I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 449
The eldest brother and the second brother are here;
The fourth brother, the fifth brother, and the starling are also here.

Before arriving, only the sixth brother: Liu Fa, King of Changsha, the seventh brother: Liu Pengzu, King of Zhao, and the only junior of Liu Sheng among the clan princes who met this time in the pilgrimage: Jiaodong King Liu Zhi.

For the late arrival of these three people, Liu Sheng was naturally extremely tolerant.

——One is the King of Changsha, who is far away in the sky, enduring the dampness of Changsha;
One is the younger brother Jiaodong Wang who was sealed to the east of the Han family and was exposed to the wind and sun in Qidi near the sea.

The last one is the brother of Liu Sheng's mother's compatriot - at least he used to be the elder brother of Liu Sheng's mother's compatriot.

It's just that after these three people also walked into the hall, the brothers who were still chatting with smiles were attracted by the three people's completely different appearances and temperaments, and they didn't speak for a long time.

Liu Fa, too old...

It's not graying, nor wrinkles;
It's just plain old.

Liu Sheng thought about Changsha, which would surprise Liu Fa;

But I never thought that it would be so hard.....

If the suffering of Changsha is hot and humid, then the "suffering" of Zhao is dry and cold.

Compared with his elder brother Liu Fa, Liu Pengzu's face was much better - at least he didn't look like a middle-aged man.

But from the faintly chapped lips and the pampered face, it is not difficult for Liu Sheng to see that Liu Pengzu's life in the past few years has not been too comfortable.

The reason, of course, is that the sale of 'arms' back then put Liu Pengzu under the strict surveillance of the Chang'an court, and he couldn't do as usual.

In addition, Mrs. Bo has become the Queen Mother of Zhao, and Bo Rongnu, the Marquis of Zhao, has become the Prime Minister of Zhao. Liu Pengzu's life in Handan has become more and more sad...

Among the three brothers, the only one who has undergone positive changes is Jiaodong King Liu Zhi.

Once upon a time, Liu Zhi, the tenth prince of the first emperor, was a child who was teased alternately by nine brothers including Liu Sheng.

Because the first emperor Liu Qi gave birth to the ninth son Liu Sheng with the current Empress Dowager Jia, he gave birth to three daughters with Liu Zhi's mother Wang Meiren.

In addition, during that period of time, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen was lying on the bed in a serious illness, and the crown prince Qijian was in charge of the country, so there was not much time to continue making people.

This caused the princes of the first emperor Liu Qi to have a gap of nearly ten years between Liu Sheng, the ninth son, and Liu Zhi, the tenth son of the emperor.

——From the eldest son of the emperor to the younger Liu Sheng, the age difference between the nine people is less than ten years old;
The eldest brother, Liu Rong, is only seven or eight years older than Liu Sheng.

But Liu Sheng, the ninth son of the emperor, and Liu Zhi, the tenth son of the emperor, are indeed nine years apart.

Such a huge age difference and age gap are naturally the princes of the late emperor Liu Qi, who are naturally divided into the 'first nine' and the 'last few'.

The first nine were of the same age, and none were more like brothers;

And the last few are too young. For the first nine people, these latter few are half sons' younger brothers.

So in the past, whether it was the tenth younger brother Liu She, or the remaining younger brothers who were younger than Liu She, for the nine brothers, they all had a very stereotyped image: crying, snot running, and hugged by the nanny. with.

This makes today, when the former emperor's tenth son, Jiaodong King Liu She, dressed up in his teens and showed his resolute and precocious face, he regarded Liu She as someone who could be coaxed with candy. The nine brothers of my brother were stunned by flax...
"But I haven't seen you for a few years, King Jiaodong..."

The first to speak was naturally Liu Yu, the fourth brother who was the least worried about breaking the taboo when speaking.

But just halfway through the words, Liu Yu stared straight at his tenth brother Liu Zhi not far in front of him, and stopped talking for no reason.

so similar······

Today's Liu Zhi is simply like the smaller Prince Qi!
It is very similar to the boy who smashed the prince of Wu to death with a chessboard...

"Seeing my younger brother, why are you all acting like this?"

"Even if I don't give my brother some gifts, I still have to say hello twice, and then pull my brother to sit beside me?"

In the end, it was Liu Sheng who spoke, interrupting the eerie silence in the hall.

And after Liu Sheng's kind reminder, Liu Yu also smiled dumbly, waved lightly, and called Liu Zhi to his side, and sat down between himself and his elder brother Liu Rong.

——The youngest son will always be the jewel in the palm of the clan.

Just like Xiaojiu Liu Sheng back then, and Liu Zhi today.

