Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 83 No one makes you worry

"The prime minister actually steals the property of the common people and makes profit for himself!"

"Are you Xiao He such a person?"

Liu Bang asked with a smile.

As the doorman said, Liu Bang was not angry, but looked happy, staring at Xiao He's face with a smile on his face.

Xiao He was silent for a moment, but he did not defend himself, "I have owed His Majesty's grace."

"If others do this, I can still understand, but why would you do such a thing, Prime Minister?"

Liu Bang questioned several times, and Xiao He, who asked, blushed, lowered his head, and said nothing.

Seeing Xiao He like this, Liu Bang did not question him any more, but threw the accusation letters sent by Zhao Yao to Xiao He, scolding: "Look at your past achievements! I will forgive your crimes! You go there yourself. Apologize to the people!"

"Return everything that was taken from the people!"

This time, Liu Bang finally got a straight face and looked dignified for a long time.

"I thank you, Your Majesty! I will go now!"

Xiao He was about to leave when suddenly, he stopped, "Your Majesty, I haven't been able to see Your Majesty for the past few days. There is one thing that I need to inform Your Majesty."

"what's up?"

"The area in Chang'an is narrow, and there are too few places for farming. Your Shanglin Garden occupies a large area, and you don't go there on weekdays, which leads to it being abandoned in vain. It is better to distribute it to the people and let the people farm there. After the harvest, the grain is owned by the people, and the stubble is not allowed to be taken away, and is left as food for the animals in the garden.”

Liu Bang was furious, he jumped up abruptly, pointed at Xiao He in front of him, "You seize other people's land yourself! But you came to beg our Shanglin Garden?!"

"Extremely shameless!"

"Someone! Arrest him! Give it to Tingwei!"

The soldiers rushed into the Xuanshi Hall, looking at the Prime Minister in front of them, they looked a little hesitant and dared not make a move.

"Don't delay it!!"

Liu Bang roared, and the soldiers no longer dared to hesitate, and hurried forward to take Xiao He from left and right.

Xiao He raised his head, "Your Majesty. There is a lot of open space in Shanglinyuan. It can't be wasted."

"Give him a torture device! Drag it! Drag it!!"

After the soldiers dragged Xiao He away, Liu Bang sat in the upper seat angrily, gasping for breath, his face was extremely hideous, he covered his heart, stood up, and walked back and forth in the palace, "I will definitely kill you. !Kill you!"

As he spoke, he walked back and forth a few times, and suddenly calmed down again, looking at the empty door of the hall.

"Come on!"

"His Majesty!"

Several soldiers knelt in front of him, but Liu Bang's face was extraordinarily hesitant. After hesitating for a long time, he waved his hand again and let them all leave.

The Prime Minister was arrested, causing an uproar in the court.

Xiao He's eldest son, Xiao Lu, hurried home, hugged his younger brother and cried a lot. After entrusting his younger brother to Zhao Pingren, he hurried out the door. He was going to find his father's friends and let him know. They plead for their father.

He first went to the censor doctor Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao's business attitude was completely absent from his usual amiable appearance, "Xiao He committed a crime, His Majesty wants to punish him, according to the law of a big man, where is there any place to beg for mercy? Is it because of his status as the prime minister? , can he be forgiven for his crimes?"

Xiao Lu was stunned, and then angrily defended: "My grandfather is definitely not someone who bullies the people!"

"You can speak to Your Majesty!"

Zhao Yao left after leaving a sentence.

Xiao Lu went to Chen Ping again, but no matter how loud he shouted, the people in Chen's house would not allow him to go in and stopped him at the door.

He found Xia Houying again. Xia Houying looked a little embarrassed, and he said helplessly: "I went to the palace yesterday and wanted to intercede for the Prime Minister, but your Majesty refuses to meet you."

Xiao Lu suddenly burst into tears in despair.

Seeing Xiao Lu's appearance, Xia Houying looked a little unbearable, and said in a low voice, "If you want to rescue the Prime Minister, only one person can do it."

"who?"

"Your Highness the Queen."

"But how can I ask Her Royal Highness for rescue?"

"Fan"

Xiao Lu didn't dare to stay, so he thanked Xia Houying with a big prayer and left in a hurry.

