't feel disheartened, on the contrary, he felt a little 'reluctant to leave'.

And today, the emperor's son Liu Ying took the emperor's eldest son Liu Gong unprecedentedly on a "non-appearance day", leading someone to pry open the West Palace Gate that has been closed for more than two years at midnight... ··
Almost in the blink of an eye, Lu Zhi's complexion suddenly sank, and the "Queen Dowager Lu Zhi", who had disappeared for two years, also seemed to return to his soul at this moment!
"In Weiyang Palace, is there any rumors?"

Hearing Lu Zhi's suddenly cold tone, the old eunuch not only didn't feel flustered, but felt a little more at ease;
It seems that Lu Zhi like this is the 'Han Queen Mother' whom I am familiar with...

"To the Empress Dowager..."

"Shicai, the eunuch ordered Chungong to send a message: Weiyang Palace, it seems that many palace people fell into the well..."

"And those who fall into the well mostly come from the pepper house..."

As soon as these words came out, Lu Zhi immediately understood;

He lowered his head and thought for a while, then slowly got up from the imperial couch, and looked out of the hall with a sullen face, at the west palace gate which was already lit with a little fire.

"Change."

After saying a word indifferently, Lu Zhi finally turned sideways and walked towards the sleeping hall of Changxin Hall at the back of the hall.

"Change the temple uniform!"

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When Liu Ying led the emperor's eldest son Liu Gong into the Changxin Hall, the entire Changle Palace outside the hall was already brightly lit.

But the strange thing is: in the huge Changxin Hall, there is only the Empress Dowager Lu Zhi, dressed in temple clothes, sitting quietly on the imperial couch...
"Kneel down."

Said the words in an extremely cold tone, stared at the eldest son Liu Gong intently, knelt down in the center of the hall full of resentment, Liu Ying straightened up again, and slowly stepped forward two steps.

"Son!"

"See the queen mother!!"

Unable to hide her excitement, Liu Ying sang, and Liu Ying kowtowed heavily to her mother Lu Zhi on the imperial steps!

When Liu Ying straightened up, the mother and son, who were looking at each other across the imperial steps, couldn't hide their longing for each other.

Two years!

Two full years, and 140 seven days! ! !
Because of Liu Ying's negligence, the most honorable mother and son in the world were separated by the four walls of Changle Palace for two full years and another 140 seven days...

When they meet again, the mother and son obviously have many, many thoughts and want to tell each other.

But at this moment, it is not the right time for the mother and son to express their missing...

"This matter started because of Gong'er, so Gong'er told me personally;"

"Emperor, don't interfere..."

Forced himself to calm down, and reluctantly turned his eyes away from Liu Ying, looking at the elder grandson Liu Gong who was kneeling under the imperial steps, Lu Zhi's eyes were full of indifference and peace.

On the side, the Emperor Liu Ying, who was ordered to retreat, did not sit down at the side of the hall, or walked up the imperial steps and sat on the imperial couch beside Lu Zhi.

Under the gaze of the emperor's eldest son Liu Gong, Liu Ying only turned around, walked to the gate of the palace step by step, grabbed a thin wooden bolt used to close the gate of the palace, and stood back beside Liu Gong with a gloomy expression.

But even such a frightening move did not make Liu Gong, the eldest son of the emperor who was only six years old, feel even the slightest fear;

Seeing Liu Gong take a deep look at the thin door bolt in Liu Ying's hand, he immediately turned around angrily and was about to stand up from the ground...
"I tell you to kneel down!!!"

A sudden roar, accompanied by a dull sound, echoed in the empty Changxin Hall;

Being hit by Liu Ying on the hip and back, Liu Gong only grinned subconsciously, but immediately clenched his teeth, without making any sound.

With tears in his eyes, he turned his head sideways, looked beside him, and was furiously looking at his father Liu Ying. Liu Gong only turned his head angrily again, but did not try to stand up again.

But from Liu Gong's eyes looking at him, Lu Zhi could not see the slightest obedience and humility towards his elders...

"Tell me."

"That thief, what words did you use to confuse my grandson?"

Liu Gong couldn't help but feel refreshed by the calm tone of the lake, and even the speculation in his heart couldn't help being a little shaken.

But in the end, Liu Gong finally clenched his teeth and tried his best to keep the tears in his eyes, instead of sliding down the immature face that twitched from time to time.

"Everyone in the Jiaofang palace said that the grandson's biological mother was bestowed to death by the emperor's grandmother!"

"Whatever you want, but the queen is young and childless, kill my mother, and make the queen name me..."

boom!
There was another dull sound, and the door bolt hit Liu Gong's back again, even causing Liu Gong's upper body to lean forward involuntarily due to the powerful impact;
But this time, Liu Ying didn't yell at her again, she just held the door bolt with both hands, clenched her teeth like Liu Gong, but her face was even more angry.

After being hit on the back by another doorbolt by his father, Liu Gong was almost beaten to the ground, but Liu Gong still didn't make a sound, only clenched his teeth, and retracted the hand subconsciously held in front of him again.

But on the imperial steps, Empress Dowager Lu Zhi sighed indifferently, and immediately got up from the couch.

"Come forward."

"Emperor, Gong'er, step forward..."

boom! ! !
Another door bolt knocked Liu Gong to the ground, Liu Yingcai let out a cold snort with a sullen expression, put the door bolt in her hand to the outside of the palace gate, and walked up the imperial steps step by step.

As for Liu Gong, he tried his best to get up from the ground again, endured the dull pain coming from his back, and walked up the imperial steps extremely slowly step by step.

When Liu Gong walked to the imperial case with difficulty, Lu Zhi squatted down regardless of his image, and shaved Liu Gong's broken forehead.

