There was no figure of Liu Yuan outside Pingyang City, and Liu Yao didn't know what he was expecting, but at this moment, he was still a little disappointed, more worried, and didn't know what kind of disappointment or anger he was going to face.

Liu Yao followed Liu Cong to Liu Yuan's dormitory, only to know that his father had not been in good health recently and had been bedridden for many days. Liu Cong looked at Liu Yao, and the words of accusation were not spoken after all.

Liu Yuan had just taken the medicine, and at this time he was lying on the bed, watching his two sons walk in one after the other, kneeling on the edge of the bed, he sighed, first dismissed his subordinates, and then let the two of them get up and find a place to sit down at random.

Liu Yao never refused to raise his head, he was ashamed of his trust in Liu Yuan, and he was even more shameless in the face of Liu Yuan's weakness at this time. After thinking about it, he simply knelt down again, and the whole person fell to the ground, saying, "The son has disappointed his father, and he really deserves death." ”

"I'm disappointed." Liu Yuan said lightly: "It's not that you are incompetent, but you were defeated in the hands of a woman." He coughed heavily a few times before he said, "You were defeated at the hands of a woman, do you understand what I said?" ”

Liu Yao understood Liu Yuan's words, he was questioning Yang Xianrong, thinking that this was a bitter ploy by Yang Xianrong in order to get him to retire, but he knew that his Yang Xianrong was not such a person. After all, it was his fault, everything was his fault, and he was not cowardly enough to let a woman take responsibility for him.

Therefore, Liu Yao said again: "Everything is the fault of the son, and the son is willing to be punished." ”

"Whether it's a mistake or a punishment, it's all a trivial matter." Liu Yuan shook his head, looking at this son who was not angry and had not repented until now, he didn't know whether to scold him for being ridiculous or praise him for his affection, just thinking about the saying that is now circulating in Pingyang City, he has two big heads and terrible words, which can ruin Liu Yao's future. "Do you know what your father is worried about?" Liu Yuan said and coughed violently again.

Seeing this, Liu Cong hurriedly stepped forward and patted Liu Yuan on the back, then glared at Liu Yao, and said: "You bastard, when is it, you still have to protect that woman, the family and the country, the love of children and daughters, which is important, don't you know in your heart?" ”

"Well, what's the use of talking about that?" Liu Yuan waved his hand, he didn't care so much about the victory or defeat, what he cared about was that the son he had always valued just couldn't pass the woman's level. What he cared about was that he was so serious that night, thinking that Liu Yao knew what he was thinking, but who knew that in the end he still made him look forward to it. What he cares about is that Liu Yao has lost the qualification to become a prince, and he will only have to stretch his neck to be slaughtered in the future. What he cares about is the sibling rivalry and fratricidal rivalry that he can't avoid after his death.

Liu Cong couldn't bear it, knelt beside Liu Yao, and said: "This time it is still the son's sin, if it wasn't for the defeat of the enemy last time that disappointed my father, I wouldn't have ...... this time."

"It's none of your business." Liu Yuan said: "Letting you go to Songshan is to let you go to calm down and restrain your temperament, and it is not that you have the intention to punish you, you two are my most valued sons, but the road in the future makes me feel uneasy." ”

Liu Yao knelt down and begged Liu Yuan to punish him again.

And how can the penalty be severed? Liu Yuan waved his hand tiredly and asked him to go back and think about it behind closed doors.

Out of Liu Yuan's bedroom, Liu Yao looked at Liu Cong, but he couldn't say how many words he had in his heart at this time, he just felt that his throat was choked and uncomfortable, his father was so sick that not only could not share his worries for him, but disappointed him, and he couldn't forgive himself.

Liu Cong couldn't criticize this younger brother anymore at this time, patted him, and said, "Go back, don't take it too seriously, the future will be long." ”

Liu Yao had nothing to say, returned to his mansion, locked himself up, and the fatigue of running around for days made him fall asleep in bed, and finally woke up after a bunch of messy dreams, and when he saw the sky outside, it was already ten o'clock at dusk.

He struggled to get up, and suddenly heard a frolicking sound outside, which sounded like Liu Jian's voice, he smiled, he hadn't seen his son for a long time, but he really thought he was thinking about it tightly. Liu Yao walked outside the house and saw that it was not only Liu Jian, but also Liu Ling and Liu Lin were also outside the house.

