The Young Prince Chapter 16 The Birthday Feast
That night, under the 'hospitality' of the crown prince, Liu Wu, the king of Liang, went to bed in the palace of the prince and prepared to return to Liang in the early morning of the next day.
On the other side, in the Weiyang Palace, Emperor Wen was reviewing the chapters, and the servant reported closely: "Your Majesty, the queen is outside the palace, saying that she has something important and wants to see you."
"Biography", Emperor Wen looked at the chapter in his hand.
"What is the queen looking for?" , the two have been a couple for more than 20 years, of course, there is no need for empty words.
"The concubine came to see Your Majesty to beg Your Majesty not to blame Ah Wu, and it was the concubine who sent a message to him and asked him to come to Beijing to visit Your Majesty."
"I haven't forgiven her sins today, is there anything else for the queen to come here?"
"Your Majesty Mingjian, a few days later, it will be the concubine's birthday, and the concubine hopes that Your Majesty will allow King Liang to stay in Beijing, and after the concubine's birthday, return to the Liang Kingdom."
Emperor Wen looked at Empress Dou, thought for a moment, and said, "I can agree, I also have something to ask the queen."
"Your Majesty, please speak, the concubine will definitely know everything."
"Before King Liang comes to Beijing, can you report to the prince?"
"The matter ......".
"I ordered the crown prince to temporarily act as the governor of the government on the same day, how can the queen act like this."
"Your Majesty forgives your sins".
"Hey, I'm not angry about this, but because you acted inappropriately, I know that you love Ah Wu, but you can't be so favored, what if the prince is dissatisfied?"
"Your Majesty, the crown prince and the king of Liang are the sons and daughters of the concubines, how can the concubines favor one over the other. As a prince, the crown prince is above 10,000 people under one person, and his status is prominent.
And Ah Wu is just a prince, far away from Chang'an, and he can't enter Beijing without a summons, and the concubines will love Ah Wu ......".
After the queen left, Emperor Wen got up and sighed: "I only hope that my two sons will not fight in the same room and kill each other...... flesh and blood."
In the early morning of the next day, Liu Wu, the king of Liang, had just returned to his station in Chang'an, when he received an edict from Emperor Wen, ordering him to postpone his return to the fiefdom.
Of course, King Liang was very happy, and of course the crown prince was also ............
A few days later, on the birthday of Queen Dou Yifang, a family banquet was held in Changle Palace.
Because Emperor Wen did not participate in handling government affairs, he only summoned the queen's heir, the queen's younger brother Dou Guangguo, and nephew Dou Ying into the palace this time.
Of course, Liu Rong also followed his father to the Changle Palace, and everyone congratulated the queen on her birthday in turn, and Queen Dou was naturally very happy.
And Liu Rong also saw it for the first time, Dou Ying and Dou Guangguo, Dou Ying was Liu Rong's prince and concubine in history, and later did his best to protect Liu Rong.
And this Dou Guangguo, but a legendary figure, since he was a child, separated from his sister Dou Yifang, was taken in as a slave by a rich man, and when he was twenty years old, he was sent by his master to burn charcoal in the mountains.
During the day, he sells coolies, and at night he sleeps under the mud walls of stone cliffs with hundreds of charcoal burners. One night, the landslide poured, and the entire temporary shack was buried by the debris flow, and hundreds of charcoal burners died, only Dou Guangguo survived.
Later, he went to Chang'an with his master, and unexpectedly learned that the new queen was the Guanjin Dou family, so he had the courage to write to himself, saying that he was the queen's long-lost brother.
The officials who received the letter did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly reported the news to Emperor Wen.
In the end, after many tests, I was finally able to recognize my sister Dou Yifang.
The civil ministers and generals who had just experienced the Zhulu Rebellion were all apprehensive about this, lest the Han Dynasty would have another outbreak of relatives, and they would be even more ignorant than the Lu family.
Qu Shunhou Chen Ping, Marquis Zhou Bo and others came out to admonish Emperor Wen, saying that Dou's relatives were from humble backgrounds, did not understand etiquette and had no knowledge, so it was not appropriate to confer official positions, so they had to be rich and noble idlers, and they should also choose some elders with moral and learned conduct to live next to them and supervise and teach them every day.
Emperor Wen adopted this opinion. So Dou Guangguo was educated to become a humble gentleman, and after a long time, not only did he not participate in political affairs, but even the noble status of the uncle of the country was consciously ignored......
Later, Zhang Cang dismissed the prime minister, and Emperor Wen wanted to use Dou Guangguo as the prime minister, but he said that the Son of Heaven would be suspicious of him and suspected of cronyism.
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During the banquet, Dou Yifang summoned Liu Wu to him several times, and after that, he asked Liu Wu to sit with her.
