My life is like walking on thin ice

Chapter 87 Brothers are like siblings

Dou Ying left.

Before leaving, he received another warning from Dou Guangguo, Marquis of Zhangwu.

——It is okay to support one's own troops and coerce the emperor to appoint a crown prince, but one must not do it alone.

It's best to find someone with enough weight and a heavy weapon to do it together.

Dou Ying naturally understands the principle that even if the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them.

So Dou Ying, full of thoughts, thanked him again and again and left.

For a long period of time after that, Dou Ying stayed at his home and prepared for the title of "general".

The so-called preparation means to recruit talents and prepare to build a palace.

As for Empress Dowager Dong Gong Dou, this period of time was very troublesome.

——The word "Emperor's Taidi" was put on the stage by Liu Rong too early, and it appeared too abruptly!

There was no foreshadowing, no foreshadowing, just such a bang, which shook the Chang'an court hall three times!

This put Empress Dowager Dou in a difficult position and was in a dilemma.

deny?

If you deny it, how can you bring it up again in the future?

But if we don't deny it, the Chang'an court's vigilance against Liang Wang Liu Wu will make it impossible for Empress Dowager Dou's plan to proceed!
In desperation, Empress Dowager Dou set her sights on Emperor Qi.

If the Emperor Qi can come forward and express his support for Liang Wang Liu Wu - at least show that he has not alienated his younger brother because of the 'Emperor's Brother' incident, the room for Empress Dowager Dou to operate will be much larger.

Of course, Empress Dowager Dou did not say it directly, but vaguely reminded Emperor Qi: King Liang had been in the court for more than a month, and the emperor was busy with government affairs all day long, but he was a little neglectful of King Liang;
If people inside and outside the court were to think that the emperor was no longer of the same mind as the King of Liang, wouldn't the people in the court be distracted when Wu Chu raises his troops in the future?
Therefore, in the middle of autumn and July of the first year of Emperor Qi, Emperor Qi invited all the Liu clan relatives, including King Liu Wu of Liang, to go hunting in the autumn in Shanglin Garden.

It was not until this day that Liu Rong, the eldest son of the emperor, who had been imprisoned in the Phoenix Palace due to the Taimiao Incident, finally got a chance to step out of the palace and take a breath of fresh air...

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"Whoo~"

"carefree!"

A hundred miles west of Chang'an, there is Shanglin Garden.

Riding his horse to follow the autumn hunting team headed by Emperor Qi, Liang Wang Liu Wu, and other Liu clan relatives and princes, Liu Rong felt indescribably happy for a while.

It has been more than a month since Liang Wang Liu Wu entered the court.

In this more than a month, except for the first few days when he stayed at the Ancestral Temple, and then went to Changle Palace to attend the family banquet, Liu Rong stayed in the Phoenix Palace for the rest of the time.

I spent the whole day reading, basking in the sun, and chatting with my mother, Li Ji, and my third brother, Liu Yi, my two living treasures;
Even if this leisure time is precious, Liu Rong will inevitably feel bored.

Now that I have the opportunity to leave the palace, I come to the royal garden: Shanglin Garden.

At this moment, Liu Rong really hoped that he could stop thinking about those intrigues and enjoy himself.

It's a pity that as the eldest son of the emperor, Liu Rong cannot fulfill Liu Rong's wishes for many things.

——At least not for the time being.

"deer!"

The autumn hunting team, escorted by the soldiers of the Forbidden Army, marched into the hunting ground in a mighty manner. After only a hundred steps, the excited shouts of Liang Wang Liu Wu came from the front of the team.

Everyone looked forward according to the sound, but did not see the shadow of any living thing at all;

However, Liang Wang Liu Wu complained to the emperor Qi, and then galloped out of the team. In the blink of an eye, the hunting bow hanging on his back was in Liu Wu's hand.

Riding the horse for a hundred paces, he slowly stopped his horse, drew his bow and set an arrow, held his breath and concentrated...

"Tame deer?"

Looking at the young deer hiding in the bushes, looking directly at the Liang Wang Liu Wu who was bending his bow and setting an arrow, Liu Rong subconsciously asked, but it made the garden official on the side grin.

"Your Majesty, your majesty goes on an autumn hunt. You don't dare have wolves, tigers, leopards and other ferocious beasts in your hunting grounds."

"Even deer, pigeons and the like must be released from the animal pens, lest Your Majesty lose the fun..."

After answering Liu Rong's doubts, the court official stopped his horse for a moment and landed not far behind Liu Rong again.

In response, Liu Rong only shook his head and smiled.

