A flock of wild geese returned to their paradise with the skirts of spring, shaking off the cold and happily hovering freely in the sky. And the only thing that surprised them was that the 'humans', who originally belonged to their natural enemies, greeted them with a smile at this time, and they were at a loss for what to do about the sudden overtures of humans, and then fled in a hurry.

Under the huge and wide eaves, a group of people with round faces and round bellies, wearing round hats and gorgeous costumes, all smiled and pointed to the geese flying in the air, and talked endlessly.

"You see, the wild goose is flying high around the Taiji Palace, this is a good omen!"

"Not really! Just as the eldest prince only brought 2,000 soldiers to collect Peicheng, and did not lose a single soldier, and returned with a great victory, I have this hero in our dynasty to prolong the year of Fengrui! ”

"yes, yes!"

It turned out to be the officials in the Taiji Palace, waiting outside the palace gate to talk to the court.

Liu Yikang, the fourth prince who was also waiting on the side, listened, but showed a relentless face, he turned his face to Liu Che'er and said: "That Yao Zan's soldiers and horses are only a thousand, and there are no reinforcements, and the small Peicheng is simply at your fingertips." The eldest prince just moved his fingers, and was blown to the sky by this group of people who rushed to flatter, and there was no discipline at all! Third brother, tell me about ......"

Liu Che'er saw that his fourth brother spoke bluntly without scruples, so he immediately pulled Liu Yikang aside and spoke out to stop him. "Brother Kang, don't say this again! In any case, the eldest brother does have extraordinary military talents. This time the three armies won a complete victory, and you must remember to congratulate each other with a smile on your face after a while, so it is, you know? ”

Liu Yikang twisted his face to the side angrily, "The third brother is always jealous of him, but I'm not afraid." ”

Liu Che'er was already thinking about his own thoughts, and seeing that Liu Yikang was still as ignorant as a child, he turned to face him again, and had to persuade him sharply, "Brother Kang, if you are so straight, I am afraid that you will suffer, you will listen to the third brother, okay?" ”

Liu Che'er, the third brother, still occupies a certain position in the heart of the arrogant Liu Yikang, since he was a child, he thinks that he rushes ahead in case of trouble, and takes care of his younger siblings meticulously.

Seeing that Liu Che'er was a little angry, he lowered his head and complied. "Third brother, I listen to you."

Just when the people outside the palace gate were talking the most lively, the new hero appeared in a thousand calls.

The officials gathered around the eldest prince and congratulated him. "Congratulations on the victory!"

In the face of everyone's competition to curry favor, Liu Yifu felt that he was fluttering, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose, and he nodded slightly in response. Although he didn't say a word, his every move was full of pride.

The gate of the Taiji Palace opened to the rising sun, and the eunuch led by strode to the center of the gate, pulling his rooster-like sharp voice and shouting, "The hour has come, go to court!" ”

In the Taiji Palace, the civil and military officials were respectful and orderly, standing in their positions with proper manners, waiting for the emperor's arrival, but Liu Yifu, who was standing on the left, seemed to be lax and uninhibited. He raised his head, yawned heavily, rubbed his eyes, and looked around nonchalantly.

At this time, there was a sound of subtle and trivial footsteps in the hall, Liu Yu walked onto the supreme throne with a crown on his head, stepped on the head of the yellow brocade dragon shoe, he threw the tail of the yellow robe to the side, and sat down steadily. He looked around with a sharp gaze again, pursed his mouth into a small arc, and as soon as he appeared, he habitually arranged his majesty in all directions. When his gaze stayed on the eldest prince Liu Yifu, his face changed to another look. The originally tightly pursed mouth laughed into a crescent moon, the straight cheeks also relaxed, and the two eyes laughed out of the tail of the little goldfish.

"Fu'er, this battle was fought beautifully, and my father is very pleased!"

Liu Yu's royal majesty still played a role in Liu Yifu, he bowed respectfully, and then replied: "My father unified the south, invaded the Central Plains twice, and made many brilliant achievements, and his "Moon Array" is even more unprecedented and great. In front of his father, his sons didn't dare to say how good they were, so they did their best to do everything. ”

Liu Yifu's words of admiration made Liu Yu's heart bloom. "Hahaha, okay, my son has a chance!"

Xie Hui, who was standing next to Liu Yifu, also stood up and congratulated with a smile. "The eldest prince is only knowledgeable, modest and studious, and he is a blessing to my dynasty."

The officials in the court congratulated each other one after another.

Liu Yu smiled from ear to ear, and he beckoned Liu Yifu to step forward and said, "Don't come forward to listen to the order." ”

"The retainers obey the order." Liu Yifu restrained his lazy posture and stood up straight.

