Chapter 328: Father Zhong doesn't need to be too polite!
Outside Chang'an City, soldiers cleared the way, knights rushed back and forth, flags of various colors were fluttering in the wind, and all the officials were present. Zhou Chang, Zhao Ping, Han Xin, Zhang Buyi and others lowered their heads slightly and stood in front of the ministers.
The front.
Under the emperor's yellow cover, Liu Ying felt very uncomfortable. From time to time, she would look into the distance, then lower her head, feeling uneasy. Beside him, there were dozens of children standing, all looking serious at this moment.
Directly in front of Liu Ying, Liu Chang was chatting in a low voice with Lu Lu. The two seemed to be talking about state affairs. Their faces were extremely solemn. Liu Ying rarely saw his brother look so serious, but he also heard that
, war broke out again in Hexi, and Jizhu was very dishonest.
Liu Ying was not worried that the Han Dynasty would suffer losses. Although Hexi had very few troops and a very long defense line, it had gathered strong generals and capable ministers. Jizhou could not attack Hexi. He was just a little worried about whether the people of Hexi would suffer again.
Disaster.
Looking at Liu Chang's serious look, it seems that things in Hexi are not optimistic.
Liu Ying sighed, saying that she was incompetent and had to suffer for her younger brother.
At this moment, Liu Chang was holding Lu Lu's hand and asking about important matters seriously.
"Is my outfit a bit mismatched? The gems on this jade belt shouldn't be red. My outfit is too gorgeous. Do you think you should go back and change it?"
"No, Your Majesty, this jade belt matches your clothes just right. The red one suits you very well."
"Hahaha, look at the shoes I have, they are not bad. They are the tributes sent from South Vietnam. They are the style of Zhao State. Not to mention the Zhao State, these clothes are really good-looking. Only Chu and Zhao
The country’s most beautiful...”
No one would have thought that a strong man as strong as an iron tower was talking to his confidants about this.
When Liu Ying saw a smile on Liu Chang's face, she felt relieved. It seemed that things in Hexi were not irreparably bad, at least he was still smiling.
But thinking about what would happen next, Liu Ying became frightened again.
Today's posture is because the Queen Mother is coming back, and they must go to greet her. Chief Liu gave an order to chop off the head of anyone who doesn't. After hearing this, Liu Ying's wives even hugged the infant child.
After all, the king likes to beat the young and old, so you must be on guard.
Liu Ying knew that she had made a big mistake this time. Her favorite minister actually participated in the rebellion and wanted to open the palace from the inside. She really didn't know how her mother would treat her.
Will she kill all her favorites?
Chai Wu had this idea. The eldest brother could at least forgive the ministers who had not participated in the rebellion for his own sake, but his mother had no such worries. When Liu Ying turned to look at Chai Wu, he saw
This general looks eager to try.
Liu Ying sighed again. She felt Liu Chang's gaze and looked at each other. Liu Ying felt warm in her heart. This person really cared about her.
Liu Chang glanced at him, and then said to Lu Lu: "Look at my brother, his face is pale with fright. You can scare him a little later..."
During the long wait, a figure appeared in the distance.
When the Queen Mother travels, the guard of honor is naturally indispensable. The elite soldiers joined the soldiers guarding Chang'an and guarded both sides of the road, creating a long forest of soldiers. Liu Chang stepped forward quickly
As he went, he saw three horses galloping towards him.
The three Zhuzi were waving triumphantly to the surrounding soldiers and to the ministers in the distance.
Liu Xiang grinned stupidly and did not dismount when he saw Liu Chang.
"Father Zhong is so polite!"
"Why bother to use so many people to welcome us?"
"No need to be polite!"
Liu Chang suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked at them deeply.
When the Queen Mother's carriage stopped, Queen Lu got out of the carriage alone, without even letting others help her. It was obvious that this return to her hometown was really a good thing for the Queen Mother.
After the palace wall, her mental state improved a lot.
"Mom!!!"
As soon as they heard a loud shout, Liu Chang rushed over. The faces of the soldiers around Queen Lu turned pale with fright. In their eyes, this was not a king charging over. This was simply a charging enemy.
When the chariot is running, it feels like the earth is shaking, and the whole body is full of murderous aura and full of oppression.
