Dahan first prince

Chapter 289 The Can't-Wait Lu Shi

"My son, see the queen mother."

Changle Palace, Changxin Palace.

The bones of the former emperor Liu Bang were not yet cold, and the white filial piety that can be seen everywhere in Chang'an City, Lu Zhi, who had just become the queen mother, had already lived in the Changle Palace that belonged to the Han emperor.

However, it is slightly different from Liu Ying's previous life: in this life, it was Liu Ying who proposed, or in other words, gave up the Changle Palace.

Seeing Liu Ying saluting him sternly, Lu Zhi already had a hesitant expression on his face, but he couldn't help but put on a little temptation.

"King Qi and King Chu, have you both been to Changling?"

When Liu Ying heard the words, she nodded with a slight smile, walked forward naturally, and sat down beside Lu Zhi.

"only."

"Brother Wang and Uncle Wang have all gone to Changling to pay homage to Emperor Gao, and now they are heading to Changle."

"As far as Zhao Wang, Dai Wang, and Wu Wang, it may still take a few days to arrive in Chang'an."

Hearing Liu Ying's tone of indifference, which was the same as before, Lu Zhi couldn't help but smile a little, and took Liu Ying's hand.

"That's good."

"When all the kings have arrived, the emperor should also hold a family banquet, so as to lessen the clan's friendship with the kings."

"In addition, when Emperor Gao passed away, he should be rewarded with one of the kings, and the emperor should also raise funds first..."

Hearing this, Liu Ying only squeezed out a stiff smile, nodded obediently, and immediately cast her distracted eyes on the floor at her feet.

Seeing Liu Ying showing this look again, Lu Zhi finally put aside all the loneliness in his heart, sighed softly, pulled Liu Ying's head, and pressed it on his neck.

"Emperor Gao made a big move, and my son is young..."

"From now on, my mother and son will be left alone, and we will depend on each other for life, and we will have to take care of the ancestral temple and the community..."

"Ugh······"

"It's just suffering my son..."

But when Liu Ying heard the words, she raised her head slightly with a mournful expression, and looked at her mother's bloodshot eyes full of pity.

"The child is not bitter."

"It's hard for the mother to share the burden for the son..."

After saying that, the mother and son leaned on each other like this, and sighed for a while.

After a while, Lu Zhi suddenly asked a question, causing Liu Ying to straighten up and look at Lu Zhi with a little seriousness.

"Emperor Gao is on his way, and my son's new emperor will be established soon. You should know what it means: one emperor, one courtier?"

Hearing this question, Liu Ying's face became a little more serious, but there was an alarm bell in her heart!
With her eyes closed, Liu Ying could guess how Lu Zhi's question came about at this delicate moment.

——The relatives of Lu's family who worked so hard to 'cultivate' Liu Ying, I'm afraid I can't wait to get something...
With a hundred thousand points of vigilance in her heart, Liu Ying's face was filled with a hint of thought.

"Um······"

"The meaning of the queen mother, the child understands."

"Boy, there is indeed a matter. I want to ask my mother to play."

As she said that, Liu Ying raised her head hesitantly, and looked at Lu Zhi with a slightly tentative gaze.

"The three princes and nine officials in the imperial court were mostly restored by Emperor Gao at the beginning of the year. Except for the dismissed Taiwei, the rest may have no good choice."

"The post of Lang Zhongling..."

As soon as she cut off the conversation with deep meaning, Liu Ying took a deep breath as if she was a little guilty.

When Lu Zhi looked at Liu Ying with more urgency, Liu Ying said anxiously: "The empress also knows: Lang Zhongling is the imperial guard in the whole master's palace, Zhong Lang, and shoulders the heavy responsibility of escorting."

"Today's Lang Zhong Ling Wu Hu, although he is also a hero and meritorious prince, but in the past, neither the mother nor the son knew much about it..."

"I mean, I'm afraid it's safe to take the post of Lang Zhongling as someone who is trusted by my family?"

Sure enough, as soon as Liu Ying said this, Lu Zhi's face immediately brought a touch of joy, but Lu Zhi still did not make a mistake.

"It's not urgent."

"Emperor Gao's body is not yet cold, and the people in the court are determined. If the appointment and dismissal of Jiuqing is at this moment, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the court, and there will be a lot of discussions..."

Listening to the old lady's words, Liu Ying couldn't help but sneered in her heart even though she was not dissatisfied with the old lady.

Hey!
——You are the one who said 'one emperor and one courtier', and you are the one who said 'no hurry'!
Good words are nothing but words, let you, Mrs. Lu, do the talking!

