I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 245 Liu Sheng: Long Time No See~
Weiyang Palace, Xuanshi Palace, Tianzi Qi said lightly to Lang Zhongling Zhou Ren, and announced Li Ji's death sentence.

It's just that it is different from later generations and the "death penalty" in the conventional sense of the Han Dynasty, Li Ji's death method will undoubtedly be much more dignified.

If there is no accident, in the last few days, there will be rumors about 'Li Ji is seriously ill and lying on the bed'.

In at most three to five days, there will be another news from Changle Palace: Li Ji died of a serious illness and died suddenly.

Afterwards, it was Liu De and Liu Yu brothers who received the news and rushed from Fengguo day and night to their mother's funeral.

Of all this, Liu Sheng naturally knew nothing about it.

To be precise: Liu Sheng was mentally prepared for Li Ji's ending.

But it is obvious: for Li Ji, Liu Sheng has neither the will nor the ability to save Li Ji.

More importantly: at this moment, Liu Sheng also has other things to be busy...

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"Your Highness;"

"It's all ready."

"It's just that Wei Qihou, Zhong Dafu, didn't hand in the greeting card before..."

"This······?"

Tai womb, side hall.

Looking at the well-prepared welcome banquet in front of him, and hearing Xia Que's slightly hesitant inquiry, Liu Sheng just shook his head and smiled.

"It's okay."

"Just be ready."

"Cousin and Doctor Yuan will definitely come..."

If he left a word, Liu Sheng walked forward on his own, took a seat at the head of the table, and quietly waited for his guests.

——Today, Liu Sheng will meet his cousin Dou Ying and Chinese doctor Yuan An who came to confess his crimes in the side hall of the Taiwomen, which is also the 'Bing Hall'.

It's not because Dou Ying and Yuan An are not worthy of being invited into the main hall by Liu Sheng;
It's because the distribution and pattern of this palace is quite different from the palaces in Weiyang and Changle.

Today, the palace where Liu Sheng is living is actually the first and only palace built by the Han family in the past 50 years since Emperor Gaozu Liu Bangli Han Guozuo.

However, the construction time of this uterus was only about 20 years ago, that is, the seventh year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen. At that time, the crown prince Qi was fifteen years old, and when he reached the age of "opening the mansion", the first emperor ordered the construction.

Prior to this, the emperors of the Han family had never built a palace for their offspring.

——When Emperor Taizu Gao died, Liu Ying, the crown prince, was only 15 years old, and had just reached the age of founding the mansion;

But before the official opening of the mansion, Liu Bang passed away, and Liu Ying also directly lived in Weiyang Palace.

After that, Xiaohui Liu Ying died young at the age of 22 after only seven years in office;

When Liu Ying died, Liu Gong, the eldest son of the emperor's concubine, was only four years old, and he had not been registered as the crown prince.

Not to mention opening a mansion, in this era when medicine and witchcraft have not yet separated, whether a four-year-old child can grow up alive is a question.

So like his father Liu Ying: Liu Gong, the third emperor of the Han family, also directly lived in Weiyang Palace.

After Liu Gong, there is no need to say more.

——In just four years of reign, Liu Han's first son emperor, also known as the "former young emperor" Liu Gong, was brutally killed by his grandmother Lu Zhi because of a sentence: I am not strong, but when I am strong, there will be changes .

After Liu Gong, the younger emperor Liu Hong, who was helped by Lu Zhi to the throne, only reigned for four years, and he might not even be ten years old, so he waited for the day when the Empress Dowager Lu passed away;

After that, the princes and ministers punished all Lu, and the young emperor was abolished first and then killed, and the acting king Liu Heng entered the Datong as: Emperor Taizong Xiaowen of the Han Dynasty...
Knowing these past events, and looking at this palace, everything makes sense.

——Emperor Taizong Xiaowen was indeed the fifth emperor of the Han family;

But the crown prince registered by the first emperor, who is now Tianzi Qi, is only the second crown prince of the Han family, and the first crown prince with a crown prince.

In other words, Liu Sheng's uterus has only been built for 20 years;
Liu Sheng is only the second master of this palace.

"A Temple, Painting Hall, B Hall, Back Hall..."

"If you don't invite me into Hall B, where else can you go?"

Self-care let out a soft murmur, and he was free to do nothing, Liu Sheng raised his head slightly, and slowly looked around.

As the palace built by the former Taizong Xiaowen Emperor Liu Heng for the then Crown Prince Qi and today's Emperor Qi, this palace of the Taizong exudes a very distinct "Taizong Legacy" throughout.

——The entire palace of the Tai Tai occupies an area of ​​only thirty feet in length and width.

