As Chen Ping guessed, Liu Heng was indeed no longer in Shaofu.

To be precise, within a moment when Liu Hong poured into Weiyang Palace with thousands of soldiers of the Northern Army, Liu Heng had quietly moved back to the Daiwang Mansion in Chang'an City with his entourage.

At this moment, Liu Heng was lying on the edge of the couch in the study, his eyes full of gloom.

"I'm tired of the shaft..."

From the bottom of his heart, when he saw the envoy sent by Zhou Bo to Daidi, Liu Heng was actually nervous in his heart.

- I was inexplicably let go to Chang'an, the ghost knows whether Zhou Bo wanted to make Liu Heng the emperor, or Empress Lu took a fancy to Daiguo!

couldn't make up his mind, so Liu Heng sent his uncle Bo Zhao to Chang'an to find out the situation and then make plans.

Bo Zhao set off from Chang'an for only half a month, and then sent back the news - Empress Lu had indeed died, and the courtiers did intend to set up Liu Heng as the king.

What made Liu Heng even more dumbfounded was that Liu Heng's original feudal state would not be taken back, but transferred to his second son Liu Wu!

With the intention of 'going back to the land to be the prince', Liu Heng drove lightly and rushed to Chang'an from Pingcheng, the capital of Daidu, in less than ten days.

At the beginning, things did go as smoothly as the news brought back by Bo Zhao, and the courtiers also paid a private visit to Liu Heng, vaguely expressing the meaning of 'willing to be the eagle dog of the king'.

The throne at his fingertips, but after the accident three days ago, he completely left Liu Heng...

Now, Liu Heng has no yearning for the position of the Ninety-Five Supreme in his mind at all; He only begged Liu Hongneng to be merciful and spare his mother, wife and son.

Rao is like this, the situation is still not optimistic: in the past three days, none of the ministers of the court has climbed the threshold of the acting king's mansion, and Zhou Bo Chen Ping, who was still patting his chest and swearing a few days ago, also disappeared into the closed doors of his own homes.

What made Liu Heng even more frightened was that Liu Hong did not summon him!

Perhaps among ordinary people, this means that they may be able to stay out of the situation; But as Liu Bang's parent, Liu Heng couldn't be clearer about this situation.

——When Han Xin was imprisoned by Empress Lu for the first few years, his father Liu Bang also ignored Han Xin, all as if this person had never existed!

Recalling the time when he was by his father's side when he was a teenager, the bitterness on Liu Heng's lips deepened - the descendants of the Liu family, as long as there is salvation, the elders will inevitably reprimand them harshly; If you are not reprimanded, you have given up...

Although Liu Hong is at least twenty years younger than Liu Heng, his father Liu Bang said very clearly before his death: first the monarch and the minister, and then the eldest and youngest!

A glass of mellow mash (láo) went down, wiped his mouth at will, and threw the wine bottle on the ground casually, Liu Heng leaned on the edge of the collapse and fell asleep in a daze.

After a while, a woman in her early twenties, with cloudy eyes, came to the study with the support of the maid, and saw Liu Heng's decadent appearance, so she had to quietly untie the coarse linen cloak on her body, cover Liu Heng, and then sit next to Liu Heng, sighing.

At this time, the alcohol was not high, coupled with the depression in his heart, Liu Heng was already sleeping lightly, and when he heard this sigh, he slowly opened his eyes.

"Uh... It's Dou Ji..."

Sitting up with his forehead up, Liu Heng gently took the woman's hand, and said softly: "Didn't the witch doctor confess, the concubine's illness should be closed and recuperated, why are you still running around?" ”

The woman smiled when she heard this, pulled out the wrist that was pulled by Ailang, stroked Liu Heng's cheek, and said with a distressed face: "The king has not rested for several days, and the concubine is worried about the king..."

Hearing this, the decadence climbed up Liu Heng's face again, and the tenderness and sweetness of Fang Cai suddenly disappeared.

Seeing this, the woman had no choice but to wave her hand slightly, signaled the maid beside her to step back, and pulled Liu Heng's rough hands again.

"The king is worried that the county official will condemn my family because of the previous incident?"

Liu Heng raised his head suddenly, and pinched the woman's wrist like grasping a life-saving straw: "The widow remembers that before the concubine entered the dynasty, she served the queen mother in Chang'an, and she should have seen the county officials?" ”

The woman was stunned for a moment, and said sluggishly: "When the concubine was in the palace, the county official was only four years old..."

Liu Heng didn't care about it, and grabbed the woman's wrist with more force: "Is there a reason why the concubine is still in the palace, can she pass it on her behalf?" ”

At this point, the only thought in Liu Heng's heart is to find a chance to meet Liu Hong, whether it is miserable or dependent, he must save his family's life!

Other than that, he asked for nothing else.

Seeing that the woman shook her head slightly, the last glimmer of hope in Liu Heng's heart was shattered, and he lay back on the couch weakly...

There was silence in the study; In the vast palace of the Acting King, apart from the wailing of a few jackdaws, only a low sobbing of a woman remained.

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Outside the gate of the palace, a young man with a general horn was sitting on the stone steps with his cheeks crossed, looking up at the bright moon in the sky.

"Big brother~ Go back to the house and rest~ Sister should be angry~"

I saw a younger little Zhengtai, who was struggling to cross the high threshold, and the young man on the stone steps greeted with a milky voice.

The young man didn't look back, and said perfunctorily: "Just go back, just go back..."

Before the words fell, a dull crashing sound sounded in the young man's ears, and after glancing back, the young man had no choice but to stand up helplessly and come to Xiao Zhengtai, who had fallen on the threshold.

"Ah, Ah Wu..." sighed, and helped Xiao Zhengtai up from under his armpit.

After getting up, Xiao Zhengtai just patted the dust on his body, bit his lower lip to suppress his crying, and said glutinously: "If the eldest brother doesn't go back to the house, my sister will reprimand Ah Wu..."

The young man squatted helplessly in front of Xiao Zhengtai, gently blowing the palm of Xiao Zhengtai's broken skin, and muttered: "When will Ah Wu grow up..."

Xiao Zhengtai pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "Isn't the eldest brother only eight years old..."

Before the words fell, he saw the young man's eyes glaring, and Xiao Zhengtai hurriedly stopped, looking down at the palm that was blown by the young man.

"Ah Wu, go to sleep first, the eldest brother has to wait for his uncle to return to the house."

Seeing the resoluteness of the young man's eyes, Xiao Zhengtai had no choice but to nod, and then learned the appearance of the young man and said in a milky voice: "Alas... When will the eldest brother grow up~"

The young man was amused by his younger brother's cute appearance, so he picked up Xiao Zhengtai slightly from his armpit and carried him into the high threshold: "Go back to the house quickly, if my sister asks, I will say that the eldest brother is with my father in the study." ”

"No..."

With a slight response, Xiao Zhengtai walked on his short legs and staggered towards the house.

The young man shook his head with a smile, turned around, and before he could sit back on the stone steps, a creepy shouted came from behind him.

"Sister~ The eldest brother was outside the gate of the mansion for the moon, and lied to Ah Wu that he wanted to wait for his uncle~ and also taught Ah Wu to lie to his sister that the eldest brother was by his father's side~"

The young man's face suddenly darkened, and he hurriedly ran towards the mansion: "Ah Wu!! ”

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PS: Don't bar~ I specially checked, the moon at this time is really called 'moon', Taiyin is a saying that only existed after "Huainanzi", and the Huainan King who created Huainanzi had to be born a year later. As for the other bells and whistles, they are all abstract metaphors that appeared in poetry after the Tang Dynasty.