There was a brocade quilt behind Emperor Xiao. He leaned slightly and looked at Liu Ling in front of him with a gentle smile on his face.
Liu Ling bowed and knelt down: "My brother, I would like to greet your Majesty. Long live your Majesty! Long live your Majesty!"
Emperor Xiao smiled and said, "Get up and talk."
Liu Ling chuckled and said, "I obey your order."
He stood by the bed and looked at Emperor Xiao's expression carefully. Seeing that Emperor Xiao's complexion had returned to some ruddy color, he felt relieved.
"His Majesty……"
"Call second brother!"
"Second brother!"
"Well, from now on, as long as we are not in the court, we don't want to call you Your Majesty. I still like to hear you call me second brother. The word "Your Majesty" is too cold."
Liu Ling nodded and asked, "Second brother, are you feeling better?"
Emperor Xiao nodded and said: "It's nothing at first. It's just that An Heng, who deserves to be cut into pieces, was so angry that his blood rushed to his head for a while. It won't matter if he rests for a few days. Don't worry, the imperial doctors and the doctors you invited
That Dr. Li has already seen her, and everything is fine."
Liu Ling said: "Second brother, I have told you many times that you work too hard on weekdays and cannot be exhausted when you are not able to deal with the affairs of the country. Our Han Dynasty's court affairs are not done in a day or two.
It can be changed, second brother, although state affairs are important, they are not as important as your health. As long as you are healthy, you will have plenty of time to manage government affairs in the future."
He said it sincerely. Seeing his second brother like this, he couldn't help but shed tears in his eyes.
Emperor Xiao sighed with emotion: "I don't know that only by relaxing can you get twice the result with half the effort. But Lao Jiu, you also know what I am like now. I don't dare to relax for a moment. To be honest, I sometimes feel resentful when I think about it.
You. If you hadn’t supported me to ascend to the throne, I wouldn’t be so tired!”
Liu Ling quickly bowed and said, "I am scared."
Emperor Xiao laughed and cursed: "What a fright!"
He pointed at Liu Ling's nose and said with a smile: "Are you scared when you think about it now? It's too late! I tell you, Lao Jiu. You prevent me from sleeping comfortably until dawn every day, and I can't read with peace of mind.
When painting, you can’t just ride a horse and raise your bow when you want to go hunting. You can’t just get drunk when you want to drink. This is a huge sin!”
"so……"
Emperor Xiao smiled and said, "I'm tired, so you can accompany me."
Liu Ling said with a smile: "As long as the second brother appreciates the food, I will have no complaints if my brother is exhausted."
Emperor Xiao was moved. He knew that Liu Ling was not joking. He pointed to his bed and said, "Come, sit down and talk."
Liu Ling hesitated for a moment, but did not refuse this time. He sat on the edge of the bed with his buttocks hunched over, looking a little embarrassed. In the past, when his second brother was not the emperor, he drank too much the night before and still didn't wake up in the morning.
When Ling ran to find him, he saw that he was still sleeping soundly. On a whim, he lifted the quilt off him and poked his nose with a piece of fur. These things were as if they happened yesterday, and they are still vivid in his mind.
.
It's just that these things are gone forever. Now that his second brother is a noble, the fighting, laughing and scolding in the past will never happen again.
Emperor Xiao guessed what he was thinking, and said with some emotion: "Ninth brother, I remember one time when you just came back from the south, you met a businessman from the Dangxiang tribe who gave you a red fox skin and a fine piece of leather.
You ran to my house excitedly. I had just fallen asleep at that time, and you woke me up. You know that I like hunting, so you immediately thought of giving me that horn bow. You also
I know your wife-in-law will definitely like that fox skin, so she will rush back and deliver it to you as soon as she comes back."
"I remember all these things."
"I like that hard horn bow very much, and it is hanging on the wall outside now. But I haven't hunted for a long time, so leaving it there is a waste of that good bow. Your wife-in-law still keeps that big cloak made of red fox skin.
Always wear it in winter."
"Also, the little guy likes the candied haws made of jade you gave to the prince so much that he still stuffs it into his mouth when no one is paying attention."
Liu Ling smiled and said: "When my second brother gets better, we will take half a day to go hunting. Take the prince with you, and next time I will buy him a bunch of real candied haws."
Emperor Xiao smiled and said: "Okay, it's settled. Let's do this. After you pacify the south and defeat Guo Rong and Sun Xuandao of the Later Zhou Dynasty, we will go out for a good hunt!"
Liu Ling nodded heavily and said, "Yes!"
Emperor Xiao's expression changed. He glanced at Liu Ling and hesitated for a while before asking, "Old Jiu, when you go south to fight against the Hou Zhou army this time, what are your... chances of winning?"
Liu Ling thought for a while and said: "The army of the Later Zhou Dynasty is approaching fiercely. Guo Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty came under the banner of revenge for the crown prince Guo Chao. He is obviously determined to win. But don't worry, second brother, the Fuyuan Army still has 60,000 elite troops.
It was trained by me, and coupled with the 60,000 troops drawn from the capital and Jianxiong's army, I can still have a certain degree of confidence against the 200,000 army ministers in the later Zhou Dynasty."
Emperor Xiao nodded and said: "Then An Heng..."
Liu Ling waved his hand and said: "You are just a clown, nothing important. Second brother, you can just rest and recuperate. When you get well, I will come back victorious with the army."
Emperor Xiao nodded with peace of mind and said: "One more thing... Sima Lu was assassinated, did you know?"
Liu Ling nodded: "I just heard about it when I entered the city, and I thought it was very unexpected."
"Well, I posthumously made him a first-class earl, and I also rewarded his wife with a first-class imperial title. His son Sima Junde was only five years old, and I let the child enter the East Palace to be the prince's companion. What do you think?
