I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

"Prince overseeing the country?"

In Changle Palace and Changxin Palace, Queen Mother Dou frowned subconsciously when she heard Liang Wang Liu Wu relay the intention of Emperor Qi;
Even the tightly held hand of Liang Wang Liu Wu was subconsciously loosened by Empress Dowager Dou.

"Emperor, have you forgotten the rules of your ancestors?"

"—Even the emperor has to be crowned as an adult, and only after he gets married can he be able to take charge of the court!"

"What's more, he has neither become a crowned adult, nor married a wife, and has not inherited the throne. He is still only the prince of the crown prince?"

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"The emperor has such a ridiculous idea, as a younger brother, don't you know how to persuade him?"

"Violating the rules of the ancestors without authorization like this, and acting recklessly with the identity of the dignified emperor, how is this decent?!"

Empress Dowager Dou obviously couldn't understand Tian Ziqi's proposal of "Let Prince Liu Sheng supervise the country".

This has nothing to do with Empress Dowager Dou's love and trust for Liu Sheng, nor whether Empress Dowager Dou is satisfied with the son of Emperor Qi;
Just from the perspective of the ancestral temple and the country, it is difficult for the Empress Dowager Dou to understand the intention of Tian Ziqi.

The reason is simple: the Empress Dowager is the last guardian of the Han family and the last safety lock to prevent the imperial power from leaking into the ministerial power.

And the particularity of the position of queen mother makes every one who becomes queen mother only a woman with "long hair but short knowledge".

Due to the limitations of the times, these women are often unable to receive a good education, especially the elite education at the royal level about power control;

What should I do if I have not received relevant education and must shoulder the important responsibility of "the last safety lock of the ancestral temple"?

The answer is: learn from others.

Learn to do what the former queen mother did;
Even if there is really no precedent to imitate, you have to follow the practices of your ancestors and emperors.

In other words: the queen mother is the most stubborn and conservative group in this era.

Because it is necessary to ensure the stability of the regime and to ensure that everything is 'calm', the Queen Mother will be the biggest opponent of any reform or even change.

——Since there is no problem now, why do you need to change it?

What if the changes turn into disasters?

Understanding this level of cognition of the Empress Dowager Han, and looking at the prosperity of Huang-Lao School in the early Han Dynasty, and after its complete decline, it is not difficult to understand the reason why it is still lingering on for many years with the support of the Empress Dowager Han.

——On the point of 'keep the same as it is' and 'maintain the original social order until it can't be maintained', the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty and Huang Laoxue have the same natural pursuit and common interests.

Because to the Queen Mother, being conservative means 'not doing well';
For Huang Laoxue, it means that 'this is governing by doing nothing, which proves that His Majesty is governing the country in our way'.

In the matter of the Prince Jian Guo, the same principle is actually true.

From Empress Dowager Dou's point of view, Prince Liu Sheng's supervision of the country will inevitably cause many problems and bring a lot of trouble - at least compared to Tian Ziqi, the current Liu Sheng is probably far from being able to shoulder the responsibility of "supervising the country" burden.

In this way, Empress Dowager Dou would naturally feel: Why bother?
Wouldn't it be good to just let the emperor watch the court?
I can watch it for a few years, so that my old lady can save a few years of worry;
When the emperor really dies, I will take care of the emperor's grandson, won't it be all right?
Furthermore, Prince Liu Sheng is in charge of the country, and there is another very serious problem, which is precisely the reason why Tianzi Qi mentioned it to Liang Wang Liu Wu before and sent Liang Wang Liu Wu to persuade him.

——Liu Sheng, he hasn't become an adult yet.

what does this mean?
It means that today's Liu Sheng is still a child recognized by the world as 'not yet old enough to take care of things'.

A child, you let him go to the prince to supervise the country?

Isn't this a trifling matter of national affairs...
This is not just a question of 'it doesn't sound good to say it', but also a very specific practical question.

That is to say, in the future, when Liu Shengzhen is the crown prince supervising the country at this age, the ministers and ministers of the Manchu dynasty will naturally give the Empress Dowager Dou, the emperor Qi, and even Liu Sheng, the crown prince, the face of the prince;
But give face to face, when encountering something, you may not instinctively have such an idea: such a big thing, I told him, a little kid, what's the use of it...

If you look down on Liu Sheng, a little brat, you don't ask for instructions or ask Queen Mother Dou and Tianzi Qi for instructions, which is not bad.

