My life is like walking on thin ice

Chapter 98 His Majesty’s Oral Order!

Time seems to stand still.

The scene seems to be frozen.

Fixed at the top of the imperial steps, Emperor Qi looked down on him with a condescending look on his face, expressing his surprise at the abnormal celestial phenomena, his annoyance at the bad situation, and his annoyance at Liu Rong's "roaring in front of the king";
Fixed on the side of the imperial couch, Taishi ordered Sima Tan to sit down on his knees with his head bowed, burying his head deeply, suppressing the tremors in his body, clenching his teeth, and wishing he could raise his hands to cover his ears tightly, and then close his eyes. .

Naturally, it was also fixed at the bottom of the imperial steps and in the center of the palace - the emperor's eldest son Liu Rong was alone and fearless, holding his head high and facing the emperor's turbulent gaze without fear.

In the end, this frozen picture was shattered as Liu Rong's slowly moving figure came to an end.

——Lift up your feet, walk forward, and come to the imperial steps;

——Hold your head high, straighten your face, lift your feet and climb up the steps.

Walking to the Imperial Case, he looked directly at Emperor Qi across the Imperial Case. Finally, he slowly raised his hands and knelt down on the ground.

"My son, I beg your father to give it a try."

"——Taizu Emperor Gao, is it really because of killing the white snake and the 'White Emperor' that he was able to overthrow the Qin Dynasty and establish the Liu Han Kingdom?"

"Could it be that the deer that symbolized the state of Qin was called a 'horse' by the treacherous minister Zhao Gaoqiang in order to win the state of Qin? Is it possible that it ended up like 'Qin lost its deer and the whole world chased it away'?"

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"The Great Emperor Taizu Gao had a rough road. He first fell into Luocao in Dangshan Mountain and became a bandit. Later, he was caught in a dangerous banquet at Hongmen. He then returned to the Three Qin Dynasty from Hanzhong and went east to Hangu to punish Xiang Ji."

"——Is this all because God was helping Emperor Taizu, or was it a divine punishment imposed on the third generation Ziying and Overlord Xiang Ji, so that Emperor Taizu was lucky enough to win?"

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"Emperor Taizong Xiaowen was granted the title of vassal in the bitter cold land of Daiguo. Even when he succeeded to the throne, he was hampered by the veteran ministers who held the power of the court. It can be said that he was walking on thin ice."

"——Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and other veterans who manipulated the power of the court, as well as thieves like Zhu Lu, were they all killed by comets?"

"——Could it be that the majesty of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen is not given by the stars that are running around randomly?"

The words were sincere and even more painful, finally making Emperor Qi's scarlet eyes flash with a hint of clarity;

Liu Rong obviously would not miss this fleeting opportunity.

He looked at Emperor Qi intently for a moment, then suddenly stood up!
"How have we, the people of Xia, ever succumbed to ghosts and gods?!!"

"——The sky is broken, but Nuwa still has to lift stones to mend it!"

"——Ten suns rose, and Hou Yi drew his bow and shot down the extra nine!"

"It was the gods and ghosts who had the power to control the river water, causing the river to overflow. Didn't Emperor Yu also fail to enter the house three times? He killed all the evil spirits and evil ghosts, and gave the world a bright world and a tolerant mother. River???”

At this point, Liu Rong's face was already flushed, his cheeks were flushed with passion, and his eyes were filled with a layer of mist inexplicably.

"Father, I am the Son of Heaven."

"The Son of Heaven is the parent of the people and the king of the world..."

"——Even as the emperor, why should he be afraid of the power of ghosts and gods and completely forget about the millions of people who are waiting for him?"

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"Liu Bi raised his troops with his front legs, and the celestial phenomena warned with his hind legs - why can't it be the law of heaven that is angry at Liu Bi's traitor son, rather than the fault of the father and the emperor?"

"Even if heaven sends divine punishment, my father is also the parents of the people and the king of the world..."

"——Having thousands of people in the world look forward to you, but you are unfairly punished by God?"

"Shouldn't my father take advantage of the power of the human emperor to denounce the injustice of heaven and the unkindness of heaven and earth..."

When the last word was spoken, Liu Rong froze in place as if a restraining spell had been cast on him.

With such sincere eyes and sad expression, he looked steadily at Emperor Qi across the imperial case.

Time stands still again;
The picture is frozen again.

