Chapter 056: Returning the Sword
What happened to Mrs. Qi, Liu Chang didn't know.
Liu Bang and Empress Lu both blocked the events of that day, even the people in the palace, and they didn't know what was going on, but they knew that Mrs. Qi was no longer favored and had moved out of her original residence, where only Ruyi lived alone.
It has been a long time since my father has held a banquet, and it is said that my father has not been in good health recently, and he has summoned seven or eight new imperial doctors from all over the country.
However, judging from the fact that Father called Mrs. Cao and Mrs. Shi in to serve, there was probably no big problem.
Liu Bang didn't have a banquet, but Empress Lu set up a banquet first, which was not a banquet, that is, he found the fourth brother and his biological mother to eat together, of course Liu Chang would not miss it, he had been preparing for the evening banquet since the morning, and he was hungry all day.
Therefore, as soon as the banquet began, Gongzi Chang devoured a big gulp, his meal was huge, Liu Heng respectfully greeted Empress Lu, but Liu Chang ignored Mrs. Bo at all, just buried his head in cooking, Empress Lu twitched his face and cleared his throat.
Liu Chang raised his head suddenly, he was still relatively alert to his mother's warning, his mouth was stuffed with food, and he said with a vague smirk: "Pendulum. Subtract.. Thin.. Uh-huh..."
Madame Bo chuckled, "I will definitely be a burly and sturdy son in the future... Among the princes, except for the crown prince, it is the prince who treats people with the most sincerity..."
Empress Lu shook his head, "Stubborn erection is not enough to succeed." ”
Mrs. Bo asked the palace maid to bring a gift, but it was not for Empress Lu, but for Liu Chang, it was a new blouse, red all over, mixed with white cloud dragon patterns, and white beasts embroidered on the front and back, but at first glance, Liu Chang couldn't take his eyes off.
"I had nothing to do, so I made clothes for all the princes, which is long... Come, put it on and see if it fits? ”
"Hahaha! Okay! ”
Liu Chang stretched out his hand and took the clothes, and he was about to put them on his body in a hurry.
"Ahem..."
Empress Lu cleared her throat again, Liu Chang was stunned for a moment, slowly took off his clothes, handed them back, and said with a slight hesitation: "Don't dare to accept this big gift..."
"This was originally intended for Childe, don't be polite."
"Okay!!"
Liu Chang put on his body directly this time, fastened the buttons, he smirked, and showed his new shirt left and right.
"It fits, it looks so good."
Liu Chang continued to smirk, and Empress Lu finally couldn't help it, "Thank you yet!" ”
"Oh, thank you, Madame Bo!"
"Childe doesn't have to be polite."
Next, it's the chatting of the adults, Empress Lu and Mrs. Bo don't go to talk about state affairs, they talk about extremely boring content, what clothes, collocation, decoration and the like, Liu Chang only cares about eating meat, Liu Heng sits beside him, and he doesn't speak.
After chatting like this for a night, Mrs. Bo was finally going to leave with Liu Heng, Liu Chang and Empress Lu went to see them off, and when they left, Liu Chang hurriedly entangled Empress Lu.
"Mother... You see, my top is really good-looking. ”
"Hmm."
"Well, it's just that I don't have a new bottom..."
"Wear it improvised."
"How can that work? Since you wear new clothes, the tops, bottoms, shoes, straps, crowns, hairpins, should all be new, so that you can look good when you wear them... Mother~~"
"You don't want to entertain people, the big husband doesn't increase his ability, indulge in beautiful clothes, why is this?!"
Empress Lu reprimanded Liu Chang fiercely, and Liu Chang lowered his head aggrievedly.
.......
"Hahaha, how's it going, isn't it good-looking?"
"This top, this bottom!"
Liu Chang took a few turns in the Tianlu Pavilion, he patted the dust on his clothes again, and deliberately lifted his bottoms a little, so as to reveal his new shoes, and his face was full of pride. He looked at Ruyi triumphantly, just waiting for Ruyi to speak, in the past, every time he wore a new set of clothes to show off, Ruyi would sarcastically mock him: Isn't it preparing to marry today?
But this time, Liu Ruyi didn't pay attention to him.
He sat in his place in a daze, his face pale, his eyes red and swollen, and he looked blankly ahead, as if he had suddenly become a big shorter.
Liu Changxian posed for a moment, and then sat helplessly beside Ruyi, turning his head to look at him from time to time.
"Ruyi?"
"If, mean?"
"Brother?"
"The King?"
