Cao Shen, who has gray hair, is sitting alone in the study.
He looked very uneasy.
The relationship between the Queen Mother and Your Majesty is getting worse and worse, and the King of Tang is getting older, and the Queen Mother does not allow the King of Tang to enter the country. What does this mean?
The current behavior of the King of Tang is becoming more and more excessive. Everything he does basically exceeds the authority of the princes and kings, and challenges the bottom line of the officials. Cao Shen is the most uneasy one, and the King of Tang is so
, the Tang State was even more like this. They sent out troops privately, issued their own decrees, and wandered around Hedong and Hanoi from time to time, watching with eager eyes.
Cao Shen really wanted to see the Queen Mother's reaction, so when the Queen Mother summoned him to the court to discuss important matters, he stood up directly and impeached the king of Tang and the things done by the Tang Dynasty. All the things were listed in one place.
That means the king of Tang wants to rebel.
At that time, Cao Shen looked at everyone's reactions very seriously.
Most of the ministers were surprised, some were frightened, and some were angry, but the Queen Mother was calm from beginning to end, as if she didn't care about this matter at all.
And I learned from Empress Cao that the Empress Dowager often asked Liu Ying: Who is better or worse between the King of Tang and his son.
The Queen Mother wants to make Prince Tang the Crown Prince!!!
This thing sounds so outrageous, but if you think about it seriously, now that the emperor and the queen mother are no longer as close as they used to be, and the prince is the queen's child, even though he is often by the queen mother's side, he will definitely fall to the Cao family in the future.
Yes, in the long run, if the Queen Mother is gone and the Emperor takes over the power, maybe the Emperor will not take action against the Lu family, and the princes will obey. But in the future, when the prince ascends the throne, it will be hard to say.
The Queen Mother was very worried that the Cao family would become the second Lu family. The emperor was weak in character and could not be suppressed.
The Queen Mother has always doted on the King of Tang. If the King of Tang was the emperor's younger brother, the King of Tang would never murder the Lu family. He would still be able to intimidate the princes and resist the powerful enemy of the Xiongnu... The King of Tang was not born to the Queen Mother.
She would definitely not murder the Emperor for his sake, but the Emperor was weak and sick, and if the Emperor was absent, the Queen Mother would definitely prefer to see the Tang Prince ascend to the throne rather than the Prince.
Fortunately, the Queen Mother is still hesitant and has not made a decision.
Unfortunately, if the Queen Mother decides, no one can change this situation.
What's even more unfortunate than this is that if the Queen Mother suddenly decides to depose the emperor and install the King of Tang as emperor, it seems that they have nothing to do. The Northern Army and the Southern Army are now in the hands of the Queen Mother, and with the army of the Tang State, the alliance of the princes is no match.
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Cao Shen didn't know what to do for a while. Liu Chang's stay in Chang'an was originally beneficial to the emperor. Emperor Gao also believed that he would become the emperor's wing. Emperor Gao was not wrong. Prince Tang did become the emperor's wing.
The wings became the sharp blade in His Majesty's hand. However, this sharp blade also belonged to the Queen Mother.
At this moment, a servant suddenly walked in and whispered: "The King of Tang has arrived..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Chang rushed in. From his side, Cao Shen saw several servants lying on the ground groaning. Obviously, they failed to stop the violent king. Liu Chang walked to Cao Shen in a swaggering way.
In front of him, he leaned down, like a predatory tiger, staring into Cao Shen's eyes.
"Why did Cao Shen falsely accuse me of treason?!"
"Does your Majesty want to marry my second daughter?"
"Cao...ah?"
Liu Chang was stunned for a moment and asked: "Why did Father Zhong suddenly mention... No, let's talk about getting married first, thief Cao! Tell me! Why do you want to frame me for treason?!" Liu Chang quickly said
He reacted and continued to question loudly.
Cao Shen was very calm, "Does your Majesty want to rebel?"
"Bullshit! Can I rebel against my second brother?!"
"Then why does your Majesty want to cooperate with the princes externally and the ministers internally, recuperate his energy in secret, and pretend to be crazy and stupid in the open? Isn't this some other conspiracy?"
"Bullshit! If I don't join forces with the princes to fight against the outside world, then the country will be in chaos. If I don't recharge my batteries, then Maodun will come to join you! If I don't pretend to be crazy, you can see how many princes there are.
Can you leave Chang'an alive? You should be helping me, so forget it if you don't help, why are you stabbing me in the back?!"
