Chapter 023: Thunder Bomb
Liu Chang had never seen Liu Ying confront his mother, nor had he ever seen the two of them look so tense.
Liu Ying has always been very obedient, he can listen to almost everyone, whether it is his parents, or brothers, ministers, or someone he doesn't know at all. As long as someone makes a suggestion, maybe someone wants his help, he basically won't refuse.
From childhood to adulthood, the only one who could listen to Liu Chang's words carefully and help him with all his might was this second brother.
Liu Chang saw tears flashing in his second brother's eyes, and his grievances and unwillingness made him very angry, but his awe of his mother and his own character made him unable to vent. Under Empress Lu's angry reprimand, Liu Ying turned around and left, he dared to defend, but he didn't dare to quarrel with Empress Lu, and he didn't dare to contradict him.
Lu Hou was choked with anger, his chest rose and fell violently, and his eyes were extremely fierce and terrifying.
"Mother? Big brother, why is he so angry? β
"What's the matter with you? Didn't you go to Tianlu Pavilion today?? Where did it go?? β
Empress Lu's anger suddenly turned to Liu Chang, Liu Chang's eyes widened, and he hurriedly quibbled: "I went to Shangfang and said that there was a small problem with the spinning wheel. β
"I really raised you two white-eyed wolves for nothing! One or two don't know what to say to me! I think my wings are stiff, right?! β
"We've grown up! If we have our own ideas, why can't we make our own decisions? I went to Tianlu Pavilion to sleep in a daze, so why don't I go? β
"Dare to talk back! I asked you to go to Tianlu Pavilion to let you go to sleep? If you don't learn anything, how will you govern the feudal country in the future?! β
"It's the big brother who provokes you, not me! You are unreasonable! β
The bastard Liu Chang is not Liu Ying, maybe he is also used to being beaten, he just can't learn to swallow his anger, sure enough, after a bang, Lu Hou almost beat his buttocks. After being beaten, Liu Chang snorted angrily and "ran away from the palace".
Liu Hui looked helplessly at the angry little brother sitting in front of him, and handed him the jerky.
"This time I said that I wouldn't go back, obviously it was the eldest brother who provoked her, but she came to beat me!"
"You say that every time... This is the third time this month, right? β
"This time it's different!"
"Oh..."
"Don't be so angry... The queen mother also wants you to learn something, and being beaten by your mother is actually quite happy. β
"What is the ??? of happiness in being beaten?"
Liu Hui looked at him complicatedly, shook his head, and did not answer.
Liu Hui is actually very pitiful, his mother died very early, but he was not given to Empress Lu to raise like Liu Chang, he was brought up by a group of old palace maids, Liu Bang is not very attentive to this son, Liu Hui is not as famous as Liu Ying, not the eldest son like Liu Fei, not loved by Liu Bang like Liu Ruyi, not like Liu Heng who has a good mother, and not even like Liu Chang who has a backstage.
He has lacked love since he was a child, but he is a very emotional person, he is not like his parents who occasionally show a ruthless side, he is a person who attaches great importance to feelings and values the feelings of others. Probably because he has been lonely since he was a child, he attaches great importance to the people around him, and he also loves his unknown half-brother Liu You, who has the same experience.
This is a tolerant, gentle, kind person.
In history, Liu You, the king of Zhao, was imprisoned and starved to death by Empress Lu, and Empress Lu didn't know what to think, so he asked Liu Hui to take over as King Zhao. Subsequently, Empress LΓΌ asked him to marry LΓΌ Chan's daughter, wanting to use marriage to control Liu Hui.
Before this, Liu Hui already had a concubine who he loved, and the two were very affectionate.
And Queen Lu has a ruthless personality and a vicious heart, and she has Empress Lu behind the scenes, monopolizes power in the palace, secretly inspects Liu Hui, and does not put Liu Hui in her eyes at all, and does not let Liu Hui get close to any other woman.
In the end, because of jealousy, Queen Lu adhered to the fine style of the Lu family and poisoned Liu Hui's original concubine.
This became the last straw that broke Liu Hui, and in the fourth month after the death of his concubine, Liu Hui missed too much and committed suicide.
And Empress Lu heard that he committed suicide for a woman, thinking that he was not worthy of being enshrined in the temple and being sacrificed, so he abolished his country and resolutely refused to pass on his stepson, so Liu Hui became the heir.
Until Liu Heng ascended the throne, because he missed this generous younger brother, he posthumously called him King Gong.
The heaviest tragedy of the early Han Dynasty was probably to strangle some of the most beautiful people and things in front of you.
