My life is like walking on thin ice

Chapter 9 The chess player

"What do you think, Qing?"

Weiyang Palace, Xuanshi Palace.

He held the tea soup in his hand and sipped it in small sips. It was clear that there was no second figure in the palace, so Emperor Qiye still asked as if talking to himself.

After a while, he asked again: "What do I think~"

"This kid Rong, seems to have grown a little bit?"

After hearing this question, the dark figure hiding behind the curtain on the side of the hall understood what Emperor Qi meant. After thinking for a moment, he gave his own opinion.

"I remember that when the emperor's eldest son was young, a fortune teller once made a prediction for him and said: His life is not long, so don't die well."

"On weekdays, the emperor's eldest son also shows a gentle and kind face to others. He never quarrels with others or makes bad remarks to others."

"now……"

"Uh, does it seem to have some blood?"

Then I saw Emperor Qi smiling and shaking his head, as if joking, but also vaguely proud and said: "The clay figurine still has a certain amount of anger~"

"What's more, my Tian family bloodline?"

"——A sister bullies a child like this, and when A Wu meets her, she is choked. She is almost labeled as 'unfilial'."

"It's come to this point. If that kid doesn't even have this temper, then I should check carefully: Which commoner's bloodline was mistakenly brought into my Weiyang Palace, and I mistakenly identified him as the eldest son of the emperor? "

Hearing this, the dark figure thought for a moment and then nodded.

What happened outside the city could not escape the eyes of Emperor Qi, which officials called "eyes as bright as torches".

No, before anyone entered the palace, the news had already been sent to Emperor Qi.

Emperor Qi was actually a little proud when he learned that when Liu Rong was accused by Liu Wu of "taking off his filial piety too early", instead of just admitting his mistake, he made Liang Wang Liu Wu feel at a loss and in chaos.

After all, he is his own bloodline, especially his eldest son who has a special meaning;
When he heard that others were planning to bully his son, his son not only did not suffer any loss, but actually bullied him back!
Don't worry about it or not, as long as you are a father, you will feel happy.

Just like those fathers in later generations who would rather happily pay people's medical expenses than give their sons medicine with a sad face: Emperor Qi also hopes that his bloodline can have such a slightly barbaric strength.

Just thinking of Liu Rong's mother Li Ji, Emperor Qi secretly sighed again and immediately changed the topic away from Liu Rong.

"Is there anything wrong with Prince Liang?"

Regarding Liu Rong, the eldest son of the emperor, the dark figure behind the curtain obviously did not dare to say much - after all, it was related to the reserve position. If you were not careful, you might have violated a taboo, which could range from your head falling to the ground, to the family being wiped out. ;
But when Emperor Qi asked Liang Wang Liu Wu, there was no respect for the clan princes, the Queen Mother's youngest son, and the emperor's siblings in the words of the dark shadow.

"The King of Liang did not know the plans of the master of the pottery."

"This time when he entered the court, King Liang was indeed in unbearable grief, so he decided to go to the court to mourn."

"On weekdays, the literati around King Liang often criticize taboo matters."

"——The king of Liang heard it and was ambiguous..."

Hearing this, Emperor Qi slightly narrowed his eyes and fell into a brief moment of thought.

Emperor Qi was not worried about his younger brother Liu Wu.

——Long before the late emperor was not the emperor of Han Dynasty, but the acting king living in Hengyang Palace, the two brothers of the same mother had already been in love with each other for a long time.

At that time, Empress Dowager Lu came to the court to take control of the country, and all affairs in the world were decided by the Lu family.

The country of Dai is located in a bitter cold land in the north, and faces the barbarians on the grassland: the Huns.

For the border guard king who was at the border, Lu, who was in charge of the court at that time, basically only followed one rule: if you want money or people, you are arrogant; if the border wall changes, your life or death is unpredictable.