Cao Shen was silent for a moment. He couldn't say that Liu Chang did something wrong, nor could he say that Liu Chang did something bad. His problem was that he did it too well.
"Your Majesty... Now that you have reached the age to start a family and start a business, you should leave Chang'an as soon as possible and return to the Tang Dynasty."
"You think I'm happy to be here?!"
Liu Chang was furious, stepped on the table in front of Cao Shen, bent down close to him, and shouted: "As long as you people can be of some use, do you still need me here?!"
"Your Majesty... things are different now... Your Majesty's stay in Chang'an now is a threat to His Majesty."
"It's not that the king wants to rebel now, but someone wants to support the king to ascend to power."
"I have never been threatened by anyone, who dares to do so?!"
"The queen mother dares."
Liu Chang was startled, and then said disdainfully: "I said that the princes all think that my mother is trying to kill my brother. It turns out that you are the one who is standing in the way!"
Cao Shen looked seriously into Liu Chang's eyes, "The Queen Mother will not murder His Majesty, but if she insists on supporting the King to ascend the throne... what if she makes the King the Crown Prince? Then, the Queen Mother will definitely clear up the situation for the King before she leaves.
Obstacles, the queen will die...perhaps even Xiang will not be immune...anything that can hinder the king will cease to exist."
"What's the difference between doing this and murdering His Majesty?!"
"My mother would not do this! My mother would not do this!"
Liu Chang said it twice in a row, as if he was talking to himself.
"Please, Your Majesty, come to your kingdom...the sooner the better."
Liu Chang gritted his teeth, hesitated for a moment, ignored Cao Shen, turned around and walked out of the inner room.
Just when Liu Chang was about to leave here in a fierce manner, someone suddenly shouted: "Chang."
Liu Chang was stunned and turned around to look.
Wearing a blue and white skirt with no extra patterns, the same is true for people, with a slight smile, no makeup, white as frost and snow, and eyes with soft water, just looking at Liu Chang with a smile, Liu Chang was frightened
He jumped, looked at it for a moment, and then asked suspiciously: "Sister?"
Since Cao Shen returned to the mansion and never left the house, Liu Chang and Cao Shu could see each other less and less. When he suddenly saw her again, Liu Chang almost didn't recognize her. Cao Shu also looked at the person in front of her.
The boy, who once only reached his waist, is now taller than himself. He is wearing a red robe, richly embroidered with various patterns. From his coat to his shoes, everything is embroidered with patterns. He wears a long robe around his waist.
The sword stands proudly.
This is a burning boy, with raised eyebrows and resolute eyes. It seems that fire is always burning in his eyes. Just looking at him is unsettling.
"Hahaha, it's really you!"
Liu Chang walked quickly to Cao Shu with a smile, hesitated for a moment, scratched his head and said, "Are you okay?"
When he was young, Liu Chang dared to say anything, but now Liu Chang has matured a little and no longer dared to talk nonsense, "Sister looks much more beautiful. I haven't seen you for a long time. I thought she would forget me."
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Cao Shu shook her head gently, and then said: "Sir... come with me for a walk?"
"OK."
Liu Chang smiled and led Cao Shu into the house.
"I don't look like this on weekdays...my family asked me to put on this outfit...and asked me to come out to meet you."
"oh."
"I didn't want to come out...but I have something to say to you."
"Say it."
"If your family wants to betroth me to you, you must not agree... They have ulterior motives... You have to be careful... There are often people going there recently, and I hear them always mentioning you.
name, I'm afraid someone wants to kill you."
Liu Chang lowered his head and laughed, "They are all shady rats. They dare to hide in corners and criticize, but they never dare to block the way of tigers."
Cao Shu did not speak. The two of them walked in the house for a while. Cao Shu looked at the tall courtyard wall and said, "I have never been a peaceful person since I was a child. Unlike my eldest sister, my mother was always worried that I would not be able to get married.
, I have always been yearning for the outside, wanting to run out... and find someone I really like..."
"I haven't gone out for a long time...my mother doesn't allow it."
"She's afraid that I'll do something embarrassing outside."
"These days, they are always arranging husbands for me, but I have not agreed. I am waiting for someone who can make me return to my heart. If I can't wait, I would rather live this life alone...I
If I know some needlework, even if I pay a fine, I won't starve to death."
Liu Chang did not interrupt her, but looked outside with her.
"why?"
"I don't know...I am born like this...a disobedient child..."
"No, I'm asking, then why don't you go out?"
Cao Shu was stunned for a moment, "If I were a man like you, I might be able to climb over this courtyard wall."
