Liu Qi didn't expect Liu Ai to kneel down solemnly to him, he couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly helped Liu Ai up, and said in fear: "If you talk about the clan, you are the sect, responsible for the affairs of the whole clan, such as the age, you are the brother, if you are the identity, you are the angel, how can you perform this great gift?" ”

But seeing Liu Ai's tears, he sighed slowly: "Gong is the only hope for the prosperity of my Han family, and the public knows that my Liu family children are all looking forward to the day when the world will be determined fairly and the Han family will be restored?" It is precisely because of this that the old minister secretly contacted the clansmen and wrote to the Son of Heaven, asking for the establishment of the prince as the king to check and balance the Cao thief. Due to the rise of the prince, Cao Cao did not dare to act arbitrarily as usual, which made the situation of the Son of Heaven much better. The Son of Heaven said that such a price is worth it, in order to protect the Han family, the Son of Heaven will not hesitate to pay even his life, so why not care about a queen? ”

When Liu Qi heard this, he immediately burst into tears and said: "The Son of Heaven is gracious, Qi has no way to repay his broken bones, even so, Na Qi does not dare to shirk it again, please return to the Son of Heaven, Qi will definitely raise troops to Luoyang, welcome back the Son of Heaven, crusade against the traitors, and rejuvenate my Han Dynasty." ”

Liu Ai saw that Liu Qi still remembered the kindness of the Son of Heaven, and also remembered the Zhongxing Han Dynasty, and immediately felt that their efforts were not in vain, sighed, and said to Liu Qi solemnly: "The Son of Heaven, the hundred officials and the people are like a hundred rivers looking at the sea, I hope that the king will go to Luoyang King Qin as soon as possible, and the prince must not disappoint the world, there are still important things in the court, so I will go back." ”

How could Liu Qi let this Zongzheng leave like this? Hurriedly ordered to give some gifts, first returned the seal ribbon of the Duke of Chu, and then took out the thirty pearls offered by Pei Qianjin, the assassin of Jiaozhou, and sent a messenger to meet the Son of Heaven with Liu Ai, and took these thirty pearls as a gift to contribute to the Son of Heaven.

Liu Ai saw that the thirty pearls were all the size of duck eggs, round and crystalline. At first glance, it was a priceless thing, even if he had been in charge of the palace for many years, it was difficult to see such a precious jewel, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise. However, he has always known that Liu Qi is rich, and this gift is not difficult for the other party to see, but after all, this is a piece of heart for the Son of Heaven. His heart was really moved.

This is not just because of these thirty priceless pearls, but because after so many years, except for this Liu Qi in front of him, no prince in the world will go to worship the Son of Heaven and contribute gifts every New Year.

In addition to expressing his gratitude to Liu Qi, Liu Ai said goodbye to Liu Qi and set off with the envoy sent by Liu Qi to Luoyang.

In addition to seeing Liu Ai away, Jia Xu on the side suddenly bowed down and said loudly: "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king." Now is the time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and the Son of Heaven has issued a decree to promote the lord to king, which is a good omen. ”

When the civil and military officials heard this, they all bowed to Jia Xu and said loudly: "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king." ”

Liu Qi hurriedly ordered everyone to get up, and then hurriedly ordered Jia Xu to change the sacrificial specifications.

Unexpectedly, Jia Xu smiled faintly and said, "This qiēxu is ready." So, there's no need to change the course at all. ”

Only then did Liu Qi understand the whole story. Surprised, he said to Jia Xu: "Could it be that Shang Shuling had long expected that the Son of Heaven would come back to canonize this king?" When did Wen He become an iron-clad fortune teller again? ”

Jia Xu hurriedly smiled and said: "The lord said that he was joking, how can he have this kind of ability, if it is fortune telling and divination, he needs to find Yu Zhongxiang, in fact, he does not hide it from the lord and canonizes the lord as the king." Although it is the favor of the Son of Heaven, it also has the power of Wechen's planning, but Wechen knows that if Wechen proposes it clearly, the lord is likely to refuse. That's why he made his own assertion and secretly united with all the lords in the court to make a statement to the Son of Heaven and ask the lord to be the king, but I didn't know that the Son of Heaven was so favored, and he also added the title of the lord and the prince and the prince. ”

Liu Qi snorted when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "This king knows that the Son of Heaven will never crown me as a king for no reason, even if he really wants to be crowned, there is no reason why this king will know in advance." And among my great Chu officials, only Shangshu makes you have this courage, now that the wood has become a boat, if this king shirks again, I am afraid that he will live up to the good intentions of the Son of Heaven, but Shangshu makes you remember, only this once, not as an example, otherwise, this king will be severely punished. ”

"No, Wei Chen will never dare to do this deception behind the back of the lord next time, if he violates it again, he is willing to be punished by the lord." Jia Xu hurriedly apologized "sincerely and fearfully".

Although he knew that Jia Xu's words were very problematic, Liu Qi also knew that he was for his own good, so he didn't pursue it too much, so he nodded and said: "That is the case, this king will no longer pursue it, if it is not because the New Year is approaching, lest it affect the feelings of your family for the New Year, this time I will not be spared." ”

Liu Qi discussed with Jia Xu, Song Zhen, Sima Hui and others for a while about the etiquette specifications of the sacrifice, the code system, and the state banquet the next day, and then left the office and returned to the inner house.

