Chapter 205: The Heavenly Gods Descend to Earth
The crown prince Liu Che is the same age as the king of Huainan, although the prince really grew up in the emperor's family, but he is not the same as the king of Changsha. Soon after Liu Che was born, he was crowned the king of Jiaodong, but before he could reach the fief, the former crown prince Liu Rong was deposed as the crown prince.
Emperor Jing gave birth to a total of fourteen sons, and the most promising successor to the crown prince was Liu Fa, the king of Changsha. However, what no one expected was that not long after Liu Rong was abolished, Emperor Jing actually passed the crown prince to his tenth son, Liu Che, who was only ten years old. This is also the main reason why Liu Fa, the king of Changsha, broke the jar and fell.
Unlike his thirteen brothers, Liu Che has his own mind. At that time, Prime Minister Dou Ying had comments about Liu Che who was brilliant, wise and insightful, and easy to advance and retreat. In addition, his mother Wang Meiren was deeply favored by Emperor Jing, which made him the prince of the Han Dynasty.
In Wu Mian's opinion, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Xiao Liu Xi, the king of Huainan, are strikingly similar. Whether it's the tone of speech, the way of doing things, and even the way you walk, it's almost exactly the same. Looking at the backs of these two children, Wu Mian sighed softly and muttered to himself: "There are some things that are not necessarily a good thing......
After entering the inner court, there is no restriction on the itinerary of the princes and kings. That night, the two highnesses rushed to Hanzhong County, rested here for the night, and set off early the next morning to arrive outside Chang'an City at noon.
Originally, just as the prince said, Emperor Jing was going to come out to welcome the elixir of life in person. However, he was dissuaded by some Confucian ministers who were recommended by him, and seven or eight people lined up to hit the pillar, and anyone who saw it couldn't stand it. But that's it, Emperor Jing still sent out Prime Minister Dou Ying and Wei Wei Zhou Yafu, one Wen and one Wu, to guard in front of the city gate, on behalf of Emperor Jing to come out to welcome this legendary elixir.
Dou Ying was born in Confucianism, although he was deeply dissatisfied with things like elixir. If it weren't for Emperor Jing's will, Dou Ying would not have said anything that he would come to this troubled water. Coupled with the King of Huainan who the crown prince Liu Che personally went to greet him, this prince can't help but give face.
After seeing the prince's honor guard appear from afar, the greeting personnel waiting at the city gate knelt down one after another, in order to welcome the gift of the Son of Heaven to welcome this elixir. Among the crowd present, only Dou Ying and Wei Wei Zhou Yafu were still standing in place.
Seeing the prince's guard of honor getting closer and closer, Zhou Yafu smiled bitterly and said to the prime minister beside him: "Father worshipping son is also a strange text through the ages, today my little beast is stained with the light of the elixir, and he will be worshiped by his son in a while." I don't know if the little beast can afford it? ”
Dou Ying smiled at Zhou Yafu and said, "Lord Weiwei is joking, you are a little brute, be careful to scold your son for hurting your father, you scold him for being a little brute, and Lord Weiwei is not very glorious." ”
Zhou Yafu laughed, looked at the prince's guard of honor that was getting closer and closer, and sighed. knelt down with everyone, and after kneeling down, he said to Dou Ying, the only one standing on the ground: "Prime Minister, if you don't kneel again, it will be rude......"
Dou Ying ignored Zhou Yafu and stood in place until the honor guard came closer. After everyone performed the gift of the Son of Heaven, he made a ceremony to meet the prince in front of the guard of honor. Then he greeted him with a smile, and said to the crown prince Liu Che and Liu Xi, the king of Huainan, who walked down from the chariot: "His Royal Highness the prince is fortunate, and His Royal Highness the king of Huainan is tired. Your Majesty has been waiting for a long time, please enter the palace as soon as possible. ”
From beginning to end, Dou Ying didn't say a word about the elixir, the prince knew his temper, just smiled slightly, and returned the half-salute without saying anything. Then he took Xiao Liu Xi, the king of Huainan, and walked in the direction of the palace, Dou Ying followed behind the prince and the king of Huainan, looking quite respectful, but after staggering the eyes of the two highnesses. Dou Ying looked at King Huainan's gaze, bringing out a slight taste of disdain.