"Hahaha~~~"
Liu Chang suddenly raised his head and laughed. He stretched out his hand suddenly and picked up Cao Shu. The scent was so fragrant that Cao Shu was stunned, "It's not easy to get out?!" Liu Chang shouted, holding Cao Shu up with one hand.
Holding Cao Shu in his arms, he strode towards the outside of the mansion. The two soldiers guarding the door of the mansion stared at this scene in stunned silence. Just as they were about to speak, Liu Chang knocked them over with his other side, and directly
Rushed out of the mansion.
Liu Chang raised his head and blew a loud whistle.
In a moment, a snow-white horse galloped from a distance.
"Chief! Put me down quickly! Put me down! I told you, someone wants to kill you!!"
Cao Shu yelled, but Liu Chang didn't care. The horse ran to Liu Chang's side and raised its front hooves high. However, several housekeepers guarding the horse in the distance were running towards here at the moment.
When the king hugged a girl and rushed out of the Cao Mansion, the other servants were stunned. Luan Bu even shouted: "It is a capital crime to seize a girl from the people!! Your Majesty!!"
Liu Chang smiled, pushed Cao Shu onto the horse's back, turned over, jumped on the horse's back, hugged Cao Shu, gave a loud shout, and the horse galloped away.
Liu Chang rode his horse through the city again, laughing loudly, and everyone he met gave way.
"Your Majesty?! That's your Majesty!! Your Majesty!!"
"The king is mighty!!"
Suddenly I met several teenagers. When they saw the galloping horse, they also shouted loudly, and some even followed in their cars!
"stop!!"
The patrolling soldiers gave chase.
...
"Master! Shu has been kidnapped!!"
The oldest butler rushed into the inner room and cried to Cao Shen.
Cao Shen was stunned, stood up suddenly, and asked: "What did you say??"
"The king of Tang kidnapped Shu and ran away to who knows where!"
Cao Shen was stunned for a moment and said hurriedly: "No need to chase! Prepare the car! I want to go to the palace!!"
At this moment, Cao Shu was following Liu Chang. Liu Chang was holding the horse. The two of them were walking by the water. Liu Chang said with a smile: "This was originally a place where Shang Fang tested the water truck. Later, my mother gave it to me."
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"The people in Shang Fang are going to rest for a while... This place is also vacant."
Cao Shu's eyes were full of worry, "I have to go back... Don't you understand? They were very opposed to it at first... Today they suddenly asked me to take the initiative to find you... There must be something wrong here."
"I don't care what's wrong with him!"
Liu Chang raised his head, looked at the water in the distance, and said proudly: "No one can stop what I want to do, and no one can force me to do what I don't want to do!"
"Sister, I want to marry you, what do you think?"
Liu Chang suddenly asked.
Cao Shu was completely confused, her expression was dull, and her words were difficult to speak.
"I'm so much older than you..."
"If I remember correctly, my sister is eighteen years old?"
"Um."
"Hahaha, you are only four years older than me. Let alone eighteen, I will marry you even if you are twenty-eight!"
"why?"
"Being with you... I feel quite happy."
"that is it?"
"Then why are you waiting for me, eldest sister?"
"Who is waiting for you...I don't have..." Cao Shu's voice became lower and lower, but Liu Chang laughed and asked: "How could it be? This matter in Chang'an has not been hidden yet.
Stay mine!"
"Because you are very lovable...You are different from everyone else...I feel very comfortable and safe around you..."
The two found a place and sat down, while the horses ate fodder beside them.
Cao Shu stared blankly at the water in the distance and the slowly rotating carriage. Just as she was about to speak, Liu Chang's hand had already hugged her shoulders, "On the other side of the water is my Tang Kingdom. Wait.
When I return to Tang Kingdom, I will take you with me wherever I go!"
"As long as I'm here, what do you have to worry about, eldest sister?"
As Liu Chang spoke, Cao Shu just looked at his profile quietly, looking a little crazy.
Suddenly, Cao Shu pecked Liu Chang on the face and interrupted Liu Chang's words.
Liu Chang was stunned and looked at Cao Shu on the side in surprise. He suddenly stretched out his arms to hug her and kissed her back fiercely.
The water is gurgling, and the bright moon is reflected in the water. The white horse emits a different kind of light under the moonlight, shaking its head from time to time.
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The next day, Liu Chang rode back to Chang'an. Cao Shu nestled in his arms, but her eyes were just staring at Liu Chang's face, with a smile on her face.
