When Liu Chang returned to the Xuanshi Palace, the emperor was having sex with the queen.
Seeing Liu Chang's arrival, the queen hurriedly stood up and sat aside. Liu Ying smiled awkwardly. This younger brother is good at everything, but he doesn't like to report, and always rushes in immediately.
During this period, the relationship between Empress Lu, Liu Ying, and Empress Cao was very delicate.
When Empress Lu said to Liu Ying, she probably meant, "You will be useless if I give you a chance!"
Empress Lu really did a lot for Liu Ying. After Liu Bang's death, Empress Lu, Liu Chang, and even the officials all wanted to establish majesty for the new king as soon as possible and let him inherit Liu Bang's rule.
Good governance governs the world, but Liu Ying indeed disappointed many people.
Liu Chang didn't care. He was willing to accompany his brother, helping him change and grow again and again. But Empress Lu was not like that. Her tolerance had a limit. She let a hawk like Xuanyi follow Liu.
Liu Ying helped Liu Ying single-handedly support the embroidered clothes messenger, and also made Wang Ling, who had repeatedly offended him, become the prime minister of the country.
But the facts proved that despite all the help, Liu Ying was still unable to control them. Wang Ling was eager to eradicate the Lu family's influence. The emperor of Han Dynasty actually knew nothing about it. Wang Ling openly mentioned in the temple that he wanted the Queen Mother to leave the palace.
, Liu Ying remained indifferent. When the two sides really came to blows, and Empress Lu killed several ministers as quickly as possible, deposed Wang Ling, and became aware of his power in the army, Liu Ying still didn't know anything.
This incident made the Queen Mother extremely angry. What are your declarations for? What are your embroidered clothes for? What are your relatives for? Do you want your brother to be your father for the rest of his life?
In anger, Empress Lu took back all her power, and Liu Ying was completely ignored by Empress Lu.
Although Empress Lu decided to raise her eldest grandson herself, she did not take excessive measures against Empress Cao. She won over Empress Cao's brother, and at the same time re-employed Cao Shen, Zhou Bo and others, and even eliminated the concubines in the palace who were unfavorable to the empress.
Liu Ying was not a very ambitious person. He just wanted to prove himself and did not want his mother to work so hard. After the Queen Mother came to power, he went out several times and saw the scene in Chang'an. He sighed many times:
"I am far inferior to the Queen Mother." He is a kind and simple person without too many thoughts.
As for the queen, after the queen mother took action, she decisively chose to submit and stood firmly on the queen mother's side. Seeing her like this, the queen mother also asked Liu Chang to take her eldest grandson to see her from time to time to comfort her and improve the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
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Seeing the armored Liu Chang, Liu Ying smiled and waved, "Brother! Come quickly!"
Liu Chang sat down next to Liu Ying seriously. Liu Ying took his hand and said with a smile: "Thank you for having my breast tiger here! Queen, you don't know, I really didn't know what to say at that time, Chang Zhen was
It made me so proud that I wanted to hold his hand and tell everyone that this is my eldest brother!"
"My elder brother has the courage of Xiang Ji!"
Liu Ying was very happy, as if he was the one raising the flag.
Liu Ying has been like this since he was a child. He never resented anyone, especially his relatives... When his younger brothers achieved success, he was always the happiest one.
Liu Chang looked at him, his eyes suddenly turned red, "Second brother."
Liu Ying was immediately in a panic. He hurriedly wiped Liu Chang's tears, "Eldest brother, don't cry! What happened? Someone bullied you?! Who?!" Although Liu Chang can now lift Liu Ying and throw her to the ground with one hand, Liu Ying can throw her to the ground with one hand.
But Ying still questioned him. In his eyes, Liu Chang still seemed to be the young brother who was crying and needed his protection.
"Second brother...father is gone...fourth brother, fifth brother, and sixth brother went to Fengguo...Now in the palace, we are the only ones left...you drink all day long.
..Looking for fun...Look at your face, look at your body...Are you going to abandon me too?"
Liu Ying was stunned for a moment. He looked at his hands... He didn't know what to say for a moment.
"I can't..."
"I will take a good look at Your Majesty...Eldest brother, you don't have to worry, it will never happen again."
Empress Cao then spoke. Normally, she couldn't say that, otherwise she would be suspected of being jealous. How could the empress be jealous when her mother respects the world? But as soon as Liu Chang spoke like this, she could continue. Liu Ying was stunned.
He nodded blankly, "Eldest brother, it's my fault... I shouldn't be like this."