Empress Lu also raised her head to look, but in her eyes, she was just a little doll that was about the same size as the ground. She stretched out her hand and ran towards her staggeringly, with a silly smile on her face.
When the Queen Mother returned, the ministers lowered their heads and did not dare to breathe. Liu Ying was even shivering. Only Liu Chang, with a happy face, was holding his mother's hand and looking at his silly son, Lu
After checking his sleeves and collar, he nodded with satisfaction.
No stains, very good.
"Mom, get in the car! Let's go back first!"
"The ministers came to greet me, how could I just go back like this?"
Empress Lu frowned, and accompanied by Liu Chang, she came in front of the ministers and met with everyone one after another. Although the Empress Dowager had a smile on her face, the ministers were still afraid. Empress Lu ignored Liu Ying, which made Liu Ying
Ying's face became paler.
Surrounded by the ministers, Empress Lu walked towards Chang'an in a hurry.
Queen Lu walked with great grace. Even though she was old, her steps were very steady, neither fast nor slow. Unlike a certain king who looked left and right and touched his nose from time to time, he lacked the majesty of a king.
After walking for a while, Queen Lu seemed to remember something and looked around, "Where are An and the others? Didn't I go ahead to see you?"
"Oh, they went back to rest."
"Mom, don't ask any more questions."
Liu Chang signaled for Lu Lu to follow him and look at his mother, while he went to the back of the team. Soon, he saw Zhang Cang, who had his head drooped and his displeasure written directly on his face.
Zhang Cang rarely spent some free time in the Liang Kingdom. Unexpectedly, he was eventually recalled to the temple.
"Master!"
Liu Chang held Zhang Cang's hand with a smile, "Finally I've been waiting for you. You don't know, I suffered too much while you were away. With so many people, even one person
Things in the official system can’t be done well!”
Zhang Cang was stunned for a moment, "Your Majesty, you want to reform the official system?"
"We will discuss these later. For now, the battle in Hexi is the most important thing."
“There is still war in Hexi??”
"There is a war, but you don't have to worry. As long as the rice tribute from South Vietnam can be spread throughout the country, the Han Dynasty will not be short of food for foreign wars."
“We still need to promote new crops??”
Zhang Cang took a deep breath and then said: "Your Majesty, I am old and have been seriously ill recently..."
Before he could finish speaking, Liu Chang smiled and teased the baby in the arms of the woman beside him, "It's so cute. This is Master's son too. He's pretty good-looking. He's not even one year old, right?"
Liu Chang turned his head and looked at Zhang Cang, "Master, what did you just say? I didn't hear clearly."
"Oh, nothing."
"long!"
Two people sneakily walked up to Liu Chang. Liu Chang turned around and saw that it was Zhao Shi and Zhao Mei. Liu Chang was a little surprised, "Why are you here? Didn't you say you are still in South Vietnam?"
Zhao Shi's face looked a little bad, he was hesitating and did not speak, but Zhao Mei said: "We returned from South Vietnam and were stopped by the Queen Mother in Liang Kingdom, asking us to come to Chang'an with her..."
Liu Chang glanced at Zhao Shi again, and immediately understood why this guy looked so scared.
Sure enough, my mother's intimidation power is higher than my own.
"Let's go, don't be stunned, you are lucky to be alive."
Liu Chang waved his hand and led these people towards Chang'an. Empress Lu must have been in Liang for a long time. After returning to Chang'an, she also saw the scene in the city calmly. The one closest to her was Chen
Ping, Chen Ping was talking to Empress Lu in a low voice. Their voices were both very low, and no one knew what they were talking about.
Just looking at the Queen Mother's face, Chen Ping probably didn't have anything nice to say.
Queen Lu just looked back at Lu Lu, and Lu Lu knew in his heart that this was probably about dealing with Marquis Liu Ping.
The ministers sent the group to the entrance of the palace, and then they left.
Liu Chang also asked Zhang Cang, Zhao Shi and others to rest for a few days, and he followed his mother into Changle Palace.
Returning to Changle Palace, Empress Lu sat down. The faint smile on her face suddenly disappeared and became extremely serious. Fan Qing, who had been coquettish with her just now, was so frightened at this moment that he froze in place.
I dare not say anything anymore.
"You all go out first and stay here."
