I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 179 Yuan Ang...you wait for me!

Taking the two letters from Tian Zi Qi handed over to him, but with Chao Cuo's private seal on them, Chun Tuo soon set off from Chang'an;

Going east from Hangu Pass, passing through Luoyang, it came to the front of General Dou Ying.

Hand over the letter to Dou Ying, and then according to Tianzi Qi's instructions, stare at Dou Ying to read the letter in person;

Seeing Dou Ying nodding her head repeatedly with a smile on her face, she raised her head with a relaxed expression, put the letter in her hand on the oil lamp, and let the 'letter' be burned to ashes by the lamp.

When the flames on the letter were extinguished, Dou Ying still did not forget to bend down and carefully pick at the handful of ashes;
After confirming again and again that the letter had been completely burned by herself, Dou Ying turned around with a warm smile and looked at Chuntuo in front of her.

"Apart from this letter, did Your Majesty ask the eunuch to bring me any other words?"

Hearing this, Chuntuo only lowered his head subconsciously, and then arched his hands nervously.

"I didn't ask to bring anything."

"It's just before the slave leaves..."

"Uh······"

"It's nothing important;"

"General, why don't you embarrass the old slave?"

Seeing Chuntuo's posture, Dou Ying smiled happily, glanced at the servant beside him, and turned her head sideways.

While Dou Ying was pretending to be drinking tea, she saw the servant stepping forward and gently stuffing a piece of heavy metal the size of a palm into Chun Tuo's sleeve.

Feeling the weight of that 'heavy object', Chuntuo became entangled for a while;
After a long time, I looked around uneasily, and finally walked forward, bent down half a step in front of Dou Ying, and then lowered the volume.

"Your Majesty said that after reading this letter, the General will understand what His Majesty means;"

"Moreover, I will give the slave a reply letter, and ask the slave to bring it back to His Majesty."

"Um······"

"—His Majesty also said: let the general finish the work in hand as soon as possible, and return to the court as soon as possible."

"If it's delayed for a year or two, General, I'm afraid I'll miss the Crown Prince's coronation ceremony..."

Still leaning sideways, pretending to be savoring the tea, but pricking up his ears to listen to Chun Tuo's whispered reminder;
When Chuntuo straightened up anxiously, Dou Ying finally put the tea bowl back on the desk, and nodded to Chuntuo with a warm smile.

"Thank you..."

···
As he wished to get the "reply letter" from Dou Ying, Chuntuo continued to walk eastward;
After walking all the way to Huaiyang, I finally saw the face of Taiwei Zhou Yafu.

But compared to the relaxed and happy negotiating with Dou Ying in Xingyang, Chuntuo encountered some obstacles in Zhou Yafu's place.

"You said, His Majesty sent you here?"

A low and rough growl made Chuntuo's heart tense, and he nodded hastily;
But Zhou Yafu squinted the corners of his eyes, as if looking at the prisoner, and looked Chuntuo up and down carefully.

Withdrawing his eyes from Chuntuo, he looked down at the bamboo tube in his hand, but he still did not forget to say to himself: "The people sent by His Majesty don't have Tianzi Festival;"

"Even this ink pad is Chao Cuo's private seal?"

Chuntuo finally came to his senses from the questioning voice, and hurriedly lowered his head, took out an identity card from his bosom, and handed the jade card forward with both hands awkwardly.

"Slave, is the eunuch order by His Majesty's side..."

"This jade card is the slave's palace card..."

Zhou Yafu took the token, inspected it perfunctorily, and then opened the bamboo slip casually;

After roughly reading the contents of the letter, it finally dawned on me, and let out a long 'oh~'.

"I see······"

"No wonder there is no Tianzi Festival, and the seal of Chao Cuo is also used."

He said something casually, and saw Zhou Yafu turned around on his own, and while walking towards the outside of the military tent, he did not forget to say indifferently: "Wait here!"

It took a long time for Zhou Yafu to go and return, and finally let Chuntuo get the second "reply letter" that must be taken back to Chang'an and handed over to Emperor Qi.

···
In Kanto, Chuntuo's errand, although he encountered a little setback with Zhou Yafu, was finally completed smoothly.

But in Chang'an, on the [-]th day of the sixth month in Xia, after Chang Chaoshang's "employee Liu She invited the crown prince" incident, some undercurrents could not help but surge inside and outside the court.

Although on the day of Changchao, due to Tao Qing's accidental intrusion, the courtiers and officials did not go to the Changle Palace of Empress Dowager Dou together after retiring from the court, and went through the last procedure of "Three Requests and Three Resignations";
But at the next Chang Chao five days later, everything was back on the right track.