"The eldest prince has made meritorious contributions to suppressing bandits, and he has been promoted to the prince, and he will not carry out the canonization ceremony every day."

As soon as Liu Yu's words came out, it caused a lot of sensation in the hall, although the prince is not yet the prince, but everyone knows the emperor's intentions. They congratulated Liu Yifu one after another: "Congratulations to the eldest prince." ”

Liu Yifu obviously hadn't reacted yet, until everyone in the court congratulated him, and then hurriedly knelt down to thank him. "Thank you, Father Huang Longen!"

Liu Che'er also walked to Liu Yifu's side and congratulated him happily, he hid the loss in his eyes very well, and no one noticed it.

Liu Yikang still stood aside with a displeased face, motionless.

"This is also indispensable for General Xie's usual teaching, and now we will reward them together." Liu Yu continued.

Xie Hui arched his hand and replied, "Thank you Emperor Longen." ”

Liu Yu then asked, "Has the rebel Yao Zan been captured?" Fu'er, let's tell me the details of the battle that day. ”

Liu Yifu immediately straightened up and took a step towards the center of the hall, "Back to the emperor, after the fall of Peicheng, Yao Zan committed suicide on the spot, and his body has also been brought back." Our army also captured another important person who plotted rebellion, and it is said that this person was Yao Hong's illegitimate son. At that time, he wanted to sneak away and abscond, but was discovered and captured by our army, and is now locked in a dungeon, waiting for the emperor to send him. ”

Liu Yu narrowed his eyes and thought for a while. "Yao Hong actually has an illegitimate child? Hmph, what do these traitors still do, and they don't get the Fa right. ”

"Yes!"

Liu Yu lowered his head and was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his eyes to look directly at the general Tan Daoji behind Liu Yifu, and then asked him, "How did I hear that on the day of the siege, not only our army was all the way?" ”

This question has been thinking about Liu Yu for a long time, and it is also the center of all the questions he has before and after in the court today.

As soon as these words came out, Liu Che'er, who was standing on the right, was shocked, this moment finally came. If the emperor learned that he had privately gathered a crowd to participate in the siege of the city, and was considered to have privately amassed troops and rebelled against the will, then he would be guilty of beheading, and he would be speechless.

Although Liu Che'er has shown maturity and stability in his behavior, he is still only a teenager after all. Although he had predetermined all the things that would happen, he was still nervous at this moment when it came time to really decide his fate, and if the officials focused on him, his sudden heartbeat would probably be heard.

Liu Che'er looked at General Tan Daoji tightly, his face still calm, but his hands unconsciously clenched into fists, waiting for the moment to decide his fate.

Tan Daoji replied: "Back to the emperor, there was indeed another group of people that day, but as far as the minister knows, those people are not well-trained generals, but some people from the rivers and lakes. ”

"Jianghu people?" Liu Yu asked.

"Yes, the minister has already found out that these people are all from Taoyuan Yizhuang in Jiangling, and the leader is a person named Qin Zhengfeng. These people are not those robbers and bandits who rob homes and houses, but on the contrary, they have always benefited the people. On that day, they set up ambushes at the east, west, and north gates, and finally broke the north gate just to save the people in the city. ”

The news that Tan Daoji found out was naturally deliberately released by Huayan, first, to cover for Liu Che'er. The second is to remind Liu Yu that although the rivers and lakes have never fought against the imperial court, it does not mean that this world only belongs to him Liu Yu.

Taoyuan's brothers have long been dissatisfied with his rampant and domineering behavior, and if he does whatever he wants, the rivers and lakes will never sit idly by. What's more, they have the ability to manage, as long as the lord of Taoyuan raises his arms, not only the brothers of Taoyuan are like-minded, but they also have a huge appeal to the entire rivers and lakes, and naturally they will not be afraid of exposure.

Hearing this, Liu Che'er breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Yu narrowed his eyes again and thought for a long time, which was also an inherent action when he made a skeptical attitude. "To save the people? Or is it really to save the thief? It's not easy to break through the north gate so easily, that Peicheng is solid, and these people have no guns and guns, bare-handed, if they collude selflessly, how can they break the north gate? ”

Liu Che'er, who had just relaxed, immediately became worried again. The loyalty of these Taoyuan righteous men to the people is what Liu Che'er has seen and experienced with his own eyes, and he will never allow these chivalrous people to suffer a little humiliation.