Wu Mian arrived in Chang'an City for the second time, and in his eyes, it was only a little bigger than Shouchun City. If there is no palace inside, there is nothing to look at.
An hour later, the honor guard of the king of Huainan was taken to the pavilion to rest. Liu Xi, the king of Huainan, himself took the elixir and followed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince into the palace, and the forbidden army Zhonglang went Zhou Ke to the Taiwei Mansion to hand over the decree, Zhou Ke and Xiao Liu Xi got along well these days, and after seeing the big scene in the Zhongshan Palace, Zhou Ke knew that Wu Mian and Gui Fei were both immortals. After being told a few words about whether to return or not, he didn't dare to easily reveal the identities of these two people.
It wasn't until it was completely dark that Xiao Liu Xi, the king of Huainan, was sent to the pavilion by the prince's guard of honor. At that moment, Xiao Liu Xi directly withdrew everyone and went directly to see Wu Mian and the three people. After making sure that no one was eavesdropping, King Huainan said to the three people: "The pill was delivered to Your Majesty by hand, and I also told Your Majesty that you need to fast for the day before taking the pill. It seems that His Majesty can't wait, and the rest will depend on the three gentlemen......"
Returning or not returning smiled with his teeth, and then said to Xiao Liu Xi: "Don't worry, no one is suspected of this matter, and you can't be suspected of Your Royal Highness King Huainan." ”
Since the pill was offered by the King of Huainan, before Emperor Jing took the pill, the King of Huainan and the others could not return to the feudal country. However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came every once in a while to invite Xiao Liu Xi and his close ministers to the palace for a banquet, and when the prince was not there, his close ministers would take the King of Huainan and everyone to play around Chang'an City. More than a month passed like this, and everyone didn't feel bored.
And ten more days passed, and on the evening of the fifty days of fasting. Emperor Jing soaked in the pool by himself, and counted on his fingers that he was halfway through the daytime fast. As long as you stay up for another fifty days, you can live forever and live as long as the sky. When I heard that Qin Shi Huang asked Fang Shi to go to the overseas immortal island to ask for the elixir of life, I thought it was the first emperor who was stunned. Where in this world can there be such a thing against the sky, when you become an emperor, you have to live forever, how can so many good things fall on one person.
However, when he learned the news that the Fang Shi of the King of Huainan had refined the elixir, in an instant, Emperor Jing's heart changed drastically. From before, he laughed at the first emperor's stupidity, and listened to the nonsense of those priests. Until now, I began to hint in my heart that this was the hand of Liu Xi, the king of Huainan, who was given this elixir by God to himself. What the First Emperor couldn't do, he didn't say that others couldn't do it......
Emperor Jing was thinking in his heart about whether he would pay tribute to some beauties from all over the world after he became immortal. After all, he will always be like this, and the concubines in the palace have to add some new blood.
Just when Emperor Jing was planning his blueprint for immortality, a burst of ritual music suddenly sounded outside. Emperor Jing has never heard of this kind of ritual music, and his imperial music is like a small tune in the market. Just when Emperor Jing was about to open his mouth to ask who was playing music outside and when, a huge pillar of light was coming down from the sky in the dark night outside.
At this time, outside the palace, I didn't know that it was the inner attendant who shouted at the top of his voice: "The gods have descended to earth!" They all came out to greet the immortals......" Then, there was a chaotic sound outside, as if there were really many people who had become a mess.
Not knowing what was going on outside, Emperor Jing began to call out to his chamberlain and palace maid. The attendants and palace maids who were supposed to be waiting not far away didn't come out alone, and the pillars of light outside were getting brighter and brighter. Faintly, you can still see someone walking down the pillar of light.
At this time, Emperor Jing couldn't take care of it anymore, and crawled out of the bath tremblingly. I didn't bother to wipe it clean, and I put on my own clothes wet. Then he cautiously walked to the palace gate and looked out through the crack in the door. I saw a huge pillar of light descending from the sky and landing right in front of the gate of my palace. Seven or eight immortals dressed in various colors walked down the pillar of light. It turned out that the chamberlains and palace maids who were serving him had already knelt on the ground.
The first immortal was dressed as a military general, and after landing on the ground, he shouted at his power supply: "Human Emperor Liu Qi!" Nameless ranks in the immortal class, but wants to force the elixir of immortality, do you know the guilt! ”