Chapter 053 Father and Son
When Empress Lü traveled, she was very low-key and basically would not notify the local officials. If the officials took the initiative to come to greet her, she would not be happy but angry. If she had this time, couldn't she do something practical for the people? Why was she pretending to be a loyal minister here?
When Liu Bang traveled, he was the opposite of Empress Lü. He was very fanciful and had a lot of support. He almost wanted to grab a microphone and shout to everyone around him: Your emperor is back! !
He enjoyed the feeling of being "welcomed by the people with food and drink" and sat on the emperor's carriage, stretching his neck as far as possible so that he could see the people around him, with a smile on his face . From time to time, he would turn around and brag to Chen Ping, bragging about how popular he was with the people.
Chen Ping had long been accustomed to it and was not surprised. He nodded calmly. No matter what Liu Bang said, he just nodded.
When Liu Bang came all the way to Luoyang and brought Empress Lü back with him, Chen Ping escaped from the sea of suffering because Empress Lü succeeded him.
With a cold face, Empress Lu listened to Liu Bang's endless bragging, suppressing her anger and saying nothing.
"I will execute Han Xin when I return to Chang'an this time. What do you think?"
Liu Bang suddenly asked.
Empress Lü showed no expression and simply replied, "It is entirely up to your majesty to decide."
This did not seem to be the answer Liu Bang wanted.
He smiled and asked, "The Prime Minister sent me a letter saying that you protected Han Xin and refused to kill him... He is very dissatisfied with you. Why is that?"
"Because of the prince ."
"Prince?"
Liu Bang asked in surprise: "What's the matter with Ying here?"
"The prince came to persuade me, saying that he wanted to recapture Han Xin for his own use, so I did not act. If Your Majesty wants to kill him, then go ahead. I will not protect him."
Liu Bang did not believe this at all. He said disdainfully: "Instead of telling me that Liu Ying has such an ambition, it would be more reliable to say that Liu Chang wrote a book and established a school of thought."
Empress Lu didn't explain at all, she just turned her head away.
When Liu Chang was taking a nap in the Pepper Room, a palace maid suddenly woke him up and said that the prince had summoned him.
When he lazily sat up and was in a daze on the bed, Liu Hui came hurriedly. Seeing his appearance, he couldn't help but shouted: "Hurry up and put on your clothes! Father is coming back! We are all going to greet him!"
"It's so cold outside...why don't I just not go?"
Liu Chang sat on the bed, rubbing his sleepy eyes.
"What are you talking about! Get up!"
Several palace maids rushed over to help Liu Chang put on his clothes. Liu Hui dragged Liu Chang and left the Pepper Palace. The princes were already ready. Ruyi was even wearing a crown, looking majestic. However, Liu Chang half-closed his eyes and dozed off on the spot. He didn't even make fun of Ruyi.
Liu Ying was not here. When they left the palace, there were already soldiers guarding the city. They finally got outside the city and saw Liu Ying there, chatting cordially with a group of ministers. The princes and ministers were standing in two different places.
After waiting for a long time, there was no sign of Liu Bang and Empress Lu.
"Captain, go wash your face! Everyone is watching us, don't be rude..."
Seeing Liu Changlian yawning several times, Liu Heng finally couldn't help it and started to persuade him.
Liu Chang was stunned. He pointed at the other prince angrily and said, "I just yawned , and Jian might as well have fallen asleep. Why do you only talk about me and not him? Why is my brother so unfair?"
In the distance, the eighth child, Liu Jian, was sleeping soundly in the arms of a palace maid.
Liu Heng's face twitched and he gritted his teeth, ignoring this shameless man.
The ministers were naturally looking at the princes and the future princes. Ruyi stood straight with his hand on the hilt of his sword, looking majestic and heroic, quite like Liu Bang. Liu Heng stood respectfully with a calm face. Even though he was looked at by the ministers, he was not moved at all.
Liu Hui kept returning the greetings to the ministers, being generous and gentle... Liu Chang... yawned, and when he saw a minister looking at him, he rolled his eyes or simply glared back fiercely, "Look at what I'm doing? Be careful or I'll arrest you and make you repair the palace!"
