(a)

In the era of peace, time flies like flowing water.

A few years after the establishment of the new dynasty, Liu Shen carried out a round of inspections in agriculture, water conservancy, taxation, and government administration throughout the country, personally visited all the state capitals and half of the counties and counties in the country, and with the help of Wei Guoqing, Yan Guanxin, Xu Zaitian, and others, he took care of the country's government affairs in an orderly manner.

After this round of large-scale emperor's personal inspection, he rested in Yunjing for a period of time, and his life was relatively stable, which was the longest period of time he stayed in the palace since he and his mother fled from Dongcheng.

During this time, many concubines in the palace became pregnant, and soon after, the children of Liu Shen and other concubines were also born one after another.

The continuous birth of children has brought vitality to the court, and in all palaces and courtyards, you can often hear the laughter of silver bells in the children's running and frolicking.

Liu Shen is in a good mood, every day after returning to the palace, he must first recruit the children to admonish him, make love for a while, his face is always warm and warm, and he has meritorious contributions to the concubines and concubines of the palace for raising their children, and often has encouragement and rewards.

The only regret is that the queen mother is used to the days of displacement and fear, and the arrival of peace, every day the children and grandchildren are around their knees, laughing and laughing, and the relaxation of the body and mind, the disease will strike.

After the establishment of the new dynasty, the queen mother fell ill several times in a row, each time it dragged on for a long time, and the consumption was huge, and she became weaker and weaker and decayed, and her face with charm lost its former luster, and even the skin on her hands became loose and white, covered with wrinkles and spots peculiar to the elderly.

Although Liu Shen and I led the ladies in the palace to serve carefully day and night, the queen mother's physical condition has not improved fundamentally.

Every time he left Shangyang Palace, Liu Shen's mood was very heavy. He sighed to me and said that in the past difficult days, mother and son were dependent on each other all the way, and now, finally there is a stable and peaceful day, so that the mother can enjoy it, but the mother's body is not good, I originally wanted to take a break, take my mother to walk around, let my mother go back to her mother's hometown to save a kiss, round the dream of homesickness for many years, and reward my mother's family, but looking at my mother's current physical state, it is probably impossible to make the trip.

Looking at Liu Shen's melancholy and sad appearance, I was also very sad. A woman like the Queen Mother who understands things is not something that all dynasties and dynasties will have, and with her old man sitting in the harem, I also feel more confident in my heart. Thinking that the Empress Dowager may be declining day by day, and one day she will abandon the world and leave, I, like Liu Shen, can't bear the grief in my heart.

What about the emperor and queen? In the face of aging, illness and death of one's loved ones, they are like small moths and ants that are wriggling, powerless and unable to change anything.

Is it all we can do to watch death again and again, dragging away our loved ones?

Many people think that this is the answer, and we can only watch like this until we are dragged away by death.

However, I don't believe that I can just watch helplessly.

I firmly believe that there must be a way to save life and death. If those claims about immortals are true, if those claims about the death of a high monk who turned into rainbow light are true, if Master Buddha Tucheng first came to Middle-earth and conjured a lotus flower blooming in clear water out of thin air in front of Emperor Fu Jian, if Master Kumarosh calmly ate a handful of iron nails in public, if these things are true, then someone must have found that way, that method.

I'm eager to find it too. I believe it exists.

(b)

In the fifth year after the establishment of the new dynasty, the prince reached the age of enlightenment and enrollment.

Liu Shen in the court, among the ministers and scholars in the court, after careful selection, selected Wei Guoqing and the then generation of Confucian Xue Renchang and other 8 people, respectively worshiped as the prince Taifu and the prince Taibao, and awarded 8 people as the prince Shaobao, and from the grandmaster and aristocratic ministers, selected 8 people for the prince, as the prince to study, accompanied the prince into the study to study.

The responsibility of the prince is to serve as the main teacher of various courses in the liberal arts of the prince, responsible for explaining to the prince a variety of enlightened Confucian knowledge of life and affairs, and conducting basic training in poetry, literature, etiquette, music and rituals; The responsibility of Shizi Shaobao is to serve as the main teacher of Shizi's martial arts, and is responsible for teaching Shizi the knowledge and skills of riding and archery, fighting, and using soldiers. Shizi Shaobao is the specific coach of Shizi's civil and martial arts course, responsible for inspecting the completion of Shizi's daily homework, conducting stage assessments, and accompanying one-on-one or many-to-one specific guidance for Shizi's unproficient places.

The role of the prince is more important, these children of the clan nobles, either the family is prominent, powerful, and must be relied on by the future emperor, or they have outstanding personal endowments and noble character, and can grow together with the prince and form a deep friendship.

Different from the imagination of the common people, being a son of the world is not a matter of glory and wealth, luxury and enjoyment, being a son of the world is an extremely hard job, and since childhood, you have to sacrifice your childhood fun for the well-being of the people of the world and the prosperity and stability of the country.

Since the beginning of the school, the prince has gotten up every day before dawn to practice martial arts, and then came back to his grandmother, parents, and mothers in the palace to say goodbye, and then went to the study to go to school to listen to lectures, take a break at noon, and still practice martial arts and literature in the afternoon, and complete all kinds of homework for each course, until the dinner was passed, and then came to accompany the queen mother or me to dinner, followed by endorsement or homework, until the palace turned off the lights and went to sleep. There are only about two or three days a month between lectures and a little relaxation and children's games with the attendants.

Because the prince works harder than other brothers and sisters, and his knowledge and martial arts grow faster, in the minds of his brothers and sisters, he has been different since he was a child, and there is no authority of the eldest son. If there is any indecision between the children, or conflicts and disputes, they will find Shizi to arbitrate and resolve them. The relationship between the brothers and sisters has since laid the foundation.

Although I feel very sorry for the son of the world to work so hard at a young age, and to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the world with immature shoulders, but looking at Liu Shen's example of going out early and returning late every day and being diligent in government affairs, thinking of your repeated entrustment that you hope I will assist the King of Han to protect the peace of the world when you say goodbye, and thinking of the bloody sacrifices of countless Han soldiers and subjects in the final war, I can only press my mother's heart to love my son, take out twelve points of spirit, cooperate with the study, and supervise the prince to complete his responsibilities day and night.

Sometimes, Liu Shen or I would go to the study to listen to the lectures, go to the martial arts field to supervise the training, inspect the teaching level of the teachers, and inspect the learning progress of the prince.

The lecturers saw that the emperor and his wife attached so much importance to the education of the prince, and the prince was so obedient and conscientious, and they were all conscientious and conscientious.

(To be continued.) )