The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

Liu Qi's health has not been very good, he used up too much when he was a teenager, which inevitably left sequelae.

When Emperor Jing fell ill, the entire Weiyang Palace was under martial law.The emperor's illness is not allowed to spread in any case, and it is only said that it is a cold season.

Before Emperor Jing fell ill, he handed everything over to the old lady while he was still conscious, and the first order issued by Empress Dowager Dou was to close Changle Palace. Since then, Weiyang Palace, especially the inner palace, is only allowed to enter, no allowed out.

This sealing of the palace has brought a subtle atmosphere to the court, but the three princes in the court are all in business as usual, and the affairs of the court are running smoothly.Interested people went to inquire about the emperor's mausoleum, and found that the speed of its construction is also stable, and it really looks like nothing happened.

Then why seal the palace?

Smart people don't say a word, and smart people can only live if they keep their mouths shut. Otherwise, it is better to have a stupid brain. At least a stupid person will only harm himself, while a smart person will harm the whole family.

Liu Wu, the direct brother of Emperor Jing of Han, Prince of Liang, did not expect that the formal application for admission to Beijing would be rejected. Walked halfway.

This is very embarrassing.

Liu Wu hesitated for a while, but he didn't dare to go any further. He timidly wrote a letter to his old mother, asking what happened and what he should do.Almost at the same time, he sent a large number of people into Chang'an City to inquire about news.

In the end, he received a letter of reprimand from his mother. Empress Dowager Dou said to him in a rare hasty tone that the meteor will pass the sun. Don't want the king to enter the capital, just use the king's qi to suppress the evil spirit.

Empress Dowager Dou strictly ordered her son to turn around quickly, otherwise there would be no one to suppress it in Liang Guo!

Liu Wu's intuition was wrong, he hesitated for a few days but did not move, he wanted to know the situation of Chang'an City.

Unexpectedly, before the news of Chang'an City came, Empress Dowager Dou's words and orders came again.

In the letter, Empress Dowager Dou almost pointed at her son's nose and scolded - what on earth do you want? She said that Liu Qi was ill before, and Wu calculated that the time was about the same as when he left Liang Guo. It must be because he left without authorization. Liang Guo caused the damage to the imperial aura.

So Empress Dowager Dou ordered her son to return to the fief as soon as possible in the letter, to suppress the local luck, and not to implicate Your Majesty.

Liu Wu felt baffled, how could he still make his elder brother sick even if he came out of the fiefdom?

But thinking of the meteor that broke through the sky before, Liu Wu hesitated again.At that time, the meteor broke the sky, and the officials of Liang Guo seemed to have indeed said similar things.But Liang Guo is located in the Guanzhong area, and the northeast part has nothing to do with him, so Liu Wu didn't pay much attention.

Now, he is quite in a dilemma.

On the one hand, he learned the news of his brother's illness from his mother's letter, and on the other hand, his mother meant to put the matter of his brother's illness on him.

If it was simply that his elder brother was ill, then Liu Wu would have to go to Chang'an even if he faced a hundred decrees.Nothing else, if his brother died of illness, wouldn't it be difficult to operate if he wasn't there?

But now the mother herself spoke and tied the two brothers together.If Liu Wu really went to Chang'an City, and Liu Qi really died of illness, then there is no doubt that in the eyes of the world, Liu Qi was killed by Liu Wu.

A younger brother who killed his older brother still wants to ascend to the throne?

But it is really not willing to make him turn his head...

At this time, the officials who had been sent in the past returned, and they sent a bad news for Liu Wu, saying that everyone in Chang'an City knew that His Majesty was ill, and it was because King Liang left the fief without authorization, that His Majesty was injured Get up.

Hearing what Liu Wu could do, he could only turn around and go back.Not only did he go back, the things he brought this time had to be sent to the emperor, and he even had to pay a pile of precious medicinal materials to express his apology and admit his mistakes.

After Liu Wu returned to the fief, Chang'an unexpectedly received the news that Liu Qi's condition had improved.This news immediately let Liu Wu breathe a sigh of relief.Half-believing and dubious, Liu Wu also began to look for the wizard.It's okay, he just wanted to find someone to calculate whether he would be the emperor or not.

This time was actually the closest Liu Wu got to the throne. During that time, Liu Qi was burned to death. As long as he entered Chang'an, he could launch a coup d'état.