Holding Liu Wu and Liu Wu's hand, he said: "Tomorrow, my son will leave Beijing, and my mother is really reluctant." ”
At this time, Liu Wu was already drunk, and he replied: "It's only because the son is not the prince, if the prince is the prince, he can accompany his mother every day."
As soon as Liu Wu's words came out, the air above the hall seemed to condense, and everyone was stunned.
The prince was furious, got up and said, "What do you mean by this, second brother!"
After Liu Wu finished speaking, he had fallen asleep on the side.
Seeing that the situation was uncontrollable, Dou Guangguo immediately ran over and saluted the prince: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, don't be angry, King Liang is drunk, and he is drunk and talking nonsense, he must want to be more filial and can often accompany the queen."
Moreover, the prince and King Liang are brothers of the same mother, flesh and blood, and they are even more intimate on weekdays, and the world knows it, so King Liang has no intention of targeting the prince, and hopes that His Royal Highness the prince will be angry."
"What my brother said is extremely true, don't be angry, Ah Wuding is drunk nonsense, drunk nonsense!" , Queen Dou Yifang was busy.
Liu Rong was also very helpless when he saw such a scene, so he hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed the prince, and said softly, "Father, don't be impulsive!" ”。
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After a while, the prince spoke, "Queen Mother, Lone is a little drunk, so she will retire."
After speaking, after the prince saluted Queen Dou, he left with Liu Rong.
There was nothing to say all the way, the two returned to the palace, and then took a walk in the courtyard, and the prince Liu Qi said to Liu Rong: "Rong'er, although Lone is the prince, there are some things that can be helpless......."
"Father doesn't have to be like this, there are two explanations for tonight's events.
First, as Marquis Zhangwu said, King Liang was just drunk and lost his words, which is of course the best.
Second, if you vomit the truth after drinking, King Liang really has this intention, and this matter is a little troublesome.
But what if he has this heart, his father is the eldest son of his grandfather, he has won the trust of his grandfather, the courtiers agree, and when the child and his grandfather are in Baling, his grandfather has praised his father more than once. ”
"Erchen still has some humble opinions, I hope my father will adopt them", Liu Rong said again.
"What is there to say about you and my father and son, let me come."
"This matter, my father cannot report this matter to His Majesty, although Marquis Zhangwu is a relative, he is very loyal to his grandfather, and he will definitely report it to his grandfather."
"Why is that?"
"Tonight's incident, my father has taken advantage of the situation, so naturally he has already expressed his belief that King Liang is just drunk and talking nonsense, so naturally he can't report this matter to his grandfather.
I believe that when my grandfather learns about it, he will punish King Liang, and he will also appreciate his father's generosity."
"Rong'er has a reason for this."
Sure enough, in the early morning of the second day, in the side hall of the palace, King Liang knelt on the ground, not daring to look up at Emperor Wen in front of him.
Emperor Wen suddenly asked sharply: "Liu Wu, what do you mean by last night's words!" ”。
Kneeling on the ground, Liu Wu said tremblingly: "Father forgives, father forgives!" The son is really drunk and nonsense, and he will never do it again, so he begs his father for forgiveness."
"For the sake of the queen's face, I will only cut you down a county in the underground city to show punishment, remember that the evil comes from the mouth, and you must be cautious in your words and deeds from now on."
Liu Wu hurriedly kowtowed, saying yes.
Emperor Wen said: "The prince did not report this matter to me, but there must be anger in his heart, and you are in the womb to make amends to him."
After that, I drove back to the fiefdom, remembering, no one will enter Beijing after that! If you disobey, I will not spare you."
"Son, son understands, thank you father", Liu Wu stammered and replied.
"Stand down."
Liu Wu shuddered and left.
Emperor Wen said in his heart: How can I have such a stupid son......
This time, Liu Wu, the king of Liang, went to the palace, but he was not as casual as last time, but waited for the attendant to call before entering the palace.
Seeing the prince, he immediately knelt down and said: "The younger brother is here to make amends to the imperial brother, and the younger brother said in vain last night to ask the imperial brother for forgiveness."
The crown prince Liu Qi hurriedly stepped forward to support King Liang and said, "Second brother, hurry up, how could Gu be angry last night? You only want to spend more time with your mother, and you don't take it seriously because you are drunk."
Liu Wu got up and sighed: "Thank you for your generosity, don't worry about your courtiers, but now, I am even more angry with my father, how can this be a good ......."
When the prince heard these words, he was very happy in his heart, but he still had to show a worried look.
"Second brother, don't panic, write to your father for the brotherhood, defend you, I believe that soon, your father will be able to forgive you."
Liu Wu said in despair: "Hey, I just hope it can be like this."
In this way, the 'poor' king of Liang, Liu Wu, left Chang'an and returned to Liang with great concern.