——Xia June 25th, after the Chang Dynasty, all officials of the court came to Changle together, and invited the Empress Dowager Dou's family: book the crown prince, and use Anzongmiao and Sheji!
Not surprisingly, the "third request" by courtiers and officials was also rejected by Queen Mother Dou.

It's just that no one can be sure: whether Queen Mother Dou's resignation is following the political rule of "three requests and three resignations", or whether she really does not want to be a crown prince.

Unable to figure out Queen Mother Dou's true thoughts, Tian Ziqi also changed his strategy immediately;
——After the procedure of "Three Requests and Three Resignations" was completed, the courtiers and officials did not follow the usual practice to make the "Fourth Request" to the Son of Heaven that would surely be approved.

However, on the first day of the first day of autumn and July, during the Shuowang Dynasty, the eunuch Taohou Liu She, the royal official Kaifeng Hou Taoqing, the internal historian Chao Cuo, and Zhonglang Jiang Zhidu all four people, without any warning, jointly signed a petition: Impeach Liang Wang Liu Wu into the court Chang'an, but he is nostalgic and reluctant to return to Fengguo for a long time!
On the same day, Tian Ziqi was noncommittal about the impeachment;
He only replied vaguely: "King Liang, you have only been in Chang'an for more than a month, and I just have this younger brother. I really can't bear to let my only younger brother return to Fengguo so soon."

Tian Ziqi's seemingly peaceful attitude made the situation even more out of hand.

On the second day of autumn and July, dozens of courtiers above two thousand shi, including Duke Zhong and Qing, came to Weiyang Palace again and asked the emperor Qi to order Liu Wu, king of Liang, to leave Chang'an as soon as possible and return to Fengguo!
The same request was naturally rejected by Tian Ziqi once again, saying: Liang Wang rarely comes to Chang'an, if Liang Wang is allowed to leave like this, the Queen Mother will be very sad;
I don't want to make the queen mother sad, so please don't mention this matter again.

But in the end, Tianzi Qi didn't forget to say more: You guys, please don't go to Changle Palace, use this matter to disturb the Queen Mother's peace...

With the word "warning" issued by the emperor, the matter is considered settled.

——On the third day of the seventh lunar month in autumn, courtiers and officials who "disobeyed orders and disrespected" appeared outside Changle Palace, admonishing Empress Dowager Dou: King Liang, he has been in Chang'an for a long time!

And in recent years, Liang Wang came to Chang'an almost every year, and every time he came, he would stay in Chang'an for more than half a year!
I hope that the queen mother will not destroy the ancestral system of the Han family because of her longing for her son...
The courtiers and officials played together to force Empress Dowager Dou to send Liang Wang Liu Wu away. This huge battle really shocked Empress Dowager Dou!
It was at this time that Tian Ziqi came to Changle Palace with the two replies sent by Taiwei Zhou Yafu and General Dou Ying.

After learning that the two replies were the secret performances of Zhou Yafu and Dou Ying's "Please make a crown prince", Queen Dowager Dou was furious!
In the end, although they still did not reach an agreement with Tianzi Qi on the appointment of the crown prince, they had no choice but to accept the proposal of the courtiers and officials to "make the king of Liang return to the feudal state".

In this way, Liang Wang Liu Wu, who had only been in Chang'an for more than a month and hadn't had time to 'show his fists', packed his bags helplessly.

——Liang Wang Liu Wu, it's not that he didn't try to resist!
After receiving the order from Empress Dowager Dou to "return to Suiyang", King Liang Liu Wu asked the Son of Heaven to ask him to build a straight road from Chang'an to Suiyang, so that King Liu Wu of Liang could commute from Chang'an to Suiyang in the future;

All the cost of building the straight road will be borne by Liang Wang Liu Wu!
But when this proposal was rejected by the emperor's perfunctory reply of "I will consider it", Liang Wang Liu Wu finally had no choice but to give up struggling.

On the sixth day of the seventh lunar month in autumn, there was only one day left before Liang Wang Liu Wu set off from Chang'an and returned to Suiyang, the capital of the king.

also until this day;
It wasn't until the last day before leaving Chang'an, Liang Wang Liu Wu, who had been in Chang'an for more than a month, that he finally met his own sister, the eldest princess of the dynasty—Princess Guantao: Liu Xing.

But everything is too late...
·
"Hey~"

"The third child is finally here?"

"——If you don't come again, I will think of you as the third child, and don't want me as a sister..."