Liu Chang stretched out his hand again and poked Ruyi's face, and Ruyi reacted and turned his head to look at him.
"Accompany me to sword practice today?"
"Why don't you go to the palace to play? Come with me to a feast? ”
"Going horseback riding?"
"Eldest brother... Don't bother your third brother... Go and sit on the other side. ”
The person who spoke was Liu Heng, Liu Chang was a little helpless, muttering something in his mouth, and left here. Liu Heng sat beside Ruyi, "Third brother, Gai Gong once said: People are born with blessings and misfortunes, and some things seem to be disasters now, but they may not become blessings in the future... The changes of yin and yang, the things in it, we can't see through it at the moment..."
"Mencius also said that if Heaven wants to give a man a great mission, he must first make his heart suffer, his muscles and bones tired, and his body suffer from hunger..."
"Hmm."
Liu Ruyi was finally no longer indifferent, he nodded, and barely squeezed out a smile.
After class, Liu Ruyi was about to get up and leave, Liu Hui and Liu You formed a group to stop him, Liu Hui's smile was a little bitter, and he said gently: "Third brother, I have been alone since I was a child, I just want to see my biological mother, and I have nowhere to look. Loneliness, can come to us... We have no one there... There are only a few old palace maids..."
Liu Ruyi naturally agreed to them.
After walking for a long time, he heard someone behind him shouting to him, "Ruyi!" ”
Ruyi stopped, turned around, and looked at Liu Chang in front of him helplessly.
"You look like today... Not very mental. ”
Liu Ruyi looked at him quietly and did not reply.
Liu Chang hesitated to untie his lacing, looked at his new lacing, hesitated for a long time, gritted his teeth, stepped forward, untied his brother's lacing, and tied his own tie to Ruyi's waist, his lacing was a little short, and it took a lot of effort to reluctantly tie it, Liu Chang tied the lacing, and then looked at Ruyi again, nodded, "This is more energetic!" ”
"You..."
Liu Ruyi looked at him with some surprise, and touched his head with a smile.
"I got it, you better bring it yourself, it's too short..."
He was about to untie it, but Liu Chang scolded: "Don't touch the widow's head!" Also, don't be untreated! Otherwise, the widow will definitely let you build the palace in the future! I'm going to cook you! ”
"Haha, do you want to repair the palace, or do you want to cook?"
"Uh... Repair the palace first, and then cook it after repairing it? ”
"No matter what! Just take it! ”
Liu Chang stopped talking, tied the lacing of Ruyi, and turned around and ran away.
When Liu Ruyi returned to the palace alone, the eunuchs all lowered their heads, the original palace maids were gone, these eunuchs were new, Ruyi was relatively old, and he couldn't be alone with the palace maids. He was about to take off his clothes when he heard someone shouting, "Third brother..."
He slowly raised his head, and the crown prince Liu Ying walked out of the inner room, Liu Ying looked a little overwhelmed, and he didn't even dare to look at this younger brother, he was very uneasy, his expression was complicated, even so, he still walked to Liu Ruyi's side.
"Third brother... I..."
"Brother..."
Liu Ruyi opened his mouth, tears flowed, he stretched out his hand, held his forehead, and tears kept falling.
"I'm sorry for you..."
Liu Ying said, and hugged the brother in front of him into his arms.
"Brother!"
Liu Ruyi cried in the arms of his eldest brother, and the two brothers hugged each other tightly.
"Brother, I don't blame you... I just miss my mother... I know she's not very smart... But I still miss her..."
"I know... I know. ”
Liu Ying gently patted Ruyi's back.
"I promise, she won't suffer..."
.......
In the Jiaofang Palace, Liu Chang lowered his head, and Empress Lu held a small wooden stick in his hand and patted his hands gently.
"Tell me, where's your lacing? I just changed it today... Where did it go? ”
"I... I swapped it out! ”
"With whom?"
"With... With Zhou Shengzhi! ”
"You didn't leave the palace today, did you?"
"I..."
"Are you going to tell the truth or do you want to be beaten?"
Liu Chang simply closed his eyes, "You fight!" ”
"Take the tie I gave you and give it to Ruyi... Is there really such an unfilial son in the world? Lu Hou asked coldly.
Liu Chang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly shouted, "No... Mother, I know you hate Mrs. Qi, and I hate it too, but Ruyi... He's pathetic... I don't know how bitter he is in his heart, but if... If one day you leave me alone, and I can't find you, I will definitely not be able to stand it..."
The wooden stick raised by Empress Lu did not fall for a long time, hesitated for a long time, and finally put it away.