I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 164 This is fate...

Yuan An's persuasion caused Empress Dowager Dou, who was still angry with Emperor Qi, to fall into a long period of thought.

However, it is clear that Yuan An's persuasion to Queen Dowager Dou on the grounds that Song Xuangong and Song Mugong's "brother ends up with brother" eventually led to Song Shanggong and Song Zhuanggong's cousins ​​turning against each other, and the treacherous Huadu brought disaster to the country, did not succeed. significant effect.

——After Yuan An's persuasion, Empress Dowager Dou was obviously shaken;
But it's just shaking, not 'changing your mind'.

Because about ten days later, Liu Fei, the fifth son of the emperor who went out to fight against the rebellion, was ordered to return to the court as a teacher;
The one who returned to Chang'an with Liu Fei was the king's chariot that attracted the attention of thousands of people in the world, but the emperor Qi really didn't want to see it.

——Tianzi Qixin at the beginning of May in Yuanxia, ​​Liang Wang Liuwu, and then to Chang'an...
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In the eastern suburbs of Chang'an City, Ershili Pavilion.

The eldest son of the emperor, Liu Rong, was dressed in the prince's crown, holding the emperor's festival yak, and sat upright;

Brothers Liu Pengzu, the seventh son of the emperor, and Liu Sheng, the ninth son of the emperor, were dressed in plain clothes and sat beside Liu Rong.

More than half a month has passed since Prime Minister Shentu Jia passed away.

Within seven days after the funeral was held, brothers Liu Rong, Liu Pengzu, and Liu Sheng, as envoys of the Son of Heaven, stayed in Gu'anhou's Mansion to assist the son of the Marquis, Shen Tu Mie, in organizing Shen Tujia's funeral.

Just like what Liu Sheng said to Tian Ziqi earlier: Regarding the actions of the three brothers, no one felt that the behavior of the three brothers was "broken the rules";
What's more, Liu Rong, the eldest son of the emperor, was praised for "knowing the general situation and taking into account the overall situation", and praising the two brothers Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng for their friendship and understanding of kindness and filial piety.

Seven days later, the funeral was over, and the old Prime Minister Shen Tujia, who died, was buried in the late emperor's Baling with the coffin of the "Old Anzhen Wuhou".

At the funeral, the emperor's eldest son Liu Rong, the emperor's seventh son Liu Pengzu, and the emperor's ninth son Liu Sheng all accompanied him to see him off.

For Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng's behavior of "wearing filial piety as teachers", Chang'an people naturally praised them;
As for the "intrusion" of the emperor's eldest son Liu Rong, both inside and outside the court and the public were aware of the intentions that the emperor Qi wanted to express.

——Prince Chujun, the registration will be forthcoming;

It was also at this delicate juncture that Liu Wu, the king of Liang, who went to the shuffle several times and was repeatedly rejected by the emperor Qi, came to Chang'an under the connivance of Queen Mother Dou.

Only this time, Tianzi Qi did not go out of the city to greet him in person;

Instead, they sent the three brothers who had not yet discharged their duties as "Emissaries of the Son of Heaven" to Ershili Pavilion in the eastern suburb of Chang'an City...

"Brother, this is..."

"—worried about Uncle Liang?"

Sitting quietly in the pavilion for a long time, seeing Liu Rong's expression faintly disturbed, Liu Sheng made a slightly joking joke, which finally opened up the conversation between the three brothers.

Hearing the teasing meaning in Liu Sheng's tone, Liu Rong only shook his head and gave another wry smile.

"The current situation was originally a matter of course, and there should be no further complications."

"Just wait for the follow-up matters of the rebellion to be properly arranged by the court, and the princes should be named kings and crown princes;"

"—But Uncle Liang insisted on coming to Chang'an at this juncture, and was forcibly summoned by the emperor's grandmother..."

As he said that, Liu Rong couldn't help shaking his head with a wry smile again, lowered his head, and let out a short sigh.

"I know that with my father around, it is impossible for Liang Wangshu to become the emperor's younger brother;"

"But thinking that in the future, I will become the crown prince, but I will be hated by the imperial grandmother, and my aunt will be by the imperial grandmother's side all day long, speaking ill of me, I feel very depressed."

"—From ancient times to the present, there has never been a crown prince who has not been favored by the queen mother, and has never successfully succeeded to the throne."

"I really don't know what to do to make the imperial grandmother love me, instead of thinking about it all day, let me make room for Uncle Liang..."

Listening to the bitterness in Liu Rong's tone, the two brothers who were sitting beside Liu Rong couldn't help but sigh.