Isn’t it appropriate?”
Liu Ling's heart moved. The prince is reading with him? The prince is only two or three years old. Does he need reading with him so early? Haha, second brother, you are trying to appease people's hearts.
Liu Ling said: "There is nothing wrong with what the second brother did. I think the word hereditary can be added in front of the first-class earl."
Emperor Xiao glanced at Liu Ling appreciatively and said: "Old Jiu, let him go for some things. After the person is dead, it is all illusion to pursue the title. Since it has been put into the earth, then take everything into the earth."
Go ahead."
Liu Ling naturally understood what Emperor Xiao was talking about. He nodded heavily.
When he came out of the palace, it was already very late. Emperor Xiao asked him to have dinner with him. Emperor Xiao was in a good mood and actually drank two small bowls of porridge and ate some dishes. Liu Ling, however, did not accompany him.
How to eat, just take care of Emperor Xiao's meal.
When passing by the military aircraft office, Liu Ling did not let the guards say anything. He looked through the window at Prime Minister Lu Sen, who was reading the memorial by the light inside, and Grand Bachelor Su Xiu, who was on the same duty as him today. They were about the same age.
They were no longer young, and now they looked older and older under the dim light. Liu Ling ordered the guards to bring some snacks to the two adults, and then left quietly.
The Nie brothers and Ji Chengyun's ten masters were still waiting outside. When Liu Ling came out, they rushed to greet him. The ten personal guards were all Liu Ling's confidants, although the Nie brothers had just arrived in the afternoon.
They saved Liu Ling's life, but they obviously still didn't trust these two people. The Nie brothers didn't seem to care. They stood at a distance from the guards. When they saw Liu Ling coming out, they got on their horses and left together.
Royal Palace.
When he returned to the palace, Liu Ling calculated the time and estimated that it was already past ten o'clock at night. In the afternoon, he ran back and forth to the Gyeonggi camp, and then went to the palace to see Emperor Xiao without stopping.
How tired I am, I still miss my big bed.
Tomorrow morning, the troops will be ordered at the school. It will take more than half an hour to ride from the capital to the Gyeonggi Camp, so I have to get up very early. Everything has basically been arranged, and Liu Ling just wants to go back and wash up and sleep.
I have to rush to kill people tomorrow morning.
When they arrived in front of the palace gate, Liu Ling pulled his horse to a halt, and the guards became nervous. Brothers Nie Rendi and Nie Renwang raised their horses to protect Liu Ling, with their hands on the waist knives.
I saw a lonely carriage parked in front of the palace!
Folks are not allowed to ride in sedan chairs except for weddings, so carriages have become the most popular means of transportation. Many princes and ministers also like to make carriages, which are more stable and comfortable than sedans. But look at this carriage, with the lights shining in front of the palace.
It seems very strange. Because the owner of this carriage must be a woman!
There would never be a grown man who would decorate his carriage like a float. It was draped in red and colorful and hung with many flowers. If you look closely, it looks like a wedding car! Of course, only Liu Ling understands the word wedding car, but Liu Ling
Ling's first reaction at that time was these two words.
The tall horse pulling the cart is tied with a very eye-catching and bright red cloth flower, and the horse is also covered in red. A driver wearing red clothes and a red flower on his chest stood there bored and looked around. The cart
The carriage is simply a pure red wedding car, decorated with many flowers.
So, very weird!
No matter who you are, when you return home around 11 o'clock at night and see a carriage clad in red and colorful colors parked at the door, you will feel weird. Those who are more timid may even be frightened.
Although Liu Ling was not a staunch materialist, he still believed that the carriage was definitely not a ghost. He picked up the horse and walked over, followed closely by the Nie brothers. When they arrived at the door, several guards ran over to take the horses, and Liu Ling asked
: "Whose carriage is this? Why is it parked here?"
One of the guards had a very interesting expression. He held it in for a long time before saying: "Back to the prince, it is the carriage of Prime Minister Lu Sen's house. Someone from Mr Lu Sen's house came to see the prince."
Liu Ling was surprised. Before he came back, he saw Lu Sen on duty at the military aircraft office. If something happened, why didn't he wait for him outside the palace? What were his family members doing here?
Liu Ling walked to the door of the living room with doubts, and saw many maids and servants gathered at the door of the living room to go to the house to take a look. Pan Jinlian was burly and crowded in the back, and the little maids and servants gathered around the door and whispered.
They were discussing something. Liu Ling looked at it and snorted coldly, wondering why the servants in this house were becoming more and more unruly!
Seeing that the prince was back, the maids and servants gathered around the door quickly knelt down to salute, and then ran away as if they were thieves.
Liu Meier and Minhui were in the living room. When they saw Liu Ling coming back, they hurriedly came out to greet them. Liu Ling saw an awkward expression on their faces, which was similar to helplessness and not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He smiled.
Said: "What guests are here?"
Liu Meier opened her mouth and finally said: "Your Majesty, you should go and see it yourself."
Liu Lingxin said what happened to this person today? It's weird.
He walked into the living room. After the first glance, he froze at the door and could no longer take the next step. Liu Meier and Minhui looked at each other and smiled bitterly, their expressions indescribably wonderful.
I saw a woman in auspicious clothes sitting on a chair in the living room, draped with phoenix crowns and clouds, sitting there. When she heard Liu Ling speak, the woman Tingting, whose face was covered with red brocade, stood up and walked forward gracefully.
After a few steps, a little maid in red clothes supported her behind her. The maid stared at Liu Ling closely with her eyes.
The woman in auspicious clothes walked a few steps and bowed Yingying: "My dear Lu Yuzhu, please give my regards to the prince."
The little maid who was supporting her also knelt down, but there was an expression in Liu Ling's eyes...so...innocent. (To be continued)