Not to mention comparing it with Weiyang and Changle palaces, even compared to the Xuanshi Palace where Tian Ziqi lives, or the Changxin Palace where Empress Dowager Dou lives, the area occupied by this palace is only eighth of the Xuanshi Palace. One-third, one-sixth of Changxin Hall.

It occupies a small area, so there are not many buildings in the palace;

Excluding the four main buildings of Jiaguan, Painting Hall, Bing Hall and Back Hall, there is only the East Kitchen in the southeast corner and the latrine on the west side of the Crown Prince's Palace.

The four main buildings are not too big.

Jiaguan is actually a study in the popular sense, filled with various books and bamboo slips, it is basically Liu Sheng's private office.

Liu Sheng can read a book, write a letter, or want to think quietly, or discuss some matters with his eldest brother Liu Pengzu and future officials and ministers, all of which can be done in Jiaguan.

As for the back hall, as the name suggests, it is Liu Sheng's residence, which is a low-profile version of the sleeping hall—a sleeping hall that is so small that it can only be called a "dwelling hall" and not a "dwelling hall".

And Bingdian, that is, Liu Sheng set up the "grain selling place" before, and the side hall where Dou Ying and Yuan An are ready to welcome today, are the reception rooms for Liu Sheng to meet visitors.

The last painting hall, which is the main hall of the Taigong Palace in the true sense, is not available all the time.

Unless it was a very formal banquet, such as when Liu Sheng hosted officials and ministers, or when the elder brothers came to Chang'an, they were invited by Liu Sheng, otherwise, the painting hall could not be used.

At the same time, even for formal banquets, the frequency of opening the painting hall should not be too high.

After all, the main hall means the face of a palace complex.

Liu Sheng held banquets and had fun in his own womb and in his main hall - the painting hall, and it was somewhat inappropriate to spread the word.

Just like today, only Dou Ying and Yuan An came to the door, and it was not such a formal banquet. It was just that these two people paid a private visit to Liu Sheng, so naturally there was no need to invite them, in the 'Main Palace of the Taigong Palace'—— Painting hall met.

"Um······"

"Speaking of subordinates~"

"Why did the Shaofu delay for so long?"

Frowning slightly, and secretly remembering this matter in his heart, Liu Sheng quickly changed into a spring-like smile, and stood up from his seat.

—Guest, here we come.

"Cousin;"

"Doctor Yuan."

Wen stood up with a smile, and waited for the two of them to bow to him first, Liu Sheng returned the salute, and then waved to Xia Que beside him.

When the two walked forward with shame on their faces and sat down under Xia Que's guidance, before they could speak, Liu Sheng's voice, which had gradually changed and was unique to teenagers, rang out easily.

"The two came just in time."

"Just now, I went to the Xuanshi Hall to meet Emperor Father, and I received another errand."

"—Last time, it was to stabilize the grain price in Guanzhong;"

"This time, it is to unify the currency system of the world..."

Said the words in a peaceful manner, although Liu Sheng still had a smile on his face, there was a little sadness in his eyes when he looked at the two of them at the banquet.

"Stable food prices are difficult to say, but simple, it is just the word 'sell food';"

"As for the coins, I'm afraid it will be much more complicated."

"—To tell you the truth, as early as the beginning of this year, when I was selling cheap grain to princes, I discovered that the coins were out of order."

"But when I found my father and asked about this matter, my father told me: Regarding the matter of money, I have to wait for me to live in the uterus before I can handle it."

"Thinking about the two of you, you should be able to understand how much my Han family has been dragged down by all kinds of miscellaneous money now;"

"But if you want to unify the currency system, it will definitely not be done in a year or a half, or even in three or two years..."

After making a simple opening statement, indicating that he was about to promote the unification of coins, Liu Sheng looked at Dou Ying and Yuan An, and couldn't help but become a little serious.

"Cousin, he is a hero of my Han family, and even my teacher;"

"As for Dr. Yuan, he became an official in the early years of the late emperor and was a pillar minister who has experienced the ups and downs of the officialdom."

"Today, the two of you happened to come to the door again."

"——If there are no other important matters, I hope you two can stay in the womb for a while longer;"

"It's good for me to ask for more advice: Where should I start with this money matter, and what should I do for it?"

Saying this last sentence with a serious expression, Liu Sheng even stood up a little bit, and bowed to Dou Ying and Yuan An respectively;
An attitude of 'please save me, stay a little longer', but Dou Ying and Yuan An, who were seated in the banquet, were stunned in place in astonishment.

ha?
This, what's the situation?
Didn't we come to plead guilty? ? ?

Recalling the purpose when they recalled, the two only looked at each other and turned their heads to the side, looking at each other for a while;

After a while, they shook their heads slightly at each other, and the two looked up suspiciously again.

