My life is like walking on thin ice

Chapter 90 The emperor’s eldest son’s mother’s class has started~
"Don't you see?"

"I don't talk much on weekdays. I act like a boring gourd all day long;"

"——You're so cruel?"

Weiyang Palace, Phoenix Palace.

Sitting in front of the card table in his small courtyard, Liu Rong leisurely stacked the cards in front of him, while not forgetting to glance at Xia Que beside him, who was asking for credit.

It is said that it is asking for credit, but it seems to be complaining.

With his head lowered, his body slightly hunched, and with a somewhat aggrieved look on his face, he raised his right forearm with his left hand and carefully stretched it out;
It was then that Xia Que's wrist, which was no more than three fingers thick, was already swollen, obviously injured by the reaction of the force.

Seeing Xia Que's miserable look, Liu Rong couldn't help but smile and asked the palace attendants outside the palace to take Xia Que to deal with his injuries.

Aoi Wu was supposed to accompany Xia Que.

But the second brother Liu De is not here, and the fourth brother Liu Yu is not convenient to come;

If Liu Rong wants to win a poker game, he has to bring along his mother Li Ji and his third brother Liu Yi, as well as a fool like Kui Wu.

After finally gathering four people, the left and right were not seriously injured, so they casually asked an eunuch to accompany Xia Que.

Sure enough: looking at Xia Que's back with her left hand under her right wrist and carefully leaving, Aoi Wu suddenly couldn't sit still and hurriedly stretched her neck to look in the direction of Xia Que's departure.

If Li Ji hadn't been there, Aoi Wu wouldn't have dared to lift her butt off the chair, fearing that she would just stand on the card table!
"When the muscles and bones are frightened, apply chicken essence as a compress. It will take at least half a month to recover."

Then he saw Liu Rong, who was sitting at the card table with his back to the courtyard door, still concentrating on counting the cards. With a calm word, Kui Wu finally brought Kui Wu's mind back to the card table.

Liu Rong gently threw a card, and soon started chatting with his mother in a casual tone.

"Xia Que, the boss, can my mother use it well?"

Then, to Liu Rong's left, Li Ji was frowning, holding a wooden card in each hand and hurriedly sorting out the pile of cards in front of her.

Suddenly hearing Liu Rong's question, he finally gave up his struggle, randomly inserted the two cards in his hand into the deck, nodded and took a deep breath.

"It's a hard life."

"Although he talks less, he is very respectful and his hands and feet are diligent."

"People are quite clever..."

The ordinary words made Liu Rong freeze in place as if he had been cast a restraining spell.

amount……

clever……

Crazy summer bird, clever...

amount……

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"M-Mother, it will be good if you feel comfortable..."

"Cough cough cough..."

Obviously, his mother's "smart" evaluation of Xia Que was far beyond Liu Rong's expectations.

but it does not matter.

As long as mother is happy.

——Liu Rong comforted himself in his heart.

Maybe she was new to it, or maybe she just didn't have the talent. After repeated attempts, Li Ji finally gave up on understanding this new thing called 'Mahjong', and simply treated it as a group to play with her sons.

Since he was not interested in the game, he naturally started to inquire about today's events.

"No matter what, that beautiful little Wang is still the master of Qilan Palace."

"It's okay for my son to go in person - not only did he send an eunuch to go there, but he also slapped him in the face..."

"What if things get serious...?"

It was rare to hear such normal words coming from his mother's mouth. Liu Rong was not just surprised;
Subconsciously looking at the pile of cards in front of him, he found that Kuiwu sitting across from him and Gongziyu on the right also looked distracted, so they simply stopped focusing on the game.

Grinning slightly at his mother, he asked instead, "What?"

"Mother, does she feel sorry for Mrs. Wang?"

But Li Ji shook her head without thinking, and looked at Liu Rong with a hint of worry in her eyes.

"Earlier, my son had a few words with the Prime Minister, and then he got a big beating."

"A few days ago, I just complained a few times, and then I was hungry for several days in the Ancestral Temple. I almost..."

As she said that, Li Ji couldn't help but raise her head and looked at her little son, who was holding his face with his hands and was in a daze.