Walking into Tangyihou's mansion with a dazed expression, she was led to the living room by her sister Liu Xing, just as she sat down, she heard Liu Xing's extremely hypocritical words;
Seeing Liang Wang Liu Wu frowned, turned his body slightly, and looked at his sister Liu Xun, but there was already a lot of resentment in his eyes.

"It's my brother who doesn't want my sister anymore?"

"It's still sister, don't you want me as a younger brother?"

The indifferent words made Liu Xing's face stiffen, and the smile that could not tell whether it was fake or not before also froze on his face.

Seeing his sister's reaction like this, Liang Wang Liu Wu just shook his head and smiled wryly.

"My brother has been in Chang'an for more than a month."

"During the past month or so, even the queen mother only saw me three or five times."

"——I'm leaving, and my mother didn't hold a banquet in Changle Palace to see me off like in the past..."

"But no matter what happens to my mother, she is still willing to see me."

"But sister, in this Tang Yihou's mansion, even if my younger brother is the king of Liang, it is not until today that he finally stepped into the threshold?"

In a tone of loneliness, resentment, and a hint of sarcasm, he said these heart-breaking words, and Liu Wu, the king of Liang, turned his side slightly.

He waved weakly to Yang Sheng beside him, and when Yang Sheng dragged the wooden box full of golden cakes into the house with difficulty, Liu Wucai shook his head again with a sneer.

"In the past more than a month, my brother wanted to see me, but I couldn't see my sister;"

"Tomorrow, my brother will leave Chang'an and return to Suiyang."

"In the days to come, I'm afraid I'll be a sister, and I won't see my annoying brother..."

Listening to Liang Wang Liu Wu's tone full of melancholy and bitterness, Liu Xing immediately suppressed the smile on his face;

Pretending to turn around casually, and glanced at the wooden box full of gold cakes, Liu Xing finally sighed and shook his head.

"Third brother, you can't blame me as an elder sister for not wanting to see my younger brother..."

"It's really the queen mother..."

"Oh~~~"

As he said so, Liu Xun's greedy eyes glanced at the wooden box from time to time.

It wasn't until Liang Wang Liu Wu waved his hand again, signaling Yang Sheng to drag the wooden box into the back room, that Liu Xing finally felt relieved;

His attention was finally fully focused on his side, his younger brother Liu Wu who had the words 'destroyed' all over his body.

"Among them, there are many things that the third child doesn't know."

"——In the beginning, it was His Majesty's past teacher, former prince and tutor, and today's servant: Taohou Liu She, please appoint a prince at the court meeting;"

"You were also present at the court meeting that day."

"But after that, people inside and outside the court began to clamor for His Majesty to appoint a crown prince;"

"This 'Established Crown Prince' gradually became an 'Established Prince'."

"When I learned that it was 'Establishing Prince' instead of 'Establishing Taidi', the Empress Mother of course refused to agree."

"But shortly thereafter, it was Dou Ying and Zhou Yafu who jointly issued a speech to His Majesty, please make a crown prince..."

He spoke earnestly, secretly not forgetting to carefully observe the change in his younger brother Liu Wu's expression, and Liu Xun let out another long sigh.

"Although Liu Bi and Liu Wu's rebellion has been roughly put down, most of the troops in the Kanto region have not yet withdrawn."

"In the hands of Dou Ying and Zhou Yafu, they control almost all the troops of my Han family..."

"At this time, how dare His Majesty refuse to accept these two people's invitation to establish a crown prince?"

"Don't say it's His Majesty, even the Queen Mother has to weigh it..."

Liu Xingman's sad voice made Liang Wang Liu Wu's brows tightened;
Hearing the end, I couldn't help clenching my teeth.

"The two of them, have the guts?!"

"—Even if Zhou Yafu had it, Dou Ying would never have such courage!"

"If it wasn't for His Majesty's secret instruction, how dare these two people do such a thing?!"

But when Liu Xing heard the words, he sighed again, then turned sideways, sighed bitterly to Liang Wang Liu Wu and shook his head.

That vivid expression seems to be saying: My poor silly brother...
"Although that is the case, what can the mother do?"

"Even if these two were ordered by His Majesty, they dared to do such a rebellious thing with the military power in their hands;"

"—But the military power in their hands is real..."

"Mother, how dare you take such a risk to reject the proposal of these two people, especially Zhou Yafu?"

"In case of a mutiny, the military power in Zhou Yafu's hands is enough to make my Han family's ancestral temple and Sheji experience another chaos..."

The mournful sound of explanation only made Liang Wang Liu Wu even more depressed;

But Liu Xing's "defense of innocence" for himself is still not over.

