Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 261 The way forward
The spring of Deren's fourth year was probably a very special spring.

Almost all of the Gao Emperor's disciples participated in a grand rebellion and were later captured.

The king of the town, Chen Ju, was seriously ill and could not even get out of bed. Chen Bi, the left minister, took leave to take care of his father.

General Han Xin succeeded in capturing the thief, but after returning to Chang'an City, he felt sad because his "teacher" was seriously ill, so he took leave at home.

Taiwei Chen De, like Zuo Xiang Chen Bi, took care of his elders in the Zhenwang Mansion.

Nuo Da is a city of Chang'an, Nuo Da is a Han Dynasty, and now there are only a few talented people left in the court to support them.

Right Prime Minister Xiao He, Chang Shi Cao Shen, Shang Qing Zhou Bo and others stood in the court hall.

The only minister left by Emperor Gao to assist the country was Xiao He. In this situation and in this powerless situation, many ministers had to make a political compromise.

They finally stopped criticizing Lu's relatives for coming forward, and they no longer had the face or ability to stop the Queen Mother from taking power.

When the Lu family swept through the court again at a speed that was almost unexpected by people, many of the officials of the Han Dynasty felt a "sudden realization" and they looked in the direction of the Zhen Wang Palace.

"When Emperor Gao was still alive, he also set rules. Even when his favorite King Zhao violated Han law, he never showed any forgiveness."

Weiyang Palace

"How to deal with the kings is not up to the Ai family, nor is it up to the emperor."

Lu Pheasant stood up slowly. She decided not to be a kind mother, and to stop being a mother who buried all her resentments in her heart.

There was a bit of sarcasm in her words: "You claim to be a person who loves Guizhou and the world, but do you know how much harm the kings' rebellion has caused to the people of the world?"

She didn't understand how such a person could be her child.

Lu Zhi held her head high. She looked at Liu Ying who took a few steps back, with a vicious smile on her cheeks that did not belong to her son.

It's not that Lu Pheasant doesn't understand this.

The emperor had a dispute with the queen mother for the first time, and it was an irreconcilable contradiction.

Even Liu Ying opposed her many times, even complained about her behind her back many times, and said something wrong about her in front of outsiders.

This son of his is really a huge white-eyed wolf.

She was really tired.

"It is a great crime for kings to conspire against you."

"Because Chen Bi saw it. He saw that on the outside he was benevolent and seemed to be a good person. Even if he could not become a good emperor, he would not become an emperor. But in fact, he was selfish on the inside and only wanted to do what he wanted to do. , regardless of the consequences of these things.”

Lu Pheasant stepped forward and looked at Liu Ying: "Emperor, if this is what you came here to do today, then there is no need to talk about it."

"Not even you can change these things."

Lu Pheasant closed his eyes.

At that time, in order to keep her and Liu Ying's positions - mainly Liu Ying's position as crown prince, Lu Fei could only be a bad person and a cruel person. Rumors about her were everywhere in the palace, saying that she was cruel and ruthless many times. Killed King Zhao and Qi Ji.

Over the years, Liu Yingrende's reputation has been largely based on her reputation.

"You, at this age, you are still a child."

She did everything possible for the two of them, Liu Ying hid behind her and enjoyed the benefits that came with it, and then pushed her out to resist the sharp arrows.

She looked at Liu Ying and asked: "Or do you mean that the people of the world and the head of Guizhou in your heart only include your brothers, and do not include the rest of them?"

"The king of Zhao can be dealt with, why can't the current kings be dealt with?"

Lu Pheasant looked at her son calmly. After experiencing all the past events, she had understood one thing.

She uncovered the truth of the matter and showed Liu Ying the vicious world bit by bit.

She goes through all the trouble and even willingly becomes a villain, but for whom is she doing it?
Lu Pheasant was completely disappointed with Liu Ying.

Lu Pheasant was completely disappointed. She looked at Liu Ying and even said bitterly: "You know why you were the crown prince and Chen Bi was the crown prince's junior master back then. But in the end, Chen Bi would rather pursue King Dai to worship him." Isn’t he willing to choose you as his teacher?”

Lu Fei sighed quietly, looked at Liu Ying and said softly: "The Emperor."