Seeing the loneliness in Liu Ying's eyes, Liu Chang actually knew that Liu Ying was just using wine and sex to numb herself.
He doesn't have that big ambition...but he is an emperor after all.
Liu Chang said seriously: "Second brother, from now on, you can borrow the memorials that grandma handles to watch sometimes... I remember that when I was young, when I wanted to blow up mines, everyone thought I couldn't do it.
Really, only my brother believes in me... I complained to you that even my mother didn't believe me... You told me that if you want to gain the trust of others, you must constantly improve your abilities... Prove
You can do it yourself.”
"Brother's words, I will always keep them in my heart."
Liu Ying nodded heavily, "Okay, I will borrow it from now on."
"Second brother can go out often and visit various places. Of course, he can also visit ministers and talk to them like my father did...Second brother, my mother has never disliked you...You haven't visited me for a long time.
It’s better than my mother...My mother always looks at Xiang in a daze, and occasionally utters the word "Ying"...My second brother really shouldn’t hurt my mother."
Liu Ying's eyes turned red, she struggled to get up, and walked towards the door tremblingly.
The queen was about to stand up, but Liu Chang shook his head towards her. The queen sat down again and watched Liu Ying leave.
"Eldest brother...Thank you, thank you."
Queen Cao was extremely pleased. She wiped her tears and said, "Fortunately, I still have you... If it weren't for you, I really don't know what to do... His Majesty wouldn't listen to me either."
"Sister-in-law, it's okay...there are many things that just need to be discussed."
Queen Cao asked again: "I heard that you set up a flag in Changxin Hall today, which made South Vietnam afraid?"
"Hahaha, who is the King of Nanyue? Although he is in Nanyue, his clan is all in Zhao. If he offends us, he will dig the graves of his ancestors!"
Empress Cao hurriedly said: "No...how can you touch the ancestors? This is not something a king can say."
"My master said that you can't show any mercy to your enemies and you can't talk about any morality."
Queen Cao looked at him, hesitated for a moment, and then reminded: "The King of Nanyue is Zhending Zhao... Zhending Zhao."
"It's true that Zhao Youru...oh~~~I remember...then I really can't dig it."
.......
In the Jiaofang Hall, Empress Lu was reviewing the memorial.
Suddenly, a person staggered in front of her.
Queen Lu raised her head, and the person standing in front of her was Liu Ying.
Liu Ying stared blankly at the gray-haired grandmother, suddenly knelt down in front of Empress Lu, and cried, "Ah mother."
Queen Lu was shocked and looked at him hurriedly, "What happened? Don't cry? What happened?"
Liu Ying was speechless and just cried. Empress Lu wanted to help him up, but Liu Ying buried her head on Empress Lu's shoulder and continued to cry. Empress Lu trembled all over and gently held her arms with one hand.
The child inside coaxed in a low voice: "Don't cry...don't cry...tell me...what happened?"
Liu Chang, who not only has to leave his name when doing good deeds, but also shouts it out to everyone, is wearing armor and walking out of the palace with his head held high.
"King!"
People came to pay their respects one after another.
"Ah? You also know about me setting up the flag?"
"Um???"
As Liu Chang walked, he smiled and talked about the great things he had done. The people around him looked at him more and more strangely. Luan Bu said: "Your Majesty... you can't talk nonsense about this..."
Liu Chang was stunned and said angrily: "I have never told lies? This is the truth! If you don't believe it, you can ask the ministers of the court!"
Zhang Buyi was overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward and said loudly: "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!!"
"What do you mean?"
Zhang Buyu grinned and said: "The Yamen flag is broken, which indicates great evil. It means the destruction of the Han family, and the one who carries the flag is the king. This is the generation of the king..."
"Zhang Buyi! What do you mean?!"
Zhao Ping angrily interrupted Zhang Buyi, who said: "I don't mean anything else. This wind may be a metaphor for the Huns, and the king's resistance to the flag is of course the king carrying the world on his shoulders to resist foreign enemies!"
Zhao Ping said: "Your Majesty, please don't listen to this man's nonsense. The meaning behind the flag raised by Your Majesty is that Your Majesty will assist His Majesty, support the Han people, and have the intention of stabilizing the country for His Majesty!"
Zhang Buyu snorted disdainfully, but didn't say much.
"I never believe this!"
"There are many mysteries in it, you can't help but believe it."
