My life is like walking on thin ice

Chapter 79 The first call of the young phoenix
Changle Palace, the rear hall of Changxin Palace.

A scene similar to the deep love between mother and son in the Phoenix Palace was also played out here by the Empress Dowager Dou and the mother and daughter of the pottery master Liu Prostitute.

"Mom, slow down, it's hot."

Carefully feeding his mother meat soup, Liu Piao also did not forget to wipe his mother's mouth from time to time.

——Compared to Li Ji, Queen Mother Dou obviously needs such service more.

Since the late emperor suffered from eye disease in his early years, Queen Mother Dou's eyes can no longer see faces clearly.

It's better when the light is sufficient, at least you can see the general outlines of people and objects clearly;
But in dim light, you can almost only see blurry patches of color, which means you can't take care of yourself.

Perhaps it was the eye disease that made the Queen Mother more sensitive and eager for the family happiness of her children.

Queen Mother Dou was very happy that her daughter Liu Piao could stay with her.

Therefore, Empress Dowager Dou would just turn a blind eye to Liu's daily prostitutes' petty fights or cheating.

As for the eldest son, he has been a busy man since he became the prince, and he has already developed the ability to go to the Three Treasures Palace for anything.

Now that he has ascended the throne as emperor, he will not come to Changle unless necessary.

This made the matter of the emperor's younger brother become more and more worried about Empress Dowager Dou.

"If Ah Wu becomes emperor, will he be more filial and run more diligently to Changle?"

Although she had such thoughts, Queen Mother Dou would never say it out loud.

Even in front of my daughter Liu whoring, the same is true...

"Tell me, what is the emperor's eldest son's plan this time?"

After eating less than half of the bowl of meat soup, Queen Mother Dou pushed the bowl of soup away from her mouth in time.

After her daughter wiped her mouth, knelt down in front of the couch, and gently beat her legs and feet, Queen Mother Dou finally said this.

Hearing this, Liu Piao was slightly startled, and first carefully looked at the expression on his mother, Queen Dou.

Finding that his mother still seemed to be a little troubled and worried, Liu Piao smiled and said, "My daughter is not a tapeworm in the belly of the eldest son of the emperor. How could she know this?"

"However, what the eldest son of the emperor did did really mess up his mother's plan."

"Looking at this wrist alone, can it be considered that A Qi is half as handsome?"

Then Queen Mother Dou slowly nodded her head and exhaled gently, obviously not completely relieved yet.

Even though he was still angry, there was some inexplicable appreciation in his tone.

"If it were another time, or another matter, if the eldest son of the emperor could show such skill, I would definitely be happy."

"The prince is wise early, and the clan has a descendant. When he goes underground in the future, I can still give the late emperor an explanation."

"But I never thought that the eldest son of the emperor, the young phoenix, would actually sing above my head for the first time..."

As she said this, Queen Mother Dou couldn't help but sigh again, and her face became ugly again.

"I wanted to plan and build momentum for Awu step by step."

"This time, the eldest son of the emperor put the word 'the emperor's younger brother' on the table early, which completely disrupted my plan."

"At this moment, Awu has no righteousness and no general trend to rely on - both inside and outside the court, but he has been frightened by the word 'Emperor's Brother' for a long time."

"The matter has come to this, if I think about slowing things down again, I'm afraid..."

After saying this, there was another sigh, which made Liu Piao frown and think for a while.

I don’t know how much time passed, but Empress Dowager Dou seemed to have remembered something again, and said again: "I heard that the man from Qilan Palace seems to be interested in getting married to your Tangyi Marquis Mansion?"

When his mother mentioned this, Liu Piao waved his hand nonchalantly: "Hi~"

"Isn't it that Changlingtian family who wants to find a marriage for the infant Xiao Shi?"

"——It's easy to pay tribute to a daughter, even if she sees her, it doesn't matter if she doesn't see her;"

"Today, I am still at the age of breastfeeding, and I still don't know if I can grow up..."

Empress Dowager Dou turned a deaf ear to the disdain and entanglement in Liu Prostitute's tone.

After pondering for a moment, he tentatively said, "If you agree to the marriage first..."