——Ever since Liu Rong broke the shocking news about the 'Emperor's Crown Prince', the situation inside and outside the court has been completely muddied.

Although at the top of the pyramid, the two thousand stone-level ministers unanimously expressed their opposition, at the middle and bottom of the pyramid, there was already an undercurrent surging.

Some went to curry favor with Liang Wang Liu Wu and wanted to take the express train of "Qiandi Conglong";
Some severely criticized Liang Wang Liu Wu in order to show that they had "the overall situation in mind";

Occasionally, some people would come to Liu Rong to burn Leng Zao, the eldest son of the emperor.

Of course, more people are like this court official, who neither makes friends nor offends, and just waits for the final answer to come to light.

Regarding these cock-crowding and dog-robbery incidents, Liu Rong saw them in his eyes and remembered them in his heart, but on the surface he acted calmly, unfazed by honor or disgrace.

But Liang Wang Liu Wu became more and more intoxicated with this feeling of being in the spotlight.

So much so that when he was bending his bow and setting an arrow, Liang Wang Liu Wu didn't feel that behind him, the emperor's brother was looking at him with a malicious look...

Whoosh!
"bingo!"

The arrow flew out of the string, and the young deer fell to the ground. The crowd suddenly heard cheers and cheers.

There were even a few shameless scoundrels, such as the emperor's second son Liu De, who, regardless of the emperor's presence, rode out directly and helped Liu Wu drag the young deer back.

After hitting the target with one blow, and being praised by everyone, Liang Wang Liu Wu also turned around in high spirits, smiled and came towards the emperor, and did not forget to rub his wrists.

"Brother, I'm glad you have lived up to your destiny!"

It was quite a hit, as if he had shot a Huns, he shouted with joy, which made Emperor Qi immediately dismount with a smile, patted his brother on the shoulder, and looked up and down with satisfaction.

After a moment, he turned sideways and looked at the young deer that was shot in the neck, his eyes shining with pride.

"Hey!"

"It actually sealed the throat with one arrow?"

"My brother, King Liang, is your bravery as strong as before?"

The sincere praise, which showed no trace of hypocrisy, made Liang Wang Liu Wu feel ecstasy. His already straight waist was almost bent at an angle behind him.

Sitting at the back of the crowd, Liu Rong watched all this with cold eyes, but did not forget to put on a gloomy expression on his face.

——Liang Wang Liu Wu, who was silent in the spotlight, of course could not see Liu Rong's gloomy face.

But Emperor Qi saw it;
The bystanders who were watching all this secretly also saw it.

Therefore, those who thought they had understood the secrets of heaven moved their steps without leaving any trace, getting closer to Liang Wang Liu Wu, and further away from the eldest son of the emperor Liu Rong...

"Is it all from the bottom of your heart?"

"It's still under the instruction of my father..."

Thinking like this secretly, Liu Rong's eyes also fell on his second brother Liu De, who was beside Liu Wu and was struggling to carry the young deer on his shoulders.

"The second son's acting skills are quite worthy of those of my father, right?"

"Hey……"

Liu Rong could see clearly, but Gongziyu was so angry at his second brother's realistic acting that he puffed his beard and glared.

—if he had a beard.

"Let me tell you, the second brother is just pretending to be a real person. He is going to abandon the eldest brother!"

He suppressed his complaint, only to receive an understatement from Liu Rong, and then the young master swallowed it all down.

And in the center of the crowd, Liang Wang Liu Wu, who was surrounded by people, finally realized belatedly: He seemed to have stolen the limelight from the emperor's brother...

"Brother, I'm lucky..."

"Brother, why don't you draw your bow?"

"If the Imperial Brother takes action, not to mention a deer - even a tiger or a leopard, that's no problem!"

The younger brother finally realized something was wrong, but Emperor Qi didn't take it seriously at all.

He just waved his hand nonchalantly, covered his mouth with his empty fist and coughed twice;

Then, Fang held the horse's back with one hand, turned sideways and smiled: "I am old..."

"If it weren't for the old thief King Wu who is eyeing Guandong, I still have to hold my breath, I'm afraid I would have long ago..."

"Ah~"

His pretentious sigh made Liang Wang Liu Wu even more uneasy, and he secretly regretted his actions, as he seemed to be too complacent.

However, they saw that the emperor Qi was taking care of his horse, and soon he got on the horse again with the help of the imperial guard. Fang looked at his younger brother Liu Wu not far in front of him, who was still busy secretly "regreting".

"I'm tired."

"Awu took the boys and hunted again."

"——I, wait outside the animal enclosure."

"I have something I want to say to Awu alone..."

