Big Han Weiyang

Perhaps Emperor Jing felt that King Liang's life was too happy, so he wanted him to experience some setbacks, and also taste what it was like to kill someone close to him with his own hands.Just like Queen Mother Dou and ministers forced him to kill Chao Cuo.

Emperor Jing promised to pardon King Liang, as long as King Liang did one thing well-this thing was neither extreme nor excessive.

His order is simple.In the eyes of others, it can even be said to be quite tolerant: it is enough to sacrifice the heads of the two counselors who advised him.

However, for such a loving person like King Liang, such a small request is not easy.

At the moment of life and death, King Liang hesitated for half a month.

Empress Dowager Dou was once again so worried about King Liang that she couldn't eat, and she cried all day long.

At this point, it is no longer clear who is persecuting whom.Emperor Jing originally wanted to punish Liang Wang a little bit, but he didn't expect to make Empress Dowager Dou so worried and sad.And Empress Dowager Dou's sadness was precisely the greatest persecution to Emperor Jing.

As a son of man, Emperor Jing made his mother sad, how could he feel better.Besides, the big man values ​​benevolence and filial piety the most.Emperor Jing should lead by example, how can he be scolded for being unfilial by the ministers and the people.

As a last resort, Emperor Jing had no choice but to take another step back and send envoys to Liang Guo to act instead of King Liang.

King Liang was still obstinate because of his loyalty, so he took two counselors to hide in Tibet.

It was not until the envoys led troops to surround the place where King Liang was hiding, that King Liang had no choice but to order the two counselors to commit suicide and offer their heads.So Emperor Jing agreed with him to go to Beijing to plead guilty.

Empress Dowager Dou was very satisfied with this situation, and called Emperor Jing to eat with her for several days.Usually only the king of Liang can enjoy such an honor. For Emperor Jing, this is the closeness he has never had from Queen Dou.

But can the family love exchanged in this way make people feel warm?

I occasionally went to the Changqiu Palace with Emperor Jing, and Empress Dowager Dou usually subconsciously asked me to sit between her and Emperor Jing to talk about topics related to me.

When listening to Emperor Jing telling some interesting stories about the court, Empress Dowager Dou would put it down and smile quietly.The kind homework can't hide the slight alienation behind it.Her invisible eyes always look past Emperor Jing who is close at hand, and look towards the place that is always out of reach.

Emperor Jing may have noticed it.Because the smile on his face is like a painting, Nei Li has never been really happy.

Even so, whenever Empress Dowager Dou called him to the Changqiu Palace, he still went there without a moment's delay.

Emperor Jing's love for Empress Dowager Dou was not responded to.But just the formal intimacy, he is willing to chase.

Whenever I saw him putting down the memorabilia, coming to Changle Palace exhausted, and smiling even more tiredly after seeing Queen Mother Dou, I wanted to say, why bother, why bother!Empress Dowager Dou loves King Liang far more than you, don't you know, you already knew it!

But who can I blame.

As a son of man, Emperor Jing pursued his mother's attention, and he was not wrong.Empress Dowager Dou is not an evil mother, she always thinks of Emperor Jing, and her love for me and Liu Zhi is not fake.

People's hearts are always biased.

Just like Empress Wang likes little Liu Shun more than Liu Ji and Liu Cheng; just like I love Liu Zhi far more than my three brothers from the same mother; just like Emperor Jing gave a rich fief to his favorite son and raised him until he was a teenager. The son who didn't like it only got a piece of wild land, and he rushed to the country when he was eight or nine years old.

Just as Emperor Jing forced the former prince Liu Rong to death in order to make me a stable prince.

No one in the palace remembered Liu Rong, the gentle and elegant boy who had been the prince.A dead person who has lost his power is not even worth talking about in Weiyang Palace.

But for me, his death was like a thorn, piercing into my heart and making me ache.

I inquired and learned that Liu Rong committed suicide in the Lieutenant's Mansion in Zhidu.

After he arrived at the Lieutenant's Mansion, he was imprisoned like a prisoner, and he was forbidden to see anyone, and he could not send messages to Emperor Jing.

He is also a descendant of the Liu family, what crime has he committed to receive such treatment?

What am I doing when Liu Rong calls Tian Tian Response and is ineffective, and is overwhelmed by fear and grievance bit by bit?I am complacent about becoming a prince soon.

The former crown prince Fu Dou Ying secretly provided him with knives and pens, and wrote to the Queen Mother Dou for help.This may be his only hope. After the letter was taken away, there was no news for a long time.The last light was crushed, and Liu Rong committed suicide in despair.

