Chapter 45: Liu Rong Returns to China
In the imperial study room of Weiyang Palace, Emperor Jing frowned, looked at Sun Quan, the eunuch with palm prints, and asked faintly: "Rong'er, haven't they all stayed in the royal manor?" ”
Sun Quan bowed down and replied: "Except for the King of Hejian (Liu De), who is still stranded in the old palace on the grounds of serious illness, the King of Linjiang and the King of Jiaoxi are preparing to set off and return to the feudal country. ”
Emperor Jing's eyes darkened when he heard this, and he sighed: "Didn't they all make a shareholding agreement with the crown prince?" Why go back? ”
Sun Quan didn't answer, just lowered his head deeply, pretending not to hear. After serving Emperor Jing for decades, he knew that the emperor did not need his opinion, and that if he said too much, he would lose it.
The silence in the imperial study lasted for a long time before Emperor Jing spoke again: "Go and tell Che'er, let them go back, and there is no need to send people to their feudal country to deal with it." He's done a good job, I'll take care of the rest. ”
Sun Quan went as promised, looking at his departing back, Emperor Jing's originally tall body suddenly seemed to be deflated, much shorter, and his heroic face looked extremely haggard.
Liu Che received the emperor's father's will, nodded thoughtfully, and immediately summoned Li Danghu and Gongsun He, and after carefully admonishing him, he climbed the high platform of the prince/palace alone, looking at the tall white clouds and dogs, and his heart was surging. Although he has no feelings for Liu Rong's three brothers, and even wants to get rid of them quickly, they are the three eldest sons of the emperor's father after all, and now that his father has been forced to promise to do it to them personally, Liu Che still feels very unhappy.
I don't know if Emperor Jing felt a heartache when he buttoned Liu Rong's hat in the history of his previous life, suggesting that Zhidu forced him to hang himself? As a generation of Ming Jun, how much do you have to sacrifice for the sake of the country? Liu Che didn't know if his hands would be stained with the blood of his own flesh and blood in the future, but he knew that he didn't want to be a faint monarch no matter what.
After all, sentimentality is not the mainstream idea of the successor of the dragon group, Liu Che shook his head slightly, dissipated the thoughts in his mind, his eyes became clear and firm again, he tried his best to spread his arms, and the whistling sound was like thunder, as if he wanted to embrace the splendid rivers and mountains in front of him.
A few days later, Liu Rong and Liu Yan's convoy slowly drove out of Chang'an City. Unlike when they entered Beijing, there were very few clans and officials who came to see them off, and it was obvious that the scheming politicians had smelled a very unusual smell and were afraid of being involved in this treacherous political whirlpool.
On the chariot of the march, Liu Yan looked back at the gradually smaller Chang'an City in the distance, clenched his fists, his nails deeply embedded in the flesh, until blood oozed out, but he was still unconscious. Liu Rong, who was beside him, patted him on the back, but didn't say anything, his eyes were also full of deep humiliation and endless resentment.
In the royal manor, Liu Pengzu's new palace is staggered, and the princes are drinking happily. For this feast, Liu Pengzu specially found the imperial kitchen specially trained by the Prince Zhan Shifu, and all kinds of unheard of delicacies were eaten by the princes.
After three rounds of drinking, the chamberlain in the house whispered a few words in Liu Pengzu's ear. He nodded, waved away the subordinates in the palace, and said to the puzzled princes in a slightly casual manner: "The eldest and the third are gone." ”
The princes were silent for a while, speechless for a while.
After a long time, Liu Duan broke the silence in the hall, and sneered predictably: "The mantis arm is a car, I don't know what to say." ”
Liu Fei looked at this half-brother speechlessly, and found that since he mixed up with the eighth child, his mouth was a lot more poisonous, and he sighed: "I know that I can't do anything, but I still insist on going my own way, I don't know if it's courage or recklessness." ”
Liu Pengzu laughed when he heard this, tears were about to burst out of laughter, he raised the wine bottle, and said: "I am so cowardly, they all say that the king / eight lives for a thousand years, I still shrink my head, live honestly for decades, and there is such good wine and good food to serve every day." ”
When the princes heard this, they smiled knowingly, raised their wine bottles, and said in unison: "For the old eight and the king/eight he!" ”
Yan'er has been very unlucky recently, and she has been counted by her mother Chen at home every day, because of the special VIP card in her hand. You must know that there were originally only twenty-three special VIP cards in the heavens, and the holders were all top ladies. Even if Yan'er's father, Dali Qing Wang Xuan, was ranked in Jiuqing, he didn't get one for his mother-in-law Chen. Now Yan'er, a female baby who is less than twelve years old, has one in her hand, and she can enter and exit the third floor of the heavenly room at will, and she is not jealous? Even with the Chen family in the sky, he was about to be squeezed out of the sky. You must know that there are many wealthy dignitaries in Chang'an City who have produced three princes and nine kings, and a Dali Qing is not a top wealthy family.
