Chapter 038 Someone Has to Be Responsible
“Pah~~”
Tang Bing slapped his forehead fiercely.
He asked tremblingly, "Did you really say that?"
"yes."
"Prince... we asked you to vaguely propose this idea and let the Queen think of it herself... How can you just say it out loud?"
"I was worried that my mother wouldn't understand the meaning, so I told her the truth."
"How could she..."
Tang Bing's lips trembled. At this moment, the old man was also a little bit broken. The four of them discussed for a long time and finally made up their minds. They asked the prince to vaguely suggest that Han Xin escort the prince and let the queen find a way to save the life of Huaiyin Hou. As a result, this useless prince actually told the queen the truth directly. How could this be tolerated?
Liu Ying's words meant to protect his position as the crown prince, and there was also a hint of targeting the emperor and his brothers. Empress Lü could have this idea, but as a crown prince, do you want to rebel by saying this? ? Can you say this? ?
The four old men probably had high blood pressure. They took a deep breath and relaxed for a long time. The youngest, Zhou Shu, recovered the fastest. He comforted him, "No matter what, this is the prince's first attempt. It will be much better next time..."
"I'm afraid this will be the last time... Prince, please tell us about the Queen's reaction... What did she say?"
Liu Ying thought seriously about his mother's appearance and said, "She was probably stunned for a long time, and then she just nodded to whatever I said... She was still in a daze when I left..."
"It's over, it's over... Not only did we fail to save the Marquis of Huaiyin, but even the Crown Prince is going to be killed..."
What the four knowledgeable old men did not expect was that the Queen not only did not send troops to capture the prince who was plotting rebellion, but instead ordered the lifting of the ban on him and allowed him to visit Marquis Huaiyin in prison. The Queen even arranged five or six new servants for the prince. The so-called prince's servants were equivalent to the prince's future helpers.
Each of these helpers arranged by the Queen is extraordinary and has their own areas of expertise. This is not a punishment...it seems like a reward?
Four old men who lived from the period of the Seven Heroes to the early Han Dynasty exclaimed: We are so short-sighted... We never thought it would be like this.
…
At this moment, Empress Lu was busy with the follow-up matters. The first thing was of course the big things. Lu Shizhi quickly settled the situation outside the palace. Before Han Xin came over, he dismissed his retainers and servants. Lu Shizhi closed the city gates and captured several of them. There were no more rebels inside or outside the city.
Then came the events in the palace. First, it was Liu Chang who rushed out of the palace, and then it was Liu Ruyi who lent Liu Chang a horse...
Liu Ruyi knelt in the Pepper Room with his head lowered.
"Are you trying to murder your brother? Do you know how old he is? And you take him riding??"
Empress Lu's face was cold and she scolded angrily.
Ruyi was usually very active, but he didn't dare to act unrestrained in front of Empress Lu. He lowered his head and explained weakly: "I saw that my eldest brother was depressed all day, so I took him riding... I didn't know he would do this..."
"Mother... that's true. Everyone has their own responsibilities. I did steal his horse, and he didn't know what I was going to do..."
"You're so proud of yourself? Shut up!"
Liu Chang, who was explaining, was scolded and quickly lowered his head.
Empress Lü continued to look at Ruyi and scolded him, "From now on, put away your showy temper and stop making trouble with Changnian! You are so many years older than Changnian, but you are not as good as Heng in dealing with people! How can you govern Zhao well if you are like this? From now on, you must study hard and learn the principles of governing a country from your teachers! Stop having a childish temper!"
"Zhao is going through a war, and post-war recovery is not an easy matter. Although there are people like Zhou Chang assisting, if you, the King of Zhao, don't have the ability, even the most outstanding people won't be able to display their talents. You need to learn more about Zhao's wars and ask the teachers how to govern a post-war country!"
Ruyi nodded in agreement.
At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the palace gate, and a woman rushed into the Pepper Room.
The person who came was none other than Madam Qi. Madam Qi was horrified. Seeing Ruyi kneeling on the ground, she rushed to his side and protected him. She looked at Empress Lu angrily and asked loudly, "Liu Chang was injured! He was just being naughty! What does this have to do with my child? His Majesty just left, and you want to take this opportunity to murder my child?!"
At this moment, both Liu Ruyi and Liu Chang were stunned.
Liu Chang really didn't like Madam Qi. From childhood to adulthood, when he went to play with his brothers, the only one who was indifferent to him and even drove him away was Madam Qi. Because of this, Liu Chang was very hostile to Liu Ruyi for a long time and couldn't get along with him. The main reason was his mother 's attitude towards him.
Ruyi was even more surprised at this moment. His face turned red and he was at a loss.
