I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

The place to meet the brothers was chosen in the Taiwo Palace—the Taizong Xiaowen Emperor built it for the Xian Emperor Xiaojing, and Liu Sheng lived in it for a long time. Of course, Liu Sheng has selfish intentions.

Liu Sheng originally wanted to evoke something.

For example, when Liu Sheng changed from son Sheng to prince Sheng, what kind of attitude did the brothers have when the ninth younger brother was established as the heir.

——Liu Sheng clearly remembers: Back then when he had to become a reserve, the happiest person was undoubtedly the heartless Fifth Brother Liu Fei!
His Royal Highness Jiangdu Wang, who was set up by Mrs. Wu, has long been displeased with the arrogance of his eldest brother Liu Rong who has not yet been appointed as a reserve, and puts on an arrogant attitude of "becoming a reserve, just like picking something out of a pocket", especially dissatisfied with Li Ji claimed to be a 'quasi-queen';
So when Liu Shengde was appointed as the crown prince and Mrs. Jia was appointed as the empress, Liu Fei wished he could laugh freely to vent the depression that had been in his chest for many years.

As the saying goes: There are two kinds of people who cannot sleep in a bed.

Liu Fei held the mentality of "Xiao Jiu became the prince, we will have a good life", and Liu Fei's compatriots, Lu Wang Liu Yu, Jiaoxi Wang Liu Duan, and Jiaoxi Wang Liu Duan, who ate, lived, and grew up together since childhood, are also very familiar with each other. It's a similar mentality.

As for Liu Fa, the transparent man of Changsha, and Liu Zhi, the younger brother who was "trained" by Liu Sheng, they all knew their identities and status very well, as if they were obedient and obedient as "whoever becomes the prince is my lord".

Even the three brothers of the Phoenix Palace back then—Linjiang King Liu Rong, Hejian King Liu De, and even Changshan King Liu Yu who died young were all in that year. Liu Rong almost died in Chang'an Lieutenant's Mansion, but was finally killed After Sheng saved his life, under the influence of Liu Rong, he began to gradually believe in Liu Sheng as the crown prince.

But now, the world has changed again.

At that time, the young master Sheng became the crown prince Sheng, who never lived in the Xuande Hall of the Central Palace, but lived in the Crown Prince's uterus in the north of Chang'an City;

Now, Prince Sheng has become Tianzi Sheng again, and even moved into the palace Weiyang from the womb of the crown prince.

Such a change is expected by the whole world, but there are always some people who are slow to respond, or unwilling to accept the status quo so quickly.

For example, today, the sons of the former emperor who were summoned by Liu Sheng to the imperial uterus with the intention of awakening their 'conscience' hadn't even realized what the current world is like.

They only think of the past, when Prince Sheng was friendly and kind to them, then today's Emperor Sheng is even worse than that.

But they are missing a crucial point.

——For the emperor, there is no pawn in the world that cannot be held in his hands;

For the emperor of the old Liu family, relatives are often the best pawns to use, and none of them...
"Ah~"

"I finally understand what kind of inhuman situation the old man suffered back then..."

"Now it seems that the old man is not so strict with Uncle Liang Wang?"

Sitting alone in the empty Taiwojiaguan, looking at the nine almost untouched meal tables in front of him, Liu Sheng talked to himself, and lamented leisurely.

At that time, the first emperor treated the late Liang Xiao Wang Liu Wu, in fact, he was completely "playing around".

First, a younger brother of the emperor aroused Liang Xiaowang's ambitions, so out of consideration of "for my own ancestral temple and society", he fought to the death at the head of Suiyang City, forcibly blocking the main force of hundreds of thousands of rebels from Wu and Chu. It is hundreds of thousands of miles east of Hangu Pass!

Later, when he learned that Tian Ziqi had "changed his mind", Liu Wu made several big mistakes, and even sent assassins to assassinate the ministers who advised Tian Ziqi "not to be with the king of Liang" in Chang'an.

In the end, Liang Wang Liu Wu, who finally realized that he was being played by Emperor Qi, had no choice but to return to Suiyang, the capital of Liang, disheartened, squandering the money accumulated in the past decades, and spent the time that made the world and even future generations feel sad. A tongue-in-cheek extravagant life.

But from the beginning to the end, Tianzi Qi never had the intention to kill—never had the intention to kill Liu Wu, the brother of a compatriot from the same mother: Liang Xiaowang Liu Wu.

That's right;

Liu Sheng, I am determined to kill him.

And not to others.

——Not to Liu Rong, the former "prefect prince", nor Liu De, the second brother who "invited to buy the hearts of the world";

It's not about Liu Yu, the fourth brother who directed and performed the eternal deception of "Ancient Literature Shangshu", let alone Liu Duan, the starling who has weird hobbies and frequently hurts people's lives.

Liu Sheng, the elder brother of his own mother and compatriot: Zhao Wang Liu Pengzu moved to kill...

"A traitor is born."

