Chapter 124: Lu Pheasant's Virtuous Empress (14)
"Thank you for the reminder! I'll take care of that. Lu Pheasant got up and was deeply blessed by Fan Zeng.
Fan Zeng continued to drink tea leisurely and accepted the gift peacefully.
Although Lu Pheasant has been fighting for Fan Zeng, he was not sure what he could do before, but now that he gave himself such a big gift, he had obviously decided to stand on his side. So she gave him a big gift, and he didn't shirk it at all.
"Queen Mother, have you come to see me?" A handsome young man in a silver-white gold-trimmed gown ran in from outside, and the voice had already arrived before the person arrived.
"You kid, what are you doing in such a hurry!" Lu Pheasant took out a brocade handkerchief embroidered with Su Mei and wiped the sweat beads from his forehead with a smile.
Liu Ying is almost as tall as Lu Pheasant, with a slender body, but her physique is weak and she has chronic lung disease. Usually carefully raised, I can't see it, as soon as he is stimulated, or the environment changes suddenly, he will not be able to stand it.
In his previous life, Liu Ying was a benevolent, weak and pure person (this is simply a tragedy in the emperor's family). Because Lu Pheasant helped Liu Bang get rid of Han Xin and others, he was feared by many people, and Liu Ying was instigated by people with a heart and disagreed with many of his mother's behaviors.
Later, after the incident between Mrs. Qi and Liu Ruyi, he couldn't accept that his mother was so cruel and cruel, and he was greatly stimulated, leading to an attack of lung disease. Since then, on the one hand, he has become extremely decadent because of his poor health and unable to support him, and on the other hand, he has become extremely decadent due to discouragement, and he simply left nothing.
Being an emperor is a laborious job, and I have to get up very early every day to approve a lot of twists and turns, and I have to deal with all kinds of ministers. Although the original owner was very sad because of his son's attitude towards him, he still helped him support the country. From this point of view, Liu Ying is still cruel to her mother.
In this life, Lu Pheasant has always kept Liu Ying by his side and personally supervised his growth, for fear that he would be led astray. Now it seems that the effect is not bad. Although Liu Ying is still relatively kind compared to other princes, under the joint influence of Lu Pheasant and Fan Zeng, he has also grown into a strong-hearted teenager.
"Queen Mother, yesterday my father praised my riding and shooting, saying that I had a bit of his demeanor back then!" Liu Ying looked up on her reddish cheeks, looking both shy and a little proud, and her smile was as bright as the sun.
Burst! Lu Pheasant squirted out a mouthful of tea.
"What's wrong with you, Queen Mother?" Liu Ying hurriedly helped Lu Pheasant to calm his breath and asked worriedly.
Fan Zeng was also caught off guard by Lu Pheasant's actions and was taken aback. Thinking about the conversation just now, I couldn't help but smile slightly.
"It's nothing, the queen mother is just choking!" Liu Ying gave herself a good breath, and Lu Pheasant quickly felt a lot better.
You can't blame her for the gaffe just now. She just thought that when Liu Bang was a teenager, he was fighting cocks and lackeys in the village alleys all day long, eating and drinking, and now he was shaking his beard seriously and telling his son that he had a bit of his demeanor back then, Lu Pheasant couldn't help laughing.
"Ying'er, I heard that you have studied well in your homework recently, and the queen mother wants to test you!" Lu Pheasant retracted his complexion and said to Liu Ying.
"Queen Mother, please ask the question, and the child continues!" Liu Ying said proudly.
It seems that this kid is quite confident! Lu Pheasant has to pay attention to Liu Ying's homework every day, so he naturally knows what he has learned. So I asked him a few questions.
Liu Ying replied confidently and calmly, and Fan Zeng couldn't help but nod beside him. This kid, in addition to not being resolute and resolute, is actually a very good kid. He respects himself very much, and Fan Zeng is not worried that Liu Ying will treat him badly at all, and he also tries his best to teach him.
"Yes, Ying'er has improved a lot!" Lu Pheasant high-fived happily.
"Thank you mother for the compliment! The child has not only improved in his homework, but also in his martial arts recently. Han Ju of the Chu Wang's family was two years older than the child, but he lost to the child every time he competed. After Liu Ying finished speaking, she showed an expression of asking for praise.
"Han of the Chu Wang's family?" Lu Pheasant unconsciously twisted his eyebrows. Now Han Xin is the king of Chu, and now it can be said that it is the time when he is in full swing, but Lu Pheasant clearly knows that these are just a flash in the pan, and Liu Bang will do something to Han Xin sooner or later.
"Try not to associate with Han in the future." Lu Pheasant didn't want to let her hands be covered with blood because of Liu Bang in her life, and she didn't want to get involved in Han Xin's affairs.
"Why?" Liu Ying didn't understand the reason, and asked directly.
“…… The queen mother did not like him. "You can't tell Liu Ying because his father will be cleaned up by Liu Bang in the future! Lu Pheasant looked at the son who turned into a curious baby in seconds, and casually found an excuse and said.
Liu Ying wanted to ask something, but was interrupted by Fan Zeng.