"Your Highness..."

"Uh, actually, the two of us are here this time..."

It was Yuan An who stood up.

But without waiting for Yuan An to say the second half of the sentence, Liu Sheng, who was seated at the top, raised his hand inexplicably, interrupting Yuan An's words forcibly.

Such a weird behavior naturally made Dou Ying and Yuan An even more puzzled;

However, Liu Sheng turned sideways with his usual face, looked at Xia Que at the gate of the palace, and cleared his throat quite deliberately...
"Cough, cough, cough..."

"Ah!"

"—— Xia Que~"

"Did eunuch Ling come here just now?"

"It was the emperor who ordered the eunuch, what did you say?"

The inexplicable words only made Dou Ying, Yuan An, and even Xia Que himself startled for a moment!
After a while, the three of them felt sorry for each other almost simultaneously, and Dou Ying and Yuan An turned their heads with a 'swish', and their eyes were locked on Xia Que.

Probably understood Liu Sheng's intention, but Xia Que couldn't help stuttering under the eyes of Dou Ying and Yuan An;

It was this stumbling tone that made Xia Que's next words more believable.

"Yes, I have been here."

"Your Majesty, I did ask eunuch Ling to bring a message."

"only······"

"only·········"

Hesitant to say "just", Xia Que couldn't help but wink at Liu Sheng, and at the same time cast a glance at Dou Ying and Yuan An at the side of the hall from time to time.

Being teased by Xia Que, Dou Ying and Yuan An also became a little embarrassed, they turned away stiffly, and put on a posture of 'I have avoided suspicion';

Only then did Liu Sheng nod his head thoughtfully, and looked at Dou Ying and Yuan An in embarrassment;
After looking at it for a while, he waved to Xia Que with a 'stiff' expression.

"Here..."

Seeing Liu Sheng waving to her, Xia Que trotted forward as if she had received an amnesty, and whispered in Liu Sheng's ear.

Only a moment later, Liu Shengfang sank quickly with a faint smile on his face...

"What Beiying?"

"When have I been to Beiying?"

"—Go, let the eunuch Ling check it out again!"

"Look up who used these outrageous words to slander me!"

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"Humph!"

"I've only been the prince for a few days?"

"—Even the subordinate officials of the Crown Prince's uterus, the Shaofu hasn't even given me a full set!"

"I haven't even seen the shadows of the traveling chariots, washing horses, and escorting warriors!"

"You actually said I was going to Beiying?"

"It's really heart-wrenching!!!"

With a few roars of 'unstoppable anger', Liu Sheng's face turned red, and his chest heaved violently with his heavy snorting.

Seeing Liu Sheng's reaction like this, he recalled Liu Sheng's words just now, Dou Ying and Yuan An, you look at me, I look at you;

"Your Highness, this is..."

Dou Ying murmured subconsciously, causing Yuan An to nod slightly, and at the same time signaled Dou Ying to stop talking.

However, in the first position, Liu Sheng still did not give up;

With a sullen face and clenched fists, he panted for a while with an angry face, and then got up from the couch angrily!
"It must be Zhou Yafu!"

"—I don't want my father to make me the crown prince, and I can't stop my grandmother from issuing an imperial edict, so I came up with such a way to slander me!"

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"Go, tell the porter!"

"From now on, we will not accept anything from the Prime Minister's Mansion, no matter if it is a letter, invitation or gift!"

"Anyone who comes to the prime minister's mansion, no matter whether it's official or private, will never be seen!"

"—If you have anything to say, let Zhou Yafu talk to his father and grandmother!"

"If anyone's hands and feet are not clean, and they take things from the Xiangfu..."

"Humph!"

A few roars of extreme 'angry' naturally made Xia Que bow down in fear and trepidation, saying 'dare not';
After being 'angry' for quite a while, Liu Shengcai finally sat down again, but turned his head with his face still unable to hide his anger, and looked at Dou Ying and Yuan An, who were not far away, whose faces were constantly changing.

"Ugh!"

"Cousin, Doctor Yuan, I really don't know something~"

"—In the past period of time, Zhou Yafu has become more and more arrogant and domineering!"

"Relying on my meritorious service to the community, and now I am an official worshiping the prime minister, I don't take me seriously at all!"

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"I wanted to tell the two of you about these things for a long time, but I really couldn't find the time."

"Well···"

"—After all, it's been more than a month, and I haven't seen my cousin and Yuan An, right?"

"I forgot to ask;"

"During this time, Uncle and Doctor Yuan, are they all okay?"

　Still uncomfortable...
　　It's still an update today, let's see the situation tomorrow.

　　Fathers please understand
　　
　
(End of this chapter)