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

Chapter 298 The Emperor’s Mind

Each of the three has its own advantages.

The most powerful among them was King Liang, followed by Liu Rong, the eldest son of the emperor who had just regained the favor of the emperor, and finally the young Liu Che.

In the past two years, Li Ji seemed to have suddenly had an enlightenment. She was no longer so helpless and savage, but had moved on to another path - reasonable and measured saucy.

And this kind of coquettishness is very popular with the emperor.

The emperor's love for Li Ji seemed to be back again, and at the same time, Wang Mie's favor from the emperor began to decrease.

The emperor's favor is like a "fixed threshold" thing. When one person gets more, the other person will naturally get less.

There is no way around it.

Li Ji palace
Liu Rong's expression remained unchanged, but more than two years of hard work had made him more mature.

He raised his head, looked at Liushenwuzhu's mother, and sighed: "Mother, you don't have to worry, father will not think of this."

Liu Rong squinted his eyes and said, "Look, in less than two months, my father will definitely establish himself as the crown prince!"

He raised his head and said, "Besides me, no one can take the position of Crown Prince!"

Although Li Ji didn't know why her son was so confident, she knew that she had hindered her son enough two years ago. This time, she could just do whatever her son said.

So, he responded: "Okay, okay, mother listens to you."

Prince Liang's Mansion

At this time, King Liang was so anxious that he almost lost his head. He finally began to seriously think about a question. Did the emperor really want to make him the crown prince?

If he really wanted to, then after the Nine Kings Rebellion ended, he should have been rewarded based on his merits.
Why has it been delayed until now and it hasn't been decided yet?

King Liang's mind, which had not turned around for many years, finally turned around. He became anxious and started looking for someone to negotiate - but who could he turn to?
At this time, Jia Yi, the Taifu of the Liang Kingdom, had been dead for two years and could no longer teach him patiently in his ears as usual. At this time, he had been trapped in Chang'an City for many days, handing over everything about the Liang Kingdom. It was left to the Prime Minister to handle.
Who is the Prime Minister?

At this time, the Prime Minister of Liang State was no longer from the Chen family, but a man named "Jiang Ze" sent by the emperor.

Half a year ago, he no longer received documents about Liang Guo's real government affairs.

The letter only contained some information about the current situation of the Liang Kingdom, and even the King of Liang could see the perfunctoriness in it.

It's just that at that time, he was immersed in the idea that the emperor would hand over the throne to him, and Liang Guo would be useless, so he automatically ignored this point.

Now it seems
King Liang lamented again.

He looked at the attendant beside him and said, "Arrange a carriage and horses for me. I want to enter the palace to pay homage to my mother!"

King Liang felt that there was only one person who could save him at this time, and that was Queen Mother Dou!
Can Queen Mother Dou really watch him die in Chang'an City?
King Liang felt that it would not happen.

Queen Mother Dou will definitely save him!

With anxiety in mind, he sat on the chariot and horse, the wheels rolling, and then headed towards the palace in the distance.

I just don’t know if I can come back again.

At this time, many ministers in the court were surging, trying to find someone who could take refuge.

The emperor's health is getting worse and worse. If they don't find someone to "depend on" in advance, won't they be waiting to be liquidated when the next generation of emperors comes to the throne?
Nowadays, apart from Chen Qiu, Chen Tuo, and Zhou Yafu, the only person in the court who can be trusted by everyone is "Yuan An".

Therefore, the current forces in the DPRK are almost divided into three parts.

Zhou Yafu, Chen Shi, and Yuan An.

Of course, there is another person that everyone has ignored. This person's strength is more obscure. Although he is not as powerful as the previous ones, he is not small.

She is—Princess Guantao, Liu Bi!

Liu Bi has not forgotten that she wants to find a perfect husband for her daughter Chen Ajiao, so that she can continue to be rampant in the future as her daughter and son-in-law!

Her first choice is of course the person who can sit on the throne of emperor in the future.

Among them, Liu Bi had already excluded King Liang.

Because Prince Liang and her are of the same generation, even siblings. Chen Ajiao is Prince Liang’s niece!

How is this possible?

If it's a cousin or something, that's fine.

Therefore, Liu Bi once again set her sights between "Liu Che" and "Liu Rong". She began to hesitate, trying to make the most perfect choice.

