It took about a quarter of an hour for Liu De to arrive in front of Queen Bo's palace under the leadership of Li Xin.
In the past, when the Empress Dowager was still alive, this place was always busy with traffic and crowded with people.
But by now it was extremely deserted.
Except for the guards who occasionally patrolled by and the eunuchs responsible for cleaning the palace, few other people were seen.
Walking into the palace, there were very few maids in the palace, only three or five standing sparsely.
Empress Bo was wearing mourning clothes and sitting on a couch. A man about forty or fifty years old was kneeling in front of her, as if he was talking about something. When Liu De came in, the two stopped talking.
"My son has met his mother!" Liu De knelt down to say hello.
"Get up quickly!" Queen Bo's face turned pale when she saw Liu De, and she ordered the maid: "Hurry up and prepare a seat for His Highness!"
"No need!" Liu De stood up and said as he walked: "My son just wanted to talk to his mother!" When he approached Queen Bo, Liu De discovered that the man was Queen Bo's brother Zhihou Bo Ronnu.
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The Bo family's relatives have always been small in population.
The Empress Dowager had only one younger brother, the late Zhihou Bo Zhao.
Bo Zhao gave birth to three sons and one daughter.
Among them, both the eldest son and the youngest son died in infancy, but only the second son survived and inherited Zhihou, that is, Bo Rongnu, and the youngest daughter is today's Queen Bo.
When he saw Bo Ronnu, Liu De also bowed: "I've met my uncle!"
"Good boy, get up!" Bo Ronnu smiled and helped Liu De up, and looked at him carefully. "I don't deserve this gift from your highness!"
In fact, the Bo family's relatives played a very small role in the political arena of the Han Dynasty. Except for his father Bo Zhao, who once rose to the rank of Chariot and Cavalry General, no one held an official position.
Therefore, as soon as the Empress Dowager died, the Bo family immediately panicked.
They have no one and no power in the government, and now they have lost their biggest supporter. They really have no idea what will happen in the future.
Therefore, when Empress Bo came up with the idea of adoption, Bo Rongnu was the one who jumped the most.
If a son can be adopted into the name of Queen Bo, even if he cannot win the title of prince in the future, at least the Bo family can be guaranteed to be prosperous and prosperous for another thirty years.
The more Bo Rongnu looked at Liu De, the more he liked him.
He took Liu De's hand and sat down, greeting him with greetings.
Queen Bo on the side was also smiling widely, chatting with Liu De about some household matters.
After a while, Queen Bo seemed to suddenly remember something and asked: "I heard from Dachangqiu that my son cried just now? Tell me what happened. Maybe I can help my son solve it."
One or two!”
Liu De lowered his head and said: "I just had some conflicts with my mother and concubine..."
As he spoke, Liu De dutifully explained Liu Rong's request for him to hand over the talisman given by the emperor, as well as Su Ji's attitude and the whole process.
"This Su Ji is too partial..." Queen Bo frowned and said, "I will find a chance to talk to her..."
"It's better not to do it!" Liu De said quickly: "It's not like you don't know the temperament of your son, mother, and concubine..."
"It's really hard on you!" Empress Bo sighed with emotion: "Su Ji is really blessed amidst the blessings. If I had an obedient and filial child like Liu De, I wouldn't feel regretful even if I died tomorrow.
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As he said this, he remembered the pain in his heart and started sobbing again.
Liu De also cooperated and immediately knelt down and said: "Queen mother, please don't cry. If the queen mother is willing, you will treat Liu De as your own son from now on!"
"Are you serious!?" Queen Bo raised her head and looked at Liu De in surprise. She thought it would take at least ten days and a half of communication before she would have the opportunity to mention this matter to Liu De, but she didn't expect her.
Before he was even ready, Liu De spoke up first.
"Seriously!" Liu De said on his knees: "My son doesn't know why, but every time he sees his mother, he feels very kind to his heart. Therefore, if the mother is willing, she will treat Liu De as her biological son from now on, and her son will definitely treat him well in the future.
Be filial to you!"
By saying this, Liu De was not trying to trick Empress Bo.
In his previous life, Liu De had always wanted to repay the other party for his help after he came out of the dark room. Unfortunately, as a prince who was enfeoffed, how could he have the ability to repay him? If he could in this life, Liu De would not mind doing anything for Bo.
The queen does something.
"Good boy!" Queen Bo hugged Liu De excitedly and cried.
However, both of them knew that adoption in the royal family could not be done like ordinary people. It only required both parties to agree, and it also needed the emperor's endorsement and the queen mother's approval.
Both steps are extremely difficult.
Fortunately, the Empress Dowager has just passed away, and there is still some love and affection. If it were delayed for a year and a half, it can be said that there is no chance of success in this matter.
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Qingliang Hall was the summer office of the Emperor in Weiyang Palace.
Since it was a period of national mourning, everything was kept simple.
At this moment, Emperor Liu Qi is looking at the memorial that Liu De presented to him yesterday. This is not the first time he has read it, but he still feels comfortable reading it.
Although what is written in the memorial is still inseparable from what Liu De said at the family banquet yesterday.
But the writing style and brushwork made Liu Qi very comfortable with it.
It's no secret that Liu Qi likes Legalism.