Although the Sangong and Jiuqing were all present, they would not be able to mobilize troops as long as there was no tiger talisman, and that tiger talisman was in Liu Qi's hands, and Liu Qi gave it to Queen Mother Dou before he became seriously ill.If Liu Wu still rebelled, in order to save the life of her beloved son, Queen Mother Dou might not hand over the tiger talisman, but she might also kill relatives righteously, who knows.

Anyway, none of this happened now, Liu Wu was sent back by two letters from his mother, and Liu Qi also managed to wake up before the New Year's Ceremony.

Empress Dowager Dou held her son's hand and shed tears, "Why, why can't you be more careful?"

The reason for Liu Qi's illness this time was that he accidentally fell asleep while enjoying the cool shade. At that time, he waved away his attendants in order to hide himself in peace.

But because Liu Qi had consumed too much mental energy during this period, this exhaustion immediately detonated all the negative conditions in his body, and he fell ill immediately.

"Mother, I know I'm wrong." Liu Qi still had a heat-dissipating veil on his forehead, and he begged weakly, "I won't dare again in the future."

"You're killing my mother!" Queen Dowager Dou wanted to pat him, but she didn't want to. She just slapped the couch board twice, vented her anger, and said, "Take care of yourself, mother doesn't want to be in vain again." Send people to black-haired people."

"Mother!" Liu Qi returned my hand to Empress Dowager Dou, and smiled helplessly, "Mother, I really can't guarantee this son."

"If you can't guarantee it, just live a few more years!" Queen Dowager Dou waved her hand, indicating that this matter is settled. She leaned over and whispered to her son the changes in the court situation in these days, even Liu Wu's going abroad without permission. I told her, and after she finished speaking, she begged her son, "Qi'er, Wu'er has already gone back...Look..."

Liu Qi nodded, understanding what his mother meant, he squeezed his mother's hand, and said with a smile: "It's okay, brother also wants to come and see mother."

When Liu Qi said this, Empress Dowager Dou immediately felt relieved.

She also took a lot of risks to drive Liu Wu away before. In fact, Empress Dowager Dou was also full of doubts about her actions. She didn't know if it was right to do so.

In her heart, there is no doubt that she believes in her son more than Zhou Yafu and others.

From the big man's point of view, if Liu Qi really couldn't hold on and wanted to change his ways, then it would be much more reliable to make the elder Liu Wu the emperor than a child.What's more, Liu Qi may not have any accidents, and his Wu'er has the ability and military power. If he is in the capital, Queen Mother Dou can feel more at ease.

Empress Dowager Dou's idea is very simple, since Liu Che is the prince, of course she will not deviate from her son's wishes.Liu Che is still the future emperor, Liu Wu just helped his nephew manage the country for a while, and it would be nice to return it to Liu Che when he grows up.

But just when she wanted to agree to Liu Wu's entry into the capital, Yuan An stood up.

He not only stopped Empress Dowager Dou from allowing Liu Wu to enter the capital, but also directly reprimanded Liu Wu for his illegal actions.At the same time, he asked Queen Mother Dou an extremely harsh question-if Liu Wu became the emperor and Liu Che was the prince, what would the prince of Liang do?

This question stumped Empress Dowager Dou.

When he returned to Changxin Palace, Liu Xing also came to persuade him.Liu Wu could not enter Chang'an City, Liu Xun said very cryptically, but Empress Dowager Dou understood.

If Liu Wu can obtain the throne after Liu Qi's death, does Liu Wu have the patience to really wait for Liu Qi's death?

Prince Liu Che is still young, he needs Liu Qi to be his canopy, but Liu Wu doesn't need it, not only doesn't need it, Liu Qi's existence is a hindrance to Liu Wu.

Liu Wu, do you really want Liu Qi to live well?

This question stabbed Empress Dou's heart severely.The palms of the hands and the backs of the hands are full of flesh. No matter which one leaves the Queen Mother Dou, she can't accept it, let alone the possibility that one of his sons will kill the other son. These two are siblings, or brothers who grew up together, so that the Queen Mother Dou believes him The youngest son wants to harm the eldest son. For a mother, how can she accept it?

But what Liu Xun said was too scary, and Empress Dowager Dou had to guard against it.

She has stayed in this filthiest place of heart for decades, does she really believe that her brothers and sisters are respectful, that there is true love in the world?

She illustrated this answer with practical actions.

Liu Qi knew his mother's choice very well, and not long after he woke up, his cronies told him about it, so Liu Qi, who was chosen by his mother, could show his generosity to his mother's intercession for his younger brother.