I know Zhidu's reputation as a cruel official, and how many clan members he sent to prison.But Ren Zhidu was very courageous, and he didn't dare to force a prince of the Liu family who had been a prince to death.This was obviously carried out under the signal of Emperor Jing.

As time went by, Liu Rong's death could not be forgotten by me, but it made me feel restless day by day.

On one side of the propaganda room, a huge bookshelf stands against the wall, and rolls of bamboo slips are stacked from the ground to the colorful beams.There are also various small bookshelves of different heights, which divide the surroundings of the imperial case into small spaces.

At the turn of spring and summer, it was still a bit cold, Emperor Jing put on a big snow-white sleeve, and entrusted a scroll of bamboo slips to read carefully, and I barely allowed myself to devote myself to it.

Several eunuchs stood with their hands down, and white smoke was floating from the mouth of the bronze beast.

I thought the whole morning would pass like this, but Emperor Jing suddenly broke my mind without warning: "Prince, I heard that you have been inquiring about Liu Rong recently."

The short book in my hand trembled, I looked up at his face, and said, "Father, no, father, son...there is indeed such a thing."

After being established as the heir of the emperor, he didn't even call me by my name, he just used the word "Prince" instead.He calls himself Zhen, and I call myself son-in-law, and a wall called monarch and minister is built between the two.

"Then you already know..." Emperor Jing said in a deep voice, "I have already buried him, so don't touch this matter again in the future."

"Since you are a prince, you should learn how to cultivate yourself and govern the country and the world. Every move, don't act like a vulgar villain and provoke the ridicule of those who care." His voice was colder than when the monarch and his ministers were playing right.

I held the bamboo slips and knelt down to listen to his teachings.But his eyes turned to the embroidered pattern on his skirt in a trance.

"Father..." I lowered my head and hesitated for a long time, I knew I shouldn't ask, I should let this matter go without a trace, and then everyone was happy, and continued their lives calmly, but it fell heavily on the In my heart, I couldn't get rid of it no matter what, "You, why did you have to force brother Liu Rong to death." I finally said this sentence.

After a moment of relief, it was even more heavy and uneasy.

"Are you questioning me?" Emperor Jing raised his sleeves with a gloomy expression.

"Father, my son doesn't understand! Brother Liu Rong doesn't have to die! It's very painful for me to ascend to the position of prince like this." I don't know why I went crazy, but I spit out these words .

"You speak to me in such a tone!"

Emperor Jing, who has always been amiable, was so angry that he breathed unevenly. He pointed at my nose and said loudly: "You are so stubborn, you can't bear it like this, what kind of prince are you? You are not worthy of being this prince!"

"I'd rather not be this prince!" Hearing the words "You are not worthy", the blood in my whole body rushed into my brain, and my brain was stunned for a moment, and I couldn't choose what to say.

He slapped me across the face.

Both were stunned.

Emperor Jing looked at his hand in disbelief.He never touched a finger of mine in his life.

I covered the left side of my face and looked at him in shock, a burning sensation appeared on my face.

As if avoiding my gaze, Emperor Jing hurriedly turned around and left.

Seeing him walking farther and farther, I came back to my senses, stood up from kneeling with numb legs, threw down the bamboo slips, ran over on the mat and hugged his waist tightly, he was suffocated.

"What are you doing! Let go!" Emperor Jing said angrily without looking back.

"Father—" I was wrong, okay, I shouldn't have asked.

I hugged him stubbornly, for fear that if he left, there would be an insurmountable gap between the two of us for the rest of our lives.

After the silence followed by the storm, he turned around and looked down at me coldly and said, "Liu Yue, one of you is like this, and the two of you are like this, how far do you want to push me!"

"I……"

"What do you want to know? What you want to know is probably not why Liu Rong must die, but why I don't have any father-son relationship, no family relationship at all! In your eyes, am I a ruthless and cruel person!" In his eyes His anger was as thick as ink, and his trembling hands clenched and then loosened.

I looked up at Emperor Jing, not daring to say a word.

"Don't I understand family affection? Wouldn't I be in pain? Don't I make up my mind every time after weighing the trade-offs again and again? How have you ever stood in my position and considered for me!" Emperor Jing said for the first time. Show your vulnerable side in front of me.

His thin body makes me feel like a knife.

"If you don't want to be the crown prince, you are relying on me to favor you!" He said every word, firmly grasping my shoulders, pushing me away bit by bit, turning around and leaving.

Seeing the last piece of his robe leaving the hall, I knelt down weakly, with my forehead pressed against the cold oak wood, I clenched my fist and gave a heavy blow to the ground.

I don't know how to be considerate at all, I only care about myself, I am really not a thing.

The eunuchs serving Emperor Jing retreated silently.

The whole room was enveloped in darkness and silence.