Everyone left one after another. Liu Chang sat in front of Empress Lu and asked with a smile: "Mom, how are you? Do you think there is no point in eating when I'm not around? You think about me all day?"
"The thieves have already sneaked into the palace, how can you still laugh?"
"Zhang Buyi and the others have already solved this matter. Mom doesn't have to worry."
"They haven't solved it, they've just removed the grass and the roots haven't been pulled out."
"Mom, I am ready to let the ministers reform the official system. Without making too many changes, I will just redeploy the subordinates and powers so that it will no longer be as chaotic as it is today. Strengthen the censors, court officials, embroidered clothes...
.”
"From now on, the imperial censor will supervise the report, and the court officials will judge people... I also thought of many things. Anyway, don't worry, mom, I will cure her."
"Is this why you called Zhang Cang here?"
"Yes, if the New Deal is agreed upon, I'm afraid no one among the big men can compare with him. His personality is just a bit too lazy, but with my mother here, I won't be afraid of him being neglectful."
Empress Lu glanced at him, she was just waiting for her to help him scare people, Liu Chang said hurriedly: "Mom, there are a lot of things to do now, I have already arranged them, you can't do things privately.
, if it ruins my big event..."
"I will take him back to the Tang Kingdom to be my vassal king!"
"Well, if you can do it yourself, I won't interfere... However, I still have one thing to do, call Liu Ying over."
When Empress Lu started calling their names directly, it meant that the matter was already serious. Chang Liu asked people to call Liu Ying, while he carefully squeezed his mother's shoulders.
"Mom, it's rare that you have recovered your health in Liangguo, so don't be angry anymore and take care of yourself. Brother, please leave it to me to take care of him. I can kill him with one punch.
Ten of them!”
While the two were chatting, Liu Ying walked in frightened.
"Mom."
Liu Ying knelt down in front of Empress Lu. Empress Lu looked at her son with only deep disappointment in her eyes. She didn't even beat him again, but just looked at him. This look made Liu Ying at a loss.
Restless.
"I don't blame you for not being able to help your brother, but you shouldn't allow the traitor to murder your brother."
"I don't recognize people well and am guilty. Please punish me severely."
Liu Chang excitedly found a wooden stick and handed it to Empress Lu. He kept signaling with his eyes that his mother should do it quickly, but Empress Lu put the wooden stick aside and said, "You'd better go out."
Liu Ying pursed her lips, her lips trembling slightly, but she couldn't say anything in the end.
At this time, Liu Ying suddenly discovered that it was actually a blessing to be beaten by her mother, because if she beats you, it means that she will forgive you, and the indifference at this moment made Liu Ying feel that her mother seemed to have given up completely.
I will never take care of myself again.
Liu Ying left Changle Palace in despair. His mother did not scold him or hit him, but this made him feel even more uncomfortable.
Liu Chang frowned and looked at his mother beside him, not knowing what to say.
"Chief, put all the attendants around him to death. I will make arrangements for the palace maids and other attendants myself. Then build a new palace and let him move out. You will live in Ganquan Palace in the future and let Cao Shu live in the pepper room.
Palace, things are done in the Xuanshi Hall."
"Let's talk about this residence later. I'm afraid I won't get used to it."
"Move in tomorrow."
"oh..."
Liu Chang did not disturb Queen Lu's rest, and quickly walked out of Changle Palace, called Lu Lu over, and whispered: "Execute all the servants who participated in the rebellion, and send away those who did not participate, and give them some money.
Go and settle elsewhere and don’t return to Chang’an again.”
"only!!"
Liu Chang touched his head and returned to Houde Hall with some helplessness. Before he walked in, he heard his father singing inside. Liu Chang suddenly became interested and walked into the hall happily. Sure enough, An...
Shuzi was currently being chased and beaten by Cao Shu.
"Mom! Father has already beaten me! I have beaten him!"
"Looking at how active you are, you still haven't beaten enough!"
"Father, save me!"
Liu An hurriedly hid behind Liu Chang. Liu An was very aggrieved. The bad things were obviously done by three people together, so why did he have to be beaten twice? When they just came back, Liu An had already been beaten by Liu Chang.
He dragged him off his horse and beat him severely, while the other two were lying on their backs recovering from their injuries.
When he returned to Houde Hall, he originally wanted to complain to his mother, but when he came, he was beaten again.