"Let the one from Qilan Palace go to the Phoenix Palace to show off her skills?" "——That Mrs. Wang from Qilan Palace has some scheming intentions."

"There is someone here who is stumbling upon that foolish woman Li Ji in the Phoenix Palace. The eldest son of the emperor has too much time to take care of himself. How can he calm down?"

Hearing this, Liu Piao only thought about it for a moment, then shook his head a little depressed.

"Mother, did you forget?"

"Last time, Qilan Palace went to Phoenix Palace and sent a female official to lobby..."

This time, Queen Mother Dou was completely silent.

To both the court and the public, the eldest son of the emperor went into a rage in the palace and beat to death the female official in charge of Qilan Palace - this matter was not as important as what to eat for lunch and what to drink after the meal.

Even if there is some value, it is mostly in the person of Liu Rong, the eldest son of the emperor: through this incident, people inside and outside the court can "see the whole leopard at a glance", and get a sideways understanding of the emperor's eldest son's temperament, personality, and behavior.

As for the female officer?
They are said to be 'officials', but in fact they are just domestic slaves, no different from eunuchs and eunuchs. They will die when they die.

Even among the people, when wealthy households beat their servants to death, they would bury them in any place they found, or even throw them directly into mass graves.

As for 'killing for life'?
Sorry, in this day and age, slaves are not considered 'people'.

Signing the deed of sale means that this slave has been included in the category of 'property' from the category of 'person'.

Since it is property, others have no control over whether it is used, how it is used, whether it is given away, bought or sold, or even deliberately smashed.

Even the government has laws and regulations that specifically address similar incidents as a criterion for judgment: non-official announcements.

The so-called official announcements and non-official announcements are what the "Han Code" unified into local counties and counties, and drew a standard line for judging the acceptance of cases.

Official notices can be roughly understood as: cases that the government can accept, such as common murders and arson, crowd fighting, theft and robbery.

Non-office accusations are those that the government cannot and will never accept, including: sons suing their fathers, concubines suing their husbands, slaves suing their masters, etc.

To put it simply: as a slave, if you are beaten to death by your master, whether you deserve it or die unjustly, the government will not care at all.

The only thing that may allow the government to intervene in this matter is whether the body has been properly disposed of, whether it will pollute water sources, cause infectious diseases, etc...

"Yes."

"The emperor's eldest son's brother is like his father. A mere Qilan Palace is not enough to make the emperor's eldest son confused."

"No matter how much she, Mrs. Wang, conceals her tactics, she is still unable to defeat the emperor's eldest son."

Another whisper made Queen Dou's face look even more sad, as if she felt very troubled by Liu Rong, her eldest grandson.

But seeing Liu Piao thinking for a moment secretly, he pretended to be relaxed and said: "If you ask me, my mother is blind."

"——What the eldest son of the emperor is afraid of is that he and his younger brothers will follow in the footsteps of Xiaohui and his disciples?"

"As long as the mother reassures the eldest son of the emperor - even if she doesn't promise that 'Prince Liang will return his throne', she can at least promise that the eldest son of the emperor can be crowned king and become a vassal, isn't this matter settled?"

Hearing this, Queen Mother Dou frowned a little irritably: "What he wants is a reserve~!"

"If I can become a king and a vassal, that kid can calm down. Why should I have such a headache?"

But Liu Piao shook his head again, covered his mouth and sneered for a while.

This made Empress Dowager Dou a little unhappy, so Liu Prostitute smiled and shook his head again, with a hint of joking on his face.

"Whether the eldest son of the emperor is named the prince or the king, isn't it the mother who has the final say?"

"——If you are not allowed to be granted the title of king or vassal, not to mention the eldest son of the emperor, I am afraid that even A Qi, the father, will inevitably have a drum in his heart."

"But if the emperor's eldest son is crowned king, Aqi will feel at ease..."

"Even if the eldest son of the emperor has three heads and six arms, what can he do?"

"Even if he says it out loud, the eldest son of the emperor will swallow it whole because of fear of being accused of being 'unfilial to the East Palace';"

"What can the eldest son of the emperor do to his mother???"

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