Seems to understand something.

"A naughty child who is worse than even Zhao Wang Liu Ruyi."

"Still a vicious, selfish and naughty child."

When Emperor Gao was still alive, because Qi Ji and Liu Ruyi were favored, her and Liu Ying's status was also threatened.

After finishing speaking, Lu Pheasant sat there and slowly closed his eyes.

She just still has a "loving mother" heart. If there is gratuitous and firm love in this world, it must be the love of parents for their children, even if sometimes this love is like thorns, binding the children. .

She closed her eyes: "Only Hanfa has the final say."

"Mother!"

"People in the world have their own pride!"

Liu Ying looked at her mother who was sitting in front of her with a calm look and no sign of anger or anger, with sorrow in her eyes: "Mother! They are all my father's children! They are all my brothers! Why can't you let it go? where are they?"

This sentence has been confirmed again.

Liu Ying suddenly took a few steps back. Looking at the look on Lu Zhi's face, an unspeakable feeling suddenly burst out in his heart.

Politics is the art of compromise.

Liu Ying stood there with a gloomy face. This was the first time such a look appeared on his cheeks.

He turned and left.

Since he couldn't persuade his mother, he would find someone who could persuade her!

There is Chen in the court! Chen can kill the Queen Mother!
There are also Zhou Bo and others in the court!
It’s not like there is no one standing behind him as the emperor!
Looking at Liu Ying's hurried away figure, Lu Pheasant slowly opened her eyes. She sighed silently, and then said softly: "Alas——"

"Yinger-"

She knew her son very well, and she knew very clearly what her son would do now.

in jail

Even if they are captured rebels, the environment that Liu Chang and others enjoy at this time is not something that ordinary people can enjoy.

He looked at Liu Fei, who was still eating and drinking normally, without even a trace of worry on his face, with confusion on his face: "Are you not worried at all?"

Liu Fei patted his belly with a meaningful smile on his face.

"I'm telling you, you just like to worry."

"With our Majesty here, who can kill you and me?"

"If Lu Pheasant wants to touch us, he must also consider whether he will fall out with his own son!"

The moonlight shone on Liu Fei's face, reflecting a ferocious shadow.

Zhen Wang Mansion
Chen Bi and Chen Ju were sitting together, with a somewhat melancholy look on their faces.

Chen Pi, Chen Qiu, and Chen Tuo sat obediently beside them. Chen Tuo knew what the two elders were worried about. When he thought of that person's shadow in his mind, he also trembled.

The psychological shadow that that person gave him was a bit too great.

"Cough-cough-"

Han Xin sat aside and coughed lightly. He looked at Chen Ju and asked softly: "Is there something difficult for the prince? Why don't you tell Xin that you can help the prince solve it if you don't believe me?" Chen Ju sighed again. , a person who has never been sad in so many years is now terribly sad.

He looked at Han Xin, who was unaware of the situation, and when he was about to say something, a feeling of sadness came to his heart again, and he sighed heavily again.

"Ugh--"

Han Xin was a little at a loss. What could happen that could make this person so embarrassed?

Chen Bi said in a considerate manner: "Brother Han, it's not because this matter is difficult, it's just because this matter cannot be solved."

He covered his forehead and said, "I have an uncle who is coming to Chang'an City. My father is worried about this matter."

Uncle?

Han Xin was even more puzzled: "Is it because you are afraid that your uncle will get involved in this dispute?"

"Are you still worried about the elderly person's health?"

Chen Bi shook his head: "No."

He explained for Han Xin: "Although I call him uncle, he is actually much younger than me. The age he has just been crowned is just because the fourth uncle's lineage had children later, so the seniority is there. ”

Chen Bi sighed again and said: "My uncle has never settled down, and his character is somewhat difficult to describe."

"He has a naughty personality, and most of the children in the clan are provoked by him."

"This time he sent a letter saying that he was coming to Chang'an City. My father became worried about what he would encounter on the way and what kind of disaster he would cause after arriving in Chang'an City."

When Han Xin heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. He thought it was a big problem, but it turned out to be nothing more than that.

He smiled and said, "Why should Uncle Chen and Brother Chen worry about this matter?"

