Chapter 023 Born in the Wrong Era
"Brother! Is my teacher going to rebel?"
“Puff~~”
Liu Heng, who was drinking juice, performed a water spraying show for Liu Chang on the spot.
The thing is, not long ago, Liu Chang came to the palace, where Liu Heng and his biological mother Bo Ji lived. Bo Ji was one of the few good people in this huge harem, and she had a good relationship with several other concubines and the queen.
It is understandable that she had a good relationship with the concubines, but it was not easy to have a good relationship with Empress Lü. This also shows that she was a very smart person. She was married to Wei Bao, the King of Wei, in her early years. It is said that her father took her to see Xu Fu for face reading. Xu Fu looked at her face and concluded that she would give birth to an emperor in the future.
Wei Bao also heard about this and believed it. So he gave up his promising career as King of Zhao and insisted on becoming the emperor. He betrayed Liu Bang and made a private agreement with Xiang Yu that he would divide the world after defeating Liu Bang, become the emperor, and let Bo Ji give birth to a prince for him.
Facts have proved that if you don't have the strength, don't easily believe the fortune-telling. Liu Bang sent Prime Minister Cao to attack Wei Bao. Prime Minister Cao destroyed Wei in just a few months and changed Wei into Wei County. Bo Ji was captured and put into the weaving workshop. In other words, Prime Minister Cao was not Prime Minister Cao, and he had no other ideas about this beauty, and then Liu Bang took her back.
After Liu Bang took Bo Ji away, he ignored her for a year and did not sleep with her. It was not until later that Lady Guan and Zhao Zir, two more favored beauties, kindly mentioned this sister in front of Liu Bang. Liu Bang then remembered that there was such a beauty in the harem. He hurriedly slept with her and gave birth to Liu Heng.
Most of the other beauties began to change after giving birth to sons. Some began to despise Empress Lu, while others wanted to compete with her for the position of future empress dowager. Without exception, they were all miserable. The reason why Empress Lu was Empress Lu was not just because she was Liu Bang's wife.
But Bo Ji was not like this. After having a child, she still treated Lu Hou very respectfully and served her like a servant. In addition, she herself was not favored by Liu Bang, and Liu Bang would only see her a few times throughout the year. Therefore, Lu Hou no longer hated her.
The two would occasionally get together to chat, and Bo Ji would often bring Liu Heng along, asking him to call Empress Lü his mother, and repeatedly stated that Empress Lü was the real mother of all the princes in the palace, and that she was just the one who gave birth to him. Because of his mother's help, Empress Lü did not dislike the prince Liu Heng, and although she did not raise him, she did treat him as her own son or nephew.
Historically, Empress Lü was the most tolerant towards three princes: Liu Ying, Liu Chang, and Liu Heng. Liu Ying was her biological son, Liu Chang was raised by her, and Liu Heng was only tolerated because of his mother.
In a sense, Liu Heng inherited his father's sharp vision and his mother's natural keen sense of smell, which enabled him to always predict many things in advance and avoid danger smoothly. Bo Ji was very happy when she saw Liu Chang coming.
She always told Liu Heng to live in harmony with his brothers and respect all of them, especially Liu Ying and Liu Chang, who must get along well with each other.
Seeing Liu Chang coming, she specially asked someone to bring out a lot of delicious food to entertain the little guy. She knew that Liu Chang was a lover of food, so after preparing the food, she left, letting the two brothers eat by themselves without disturbing them.
"Brother, I just came back from Master."
"Um."
"I don't know why, but Master seems to be a little off today."
Liu Heng hesitated for a moment and said, "Eat your food. You are still a child. Don't ask about these things."
"Brother, just tell me. I swear to God that I won't tell anyone!"
Liu Chang swore several times to express his true feelings.
Liu Heng just expressed his opinion helplessly, "You know, my great grandfather and great grandmother passed away, and my father asked the princes from all over the country to come to Chang'an to mourn..."
"Um."
"However, among these princes, there is another person, that is Chen Xi. I heard that my father did not blame the King of Huainan and the King of Liang, but was furious because Chen Xi did not come."