At this time, Liu Qi couldn't bear the extremely urgent longing in his heart, and after a few months, his thoughts about his wife and children became even more intense, so she almost trotted back to the inner house, which made Wen Qin, the captain of the personal soldiers who followed him closely, full of doubts: "Didn't the lord just say goodbye to that Cai Wenji and Mrs. Cai ten days ago?" It's only been a few days, and it's been like this? ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Wen Qin finally came to a conclusion: "This should be because the lord's ability is too strong, right?" Where can a woman satisfy him? Hehe, no wonder the lord can be called the king, and almost everyone in the country knows that the lord has the potential to be an emperor, it turns out that the lord is not only the overlord of the world, but also the overlord of another battlefield. Each emperor is dozens of concubines and thousands of palace laves, if his ability is not strong, how can he be an emperor? How can you make everyone in the palace happy? ”

If Liu Qi knew what Wen Qin was thinking, he would probably kick him aside, so that he would never be able to show off his might on another battlefield. But where does Liu Qi care about other people's ambiguous eyes now? He couldn't wait to see his wife and children.

When Liu Qi came to the courtyard, his son Liu Yi was playing there, although in the five or six years since his son was born, Liu Qi and he got together less and left more, but the little guy still had a very deep relationship with him, and when he looked up, he walked in. Hurriedly ran and shouted: "Father, father, you are finally here, I want to kill you, child." ”

Liu Qi hurriedly ran a few steps, hugged his son, and then asked with tears in his eyes, "Yi'er." In these days when I was not in Xiangyang, have you ever disobeyed your mother and aunt? ”

Liu Yi shook his head and said: "Yi'er has always been very well-behaved, Yi'er can also read and write, and even her mother said that Yi'er's handwriting is better than her father's." ”

Liu Qiang couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, since he crossed into this world, his level of writing was really not flattering, and he was always ridiculed, in order to attract Zhong Xuan to stay. He didn't look good at the italic characters that didn't look good for more than half a month, and even so, Zhong Xuan felt that the words he wrote were somewhat similar to himself in terms of charm, not the words themselves that did not dare to compliment.

Now his son is smart and hardworking, and he believes that with a little practice, he can surpass himself.

At this time, Liu Yi suddenly saw that his father was in tears, and hurriedly comforted: "Father, don't cry." It doesn't matter if the handwriting is not good, my mother said it. Words are like people, as long as you listen carefully to your mother's words and practice hard, you will definitely write slowly. ”

Liu Qi couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Daddy didn't cry, just a grain of sand flew into his eyes just now." Yi'er, you said you would endorse it, so what will you memorize? Can you carry it for Daddy? ”

"Okay, Daddy, listen up, Yi'er will memorize a lot. Today, I will recite the "Willing Oath" of "Shangshu" for Daddy. Qi and Youhu fought in Ganzhiye and made "Willing Oath". The battle is in Gan, and it is to call Liuqing. The king said, 'Oh! The person of the six things will swear to you: There is a Hu clan to insult the five elements, neglect the three righteousness, and the heavens will destroy their lives, and now they will be punished by the heavens......"

The little guy spoke like fried beans, and he memorized this "Willing Oath" to be ripe and word-for-word.

"Yi'er, do you know what these things mean?"

Liu Qi said this sentence is a little embarrassing child, after all, the other party is only a six-year-old child, where can he understand the difficult Shangshu? However, Liu Yike inherited their family's excellent tradition of being good at reading and lecturing the scriptures, and was trained by talented women such as Huang Yueying and Zhen Luo, so he is really familiar with this.

I saw Liu Yi open his mouth and said: "General Qi is going to have a big battle in Gan, so he summoned the generals of the six armies. The King of Xia said, 'Ah! The commander-in-chief and all the officers and men of your six armies, I want to declare to you...... If the soldiers on the left side of the chariot are not good at shooting the enemy with arrows, you will not do my bidding; If the soldiers on the right side of the chariot are not good at stabbing the enemy with their spears, you will not obey my orders...... Those who obey the command will be rewarded by the god of the ancestral temple; Those who do not obey the order will be punished in front of the shrine god. I will make you slaves, or kill you. ’”

"Hehe, you know a lot." Liu Qi nodded with satisfaction and said commendally.

But I saw Liu Yi and said: "Mr. said, my father is a person who does great things, and it is imperative to be the king in the future, and Shangshu is a classic that the prince and grandson must read. ”

"Oh? I wonder who your husband is? Liu Qi felt that what this gentleman said was very reasonable, and hurriedly asked.

"Mother said that this gentleman is very famous, called Guan Ning, recommended him is Yangzhou Don't drive Huaxin, when Mr. Guan came to Yangzhou to visit Hua Beijia, was forced to stay by Hua Beijia, because the father is far away, too late to report to the father, so the mother decided, let Mr. Guan be the child's teacher, I hope the father will not blame......"

"Hehe, it turned out to be Guan Ning, I didn't expect Yi'er to meet this great talent, you can get his teachings, it's too late to be happy for your father, how can you blame it?" Liu Qi laughed and said to his son.

At this moment, a familiar voice came: "Hehe, I don't know why Xianggong is so happy?" Can you tell your concubine about it as well? ”

When Liu Qi heard this, his heart suddenly trembled. (To be continued......)