"I was just educating him. How dare you say the word murder?" Empress Lu said coldly.
"You have never liked Ruyi, it has always been like this..."
Concubine Qi felt the same fear when facing Empress Lu, and at this moment she almost burst into tears.
Liu Ruyi said helplessly: "You go back first, my mother is correcting my mistakes..."
"let's go together……"
Liu Ruyi's face was serious. He said loudly: "The Queen is my mother. She came to scold me for my own good. How can you stop her? What qualifications do you have to stop her?"
Madam Qi was stunned and looked at her son in disbelief.
Empress Lü chuckled, shook her head, and said, "Take your child away. I am not qualified to reprimand him."
Concubine Qi looked at Empress Lu with hatred in her eyes, but she was helpless.
Liu Chang slowly stood up, stood in front of Empress Lu, and glared at her, "You are just a concubine, how dare you look directly at my mother? Lower your head!!!"
Ruyi also stood up, blocking Madam Qi behind her, and glared at Liu Chang, "You are just a prince, how dare you be so rude to my mother?!"
Concubine Qi and Empress Lu looked at each other, Liu Ruyi and Liu Chang looked at each other.
For a moment, a light breeze blew by, and Empress Lu grabbed Liu Chang's shoulders and said, "You guys go out, and don't come again."
Madam Qi took Liu Ruyi away, and Liu Chang was still complaining to Empress Lu, "When I can go out, you'll see how I kick Ruyi. He can't beat me now. When I grow up a few more years, I'll beat him every day!"
That's what he said, but when Liu Chang left the palace, he started to play and fight with Liu Ruyi again, as if nothing had happened between the two. The grudges between the children were probably not grudges at all, after they had a fight and played around together, it was over.
But adults always have to be responsible for their words, and their grudges are not limited to fighting.
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In the distant State of Zhao, the war became even more intense.
Chen Xi could no longer bear it and suffered setbacks everywhere. He could only hide in the city and defend it with difficulty. He comforted himself over and over again in his heart: As long as the King of Chu could start an uprising, everything would be fine.
Since the cavalry rebellion in September, it has now come to the first month of the eleventh year of Emperor Han. Chen Xi no longer has the power to resist. The generals who initially roamed around were either beheaded by Fan Kuai or crushed to death by Xiahou Ying's chariot.
Dingtao, the palace of King Liang.
King Peng Yue of Liang knelt on the ground and listened to Liu Bang's envoy reading Liu Bang's edict.
Most of the time, Liu Bang wrote edicts casually. This edict was written to scold Peng Yue.
The general meaning is that the front line is short of soldiers. Among the vassal states, Liang ranks second in the number of soldiers, second only to Qi. Even Jing has sent tens of thousands of troops. Why do you send a kid with a few thousand people to fool me? I made you a vassal king in the first place, so that you can help the country when it is in trouble. What do you want to do now?
Stop talking nonsense and bring your troops to support us. Han Wangxin has invaded again with the Xiongnu cavalry and is stationed in Chanhe County. I am fighting on two fronts and my troops are obviously not enough! Come quickly!
After hearing the imperial edict, Peng Yue accepted it respectfully.
Peng Yue, Han Xin and Ying Bu are known as the three famous generals in the early Han Dynasty. Many people in later generations believe that he is the father of Chinese guerrilla warfare. When Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought, Peng Yue often traveled back and forth to attack Xiang Yu and cut off their food and grass in Liangdi. This is known in history as "Peng Yue attacked Chu".
After Liu Bang pacified the world, he became King of Liang.
But the problem is that King Liang is not as young and powerful as the other kings. King Liang is already old.
He went to Chang'an to pay a visit to Liu Bang several times and was not afraid at all that Liu Bang would arrest him.
When Taigong passed away, he did not go because he was ill, but he did not expect that the other princes were also "ill". Peng Yue wanted to cry but had no tears. He was really ill. Including this time to attack the enemy, he did not lead the troops himself because he was seriously ill, so he sent a general he trusted with thousands of people.
This is not to fool Liu Bang, this is because the Liang State today is no longer the Liang State of the past. We all know that Peng Yue and Liu Bang are partners. He is not the kind of old brother who has followed Liu Bang for a long time. He also has his own confidants under his command, and these confidants do not agree with their current status.
They felt that Peng Yue became a king, but they could only be generals of a fiefdom. If Peng Yue could become an emperor, wouldn't they be able to become kings?
Peng Yue spent a lot of effort to suppress those generals in the country who had other ideas. He was a man who valued feelings and was unwilling to kill them. He could only use a gentle approach to let them go home and enjoy their old age. The general he sent was the only one he trusted.