Liu Chang has always felt that compared to his own, Liu An's childhood was incomplete because he received too few beatings.
However, Liu Chang had more important things to do at this moment, so he temporarily bypassed the Zhuzi and asked Qing to leave with the Zhuzi. He pulled Cao Shu and talked about the move.
"Jiaofang Palace???"
Cao Shu was obviously a little frightened. The Jiaofang Palace was actually an ordinary palace, but because Empress Lu had lived here for a long time, it had a different nature. And now Empress Lu asked her to move in. What did it mean?
It becomes more clear.
"Does mother want the king to directly inherit the throne?"
"She has this idea. She may think that the second brother will make mistakes again."
"What do you think, Your Majesty?"
"It's not fun to be an emperor, alas, but my mother has a stubborn personality, so it's not easy to convince her... You can move there first, and we'll talk about the rest later."
The next day, Cao Shu moved to Jiaofang Hall, and this news completely shocked the palace. However, no one dared to say anything. After all, who would dare to move in without the queen's permission?
Cao Shu couldn't explain how she felt, but she didn't dare to touch the decorations in the Jiaofang Palace, nor did she dare to rest in the inner room, so the number of visits to Empress Lu became more and more frequent.
Liu Chang simply ignored these things and rested for a few days. However, in these few days, a lot of things still happened. The biggest thing among them was that a lot of dignitaries surnamed Lu were arrested and ordered
The person who captured them was Empress Lu.
Relying on the power of Empress Lu, these people are usually lawless. Except for Liu Chang, no one is taken seriously by them, and Empress Lu rarely takes the initiative to deal with them. This time is an exception. For the first time, Empress Lu has dealt with her own family.
People take action.
Including close relatives, a total of nearly ten princes were removed from their titles, and a large number of officials surnamed Lu were dismissed and resigned. For a time, the officials cheered and the dignitaries surnamed Lu suddenly began to restrain themselves and no longer behaved as before.
So arrogant.
They did not dare to resent Empress Lu, nor did they dare to resent Liu Chang. Instead, Marquis Liu Ping, who had caused this incident, was scolded by them. This damn thing wanted to die and implicated everyone.
The old Marquis Jiancheng once again came to the Hall of Houde. Unlike Empress Lu, Marquis Jiancheng has always been on the side of the Lu family. He is a very protective person and will even protect his shortcomings blindly. Whether it is Marquis Jiancheng or
Empress Lu is no longer young now.
"People in the clan have done wrong things, and they deserve punishment. But did the Queen Mother do something too severe?"
Lu Shizhi asked cautiously.
"They asked you to come here to persuade them? The people in the clan are arrogant and domineering. You and I are already old. When we are gone, will the leader still tolerate them? Kill more now and die less in the future."
"well...."
Lu Shizhi let out a long sigh and said no more.
His health was already very bad. He was taking medicine all day long and his whole body was trembling. He was almost at the end of his life. Looking at his appearance, Queen Lu actually felt uncomfortable.
"Is everything okay back home?"
"Well, everything is fine, nothing has changed."
"I also want to go back and have a look."
"If I am no longer here, please send me back and bury me in my hometown."
The Queen Mother was silent for a long time and then said:
"good."
ps: I have been very busy these days, so I haven’t looked at my phone much. But when I looked at it today, I found that many people asked me if Mr. Yanhui is the operator, and if I arranged for him to give me a golden alliance... Since
After the child's accident, Yan Hui helped me contact the hospital and experts, added WeChat, and made phone calls. He helped me a lot including transferring to another hospital.
After the child stopped bleeding, he sent me a golden alliance. I didn't thank him because he was so kind. He helped me not only with the golden alliance, but also with the child's affairs. If it hadn't been for him, I'm afraid my child wouldn't have persisted.
I didn't come to Urumqi, so I kept thinking that when the child was discharged from the hospital, I would go over and thank him in person.
I don’t think the enthusiastic guy who chatted with me and helped me contact the hospital was operating.
There is also the boss of Zicai who helped me contact people and find medicine in the middle of the night. Later, he also helped me get Baimeng. There are many people who helped me. When my child is discharged from the hospital, I will personally thank them all.
To all the book friends who care about me and my children, thank you very much. I hope you are healthy and safe.