After an unknown amount of time, a small voice rang in my ears.

"Your Highness."

Han said he walked through piles of bamboo slips, knelt beside me cautiously, and gently helped me up.

I looked at the ground silently and couldn't cry, my heart was empty.

"Your Highness, your face is injured, please apply some medicine."

There was no one else in the hall except us, and any noise would be loud, Han said unconsciously lowered his voice.

Without waiting for my answer, he took out a medicine bottle from his clothes, pulled off the cap, picked up a dab of clean ointment, and spread it evenly on the swollen area on his face.

"Said Han, why did you come in?" The two mats next to the lacquered table were already empty, and my voice sounded like a sigh.

"I saw the emperor leaving outside the door, but His Highness hasn't been out for a long time, so I..."

I turned sideways, and hugged Han Yue into my arms as if looking for support.

His voice stopped abruptly.The medicine bottle rolled down from his hand, circled an arc, and was stopped by Pu Xi.

Han said obediently and motionless.His body was slender and soft, with a slight heat.

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It was several hours later that I found out what happened—last night, the car of King Liang who came to plead guilty disappeared in the suburbs of Chang'an.

The relationship between Empress Dowager Dou and Emperor Jing became tense for the third time in a short period of time.She suspected that Emperor Jing's superficial appeasement was to let her relax her vigilance, and secretly took methods to kill Liang Wang.

"Maybe King Liang lost his way in the suburbs." Emperor Jing's explanation was so pale that even he didn't believe it.He swore that he never did any tampering, and sent the imperial guards stationed in Beijing to search for it.

However, Empress Dowager Dou was even more unbelievable.Probably in her mind, Emperor Jing had too many reasons to hate King Liang.Even if he hasn't been murdered now, he will die at the hands of the people sent by Emperor Jing this time.

"Liu Wu is my own younger brother, and I promised not to pursue it, so how could I intercept and kill him halfway." Emperor Jing was suspected by Queen Mother Dou like a sinner, and the pain in his heart can be imagined.

"You didn't even let your own son Liu Rong go, and you made me believe that you would let your younger brother go?" This was Queen Dowager Dou's faint reply while leaning on crutches.

I don't know how Emperor Jing of the early dynasty could put on a peaceful mask and discuss court affairs with the ministers as if nothing had happened.

After Empress Dowager Dou, he was questioned by me again.The mediocrity shown by Emperor Jing's efforts was torn off a bloodstain viciously by me.

No matter how important brother Liu Rong is, it can't compare to my father who almost grew up with me, cared for me, and sheltered me from every bit of wind and rain.I don't know what I was thinking this morning.

Maybe it's because he dotes on me, so step on his bottom line unscrupulously.

The sky is dark, the night is low, and the lanterns of Changle Palace are just beginning to come on.

I took a few of the prince's subordinates and hurried up the steps leading to the Changqiu Hall, casting a faint shadow behind me.

As soon as I turned around the corridor, I heard Queen Mother Dou crying: "Two days, two days! Ah Wu hasn't come back yet!"

I waved my hand and asked the subordinates to wait outside the corridor. It is always bad for foreign ministers to see the internal affairs of the royal family.

"Emperor, don't lie to me again, you killed my son, didn't you? You killed my son!" Empress Dowager Dou cried out in grief.

"Mother! I didn't send anyone to kill the third child. I'm also your son. Trust me!"

Emperor Jing's eyes were moist, he backed away again and again at a loss, and finally stood between the two doors in the main hall, trying to persuade her but dared not move, neither going in nor retreating.

"Don't call me mother! I don't have a son like you who can do anything to his younger brother, get out!" Empress Dowager Dou groped for all the things she could touch with her trembling hands, and threw them at Emperor Jing one by one.

Birdcages, cricket stands, lacquered dishes, flowerpots...

Emperor Jing endured Empress Dowager Dou's anger abruptly, and stood there sadly.

The flower bushes and vines at the end of the corridor drooped heavy flowers in the night.

"Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, don't be so angry, King Liang may be fine." Several maids went to stop her, and sent the angry Empress Dou into the inner room.

I stood silently on the porch, I couldn't tell who was more saddened by Empress Dowager Dou's heartbreaking and Emperor Jing's helplessness towards his mother.

After walking a few steps, only a few candles were lit in the hall, and the whole hall seemed deep and empty.

The inner room where Empress Dowager Dou is located is bright but out of reach.

Emperor Jing was dressed in a straight black dress, almost blending into the pitch-black night. "Mother, I'm really worried about Ah Wu as much as you are, why don't you believe me." He murmured in a low voice.

I hesitated and stepped forward, whispering: "Father..."

Emperor Jing paused for a while, then turned around as if nothing had happened.