At the beginning of the second year of Emperor Jing's Zhongyuan, the emperor, who was seriously ill, appeared at the sacrificial ceremony on time, completed the simplified New Year's Eve rituals to take care of his physical condition, and warmly received the Huns envoys.

Yi Zhixie tentatively asked if it was possible to open a mutual market in the right part of the Xiongnu, that is, Shangjun and Yunzhong.

This request was rejected by Emperor Jing with a polite smile.

His reasons are very good. The materials most needed by the Xiongnu are basically produced in the eastern part of the Han Dynasty, such as sea salt, such as rice that sells very well.If these goods are transported to the west of the Han Dynasty and sold to the right part of the Xiongnu, the cost of the Han country will inevitably increase. When the price rises in the Han country, the right part will not be happy. Change is better.

Seeing Yizhi's embarrassment on his face, Liu Qi euphemistically said that he could consider it when there are special products in the western part of the Han Dynasty, but not at present.

After drawing a big cake for someone, Liu Qi enthusiastically asked about his daughter's recent situation.When he heard that Princess Nangong was pregnant, he was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and asked Yizhi to take it as a congratulatory gift from his father to his daughter, including a large amount of silk, as well as porcelain and lacquerware.

Among them, a pair of porcelain pillows made of white porcelain are particularly eye-catching. Below the pillow support is a female image who is spinning cloth in a Han room, while the other is a man galloping on a horse. The two look like the emperor of the Han Dynasty for his daughter and son-in-law. Ready gift.

Seeing the shocking look on Yi Zhi's slanted face, Emperor Jing smiled slightly. His face was pale after recovering from a serious illness, and he was a little weak, but his voice was steady, with a paternal look on his face, "We didn't expect Nangong to be pregnant this year, so we didn't use it for children. The pillow, this thing takes a long time to make, it seems that there is no way to deliver it before the child is born, and when the thing is finished, I will send an envoy to send it over, and I hope that King Zuoguli will be able to make it convenient."

Yi Zhixie naturally agreed, and the atmosphere was very harmonious and beautiful for a while.

But in the Jiaofang Hall, the atmosphere is not so good.Liu Che sat opposite his mother with a sullen expression on his face.Seeing him like this, Queen Wang ignored him, and just took the clothes that Liu Che had torn because of performing martial arts during the day and began to mend them.

After she finished mending Liu Che's clothes, she raised her head, saw her son's face was swollen with anger, and immediately laughed, "Oh, what's the matter, who offended our highness the crown prince?"

Liu Che, who had been put on PLAY by his mother for a long time, was in a bad mood. After a long time of awkwardness, he said, "Mom, my father told me today that sister is pregnant."

Queen Wang also knew this, she chuckled lightly, "Why, if you're pregnant, you won't be your sister anymore?"

"That's not what I meant!" Liu Che quickly denied, and after a while he twitched, "Mum, sister is pregnant, is it really because I became the prince? Then if I didn't become the prince..."

"I'm afraid your sister will die soon like your other sisters." Queen Wang said very calmly, even a little coldly.

Liu Che was startled by her words, his eyes were wide open, his eyes were full of disbelief, how could his mother say such things, and why could his mother say these words so plainly?That's sister.

What does the other sister mean!what does mother mean

For the first time, Liu Che felt that the woman who was folding his clothes was so strange to the extent that he wanted to back away.

Seeing him like this, Wang Zhi was not annoyed, she folded her son's clothes and put them aside, lowering her eyes.Under the shadowy light, the woman's skin is as white as jade, gentle and beautiful, her eyebrows and eyes are soft, and the corners of her lips are always smiling. Even after becoming a queen, she is still respectful and humble as always. Emperor Jing mentioned the matter of rewarding the family, which was extremely low-key.

But such a queen said softly to her son: "Che'er, I have already agreed with your aunt to marry the third princess to their husband."

Liu Che was taken aback when he heard the words, and was about to ask questions, but saw that Queen Wang asked the maid to bring a pot of roses beside her, then picked up the sharp scissors, and cut off the remaining flowers with one click.Liu Che, who thought his mother was going to cut off flower branches for flower arrangement, was taken aback for a second. He was somewhat confused about what his mother meant, but he felt instinctively unhappy that the whole rhythm was under the control of his mother.

"Do you know why I am talking about the marriage of the third princess at this time?"

"My son doesn't know."

Queen Wang smiled slightly, "I asked your aunt to tell the old lady that the marriage of the third princess is the price."