As soon as the two little guys saw Liu Yao, they all pounced, one called "father", the other called "uncle", Liu Yao picked up both of them one in one hand, shook them, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a month, but it's getting heavier." ”

Liu Jian smiled and asked, "Can my father win the battle?" "Shih Tzu literature

Every time Liu Yao returned, Liu Jian had to ask like this, in the past, Liu Yao would always smile and nod, but this time he couldn't face his son's inquiry calmly. Before Liu Yao could speak, Liu Ling hurriedly said: "That's natural, your father is the most powerful." ”

Liu Jian clapped his hands happily, and even Liu Lin said happily: "Uncle is the best." ”

Liu Yao blushed a little, played with the two little ones for a while, and then asked the nurse to take the two down, he moved his body for a while, and said to Liu Ling: "You shouldn't lie to them." ”

"So what?" Liu Ling said indifferently: "It's just a child, they worship you very much, at this time, there is no need to tell the truth and make them cry." ”

Liu Yao smiled noncommittally, let Liu Ling into the house, ordered someone to serve tea, and sat there without saying a word for a long time. Liu Ling saw Liu Yao's appearance, so he had to open his mouth first, and said: "I know everything, there is no right or wrong in this choice, because it is you, so I believe that you will definitely choose Rong'er." ”

"I don't think I'm wrong." Liu Yao said in a deep voice: "It's just that the moment I saw my father, I felt uncomfortable. ”

"Brother, it is not easy for you and Rong'er to go this way, sometimes people have to fight for something for themselves." Liu Ling said: "Father may not understand, but he will have regrets, don't worry, I will go to give him relief, he still listens to me." ”

Liu Yao raised his head at this time, smiled at Liu Ling gratefully, and said, "Now the gossip outside ...... outside."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Ling interrupted: "What do you care about?" Who doesn't have a wife and children anymore? How many of them are willing to go to war, just to give their wives and children a better life? Who can look down on whom? Besides, the matter between you and Rong'er seems to be incomprehensible now, and after many years, maybe it will be a beautiful conversation in the world. The mouth grows on the body, let the people speak. For this kind of rumors, Liu Ling felt a lot, when she came back from the Jin Dynasty with the children of the Sima family, she was not still criticized, uncomfortable, and ignored them, these words naturally dispersed, and it won't take long for anyone to mention it again, Zuo is just his own private matter, who can be more noble than whom?

Liu Ling saw that Liu Yao was still in a low mood, so he continued to ask: "Rong'er was really hung outside the city tower by Sima Yue's house?" ”

Liu Yao nodded, the bits and pieces of that day still lingered in his heart, and Yang Xianrong's thin and weak body seemed to be swaying with the north wind, lonely, which made his heart break.

"It's really not a thing, it was rumored that the king of the East China Sea was also benevolent and good to make friends, but he was blind, Rong'er was also the queen of the first emperor, and she was treated like this, and she didn't know what kind of criticism she would suffer in the future, it was really embarrassing for her." Liu Ling said hatefully, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked again: "She has been charged with collaborating with the enemy, and she will not be executed by the Jin Court, right?" ”

Liu Yao shook his head: "They still have a place to use her, but I'm afraid she won't have a good time in the future." ”

Liu Ling rolled his eyes and said, "Pull it down, as if her previous life was better." After that, he looked at Liu Yao again, and said sincerely: "Brother, no matter what, I support you in this matter, it was she who saved me and took me in, and found a way to send me back, she is kind to me, my father knows these things but is not clear, when the time comes, I will tell them that if he wants to recognize me as a daughter, he has to admit that the Yang family is kind to our Liu family, and you can repay her life if you save her life, and you can't be attacked by everyone as a mistake." ”

Liu Yao smiled helplessly and said, "It's not that important. After thinking about it, he still told Liu Ling what Liu Yuan had told him at the beginning, and when Liu Ling was surprised, he said: "In the current situation, I'm afraid that the eldest brother's position as the crown prince is stable, and what my father is worried about is not the victory or defeat this time, but in the future, I am afraid that we will also be like the Jin court, fratricidal." ”

Liu Ling only then understood, but she didn't understand and didn't want to care about the affairs of the court, she just felt that why should such an important matter be decided by the victory or defeat of a war? Although Liu He is the eldest brother, he has never been the eldest brother, and there is no affection between their brothers and sisters, in Liu He's psychology, I am afraid that Liu Ling has already been classified into Liu Cong and Liu Yao's faction.

"If it is really the eldest brother who succeeds to the throne, you will really ......" Liu Ling asked this hesitantly, fratricidal, brotherly wall, she has seen too many such things in Luoyang City, and then she married Sima Zun, and she has experienced a lot of it personally, and finally one day, such bloodshed has also spread to her family. power, satisfying the thirst for killing in the hearts of all people.

"If the eldest brother ascends the throne, do you think he will let the fourth brother and me go? Not only will it not, but it will even implicate you and Lin'er. He has hated us younger siblings since he was a child, and there is no family affection between us, you and I know it, and my father knows it. Liu Yao said: "With the fourth brother's temperament, Liu He doesn't move him, he can still bear it, if Liu He really moves his mind, I'm afraid he will only be faster than him." "As for why my father didn't make proper arrangements, I'm afraid he also has a laissez-faire mind, whoever can win the throne in the end is also the most suitable person to lead the Han Kingdom to the Central Plains.

This scramble is indispensable.