So before Tan Daoji could reply, Liu Che'er stepped forward first. "Your Majesty, it is impossible for these Taoyuan righteous men to be accomplices of the traitors. They sacrificed their lives to save people, and pursued them one by one at the east, west, and north gates, consuming a large number of Yao Zan's troops, and finally attacked from the weakly garrisoned north gate. If they are really accomplices of the traitor, even if they act, they don't have to make such a big move, so wouldn't they be self-defeating! ”

Liu Che'er's face flushed excitedly, and his indignant and passionate speech shocked everyone and also attracted Liu Yu's attention.

Liu Yikang, who was standing next to Liu Che'er, didn't see the look he had been looking at.

Liu Yu turned sideways and focused his attention on Liu Che'er, his shrewd eyes scanning Liu Che'er up and down. "Che'er, how can these people know so much about these things?"

Liu Che'er was stunned for a moment, and then realized his gaffe.

At this time, Liu Yikang stepped forward and said, "Father, you know that my third brother likes to make friends the most, especially those righteous people. Now that Taozhuang saves the people in danger without seeking personal gain, it has already spread all over the country, and the third brother is certainly interested in this matter, so he knows it in such detail. ”

Xu Xianzhi also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the fact that Taozhuang rescued the people in the midst of fire and water is already known to everyone, and the ministers have heard about it early. It is indeed gratifying that there are such enthusiastic people today. ”

Liu Yu nodded after hearing this, "It's not a bad thing for Che'er to like to make friends, but there must be a difference between black and white." ”

Xu Xianzhi suddenly spoke for him above the court, which surprised Liu Che'er a little, and he didn't think much about it, and immediately bowed his head and listened, "Erchen respectfully obeys the teachings of his father." ”

Tan Daoji continued: "Your Majesty, according to the minister's investigation, what the three princes said is indeed true, Taoyuan Yizhuang has nothing to do with Yao Zan's rebels, and they are indeed attacking the city to save the people. ”

Liu Yu pondered for a moment, he naturally believed the words of Tan Daoji, who had always been loyal to him, but what he hesitated at this time was another thing. After a while, Liu Yu finally spoke. "Taoyuan righteous people have meritorious service in saving the people and saving the country, and they should be recorded in the emperor's list, and the counties and counties should be promulgated to set an example, and the matter will be handed over to Che'er."

"The retainers obey."

Liu Che'er, who calmed down, was a little shocked, suspecting that Taozhuang colluded with Yao Zan, was it really just the emperor's usual suspicious attack? Now the power of the rivers and lakes is obviously on par with the imperial court, although their own well water does not interfere with river water, but will the emperor, who has experienced a hundred battles, lose his usual sharpness? He looked into the eyes of his father, like a calm lake, bottomless.

Liu Che'er was still immersed in what he had just thought, and suddenly something slapped him on the shoulder, which woke him up from his daze.

"Third brother, what do you want? So distracted, I've called you all the way, and I haven't seen you respond. ”

Liu Yikang saw that Liu Che'er's face was wrong, and asked worriedly.

Liu Che'er smiled and patted Liu Yikang's shoulder, "Brother Kang, I'm fine." ”

As they continued to walk back, another person approached. "The third brother and the fourth brother are here, just right."

Liu Che'er and the others immediately saluted the person in front of them, "Big brother." ”

Liu Yifu continued: "This is already the beginning of spring, it is the season of a hundred flowers to bloom, according to the custom, the queen mother will hold a banquet on the queen mother mountain every flower season, and will also invite many princes and grandsons, famous and talented women to go together, the third brother and the fourth brother must also come." ”

Liu Yifu likes to sing and dance as a companion on weekdays, drink and compose poems, and now it is the best season, how can he let go of such a good opportunity. As soon as he came down from the battlefield, he immediately made a banquet, nominally Mrs. Zhang set up a banquet, but in fact, he voted for his own favor. Saying that he has the talent for military warfare, others may not be convinced, but Liu Yifu has something outstanding in music, rhythm, poetry and wine.

Liu Che'er didn't have the heart to think about it, not to mention that his eldest brother personally invited him, so he agreed. Liu Yikang saw that his third brother had gone, so he also agreed to go with him.

"By the way, third brother, hasn't Xiao Minglang, a student of Lord Shangshu, always been in contact with you? Let him go with him. ”

Liu Che'er bowed his head respectfully and replied: "Yes!" But after saying that, he was shocked again, and he looked at Liu Yifu in surprise. However, there was no wave on his face, he smiled slightly at Liu Che'er, turned around and left.

The royal brother actually knew about his friendship with Xiao Minglang? How many other things does he know? Is it because the royal brother is naïve and romantic, or is he too deep in the city? Liu Che'er stood aside and stared at Jiu Si.

It wasn't until Liu Yifu's back completely disappeared that Liu Che'er left in a trance, and he wanted to go to the residence of his adviser Xiao Minglang to ask for an answer.