In the Queen Mother's Palace
Prince Liang looked anxious. He knelt on the ground and looked at the old lady with a somewhat unwell look: "Mother! Mother!"

He knelt down and faced forward: "Please mother, please save me!"

At this time, King Liang no longer called Empress Dowager Dou "Queen Mother", but the most common "mother". He wanted to use such a close title to arouse Empress Dowager Dou's mother-child affection for him.

And Queen Mother Dou was indeed as soft-hearted as King Liang expected.

In fact, Queen Mother Dou loved her child the most, so she really wanted Prince Liang to ascend to this position, but part of it was because she wanted to compete with the emperor for power.

Only by oppressing the emperor in the name of filial piety and forcing the emperor to find ways to deal with her as the "emperor's younger brother" could she hold on to the power in her hands.

In fact, how much did Empress Dowager Dou want Prince Liang to become the "Crown Prince"?
Less than one point, half a point is probably a bit much.

It may only be a little bit the size of a grain of rice, but such a thought does exist, although it is still for her own rights.
"Get up, how can you behave like a crying person?"

Empress Dowager Dou's voice was majestic and slightly soft. She asked the attendants beside her to help Prince Liang up, and then asked: "You are living well in Chang'an City, why did you suddenly come to me to call for help?"

"Who in Chang'an City dares to kill you?"

"Aren't you afraid that I, an old woman, will be angry? Aren't you afraid that the emperor will be angry?"

King Liang told all his guesses, with tears in his brows: "In the past, my son helped his elder brother resist the Nine Kings Rebellion. Although he did not have too much credit, he must have worked hard. Right?"

"That battle almost shattered the Liang Kingdom!"

"Does my son have any complaints?"

King Liang raised his head. When he said this, he was indeed a little sad.

Real sadness is not about making a fuss! The real sadness is so heartbreaking that I can't even express it in a single word. He admitted that he had other thoughts and wanted to become the emperor's younger brother, but this wouldn't make his brother have murderous intentions towards him, right? Isn't it okay if he doesn't want the position of the emperor's younger brother?

Listening to Prince Liang's cry, Queen Mother Dou's expression became even more complicated.

This is indeed a confusing account, involving not only the current emperor, but also her, the queen mother, and the late emperor.
She could only try her best to comfort Prince Liang, and then looked at the maid beside her: "Call the emperor."

After the maid left, Empress Dowager Dou looked at Prince Liang: "If you really have no intention of becoming the emperor's younger brother, I will ask the emperor for you when he will let you go!"

"How can I, the emperor of Han Dynasty, be able to fight against each other in the same room?"

Only then did King Liang feel at ease. He was thinking about the letter that the Confucian man had sent him before. Without any hesitation, he said directly: "My son really has no thoughts about the emperor's brother."

He lowered his head and said humbly: "My son knows that he is incompetent. If the big man teaches me, I am afraid that my father's years of hard work and the hard work of Emperor Gao will be ruined by me."

"Now, my son just wants to return to the feudal country."

These words were said with a touch of blood and tears, and only King Liang himself knew clearly.

The war that almost shattered the Liang Kingdom has passed, and no one among the princes in the world can resist his brother. At this time, Liu Qi detained him in Chang'an City, and anyone could see that something was wrong.

He's just stupid, not really brainless.

After a moment, hurried footsteps sounded, and then the emperor appeared in the hall.

Before the Queen Mother could speak to King Liang, he said hurriedly and angrily: "Brother Wu! Who is talking nonsense in front of you? I will kill him right now!"

Liu Qi's eyes were filled with anger, and he roared in an almost hoarse voice: "Since I promised my brother Wu that I would make him the crown prince, I will definitely do this. !”

"The emperor's word is like a nine-cauldron! How can it be easily withdrawn?"

"If the whole world knew about it, wouldn't it mean that they would laugh at me for thousands of years?"

He hurriedly walked to Liu Wu's side, took Liu Wu's hands directly, and said with sincerity: "Brother Wu, you must believe me! How could I do something treacherous?"

"Are you going to live in Chang'an City with peace of mind? I'm trying to convince those two stubborn donkeys of the Chen family."