Before staying at my brother's place until the evening, Empress Lu had already come to pick up Liu Chang, she was familiar with all this, Liu Hui hurriedly came out to visit, Empress Lu just nodded indifferently, when she took Liu Chang's hand and left here, Liu Chang turned back several times, only to see the fifth brother standing alone in front of the hall, maintaining a saluting posture.
"Mother... Fifth brother, he's so pitiful, living alone... No one came to visit him. β
"As a clan, he was born to be a prince and king who stands up to the heavens and the earth, what is this for the eldest husband?"
"Then Auntie, why don't you let your eldest brother go to war? He is also a clan and a husband. β
"If he can be like you and can quarrel with me, I can't control him."
Liu Chang's eyes lit up.
"If you dare to instigate your eldest brother to quarrel with me, I will break your legs..."
Liu Chang's eyes darkened.
From Liu Hui, Liu Chang already knew what was going on. Probably because Liu Bang wanted Liu Ying to fight under his name, arrange a group of fierce men who founded the country under the command of the prince, and let the prince go on the expedition instead of him, Liu Bang didn't think that these fierce men couldn't do Chen Xuan. Sitting in the capital by himself and letting the prince go on the expedition under his name can not only appease everyone, but also allow the prince to gain greater fame, which can be regarded as paving the way for him, the best of both worlds.
Liu Ying himself was very happy, he felt that this was the first time his father entrusted him to do something, and he was very attentive and began to prepare for the expedition.
But Empress Lu is different, she feels that her son is not the material for the war, even if he is famous, it is not easy to say, winning the battle is just the icing on the cake, anyway, his position as the prince is untouchable, but if he loses the battle, or is injured, and there is an accident, it will be all over.
Therefore, Empress Lu bypassed Liu Ying and directly united the four old men and Xiao He to persuade Liu Bang, saying that the prince was not suitable for the expedition.
Liu Bang was furious and scolded: "My sons are all a bunch of wrecks!" β
Liu Ying got a rare opportunity to prove himself in front of his father, and was preparing to go on the expedition in a hurry, when he suddenly knew about it, he was naturally extremely angry in his heart, but he was not as muddy as Liu Chang, and he could only be wronged.
The prince was unreliable, so Liu Bang could only go to crusade in person.
"That night, I patted my chest and told my mother in righteous words, I said, among all the princes, I am the most suitable to go on the expedition, it is better to let me be named, I will go to crusade against the land, and promise to cut off Chen Xuan's dog head within three months! When my mother heard this, I was shocked on the spot, and my tiger body was shocked, and my mother praised on the spot: Give birth to a child like Liu Chang! β
"That's why you were personally sent to Tianlu Pavilion by the four armor soldiers today?"
Just when Liu Chang was bragging as usual, Liu Ruyi interrupted him impatiently.
Liu Chang glanced at him disdainfully, and said: "At least I dare to ask to go on the expedition, unlike a certain person, who flaunts his civil and military skills all day long, and in the end he doesn't dare to leave the palace when his feudal country is captured..."
"I'm going to fight too! I fought three times! The father did not agree! I'm going to fight! β
Sure enough, Liu Ruyi was broken again, and he began to prove with all his might that he really wanted to go out to fight, but his father didn't give him that chance!
"Anyway, no matter what you say, you didn't go on the expedition."
"So what, at the latest in three months, Chen Feng will die!"
"Not necessarily."
Liu Chang frowned, and analyzed seriously: "The terrain of Zhao is very dangerous, when Bai Qi attacked Zhao several times, what made him most helpless was the terrain, in the Zhao Dynasty area, if he wanted to resist the enemy from the outside, the first thing was to occupy Zhangshui in the south and hold Handan in the north... Occupy the dangerous terrain, use the water to block the enemy, and take every step of the way..."
Liu Chang's remarks attracted the attention of several brothers, and they listened carefully, and even Liu Ruyi couldn't help nodding.
"That's not right!"
Liu Ruyi woke up suddenly.
"You have never been out of the palace, how do you know the topography of Zhao Kingdom? How do you know how to fend off an enemy attack in Zhao? β
"Huh."
If you were forced to simulate resisting Bai Qi in Changping all day long, you would be so familiar!
But Liu Chang didn't say that, he just said incomprehensibly: "The teacher once explained the war in the world for me, this is what I can see, the teacher said that I am an immortal genius, a natural general, I play against the teacher, the teacher simulates Bai Qi, I simulate Zhao Kuo, and I have easily broken through the teacher's defense line many times, and captured Bai Qi alive!" β
Although I don't know if it's true or not, Liu Chang's bragging really made the eyes of several brothers widen.
Liu Ruyi muttered, "Han... Does the Marquis of Huaiyin still accept disciples? β