To put it bluntly, the Chang'an court will never provide even the slightest support to the border princes guarding the border wall. The food, ordnance, and soldiers needed to guard the border against the enemy are completely handled by the border guard king himself.

While not providing any support, they also asked the border guard king to ensure that the border wall was stable and that large groups of barbarians would not appear south of the Great Wall.

If you want the horses to run away but don't give them grass, Yan, Dai and other border guarding kings will have a hard time. But at that time, Empress Dowager Lu had already begun to make clever excuses to kill the descendants of Taizu Emperor Gao one by one, plotting to make a fortune. Several vassal states came out, and all the nephews of Lu Zi were made princes.

Therefore, in order to avoid confirming the facts of the population, and at the same time to save his family and life, Dai Wang Liu Heng issued the only royal order in his life: In Dai Kingdom, all taxes collected by the government will be sent directly to the North Wall for military expenses. Not a single copper coin or a grain of corn is allowed to be intercepted.

So, here comes the question: all the taxes and taxes are used to defend the border, what will happen to the large family in the palace?
The answer is: The dignified acting king Liu Heng personally went to work in the fields in the palace to fill the bellies of his wife, children and children;
The concubine Dou Yifang raised silkworms, weaved cloth, and sewed clothes in the palace to provide clothing for the family.

——How did Queen Mother Dou’s eye disease come about?

Or just playing with needlework in the early years and being reluctant to light a lamp...

Even if he was established as a crown prince at a young age and is now the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Qi will never forget the difficult years when he and his younger brother Liu Wu were short of food and clothing, eating a bowl of millet porridge and wearing the same clothes.

Emperor Qi knew very well: his younger brother was a 'kind man' who was raised with support.

If you want something, you won't think about tactics or strategies at all, but will directly reach out your hand without any scruples: Brother Emperor/Mother Queen Mother, brother/son wants this thing, you can get it for me!

As for the throne?

If Emperor Qi Dang is really willing to establish the throne as the emperor's younger brother, Liu Wu might actually have the guts to accept it;

But it is absolutely impossible to raise troops to rebel, or even to support the bandits to respect themselves.

"Since I haven't mentioned this matter to Prince Liang yet, let's wait and see."

"Let's see how King Liang will react when he learns about this."

"——You just say no, you don't dare, but you are secretly happy, and you still want to wait for me to persuade you again and again?"

"Ah……"

Obviously, Emperor Qi also has a clear enough understanding of his younger brother's innocence.

But Emperor Qi also understood: How could his brother be so upright and still survive in the royal family, and even now, sit on thousands of miles of land in the Liang Kingdom?

——In the past, it was the emperor’s father, the queen’s mother, and the prince’s brother;

Now, he has become the emperor's brother and the queen mother's mother...

"On the mother's side, or...?"

The meaningful words only made the shadow shake his head repeatedly, and even let out a sigh that was very inconsistent with his own image.

"I tried my best, but I still couldn't drive even one nail into Changle Palace."

"Come to think of it, after all, the Queen Mother has been in charge of the palace for many years. She is already familiar with all the twists and turns in the palace?"

He didn't have high hopes for this, but after hearing the expected response, Emperor Qi just nodded slightly.

"That's all;"

"If something cannot be done, don't force it."

"If the queen mother notices this and creates a rift with me, it will be more than worth the gain."

The black shadow bowed and held his hands, silently accepting the order.

After another moment of silence, he saw that Emperor Qi seemed to have nothing else to explain and was about to leave when he heard Emperor Qi say quietly: "The eldest son of the emperor is over there, send someone to keep an eye on him."

"Don't let that kid's newly developed bloody nature ruin my major affairs."

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"Second and third, please keep an eye on me too."

"These three bastards grew up wearing the same pair of pants..."

　Sorry, sorry, I'm a little bit cold, my head is a little heavy, and I'm full of things to write.

　　I, I, I will go to sleep for a while. I will write the next chapter when I wake up. Please bear with me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)