"Mother, how can you?" Liu Che said anxiously.

However, his raised voice was overwhelmed by his mother's quiet but forceful words, "Che'er, don't you want to know what mother asked your aunt to pass?"

Liu Che choked, he sat down embarrassingly, and hummed as a response.Wang Zhi squinted at his son, then picked up the scissors, "I said: There are no brothers in the Tian family."

The woman's voice was cold, but the soft words made Liu Che sit up straight suddenly.He opened and closed his lips, and suddenly realized something. He immediately connected the incident in the court with his mother's words, and almost at the same time, cold sweat broke out on his back.

No matter how young Liu Che is, he can understand what it means for King Liang to enter the capital.What's more, he is already ten years old this year. It's hard to say how much of his grandmother's final decision is due to his aunt's persuasion, but at least it shows that his grandmother hesitated before, otherwise his mother naturally didn't need to do so.

Wait, he suddenly realized something.

If the third sister wanted to marry Long Luhou as a price, what about the eldest sister and the second sister?

Thinking about it carefully, the eldest sister married Pingyang Hou, after the founding of the country.

The second sister married the Great Shanyu of the Huns.

The third sister will marry Long Luhou, who is a relative.

Difficult, could it be that...

Because of this thought, Liu Che trembled with anger, his lips moved, and he couldn't say the sentence "Did my mother sacrifice my sister to pave the way for me?"

He intuitively felt that everything would change if he uttered these words, but Wang Yan smiled as if he could guess what he was thinking, "What are you thinking? Your mother is a human being, so you can think so much nowhere."

She didn't explain the key points to her son, but just lowered her head and patiently pruned the flower branches, "Che'er, just like your sister, you were born by your mother in October. In my mother's heart, although I dare not say a bowl of water It's perfectly level, but not far off."

She clicked the knife and cut off a bunch of branches with green leaves.

Hearing these words, Liu Che was finally relieved. He pursed his lips, wanting to apologize for his doubts, but felt that there was something in his mother's words that he didn't understand, so he hesitated for a while, wondering whether he should ask or not.

In the silence of the room, there was only the sound of Queen Wang and Queen's scissors.

Liu Che saw that his mother kept scissors and almost removed all the branches, so he couldn't help asking: "Mom, didn't you say that the more branches the better for this flower in spring? Why are they all cut now? "

"Yes, in spring, the more branches it has, the better." Queen Wang said lightly, "These branches can help this peanut plant to take root and bloom in spring, but in autumn, when the main trunk is too busy to take care of itself, it will not be able to take care of itself." Can't keep these."

Her words are gentle, but the movements of her hands are without hesitation, "If you say that the trunk is also affectionate and righteous, it will still feed these branches when you can't take care of yourself, but those of us who grow flowers know ,Indecisiveness leads to disaster."

"If the backbone is reluctant, we are the only ones to do it."

Liu Che's eyes were a little dull, watching his mother clean up almost all the verdant branches of this rose flower, leaving only the strong trunk.

Queen Wang said with a smile: "Che'er, don't look at it alone now. In the spring of next year, when it has accumulated energy, it will surely sprout more branches."

"But, but..." Those are not the original branches anymore.

Liu Che lowered his head to look at those leaves, and looked at them again, compared to the lush appearance when he first came in, he felt that they were not at all pretty.His mother gently put the golden scissors on the table and sighed, "It's troublesome to say, if it can choose which branches to avoid, I don't need to spend so much effort and thought."

"Or, if it can be stronger, I don't need to spend this effort."

"I can't help it. After all, I always want to keep this flower alive first."

"A few days ago, I told your father about this matter. Coincidentally, your father also had the same feeling recently."

Liu Che bit his cheeks tightly, but the hairs on his back exploded, and Wang Yanwen said softly: "Look at me, I've been rambling and saying things you don't like to hear, just now Cheer you want to What am I asking?"

"...No." Liu Che stood up suddenly, and the young man lowered his eyes and bowed respectfully to the queen, "The son suddenly remembered that he hadn't finished his homework. If the mother has no other orders, the child will leave first. .”

"Go, study hard, and pay attention to your body." Wang Zhi saw the embarrassed figure of her son leaving in a hurry, then looked at the scissors, and then at the rose flower that she had made like a dog gnawed. Touching the trunk of the flower distressedly, he muttered in a low voice, "Everyone is reluctant to say it, but they want me to be the bad guy."