He pursed his lips and then said cautiously: "I'm worried about my son. If something happens..."

Halfway through her words, Li Ji lowered her head and stopped talking with worry, and did not continue.

In fact, many things, in Li Ji's opinion, are both simple and complicated.

It's simple because in Li Ji's view, many things are actually no big deal.

Just like earlier, Liu Rong chatted with Prime Minister Shen Tujia for a while, or complained to the emperor - it was just a happy talk, and it had no impact at all.

The complicated point is that the subsequent development of these things did not go according to Li Ji's expectations.

Even his son Liu Rong seems to be accustomed to this bizarre complexity and reminds himself: It's a long story and I'll explain it to my mother later.

Unable to figure it out, Li Ji simply stopped thinking about it.

Not understanding, Li Ji simply stopped paying attention.

But after all, as a mother, Li Ji cannot ignore the safety of her sons, especially her eldest son Liu Rong.

Feeling his mother's concern hidden between the lines, Liu Rong felt a warm current in his heart.

He lowered his head with a smile, thought for a moment, pushed the pile of cards in front of him forward, and decided to have a good talk with his mother.

——At least today's incident, in Liu Rong's view, is that his mother Li Ji is the most suitable teaching material.

In order to avoid having to worry about his mother in the future, and to prevent the "old dog" from happening in the future, Liu Rong finally calmed down and started the transformation plan for his mother Li Ji.

"What does mother think of today's incident?"

The first thing after class is to let students express their opinions and determine the extent of students' cognition.

Seeing Liu Rong push the pile of cards, as if he wanted to communicate with him in depth, Li Ji, who was just tentatively speaking, straightened her body involuntarily.

If you are ten years younger and put on a classic school uniform, you will look like a good student!

Li Ji also paid great attention to Liu Rong's unprecedented attitude.

After thinking hard and thinking over and over again, I came up with my most perfect opinion, and then with some trepidation, I handed in my homework for the first class.

"Mrs. Wang wants to secure a throne for her son."

"My son felt angry, so he sent someone to beat Mrs. Wang."

"As for the golden custom..."

After just three words, Li Ji frowned in confusion and cast her longing eyes on Liu Rong beside her, waiting for the teacher's answer.

When Liu Rong heard this, he pretended to be indifferent and coughed twice, but secretly he was surprised that his mother looked at things so superficially.

After adjusting his mood and facial expression, Liu Rongcai secretly exhaled a breath and began to explain today's events to his mother in detail.

"Mrs. Wang was once married. This is not some unknown secret."

"——At least back then, when King Jin and his grandson came to make a big fuss in the palace, everyone in the palace knew about it more or less."

"It's not that people inside and outside the court don't remember this matter, but to save my father's face, no one dares to mention it again."

"But that little golden custom is the secret that can really determine the life and death of Mrs. Wang, and even the entire Qilan Palace..."

While talking, Xia Que had already bandaged her wrists, greeted the palace people in the palace, and served tea to the mother and son.

Liu Rong naturally picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and then handed the tea bowl back to the eunuch beside him, saying "Add some honey" before raising his head again.

"Mrs. Wang remarried - even before she divorced her original partner, she entered the royal palace of the father as a married woman. This is something worthy of the father's mind."

"But since my father already knew about this matter, he didn't pursue it too much, and instead lived happily with his beloved Mrs. Wang for a few years, it means that this matter is not Mrs. Wang's weakness at all."

"Father, at best, he feels a little awkward, and it's very possible that he doesn't even feel awkward at all."

"But what if that little Jinsu appears in front of the father and the father learns that not only did Mrs. Wang not divorce her original partner, but she even abandoned her young daughter?"

"Ah;"

"How big the father's mind is, mother, you must know very well, right?"

He finished his words slowly, took the tea soup that Aoi Wu personally delivered to his hand, and took a sip.

Well, not bad, the sweetness is just right.

But on the left and right sides of Liu Rong, the faces of Li Ji, Liu Yu, mother and son, immediately appeared doubtful looks as if they were carved from the same mold.