"The third child needs to know: Even so, the queen mother still didn't nod, and promised her majesty to make the emperor's eldest son the crown prince;"

"Only letting the third child return to the feudal state, instead of directly appointing the eldest son of the emperor as the crown prince, is the result of the mother's hard work..."

"—Furthermore, if the third child is to blame, it shouldn't be my fault."

"Who asked the third child to put Han Anguo and Zhang Yu..."

Liu Xingyue said that Liang Wang Liu Wu's complexion became more and more serious;
But when he heard the phrase "the mother didn't nod her head and agreed, the eldest son of the emperor was appointed as the crown prince", Liang Wang Liu Wu suddenly raised his head!

Looking at Liu Xing's eyes, hope was rekindled!

"My sister said, I still have a chance?!"

"—The queen mother is still willing to let me be the crown prince's younger brother?!"

"Going back to Suiyang this time, it's not that I have completely lost my chance, but my mother wants me to go back to Suiyang, temporarily avoid the limelight, and wait for another opportunity?!!!"

Excited and asked several times, Liang Wang Liu Wu jumped up from his seat!

Those piercing eyes were also firmly locked on Liu Xing's body!
But soon, in Liu Wu's eyes, the little fire of hope rekindled was extinguished again as Liu Xun sighed again...

"——Ah Wu, I'd better take the counselor Han Anguo back to my side..."

"Recently, in Chang'an, Han Anguo worked hard for the third child..."

"Even today, my siblings met this side because of that Han Anguo..."

Hearing that Liu Xing's answer was not what he asked for the first time, Liang Wang Liu Wu was only subconsciously taken aback;
After quite a while, Liang Wang Liu Wu, who came to his senses, finally slumped back to his seat with a ashen face.

——Liu Wu, there is no chance...

Whenever there is a chance, Liu whoring will not change the subject so bluntly and avoid Liu Wu's question...
"Mother..."

"Have you really given up on me..."

She let out a murmur with dull eyes, but it only made her sister Liu who was beside her slowly lower her head sadly.

After a long time, I saw Liu Wuqiang cheer up again, and squeezed out a stiff smile that was uglier than crying;
When looking at Liu whoring, his eyes were already blushing quietly.

"I understand······"

"I don't blame sister;"

"Don't dare to blame the queen mother."

"But there is one thing, I hope sister, for the sake of blood connection, can tell me without any shyness."

"——What happened before I came to Chang'an?"

"What happened that caused my mother to call me to Chang'an in a hurry, but when I rushed to Chang'an, I changed my mind?"

"During this period, what happened???"

Hearing Liu Wu's question, a guilty conscience instantly appeared on Liu's face!
It was as if a secret that he thought would not be discovered was revealed by Liu Wu in person!

Seeing Liu Xing's reaction like this, Liu Wu knew it well;
He bowed his head silently, and after a while, he began to sob softly.

"Sister should understand that from now on, brother, I'm afraid it will be difficult to come to Chang'an again..."

"Wait for elder brother for a hundred years, the new king will be established immediately, younger brother, life and death are unpredictable..."

"But even if it's death, you have to let me die to understand, right?"

"—Even criminals who have been beheaded in half can see the face of the swordsman before they die;"

"Sister, do you want me to die without knowing why I died???"

In just a short moment, Liang Wang Liu Wu went from sobbing at the beginning to howling afterwards;
In the end, he let out a roar full of grief and indignation!
After roaring, he stared straight into the depths of Liu Xing's gaze, letting tears spread all over his face...
Recalling that period of time, Liu Xing's first reaction was that he must not tell Liang Wang Liu Wu about the "change" that happened in Changle Palace!

But being stared at by Liu Wu so directly, and seeing Liu Wu's tearful and mournful face, the only trace of family affection left in Liu's heart was finally awakened by Liu Wu...
"that period of time······"

"Ah~"

"—Before you came to Chang'an, Yuan An, the former Prime Minister of Wu, returned to Chang'an first;"

"After returning to Chang'an, Yuan An didn't even go home, and went directly to Changle Palace."

"I don't know exactly what Yuan An said to his mother in Changle Palace."

"But probably from that day, after meeting Yuan An, when my mother mentioned the matter of the crown prince again, she became restless and looked dazed..."

　First more.

　　The second one is about one o'clock, and the third one is about four o'clock.

　　Core content: old dog!

　　Stay tuned, stay safe and don't be impatient, the father who has something to get up early tomorrow can go to bed first, wake up tomorrow morning and watch it again.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)