Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 214 The feast of the sages

"Wow~~~"

In the middle of the night, a loud cry came from the Hall of Houde.

The hall was on fire. Liu Chang held the little guy in his arms helplessly and was pacing back and forth in the hall. When he walked like this, the little guy stopped crying and fell asleep. Liu Chang yawned and looked at The little guy in his arms gradually fell asleep, crept into the inner room, and just put the little guy on the bed secretly, the little guy just felt that something was wrong, and suddenly burst into tears again.

"Okay, okay, I won't let go! I won't let go!!"

Liu Chang shouted, and continued to walk outside with the little guy in his arms, murmuring, "Can't you give birth to a child who can't cry like others?"

"Jian, Xiang and the others don't cry, you just cry here every day, don't cry, don't cry."

"Can I beg you? Stop crying!!"

"I'm going to hit you if you cry again?"

"OK OK"

Under the night, Liu Chang wandered back and forth, coaxing in a low voice, and the little guy fell asleep again.

The next day, when Cao Shu woke up, Liu Chang stood not far away, holding the little guy in his arms, his eyes were bloodshot, but he had a shallow smile on his face.Cao Shu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stepped forward and took the child from him, "Your Majesty didn't sleep all night? Are you crying?"

"I didn't cry. Would you like to stop sleeping?"

"Hey, Your Majesty, you can have your valet come to hold it."

"The widow's son, why let the valet come to hold him?!"

"When the widow is away, you are always taking care of it. Since the widow is back, you can sleep more and leave the child to me."

Cao Shu looked at Liu Chang with some distress and said, "Your Majesty, let's go to sleep for a while."

After Liu Chang had eaten, he lay weakly on the bed and fell asleep.

Until noon, Liu Chang vaguely felt that something was sticking to his face. He slowly opened his eyes and saw a meat ball. Well, An was crawling on top of him. At this moment, his legs were in Liu Chang's face kept kicking, Liu Chang laughed, grabbed the little guy, got up, put the little guy in his arms, and got off the bed.

Cao Shu was busy, Liu Chang held the child and swaggered out the door, targeting Jiaofangdian.

"Mother~~~"

When Liu Chang walked into the Jiaofang Palace, Empress Lu seemed to be waiting for him. Seeing him put one arm around the child, Empress Lu frowned and cursed, "Two hands!"

"Oh."

"Bring it here."

Empress Lu took the child, put the child in his arms, and gently comforted him, Liu Chang looked at him enviously, "Mom, can you replace me after he's lying down? You haven't stroked my back for a long time. , put me to sleep"

Empress Lu rolled her eyes at him, "Aren't you afraid of being embarrassed?"

"What's the disgrace of that? I haven't been crowned yet!"

Empress Lu ignored him and just coaxed the grandson in his arms. Liu Chang felt that his position was not guaranteed. He sat helplessly in front of Empress Lu and asked his valet to bring the food. : "This Shuzi is really noisy, it was noisy last night"

"Oh, that's really like a father."

"Huh?? I never cry!!"

"You cry the most."

"Mom, when do you think he can accompany me out?"

"What do you want to take him to? Stealing chickens and dogs?!"

"The widow is a virtuous king, how can he do such a thing, just want to take him to study or something."

After eating, Liu Chang looked at Empress Lu who was all on his grandson, and his eyes were a little dazed.

"Mother. The days go by so fast. I've become a father. I never thought about it. It's too fast, too fast."

"What you should be thinking about now is what to do with Cao Shu. What about Liu An?"

"You have a child before you marry Cao Shu. Have you ever thought about what will happen to An when she grows up? Is it a direct elder? Or a concubine elder?"

Liu Chang frowned and said solemnly: "Since the mother ordered, then we will marry him. As for An, even if he is the first-in-law, in the future, he will be the prince of the Tang state of the widow, and the widow must teach him well and make him a qualified person. The heir. He must be better than the widow!"

Empress Lu shook her head, "You can do these things yourself."

Only then did Liu Chang ask, "How is your mother going to treat Zhao Tuo?"

Speaking of Zhao Tuo, Empress Lv's face became ugly.

"This nonsense, alienating the kings, the crime can be put to death."

"Jibu's speed is really fast."

Liu Chang sighed with emotion, and then said: "Mother, Zhao Tuo can't be killed."