No matter what Liu Chang thinks, these people all believe that the king has destiny. However, the destiny they think about is probably different. Some want him to live in peace, and some want him to recognize heaven as his father.
Liu Chang didn't think too much and just walked towards Han Xin's mansion with a grin on his face.
What's the point of doing such a big thing if you can't let others know about it in time?
When Liu Chang happily blew the flag with one hand, Han Xin was stunned. He looked at Liu Chang in front of him again. He looked at Liu Chang for a long time without saying a word. This look made Liu Chang feel a little scared. He
He asked suspiciously: "Why doesn't Master say anything?"
"Sir... do you know what is going on with this master?"
"Oh, why do you all care about this? I raised the Yamen flag. Isn't this such a big Yamen flag brave?"
Liu Chang was very unhappy. What did he predict? I want you to know how powerful I am! Why don't you praise me?
Han Xin shook his head, "Being brave means being brave, but even if you are brave as an overlord, it will be useless if you don't have destiny!"
This is not yet the era when emperors take turns. Everyone believes that the person who can be the emperor must have some destiny. When Liu Bang asked Han Xin why he was caught, Han Xin replied that he was defeated by destiny. Your Majesty
With destiny in mind.
Historically, this trend of thought was blended together by a man named Dong Zhongshu soon after, forming the concept of "divine right of kings".
Facing everyone's surprise, Liu Chang was not very happy. These people didn't even praise me!
So, soon, the King of Tang, wearing armor, sat on the throne, and began to tell his story to the wise men.
"Just the Yamen flag, which usually requires at least ten people to lift. It weighs several thousand kilograms. The flag fell, and all the officials were frightened. None of the soldiers could carry it... so I stepped forward.
, grabbed it with one hand, and with a fierce force, the entire flag was gathered above the head, and everyone was panicked..."
The sages were all excited when they heard this, and they all applauded.
"King Shenwu!!"
"Xiang Ji is also incomparable!!"
"The power of the king!!"
The sages shouted, and Liu Chang smiled, this is right!
The sages were overjoyed and praised one after another. Zhou Shengzhi looked around, pushed Jia Yi next to him, and shouted in a low voice: "Laugh!"
Jia Yi had a dark face, but when he saw Zhou Shengzhi raising his fist again, he forced a smile. Zhou Shengzhi nodded and was satisfied.
Thinking that the ministers are old and that the important ministers of the Han Dynasty in the future will be these guys in front of him, Jia Yi only feels desperate. Sooner or later, the Han Dynasty will be finished!
Liu Chang was overjoyed and decided to entertain all the wise men at a banquet.
"Shuzi!! Shuzi!! Put down my cock!!"
Zhou Bo raised the wooden stick and chased after everyone. They climbed over the wall skillfully and continued running. Zhou Bo panted and looked at the courtyard wall, gritting his teeth, but he still couldn't calm down and climbed over the wall. "Wait for me."
Wait! Wait! I’m not going anywhere, just waiting for you to go home!!”
The virtuous people are not just stealing now, they are outright robbing. For Zhou Bo, it is like a group of children in the city bullying me because I am old and weak. I can't bear to face me as a thief. I openly climb over the wall with my chicken in my arms. My lips are burnt and my mouth is so dry that I can't catch up. When I return,
Wave your stick to express your anger!!
Compared to Zhou Bo, Lu Shizhi was more reasonable. After learning about the temple, before Liu Chang arrived at his residence, Marquis Jiancheng sent a sheep, saying it was for Liu Chang.
Liu Chang sat in the upper position and refused to take off his armor.
Qun Xian sat on his left and right respectively, and Liu Chang invited them to eat meat. After eating the meat, he started drinking again. Qun Xian was really not good at drinking. After a few sips, he started to giggle. Zhou Shengzhi simply hugged Jia Yi and burst into tears.
Jia Yi said his true words with a face full of tears. Jia Yi raised his head in disgust and couldn't push it away no matter what.
Liu Chang stood up slowly and began to sing and dance at the same time.
When he first studied with Zhang Cang, Jia Yi also had a lot of research on music. He found that none of the songs sung by the King of Tang were in tune. Sometimes they were low, sometimes they were loud. Anyway, they did whatever they liked. As for him,
That sword dance, a sword dance that would never be repeated ten times, made Jia Yi's scalp numb and couldn't bear to look at it. Even if he said it was a sword dance, he would be sorry for the sword in the hand of King Tang!
"Brother! Listen to me, you are my best brother. Do you know how painful I feel?"