But today, Liu Sheng didn't focus on this heroic younger brother at all.

To put it more bluntly: the reason why Liu Sheng wanted to hold today's dinner was only for three things.

pit brother;
pit brother;
It's still Teemo's, brother pit...

"Everyone is here, let's start the banquet."

"All of us brothers, it has been too many years since we got together again."

"We ate and talked, and we drank and talked."

Liu Sheng opened his mouth, and there were teams of palace maids and maidservants filing in, putting plates of dishes on the dining table and barrels of fine wine in front of the table.

They poured wine to the 'guests' they were serving, and stepped aside respectfully.

While the maidservants were pouring wine for the kings, Liu Sheng smiled slightly, and his eyes swept across the faces of his brothers one by one.

——Big Brother Liu Rong, he has grown to the age and realm where he can look down on everything, and there is no emotion on his face;
From that faint smile that was the same as Liu Sheng's, it was not difficult for Liu Sheng to see that this Linjiang king had already guessed Liu Sheng's purpose, and was mentally prepared to stick out his neck and get stabbed.

The second child, Liu De, was obviously absent-minded. Although he tried to pretend that he was happy to be able to come to this banquet and be reunited with his brothers, Liu Sheng clearly knew that Liu Dezhi was not here.

In the past few years, Liu De has been very busy.

What are you up to?
He is busy protecting books, as well as allusions of sages, especially various fragments of Confucianism.

According to the information that Liu Sheng has obtained so far, His Royal Highness the King of Hejian's protection of literary works has reached the point of being almost crazy.

It is said that last year, Liu De inquired about a remnant volume of "Chunqiu Zuo Shi Zhuan" in the collection of a great Confucianist in Qidi.

It can be said to be a fragmented scroll, but it is just dozens of bamboo slips that cannot be connected in series, basically without any practical value.

But just for these dozens of bamboo sticks, Liu De specially handed a memorial to Chang'an——to Liu Sheng, requesting to leave his Hejian country for a short time and go to Qi County to ask for books.

The court of Chang'an has always attached great importance to the departure of princes and kings from their fiefdoms.

Therefore, for Liu De's request, there was a lot of enthusiasm inside and outside the court. Not only did they disagree with Liu Sheng's permission to leave the feudal country, but many people even used this to impeach Liu De for "conspiring to commit crimes".

Knowing Liu De's pissing nature and his "great achievements" in the past few years, knowing that if he doesn't allow it, Liu De will leave the fief without permission, causing even greater political turmoil, so Liu Sheng suppressed this matter After coming down, he sent a secret letter to Liu De: Go early and return early.

——Anyway, the Han Dynasty is not so worried about the princes making chaos anymore;
Moreover, the lineage of King Qi who once made trouble for the Guandong, and even the Han family, now there are not many families left, and the remaining few families together do not have the huge power of a certain family.

Received Liu Sheng's favor, Liu De was overjoyed immediately, and immediately set off for Qidi.

Hearing that Liu De had arrived in Qi, Qi Wang Liu Shou was a little puzzled, but because of etiquette, he still sent someone to meet Liu De.

As a result, the envoy of King Qi who greeted Liu De waited for a long time before Liu De said, "I will ask for books first, and then I will find King Qi to drink when I am done."·······

Refuting King Qi's face is second to none. The really exciting part of this matter lies in the process of Liu De's request for books.

——Those dozens of bamboo sticks, Liu De wanted;

But the old Confucianism didn't give it at all.

what's the result?

Liu Dehao spent a lot of money just to get the promise of the great Confucian: borrow those bamboo sticks to copy it, and then return the original copy to the old Confucian.

Such a good deed, the great Confucianist did not refuse any more, just lent those bamboo sticks for two sticks of incense, and earned as much as a thousand gold.

Liu De didn't take money as money at all, and after getting what he wanted, he quickly drove towards his own Hejian country;

On the way, I didn’t forget to send someone to tell King Qi Liu Shou again: I’m too anxious to come this time, I forgot to bring a gift, next time I’ll come to Qidi to visit King Qi...

What can Liu Sheng say?
Can only say wonderful!
It can only be said that this second brother, since the boss Liu Rong missed the throne, has completely become the vanguard of Wenqing and the protection of cultural relics and classics!
As for these things, Liu De's explanation is: Hearing the Tao in the morning, it is possible to die in the evening...
Shaking his head helplessly, he turned his eyes away from the second brother Liu De. The moment he saw the fourth brother Liu Yu, a sincere and warm smile appeared on Liu Sheng's face instantly.