"Crown prince, you are the crown prince, you can't casually befriend important ministers, even if you are the son of important ministers, you must avoid it. lest you violate the taboo of His Majesty. In the royal family, between monarchs and ministers, it is especially necessary to pay attention to proportion. The queen has good intentions! ”
Fan Zeng heard Lu Pheasant's wayward excuse, his eyelids jumped involuntarily, and he had to open his mouth to help her explain. The reason why he chose to help the prince was not because of the prince himself, but mainly because of Empress Lu. However, Empress Lu looks shrewd and capable, and most of the time she is indeed wise and resolute, but unfortunately she occasionally makes a brain twitch.
Lu Pheasant glanced at Fan Zeng gratefully. Sure enough, he is worthy of being the same as Zhang Liang, talking the same, and what he said felt more lofty.
Liu Ying had great respect for his master, and immediately agreed obediently, "The student understands, Ying will obey the teacher's orders." ”
"Ying'er, you go tidy up, change your clothes, and the queen mother will take you to see your sister in a while. She's about to get married, and if she sees her once, she won't see her once! Lu Pheasant saw that Fan Zeng still wanted to have something to say to him, but because Liu Ying was there, it was difficult to say, so he found an excuse to send Liu Ying away.
"What else can I teach you, sir?" As soon as Liu Ying left, Lu Pheasant asked Fan Zengdao directly.
"What the prince said about Han Ju just now reminded me that a few days ago, someone asked me to protect the prince and Han Yi, the eldest daughter of the Chu family. I wonder what the queen thinks? Fan Zeng looked at Lu Pheasant, and said with a smile on the corner of his lips.
"Of course not!" Lu Pheasant knew that Fan Zeng was testing her. With Fan Zeng's brain power, how could he not see that it was impossible for Liu Bang to tolerate a person who could fight better than himself with heavy troops?
Although Han Xin helped Liu Bang relieve the siege several times, his achievements were high, and he didn't know how to advance and retreat, so he didn't take the initiative to hand over the military power, isn't this looking for Liu Bang to clean him up? In this world, there are no eternal friends, and there are no eternal enemies. If Han Xin was able to betray Xiang Yu and lead the Han army to besiege the Chu army, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not betray again. How could Liu Bang believe in him so much?
Fan Zeng nodded approvingly, and said, "But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to become an adult, and it is really time to say kiss, I don't know if there is a candidate in the queen's heart?" ”
Liu Ying is already fourteen years old, and in ancient times, people got married early, and men could get married at the age of fifteen. The matter of choosing the crown princess for Liu Ying is indeed in front of you.
In her previous life, Liu Ying got married late because Mrs. Qi was making trouble, and it was impossible for Lu Pheasant to accept that her son's crown princess was Mrs. Qi's person, so she kept dragging it out. At the same time, due to Liu Ying's unstable position at that time, many powerful ministers were unwilling to marry their daughters to him, and they were all wait-and-see attitudes. It wasn't until Liu Bang didn't mention the matter of changing the prince in the end that Lu Pheasant dared to marry Liu Ying.
But at this time, Lu Pheasant was rubbed too much, and she wouldn't trust anyone anymore, so she simply didn't do anything and married Zhang Yan, the granddaughter of Princess Lu Yuan's family, to her son.
Although this kind of "kiss and kiss" thing was nothing in ancient times, but Liu Ying and Zhang Yan's blood relationship was too close, Zhang Yan has always called Liu Ying "uncle", and now the uncle has suddenly become his husband, not to mention that Zhang Yan can't accept it, even Liu Ying can't accept it. In addition, Zhang Yan was still very young when she married him, only eleven years old, Liu Ying and Zhang Yan finally became a nominal couple.
The original owner originally wanted to use this way to closely link the two children together, so that the daughter's family and son could live a good life. But the twisted melon is not sweet, and the end result is that everyone is unhappy.
Besides, with such a close blood relationship, it is impossible to give birth to a healthy child! After the death of his son, the original owner has been very passive. Liu Ying also left a few concubines, the original owner didn't like them, what she wanted most was Zhang Yansheng's son, but no. had to bring a certain concubine over and let Zhang Yan raise him as his own son, but the concubine knew that the original owner had killed his biological mother, and even threatened to kill her to avenge his biological mother. The original owner had no choice but to kill him and change to an emperor.
This is also one of the evidences that the original owner was accused of "brutality". Lu Pheasant didn't want to comment on this. This era is different from modern society, the original owner did not get care and respect from those people, and naturally did not really treat them as his own. It is impossible for a concubine or a grandson to be the same as a descendant of a concubine. If it is destined to be either you die or I live, then everyone will choose to let each other die and let themselves live, which is the status quo of this era.
What Lu Pheasant can do is not let those things happen in his previous life and avoid those "minefields".
Liu Ying's partner in this life will definitely not be Zhang Yan.
Fan Zeng saw that Lu Pheasant didn't answer, thinking that she hadn't thought about this question yet, so he took a sip of tea and continued to say leisurely: "Several families have already quietly inquired about this situation with me, and they want to know what His Majesty and Niangniang think. I am old and talented, and I also learned that the conditions of the girls in several families are very good in all aspects, so I made a list for my mother's reference. ”
Fan Zeng said, took out a thin piece of silk silk from his sleeve, and handed it to Lu Pheasant.
"There are also a few other families, which look good, but after I inquired in private, I thought it was inappropriate, so I didn't record it. Niangniang can rest assured to refer to it. ”
It turned out that Fan Zeng not only bothered, but also helped himself investigate. Having a good military advisor is really worry-free? Lu Pheasant thought secretly.