On the imperial couch, the emperor's face was changing with clouds and clouds, and his deep eyes were filled with treacherous waves;
On one side of the imperial couch, Sima Tan knelt down and kowtowed, his body trembling, and a large banquet in front of him was wet with sweat.

This time, it was the tears falling from Liu Rong's eyes that broke the frozen scene.

snap; snap;

pat.

It was obvious that they were just teardrops, beating on the shiny lacquered wooden floor of Xuanshi Hall that was already old but still scrubbed, but it was like the sound of a heavy bell, hitting Emperor Qi's heart time and time again.

Lowering his head, the imperial case in front of him was filled with the movements of various princes and rebels, as well as various requests from the court officials and the Guandong prefecture;

When he raised his eyes, the eldest son could not help but shed tears in grief. Even though he glared at him angrily for a long time, he did not show the slightest hint of cowardice.

Turning sideways - Taishi Ling, who was supposed to answer the celestial phenomena for himself and record it in the history books, was now crawling on the ground like a heinous traitor, trembling with fear...

"I am the emperor..."

"The Son of Heaven is the parent of the people and the king of the world..."

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"I am guilty of all sorts of crimes;"

"Everyone is guilty, and the guilt lies with me..."

finally;

After softly murmuring this famous aphorism of the late emperor, Emperor Qi's scarlet eyes finally became clear again.

"I am guilty."

"——My biggest crime is that I care too much about family ties and have indulged the traitor Liu Bi till now;"

"God was so angry that he sent down divine punishment as a warning, so that all the common people in the world were involved in this disaster for no reason."

"I have indulged Liu Bi, the old thief, to this extent—I have committed a heinous crime..."

As these words came out, Emperor Qi finally recovered from the anxious state of worrying about gains and losses, and being suspicious of ghosts.

In an instant, a wave of tiredness surged over him, making Emperor Qi feel like his head was sinking!
Only a moment later, a drop of scarlet flowed out from the tip of Emperor Qi's tongue, was forced back by the tightly closed lips and teeth, and was swallowed with a strong force.

Feeling the salty taste in his mouth, Tianzi Qi only grinned slightly - that iconic hypocritical smile also returned to Tianzi Qi's face.

"Sir, are you really so brave?"

"Ok?"

"——Just pick out those words that the young master just said, but they are all sins that cut off the city in half..."

"Not only did the young master say it, he actually said it in front of me, the emperor?"

"Ah……"

"If all the generals of my Han family are as brave as the young master~"

"Then Liu Bi, Liu Wu and their ilk are nothing more than country dogs?"

Listening to Emperor Qi's heart-wrenching sarcastic words, Liu Rong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

——Emperor Qi is back.

The conceptual god who could even rival the First Emperor under certain conditions was back.

Along with this strange yin and yang aura that Liu Rong was so familiar with, he also came back with it...

"Father, you are joking."

"My son is just young and ignorant, and he is careless and confused, so he said a few nonsense on such taboo things as the celestial phenomena."

With that said, Liu Rong slowly turned his head, wiped away the tears on his face naturally, and looked at Sima Tan, who finally raised his forehead from the floor and was carefully wiping the sweat.

"I don't think Taishi Ling would record the nonsense said by an 'ignorant child' like me in my father's daily life records, right?"

When Liu Rong's words "Taishi Ling" came to his ears, Sima Tan could only read them subconsciously.

When he saw Liu Rong's half-smiling face, he also used his weird peripheral vision to see Emperor Qiye looking towards him...

"Self, naturally..."

In an instant, layers of cold sweat broke out again on the forehead that had just been wiped dry;
Sima Tan, however, didn't care at all. He only looked at Emperor Qi tremblingly and said with a forced smile: "Your Majesty summoned Sima Tan, the Star Official, not the Historian Sima Tan..."

Following Sima Tan's thought-provoking words, the eyes of the emperor and his son, father and son, coincidentally met again.

A moment later, they both shook their heads and laughed...

"Go ahead."

"Come to my propaganda room, but what big strategy can you give me to quell the chaos?"

Familiar formula, familiar taste - familiar yin and yang, familiar hypocritical smile.

Liu Rong, however, had long been accustomed to it. He pretended not to hear the sarcasm in Emperor Qi's words and nodded matter-of-factly.

"Lao Wu wants to ask his father for a general's seal to lead troops out of the country to put down the rebellion."

The answer without thinking only made Emperor Qi's face straighten, his posture returned to his usual posture, and he immediately entered into working mode.