However, among the many princes, there are really not many things written by those who have grown up or are about to come of age that can speak to his temper.
Things like what Liu Rong wrote made him feel very uncomfortable. He was too timid. Is it interesting to copy over and over again smooth things?
In the past, Liu De's writings were quite beautiful and his writing style was good, but the whole text was Confucian, which was not interesting!
Where are Liu Yan, Liu Yu, and Liu Fei?
One is too mediocre, the other has a stutter, and the other is only thinking about war.
This made him somewhat disappointed.
But now Liu De's change made him appreciate it very much.
only……
After putting down Liu De's memorial and picking up another memorial that had just been presented next to him, Liu Qi felt a little headache.
That was written by Chao Cuo.
Liu De's remarks last night could not be hidden from anyone, so ministers were already discussing them at today's court meeting.
Prime Minister Shen Tujia even praised Liu De's sophisticated method of building a country. It is actually the best response strategy today. As for cutting down the vassal, we can stop!
Prime Minister Shen Tujia was unhappy with Chao Cuo for more than a day or two.
But a long, long time.
As soon as Shen Tujia came forward, Yuan An also followed suit.
As soon as these two people came into their own, Chao Cuo couldn't sit still, so he wrote such a memorial.
"The arrow is on the string, it has to be fired!" Liu Qi said with emotion as he recited the words of Chao Cuo's poem and rubbed his aching temples. He knew that when the plan to reduce the feudal vassal had progressed to this point, it could no longer be stopped.
Unknown to Cheng, the frontier troops under the command of Li Guang were already hoarding grain and fodder and manufacturing ordnance according to orders.
Zhou Yafu's army is also making preparations.
The money and food supplies from the arsenal are continuously allocated. If this stops, all the upfront investment will be wasted.
Even if he were the emperor, he would find this loss too much to bear.
However, he could not disrespect the opinions of Shen Tujia and Yuan An.
Shen Tujia was the prime minister and a veteran of the Five Dynasties, and even the late emperor respected him very much.
Yuan Ang is experienced enough and has served as the prime minister of Wu and Chu princes successively. He is the court's expert on Wu and Chu issues.
Thinking of this, Liu Qi felt a little upset.
So he asked the eunuch beside him: "Chengwu, is there anything interesting happening in Chang'an or the palace recently?"
A fair-looking eunuch immediately replied: "Your Majesty, Chang'an has been calm recently and nothing happened. However, two things happened in the palace. I don't know whether to say it or not..."
"Tell me about it..." Liu Qi waved his hand and said.
"The first thing is that I heard that Concubine Su lost her temper again today and broke many things in the palace. She still hasn't calmed down yet!" The eunuch said with a smile.
"What's wrong with Su Ji?" Liu Qi's face turned ugly when he heard this.
In fact, he has feelings for Su Ji. After all, this is the first woman he has ever truly felt sorry for.
only……
No matter how deep the relationship is, Su Ji can't withstand Su Ji's temper tantrums every day, especially when even he, the emperor, is made to look down on him!
"I heard that Concubine Su wanted Prince Liu De to transfer the talisman given by His Majesty to Liu Rong. His Highness Liu De was unwilling, so Concubine Su became angry..." The eunuch also saw that Concubine Su was unhappy, so he took the opportunity to come
Some eye drops said: "I heard that His Highness Liu De was sad for a long time in the garden of Weiyang Palace after going out. In the end, it was Empress Bo's Da Changqiu who comforted him!"
"Nonsense!" Liu Qi suddenly lost his temper and said, "How dare Su Ji snatch the things I gave you?"
"This Liu Rong is too incompetent!" Liu Qi took Liu De's memorandum and explained. As the saying goes, people are more irritating than others. He thought that Liu De first dared to go out to visit Bo, and then came out to help him deal with King Qi, and then
Looking at Liu Rong, Liu Qi couldn't help but have a bad feeling for Liu Rong in his heart.
"What's the second thing?" Liu Qi asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, the second thing is that there are some rumors in the palace recently, and I don't know whether I should talk about it..." the eunuch said hesitantly.
"Say it!"
"No!" the eunuch said, "that's right. Recently, I heard some servants in the palace gossiping, and there were some treasonous words in them... They said..." The eunuch lowered his head and said solemnly: "
They said that Mrs. Wang dreamed of Emperor Gao when she was giving birth to the emperor's tenth son..."
Liu Qi's eyes suddenly became sharp.
"My servant also heard that some people said that before she was pregnant with the emperor's tenth son, Beauty Wang had another dream. It was said that she dreamed of a sun falling into her arms. After waking up, Beauty Wang found that she was pregnant.
Pregnant!" The eunuch said, adding fuel to the fire.
"Bastard!" Liu Qi waved his sleeves and swept all the bamboo slips on the desk to the ground, and said angrily: "Go and call them all over here!"
"Your Majesty, calm down!" The eunuch was so frightened that he knelt down quickly.
"May I ask who your Majesty's name is?" asked another eunuch.
"All of them!" Liu Qi was so angry that he felt as if his hair was about to explode: "Wang Meiren, Su Ji, Liu Rong, Liu De, Empress Bo and Empress Dowager Dou are also here!"
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I went out to pick up my computer today, and since I was not in a good state, I was a little late.
Well, let’s make up for it with the third update tomorrow.
