Dahan first prince

Chapter 394 Change your size!

When Liu Gong left Changxin Hall crying, there were only Lu Zhi, Liu Ying, mother and son left in the hall.

The emperor Liu Ying was still sitting on the couch with a face full of resentment, her hands clenched into fists on her lap, and her brows were still full of hatred;

Lu Zhi sat on the imperial steps and wiped away the tears for a long time, finally heaved a sigh of relief and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Almost at the same time as Lu Zhi got up, Liu Ying also hurriedly got up from the couch, stepped forward to help her mother's arm, and respectfully helped Lu Zhi to sit on the imperial couch.

The mother and son hadn't seen each other for two years, so it was supposed to be a long talk, expressing their longing;

But what happened to the emperor's eldest son, Liu Gong, undoubtedly caused some doubts in the hearts of both mother and son...
"What does the emperor think about Gong'er?"

A little probing and vaguely unfamiliar questions made Liu Ying's complexion sink again.

How did Liu Gong's biological mother die?

Most of the veterans in the court knew it, Liu Ying knew it very well, even Lu Zhi knew it too.

——The biological mother of the eldest son Liu Gong was killed by Lu Zhi himself!
It's just that Liu Gong's statement of 'grandmother killed my mother and made me the queen's son' is not very accurate.

What is the truth, Liu Ying is not very sure;
Around that time, Lu Zhi was still in an extremely sensitive period because of Mrs. Qi's affairs, and coincided with Liu Gong's birth, so Lu Zhi decided to "kill the mother and save the son".

But people change.

After so many years, Lu Pheasant is no longer the Lu Pheasant who urged his son Liu Ying all day long to give birth to the eldest son with Queen Zhang Yan who was less than ten years old.

Even Mrs. Qi, who was kept by Lu Zhiqiang's side before and "taught her how to be a mother", was released back to the Huainan Kingdom two years ago when the gates of Changle Palace were closed, and became the King of Huainan as she wished. Liu Ruyi's Queen Mother.

As for Liu Gong, he has always been raised under the knee of Queen Zhang Yan;

Although not formally adopted, Zhang Yan undoubtedly has the kindness of "nurtured before birth" to Liu Gong.

Liu Ying heard such a sentence:

——Born without raising, you can return a severed finger;

——Born and nourished, decapitated can be returned;

——If you raise them before you are born, you will never return them in a lifetime.

Zhang Yan's kindness of "raised before birth" was something that the eldest son of the emperor, Liu Gong, could hardly repay in his whole life.

As for today, Liu Gong, just like in the original history, approached Lu Zhi aggressively after learning the cause of his mother's death, and said the phrase "I am not strong, but I am strong." Both mother and son felt extremely disappointed towards Liu Gong.

As a son, a son who lost his biological mother just after he was born, there is nothing wrong with Liu Gong's reaction today because of the cause of his biological mother's death.

Regardless of whether it is based on the current national policy of "ruling the country with filial piety" in the Han Dynasty, or the universal value that will always be practiced in China for thousands of years, Liu Gong's actions definitely fall within the category of "filial son".

But the crux of the problem is not here.

Who is Liu Gong?

He is the son of that unknown court lady, the adopted son of the current empress Zhang Yan, the blood of the current emperor Liu Ying, and the grandson of the Empress Dowager Lu Zhi;
But the most important thing is this series of identity labels, endowing Liu Gong with political labels

——From the moment he came into the world and became the first son of the emperor Liu Ying, Liu Gong was a natural political figure.

For a politician, the key to the problem is never the truth, but the result.

This is a very simple truth:

Because of the death of his biological mother, he held grudges against Lu Zhi and Zhang Yan, what could Liu Gong gain?
——Not only will you get nothing, but you will also reveal your poor political vision and extremely unstable political position!

For Liu Gong, how the biological mother who had never met died was of no importance at all.

Liu Gong only needs to know: he is now the adopted son of the empress, he was raised by the emperor Liu Ying according to the standard of heir since he was a child, and he has a good chance to become the crown prince!

The Empress Dowager Lu Pheasant and Empress Zhang Yan are the important guarantees, even the only guarantees for Liu Gong to sit on the throne!

When hearing the gossip that 'your mother was killed by the empress dowager', Liu Gong's first reaction should not be to guess the authenticity of the news;
Instead, just like the question raised by Lu Zhi just now, one should think about what the person who said this sentence wanted to achieve.

But Liu Gong's choice is like an ordinary angry youth, who directly said the phrase 'I am not strong, but to be strong is to change'...

brother~
Do you understand what it means for a villain to die from talking too much?