After those seven days, living together day and night in the old Marquis An's mansion, the relationship between Liu Rong and these two younger brothers is obviously a lot familiar;
Although at the beginning, Liu Rong did show some vigilance of "you two are so prominent, do you want to fight for the reserve position", but soon, Liu Rong dispelled the worries in his heart.

——Because of the Changle Palace, it has already started to spread that the Empress Dowager Dou has crowned the princes as kings.

And the two brothers Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng have basically decided to seal the country.

Now that the younger brothers have already decided to become the king, and even the land is almost settled, there will naturally be no conflict of interest between Liu Rong and the younger brothers;
Without the conflict of interest, Liu Rong naturally no longer has any guard against Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng brothers.

On the contrary, it was the recent time of getting along with each other that made Liu Rong feel more like "seeing each other late".

——How much better it would be to get to know these two younger brothers earlier and get along with each other more?

"Um······"

"Brother, still haven't made up your mind?"

After a long silence, Liu Sheng finally asked a question out of the blue, breaking the silence in the pavilion;

Seeing Liu Rong tilting his head in some doubts, Liu Sheng did not forget to add: "If elder brother can marry Gillian, then aunt will definitely become elder brother's help."

"There is an aunt beside the emperor's grandmother, who speaks well for the elder brother, and the emperor's grandmother loves Gillian;"

"——No matter how much you think about Liliang Wangshu, the emperor's grandmother will not be too strict with the elder brother?"

Hearing Liu Sheng's words, Liu Rong's face was even more bitter;
Shaking his head full of sorrow, he laughed at himself again, and there was only a hint of deep helplessness in his brows and eyes.

"How could I not know this truth?"

"—Why don't I want to marry Gillian, so as to gain the support of my aunt, and finally, the favor of the emperor's grandmother?"

"But whether or not to marry Gillian is not up to me at all..."

"As the saying goes: the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker..."

Liu Rong's sad tone made the two brothers bow their heads again;
Shaking his head and sighing bitterly, he sympathized with his elder brother Liu Rong.

"Madame Li..."

"Ugh·········"

After thinking for a long time, he hesitated to say "Ms. Li", finally, Liu Pengzu gritted his teeth, swallowed the unfinished words, and shook his head again and sighed bitterly.

Just as Liu Rong said just now: For Liu Rong today, the position of crown prince is already a certainty, and it is easy to grasp, only the last procedure is needed, and the dust will be completely settled;

Right now, what Liu Rong should really care about is the problem that Liu Rong has already realized: the relationship with the Queen Mother of the Eastern Palace.

Looking back on the life experiences of the emperors of the Han family in the past few decades, it is not difficult to find out how important the words "East Palace Empress Dowager" are to the crown prince.

Let’s talk about Xiaohui Liu Ying, relying on the support of his old mother Lu Zhi, under the malice of the founding emperor Liu Bang, he waited for the day when he succeeded to the throne safely, and from the beginning to the end, he did not suffer any threats;
Besides, the first emperor, after the Zhulu Rebellion, was welcomed into Chang'an by courtiers and officials and inherited the Datong, it was also because the acting king and empress dowager Bo, in the eyes of courtiers and officials, was "honesty and duty, and will never become another one." Queen Lu's virtuous queen.

As for Liu Qi today, let alone.

——Back then, in order to 'educate' his precious son Liu Yi, the late emperor even sent Jia Yi to the Kingdom of Liang, and became the prince of Liang Wang Liu Yi!

Although so far, there are still many people who would say that the reason why Tianzi Qi did not lose his position as the crown prince was because King Huai of Liang Liu Yi fell off his horse and died, but the actual situation is far from that simple.

Think about those years, what happened in Chang'an?
In the beginning, it was Mrs. Shen who was favored, and the late emperor loved the house and Wu, and he grew fonder of Mrs. Shen's youngest son, Liu Yi.

But at this time, Prince Liu Qi's rebellious period had come, and he began to cause trouble everywhere, venting his youthful blood that had nowhere to be released.

After a while, I went to play outside the palace, and came back late, which delayed the palace ban, causing the late emperor to take off his hat and apologize to the then Tingwei Zhang Shizhi;
After a while, he galloped his horse in the palace again, attracting courtiers and officials to jointly impeach him, asking the first emperor to "severely punish the prince".

In the end, the naughty prince Qi was even more angry, and smashed down the chessboard, killing Prince Wu Prince Liu Xian on the spot!
Although right now, the Wu-Chu rebellion that has just ended is not entirely due to the fact that Emperor Qi, who was still the prince, smashed to death Wu Wang's prince Liu Xian with a chessboard;
But this incident back then at least became the fuse for Liu Bi to be upright and not to go to Chang'an, and to be able to afford rebellion by soldiers with peace of mind.