In case someone has an idea that shouldn't be there, puts all the trouble on Liu Sheng's head, and says, "The crown prince asked me to do this, and I won't listen to him no matter how much I persuade him", that's the problem. It's going to be big.

To put it mildly, the crown prince's prestige suffered a blow. Even if he sat on the throne in the future, he would have no confidence in front of courtiers and officials;
To put it more broadly, it is the emperor Qi's stupid decision to supervise the country by the prince, which caused the court to fall into chaos.

Obviously, no matter which of the above situations, it is definitely not what Queen Mother Dou wants to see.

For the current Queen Mother Dou, the future life is actually a pursuit.

——Tianzi Qi In the last few years, he has been a good empress dowager who came out to town when he had something to do, and hid in the palace to pray for the late emperor when nothing happened;
After the emperor drives the palace chariot and the white-haired Empress Dowager Dou sends off the black-haired one, then, as the Empress Dowager, he will help his grandson Liu Shengan to the throne safely;

After that, it was counting the days and going underground to reunite with the late emperor.

Empress Dowager Dou is not incomprehensible for Liang Wang Liu Wu to accept Tian Ziqi's entrustment to persuade herself to let Prince Liu Sheng supervise the country.

——After all, with the incident a few years ago, it is not so difficult for Liang Wang Liu Wu to obey the emperor's words.

Empress Dowager Dou originally thought that when Liu Wu, the king of Liang, came before her, at most she meant to persuade her a few words, and making a gesture of "I really persuaded her" would be enough to deal with Emperor Qi.

But what Empress Dowager Dou never expected was that the direction in which Liang Wang Liu Wu persuaded her was really unexpected...

"Mother, I'm still thinking about it..."

"It might not be a good idea for the crown prince to supervise the country..."

"Your Majesty, I also have my own considerations..."

With just a few short words, Empress Dowager Dou was taken aback!
Subconsciously, she turned sideways and looked in the direction of her daughter Liu Xing;

Although he didn't open his mouth to speak, the expression on his face seemed to be astonished at seeing a ghost, clearly pointing at Liu Wu and asking Liu whoring: Is this my son?
Is it my son Liu Wu?
Don't you think I'm blind, just make a fake King Liang to fool me?
For Liu Wu's change without warning, Liu Xun was obviously also a little surprised. He felt his mother's questioning gaze on him, and even forgot that Queen Mother Dou's eyes were gone, and shook his head like a rattle.

After reacting, he hurriedly turned sideways again, and looked at Liang Wang Liu Wu in surprise.

"But what did His Majesty say to King Liang?"

As soon as Liu Xun said this, Empress Dowager Dou was also full of suspicion, and looked roughly in the direction of Liu Wu's voice.

Under the watchful eyes of his mother, Empress Dowager Dou, and elder sister, Princess Guantao, Liang Wang Liu Wu finally let out a long sigh...

"Ugh······"

"In the past few years, I ate, drank and played all day long in Suiyang. Although I exhausted myself for drinking and sex, I also felt comfortable and happy;"

"When I arrived in Chang'an, His Majesty said that although I looked a lot older, I could tell that I had been very happy in Suiyang in the past few years."

"But His Majesty said this, and my tears can no longer be stopped..."

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"On the day I came to Chang'an, I knelt in the Xuanshi Hall, and from a distance of more than ten steps, I saw the white hair on the sideburns of His Majesty and the wrinkles on the sides of the eyes."

"That day when I went hunting in Shanglin, I didn't have the strength to draw a bow, but His Majesty even got on the horse with all his might. I wish I could use all my strength, and I still need the support of the people around me."

"Along the way, His Majesty's cloud was calm and the wind was breezy, but his forehead was covered with sweat."

"Of course I can also see: His Majesty has been very tired and aged a lot in the past few years."

"But I can see it better: Your Majesty has not been easy or happy in the past few years."

"—Perhaps in the past few years, especially in the past ten years after the death of the father, Your Majesty, there has never been a moment of relaxation and joy..."

Listening to Liang Wang Liu Wu's inexplicable words, the faces of Empress Dowager Dou, mother Liu whoring and daughter became even more puzzled;
Seeing that Liu Xun was about to speak and asked, "Why did Wu say these words", he was stopped by Liu Wu's raised hand with a wry smile.

Afterwards, Liu Wu smiled wryly and shook his head again, and let out a long breath of foul air;
Almost at the same time that Liu Wu exhaled that breath, two lines of hot tears also fell from Liu Wu's darkly estrous eye sockets...
"Your Majesty and I talked a lot and said a lot."