Fortunately, the crown prince issued two special VIP cards to each of the princes and princesses who stayed in the royal estate. As the princesses gave the extra card to the noblewoman in charge of their respective families, the pressure on Chen and Yan'er was slightly dispersed. But the Chen family still can't help but complain every day, Yan'er's card has been registered privately, and the Chen family naturally can't use it, and he has lost a chance to enter the top ladies' circle, and he feels very sick. After all, now all the special VIP cards are only thirty-five together, except for Yan'er, the other thirty-four families standing behind the noble ladies together stomped their feet, and the Han Empire had to tremble.
Yan'er said today that she really couldn't stand the menopausal mother's chatter, so she took her personal maid Xiang'er and led a few guards out for a stroll just after lunch.
It's already summer, the head of Chang'an City is vicious, and the bluestone street in Beique Jiadi is surging with visible heat waves. Under the tree on the side of the road, I don't know which second ancestor tied a half-human tall mastiff, and at this time he was lying on the ground wilting, sticking out his tongue, and gasping for air.
"It's hot!" Yan'er hid in the shade of a tree and complained, thinking how pleasant it would be to be able to drink a glass of cold juice in the sky. But the thought of the jealous gazes and cynicism of those long-tongued ladies immediately dispelled this thought.
"Miss!" Xiang'er obviously knew what she was thinking, tugged at her sleeve and pointed to a shop in the distance.
Yan'er looked at the eye-catching signboard in the distance, and said suspiciously: "Häagen-Dazs? ”
"Recently, the newly opened store, I heard that it is a business under the Royal Industrial Group, selling some summer food, saying that it is a 'cold drink' from Rausch, and the business is very good." Xiang'er blinked with big eyes and a greedy face.
Yan'er said disdainfully: "Gluttonous, if you want to eat, just say it, and come to lie to Miss Ben, obviously there is no half of the customer, what kind of business is good?" ”
Xiang'er was anxious when she heard this, and shook her little head desperately: "How dare the slave dare to deceive Miss?" Listening to Xiao Cui of Zhang Yushi's family next door, this Haghdas is delivered to the door, why do you need people to queue up? The eldest lady of the Zhang family eats such a big bowl of 'ice cream' every day......"
As she spoke, she tried to use her hands to compare the size of the bowl, but then she felt that it was not convincing enough, and continued to distance her hands, and finally made a comparison the size of a basin.
Yan'er sneered, gently patted her hand away, and quipped: "Miss Ben will take you to eat, you didn't come to compare such a big bowl, and the sister of the Zhang family is not a pig, so let her see that she has to teach you a hard lesson." ”
When Xiang'er heard this, she patted her slightly bulging little breasts, pretending to have a scared expression, but her heart blossomed, and she had good things to eat, and she liked to go out with Miss the most.
Yan'er didn't know her careful thoughts, and she didn't bother to ask her to wipe the saliva from the corners of her mouth, and walked to the Häagen-Dazs store by herself, with some expectations in her heart.
When she came to the front of the Häagen-Dazs store, Yan'er was surprised to find that the door was actually made of glass. She had seen glass for a long time, and the heavenly rooms had all been replaced with glass windows a few months ago, and this kind of thing that was more translucent than glass was unique to Tian's business group, and it was not found anywhere else. Now, how did you come across it here? Could it be that this so-called Royal Industrial Group has anything to do with the Tian Business Group, judging from the strange name, there are indeed some similarities. It can't be another deal in the hands of the crown prince, right?
Now His Royal Highness the Prince's name of the God of Wealth is well-known in Chang'an City, although doing business is not a glorious thing, but which family does not do business behind the scenes? Relying only on the rent of the fiefdom, how can you support such a big family, and how can you enjoy life? Collusion between officials and businessmen can make a lot of money, and this has been the case since ancient times.
As the maid in charge of the reception of the store opened the big glass door, Yan'er suddenly felt a burst of cool air coming from the surface, she was stunned for a moment, and then ordered the guards to stay outside the door with a surprised face, and took Xiang'er and walked in. The rules of the North Que Jiadi, you can't bring guards when you enter the store, unless you feel that your identity is relatively high, otherwise Ken can be used as a provocation by some cautious magnates.
At this time, Yan'er has determined that this Häagen-Dazs store is inseparable from the heavenly rén. This cool air is blown out of a lot of ice cubes and that thing called a fan. Dare to make such extravagance, and make it so exquisite, in this Chang'an City, there is only the one in the East Palace.
When she entered the store, Yan'er knew that Xiang'er's hearsay was quite wrong. Is there no one in this store? The sofas were full of the second ancestors of the Northern Que Jiadi, each holding juice and a kind of paste-like steaming food, tasting carefully, and chatting with each other.
This kind of scene is not uncommon in the heavenly room, but the people in the heavenly room are all noble ladies, and the people in this shop are all teenagers and young women. The defense of men and women in the early Han Dynasty was not as conservative as in later generations, and there were not a few people who made marriage contracts between big families early, and they also advocated free love, as long as they were right. So it's not surprising that there are whispering boys and girls sitting in the store.
Yan'er met several familiar ladies, laughed, and sat together, chatting with a smile. As for Xiang'er, she took the ice cream rewarded by the young lady, and happily ran to the pile of maids outside, eating it with relish, and the beauty in her heart.
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