"Smuggle, just smuggle, and treat you as greedy for money."

"However, the smugglers were ordnance, and in the name of 'old and scrapped', they sold the ordnance directly to the Huns..."

···
"Madam Bo, after all, she's not the biological mother..."

"Even after changing mothers, according to the weak nature imprinted in the same mold as Mrs. Bo, I'm afraid I can only still have my brother messing around."

"Whoo~"

"No wonder······"

"It's no wonder that during the years when Emperor Xiaohui passed away and Empress Dowager Lu was in power, three Kings of Zhao successively died in the Zhao Palace in Handan."

"It's really Handan's feng shui, it's hard to keep people from killing their hearts..."

If he let out a sigh, Liu Sheng just fell back in a tired and light manner, and lay down on the couch at the top of Jiaguan with ease, lying in a "big" shape.

Again;
Thanks to Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang: King Zhao of the Han family naturally has the power to control the frontier armies of Yan, Dai, and Zhao in wartime, and there is no need to ask for Chang'an in advance, only need to respond immediately , to resist the invading enemy.

This is the only double-edged sword that Liu Sheng's great-grandfather Liu Bang left for the Han family.

——When the Xiongnu came to invade, Zhao Wang sent soldiers from Yan, Dai, and Zhao to go north to defend against the enemy, so Yu Zongshe had a lot of benefits and no harm;
But who can tell?
Who can be sure that the Huns who "invaded" were not singing a double reed with King Zhao?
What if the Xiongnu negotiated with the King of Zhao and pretended to be an "invader" so that the King of Zhao sent the frontier troops of Yan, Dai, and Zhao along the way, but instead of going north to defend against the enemy, they went straight south...
"If the Huns are included, there will be a few rebel kings in the Kanto..."

···
"Ugh······"

"If it weren't for this, how could the father have allowed Seventh Brother to be my King Zhao?"

"Besides Seventh Brother, who else can I trust?"

"Who else can you trust?"

···
"Perhaps it is also because of this, that the royal father insisted on adopting my elder brother to Mrs. Bo's knee..."

"After all, if the person who wants to usurp the throne is the heir of the empress dowager, the chance of success is too high..."

Mumbling to himself, and sighing from time to time, the time soon came to the evening without knowing it.

Noticing that the palace room was getting darker and lit up again by palace lanterns, Liu Sheng finally dragged his exhausted body and straightened up from the couch above the Crown Prince Jiaguan.

Liu Sheng is going back to the palace.

Although the curfew was not aimed at the emperor, or even at most decent dignitaries, Liu Sheng had to go back.

——Liu Sheng, a minor.

Young and weak, not crowned yet, not yet in charge of the government, especially there is a Queen Gillian looking forward to in Jiaofangdian, and there is a Princess Guantao Taichang in Shangguanli Tangyihou's mansion;
In case there is a 'no-go-home' incident...
hi~
Liu Sheng's troubles are really enough...
"Prepare the car."

"Go back to the palace."

The tone was cold, but his face could not conceal the tiredness of explaining, Liu Sheng subconsciously stood up, obviously ready to return to Weiyang Palace.

After receiving the order, the eunuch Ling Xiaque, who was always acting as a clay statue, trotted away towards the gate of the palace in a hurry.

After a while, Xia Que returned to Jiaguan with a strange expression on his face.

Looking at Liu Sheng's eyes, there is even a little bit of taboo...

"how?"

"But the eunuch couldn't bear it, so he went back to the house first?"

Although he said that, Liu Sheng didn't let this possibility pass through his mind at all.

——The duty of a servant is to serve the emperor's chariot!
As for Ma Zheng, it was just incidental. Driving the emperor's chariot was the real job of the servant.

Yuan An, a veteran of the three dynasties, has been up and down for many years, so it is impossible for him to do such a thing of self-destructive future, and even joke with his own household registration book.

Therefore, Liu Sheng actually wanted to use this obviously impossible possibility to ask Xia Que: What happened?

And Xia Que's next reaction did not exceed Liu Sheng's expectations.

Liu Sheng, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back to Weiyang Palace for a while...
"Report to His Majesty."

"Zhao Wan, a doctor of "Poetry", and Wang Zang, a scholar of Confucianism, each brought Lu Shengong's letter and asked to see him outside the palace gate..."

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"Zhao Wan..."

"Wang Zang..."

A moment later, the crown prince looked at the womb.

After readjusting his face, he sat on the head with a calm expression, carefully sizing up the two old scholars in front of him, while Liu Sheng secretly flipped through the "memory book" in his mind;
But even though it took a lot of effort, Liu Sheng was still unable to find out these two extremely strange names from his memory.

Unable to remember, Liu Shengzi stopped making things difficult for himself, and just started talking with a polite smile, and looked at Zhao Wan, the doctor of "Poetry", who was standing a little closer and closer to him.

"I remember a few years ago, the Doctor of Poetry, or Duke Lu Shen appointed by Emperor Xiaojing?"