"I know that what His Majesty said to me is always half-truth and half-false, and I can't always tell which of His Majesty's words are true and which are false."

"But I know that His Majesty is true to my younger brother."

"It's just that Your Majesty has his own difficulties..."

"Besides my younger brother—my ignorant younger brother, Your Majesty, there are many, many people who need to be taken care of;"

"Your Majesty must not only take care of his own younger brother, but also the younger brothers, younger sisters, older brothers, older sisters, parents, children and grandchildren of the whole world..."

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"Your Majesty said: The first emperor let His Majesty the prince supervise the country, but it was just a matter of going with the flow;"

"At that time, His Majesty had long passed the age of becoming an adult, and had already passed the crowning ceremony. Even if there was no prince to supervise the country, he would surely be able to secure the throne in the future."

"But today's prince is different."

"——Your Majesty back then was at the age of 28 when the crown prince was in charge of the country. The enemy he had to face was Liu Bi, a rebellious minister who harbored resentment towards the emperor because of the death of his son;"

"But today's prince will be in charge of the country at the age of 15. In the future, he will face the Huns."

"Even Emperor Gao, the great ancestor, decided to 'leave it alone' after the siege of Baideng, pretending to be a snake, and even would rather marry Princess Lu Yuan in the past than provoke the Huns;"

"Even if the Empress Dowager Lu suffered such humiliation, she could only humbly say 'the bird is too old to serve Shan Yu', and sent her daughter to the Xiongnu who was married and bribed with money."

"Even the late emperors must form an alliance and establish a 'country of brothers', and the Huns who regard our Han family as younger brothers and each other as brothers..."

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"The future prince will have to face a lot;"

"The future prince must become a very holy and excellent emperor."

"Smarter than Emperor Taizu Gao, more holy than the previous emperors, more scheming than Your Majesty, but even more benevolent than Emperor Xiaohui, a famous emperor through the ages."

"—This is His Majesty's original words."

"That's why His Majesty wants the prince to supervise the country;"

"Your Majesty said: Take advantage of the time you can still walk and catch your breath, and then teach the prince some things..."

"While...while I haven't closed my eyes yet..."

"take advantage of·········"

At the end, Liang Wang Liu Wu was sobbing, and as if he was afraid of disturbing his mother, Queen Mother Dou, he tightly covered his mouth with his hands and sobbed.

But how can such a clumsy 'trick' fool the Empress Dowager Dou's ears that gradually become more sensitive with the loss of eyesight...

"The meaning of these words is that my son loves the emperor?"

"——How did he ever feel sorry for you?!"

"In the future, the crown prince will be here soon, won't there be such a scene in the East Palace as a grandmother like me!"

"Or, the emperor intends to bring me, my biological mother, underground to meet Emperor Taizong Xiaowen together?!"

I don't know whether he is dissatisfied with Tian Ziqi's idea of ​​"Prince Supervising the Country", or he really has endless resentment towards Tian Ziqi in front of Liang Wang Liu Wu;
The sudden anger even stopped Liang Wang Liu Wu from crying for a moment.

Liu who was on the side stepped forward to comfort her, but she just stretched out her hand, and before she could say anything, her hand was coldly pushed away by Empress Dowager Dou.

That gaze, which could not see any light for a long time, just looked straight at Liang Wang Liu Wu, as if he wanted Liang Wang Liu Wu to give him an answer.

After a long time, Liang Wang Liu Wu stood up from his seat.

Suppressing her tears, she walked step by step in front of Empress Dowager Dou;

The moment Empress Dowager Dou stretched out her hand and wanted to touch her face, Liang Wang Liu Wu couldn't control his grief anymore, and knelt down at Empress Dowager Dou's feet with a plop.

"Mother~~~!"

"Children are not filial..."

"Come to Chang'an, and bid farewell to my mother and queen..."

"From now on, my mother will no longer have a beloved King Liang, and she will come to Chang'an to serve..."

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"Queen, don't blame the emperor..."

"This is all the child wants..."

"Boy, baby, we're going back to Suiyang here;"

"Mother, you must take care..."

After saying that, Liang Wang Liu Wu ignored the stunned face of Empress Dowager Dou, turned around suddenly, and ran towards the outside of the palace;

In the hall, Empress Dowager Dou sat back on the imperial couch in a daze, unable to recover for a long time...
"emperor······"

"emperor·········"

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"Prince Supervising the Kingdom..."

"Then let the prince supervise the country..."

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"My son..."

"King Liang..."

"My son Liang Wang..."

"My son..."