But complaints are complaints, and Liu Ying can still understand this behavior of my mother.

After all, for so many years, Liu Ying's reserve position, which was on the verge of falling, was stabilized by relying on the "Zhu Lu" who made Liu Ying somewhat dissatisfied at the moment.

Although most of the time, it was the queen mother Lu Zhi who kept Liu Ying from falling from the position of prince, but all the "Zhu Lu" were also an indispensable factor for Liu Ying to keep her position.

It's like a family business for generations to come.

——Liu Ying, who is the prospective chairman, has always been disgusted by the chairman Liu Bang. Because of the CEO Lu Zhi, he has not changed the successor for a long time.

During this process, it was naturally CEO Lu Zhi who forced Chairman Liu Bang to maintain his status quo; but the "insiders" who helped Lu Zhi with specific work obviously also had credit.

But now, the old chairman has stepped down, the new chairman Liu Ying has taken over, and the CEO, Lu Zhi, has also become the acting chairman with great power.

At this time, it is not an excessive requirement for the "insiders" who have helped Liu Ying want to reap the fruits of victory and take up some higher-level positions.

Of course, the most important thing is: Liu Ying's words are not entirely posturing.

——Compared to Liang, Zouhou and Wuhu, who had nothing to weigh on Liu Ying except for his name, it was obvious that his mother's Lu family was appointed as his bodyguard: Lang Zhongling, which made Liu Ying feel more at ease.

Furthermore, even Lu Zhi, who had explicitly or secretly promised the members of the Lu family that "there will be good rewards in the future", also needs to take out a bone to send away his useless relatives.

Thinking of this, Liu Ying finally suppressed the nausea in her heart, and after thinking about it for a while, she grinned at Lu Zhi.

"What the queen mother said is true."

"Emperor Gao's body is not yet cold, even if the position of the court minister is inappropriate, it is not appropriate to rush to change it."

"Although there is no rush to appoint or dismiss, maybe we can discuss a little bit to determine the successor?"

Seeing that Liu Ying lifted herself up the steps so considerately, Lu Zhi was quite satisfied and came down the slope.

"That's true."

"It's okay to decide the candidate first, and then appoint him later."

Unobtrusively 'accepting' Liu Ying's proposal, a sincere smile finally appeared on Lu Zhi's face.

"Since that's the case, the emperor thinks: who can bear the weight of the doctor's orders?"

Hearing this, Liu Ying just smiled and cupped her hands at Lu Zhi. Although there was a little playfulness on her face, her tone of voice was full of seriousness.

"My son thinks that Hou Laocheng, who was established to seek the country, has a deep connection with my family, or is credible, and uses it..."

·
Walking out of Changle Palace, sitting on the imperial chariot, and driving on the road back to Weiyang Palace, Liu Ying's face was only indescribably depressed.

Liu Ying understands the truth.

——As Liu Ying's "hero" who was able to inherit the throne, the Lu family made some demands, and there was nothing wrong with it.

——As the patriarch of the Lu family, Lu Zhi, who was temporarily in charge of the court because of the "children of the emperor", should indeed take care of his relatives a little bit.

But I don't know if it's an illusion: Liu Ying always feels that this feeling that everything is out of her control makes Liu Ying inexplicably feel annoyed.

And this annoyance is different from the previous life!

In her previous life, what Liu Ying was upset about was that she was the son of heaven, but her life was not as happy and free as a bird, and she had no power at all!

In this life, the situation is obviously much better than in the previous life. Although Liu Ying still failed to take power immediately after assuming the throne, at least she retained the right to advise her mother Lu Zhi on some things.

For example, the distribution plan of Changle Palace and Weiyang Palace was achieved after Liu Ying proposed the proposal of "whoever is in power, who lives in Changle", and with Lu Zhi's permission, the result of "the empress dowager lives in Changle, and the emperor lives in Weiyang" .

Another example is just now, when Liu Ying took the initiative to propose, she won the official position of "quasi-doctor Ling" for her uncle Lu Shizhi.

Compared with the dark years in the previous life when you couldn't control anything and couldn't ask anything, the current situation is obviously better than 01:30.

But even so, Liu Ying still feels from time to time: I seem to have become a person with a strong desire to control!

To put it simply, Liu Ying always felt that a mysterious force was forcing herself to become a person who wanted to manage and control everything.

Under such a premise, everything that made Liu Ying feel "out of her control" made Liu Ying gradually annoyed.

However, all of this was noticed by the new eunuch next to Liu Ying: the little eunuch Chuntuo...

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

"Ok?"