So the situation at that time was: the first emperor looked to the left, there was his beloved Mrs. Shen, and his clever young son Liu Yi;

Looking at the right side, there is Empress Dou who has faded and even started to lose her eyesight, and Prince Qi who is extremely stubborn.

The gap is so clear at a glance that it is hard to believe that the final choice of the late emperor was actually the latter.

So, in such a bad situation, how did Liu Qi reverse the decline?
Is it true that King Huai of Liang accidentally fell off his horse, which made Tianzi Qi "lucky" to win and finally inherit the throne left by the late emperor?

In fact, in the process of the crown prince's "suspicious storage position" and the "storage position determination" of the prince's launch, a very easily overlooked event happened.

——Prince Qi took his mother Empress Dou and went to Changle Palace on his own initiative, asking the then Empress Dowager Bo to choose a concubine for him.

In the end, the concubine chosen by Empress Dowager Bo for Prince Qi was the grandson of Empress Dowager Bo herself, the queen who now lives in Jiaofang Hall: Bo's...

"Brother, let's think about it again."

"Marrying Gillian will bring great benefits to my elder brother, but no harm;"

"But if you don't marry A-Jiao, there will be endless troubles for the elder brother..."

While thinking about it, no matter how inconvenient it is to say more, Liu Sheng finally said something cryptically, reminding Liu Rong: Don't take this matter seriously.

Hearing the deep meaning in Liu Sheng's words, Liu Rong only smiled wryly and lowered his head;

Responding perfunctorily: "Let me think of a way..."

"Think about it again..."

As soon as Liu Rong said this, brothers Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng could only smile wryly in response;
Looking at Liu Rong's gaze, it was immediately full of sympathy.

——According to the practice of the past few years, whenever Liu Rong said 'think of a way', it means that Liu Rong has nothing to do about it...
"Stop talking about me;"

"Tell me about you."

"——Where are you going? The emperor's grandmother, did you let the air go?"

After a brief silence, Liu Rong said the words, which were obviously deliberate and wanted to change the subject, causing the two brothers to smile wryly and shake their heads again;
After a while, Liu Sheng took a deep breath and cooperated with Liu Rong to move the topic away from Li Ji.

"Second brother, third brother, the imperial grandmother hasn't decided on who will be King Zhao, and is still discussing with the father;"

"Except for the second brother and the third brother, basically everything has been decided."

"—Liu Wu's state of Chu, handed over to Pingluhou Liuli to be the king of Chu;"

"And cut off Xue County from Chu State, set up Lu State with Xue County as the land, and made the fourth brother King of Lu;"

"—Liu Bi's Kingdom of Wu is abolished;"

"Taking Guangling County of Wu State as the fiefdom, Jiangdu State was established, and the fifth elder brother was named Jiangdu King;"

Speaking of this, I saw Liu Sheng raised his head slightly, passed Liu Rong, and looked at Liu Pengzu, his elder brother on the other side of Liu Rong, and the two brothers looked at each other and smiled again.

"—Cut off Changshan County from Zhao State, and Seventh Brother and I will each get half a county, and we will be Changshan King and Zhongshan King respectively;"

"As for the starlings, they will be the King of Jiaoxi; the old ten will be the King of Jiaodong..."

As Liu Shengzi told the brothers in order and where they would be sealed to be kings in the future, Liu Rong listened carefully and nodded slowly;

At the end, Liu Sheng said "Old Ten Kings of Jiaodong", but Liu Rong frowned slightly.

"Ten brothers..."

"Just four years old?"

"—You want to be king too?"

Seeing Liu Sheng nod his head without thinking, Liu Rong said with some doubts: "Then the sixth..."

Before Liu Rong could ask, Liu Sheng smiled wryly and nodded.

For a moment, the three brothers sitting side by side in the gazebo shook their heads and smiled wryly at the same time.

——Compared with other elder brothers and younger brothers, Liu Fa, the sixth son of the emperor, has a bit of power in his mother clan;
As the most unfavored concubine Ji in the palace, the most unfavored prince born to Liu Fa, the sixth son of the emperor, was doomed not to be much better.

To be precise: after the Changsha kingdom of the Wu family became extinct, Liu Fa, the sixth son of the emperor, will soon become the first Changsha king of the Liu family in Liu Han Sheji...
"Ah~"

"Changsha is full of miasma, the country is small and the people are few;"

"Lao Liu, I'm afraid I'm going to suffer a lot..."

