My life is like walking on thin ice

Chapter 7 This matter cannot be rushed

"Prince Liang?"

Changle Palace, Changxin Palace.

Sitting on the royal couch, Empress Dowager Dou frowned subconsciously when she heard her daughter pretending to say what she was thinking in a casual way.

"Are you willing to let Gillian marry away from home?"

Although she was asking, Empress Dowager Dou had already rejected the proposal in her heart.

——Are you kidding?
Empress Dowager Dou couldn't be full of food, so she would accompany her daughter Liu in prostitution, and she had to ask her precious granddaughter Gillian to be the crown princess?

Wasn't it because she became a crown princess that her precious granddaughter could stay in Chang'an for a long time and stay with her?
Now it would be a good idea, if Liu whoremonger talks about it, he will let his precious granddaughter marry outside the customs, to the Liang Kingdom thousands of miles away?

"Are you in such a hurry?"

"I said I would make Gillian the crown princess, and I will definitely do it!"

"Why can't I even trust my mother now?!"

As she talked, Empress Dowager Dou had a faint sign of getting angry. If this proposal had not been made by her daughter Liu Piao, Empress Dowager Dou would have inevitably scolded the person who spoke.

If anyone else had seen Empress Dowager Dou with such a sulky look on her face, they would probably have shut their mouths.
But Liu's prostitution seemed to be unheard of, and he even became inexplicably elated.

"Oh~ Queen Mother~~~"

"No matter how stupid my daughter is, she can't even think through and understand this truth?"

"Even if I am willing to let Gillian marry far away, my daughter is still reluctant to let the prince and crown prince become someone else's son-in-law..."

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Dou's face became slightly angry, but she blurted out: "That's true."

"If you don't want to show off your face, I'm afraid you yourself would want to marry some nephew so that you can become the crown prince of my Han family?"

Being teased so bluntly by his mother, Liu Piao just grinned nonchalantly;
Holding Empress Dowager Dou's forearm, she strolled toward the palace gate. As she walked, she spoke with excitement on her face.

"The Queen is thinking;"

"My three siblings, Aqishang was already too busy to take care of us when he was still the crown prince;"

"Now that I'm an emperor, I can visit my mother every now and then, but I still have to take some time off from my busy schedule."

"——Awu, on the other hand, even if he is far away from the customs, he is always thinking about his mother and wishes he could serve her day and night."

"But Emperor Taizu Gao had made a rule early on: without the emperor's summons, the princes and princes would go to Chang'an every three years, and each time they went to Chang'an, they could only stay for one month..."

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"In the past, every time Ah Wu went to Chang'an, he only stayed for more than 20 days, and everyone inside and outside the court clamored for Ah Wu to return home;"

"If things continue like this, there's no way to do it, right?"·

"——Aqi has no choice. After all, after becoming the emperor and inheriting the country, he must put the ancestral temple first."

"But Awu, you can still think of some way to stay with your mother?"

"If there is any way to make Awu stay in Chang'an with integrity..."

Perhaps he himself knew that his thoughts were too shocking, but Liu Piao still did not dare to express his thoughts frankly.

But who is Queen Mother Dou?

——As early as the time of Emperor Xiaohui, she served the Empress Dowager Lu as a maid. She was used to the storms and waves, and was eventually given as a concubine to the late emperor who was still acting king at that time. The semen of a queen who has been a queen for many years!
Can Empress Dowager Dou not understand Liu Prostitute's intentions clearly written on his face?

Don’t say that Liu Piao is his daughter and the flesh that fell off his body;
Even the words Liu Prostitute just said were written in someone else's handwriting on the paper, and Empress Dowager Dou could see through them at a glance.

"But……"

Queen Mother Dou's first reaction was hesitation.

"Not to mention the ancestral temple community - even ordinary farmers have been inherited from father to son since ancient times."

"Has there ever been a situation where the direct lineage is not extinguished, but the direct lineage is passed on to the direct lineage, and the brother is succeeded by the brother?"