The little eunuch called softly, pulling Liu Ying's thoughts back to her eyes, and then subconsciously frowned, and the next little eunuch bowed her head quickly.

But the words have been spoken, the emperor looked at him because of his call, even if Chuntuo wanted to retreat at this moment, there was no way out.

After weighing it in his heart, Chun Tuo finally gritted his teeth, carefully considered his words, and then bowed heavily to Liu Ying.

"Your Majesty."

"In recent days, the servants and maidservants in the palace seem to be quite critical at the gates of the palace..."

As he said this, Chuntuo did not forget to raise his upper eyelids, watching Liu Ying's expression changes intently.

"Said to be······"

"It is said that Simamen and Zuoshimen are two guards, these days there are always some..."

"Uh, there's always some, AWOL?"

"Palace people, it seems, don't need to rely on palace cards anymore when entering and exiting the palace gate..."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Ying's calm face couldn't help tightening, and there was a faint chill in the eyes she looked at Chun Tuo.

As an eunuch, especially the head of the eunuchs of the Weiyang Palace: Eunuch Ling, Chun Tuo's words did not make it very clear.

——Simamen and Zuoshimen are both palace gates located on the north wall of Weiyang Palace.

According to Chun Tuo, these two palace gates have recently taken the meaning of 'everyone can come in and out freely'.

But Liu Ying heard another layer of extremely cryptic reminders from Chuntuo's words.

"If I remember correctly..."

"Simamen and the captains of Zuoshimen and Zuoshimen are all nephews of the Lu family, right?"

If he said something meaningful, seeing Chuntuo hastily lowered his head a little more, a sarcasm filled the corner of Liu Ying's mouth.

"I've also heard that in recent days, all Lu's nephews, nephews, and senior ministers are very busy, and visitors come and go all the time?"

"Is there such a thing?"

But when Chuntuo heard the words, he raised his head quickly, gave a quick answer, and then lowered his head again.

"Things outside the palace, I don't know, and I can't hear about it."

"Only in the palace, there seems to be a lot of theory of things, but it is inappropriate for Zhu Lu..."

Hearing this, Liu Ying only smiled meaningfully, then turned her head sideways, and let out a long sigh leisurely out of the car window.

"Lu's..."

"Hey······"

"As expected..."

In the past two months, Liu Ying, as the prince, has been staying in the Changxin Hall of Changle Palace with the late Emperor Liu Bang.

And within these two months, if someone did statistics, they would definitely find that the word that appeared most frequently in the conversation between the father and son was 'Lu Shi'!
From the Queen Lu Pheasant at that time, to Lu Shizhi, Lu Tai, Lu Chan, Lu Lu and other relatives of the Lu family, and then to Guan Ying, Fu Kuan, Jin She and other "old men of the Lu family of Zhou"... ·

But any conversation about "Lu Shi" can always come to such a conclusion from the mouth of the old emperor Liu Bang at that time:
——If you close your eyes when you are in Mao, Lu will turn back when you are in Chen!
But the current actual situation, although not as exaggerated as Liu Bang had expected, but from the perspective of "the way of the monarch and ministers", it is not much different.

Have a look at Chun Tuo?

The majestic eunuch Ling of Weiyang Palace, the chief eunuch who is more than two thousand shi, can only beat around the bush when he arrives, saying 'there are a few people in the Lu family who have left their posts a little bit'!

What if someone else changed?

Hey!
As the saying goes: You can't offend the officials if you live, and you can't offend the prison if you die!
For this group of eunuchs, apart from other things, the two talents of 'holding vengeance' and 'bad deeds' are definitely rare in history!

Those who have offended this group, but can still serve as officials, either have monstrous backgrounds or hold monstrous powers!
As for Simamen, Zuoshimen, the door captains of the two palace gates of Weiyang Palace, and officials of the Qianshi level, Chuntuo, who is an eunuch order, can only use eye medicine in a roundabout way... ··

"Not urgent······"

"Let's not rush..."

Muttering twice with gloomy eyes, Liu Ying didn't turn her head, and pointed at Chuntuo who was beside her.

"From now on, wherever I am not present, I will have eyes and ears to search."

"Yu Zhen will meet alone, and then bring your mouth..."

After explaining this, Liu Ying put down the curtain of the car and slowly closed her eyes.

——Today's Lu family, not only Chun Tuo can't afford to offend, even the emperor Liu Ying, and even the former Liu Bang can't be offended!
And the experience of the previous life told Liu Ying: I don't need to waste more time on this matter.

After all, there are some things that you can't do if you just want to do them.

To do such a thing, it takes time, accumulation, and at the same time, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...
(End of this chapter)