My life is like walking on thin ice

Chapter 80 Having a mother
"Son, of course I don't dare to do anything to the imperial grandmother."

"Not to mention the imperial grandmother - even Aunt Guantao, that would be overwhelming."

Weiyang Palace, Phoenix Palace.

Realizing that his handling of the palace people who had gone their separate ways because of his 'distress' seemed to make his mother tremble, Liu Rong unnaturally changed the subject.

When the mother asked, "Does my son want to be an enemy of the Queen Mother?" ', Liu Rong just said this, and then shrugged helplessly.

"Since Empress Dowager Lu, my Han family has always had two emperors."

"——One is the Emperor of Weiyang of the West Palace, and the other is the Queen Mother of Changle of the East Palace."

"Although after the Zhulu Rebellion, the Empress Dowager of the East Palace had a taboo of 'fearing becoming the Lu family again', she was still the mother of the Emperor, the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty."

"Even my father is extremely cautious with his grandmother. Although it can't be said to be trembling and walking on thin ice, it is definitely not easy."

"My father is like this - the emperor of the Han family is like this, let alone my son, the eldest son of the emperor who is not even the crown prince."

Seeing that Liu Rong was willing to tell her this, Li Ji was only instinctively happy.

Once upon a time, the relationship between mother and son Li Ji and Liu Rong was so alienated that Liu Rong was unwilling to say a word at all. Apart from daily greetings and farewells, he was even unwilling to give his mother a look.

Especially last year, after Li Ji sternly rejected the marriage proposal of Princess Liu of Guantao, the relationship between mother and son dropped to a near freezing point.

To this day, Li Ji still doesn't quite understand why her son Liu Rong was so angry when she refused Liu's prostitution.

But after experiencing the days when she was alienated and even ignored by her son, Li Ji was willing to listen to what her son was willing to say to her.

——Even if you don’t understand.

Sure enough, when Liu Rong said something, Li Ji became more and more puzzled, and her brows knitted together in response.

"If that's the case, why would my son...?"

When his mother asked, Liu Rong was at a loss for words and fell into a brief tangle.

Liu Rong knew that no matter how straightforward he said or how detailed his analysis, his mother should not understand, and she still couldn't understand.

Not only do you not understand, you may also slip up and make things worse.

He couldn't say it, but he couldn't bear not to say it at all - in the end, Liu Rong only looked up at his mother in front of him with a firm gaze.

"Mom, can you trust me?"

Hearing this, Li Ji nodded instinctively and grinned slightly: "That's what I said..."

"If I can't even trust my son, who can I trust?"

After receiving a satisfactory answer, Liu Rong's serious expression softened slightly, and he gently took his mother's hand and lowered his head with a smile.

After a long time, he said warmly: "My son, I am fighting for my mother and my second and third children, and I am also fighting for my own future."

"This matter has wide implications!"

"—The imperial grandmother, Aunt Guantao, Uncle Liang Wang, my father, Qilan Palace, Xuanming Palace, Guangming Palace, Bo and Dou's relatives are all involved in this matter."

"Even the ancestral temple and Sheji of my Han family are closely related to this matter."

"When the time comes in the future, my son will talk about it and tell his mother everything."

"At this moment, mother only needs to know: My son is doing something big, and he is on the same side as his father."

"It seems that there are many dangers, including getting beaten up and starving in the Ancestral Temple, but in fact, I have never been involved in danger at all..."

Although he said this, Liu Rong was not so relaxed in his heart.

The danger is there.

Or it should be said: every move Liu Rong makes is a dangerous move.

If you are not careful, you will lose everything, or even be doomed.

Speaking of what happened this time, the death's scythe grazed Liu Rong's scalp at least three times and swung over Liu Rong's head.

——Empress Dowager Dou did not have to pick up the Liu Rong brothers from the Ancestral Temple.

Without giving Liu Rong a chance to confront him face to face and use his clever words to sophistry, he directly said to the outside world that the eldest son of the emperor had cursed the queen mother to die early! Then, in a "furious rage", Liu Rong was ordered to think about his mistakes in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Until he starved to death in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, no one could find fault.

I didn’t want to starve the eldest son to death?
I just asked him to think about his mistakes in the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

what?
No one delivers food?

Someone come!

Kill the person responsible for delivering food! ! !
Liu Rong won the bet.

Empress Dowager Dou did not dare to let her hands be stained with the blood of the Liu family members, thereby being labeled as "possibly returning to the Lu family" - Liu Rong won the bet.

This is the first time.

The second time, it was the Empress Dowager in the deep palace.

As the grandmother of the current emperor Qi, the mother-in-law of the current empress dowager Dou - and especially as the concubine of the great ancestor Liu Bang, empress dowager Bo even if she lives in the deep palace, the power she controls and the influence she can have are all Incomparably huge!
If he had to take action regardless of his reputation before and after his death, and even though he was ruined, let alone punish Liu Rong, the eldest son of the emperor;
Even if they want to depose the emperor, or even depose the queen mother, no one can find fault with the procedure!

Liu Rong guessed correctly.

Guessing that Empress Dowager Bo would sit on the sidelines as usual and not care about the world - Liu Rong guessed correctly.

The third time is today’s palace banquet...

"If the Imperial Grandmother is so cruel as to give up on being with the Emperor's Crown Prince and fight to the death to 'prove her innocence'..."

"Whoo~"

"It's not a big deal to ruin my father, but to push my grandmother, the Queen Mother, to that point, I, an unworthy descendant, will have no choice but to commit suicide in shame..."

For a moment, Liu Rong felt chills in his heart.

Last year, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen passed away. Empress Dowager Dou wanted to summon Liang Wang Liu Wu to attend the funeral, but Emperor Qi shelved the matter because it was "not in compliance with the system."

Then Queen Mother Dou went on a hunger strike for three days.

A year has passed since this incident, and people are still taking this incident to scold Emperor Qi for not obeying filial piety!
At that time, Emperor Qi had no choice but to summon Prince Liang to the court, and then went to Changle Palace to persuade Empress Dowager Dou to eat something.

After watching his mother eat the meal with his own eyes, Emperor Qicai returned to Weiyang Palace exhausted both physically and mentally, despite the reputation of being "unfilial to the East Palace".

The emperor is still like this - in the face of filial piety, the emperor is still so helpless, let alone Liu Rong, a mere eldest son of the emperor.

But Liu Rong had no choice but to do this.

In order to successfully move into the Prince's Palace, Liu Rong must always stand on the side of Emperor Qi and use enough chips in the next few years.

——It was enough for Emperor Qi to make up his mind to stamp the imperial seal on the edict to establish the crown prince...

"Now that my son has made a plan, I won't ask any more questions."

"——My son said it, but I don't think I can understand it."

"Just next time, always tell me in advance..."

Seeing his mother's eyes turn red in the blink of an eye, Liu Rong was moved and felt a warm current quietly flowing through her heart.

After all, there is still a mother.

Liu Rong, after all, still has a mother...

"Uncle Liang Wang should be in Chang'an in the next few months."

"Phoenix Palace, it's better to keep it sealed as usual - to avoid causing unnecessary problems."

When Liu Rong said something, Li Ji just nodded with a warm smile, and exhaled a long breath as if relieved.

"Listen to my son."

"When my son has a plan, it will be decided by my son, and I am happy to be relaxed..."

　First update on March 3

　　
　
(End of this chapter)