Beside the imperial couch, Taishi Ling Sima Tan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He bowed his hands to Emperor Qi and resigned. Then, with the look of Emperor Qi's eyes, he walked toward the palace gate as if he had been granted amnesty.

"Don't you think it's inappropriate for Lao Wu to take charge of the army?"

Hearing this, Liu Rong calmly shook his head: "There's nothing wrong with it."

"The princes raised their troops, the government and the public were shaken, and the people of the world were in panic."

"At this time when people are uneasy, having a prince lead the troops to go on an expedition can boost the morale of the troops and inspire the hearts of the ruling and opposition parties."

"I have to tell you what's wrong~" "——That is to say, Lao Wu is in charge of the army. If he performs a military service, might he pose some threat to me?"

As soon as he asked the question, which seemed to be a rhetorical question, Liu Rong shook his head and smiled.

"My temperament is not so narrow-minded."

"Especially for this matter, Lao Wu did not ask Father directly. Instead, he conveyed it through Lao Si and left it to his son to make the decision."

"If you have this kind of respect for your elder brother, if you still fear him like a tiger, you will be inferior."

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"What's more, right now, at a time when the ancestral temple and the country are in danger of life and death, we, the Han family, should unite as one and share the same hatred against the enemy."

"Don't say that I am not afraid of the old five soldiers quelling the rebellion and winning military honors this time - even if they are afraid, at such a juncture, we must keep the brothers behind the wall and resist the humiliation."

"Everything has to wait until the rebellion is put down."

"After all, if the chaos cannot be quelled..."

The following words did not need to be explained thoroughly by Liu Rong, but Emperor Qi could understand them.

——If the chaos cannot be quelled, then the community will be cut off and the country will be destroyed!
The country is gone, so why are you fighting for the prince and the heir apparent...

Liu Rong did not expect that his words would inexplicably make the Emperor of Heaven think of the resolute face of Liang Wang Liu Wu in his heart.

"yes……"

"Brothers are jealous of each other within the wall, and they resist their humiliation from outside..."

"Everything will be discussed after the chaos is settled..."

The Emperor Qi sighed inexplicably and looked at Liu Rong intently for a moment;

When Liu Rong had doubts, he said coldly: "I have never paid attention to you, kid, but you are becoming more and more like me?"

"—Both of them have a troublesome mother, and they all have the consciousness of 'brothers fighting each other'."

"Not to mention they are all eldest sons, but they are all concubines?"

But when Liu Rong heard the words, he just smiled helplessly, and said as if he was grateful, "My father's words made me a little timid."

"——Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the emperors of our Han family have said that they are 'similar to others', well..."

"Emperor Taizu Gao is Liu Ruyi, King of Zhao Yin;"

"Emperor Xiaohui is the deposed young emperor Liu Gong;"

"The late emperor was Liu Yi, King Huai of Liang..."

Speaking without changing his expression, Liu Rong finally smiled slyly and said in a playful tone: "Father, it's better not to think that your ministers are 'like you'."

"My son, I don't want to one day follow in the footsteps of these 'elder clan members'..."

The words that were half serious and half joking, instead of arousing the anger of Emperor Qi, actually made the emperor burst into laughter.

After laughing enough, I felt comfortable, and the suffocation that had been trapped in my chest for several days was released with this burst of laughter;
He had a bad taste that came out of nowhere, and asked without warning: "My son Liu Fei is only fifteen years old, but he still dares to ask for a seal and lead troops to go to war."

"As the eldest son of the emperor, is the young master inferior to his younger brother?"

It was originally a joke, or a way to scare Liu Rong, but it made Liu Rong purse his lips with a serious expression and think seriously for a while.

Then, under the scrutinizing gaze of Emperor Qi, he nodded solemnly.

"When necessary, I can go to the front line."

"——Compared to Lao Wu, Erchen, the eldest son of the emperor, is undoubtedly more capable of boosting the morale of the troops on the front line."

"But I am not familiar with the art of war, and I am not as brave as Lao Wu. Even if I go to Guandong, it can only be used to boost the morale of the army."

"So, there is no need to rush into this matter - when necessary, just pack lightly and rush to the front line."

It was originally a joke, but when Liu Rong gave such a serious and even reasonable reply, Emperor Qi was surprised.

What I wanted in my mind was to stop this topic, but I instinctively asked: "Where do you want to go?"

Seeing Liu Rong thinking again, he nodded firmly: "Suiyang!"

