Dahan first prince

Chapter 284 Ying'er, May Protect Ruyi's Life?

After kowtowing to Liu Bang and confirming again and again that there was no need to record the edict, Xiao Hecai stood up and led everyone out of the hall.

A moment later, the courtiers kneeling outside the hall also followed Xiao He and Cao Can out of Changle Palace.

Liu Ying originally thought that all the courtiers and officials had left, and her father Liu Bang would also keep her mother Lu Zhi, so that she could linger on this rare time of reunion.

But what surprised Liu Ying was that after the courtiers and officials left, her mother Lu Zhi hesitated for a long time with a tangled face, and finally nodded slowly to Liu Ying, and then she also left.

Liu Ying clearly saw that when her mother Lu Zhi left, her father looked at the back of her mother, with a hint of reluctance in his eyes.

But soon, that reluctance was replaced by some relief and a touch of bitterness...
"The prince stays..."

"Okra stay..."

"Yu...cough cough..."

"The rest, if you are not afraid of death and family annihilation, you can stay..."

As soon as Liu Bang's words came out, the palace people in the palace were only stunned for a moment, then they all bowed backwards and exited the Changxin Palace.

Taking advantage of the time when everyone retreated, the old eunuch who was replaced by Liu Bang as "okra" also brought a bowl of ginseng soup with tears in his eyes, and carefully delivered it to the old emperor's mouth.

After pouring down the ginseng soup one mouthful at a time, the old man's complexion became ruddy visible to the naked eye, even the coughing that hadn't stopped for a long time seemed to disappear.

Feeling a little bit of strength in his body, the old emperor tried to sit up by himself, seeing Liu Ying still kneeling and kowtowing, sobbing softly, he also smiled slightly.

"This party ginseng was dedicated to me by the crown prince..."

"Um······"

"Good stuff..."

"It's just that the medicine is too strong, and I'm very ill, so I shouldn't use it more..."

"If I got this thing a few years ago, maybe I can last a little longer..."

Listening to the old man's tone getting stronger, Liu Ying secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but her voice was still crying.

"Son...Er Chen..."

"My son, the crime deserves ten thousand deaths..."

In one word, Liu Ying's crying only became more intense, and for a while, she couldn't breathe.

To say how real Liu Ying's tears are at this moment is undoubtedly a bit critical.

After all, adding up the previous and previous lives, the number of times Liu Ying and her father got together alone did not exceed ten times.

——Two generations before and after, once at the funeral of the Supreme Emperor;
——Once when the father passed away in the previous life;
Except for these three times, the rest of the times were basically all in this life.

For a person who has only met less than ten times, even if they are connected by blood, it is undoubtedly a mirror image to say how much emotion they have between each other.

But Liu Ying was very sure: just now, when her father seemed to be dying, she really panicked!
Perhaps after kneeling and prostrating, unable to cry for a long time, Liu Ying was a little bit put on, but at the beginning, Liu Ying's tears fell from the bottom of her heart.

——Liu Ying, I was really scared...

In the past, Liu Ying had imagined countless times: when her father died and she ascended the throne, what would be the best, most perfect, and beneficial to herself;

Liu Ying also thought about it: When her father was about to die, what kind of state would she face in order to appear respectful and filial, without being so deliberate.

But when that moment really came, Liu Ying found that she couldn't take care of everything planned before!

As soon as she thought that her father would close her eyes and never wake up again, and that the twelve sulfur crown would fall on her head, Liu Ying was filled with a wave of fear in her heart!

In her previous life, Liu Ying's ascension to the throne was almost done by her mother Lu Zhi's full name. Even the enthronement ceremony was completed under the remote control of the courtiers and officials. Naturally, Liu Ying didn't feel anything, just a burst of elation.

But in this life, after personally shouldering the burden of "supervising the country" and taking control of the power of the court, Liu Ying found that she was not as indifferent as she imagined.

For the future, Liu Ying has the same longing and expectations as her previous life, and she is also full of energy;
But the difference from the previous life is that this time, Liu Ying felt a little more hesitation, apprehension, and fear.

Until this moment, the old emperor had recovered from the previous state where he was about to die, but the hesitation and fear in Liu Ying's heart still did not dissipate completely.

When Liu Ying tried to get up straight from the ground and move her forehead away from the floor, Liu Ying realized that since at some point, her hands had lost the strength to support her upper body...
"Come here."

"Let me see."

"Let me take a good look..."

Hearing her father's almost normal tone, Liu Ying finally gritted her teeth and stood up straight. She didn't care to wipe away the tears on her face, so she knelt and walked forward.