"Also, you know the Prince of Yan. He is the closest to my father. My father treats him as his own son. My father left, but the Prince of Yan did not come. My father did not ask why. This must be because my father asked the Prince of Yan not to come. He wanted him to prepare something more important than mourning for my father."
"I put it this way, and you will understand."
"Understood."
"My great grandfather passed away, and my father specifically asked Chen Xi to come over. Then Chen Xi didn't come. Prince Yan specifically wanted to come over, but my father didn't let him... But what does this have to do with my master?" Liu Chang looked confused.
Liu Heng slapped his forehead hard and said through gritted teeth: "Chen Xi has the closest relationship with the Marquis of Huaiyin!"
"So what? It's not like the master forbad him to come..."
Liu Heng looked at him strangely. If you say he was stupid, he was able to build a machine like a spinning wheel. But if you say he was smart, he still couldn't understand even though Liu Heng explained it so clearly.
Liu Heng shook his head and simply ignored Liu Chang.
The two men lowered their heads to eat and drink juice. Juice was already available at this moment. The luxurious nobles even used cellars to preserve fruits so that they could drink delicious juice even in the cold winter.
As Liu Chang was eating, he seemed to realize something. He suddenly understood and asked loudly , "Brother! Is my teacher going to rebel?!"
“Puff~~”
Liu Heng spat out the juice in his mouth and began to cough violently. Liu Chang hurriedly came over to pat his back.
"Long! Don't say that casually!"
Liu Heng's eyes widened and his face turned red. This was the first time that Liu Heng's defense was broken and he could not maintain his usual elegance.
"Chen Xi is a close confidant of the teacher. Father specially asked him to come this time . Perhaps he has some clues about him and wants to catch him in Chang'an. But he refused to come. Therefore, father did not ask the Prince of Yan to come, because the Prince of Yan is closest to him. If he rebels, father can ask the Prince of Yan to attack him. Is that right?"
Liu Chang quickly expressed "his own" judgment.
Liu Heng glanced at him and said, "I don't know that. You said it yourself."
"Hahaha, I'm so amazing. I can even see through such a secret thing!"
"Brother, do you think I am suitable to be the prime minister? Being a prince is really a waste!"
Liu Heng's face twitched and he didn't say anything.
"Anyone who chooses you as prime minister must be suffering from a serious brain disease."
Immediately afterwards, Liu Chang began to worry again.
"Is the master involved too? Why? He is not young anymore. Isn't it better to live in peace and stability? He is such a powerful person..."
Seeing his brother was a little disappointed, Liu Heng said disdainfully: "Who isn't like this?"
“No one really cares about the world. All they care about is who controls the world.”
"The world has been through such a long war, nine out of ten houses are empty, and there are ruins everywhere. Countless souls are floating in the river. If you dig anywhere with a hoe, you can dig out bones. But who cares? Ambitious people only care about themselves. They don't care how much destruction the war will bring..."
"Isn't it the same for the Marquis of Huaiyin? In the eyes of these people, the common people are the same as the pigs and dogs they eat every day, as humble as grass..."
"Except for these ambitious people, the ministers in the court only care about the local tyrants. What about the Three Elders' teachings... Haha... I think it's better to call them bullying..."
This was probably the first time that Liu Heng expressed his opinion. When Liu Chang heard these words, he widened his eyes and stared at Liu Heng motionlessly, which made Liu Heng a little scared.
"what are you doing?"
"The King of Heaven and the Tiger of Earth?"
"What?"
"It's nothing, brother, you were really born in the wrong era..."
Liu Chang really felt more and more that his brother was more suitable to be the emperor than his other brothers. However, if he became the emperor, he would definitely be a very cruel emperor. Thinking about his cold tone just now, if he became the emperor, he would definitely arrest all the wealthy families in the world and kill them...
The second brother is a good person, but he is too good and cannot bear to kill anyone. The fifth brother is also kind, but he has no authority and no one is afraid of him. As for Ruyi, he is totally useless.