She looked at this most beloved rose, and hurriedly asked someone to plant it in the yard. It was cut like this and placed in a flower pot. It might not bloom next year. There is still some hope in the field.

Hey, raising a child is not easy.

At the same time, Xia Anran also had the same thought. He was hugging a huge swan that weighed almost ten catties, and while enduring the swan's constant "grooming" for him, he had to respond to the swan's calls one by one.

"Gah~"

"Yeah, Dad misses you too."

"Quack~"

"really."

"Gah~~~"

"They've all left, and now I'm the only one left here."

"Cuckoo." Duo Duo Goose let out a series of soothing guttural sounds, while gently rubbing Xia Anran's neck with his long neck.

"Good boy, good boy." Xia Anran winked at the left and right, and immediately an attendant stepped forward to help him up.

That's right, Xia Anran said that just now while lying on the ground.

He returned home from outside the city today, and just as he got off the carriage and entered the palace gate, he heard the sound of breaking through the air. Xia Anran reacted very quickly and took a step across. Unexpectedly, the enemy attacking thing would also turn in mid-air, and rushed in horizontally In the arms of the little king, and directly threw Xia Anran into the arms of the little king.

The little king had some self-doubt for a while, I, have I been so negligent recently that a bird can knock me down?However, after a while, he was pleasantly surprised to find that this was not an ordinary bird, but his own Duoduo goose.

The ugly duckling, which had gray-black feathers before it left, was now dressed in white, with long feathers covering its wings.Seeing Xia Anran sizing him up, Duoduo opened his big wings. The wingspan of nearly three meters covered Xia Anran's entire vision. It seemed that he could realize the little king's surprise and love, and Duoduo even trembled slightly coquettishly. Wings make the feathers look more fluffy and soft.

Xia Anran liked it very much, he buried his face in Duoduo's soft belly without hesitation, and even touched the place of a few goose down, it was really warm and very comfortable there.The feathers passed by the fingers are harder, and feel smoother and stronger.

To Xia Anran, Duoduo has a really good temper, he let the little king touch it all over, and then sat on Xia Anran's lap and began to "introduce" the little friend he brought back for the little king.

Xia Anran glanced at them silently, and then carefully looked at the eight adult birds and three young birds except Duoduo, and now these eight fell to the ground and moved in pairs.

Although swans live in groups, they usually form a family unit, so seeing no swan approaching Duoduo, he couldn't help wondering, "Duoduo, who is your wife here?"

"Gah-"

"Wait, you brought so many back and none of them are your daughter-in-law?"

"Quack quack quack!" Duo Duo geese blinked her peasy eyes, and looked at Xia Anran with contempt, as if she was looking at a human being living in a vulgar taste.Xia Anran couldn't help but want to reflect on whether there was something wrong with herself when she was looked at by this kind of eyes...

wrong!He suddenly woke up, Duoduo is a bird, what else does a bird need besides eating, sleeping and giving birth?

Dodo Goose quickly told him what else he could do as a goose.

Not long after arriving at the little king's villa, Duoduo geese immediately waved its wings and unified the entire village. It not only beat down the swans that stayed here, but also beat all animals such as ducks, geese, and dogs.After it confirmed its position, it led its swan troop here Shi Shiran.

During this period, Xia Anran noticed that the wings of the leader of the second echelon swan were slightly deformed, and there was a small piece of its left wing that had no feathers. Obviously, it must have been severely traumatized.At first, Xia Anran suspected that this was the wound caused by Duoduo Goose and it when it was fighting for the leadership position, but found that Duoduo Goose was very friendly and respectful to the swan.

That's clearly not the reaction a competitor would have.Looking at this swan's familiarity with the surrounding environment, and after a few calls, the swans that stayed here swam to greet it on its own initiative, it seems that Xia Anran got an astonishing judgment.

This swan team is probably the one that left with Duoduo Goose.

And the old leader of the team accidentally injured his wings while pulling the bear boy up, so Xia Duoduo stayed to repay his favor!

This, this, isn't this the story of the big man version of "The Ugly Duckling"?

My Duoduoge turned into such an excellent child?

So that night, the excellent Duoduo Goose met Changchangmao.

The author has something to say:

Empress Dowager Dou: Raising children is really difficult. I only have three and it is so difficult.

Queen Wang: How are you? I have four, hey.

Xia Miao: Uh... I...

Empress Dowager Dou + Queen Wang: Shut up.

Xia Miao (grievance): Great.