Seeing the drunken Zhou Shengzhi hugging him and crying, Jia Yi wanted to punch him. Who the hell is your brother?? Among these people, the king of Tang had the best drinking ethics. He was drunk
They just sang and danced with swords, nothing else. When Zhou Shengzhi drank too much, he hugged and cried to everyone he saw.
Chen Mai would hit people whenever he drank.
Xiahou Zao ran away after drinking, saying he was going to drive.
Mr. and Mrs. Fan started laughing after drinking wine. They laughed at everything they said and listened to.
What made Jia Yi the most unbearable was the man named Guan A. After drinking, he started composing poems. His small body contained the soul of a literati, but the quality made Jia Yi uncomfortable. You can't write articles.
I can't bear it, maybe I can't stop insulting the article?
The palace of the Tang Dynasty was in a mess
But at this moment, in Cao Mansion, Cao Shen was happily telling what happened in the temple.
"Haha, I didn't even think of it... This Zhuzi is not useless. If it is in the cultivated land, he would be a good farmer!"
"If Chen Ping hadn't stopped me at that time, I would have almost given the envoy a cane!"
"When the flag was raised, the Nanman's eyes were straight. He was so frightened! Hahaha!"
Cao Shen was very happy, but Mrs. Cao on the side pushed him gently. Cao Shen looked at her doubtfully, turned his head, and saw Cao Shu in a daze.
Cao Shen's face turned dark.
"Shu."
"Shu!"
"Ah? Ah...father."
Cao Shu woke up in a hurry and lowered her head.
Cao Shen said with a straight face: "There are some things that I shouldn't have said to you face to face... These are things that your mother should say."
"You originally refused to get married, saying that you wanted to wait for your brothers and sisters to start a family. Now they even have children... but you still refuse."
"Shu... I'm getting old. I don't know how many years I have left to live... At this moment, I only have one wish, which is to see you all get married and enjoy peace and happiness... I have made arrangements for you several times.
Even if they refuse to accept it...what should I do?"
Cao Shu did not answer, nor did she look at her father's face.
Cao Shen sighed and turned to leave.
Mrs. Cao said helplessly: "Listen to your father... we will not harm you. The person your father arranged last time was very good..."
Cao Shu still ignored her. Mrs. Cao hesitated for a moment and said: "When your father was young, he always pestered people older than him. That was normal. He was just a young Muai. When
As you get older, you no longer remember this matter... Do you understand?"
"I know, I just don't want to get married, it has nothing to do with anyone else."
"Oh, how could it be irrelevant... Even if he really has feelings for you, you have to know that your eldest sister is the queen, but like this, our family's life will no longer be as peaceful as usual. If you marry a prince again
King... and he is also the most powerful one, so what? I heard that the Queen Mother wants to take the daughter of the Fan family as his wife... Even if nothing else is said, do you want to be a concubine? Or should the Queen Mother's daughter be your concubine?
A woman as a concubine??”
"If I have the intention, I will have no problem with it. If I have no intention, I will not care about the position of the queen!!"
Mrs. Cao was immediately speechless and looked at her daughter blankly.
Liu Chang didn't know what was happening in the Cao Mansion. He was a little drunk, so he sat on his seat and panted, and his armor was thrown aside.
At this moment, Zhang Buyu hurriedly walked in and looked around, "Where is Jia Yi?"
He reluctantly walked to Liu Chang's side, "Your Majesty, there is a letter from the Tang Dynasty! The Huns have put down Ding Ling, and the Yueshi are going to be in trouble!!"
"Modun is here? Why don't you come to see me?"
Liu Chang asked drunkenly, and Zhang Buyu was speechless. He smiled bitterly. It seemed that he could only report this matter to the king tomorrow. He turned around to discuss it with several other people, but Liu Chang said
Pulling him away, "Please tell me clearly, where is Modu?"
"No problem, Your Majesty...you should rest first..."
Jia Yi hurried over at this time and helped the king. Zhang Buyu cursed angrily: "Where have you been?"
"That guy vomited all over me...go change your clothes!"
"The king cannot return to the palace in this condition. Let's take him to rest!"
"Um."
Jia Yi supported Liu Chang, took him back to the inner room, and helped him lie down. Liu Chang was drunk and didn't know anything. Jia Yi was about to get up, but Liu Chang hugged Jia Yi, making Jia Yi unable to do anything.
Get up.
Liu Chang suddenly began to mutter in a low voice.
Jia Yi looked at Liu Chang suspiciously, "What did you say, Your Majesty?"