Do you understand what it means to enter the village quietly, but not to shoot?
Even if you want to take revenge, shouldn't you lie dormant for a while, so that your six-year-old body can grow up a little bit?
If Liu Gong really put on a posture of "this is definitely fake news" today, and waited decades to rehabilitate his biological mother, then Liu Ying might look up to Liu Gong.

But when Liu Gongru, like every ordinary person, unscrupulously expressed dissatisfaction with the Queen Mother and Empress because of a rumor without evidence (the handwriting of Empress Lu, there is no evidence), Liu Ying completely gave up using the eldest son Liu Gong. , intended as an heir.

——An ordinary person cannot be an emperor~
Not only can't be the emperor, he can't even mix in the officialdom, and he can't be a decent political figure!

Just like just now, Liu Ying reprimanded Liu Gong for hating iron and steel: You can't even see this conspiracy, how can you look like a gentleman?

The same thing, if it were changed to Liu Ying, it would definitely not develop into the situation it is today.

——The moment someone said 'your mother was killed by the Queen Mother', Liu Ying would immediately make people stop the originator of this rumor!
At the same time, Liu Ying will quickly lock the man behind the scenes as a competitor for the reserve position!
After that, Liu Ying will deliberate in order to drag as many competitors and political enemies as possible into the water;

In the end, Liu Ying would find the Queen Mother Lu Zhi in person, hand over the person who started the rumor, and said without hesitation: "My grandson thinks that this should be a traitor who wants to alienate the Tian family, overthrow my Han family, and my few friends." Brothers must have nothing to do!

In this way, Liu Ying can firstly show her political vision of "taking care of the overall situation", secondly, create a positive image of "fraternal brothers", and thirdly, kick out several brothers by the way, and completely secure the position of crown prince.

After that, Liu Ying would go to find her adoptive mother, Zhang Yan, and cry a few words, "Mother is so wronged" and "My son must be filial to his mother."······

Expense!

Perfect! ! !

Even taking a step back, even if Liu Ying believed the rumors to be true, like Liu Gong today, she still had a different way of dealing with them.

First of all, Liu Ying will make people strangle the source of the rumors immediately, pretending that nothing happened;

Then he went to look for Lu Zhi in private, seemingly deliberately, but also unintentionally said: My brothers seem to want me to hate you.

After that, everything will be as usual, and the Queen Mother Lu Zhi's attention will be attracted by Liu Ying's "seems to want to frame her brother", and between "Liu Ying wants to frame her brother" and "someone really revealed what happened back then" He hesitated.

Afterwards, Liu Ying will implement a "gou" tactic, behave in a low-key manner, do things in a high-key manner, and wait honestly until Lu Zhi and the emperor's father die;

If the two old ones were killed, Liu Ying would not complain to her biological mother with great fanfare, but would sing praises to Lu Zhi and use Lu Zhi's power to stabilize her legal system;

On the other side, he secretly vented all the anger of "losing his mother" on Lu's pheasant's children and grandchildren.

For example, kill the old Lu family and cut off their children and grandchildren~
Let Zhang Yan live alone in the deep palace~
If it really doesn't work, then punish the ten clans of Xuan Ping Hou's lineage.

——This is the correct way for a mature political figure to adopt!
But today, Liu Gong neither chose the best strategy of 'using this event to express himself' nor the middle strategy of 'Gou Zi Jue', but chose the lower strategy: I am not strong, and the state will change... ··

Change?
A mere eldest son of the emperor, not even the crown prince, and no reliable mother clan power!

To offend the Queen Mother and Empress completely, not to mention losing the support of a large relative of the Lu family and the Xuanpinghou family, but also to be topped with two fatal stains of "unfilial piety in the east palace" and "disfilial piety in the middle palace"?
You change your size, change! ! !
The more she thought about it, the more angry Liu Ying felt!
No matter what Liu Ying said, the blood of Liu Bang, the great ancestor Gao, flowed in her body, and after several generations of polishing, she can be regarded as a reliable emperor;
Why did such a mindless thing come into being? ? ?

Seemingly seeing the psychological changes on Liu Ying's face, and roughly guessing what Liu Ying was thinking, the probing intention on Lu Zhi's face could not help but recede a little.

"It's no wonder Gong'er..."

"After all, I'm only six years old..."

With a soft smile, he comforted Liu Yingfei, bringing back Liu Yingfei's distracted thoughts, but did not make Liu Ying nod her head to express her approval.