After waiting for about half an hour, Liu Bang's carriage finally arrived.
The prince took the lead in saluting and shouting, and everyone else saluted.
Liu Bang happily stood up to greet the ministers. He got off the car, went to help Xiao He and other ministers up, and said to Xiao He affectionately: "This time, we fought against the rebellion, thanks to the prime minister. The generals all said: The food and grass have never been cut off for half a day, all because of the prime minister's contribution!"
Xiao He stood up and said, "This is due to the Crown Prince's contribution... I am only assisting the Crown Prince."
Liu Ying looked at Liu Bang eagerly, but Liu Bang looked at him with disdain and ignored him. He led his ministers back to the palace. The princes hurried to pay their respects to him.
"Your Highness, your son, respectfully asks you how you are?"
"I'm in peace!"
"Your Highness, your son, respectfully asks you how you are?"
"I'm in peace!"
"Son...ah~~~~Saint Ann?"
"I...what did you do last night?"
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In the Xuanshi Hall, Liu Bang was listening to Xiao He's report on recent major events, with Crown Prince Liu Ying and Liu Chang sitting on both sides.
Speaking of which, Liu Chang was completely confused. It would have been fine if his father had left Xiao He and his second brother behind, but why did he also leave himself behind?
What's your business here?
Could you please finish quickly? I need to go back to sleep!
Xiao He mainly talked about the achievements of Crown Prince Liu Ying during this period of time and praised Liu Ying highly.
Soon, Liu Bang asked Xiao He to leave. Facing his eldest son Liu Ying, Liu Bang felt a little complicated. He pondered for a moment and said, "You did a good job... Being able to listen to the correct suggestions of the ministers is a necessary ability for a qualified monarch... In the future, you should not be idle. Come to the court meetings and learn how to govern..."
Liu Ying was a little excited and choked up as he said, "Thank you, father."
Liu Bang grinned and said, "Go, catch up with the Prime Minister..."
Liu Ying was stunned, nodded heavily, and left in a hurry.
Liu Bang then looked at Liu Chang. He stretched out his hand and waved at him. Liu Chang carefully sat down next to him and said, "I didn't do anything..."
"Tell me everything about Han Xin, in detail, and don't tell lies!"
Liu Bang became very serious, and Liu Chang asked, "Where should I start?"
"Let's start from when that person suddenly appeared next to your master!"
"Well... that person suddenly appeared, and the teacher's mood became very strange..."
"Later, I stole... borrowed Ruyi's horse and rushed out to find the teacher... At that time, hundreds of elite knights came to chase me, but I was not afraid at all!"
"I snatched the sword from my master and whistled. Suddenly, everyone was horrified. In an instant, I suddenly jumped up, jumped over the four or five soldiers in front of me, stepped on their heads... Like a dragonfly skimming over water, I rushed all the way to Kuai Che and beheaded him with one sword!"
As he was talking, Liu Chang seemed to have thought of something, and he changed the subject and said, "At that time, I was very afraid that Master would be executed, so I wanted to ask my mother for mercy. But my mother told me that my second brother had already asked for mercy, and asked me not to meddle in other people's business..."
Liu Bang narrowed his eyes and listened carefully.
"You were the one who asked the prince to ask the queen for help, right?"
"how do you know??"
Liu Chang's eyes widened.
"Oh, you think you can play tricks in front of me? I used to know all these things you did when I was a child... Ahem, keep talking!"
"Then the master was locked up... My second brother even took me to see the master..."
Regarding Han Xin, Liu Bang had received six different pieces of information, each one saying something different. In order to verify, he decided to find out the truth directly from his stupid son when no one told Liu Chang about it. Sure enough, the truth was almost the same as he thought.
The father and son were chatting when suddenly, Madam Qi arrived.
Liu Bang was overjoyed and stood up quickly. Concubine Qi threw herself into his arms. Liu Bang sniffed with a smile, then laughed and sat down with his arms around her.
He was about to take the next step when he suddenly saw Liu Chang staring at him.
Liu Bang blushed and cursed, "Why are you still staying here?!"