Then I saw the old emperor stretch out his hand with a gentle smile, and gently put his hand on Liu Ying's cheek.

"how?"

"Scared?"

The old emperor asked abruptly, which made Liu Ying subconsciously tense up.

But for some reason, being watched by the old emperor's deep eyes, Liu Ying didn't dare to hesitate at all, and immediately dismissed the idea of ​​lying, and nodded a little dullly.

Seeing this, the old man was stunned for a moment, and then he smiled and wiped away the tears on Liu Ying's face. There was also a little melancholy in his smile.

"When the royal father passed away, I was also afraid."

"I'm afraid that without Royal Father, I will no longer have any relatives."

"I'm afraid that without my royal father, no one will dare to persuade me or scold me anymore."

"I'm afraid that without my royal father, I will really become a lonely family..."

"Hey······"

With a complex smile, Liu Bang helped Liu Yingxu up, and looked up at the eldest son who had begun to show his majesty.

——Liu Han Guozuo's first prince, his own heir, the only son of Liu Han's first ancestor!
"But soon, I won't be afraid anymore."

"Because I think about it, I can't be afraid."

"I think of the world, there are tens of millions of common people, Li Shu, waiting for me to cheer up."

"North of the Great Wall, south of Wuling, and even east of Hangu, there are countless foreign barbarians and internal thieves, waiting for the day I fear, so that they can slaughter and rob the people of our Han family."

"If I am afraid, then there will be no one in the world who is not afraid..."

Listening to the tone of her father's gentle voice, Liu Ying only nodded again squirmingly, and the tears that had just been borne back immediately welled up again, hung on the edge of her eyes, and were about to fall.

Seeing this, the old man just smiled, pulled Liu Ying towards him, and sat down on his right leg.

At this moment, the old emperor also reacted belatedly: son, it seems to have grown up;

It became heavier, and my thigh hurt a little from the pressure;

He has become taller, sitting on his lap, but he still needs to raise his head a little to see that still slightly green face.

The old man still remembered: I can't remember clearly, when was the last time I sat with my son on my lap like this...

Thinking of this, the old man couldn't help but feel guilty when he looked at Liu Ying.

Even the tone of voice became softer involuntarily.

"Ying'er is still the prince, and I'm still here, so you can be afraid."

"But sooner or later, the people of the world will count on Yinger; the northern barbarians outside the wall will wait for the day Yinger fears."

"At that time, Ying'er, you can't be afraid anymore..."

Not only was it rare to hear her father's gentle tone, Liu Ying's throbbing heart finally calmed down.

Hearing these words, Liu Ying finally nodded heavily, and there was a trace of solemnity in her eyes.

"The boy knows."

"My child is not afraid."

In the time of speaking, the address between father and son returned to more than ten years ago again.

——This is the first time that Liu Bang called Liu Ying's name instead of 'Prince' since the First Battle of Pengcheng in Chu and Han Dynasties;
It was also the first time since then that Liu Ying called herself 'Baby' instead of 'Er Chen'...

Seeing that Liu Ying agreed, Liu Bang stared at Liu Ying's face for a while, and then nodded reassuringly.

It was at this time that the old eunuch Qiu Kui couldn't swallow his crying anymore, so he covered his mouth and began to cry softly.

Hearing the cry, Liu Bang didn't turn his head back. He looked away from Liu Ying's face with a smile, and looked directly in the direction of the palace gate with a faint smile.

"In the next ten months, I have something to tell the prince."

"These words are inconvenient for outsiders to know."

"During this period of time, for the chores in Changxin Hall, there is Lao Qiugong..."

Hearing Liu Bang's words, the old eunuch Qiukui only cried more urgently; when he heard the word "Qiu Gong" at the end, he fell to his knees with a bang, but pressed his hands tightly to his mouth, Not daring to make a sound.

Seeing that Liu Bang sighed again, he continued: "When the palace chariot drives away, I will take San Er eunuch to Changling to guard the spirit for me."

"With my order, Prince, I will not make things difficult for you..."

"Let's step back for now."

"Wait for my call, and then enter the palace to answer my orders."

Hearing Liu Bang's words, the old eunuch finally kowtowed as if he had received an amnesty, but still pressed his mouth firmly with both hands, and kowtowed several times.

Then, the old eunuch thanked Dade and stood up, bowed deeply towards Liu Bang's back, walked backwards to nearly five feet behind the imperial couch, and stood there dumbfounded like an old monk in a trance.

Feeling under the buttocks, the thighs of the old man gradually began to shake from side to side, Liu Ying also stood up quickly, and then respectfully knelt down beside the legs of the old man.