Liu Qi also had a look of helplessness in his eyes, and he spoke out the "resistance" he encountered one by one: "Although King An agreed with my proposal to establish the crown prince, Prime Minister Chen did not agree."

He shook his head helplessly: "He even took out the "Emperor's Taidi" edict that Emperor Gao and his father had established when they came to the throne, and compared them one by one, to tell me that Emperor Wu cannot For the reason of the emperor’s brother.”

Speaking of this, Liu Qi's eyes were filled with dissatisfaction.

"This is the Liu family's world! Not the Chen family's world! Who among us, the Liu family, will be the emperor? How can it be Chen's turn to have the final say?"

Liu Qi turned his head again, looked into Liu Wu's eyes and said, "Don't worry!"

"What I say will definitely be accomplished!"

Prince Liang had a look of being moved on his face, but in fact he sighed again in his heart. If he felt that the emperor had no intention of killing him before, then Liu Qi's performance today confirmed that man's letter Everything said in!
The emperor just wanted to keep him in Chang'an City and then kill him!

He endured the anger in his heart and said with a sad look on his face: "Your Majesty is willing to fulfill his promise. This is your Majesty's promise, but I really don't have this ability."

"My father said at the beginning that my wisdom can only govern a feudal country, and I have to work with the minister and others. Now that the emperor wants me to govern the entire Han Dynasty, wouldn't this mean that the hard work of Emperor Gao and my father has been wasted? "

"If you do this, how can Liu Wu go underground and meet my great Han Emperor Gao and my father?"

Liu Wu knelt down in front of Liu Qi: "Your Majesty, please take back your previous promise and let me return to the feudal country!"

Liu Wu's voice was so sad that the listeners shed tears. Queen Mother Dou looked at the silent Liu Qi and finally couldn't hold it back. She said: "Your brother is right. Your father also saw that he was not a ruler. The material of the Han Dynasty was the reason why he was crowned king."

"Now that he has backed down again and again, you should just agree to it."

At this point, Queen Mother Dou paused for a moment, and then said in a sad tone: "For the sake of him using the entire Liang Kingdom to resist the Nine Kingdoms Rebellion for you, and for the sake of the fact that you two have a common mother, my On face.”

Queen Mother Dou closed her eyes and whispered: "Let him live."

Liu Qi stood in the center of the hall, his expression changing. After a moment, he finally sighed helplessly: "I originally wanted to make Wu brother the emperor's younger brother, but when my mother and Wu brother said so, it seemed that I was in trouble. Same as Wu Di."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."

"Since Brother Wu has no intention of doing so, let's forget about it."

"only."

When he heard the previous words, Liu Wu's mood suddenly relaxed, but when he heard the previous words, his heart rose again, and he looked at the person in front of him with a nervous look on his face.

Liu Qize said: "It's just that the country of Liang is already empty at this time. How can we let Brother Wu go?"

He said in a consultative tone: "How about I change the title for my younger brother Wu? How about changing it to my father's fiefdom, Daiguo, and becoming Daiwang?"

Liang Wangdun was there, and Liu Qi was not in a hurry. He just stood there quietly waiting for Liu Wu to think about the result.

After a while, Liu Wu's voice sounded.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. My brother is willing."

King Liang closed his eyes again, his lowered eyes filled with relaxation.

Kong Ling guessed this correctly again!

Yes.

There was an exchange of letters with the King of Liang, and he persuaded Liu Wu to come to the Queen Mother Dou. After that, he always judged correctly that it was the eldest son of the Kong family, Kong Ling!

Kong Ling told Liu Wu in his letter that if the emperor finally changed his title to "Acting King", then the emperor would really let him go. If the emperor did not change his title, then he would continue to plead with Empress Dowager Dou, and she would definitely ask for the emperor. Change seal.

why?
Kong Ling told Liu Wu that the emperor actually still hated and disliked him in his heart, because the late emperor had repeatedly said that the king of Liang was like himself!

Even if the late emperor changed his mind later, it would be of no use. The emperor of this generation is very narrow-minded and will definitely remember these things!

Changing the title of acting king was the emperor's revenge, but it also meant that it was just that.

The emperor will let Liu Wu go.

Chen's Mansion
Chen Qiu looked at the child sitting in front of him, with a hint of curiosity on his face: "Your Highness, why are you coming to me for something important?"

(End of this chapter)