After a long time, it was Young Master Yi who finally came out of his thoughts first and raised his doubts.

"In that case, why don't eldest brother take that Jin Su directly back to Chang'an and let father know about it?"

"With this, we can move Qilan Palace down once and for all, and my eldest brother will no longer have to worry about Mrs. Wang in the future?"

As soon as Liu Yi said this, Li Ji pursed her lips and nodded in agreement.

Yup!

You have such a big card in your hand, why not play it?

This time, Liu Rong still did not answer immediately. Instead, he turned his head with a smile and asked his brother Liu Yi again. "On weekdays, what is the third child most afraid of after stealing the snacks hidden by his mother?"

"In other words, what kind of situation makes the third child most frightened and uneasy?"

Liu Rong asked with a smile. Young Master Yuben's crooked posture suddenly straightened up, and an awkward forced smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Brother, don't talk nonsense!"

"I can eat enough snacks every day, so why would I try to steal some from my stomach..."

He betrayed himself as soon as he opened his mouth. After he realized what he was doing, Young Master Yu slapped himself in the mouth in annoyance, and then lowered his head uneasily, not forgetting to raise his eyelids from time to time to peek at the changes in the expression on his mother's face.

However, Li Ji just glared at Liu Yi lightly, and then returned to her appearance of listening attentively. Her eyes were fixed on Liu Rong's open and closed mouth, without even daring to blink.

After being amused by his brother's outburst, Liu Rongcai smiled again and looked at his mother beside him. Liu Rongcai shook his head with a smile, took another long breath, and suppressed his smile.

Looking at his younger brother Liu Yi with a guilty look on his face again, he smiled warmly and said, "From the time when I stole the snacks until my mother discovered me - this period was the most uneasy time for the third child."

"After my mother finds out, the third child will feel more at ease."

"Because the third child knows very well: Mother will find out sooner or later;"

"When that day comes, the third child will definitely be severely scolded or even beaten by his mother."

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"So the third child was in a trance and restless day and night;"

"On the one hand, I am afraid, and on the other hand, I am looking forward to it."

"——I hope my mother can find out soon and I can be freed from this fear of 'lest something happens' soon."

"As for being scolded or even beaten by my mother - compared to the endless fear, it's not a big deal."

Listening to the elder brother's detailed analysis of his mental journey after committing the crime, Young Master Yu thought about it carefully and nodded involuntarily.

After reacting, he quickly glanced at his mother and found that her face was covered with frost, so he quickly lowered his head with guilt.

Liu Rong, however, no longer cared about his younger brother's thoughts. He only turned his face slightly solemn and turned to look at his mother Li Ji again.

"This is why I used gold customs as leverage to coerce Mrs. Wang to 'settle for peace'."

"——Because if this matter is exposed, no one can tell what the final outcome will be."

"Of course it is very likely that my father will be furious and even neglect Qilan Palace from now on;"

"But this is only 'extremely likely', not inevitable."

"My father, like he did back then, first got angry and then relented and exposed the matter - it's not completely impossible to happen."

···
"So, instead of exposing this matter and betting on whether my father will be angry with Qilan Palace because of this, it is better to hold on to this trump card and let Mrs. Wang take the gamble."

"——Bet that I won't expose this matter, and I will be restless day and night, unable to sleep or eat well."

"As time goes by, Mrs. Wang will become more and more afraid of her son, and she will become less and less afraid to go against her son."

"Erbian has achieved his goal: even though he has done nothing, Mrs. Wang will not dare to do it again."

"There was neither coercion nor humiliation - just 'for some reason', I got Mrs. Wang's obedience..."

Actually, there was another point that Liu Rong didn't say.

——If this matter were to come out, it would be embarrassing for today's Emperor Qi...

Being deceived by a woman and getting a stepdaughter out of nowhere—this is not a big deal;

What's really terrible is that this is likely to cast a layer of stain on Emperor Qi's "unrecognizable person".

At this moment, Wu King Liu Bi was sharpening his sword and was about to raise troops in Guangling at any time.