"What are you doing here?" He glanced across my left side of the face, not meeting my gaze.

Yeah, what am I here for?I haven't thought about what I'm going to do, I'm here.

A strange silence spread between the two father and son.

"Queen Mother, you should rest first." The maid persuaded from inside.

Empress Dowager Dou hit the ground several times with her stick, losing her temper like a child: "Ah Wu won't come back, how can I sleep. I have to wait for A Wu to come back." Her voice was clear through the thin curtain. can be heard.

Emperor Jing walked into the hall without saying a word, and I lifted up my robe and followed me in.

The eunuch trotted to the left of Emperor Jing: "Your Majesty, it's time for you to go back to Weiyang Palace and rest."

Emperor Jing's voice was heavy: "Tell the queen, I won't be going back tonight. The queen mother will wait for King Liang, and I will wait with her." He walked to the steps next to the pillars and sat down.There are three steps, each step is five inches high and three feet wide, almost enough for a person to sleep on.

I also sat down, and found that it was too far away from him, so I moved closer.

He frowned, but said nothing.

The surrounding voices gradually quieted down, and cicadas and crickets chirped one after another.The moon is hidden in the clouds, and only a few palace lanterns can be seen through the far palace gate.The faint light faltered in the night wind.

The steps were getting colder, and the maid brought some thick mats to spread on the steps.

"...Father" I had already squeezed to Emperor Jing's side, but I only uttered two words for a long time, and I didn't know what to say next.I can't say an apology, and it's even more impossible for Emperor Jing.

Emperor Jing finally sighed, not mentioning the conflict in the morning, and said in a gentle tone: "It's cold in the night, what are you doing sitting here, go back to sleep."

I shook my head: "I will wait with Father."

He didn't say anything about my title, he forced a smile and patted my back.

The big stone in my heart has been removed.

The court lady lit two bronze lamps with portraits beside the steps.

When awake, the night literally has no end.Is the sky blackened with ink and cannot be changed back, so the night is so long?

What happened to King Liang? Was he assassinated on the way, or did he escape because he didn't dare to see Emperor Jing?Can we get news of him tomorrow, and what if he really dies.I was thinking wildly, and fell asleep leaning on Emperor Jing's shoulder.

When I woke up from the cold, it was still night outside.

Emperor Jing was still awake, not knowing what he was thinking about.After such a period of time, his expression has become much more natural, and there is no such vague resistance anymore.

"Father, I remember we sat together like this when I was young."

"It was in Ganquan Palace. You were only four or five years old at that time, sitting on my lap in a small ball." He put down the thoughts in his heart for a while, and his tone was a touch of nostalgia.

I smiled quietly, forgetting the cold.

He is my father after all, he is not willing to make me sad.

"That day you also recited a poem taught by the old lady to me, the flower of Tang Di, the love of calyx embryo, the love of brotherhood, nothing like brothers." Emperor Jing looked outside the palace, lost in memory.

"It wasn't grandma who taught it, it was the parrot who taught it." I ignored the association from brother to Liu Rong in my mind and corrected me.

Emperor Jing's expression became gentle: "This old lady thinks really far-reaching. When Father was young, the first poem she taught was this. When you were born, she would not forget to teach you. Father Believe in this poem, but the old lady doesn't believe me."

He shook his head and skipped this topic, smiled and said: "I remember you were only as high as my knees at that time, but now you are almost as tall as your elbows."

I also said with a smile: "A few years older, Yue'er will be able to lead troops to fight the Xiongnu for my father."

"Okay, then father is waiting." His eyes were filled with a narrow smile, "It seems that you didn't learn spells in vain, unlike when you were a child, you were stupid and thought that you could grow up in half a month."

Just as I was about to argue that I was not stupid when I was young, Emperor Jing suddenly coughed uncontrollably. I hurriedly wrapped him in a cloak and patted his back.

"Father is fine," he calmed down, waved his hands, and asked me to sit back, "Yue'er, you have to know that everything I do, no matter how cruel, is for your own good..." He was silent for a long while when he said this , then continued with difficulty, "Don't say anything stupid about not being a prince in the future."

"Father, I won't do it again." I said guiltily.

As if he was afraid of hurting me, he gently covered my left face with his hand: "Does it still hurt?"

I smiled and shook my head to reassure him, thought about it, and then nodded seriously: "It hurts." I have been cared for so well all this time, even a slap in the face made me feel heartbroken.

Emperor Jing burst out laughing: "You child..."

The long night before dawn seemed endless.

We are all worried, not knowing what tomorrow will hold or what the future holds.Therefore, I am willing to forget all the unforgettable injuries and cherish this hard-won moment of warmth.