But when Liu Piao heard this, his face became even more happy, and his eyes, which were already full of philistineness, were inexplicably filled with a touch of cunning.

"Mother, you might as well think about the late emperor..."

"Isn't the late emperor also a descendant of Emperor Taizu Gao?" "Isn't it also the case that after his elder brother, Emperor Xiaohui, he came to rule the Han family?"

"The late emperor can sit on the throne left by Emperor Xiaohui, so why can't Ah Wu sit on the throne left by A Qi..."

At this time, Queen Mother Dou frowned completely and fell into long thoughts.

The late Emperor Liu Heng was indeed the fourth son of Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang;
After the Zhulu Rebellion that year, the young emperor's brothers, Liu Gong and Liu Hong, had already been classified by the court as "false emperors" who were "produced from Lu's promiscuous harem", and their imperial lineage and even bloodline were not recognized. .

In this way, the late emperor really inherited the throne from his eldest brother: Emperor Xiaohui Liu Ying.

But as a personal experiencer of that incident, Empress Dowager Dou knew very well: The late emperor's ability to "take over" the throne from his brother Liu Ying was based on the prerequisite that Emperor Xiaohui had "no heirs" and "the direct lineage was cut off."

And today, Emperor Qi, from the emperor's eldest son Liu Rong down, including Liu She who was just born, there are ten sons...

"The emperor has not exterminated his heirs, and it is inappropriate for Awu to be the direct descendant."

"Even if Awu is really made the crown prince and takes over the world after the emperor, after a hundred years of Awu's reign, the country will have to be returned to the emperor's heirs."

"If not, our Han family will be stained with blood in Chang'an every time the emperor dies and a new king succeeds in the future..."

"If this is true, I will be too embarrassed to see Emperor Taizong Xiaowen when I get under Jiuquan..."

After hearing the meaning of Empress Dowager Dou's words, Liu Xuan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

——Even if Liang Wang Liu Wu really takes the throne after Emperor Qi, he will have to return the throne to Emperor Qi’s descendants in the future;
In this way, Prince Liang will never be able to become the crown prince, and Liu's idea of ​​saving the country through prostitution has no chance of success.

But compared to being disappointed, Liu Piao was more excited by the tendencies shown by Queen Mother Dou!
"So, mother is really willing to let Awu become Aqi's younger brother?!"

Hearing this, Queen Mother Dou did not reply, but quietly grimaced;

After thinking for a long time, he shook his head slightly.

"It's difficult..."

"Even if I have this intention, the emperor will never nod easily."

"What's more, this Changle is not all decided by me;"

"In the deep palace, there is still an empress dowager, pressing on my head..."

Having said that, Queen Mother Dou did not clearly say that "this can't happen", she only showed an expression of thinking hard.

Seeing this, Liu Piaozi immediately understood: he had done what he could do, and the rest was up to his mother to figure out.

"When Ah Wu arrives, I have to have a good talk with Ah Wu..."

"Well, let's just say that this is what the mother means, and the emperor also has this intention..."

"——Where is Awu?"

Liu Piao was slapping Xiao Jiujiu in his heart when Empress Dowager Dou said something in a deep voice, which frightened Liu Piao into hurriedly forcing out a smile.

"We arrived in Yueyang last night. Early this morning, the eldest son of the emperor came out of the city to greet him."

"I think at this moment, the eldest son of the emperor has also received someone?"

Upon hearing the news that her youngest son had probably arrived in Chang'an, Empress Dowager Dou rarely showed no joy.

Still frowning, he sat on the couch and thought hard for a long time. Then he took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

"If you want to come to Awu, you will go to Baling first."

"Then, it's time to go see the emperor."

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"You should go back first."

"When Awu meets the emperor and comes to Changle..."

"Um……"

"This matter cannot be rushed..."

"There's no rush..."

(End of this chapter)