Hearing Liu Rong's sigh full of embarrassment, the two brothers only nodded with wry smiles, but did not speak again.

——Because this is fate...
"In the blink of an eye, it's time to become a king and become a vassal;"

"It won't be long before we will be separated by thousands of miles and become brothers connected by blood, but we will never see each other a few times in our life..."

"Hey······"

Seeing that Liu Rong was talking, and showing some inexplicable embarrassment, the two brothers could not help but nodded slowly.

After making an agreement with Liu Rong to 'get together more before the feudal clan', the three brothers got up in order and came outside the pavilion.

——Because the waiting figures of the three brothers had already appeared not far from the pavilion...
"Old Seven~~~"

"Xiao Jiu~~~~~~"

A long distance away, I heard the rough voice of the fifth brother Liu Fei, which provoked the two brothers Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng to smile knowingly;

When the group of galloping tall horses approached, the two brothers greeted them with even smiles.

"Old Seven!"

"Little Nine!"

Turning over and jumping off the horse, he stretched out his hands full of joy, and pulled each of the two brothers into his arms, and 'hugged' them with the force of a tank crash, and Liu Feicai raised his head again with no benefit;

Just as he was about to say hello to Liu Rong, he saw that Liu Rong was actually holding a Tianzi Yak in his hand, so Liu Fei hurriedly tidied up his appearance before trotting forward step by step.

"My son, Chen Fei, see Father!"

After solemnly saluting the festival that symbolizes the emperor's enlightenment, Liu Fei stepped forward with a smile: "Brother!"

With a hearty call, Liu Rongwen nodded with a smile, and responded with a 'old five'.

Afterwards, Liu Rong straightened his waist even more, raised his head anxiously, and looked into the distance, the royal chariot slowly approaching him.

Beside Liu Rong, Liu Fei, Liu Pengzu, and Liu Sheng were hugging each other happily.

"Fifth brother is really brave!"

"Now, the streets and alleys of Chang'an are spreading rumors: Your son Liu Fei is the most promising husband of my Liu family!"

"—Even the officials inside and outside the government and the public said that Fifth Brother's expedition this time has earned enough face for the emperor and the court!"

Hugging the two younger brothers one by one in his arms, and hearing Liu Pengzu's undisguised praise, Liu Fei stopped talking for a while, and just giggled;

But under Liu Fei's other armpit, Xiaojiu Liu Sheng, whose neck was pinched by Brother Wu, raised his head a little sadly.

"Fifth brother;"

"Why...so careless?"

The words of sadness that could not hide, also caused the smile on Liu Pengzu's face to froze;
Breaking away from Liu Fei's armpit, he took a general look at Liu Fei's body, and soon found that there was a scar that was difficult to ignore on the cheekbone under Liu Fei's right eye...
"Five Brothers..."

For a moment, Liu Pengzu, who was still beaming with joy, couldn't help showing a little sadness.

But Liu Fei waved his hand nonchalantly: "Hi~"

"nothing;"

"It was because of the wheels of the chariot that hit a stone on the face, leaving a hole."

"It's fine."

Pretending to be calm and saying something, seeing that the two brothers still looked sad, Liu Fei couldn't help but froze a little.

"Uh········"

"Very, very ugly?"

The obviously uneasy question only made the two brothers feel more unbearable.

After a long time, it was finally Liu Sheng who was the first to recover from Liu Fei's grief of "losing his appearance";
Forced a smile, stretched out his fist, and lightly hammered Liu Fei's chest.

"Not ugly."

"It's like the medal of a warrior, engraved on the face;"

"—very heroic."

The complicated words on his face finally made Liu Fei secretly heave a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Liu Sheng half-jokingly, half-sadly saying: "It's after going back..."

"—In front of Mrs. Cheng, Fifth Brother, I'm afraid it's inevitable, and I'm going to get a slap in the face?"

The soft words only caused the three brothers to laugh in tacit understanding;

At this moment, in the distance outside the pavilion, the king's chariot that was slowly approaching suddenly accelerated and flew past the brothers!

Liu Rong, the eldest son of the emperor who was waiting solemnly outside the gazebo, holding the Tianzi Festival in his hand, was tossed in the wind for a long time before he finally saw a rider in the speeding convoy.

He rode his horse unhurriedly to the outside of the gazebo, took a look at Liu Rong from a distance, and shouted loudly: "Liang Wang's horses and horses are exhausted, so he won't talk about old times with Young Master Rong;"

"Tonight, the Empress Dowager hosted a banquet in Changle Palace to clean up the dust for King Liang."

"King Liang invites the eldest son of the emperor to meet up at Changle Palace tonight."

(End of this chapter)