What happened to six years old?
——Liu Che, the Emperor Wu in history, was able to hide his beauty in a golden house at the age of six!
A prince, especially the eldest prince, who is six years old, can't even learn the word 'forbearance'?
just forget it!
Liu Ying doesn't want to work hard all her life. When she gets old, she can only scold her stupid son: Anyone who messes with my family must be the prince...
"The sons and ministers think that the son of a concubine will eventually lack sex because of his mother's birth;"

"So the position of the crown prince, I still hope that the mother will not be in a hurry for a while, and I will think about it when I am three or two years old, and the queen is a little older, and I have to give birth to a eldest son..."

Said with a solemn face, Liu Ying lowered her head and thought for a while, and did not forget to add: "Ji Gong, at the age of six years old, the system has already become a king and a vassal;"

"Maybe the queen mother should spend a few days thinking about the matter of the emperor's eldest son becoming king."

"My son thinks that south of Anton, there is still a shortage of relative princes..."

Announcing the end of the political life of the eldest son of the emperor, Liu Gong, without hesitation, Liu Ying looked at Lu Zhi, but it was as peaceful as a pool of water.

The experience of the past two years has taught Liu Ying a lot.

Especially under the high pressure of Lu Zhi letting go and Liu Ying's decision on everything, Liu Ying's political skills have become more and more mature.

Regarding Liu Gong, since Liu Ying has made up her mind to give up, she will not waver again.

And to use this matter to rule out the possibility of "the eldest son of the concubine being able to be the heir because of no heirs", after Emperor Taizu Gao, it became Liu Ying's choice to implement the eldest son inheritance system for the second consecutive generation.

More than two years ago, because Liu Ying ignored the "precedent" and did not touch the foundation of the mausoleum system, the Empress Dowager Lu Zhi had to restrain herself from Changle;

But today, two years later, Liu Ying has changed her appearance and learned to use precedents to set a good example for future generations.

Seeing Liu Ying's changes and progress visible to the naked eye, Lu Zhi's gaze at Liu Ying became softer.

It's just that Lu Zhi still has a different view on the matter of conferring Liu Gong, the eldest son of the emperor, in North Korea.

"Andong's new service place, and south of Andong, there are three Han, Ma, Bian, and Chen, and there are many tribes facing the south;"

"Suddenly entrusting the clan to go there may cause doubts in the hearts of the southern tribes, so it is too early."

"And no matter how unbearable Gong'er is, she is still the eldest son of the emperor, raised in the pepper room for the queen;"

"Even if it's a concubine, it shouldn't be so thin..."

Hearing Lu Zhi's words, Liu Ying frowned subconsciously, and her face immediately became habitually strong!
But after realizing the change in her face, Liu Ying adjusted her face very quickly, and stared deeply into the depths of Lu Zhi's eyes with a warm smile.

"The matter of becoming a king is decided by the Queen Mother..."

Seeing that Liu Ying was as respectful to him as ever, Lu Zhi nodded naturally.

"When you leave the palace, don't forget to keep your mouth shut."

"—Gong'er can't bear the stigma of being unfilial to the Eastern and Central Palaces..."

"only·········"

In a few words, the mother and son, who hadn't seen each other for more than two years, seemed to have returned to the past;

Feeling this extremely relaxing atmosphere, Liu Ying simply stopped holding it, and slid off the couch to kneel on the ground, gently resting her head on Lu Zhi's knee.

Seeing Liu Ying's appearance like this, Lu Zhi was taken aback for a moment, and then stretched out his hand with a warm smile, and gently caressed Liu Ying's head.

Once upon a time, mother and son were the same as they are today, kneeling together and talking privately to each other;
Up to now, I can still see my son Liu Ying, kneeling down like a child, and resting her head on her knee. Lu Zhi feels as if he has passed away, or the past few years, like a dream... ··

"All the gates of Changle Palace have been lifted by the sons and ministers;"

"Ah."

"From now on, the queen mother will never talk about that incident..."

"Um······"

"And Yan'er, Yujiaofang seems to be a little unwell, and needs to be taught by the stepmother about the affairs of the palace..."

"Um···············"

The mother and son just talked to each other like you and I, which seemed to be somewhat inconsistent, but it made people feel an inexplicable warmth;

After a long time, Liu Ying finally raised her head reluctantly, stood up and bowed to Lu Zhi.

"It's getting late, my son backs down here."

"Tomorrow evening, Erchen will bring Yan'er into the palace again, and have dinner with the queen..."

Hearing the plea in Liu Ying's tone, Lu Zhi didn't think too much, just nodded slowly.

"it is good;"

"Very good·······"

(End of this chapter)