He patted Liu Gong's little face affectionately, and Lu Zhi stretched out his hands and handed them to Liu Gong.

"Let's see."

"Look at the hands of the emperor's grandmother, do they seem to be able to take someone's life?"

"It's like someone who was stained with blood, killed his wife and became famous, what can he have?"

Hearing Lu Zhi's gentle and smooth tone, Liu Gong just lowered his head;

After roughly glancing at Lu Zhi's extremely delicate hands, which were already showing faint creases, Liu Gong raised his head again.

Obviously, from these hands, Liu Gong did not find any evidence that could convince himself and prove Lu Zhi's 'innocence'.

Seeing that Liu Gong still had a stubborn expression, Lu Zhi was not annoyed at all, just smiled wryly and straightened up, carefully pushed the back of Liu Gong's neck, reached the top step of the imperial steps, and sat down.

Pulling Liu Gong to sit beside him, a smile finally appeared on Lu Zhi's face.

"Gong'er think about it."

"Who is Gong'er?"

The seemingly unreasonable question made Liu Gong slightly surprised, but he answered obediently: "The grandson is the son of the emperor, and the son of the emperor..."

"—is the emperor's eldest son and the emperor's grandmother's eldest grandson!"

Before Liu Gong finished speaking, Lu Zhi forcibly corrected the mistakes in Liu Gong's words.

"Gong'er, the eldest son of the Emperor of Han!"

"Gong'er's mother is the Empress of Han!!"

"Gong'er, you are the queen of the country, the queen of the country!!!"

With a slightly harsh tone of voice, Lu Zhi suppressed the smile on his face and asked again: "Imperial Grandmother asks Gong'er;"

"If Gong'er's biological mother was indeed bestowed by the emperor's grandmother, what should Gong'er do?"

"Having resentment for Gong'er is worse than people saying 'I'm not strong, but when I grow strong, I will change', so what should I do, Grandmother?"

Before Liu Gong could answer the first question, he asked the second question. Lu Zhi looked at Liu Gong with a sense of solemnity that he would only show in front of Liu Ying.

"Gong'er is six years old now."

"On the system of Emperor Taizu Gao: the prince is crowned king at the age of six, and the heir is the heir at the age of six!"

"However, today, because of the traitor's words, Gong'er slandered the emperor's grandmother arbitrarily, and it is dangerous to hold a grudge because of this, which makes the emperor's grandmother feel sad;"

"If Gong'er is like this, it will be easy for the emperor's grandmother to harbor grievances, and even more so that Gong'er will have nothing to save..."

"Gong'er think about it: who benefits?"

"Who wants to make Gong'er useless and replace her???"

"What's more, who wants to use such a treacherous plan to separate my grandparents and grandchildren, so as to shake the foundation of the prince and the country, and damage the Han society??????"

After asking several questions in succession, Lu Zhi already had a sincere expression on his face. He asked these questions full of sorrow, and finally he did not forget to stretch out his head lovingly, and took the back of Liu Gong's robe that was stuck together with the wound. Carefully pull it apart.

"Gong'er, why don't you think about it, if the emperor's grandmother kills your mother for personal reasons, why would Gong'er's emperor's father be so angry today?"

"If today's events are known to foreign courtiers, and they say that the eldest son of the emperor is not filial to the East Palace, how will the emperor's grandmother draw up a pen and write the imperial edict of the prince in a cursive book?"

Asked two more times, Lu Zhi finally turned his head full of sorrow, and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with great grievance;
Beside Lu Zhi, Liu Gong, the eldest son of the emperor who was only six years old, fell into a long period of sluggishness.

"Damn things!"

"I'm sorry, I've been sleeping all night long, and I have high hopes. I wish I could give you all the skills of an emperor!!!"

"I don't even know about such divisive schemes, so how can I speak of a gentleman?!"

"How dare grandma be disrespectful in person?!"

Full of resentment, Liu Ying reprimanded several times, but Liu Ying became more and more angry. At the end, she got up from the couch again and looked around for the things she had to bear.

——Such a stupid son, Liu Ying no longer beats him up, it's not enough to vent his anger! ! !

And at the side of Lu Zhi, watching his grandmother look away aggrieved, and even scolded secretly, and being reminded of her "crime" repeatedly by her father Liu Ying, Liu Gongna still endured it all the time. The tears that could not stop swirling in the eyes finally burst out at this moment.

"Grandmother..."

Choking with sobs, he let out a soft cry, and lightly touched Lu Zhi's back shoulder, seeing that Lu Zhi was still weeping behind his back, Liu Gong finally wept uncontrollably.

"Grandson, I know I was wrong~"

"Grandson..."

With a cry of 'wow', little Liu Gong just lowered his head guiltily, and sat beside Lu Zhi, tears streaming down his face.

But behind the grandparent and grandson, seeing her son Liu Gong finally realized her mistake, Liu Ying also seemed to calm down, and sat back on the imperial couch again.

"roll!"

"Go back to the pepper room and think behind closed doors!!"

"Without my edict, don't take half a step out of the pepper room!!!"

A roar that did not contain his anger finally made Liu Gong get up from the imperial steps with sobs, and bowed deeply to Liu Ying;

After walking down the imperial steps, Liu Gong turned around again, and howled towards the top of the imperial steps. The grandmother Lu Zhi, who was still mourning, kowtowed heavily, then shrugged her shoulders and walked out of Changxin Hall crying.

At this moment, Liu Gongcai finally realized: the "young and mature" that he was once proud of and praised by the government and the opposition, now looks ridiculous.

But what Liu Gong didn't know was: with today's changes, Liu Gong, who was originally a certain prince, has since missed the crown prince...
(End of this chapter)