Seeing that the emperor's brother really didn't mind that he had taken the lead just now, Liang Wang Liu Wu only secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Hearing that the emperor's brother had something to say to him - especially if he was alone, Liang Wang Liu Wu was not interested in continuing, and followed the mighty team led by Emperor Qi towards the animal pen at the edge of the hunting ground.

After walking a hundred or so steps, he noticed a noise coming from behind, and Liu Wu turned around with some doubts.

"Emperor's eldest son, do you want to hunt again?" This was a deliberate noise. After waiting for Liang Wang Liu Wu for a while, seeing that Uncle Wang had finally been fooled, Liu Rong snorted coldly and galloped towards the depths of the hunting ground. And go.

All that was left to Liu Wu was a childish yet decisive figure and an angry sentence...

"Different road non-phase plan!"

"Uncle Wang, let's go!"

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Arriving at the center of the hunting ground, there were not many shrubs, grass or trees.

When he came to the edge of a clearing, he slowly turned over and dismounted, and casually tied the reins to the foot of a tree. Liu Rong leaned on the root of the tree and sat down on the ground.

Looking at the large open land in front of me and the white clouds and blue sky above my head, I grabbed a straw stalk from my side, hung it in my mouth, leaned my back on the tree trunk, and closed my eyes comfortably.

I don’t know how long it took before I remembered the belated and dull sound of horse hooves behind me.

He suddenly opened his eyes, but did not get up. He only waited for Young Master Yu to bring his second brother Liu De to him.

"Big brother."

After more than a month, when he heard the voice of his second brother Liu De again, the corners of Liu Rong's mouth naturally turned up, revealing a bright smile.

Turning slightly to the side, he saw the second brother Liu De with a wry smile on his face, and the third brother Liu Yu turned away angrily, as if he was very reluctant to look at Liu De.

Amused by the scene in front of him, Liu Rong shook his head and smiled. Liu Rong just patted his side naturally and asked his second brother Liu De to sit down beside him.

Before Liu Rong could ask, Liu De had just touched his butt under the root of a tree and said directly: "Brother, when I left the Ancestral Temple to think about my faults, I made the Imperial Grandmother very passive!"

"Aunt Guantao is good at dancing, the imperial grandmother plans the layout, and Uncle Liang wanders among the high gates - all with little success."

"In recent days, Uncle Liang Wang has even begun to carry boxes of boxes of Liang's 'specialties' to several Jiuqing's homes."

"But fortunately, the imperial grandmother did not hesitate because of this. Instead, she became even more angry."

"Uncle Liang Wang's desire to establish himself as the heir apparent has become increasingly intense..."

Listening patiently to his brother's report, Liu Rong always had that faint smile on his face that reached deep into his eyes without any deliberate intention.

He didn't ask or interrupt, he just looked at him with a smile.

"Brother, what are you not asking?"

Being looked at by his elder brother with such a smile made his heart tremble. Liu De finally couldn't hold back and expressed his doubts.

But Liu Rong shook his head with a gentle smile on his face: "No need."

"I can rest assured that my second brother will do the work."

"These things that the second brother said are all within my expectations."

The soft words made Liu De frown more and more, and his doubts became even more intense.

"That's it..."

"Then why does the elder brother take such a big risk and summon the younger brother for a meeting?"

"What if Uncle Wang notices..."

Hearing this, Liu Rong just smiled and shook his head, then leaned his head back again.

"will not."

"You and I, brothers, even if we are against each other, we are still the same mother."

"It would be even more weird if we didn't even meet him in person."

"Furthermore, when my two brothers met, were they scolding each other or talking about their feelings? Even if Uncle Wang sent an informant to follow him from a distance, he couldn't listen at all."

After saying that, Liu Rong just exhaled a long and comfortable breath, straightened his legs forward, and sat down completely against the roots of the tree.

After a moment, with a joking smile, he pointed sideways, still turning his back to the sulking Young Master Yu.

"It's the third child who misses his brother~"

"If we don't see each other again, I'm afraid the third son will classify the second son of the emperor as a treacherous villain..."

As soon as Liu Dexun said this, he saw his third brother Liu Yi secretly glance at him from the corner of his eyes, then turned away with an angry snort.

Looking back, I saw my eldest brother Liu Rong smiling and nodding: "I miss my second child too."

With just one word, Young Master Liu De's tightly knitted brows relaxed as if the Great Sage had breathed on him.

He looked at his eldest brother with a complicated expression, then turned back and glanced at his sulky younger brother Liu Yi. Young Master Liu De felt moved in his heart.

"Go ahead;"

"Go and coax the third child."