"Let's take you back home first!"
"My mansion is not as safe as Cao's mansion... Just wait in the mansion for a few days... I will go to see you again."
Liu Chang said, Cao Shu nodded.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of Cao's Mansion, Liu Chang met Zhang Buyi who was waiting here. Zhang Buyi's eyes were red and he looked like he hadn't slept all night. When he saw Liu Chang arriving, he stamped his feet anxiously, "Your Majesty."
Ah! The Queen Mother is looking for you everywhere! Hey! Something bad happened this time! Something bad happened!!"
"No hurries?!"
Liu Chang shouted loudly, and Zhang Buyu calmed down again.
Liu Chang helped Cao Shu dismount with a smile, and took her proudly into Cao Mansion. Even in front of Cao Shen, Liu Chang didn't have the slightest fear on his face. He said loudly: "Uncle-in-law! Please take care of me for me."
Haoshu! If someone bullies me, I will not take it lightly!!"
Cao Shen did not speak, but looked at him calmly and turned away displeased.
Only then did Liu Chang leave Cao Mansion in a swaggering manner.
"Tell me, what happened?"
At this time, Liu Chang asked Zhang Buyi again. Zhang Buyu shook his head and said bitterly: "The Queen Mother was very angry. Luan Bu contradicted her a few times. Now she is still in the court... We were looking for the king everywhere last night. Why?"
I couldn’t find it either... The Queen Mother almost imposed martial law in the city and ordered the Northern and Southern armies to go find the King..."
"Hahaha, don't worry, Luan Bu has an acquaintance in Tingwei, and he won't endure hardship!"
Zhang Buyi shouted: "I'm not worried about Luan Bu!"
He whispered: "Your Majesty, the daughters of the Cao family are not allowed to get close to each other... The Queen Mother is already afraid of the Cao family. If the King wants to marry a girl from his family, how can the Queen Mother sit still? Your Majesty has missed a good opportunity!"
"What opportunity?"
"The king has a destiny. If there is a direct descendant, there will be no direct descendants... The king is called the chief!"
"Um??"
Liu Chang asked with a smile: "Is there such an explanation?"
"Why are you not in a hurry, Your Majesty?"
Liu Chang shook his head disdainfully, "This may be a good opportunity for others, but this is not my intention. I want to go out to fight the Huns, how can I be imprisoned in this hundred miles of land?"
"Your Majesty... If we take a step forward, wouldn't we be able to defeat the Huns in a better way? Then we would no longer be the power of one country!"
"There is no need to mention this matter again!"
Liu Chang ignored Zhang Buyi, rode his horse, and ran towards the palace. Zhang Buyi looked at Liu Chang blankly, but shook his head. He was afraid that there were some things that the king just didn't want to do.
You have to do it too.
"Mom!!"
Liu Chang shouted and walked into Jiaofang Hall with a smile.
Queen Lu's face was extremely ugly, and her eyes almost burst into flames when she looked at the man in front of her.
If someone else had faced such a look, like Ruyi's, they would have been frightened to the point of incontinence at this moment, but Liu Chang was not afraid. He walked up to Empress Lu with a smile, rubbed his belly, "Mom,
I'm hungry!"
Queen Lu took a deep breath and looked at the attendant beside her.
At this moment, someone brought food to King Tang, and Liu Chang started to eat.
"Where?"
"riverside!"
"What have you done?!"
"Uh...just...uh..."
Looking at Liu Chang who was hesitating in front of her, Empress Lu became furious, "Shu Zi!! Are you sincerely going to go against me?!"
Liu Chang was very dissatisfied, "Why is my mother so unfair? My brother does this every day, not just with one person. My mother never said it. I just did it once. Why is my mother so angry?!"
"Your brother got married!!"
"Then wouldn't it be nice if I had a family?"
"I'll let you get married..." Queen Lu cursed, stood up suddenly, took out the wooden stick she had prepared, and hit Liu Chang. Liu Chang was frightened and started to run away in a hurry. Queen Lu
They chased Liu Ying all the way. When Liu Ying walked into Jiaofang Hall, Liu Chang suddenly jumped behind him and said, "Brother, save me!!"
"Mom! Why... Hey! Mother! Why do you want to hit me! Hey!"
Soon, Liu Chang and Liu Ying knelt down in front of Empress Lu.
Liu Chang felt aggrieved, and Liu Ying felt even more aggrieved. She did nothing and was beaten.
Looking at the two sons in front of her, Queen Lu raised her head and sighed.