Chapter 008: Forced Marriage
After Empress Lu came in, the family banquet, which was still very lively, suddenly became a little deserted, Liu Bang was still showing off his original experience loudly, bragging in front of the children, the prince sat respectfully on the side, lowered his head, turned sideways, and listened very carefully.
Liu Ruyi raised his head with his chest up, and looked at Liu Bang with admiration in his eyes.
"I only hate being born ten years late, and I can't fight with my father!"
Liu Ruyi said loudly, full of spirit, and even the prince seemed to be compared to him by his side.
This sycophant made Liu Bang's mouth can't close, Mrs. Qi's eyes lit up, and she got a little closer to Liu Bang, but Empress Lu just had a cold face and didn't look at them.
Liu Huihan smiled, sat at the last seat, and did not get involved in those things, and was extremely honest.
Liu Heng frowned, looked at the sumptuous banquet in front of him, and shook his head slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Liu Chang swallowed a large piece of beef in one bite, ate an orange in one bite, and gobbled it up like a squirrel, his face became round and stuffed with food.
"What's the matter with you, kid? Won't the queen give you food? ? ”
Liu Chang's hungry ghost-like state made Liu Bang, who was blowing a lot, stop helplessly and asked with some disgust.
"You said your. What do you do with your children? ”
Liu Taigong said majestically, Liu Bang immediately turned off the fire, Liu Taigong was quite face-saving in front of the ministers, but in private, he would still "beat the emperor three times" sometimes, and Liu Bang did not dare to collide with this old man.
"Eat, eat, know how to eat all day long... It's useless...", Liu Bang muttered in a low voice.
"You ate a lot when you were a child... Aren't you quite productive now? ”
Liu Taigong retorted.
Liu Bang also seemed to think of the past, grinned, and suddenly asked: "Father, you used to say that I don't have the ability to survive, I can't make any money, I have no interest, it's not as good as my second brother... Do you think my career is bigger than my second brother now? ”
Mrs. Liu was stunned, don't look over her head and didn't look at him.
Liu Bang laughed loudly.
The banquet continued, Liu Bangna said more cheerfully, probably because he drank too much, and began to sing loudly, Liu Chang glanced at him with disgust, and hurriedly left the noise pollution area. Father's singing, it can't be said to be the sound of heaven, but it can also be said to be a ghost crying wolf.
The terrible thing is that the emperor of the Han Dynasty did not realize this problem correctly, he still felt that he sang well, the shameless Ruyi also gave him a beat, and he enjoyed it so much, Liu Chang returned to Liu Hui's side, and the two chatted while eating.
"Fourth brother, why don't you eat?"
Liu Chang looked at the empty tableware in front of Liu Heng and asked with some curiosity.
"I'm not hungry."
"Fourth brother... Before the next feast, you don't eat, stay up from morning to night... So that you can eat it. Liu Chang kindly passed on his experience.
Liu Heng smiled and touched Liu Chang's head.
"Don't touch my head!"
"Find a time to apologize to your third brother..."
Liu Chang suddenly asked, "Fourth brother, can you go out?" ”
"I can't."
"Do you have a knife or an axe there?"
"Nope."
"Ugh...."
Liu Chang looked at Liu Ruyi helplessly, could it be that he could only bow to the evil forces?
Liu Bang was singing, and when he turned around, he suddenly noticed the four white-bearded old men behind the crown prince Liu Ying.
The four old men sat behind the prince, who was the only one in the prince who was qualified to bring guests to the banquet. These four are all strangers, with snow-white beards, and they look older than Mrs. Liu, Liu Bang was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Who are these four?" ”
Liu Ying got up, bowed again, and replied: "Father, these four are guests invited by the sons, and the sons are humbly asking them for advice and learning how to govern the country. ”
"Oh?"
After Liu Ying introduced them, the four old men also came out, met the Son of Heaven, and said their names.
"Tang Bing, Cui Guang, Wu Shi, Zhou Shu to meet Your Majesty!"
Liu Bang was taken aback and hurriedly stood up, "It's you!" ”
"Over the years, I have been sending people to search for you, wanting you to assist me, but you have avoided you every time, so why do you want to follow my son now?"