If such an excuse is given to Liu Bi, then even if this incident is not Liu Rong's fault, as the man behind the incident, Liu Rong will definitely not be in a good position.

——This is such a scandalous thing for me. You kid, you don’t want to cover it up for my father, but you still let me lose such a big person?

——Not only was it embarrassing, but it also gave King Wu Liu Bi a ready excuse to rebel?

Using himself to save others, Liu Rong believed that if his son did such a thing, Liu Rong would definitely be furious!
Not to mention the position of Crown Prince - if this idiot with a confused mind was not slapped to death on the wall, Liu Rong would have lost his body due to drunkenness...

"take it easy."

"Start simple and work your way up."

Seeing his mother's thoughtful attitude towards learning, no matter whether she understood or not, she would at least grit her teeth and write it down, Liu Rong was relieved for a moment.

Just as he was about to stand up and stretch his muscles to give his mother some time to digest the knowledge, he found that Xia Que was holding a tea bowl in one hand, with the same frown on his face, and seemed to be silent in the content of Liu Rong's class.

Kuiwu on the side looked normal: he briefly checked Xia Que's wrist and made sure it was fine, then he giggled and started playing around - sometimes grabbing Xia Que's clothes, and sometimes kicking Xia Que's back. knee.

However, Xia Que still had a completely selfless expression, as if he was in a mysterious and mysterious state like epiphany.

"What do you want to say?"

With a soft word, Xia Que's thoughts were brought back to his eyes by Liu Rong.

Still doubtful, he raised his head and said hesitantly: "Everyone in the palace said that if a dog is forced to die, it may not be unable to jump over the wall and escape."

"A few years ago, a meat dog broke free and jumped out of Shangchu's wall."

"——I have seen that wall, it is very high;"

"Well, there are three of them..."

"No, at least as tall as four Aoigo!"

Seeing Xia Que speaking seriously while gesticulating on Kui Wu's body, Liu Rong was immediately amused and laughed.

The smiling Xia Que was at a loss. Her mother and third brother at the card table also looked over. Liu Rongcai suppressed his smile and nodded to Xia Que with approval.

"Yes."

"A dog jumps over the wall in a hurry."

"If forced to a dead end, even the weakest person may not be able to exert great power."

"It is said in the Art of War that when you return to the enemy, do not cover yourself up, and do not pursue the enemy when you are in trouble. This is exactly the truth."

With that, Liu Rong sat back at the card table and continued: "During the reign of Emperor Taizu Gao, the Marquis of Huaiyin set up an ambush on Xiang Ji from all sides, encircling three and missing one, eating away at Xiang Ji's army bit by bit. , also for this reason.”

"——You can't push people into a hurry, at least you can't push them to a dead end."

"Otherwise, if there is another desperate situation or a last-ditch fight, there will really be no place to cry..."

After saying this, Liu Rong finally let out a long breath, and without waiting for his mother and brother to ask questions, he directly gave the answer to the questions that the mother and son had not asked.

"Logically speaking, forcing the enemy to a dead end is indeed a very undesirable approach."

"But I drove Mrs. Wang to a dead end, but there was no such hidden danger."

"——I am the eldest son of the emperor."

"I was born into a desperate situation. I was also born into a desperate situation and was destined to fight against all odds."

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"Mrs. Wang is different."

"If you advance, you can seek a throne for your son; if you retreat, you can also allow your son to be crowned king;"

"When my father's palace car is ready, I can always follow my son to Guandong to become the queen mother."

"——If Mrs. Wang can understand, she will know: on the road of 'life and death', not only did I not push Qilan Palace into a desperate situation, but I also pointed out the way forward for Mrs. Wang."

"But if you don't understand it and still think that I am forcing you into a desperate situation on the road of 'fighting for the heir apparent'..."

At the end of the sentence, there was only a hint of undetectable fierceness in Liu Rong's eyes. Even if it was only for a moment, it was noticed by Li Ji who was listening attentively.

But fortunately, Li Ji is not a clever person...

"Ok?"

"Why do you think my son is becoming more and more like that old dog?"

···
"Strange thing..."

"My son obviously has more Xiaomu..."

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