"Stay with Lao San for a while longer, don't rush back."

Seeing his second brother Liu De looking like he was about to burst into tears, Liu Rong smiled again and let out a long breath.

Looking towards the horizon again, the corners of his mouth were filled with a gentle smile that was inexplicably reassuring.

"Father, the emperor is also going to make an effort."

"At this moment, the two brothers must be the only ones left in the animal enclosure..."

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As expected by Liu Rong, there were indeed only two brothers, Emperor Qi and Liang Wang Liu Wu, outside the beast circle at this moment.

Not to mention the accompanying imperial guards and eunuchs and maids—even the trainers and officials in charge of the animal enclosures were blocked fifty steps away by a wall of forbidden troops.

In the animal enclosure, a fierce tiger was lying comfortably in the shade of a tree, licking its claws as big as a human face from time to time, and letting a few little golden ones play around it.

At a position three or two feet higher than the animal enclosure, Emperor Qi stood with his hands on his back outside the guardrail, side by side with Liang Wang Liu Wu, looking down at the scene in the animal enclosure, with a sigh of regret on his face.

"Tiger poison is not enough to eat its seeds~"

"Even a ferocious beast like a tiger knows that only flesh and blood relatives are the most trustworthy..."

"——Look at that one with a fierce face. Does it look like the sister who urged my two brothers to eat when they were children?"

"The smallest one looks even more like Ah Wu..."

Following Emperor Qi's moody, melancholy, and inexplicable hurried words, Liang Wang Liu Wu's eyes also fell on the tiger mother and her son, one big and three small, in the animal enclosure.

The mother tiger was lying lazily. Among the three cubs, one was obviously stronger and was chasing the two younger brothers/sisters, scratching and biting them.

Knowing that they couldn't run away, the two little ones also alternately lie on their backs on the ground, grinning, and kicking their hind legs from time to time in a final act of resistance.

Seeing this inexplicably warm scene, Liang Wang Liu Wu's mood became inexplicably complicated.

"Brother Emperor, are you really to the point where you can't even draw a hunting bow or shoot an arrow?"

“Is Shanglin’s hunting bow just a two-stone light bow?”

"Even private farmers, most of whom are over the age of thirteen or fourteen, can pull it off..."

With such a murmur on his lips, Liang Wang Liu Wu's eyes were still fixed on the animal enclosure.

But beside Liu Wu, Emperor Qi was only slightly stunned for a moment when he heard this extremely taboo question.

Then, he let out a long sigh.

"Ugh……"

"My childhood in Daiwang Palace was really hard."

"After that, I came to Chang'an and was established as the crown prince and heir apparent. Then I moved out of the palace and lived in the crown prince's palace;"

"Without the restraint of my mother, I am even more unruly..."

"——You broke your Shaoyang at a young age, and your bones were broken by your addiction to wine and sex;"

"In the years when the late emperor was seriously ill, he was the prince in charge of the country."

"Not only do you work day and night on state affairs, but you also have to worry day and night that if you do something wrong, your father will depose the prince and establish King Huai of (Liang)."

Having said this, Emperor Qi couldn't help but laugh at himself, lowered his head and took out a few pieces of silk cloth from his arms, and raised them to his younger brother Liu Wu.

"Look;"

"Look at these silk cloths, are they enough to wrap a dose of medicine?"

"——But it's just my prescription for the past three days..."

"Since my father's great success, I have to take more decoctions every day than food."

“Often when you’re full after eating the soup and medicine, you can’t eat anymore…”

The emperor's words were sarcastic, as if he were telling a joke. When the words reached the ears of Liang Wang Liu Wu, he only felt a sore nose and itchy eyes.

"Brother Emperor..."

Want to say something, but really don’t know what to say or what to say;
Thinking that his eldest brother was in such a situation while he was busy being the crown prince and younger brother, Liang Wang Liu Wu felt extremely ashamed.

But Emperor Qi did not give Liang Wang Liu Wu a chance to retreat.

He just threw the few pieces of silk cloth in his hand into the animal pen in front of him, shook his head and sighed, took Liu Wu's hand, and headed towards the palace not far away.

In the animal enclosure, the tigress lazily raised her head and saw that the two-headed and two-legged beast had disappeared, so she continued to lick the shiny fur on her body happily.

But no one noticed that there was nothing on the pieces of silk cloth thrown into the animal pen by Emperor Qi!
Before long, these pieces of silk cloth, which are as white as snow, may be bitten to pieces by the tiger cubs, or they may be buried under the soil.

Just like today, what Emperor Qi said to Liang Wang Liu Wu, and every word he is about to say...

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