"When Suiyang was in danger, the rebels were about to run out of strength, and there was only one opportunity left to decide the outcome. The son of the emperor appeared in Suiyang with his father's Emperor's Day, as if falling from the sky. Chengtou—so the best!”

Hearing this, Emperor Qi took a deep breath and stared straight into the depths of Liu Rong's eyes.

It's like the sharp gaze that wants to see through Liu Rong's soul. What can be seen from those clear eyes is endless calmness and just the right shrewdness...

"I, got it."

"Just step back."

The ambiguous attitude did not arouse Liu Rong's doubts. He just stood up, saluted, and resigned.

When Liu Rong reached the palace gate, Emperor Qi made another inexplicable noise and stopped Liu Rong.

"There is one more thing~"

"It seems just right to leave it to the young master..."

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Outside Xuanshi Hall, on the square under the hundreds of steps, hundreds of figures have gathered.

These figures may be tall or short, tall or thin--some may have nylon feathers, or may be wearing armor.

But there are no exceptions: these people are all Chehou in rich clothes, or important ministers with official seals on their waists.

Since the palace door opened early in the morning, these people have been waiting in Xuanshi Hall, but they have never been summoned. Naturally, everyone looks anxious.

Whispering to each other, looking left and right;

Only every three or five breaths, no one would cast anxious eyes towards the Xuanshi Hall on the long steps.

Therefore, when the eunuch Ling Chuntuo's voice appeared at the top of the long steps, everyone's first reaction was to step forward!

But when the eldest son of the emperor, Liu Rong, also appeared - and was even specially moved in front of him by Chuntuo, these courtiers and nobles all froze in place.

Welcome him?
Welcome whom?

The eldest son of the emperor?
Not to mention whether it is a taboo or not, the main reason is that the reserve position is still pending. If you get into a relationship with the eldest son of the emperor so early, in the future...

But if you don't welcome it, what if His Majesty has a decree...

"Father's Oral Order."

Fortunately, Liu Rong did not let these dignitaries struggle for too long under the long steps.

When he reached the fifth palace step from bottom to top, he looked down at everyone.

When the conversation gradually subsided, Liu Rongcai raised his head slightly with that gentle smile that was as plain as water, but at the moment it was extremely reassuring.

"Written by: Prime Minister Gu Anhou Shen Tujia, Yushi Dafu Kaifeng Hou Tao Qing, Lieutenant Jianghou Zhou Yafu;

The guard is straight and unsuspecting, the general Zhonglang captures the capital, Qu Zhouhou Li Ji, Gong Gaohou Han Decai Dang;
General Luan Bu, Captain Li Guang of Xiaoqi, Changle Palace Guard Lieutenant Cheng Bushi, etc. - are waiting in the martial arts hall! "

As soon as these words came out, hundreds of figures all raised their heads, and their eyes that were filled with worry suddenly shone with light!
Martial arts hall!
The callees all have military backgrounds - they are even generals directly representing the military!
Just as everyone was excited, Liu Rong said another word and walked towards the Phoenix Palace.

——The Shaofu ordered Cen Mai to enter the palace immediately to meet the saint!
In today's Han Dynasty, no one does not know what a Shaofu is;
There will also be no one who doesn’t know: Under such circumstances, what does it mean for the emperor to interview—especially to take the lead and alone to interview the young master...

"Whoo~"

"Your Majesty, you have finally made up your mind..."

"But what should we do about the celestial warning?"

Liu Rong turned a deaf ear to these conversations and only politely said goodbye to the eunuch Ling Chuntuo before heading towards the Phoenix Palace.

After walking a hundred steps, a jade general seal the size of a table tennis ball 'jumped' from Liu Rong's arms into Liu Rong's hands;
Just jumping all the way~jumping - or rather being thrown into the air repeatedly by Liu Rong and then caught casually.

On his face, there was an indescribable lightness.

"Father, now that he has reacted, the court's war machine will begin to operate."

"——There are hundreds of officials for strategy, there are many generals for fighting, there are Shaofu for logistics, and the entire Guanzhong is the source of troops."

"Coupled with the previous layout and the old prime minister's suppression of the government and the opposition..."

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"Whoo~"

"——It's time to meet this 'brave and unparalleled' fifth brother~"

"I don't know how much taller this muscular man has grown compared to before..."

"You're not taller than me, are you?"

"That's so embarrassing..."

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　　This plot is really...

　　How to put it, I just can't bear to write something with flaws, so I just want to improve it over and over again, and try my best to come up with the best thing within my ability.

　　Hope you all like it.

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