Lu Yu looked helplessly at Xiao Lu, who was kneeling in front of her. She pondered for a moment, "Please get up, son. I will tell the queen about this matter.

"Great kindness and great virtue, live as a title, die as a grass for reward!"

Xiao Lu bowed excitedly.

But Xiao Lu didn't know that long before he looked for Lu Yu, someone had already interceded for Xiao He in front of Empress Lu.

"Mother! What kind of person is the Prime Minister? Don't you know?"

"If it wasn't for him, would we be able to sit here with peace of mind?"

"Even if there is a fault, how can someone so old be chained?! Does Father still want to kill him?!"

Liu Chang stood in front of Empress Lu excitedly, with a irritable expression, gnashing his teeth, and roaring loudly.

Liu Chang is the only person in the world who can roar at Empress Lu.

Empress Lu was very calm, she still regarded Liu Chang in front of her as a ball of air, completely ignored him, and calmly read the bamboo slips in her hands.

"Mum! You have something to say! Dad doesn't see me at all now! As soon as I yelled, he had me thrown out!"

Hearing this sentence, Empress Lu glared at Liu Chang, who told you to rush in and shout "Jie Zhou's Lord"?Just throwing it out is very polite.

Liu Chang wandered back and forth, but felt angry in his heart. Although he did not have many contacts with Xiao He and did not read many books on weekdays, he knew that Xiao He was definitely a good prime minister.Don't you see, after Xiao He was arrested, Gai Gong was furious and immediately resigned to go home, never to attend classes again, and even did not want to stay in the palace.

He didn't understand what his grandfather was thinking, and even a little baby like himself understood what the Prime Minister was like, didn't he understand?
Just when Liu Chang complained to Empress Lu about his father's behavior, a guest suddenly arrived.

The person who came was Liu Chang's aunt, Lu Yu. Liu Chang was in a fit of anger. When he saw his aunt, he just saluted sullenly and didn't speak.

The two sisters sat together and chatted casually for a while, and then Lu Yu talked about the real purpose of her coming here.

"Sister, the Prime Minister has always supported Ying with all his strength and has a very close relationship with him. No matter what, we should save the Prime Minister's life."

When Empress Lu heard this, her face was very unhappy.

"I thought that in these days, you've grown so much, but I never thought that you would be able to say such a thing!"

In the face of the elder sister's reprimand, Lu Yu did not dare to refute, and bowed her head for training.

"What do you mean by sister?"

"Do you really think that His Majesty will execute Xiao He?"

"He is reluctant to kill even Han Xin. Is Xiao He more terrifying than Han Xin? Is he more powerful than Peng Yue?"

"The prime minister is friends with the ministers, but he never draws them in. He supports the prince, but he doesn't get close to the prince. Your Majesty won't kill him at all. You don't need to pay attention to this matter."

As the mother of the child, Lu Yu just lowered her head under the scolding from the elder sister, and did not dare to say anything at all.

After talking for a long time, Empress Lv said: "By the way, you have to be optimistic about those two silly boys in your family. Don't let Liu Chang take them to make trouble again, especially during this period of time. Long, remember me too."

Empress Lu looked aside, but it was empty, and Liu Chang had long since disappeared.

"What about others?"

"Isn't it still there when I came in?"

Empress Lu rubbed her forehead, "This stubby really doesn't make you worry."

"Your Highness the Queen!"

"The Crown Prince is kneeling in front of the Xuanshi Hall, saying that if His Majesty will not forgive the Prime Minister, he will not stand up."

The valet hurriedly walked into the hall and reported to Empress Lu.

Empress Lu stood up abruptly and scolded, "None of them are worry-free!"

"Someone! Go and arrest Liu Ying for me! If you don't want to, tie it up for me!"

"Don't cry, we will handle this matter. We all know who the Prime Minister is!"

Liu Chang patted Xiao Yan's shoulder lightly, and then looked at his brothers.

"My brother's parents are also our parents, how can I watch him get humiliated?"

"Your Majesty. What shall we do then?"

"Who of you knows where the Prime Minister is being held?"

The sages in Chang'an were dumbfounded and looked at each other in dismay. How did they know where Xiao He was imprisoned?
(End of this chapter)