My life is like walking on thin ice

Chapter 8 Life is so good
Just as Liu Prostitute expected: Liu Rong and his party were waiting at the Shili Pavilion outside the east gate of Chang'an City for Liang Wang Liu Wu, who had returned to the court for mourning.

From afar, I saw a horse wearing sackcloth and mourning, galloping in the direction of Liu Rong. When they were about fifty steps away, they dismounted hastily as if they had fallen;

Walking towards Liu Rong step by step, the figure wearing sackcloth and mourning finally fell to his knees in grief.

"Liu Wu, the younger brother of King Liang, comes to see Your Majesty!"

"I have been ordered to return to the court to attend my father's funeral. Please express my condolences to Your Majesty..."

As the last word "sorrow" was spoken, Liang Wang Liu Wu came to the position five steps in front of Liu Rong, kowtowed to Liu Rong, and immediately started to cry loudly.

Seeing Liu Wu's behavior, the Fengchang officials who were sent to greet Wang Jia also half-seriously wiped away tears.

At the front of the welcoming team, Liu Rong turned sideways to avoid the salute. He only held the knot in his hand straight and lowered his voice.

"I beg you."

"The king is exempt from the courtesy and remains in peace."

Using the Emperor's Day in his hand as his father's 'body substitute', and then personally answering the ceremony as his 'mouth substitute', Liu Rong quickly stepped forward and reached out to help Liang Wang Liu Wu from the ground.

"Uncle Wang is coming from afar, and the journey is tiring."

"My condolences..."

A slightly sad sound of comfort only made Liu Wu burst into tears, and Liu Rong persuaded him for a while before he finally allowed His Royal Highness the Prince of Liang to hold back the grief in his chest.

Taking advantage of the time when Uncle Wang calmed down, Liu Rong also looked at this King Xiao of Liang who had left countless allusions in history without leaving any trace.

I wonder if it was the time traveler's foresight that made Liu Rong worried about what was about to happen: in the past, the relationship between Liu Rong and Uncle Wang was not really close.

Of course, this was not entirely due to Liu Rong not taking the initiative to get close to him, but also because Liu Wu rarely returned to Chang'an.

——Twenty-three years ago, Empress Dowager Lu passed away, and various relatives of Lu launched a palace coup, which was eventually put down by the distinguished court officials;

Subsequently, the young emperor Liu Hong was characterized by the Chang'an court as "a descendant of the Lu family, a traitor and a pseudo-emperor", and the throne of the Han family was undecided.

After repeated discussions, the distinguished court officials, led by Chen Ping and Zhou Bo, who were able to successfully quell the Zhulu Rebellion, finally made a decision.

——Welcome the fourth son of Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang and the half-brother of Xiaohui Emperor Liu Ying: Dai Wang Liu Heng, also known as Emperor Taizong Xiaowen.

The following year, the emperor's eldest son Liu Qide, who was only nine years old, was established as the crown prince, and his mother Dou was established as the queen;

In the same year, Liu Wu, the second son of the emperor, was granted the title of king. Two years later, he moved to Huaiyang.

At that time, both the acting king Liu Wu, who was just five years old, and the Huaiyang king Liu Wu, who was less than seven years old, did not leave Beijing to join the feudal vassal according to the system because they were too young.

As the King of Huaiyang, Liu Wu stayed in Chang'an for eight more years. When he reached the age of fifteen, and was finally moved to the title of King of Liang, Liu Wu was finally able to leave the capital and join the country.

At that time, the emperor's eldest grandson Liu Rong had just turned four years old.

At the age of fifteen, he left Beijing to join the feudal clan, and according to the rules set by Emperor Taizu Gao, he went to Chang'an every three years;
Full of plans, twelve years have passed since he became a feudal lord at the age of fifteen, and this is only Liu Wu's fifth time to go to Hajj.

He comes to Chang'an every three years and only stays for a few months each time - not to mention that Liu Rong has a grudge and instinctively wants to stay away from Uncle Wang. Even if he wants to get close, there is really no chance.

Therefore, when Liu Rong looked up and down the King of Liang in his prime, Liu Wu's eyes towards Liu Rong always revealed a sense of strangeness and reminiscence.

"It's actually the emperor's eldest grandson..."

"Well, it was actually the eldest son of the emperor who welcomed him..."

"I am so virtuous and capable..."

Although he felt strange, after all, he had only met him a few years ago, so Liu Wu could not fail to recognize his eldest nephew.