Seeing that Liu Bang smiled and sighed softly again, and gently stroked the back of Liu Ying's head with his hand, his tone of voice was unexpectedly gentle and calm that he had never seen before.

"The matter of King Zhao, I, think it over and over again..."

"But I, there is still one thing I don't know."

"—why?"

"Why is it Ruyi?"

"And why did you move to Huainan?"

Hearing the sincerity in her father's tone, Liu Ying hesitated for a moment, then let go of her worries, and raised her head a little seriously.

"My child shouldn't have interfered with the matter of moving the king, but if I don't say anything, my child will really have a stick in his throat."

"——Emperor Father said earlier: The king of Zhao is in charge of the soldiers and horses of Yan, Dai, and Zhao. If there is a war, he can send troops first, and then report to Chang'an."

"Therefore King Zhao is the pillar of my family's defense against the northern barbarians..."

"It's also the scourge of holding a murder weapon and shaking the country!"

After speaking, Liu Ying's face became more and more serious.

"Zhao, the prince of the clan, was credible and used him; however, Ruyi had almost touched the reserve position. Even if this was not Ruyi's original intention, it was inevitable that he would not be hated and feared by the queen mother."

"If the mother's intention is to be unfavorable to Ruyi, she will still be accused of crimes, and there is no way to start;"

"However, Ruyi Wang Zhao holds the military power of the side wall, although he seems to have the power to protect himself, but this may also make the queen mother more determined to kill!"

Having said that, Liu Ying raised her head and saw that her father was not unhappy, so she finally felt at ease.

"The father knows the temperament of the child; Yu Ruyi, the child has no fear or hatred;"

"In the future, my son will also do his best to keep Ruyi safe."

"—but father should also know that the queen mother has always hated Ruyi and Madam Qi very much. In the future, it will inevitably be disadvantaged by Ruyi and Madam Qi."

"If Ruyi moves to Wang Huainan, my son can still turn around and persuade; if it doesn't work, she can sleep and eat with Ruyi, and never leave her."

"Zhi'er has made up her mind, and there is no reason to kill her. The queen mother should also retreat..."

"However, if Ruyi is still the king of Zhao, and holds the soldiers of the three kingdoms of Yan, Dai, and Zhao in his hands, and has the power to bring disaster to the country, then even if the mother and queen do not think of personal grievances, she should regard Ruyi as a nail in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and want to get rid of it. Then fast."

"Zonger persuades the sidelines, fearing that the queen mother should also use the ancestral temple and the community as an excuse to be stubborn."

"The old son thought that Ruyi Wangzhao was no different from a child holding gold in the downtown area; the queen mother wanted to kill her, but she had to kill her with the 'crime of pregnant jade'."

"However, if you move to Wang Huainan, Ruyi will no longer have the ability to harm the country, and if your mother has a heart, there will be no incurable crime..."

After telling out all the manuscripts that had been typed long ago, Liu Ying raised her head full of magnanimity, and quietly waited for the old emperor's reply.

But after hearing Liu Ying's words, there was only a wry smile on the old emperor's face.

"I originally thought that Wang Zhao would give Ruyi the power to protect herself."

"In this way, Ruyi Wang Zhao has become a deadly arrow and a life-threatening talisman?"

Hearing this, Liu Ying only nodded with a stern expression.

"Royal father puts military power on Ruyi's body, and his face seems to give Ruyi the power to protect himself."

"However, father, why don't you try to think about it: the empress mother is the main chamber of the East Palace, the aunt of the princes; in the future, the empress mother will summon Ruyi to go to Chang'an, can Ruyi not go to court?"

"If you don't go to court, you will stand as a rebel if you wish, and your mother can be called righteous and obedient and launch an army to attack her;"

"Ruochao, Ruyi and An can bring a large army into the customs and go to Chang'an?"

"In the year when Ruyi was in love with Ai, and she was alone in Chang'an, if the queen mother wanted to get rid of her, why would she take care of her son to protect Ruyi?"

Hearing this, the old emperor's troubled face finally showed a hint of approval.

But soon, the old emperor's eyes full of scrutiny were completely concentrated in the depths of Liu Ying's eyes.

"The chaos in Huainan Jingying Bo, can be described as a thousand wastes waiting to be done."

"If you move to Wang Huainan, as you wish, you will no longer have the slightest ability to protect yourself."

"I'm just asking."

"——If Wang Huainan, Ying'er, can Ruyi's life be guaranteed?!"

"Remove his throne, High Lord..."

"It's okay to be a white body or a farmer!"

"Maybe Ying'er can ensure that within ten years, I won't see Ruyi crying and complaining in the underworld?"

(End of this chapter)