Empress Lu looked at him coldly, but did not speak.

"Before Zhao Tuo left, he had already explained his funeral. Killing him would not help. On the contrary, it would make the other foreigners who were watching on the sidelines dare not come to join us. I am going to take back many foreign kings for my own use and fight the Xiongnu together. , At this time, it is not appropriate to kill the foreign king who came to see the court."

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"I think so. For Zhao Tuo, we reward him to appease the foreign king, but we do not lift the ban on Nanyue, and give great rewards to the tribes of Nanyue, win over his people, divide his tribe, and want to Once the supplies are obtained, let these tribes personally bring the merchants to the Great Han and receive the Great Han's reward."

"I think the fourth brother can be the Wu country, and the sixth brother can go to Korea."

"The fourth brother is talented, let him deal with the southern barbarians"

Liu Chang talked about his thoughts, Empress Lv listened carefully, "Let Heng be the King of Wu", Empress Lv pondered and said, "Zhao Tuo will be arranged in Chang'an first, and other things will be slowed down. "

Liu Chang didn't talk about it again, he said again: "Mum. There is one more thing, I went to many places this time, and many officials heard that I had come, and they came to visit them one after another, doing their flattery things. During their conversations, I found that officials in various places oppressed the people for their political achievements."

"Since my grandmother began to vigorously promote officials in various countries, these people abused the power of the people in order to obtain political achievements. In winter, officials even forced the people to build roads. Taking this as their own political achievements, if this continues, the world will not know what to do. How many Chen Sheng and Wu Guang will appear, the main reason is that the supervision of them is not enough. I think it is necessary to arrange an angel in each place to be responsible for supervising the place. "

"The censor can't suppress the local officials, but he can set up another post and not interfere in government affairs, but he can supervise many officials including the county governor, and report their behavior to the temple at all times."

Empress Lu thoughtfully said, "Okay, I will handle this matter."

Empress Lu raised her head and looked at the strong son in front of him who was gradually becoming a king, and said with emotion, "Chang, you have finally grown up."

"Hahaha, that's natural!"

Liu Chang grinned slyly.

Liu Chang can no longer lie in his mother's arms. He can't lie down at all. Even if he can lie down, he is afraid that he will hurt his mother. Therefore, now his mother's embrace belongs to Liu An.Empress Lv loves this unnamed grandson "from a concubine" very much, even more than his own eldest grandson Xiang.

It was probably Aiwu Jiwu, or maybe Liu An was by her side when Liu Chang was away. Anyway, when Empress Lu was coaxing Liu An to sleep, a certain king's heart was very sour, and his family status decreased. one.

When Liu Chang took the little guy back to the Hall of Houde, Cao Shu was waiting for him.

Liu Chang pondered for a moment, then said, "Another day, I will take you to pay homage to Duke Cao."

A trace of sadness flashed in Cao Shu's eyes, and she said, "Well, my father was very happy when he learned about my situation. He called his brother, scolded him, and asked him why he couldn't learn from his sister-in-law. .He's always wanted to see my baby. But he couldn't."

"He fought everywhere, and suffered too many injuries. He has always endured the pain until he died, and he never cried out in pain."

Liu Chang lowered his head. Cao Shu's sentence was true. Cao Can, who was the second most successful man in the founding of the Han Dynasty, had fought too many battles in his life. Likewise, he had suffered a lot of injuries. With shocking scars, it has been very difficult for him to survive until now.

And Liu Chang naturally didn't know that Cao Can in history, under the torture of illness, left together after supporting the new emperor for a few short years, and now he persists until now, probably because of Liu Chang, a "rebel thief" ”, so that he could not leave with peace of mind, and insisted on fighting to the end.

"Then did he say anything?"

"Before my father's death, let me tell the king to make sure that the king must take off the head of Mo Dun and come to worship him."

"He said that he had defeated countless enemies in his life, but he was the only one who failed to defeat the powerful enemy of the Xiongnu. Only when he saw the head of Mo Dun could he rest in peace."

Liu Chang took a deep breath, stretched out his hand, and said solemnly: "I, Chang Liu, swore to the sky that I would cut off Mo Dun's head to worship my husband-in-law! If I can't do it, I will die without a place to be buried! !"