Tang Bing stroked his beard and said seriously: "Your Majesty has always despised Gaoshi, and the ministers are unwilling to bring humiliation on themselves, but we heard that the prince is benevolent and filial, respectful and respectful, and everyone in the world stretches their necks and looks up, looking forward to serving the prince, so the ministers come voluntarily and are willing to serve the prince and serve the dogs and horses." ”
Liu Bang was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Then you will assist the prince in the future!" ”
The four of them toasted Liu Bang, and then sat down politely in their seats.
Liu Bang looked at them from time to time, and then looked at his prince, he whispered to Mrs. Qi beside him: "Look at them, I originally wanted to replace the prince, but I didn't expect that such celebrities were willing to follow the prince, and now that the prince has their assistance, it seems that his wings are already in his wings, and it is difficult to move him..."
"In the future, don't anger Lu Pheasant anymore, treat her respectfully, she is really going to be your master this time."
Mrs. Qi suddenly burst into tears.
Everyone at the banquet looked at this in surprise, and Mrs. Qi covered her mouth and sobbed in a low voice.
Liu Bang laughed and shouted loudly: "What are you crying about, get up and dance for me!" ”
Liu Bang sang loudly again, "The bird flies high, a thousand miles in one fell swoop~~ The wings have been achieved, across the four seas~~ across the four seas, and what can be done~~ Although there is a payment, Shang An has done it~~"
When Liu Ying heard this song, his expression was a little excited, his face turned red, he finally made his father proud of himself, and finally got his father's approval! At this moment, he was a little helpless, in a hurry, and smiled brightly.
And Liu Ruyi looked at his mother's face, for some reason, he was a little depressed, he no longer came to Liu Bang, in Liu Bang's singing, he also silently returned to his brothers, eating with his head down, looking very depressed.
Empress Lu was chatting with the old lady at the moment, and she turned a blind eye to what happened at the banquet and ignored it at all.
At the beginning, after Liu Bang had the idea of changing the prince, she found her brother Lu Shizhi and asked Lu Shizhi to find Zhang Liang and ask Zhang Liang to think of a way for herself, Lu Shizhi hesitated, and Lu Hou wiped her tears and said: "If the eldest brother is here, I won't let you do such a dangerous thing." ”
With such an agitation, Lu Shizhi immediately agreed and set off to find the Marquis Liu, as for why he was looking for the Marquis instead of the prime minister or other important ministers? That's because Empress Lu felt that the only person who could easily solve this matter was the unparalleled Marquis in the world.
Of course, it is not easy to get Liuhou to speak, Lu Shizhi almost had to ask for someone physically, after he played various scoundrels and threatened him, Zhang Liangcai reluctantly told him: Go and ask Shangshan Sihao to assist the prince, and this matter can be solved.
Lu Shizhi didn't know if these four people who couldn't even invite the emperor would be willing to go out of the mountain to assist the prince, but when he found these four people, they were very active, the prince's reputation is indeed very good among the people, these people are not willing to assist Liu Bang, but they are willing to assist the prince.
The prince was also very happy after seeing them, and consulted them all day long on state affairs, treated them as his own teachers, and got along with them very well, and the four of them always followed behind the prince, supervising his words and deeds, and always admonishing, which led to today's scene.
Who would have thought that a song in the palace would be arranged by a Liuhou thousands of miles away?
Maybe this is the decisive victory thousands of miles away, and the strategy is in the middle of the battle.
Liu Chang slowly moved his body and secretly sat next to Liu Ruyi.
"Ahem. . . Ahem.."
Liu Chang cleared his throat, trying to get his attention.
"Ahem! Cough! ”
Liu Ruyi didn't squint, ate intently, and didn't even look at his brother.
In desperation, Liu Chang stretched out his finger again and poked Liu Ruyi's arm.
Still no response.
When Liu Chang's fingers began to poke his face, Liu Ruyi finally couldn't help it.
"What are you going to do?!"
In the face of the menacing Liu Ruyi, Liu Chang was actually not afraid, because Liu Ruyi couldn't beat him, and he didn't dare to beat him, he was raised by Empress Lu, in the entire palace, except for Empress Lu and Liu Bang, no one dared to do anything with him, but, after all, there was a request for others, Liu Chang could only laugh, not caring about Liu Ruyi's irritability.
"I want to ask... Can you leave the palace on weekdays? ”
"No, only the crown prince can, why are you asking this?"
"So, can I borrow your sword?"
The atmosphere suddenly became silent, Liu Ruyi squinted his eyes and stared at Liu Chang in front of him.
"Not for you...."