Chapter 73 The wind and sand are too strong here
“No.”
“Why?!”
Chen Mai looked at his father in confusion, his face flushed with anger.
Chen Ping narrowed his eyes. "I allowed you to play with the children of other nobles, but I never let you hang out with the royal children."
"The king is a generous man, he is very kind to us, we all respect him! He is my big brother! I am willing to play with him!"
"Oh, really?"
"Remember I taught you that having a relationship with someone from the royal family is never a good thing."
"But aren't father and the prince very close?"
Chen Ping did not have the patience to continue explaining to his son. He just shook his head and said, "From now on, you should stop going out and study at home. I don't ask you to make further progress. As long as you don't lose our family's title, that's enough."
"I!!!"
"I will definitely surpass you in the future!"
"I'll earn a peerage myself!"
Chen Mai felt very aggrieved, his eyes were red. This was the first time he yelled at his father, but Chen Ping did not scold him or beat him. He just calmly picked up the book and ignored him.
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In most families, the male owner was not at home, such as Xiahou Ying and Fan Kuai, but fortunately, their female owners were not stupid. Fan Kang was the first to prepare gifts. His mother supported his behavior very much and asked him to get closer to the prince, Liu Chang and others. He did not hesitate at all and prepared gifts directly. Among all the families, he contributed the most.
The wives of Zhou Bo and Xiahou Ying also went to the palace to pay homage to Empress Lü.
"Humph! This brat is so naughty! I will definitely discipline him!"
Empress Lu said angrily.
Madam Zhou smiled and said, "Your Highness, they were just fooling around in the past. This time, they are doing serious business. I hope Your Highness will not blame us... We came here mainly to talk to you. My husband is on the battlefield, so the family affairs have fallen on us..."
Madam Xiahou hurriedly followed, "Yes, but Her Royal Highness is still the best at managing the household. The young master cares about the world and can lead the children on the right path... This is a good thing, and we have no objection."
The three women chatted about this and that, talking about some homely things, complaining about the problems at home, complaining about the children's misbehavior, and they were very happy chatting. They were not stupid, they dared not support the prince, Liu Chang was a natural prince's party, they came this time, not to ask, but to report. If there was anything in the future, they would have filed a case with the queen in advance, and the queen would take responsibility if there was anything.
Obviously, Empress Lu understood what they meant, and she also instructed them to bring their children to the palace more often. Empress Lu had never been afraid of Liu Chang. As the mother knows a son best, she knew that Liu Chang would be Liu Ying's most steadfast and loyal bulwark in the future. Liu Ying was weak in character, and if he went there himself, the ministers and nobles would certainly bully him. At that time, the tough prince Liu Chang would teach them a lesson.
In a sense, Liu Chang is now uniting the second generation of nobles, which is a good thing. Most of these people will inherit their father's title. Liu Chang is a natural prince's party. If nothing unexpected happens, these people will follow Liu Chang to support Liu Ying and protect Liu Ying together in the future.
It's just that Liu Chang's bastard character... I can only hope that he will be a little more restrained when he grows up. But this is both good and bad. At least, Empress Lu can be sure that if someone bullies Liu Ying, Liu Chang will definitely dare to drive his car to hit him to death! This is something that other princes dare not do. Even if they respect their brother, they will hesitate and hesitate, but Liu Chang will not. If he says he will hit someone to death, he will definitely hit him to death.
This kid has always been pretty...straightforward.
Liu Chang would soon follow his brother to Shangjun, and his friends all came to see him off, except Chen Mai, who was late.
This made Zhou Shengzhi very angry. He angrily cursed: "This guy is afraid of losing money, so he hides from us and refuses to come out to meet us!"
"Chen Mai is not that kind of person!" Liu Chang said confidently, "Something must have happened to delay him... How about this, Fan Kang, you go to Chen's house and keep an eye on it. When Lord Chen leaves, we'll climb over the wall and enter Chen's house to find out what's going on!"
This is what Liu Chang said, and he actually did it.
When Chen Mai saw his elder brother, who was covered in dust and dirt, leading everyone into the study, he was so excited that he almost cried.
Of course he also told the reason, "My father doesn't allow me to play with the king..."
Liu Chang waved his hand and said, "This is not a problem at all. I will go to see Lord Chen and convince him with a few words!"
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"Does Lord Chen have any prejudice against the Crown Prince?"
When Empress Lu asked this question seriously, Chen Ping broke out in a cold sweat.
“How dare you?!”
"Then why don't you agree that your children should help the prince in mining?"
"I don't know. I thought it was just a kid's joke..."
"Oh...Is that so? That's all right. Please go back, Lord Chen."
When Chen Ping left the palace, his face was filled with grief and indignation. There was a traitor! A traitor! There were idiot teammates everywhere! There were traitors everywhere! They almost killed my father again!
After being cheated several times, even a calm person like Chen Ping could not suppress his anger at this moment .
He raised his head, his face slightly angry, hesitated for a moment, and unclenched his fists, "Forget it, it's not worth it."
If he wanted to deal with a jerk, he had plenty of ways to do it. So far, Chen Ping had never failed to get rid of a person. Even powerful people like Han Xin and Maodun had fallen into his trap. However, Chen Ping was not such a paranoid lunatic. Getting rid of Liu Chang would not do him any good. If he was not careful, it would bring him disaster. Well, he had to endure it.
Many people compare Chen Ping with Jia Xu, a strategist during the Three Kingdoms period. They say that he is just as vicious and self-protective as Jia Xu during the early Han Dynasty. In fact, Chen Ping is different from Jia Xu. Chen Ping is Chen Ping, an extremely dangerous and restrained genius, a unique strategist.
Naturally, Chen Mai could come out and play with Liu Chang and the others again. It was Chen Ping who threw him out personally.
Chen Mai didn't care about that. He happily found his elder brother and continued to fool around behind him.
Liu Ying finally dealt with the matters at hand and left Chang'an with Liu Chang.
Empress Lü did not see them off in person, but she secretly sent someone to prepare everything they needed for the trip, from food to clothing.
Liu Chang sat beside his brother, said goodbye reluctant friends, and left Chang'an happily.
Liu Chang had to go to the mine to make something useful. Many things in his mind might not be applicable to this era. The previous farm tools in the end, the farm tools he designed were not practical at all and it was a waste of effort.
They set out in a mighty procession towards Shangjun. Zhou Mansion, Xiahou Mansion, and Fan Mansion all sent a lot of food and manpower, so there was a long line behind Liu Ying's carriage. Liu Chang couldn't sit still at all. When Liu Ying wasn't paying attention, he jumped down and chatted with the people behind him.
But gradually, Liu Chang couldn't laugh anymore.
Walking eastward from Chang'an, you can see the desolate and miserable life of the people. But walking westward, there is no such scene of desolate life at all, because you can hardly see any people at all.
Along the way, Liu Chang has seen four villages, and without exception, these villages have become ruins.
The short earthen wall that originally surrounded the village had cracked and turned black due to the fire. The tattered wooden door swayed in the wind. Outside the village, large and small earthen slopes could be vaguely seen. Some of the earthen slopes had sunk in, revealing the white bones inside... Liu Ying slowly stretched out his hand and covered Liu Chang's eyes.
The situation in the county town was better, it seemed a little empty, at least there were living people. However, when those skinny people looked at Liu Ying numbly, Liu Ying seemed to be hurt by their eyes and lowered his head in a hurry.
The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, but the world left to the Han Dynasty was devastated. The Han Dynasty groped in this darkness, hoping to find the right path.
"Brother...are you crying?"
"No... the wind and sand here are too strong..."