Cao Shu was shocked and was about to say something, but Liu Chang frowned and reprimanded: "This is an agreement between husbands, you don't need to say more!"

Cao Shu lowered his head, "Wei."

After Liu Chang took the oath, his face softened a little, and he asked with a smile, "Shu. Look, can I take An out to meet my brothers?"

"Your Majesty, it's so cold outside, An is still young and can't go out."

"Forehead"

Liu Chang was a little frustrated. He had a son but couldn't show it off to others. What's the use of having a son? ?

Cao Shu blinked and said, "Although An can't go out, Your Majesty can invite friends to the Hall of Honor."

"Hahaha! Yes!!"

Liu Changchang laughed, "You don't know, even Zhou Shengzhi doesn't have a son! He has been married for so long! Hahaha!"

Liu Chang immediately called his valet Zhang Qing and asked him to invite his roommates and friends to come to the Hall of Houde for a banquet.

The first ones who came were those benevolents, Duke Zhao, Jibu, Luan Bu, Jia Yi, Zhang Budo, and Chao Cuo. Unconsciously, Liu Chang's benevolence group continued to grow, and it was these benevolences. Not very reliable, there are all kinds of things.Shiren arrived at the Hall of Houde and hurriedly met Liu Chang.

Liu Changchang smiled, helped them up, and let them sit down again.

"Gong Zhao, long time no see, are you still okay?"

"Your Majesty, look up to Your Majesty's prosperity, your minister is tough!"

Zhaoping replied with a smile, the old man seemed to be in a good mood, he looked around and asked, "Where is An?"

Shiren looked at him in surprise, who is this Ann?

Liu Chang smiled and said, "I'm still sleeping, I'll bring it out later!"

The others didn't know about it, but Zhao Ping did. Liu Chang introduced him to Chao Cuo, a new wife, and Zhao Ping smiled when he met him.Zhang Budo leaned over to Zhaoping's side and asked, "Who is An?"

Zhaoping snorted coldly and asked, "How did you come back alive?"

"You old man is not dead, how can I die?!"

However, Liu Chang looked at Ji Bu and said, "The Queen Mother, Shiren, you are so quick to do it. You just came back last night and already told the Queen Mother of the situation in detail. You are so loyal, the widow should be a toast!"

Ji Bu ignored Liu Chang's ridicule, and just asked calmly: "If the minister doesn't say it, how should the king speak?"

Zhang Budo was furious and was about to curse when Chao Cuo, who was beside him, cursed: "As a minister, how can you make a decision for the king?! You traitor! Your great king, drive him out!"

Zhao Ping was stunned for a moment, his eyes widened, he looked at Chao Cuo in front of him, his hand trembling at him, he was about to speak, but Jia Yi, who was beside him, scolded: "Even if there is punishment, that is what the king should think about. What does it have to do with the traitor?!"

The two suddenly quarreled.

Zhao Ping was stunned and looked at Zhang Budo beside him.

For some reason, Zhaoping suddenly felt that Zhang Budo was actually pretty good.

At this moment, the sages came.

Zhou Shengzhi led the group of sages in. They laughed wantonly, and they didn't feel restrained in the palace. They came to meet the king, hugged, and treated the king as their relatives.This scene made Chao Cuo very angry. If it wasn't for Luan Bu, I'm afraid he would scold these little people who don't have a king.

"Victory? The widow thought you couldn't come!"

Liu Chang said in surprise.

Zhou Shengzhi said with a smile: "I went to ask the captain for a leave of absence. The captain asked me what was going on. I said that Tang Wang summoned me. The captain asked me out directly, and also borrowed a car for me to come over quickly!"

"Hahaha, the king is famous, who is disrespectful?"

Qun Xian laughed and started talking.

"Your Majesty, we haven't eaten sheep for a long time."

"Cough, it's okay, when this banquet is over, I'll go see my uncle, and then go back to the Tang Palace!"

Everyone laughed, the attendant brought food, and everyone ate and drank. At this moment, Liu Chang suddenly looked at Zhang Qing and whispered, "Bring Ann out!"

Zhang Qing walked out in a hurry, and after a while, he came back with a small baby and handed it to Liu Chang, Liu Chang carefully took the child and looked at everyone. At this moment, everyone was very shocked, looking at Liu Chang Chang and the child in his arms, Liu Chang said with a smile: "It's okay, you guys continue to eat and play!"