In the past few years, among the brothers, what made Liu Sheng most happy was that Liu Yu got rid of his stuttering problem.

Once upon a time, all the brothers felt incomparable sympathy for this elder brother who had been waiting for Ai Ai;
But now, Liu Sheng is sincerely happy for this brother.

Even if this elder brother has a stern voice, loves to raise dogs and horses, or almost used the ancient deception of "Ancient Wen Shangshu" to deceive the whole world.

Seeing the fourth brother Liu Yu, Liu Sheng couldn't help but smile on his face, and when he saw the fifth brother Liu Fei, there was no need to mention it.

——Liu Sheng almost grinned behind his ears, laughed and walked forward, hooking shoulders with Fifth Brother Liu Fei!
It's just that after so many years, Liu Fei, the king of Jiangdu, has grown into a husband.

Not only has his body grown into a manly man, but his mind has also improved a lot.

Liu Sheng is very sure: Liu Fei is very excited now;

But today's Liu Fei has been able to suppress this excitement, barely maintaining the prudent image that a "clan prince" should have.

Then there is Liu Fa, the sixth brother, although he is still somewhat obsequious, but he also has some kingly demeanor that will never be shown in front of Liu Sheng;
The seventh brother Liu Pengzu is obviously a little depressed, but he has also learned not to write his emotions on his face;

Starling Liu Duan, let’s not talk about other things: at least people are here, this is a big progress that cannot be made greater...
"In the past few years, I have always heard people talking about you brothers, but I have never had the opportunity to see them in person."

"——I want to see my elder brothers come to the court, and the princes in the court always use the 'Taizu Gao Emperor System: Princes and kings once every three years' to talk about things;"

"I want to go to Kanto to see for myself, but I really can't get away, and I can't find a reason for the east tour."

"Today, you brothers might as well tell me: what interesting things have happened in the past few years?"

"Maybe let me, the Canary who was imprisoned in Weiyang Palace, listen to: how have you been doing all these years..."

A slightly self-deprecating opening remark only caused Liu Yu and Liu Fei to chuckle politely, and Liu Rong and Liu De subconsciously looked away;
After another moment of silence, Fang You Liu Rong spoke first and began to report to Liu Sheng.

"Thanks to Your Majesty's grace: The eldest son of the minister is over six years old..."

"In the past few years, the minister has been inseparable from this son, setting an example, teaching this son how to be a minister and a king."

"I'm here in Chang'an, and I'm about to report this matter to Your Majesty. Please, Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager order the prince's son to secure my Linjiang National Ancestral Temple..."

As the eldest son of the first emperor, Liu Rong is now nearly 28 years old;

In this era when men got married in their teens and got married in their 20th and [-]th year, Liu Rong had his first heir in his [-]s, which can be regarded as "late marriage and late childbearing".

Now, Liu Rong's eldest son is six years old and has passed through his fragile youth. It is completely normal for Liu Rong to ask for a son.

"Brother came to Chang'an, did he bring Aizi with him?"

Asked with a smile, Liu Sheng didn't feel too embarrassed when Liu Rong nodded slowly.

"After a few days, send it to the royal mother."

"—Can't you just sit on the heir of the Han family without seeing the faces of your great-grandmother and the empress dowager?"

"After paying homage to the emperor's grandmother, if the eldest brother brings this matter up to the emperor's grandmother, the emperor's grandmother will definitely not refuse."

Although the former crown prince had been changed to "Prince Prince" by the first emperor Liu Qi after the Wu-Chu Rebellion, except for the downgrading of this title, everything else is different from Wuyou in the past.

Whether it is the former crown prince or the current crown prince, they are essentially the crown princes of the clan princes.

As for the establishment of the crown prince, of course, it is not the princes themselves who issue the imperial edict, but the Empress Dowager of the East Palace.

Liu Sheng's reminder this time is the reason for the question.

"Who is his mother?"

Liu Sheng did not forget to ask about the background of the prince-to-be;
"Son of a good family, Yan Ren, Shi Zhang..."

Liu Rong's answer was enough to satisfy Liu Sheng.

"Since the eldest brother already has heirs, the rest of the elder brothers, shouldn't they still be alone?"

"Ok?"

"Second brother is busy on weekdays, but it's okay to say;"

"Fourth brother, fifth brother, if you think about it, even if you don't have many children, at least you have both children, right?"

"Ah fifth brother?"

While speaking, Liu Sheng's tone became unserious again, and when he looked at Liu Fei, the king of Jiangdu, he winked even more.

But after Liu Sheng said these words, everyone looked at Liu Sheng with the same weirdness in their eyes...

(End of this chapter)