"I also heard people say that Mr. Shen is the mantle disciple of Duke Shen."

"Think about it, after Shen Gong retired and was recommended by Shen Gong, Emperor Xiaojing was appointed as a doctor of "Poetry"?"

To the deep question, Zhao Wan didn't show too strong a reaction, just nodded slightly.

If Liu Sheng hadn't asked, even the medal that symbolizes "yes, that's it" would have ushered in the focus of his life because of Liu Sheng's neglect.

Duke Lu Shen.

When he heard these three words, Liu Sheng's attention was immediately attracted by an old and stubborn picture in his memory.

Lu Shengong, whose real name is Shen Pei, is a native of Ludi. Because of his attainments in Confucianism, he is honored by the world as Shen Gong and Shen Peigong.

When Shen Peigong was young, he, Lu Musheng, Bai Sheng, and Liu Jiao, who later became the king of Chu and Yuan in the Western Han Dynasty, studied "Poetry" under Xunzi's student Fu Qiubo. The few people finally dispersed helplessly.

Later, when Emperor Taizu Gao established Han Guozuo, Shen Pei and Naishi Fu Qiubo met Liu Bang, Emperor Taizu Gao, in Lunan Palace.

Later, he was a doctor of Chu State (the period of Liujiao, the king of Chuyuan). During the reign of Empress Lu, he and Liu Yingke, the son of Liujiao, the king of Chuyuan, studied "Poetry" with Fuqiu Bo in Chang'an.

During the reign of Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty, he was established as a doctor, and he was also a doctor of Chu State (during the reign of King Liu Yingke of Chu), responsible for teaching the crown prince Liu Wu.

Liu Wu was weak and violent, and Shen Peigong was punished by Xu Mi for admonishing him. He returned to Lu and retired to tutor him. He never went out or saw guests all his life.

There are more than a hundred disciples who come from afar.

This is all that Liu Sheng knows about Shen Gong——about Lu Shen Gong and Shen Pei.

--ancient;
- very stubborn;

——Confucian origin;
But now, Liu Sheng's understanding of Zhao Wan and Wang Zang in front of him is limited to: these two old Confucian scholars are both Shen Pei's disciples, and they must be "proud disciples".

If not, the only doctor in "Poetry" in the world, no matter what, it is impossible for a boy who is only 'year-old' five or sixty years old to do it...
"I don't know if you two come to the door in the middle of the night~"

"What's so 'expensive'?"

After scrutinizing the two of them for a long time, Liu Sheng hit the crux of the problem very accurately as soon as Yoyo opened his mouth.

—Now, it is already dark.

In this era, although 'darkness' does not completely mean the end of the day—especially for the emperor and the nobles, it does not mean the end of the day, but everyone basically has a tacit agreement on what happens after dark .

For example, if you are a noble relative, if you don't go to sleep after dark, then there is a high probability that you are having fun;
If the relatives of the court do not sleep in the middle of the night, they are likely to be worried about something.

It was the middle of the night for the emperor, and most of them were working overtime to process the memorials.

and so on.

But for the meeting after dark, whether it is inside or outside the palace, there is actually a thick filter.

--something wrong!

These two people/these people must have something shady, and there is no way to say it in broad daylight, so they get together sneakily after dark and engage in some doggy business!

At this moment, Liu Sheng looked at Zhao Wan and Wang Zang with undisguised scrutiny.

As for the scrutiny in Liu Sheng's gaze, Zhao Wan and Wang Zang were not only not flustered, but faintly excited and excited...

"Report to His Majesty."

"The two of us met so hastily because we have a great strategy for governing the country and want to present it to His Majesty face to face!"

"It's just that Your Majesty has not crowned himself as a pro-government for the time being. If you present this great strategy in front of outsiders, it will inevitably not be suspected by others, or it will bring unnecessary trouble to Your Majesty."

"That's why the two of us dared to disturb Sheng Jia in the middle of the night..."

Hearing Zhao Wan brazenly say that she has a "great strategy for governing the country", Liu Sheng only raised his eyebrows subconsciously;
Regarding Zhao Wan's rhetoric of "being afraid of causing trouble to His Majesty, so she came to disturb him in the middle of the night", she even said "I understand everything".

——Confucianism just plays with this skill;
No matter what it is, you can shamelessly put gold on your face.

But impatient is impatient, after all, he is still a doctor of "Poetry" with a salary of two thousand stones. Even if Liu Sheng doesn't like Confucian scholars, he can only force himself to leave Zhao Wan with the most basic literati dignity.

It is precisely because of Liu Sheng's soft heart that Zhao Wan, the doctor of Erqianshi's "Poetry", got a god-sent opportunity to talk endlessly...

"Both ministers and Wang Sheng believe that in today's world, especially the relatives of Liu's clan and relatives of Dou Dou are the only serious troubles for the ancestral temple and the community!"

"If Your Majesty wants to work hard, these are the two major difficulties that His Majesty can't get around..."