"Your Majesty is this?"

"Oh, this is my son, Liu An!"

"Pfft~~"

Zhou Shengzhi sprayed all the wine in his mouth, and Lu Lu, who was beside him, looked at Liu Chang dully, not noticing that he was sprayed all over.

Houde Hall suddenly fell silent.

After a moment of silence, Qun Xian suddenly rushed to Liu Chang's side, "The king's son?!"

"When did the king have a son?"

"let me see!"

"Call Father Zhong!"

"You stepped on me!"

"You're not a close relative, get away!"

Everyone surrounded Liu Chang, and Liu Chang proudly hugged the little guy in his arms, "Hahaha, don't make a fuss, it's just a child! You will have it too!"

Lu Lu hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, who is his mother??"

"Cough, Cao Shu."

"Oh~~~"

Everyone suddenly realized, and looked at the king with a smile, "The king is really powerful, so he was alone once and had a child?"

"What do you know! Widows are strong!"

Liu Chang smiled, and everyone came to hold the child one after another, and his dear Liu An was full of disgust.

"Hahaha, we have a son! Your Majesty, shall we take him out to play?!"

"Wait a few more years"

Xiahouzao looked a little worried, and he hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, this child also has Cao Can's blood. What should he do if he catches the bad habits of Cao thieves in the future?"

When Liu Chang heard this, he was also a little worried, "Yeah... I'm afraid of contracting their Cao family's bad habits!"

Luan Bu's face twitched as he reminded, "Your Majesty. I don't think you need to worry about this issue."

"Why??"

Looking at Liu Chang who didn't have any self-knowledge, Luan Bu hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't tell the truth. The king's bad habits were enough for him to learn, and maybe Cao Can would be better.

He said: "I heard that there are many types of fathers in sons."

"Hahaha, that widow doesn't have to worry!"

Liu Chang raised his head and laughed.

It wasn't until Liu An began to cry that Liu Chang asked Zhang Qing to send the little guy back to his grandmother's side, and he led Qun Xian out of the palace. See, and then visited Zhou Bo, although he still did not meet Zhou Bo, but when he came back, it was a rewarding experience.

In the Tang Palace, everyone was eating meat, and Liu Chang was finally satisfied.

"I think Jiancheng Hou's family has raised a lot of sheep in the past year. With so many sheep, he is also very lucky to go to his house and help him more in the future."

Lu Zhong hesitated a little, looked at the mutton full of mutton in front of the sages, and said, "My lord, if you help like this, you probably won't be able to help after four times. You have helped six this time, and there are a total of mutton in my family. There are just over 20 of them.”

"What's so difficult about this? Wouldn't it be better if you asked your grandfather to raise a few more sheep?"

Zhou Shengzhi asked back.

"I can tell you, you are now a soldier of the Southern Army, and you will be more polite to us in the future, otherwise I will sue you right now! The stealing of sheep by a soldier is enough for you to build a city for 30 years!"

"How about I take you to the Southern Army now?"

"Okay, the king just came back, what's the noise!"

Zhou Yafu said loudly.

Zhou Shengzhi raised his head and patted him on the head, "Sir, don't interrupt, little baby!"

Everyone ate and drank, played music, and sang and danced. In the end, they walked out the door drunkenly, crossed their shoulders, and walked mightily on the street.After a year, the sages finally gathered together. When they were walking on the street, the patrolling soldiers finally remembered the fear of being dominated by the sages.

Everyone sang loudly, ignoring the terrified eyes of pedestrians, and walked in unison on the streets of Chang'an.

Liu Chang really enjoyed the atmosphere.

Because he knew that time was running out.

When he left Chang'an, Liu Chang was already fourteen, and now, a year and a half later, he is almost sixteen.

In any case, he could no longer stay in Chang'an.

He should leave.

ps: In the past few days, because I was with my grandma while typing, so the update was very slow. My grandma was paralyzed for three years, and she was too old. She couldn't stand surgery or treatment. Yes, to be honest, I have already prepared myself mentally, and I finally started eating today. I am relieved that Lao Lang's condition has not been very good these days, but I still insisted on writing it down.

(End of this chapter)