"Is there anyone in Chang'an City who is so short-sighted that they dare to touch the Chen family?"

Han Xin's voice was calm: "What's more, the children of the Chen family who can walk outside will not be so bad even if they have a bit of a naughty temperament."

"On this point, I still have great confidence in Chen."

He looked at Chen Ju and Chen Bi, who were still looking sad, and said, "It really doesn't work. When this "uncle" comes, can I take him around for fun?"

Chen Bi immediately said: "Thank you so much, General."

He promised so neatly that Han Xin was stunned for a moment and then blinked.

Han Xin looked at Chen Bi's expression and suddenly realized: "Okay, okay, Brother Chen, Brother Chen, you actually set a trap for me in this place."

He laughed and scolded: "I thought uncle and you were really worried about something."

Chen Bi chuckled. Ever since Han Xin came back from capturing the rebel kings, he had been staying at the King's Mansion to avoid trouble. The relationship between them was getting better and better.

"It's true that I'm a little worried."

"After all, Chang'an City is really not peaceful at this time."

Han Xin curled his lips: "Actually, I don't quite understand what you and your uncle are worried about."

"For the Chen family, even if they force the emperor to kill the kings, they are just acting in accordance with the law, aren't they?"

"Why are your uncle and you unwilling to do this?"

Chen Bi fell into silence, and after a moment he sighed again: "Actually, when the Qin Kingdom fell, many of the Chen family's descendants quietly joined the army."

He turned his head and looked in the distance.

"That time was also a big blow to Chen."

"You ask why Chen is now unwilling to do such a thing as "forcing the emperor to kill people", this is the reason."

"The Chen family was in the Qin State as soon as they entered the world, and together with the Qin State, they destroyed the six countries and unified the world."

"For a hundred years, the Chen family has been a powerful minister in Qin for too long. This not only allowed the Chen family to gain a lot of benefits, but also made many Chen family's descendants feel that the glory of Qin is the glory of the Chen family."

Chen Bi didn't care about telling Han Xin this. He believed that Han Xin would not tell anyone. Of course, it would be okay even if he told Han Xin.

He sighed faintly: "Mr. Chen is not willing to be such a powerful minister anymore."

"Ms. Chen doesn't want to be so closely tied to Han anymore."

"Brother Han——"

"Guess how many of the 431 young men of the Chen family participated in the war to destroy the country, and how many came back?"

Han Xin took a breath and speculated: "Could there be more than a hundred people?"

Chen Bi grinned and said, "More than a hundred people?"

He closed his eyes, and the scene seemed to reappear in his mind.

In fact, how could Chen Ju and him not know that these people had gone secretly? It's just that they can't be stopped.

"A total of two hundred and forty-three people from the Chen family went there."

"No one came back."

"They all died in the battle that destroyed the country."

Chen Bi looked at Han Xin with a faint look in his eyes, like a reminder, but also like a sigh: "The Chen family suffered heavy casualties that time, and almost half of the young and middle-aged generation was lost."

"Even now I have never regained my breath."

"So Chen doesn't dare and can't be so tied to the court anymore."

"Chen will no longer be a powerful minister, but will only be a minister who protects the country."

He smiled and said: "If it is a foreign enemy, then even if Chen Shi sacrifices everything, Chen Shi will not care."

"But if there is a war within the Central Plains, Chen will no longer participate."

"Unless the civil war will affect Guizhou all over the world and even cause severe suffering."

Han Xin sighed quietly: "Brother Chen's concerns are indeed justified."

Changle Palace

Zhou Bo looked normal. He looked at the emperor in front of him and asked softly: "Your Majesty has made up his mind to interfere in the Queen Mother's political affairs?"

Liu Ying nodded melancholy: "I don't want to do this, but I have no choice."

There was pain in his eyes: "I can't watch all my brothers die in this fight."

Liu Ying looked at Zhou Bo seriously: "I hope Zhou Qing can help me!"

When Liu Ying summoned Zhou Bo, Lu Pheasant knew about this.

She didn't react, she just turned to look at the waiter beside her and whispered something.

Prime Minister's Mansion

Xiao He looked at the silk in his hand with a solemn expression.

"It seems that there is going to be chaos in the court."

(End of this chapter)