After some unfamiliar greetings, Liu Wu just stopped crying, and there was an inexplicable look of displeasure on his face.

"The national mourning has just ended, and the emperor's eldest son can't wait to take off his mourning?"

Upon hearing Liu Wu's words and aggressive momentum, Liu Rong was shocked!
If the person who came was not kind, it would not be so unkind and sudden, right?

After thinking for a moment in secret, he guessed that Liu Wu might have gotten along with Liu Wu's appalling plan;
Knowing that Liu Rong was his strongest, or even his only competitor, Liu Wu made such a fuss to give Liu Rong a blow.

Realizing this, Liu Rong straightened his back quietly, with a look of alienation on his face. "Emperor Taizong Xiaowen issued an edict: In the third month of national mourning, the whole country will mourn."

"Even the emperor's grandmother and father did not dare to disobey the late emperor's last edict, and have already replaced filial piety and mourning."

"My nephew, how dare you disobey the late emperor's edict?"

After explaining what seemed like good intentions, Liu Rong lowered his head very deliberately and looked at Liu Wu from bottom to top.

"Is it possible that Uncle Liang had not received the late emperor's edict until the time of departure?"

"Why are you still wearing sackcloth and mourning?"

As he said this, a look of worry appeared on Liu Rong's face at the right time, as if he was worried that someone with ulterior motives would use this to criticize his Uncle Wang.

Originally he was just feeling unhappy about the death of his father, the late Emperor, and said what he thought of directly. However, when he heard Liu Rong's answer that was beyond his expectation, Liu Wu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Vaguely aware that something was wrong, he lowered his head with a slight guilty conscience. After looking at his body, Fang pretended to be indifferent and said: "My brother and mother will not blame me for my filial piety..."

Having said that, Liu Wu was secretly worried for no reason, and he did not consider that the 'intentional person' who was most likely to use this to criticize him was standing in front of him in a majestic manner, holding the Emperor's Festival.

Even in the future, when he learned about the thoughts of his sister Liu Prostitute and his mother Queen Mother Dou, he began to have thoughts that he shouldn't have. Liu Wu still said to others: At that time, my nephew was still worried about me, and he would be killed because of this matter. Being criticized...

"Life is so good."

"Such an innocent person can grow up in a royal family with full beard and tail. Not only can he enjoy all the glory and wealth in his life, but he has almost become addicted to the crown prince and the crown prince's younger brother."

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

Liu Rong could only say: Comparing people with others will lead to death, and comparing goods with goods will lead to throwing away.

As for making a fuss about "disobeying the late emperor's edict" to undermine Liu Wu's political prestige, Liu Rong only hesitated for a second before decisively giving up the plan.

——Liu Rong has his own considerations about the mess that is about to happen.

"I would like to go to Ba Ling first to pay homage to my late imperial father..."

"I don't know?"

Xu was not sure how much taboo he had committed this time. Looking at the Emperor Jie Yak in Liu Rong's hand, Liu Wu couldn't help but soften his tone, and there was a vague request in his tone.

Seeing this, Liu Rong smiled again in his heart, but only nodded lightly on his face.

"My father has already spoken about this matter."

"If Uncle Wang wants to go to Ba Ling, he can go alone, and my nephew will return to the palace first."

"If you don't want to go for a while, please ask Uncle Wang to follow your nephew into the city."

"——Father has been looking forward to it in the announcement room and has been waiting for Uncle Wang for a long time."

"In addition, the Imperial Grandmother has also sent several groups of people to urge my nephew to take Uncle Wang to Changle..."

Liu Rong was able to speak well, and Liu Wu gradually recovered from the worries he had just had, and simply put aside the issue of "disobedience to the imperial edict" for the time being, and resumed the airs of his clan lords.

"I have a deep sense of filial piety and my father's death. I should have gone to Ba Ling first."

"Fortunately, the eldest son of the emperor is alert, so that I can think of it: I only care about my father's filial piety, but I waste my respect on the dignity of the king and his ministers. This is really wrong..."

With his roundabout words, Quan thought he was trying to excuse his "disobedience to the imperial edict and mourning", and Liu Wu took a deep breath.

"I would like to ask the emperor to go forward and lead these people into the palace to meet the saint."

　It is in this chapter that there is some structural problem in the second half, which contradicts the outline of the entire book.

　　It took a lot of effort to repair it, but it finally fulfilled its mission.

　　Thank you for reading, Mr. Haihan.

　　This is yesterday’s second update. There will be today’s first update before 12 o’clock, and another update after 12 o’clock.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)