Only a few days after visiting Xiao He, Liu Ying, who was nesting in the Phoenix Palace, was unexpectedly summoned by her mother Lu Pheasant.

It seems that Lu Pheasant's reason for summoning Liu Ying is also very reasonable: I haven't seen him for many days, and I am anxious, so I summoned the prince to have an evening meal together.

As a temporary palace, the Phoenix Palace is already in the palace group of the Queen's Palace-Weiyang Palace (1), and there is no wind or speculation in the palace about Lu Pheasant calling his son Liu Ying to eat together.

But Liu Ying clearly understood that the first task of her trip was to give an explanation to her mother Lu Pheasant for the day before yesterday when she suddenly visited Prime Minister Xiao He......

"Ying'er?"

A light call came into his ears, pulling Liu Ying's scattered thoughts back.

Looking at the bowl of vegetarian porridge, a cup of cold water, and a small plate of cooking vegetables in front of her, Liu Ying couldn't help but look at Lu Pheasant in front of her.

"Son, you're full......"

It's not that Liu Ying eats unintentionally, but the meal in front of her really makes it difficult for Liu Ying to raise her appetite.

In this era, there is no too advanced food processing technology, and there are only three kinds of cooking, steaming, and broiling.

To cook is to cook; Broiling, is roasting.

And now, the mourning period of the Emperor Liu Xuan has not passed, and Liu Ying, as a clansman, must strictly abide by the mourning precepts, and must not eat meat or drink alcohol.

In addition, in this era, even condiments are very scarce, except for the slightly spicy dogwood, garlic, and green onions, there is only salt, which makes such a table without the slightest meat and fishy cooking, and there is no taste.

Although it was obvious at a glance that Liu Ying had no appetite, Lu Pheasant had no good way but to put the wooden chopsticks in his hand on the table.

"Let's get out."

instructed the palace maids and eunuchs on the side to take away the food, and Lu Pheasant beckoned with a smile and called Liu Ying to sit down beside him.

"I heard that a few days ago, in the womb, there were a lot of rights and wrongs?"

As if asking casually, Lu Pheasant pretended not to care, but in fact, he was not sideways, observing the changes in Liu Ying's expression.

Hearing this, Liu Ying couldn't help but think about it for a while, and told all the drafts that had been typed a long time ago.

"I'm about to tell my mother."

With a slight archover, Liu Ying's words quietly froze, and she looked left and right thoughtfully.

Seeing this, Lu Pheasant also waved his hand slightly: "Let's all step back." ”

When everyone in the hall retreated, leaving only himself and Lu Pheasant's mother and son, Liu Yingcai stepped forward with a deep voice, and said in a low voice: "The queen mother doesn't know!" ”

"Father is in the palace, it can be said that there are eyes and ears all over the eyes!"

Making a grim face that was indeed true, Liu Ying lowered her voice a little more.

"On that day, when the son returned to the palace from the Xuan room, he saw the palace maid alone, as if rummaging in the child's dormitory, and the son asked each other, but saw that the palace maid had no fear, and there was no respect at all!"

"The son asked people to thoroughly investigate the palace, and they found out: Most of the palace maids and temple people of the Phoenix Palace were sent by their father!"

Speaking of this, Liu Ying did not forget to make a gritted tooth appearance.

"It is the so-called food of the king, the matter of loyalty to the king; My son wants to kill such slaves who eat inside and out! ”

"Ran'er thinks that the emperor wants to be easy to save, and the courtiers and officials are all waiting on the wall, but it is still inconvenient to cause trouble, and it is in vain."

"Therefore, the son let the servant girl be killed with a cane, two or three of the most minions, and the rest were all sent back to the Shaofu."

Hearing Liu Ying's reasoned and well-founded explanation, Lu Pheasant couldn't help but show a little pity on his face.

But only a moment later, there was a faint suspicion in Lu Pheasant's eyes.

"Your Majesty sent the temple people, the maidservant to the womb, or to love my son, I don't know?"

"You must know that I also sent many servants to serve as servants in the Phoenix Palace......"

Hearing Lu Pheasant's words, Liu Ying's heart couldn't help but tighten!

But after only a moment, Liu Ying made a slightly irritable appearance and shook her head vigorously.

"The queen mother sends slaves to serve the Phoenix Palace, she should be a pity, and she will never harm her child!"

"Father ...... Ran"

At the beginning of the meaningful conversation, Liu Ying raised her head with a solemn face.

"Nowadays, there are many winds in the palace, saying that as soon as the mourning period of the emperor passes, the throne of the son will immediately change hands......

Seeing Liu Ying's worried appearance, Lu Pheasant's face suddenly turned pale!

But this is ruthless, but it is not against Liu Ying......

"Don't rush yet."

Within a moment, Lu Pheasant's gaze at Liu Ying returned to his previous loving appearance.

The vigilance that burst out from the depths of his soul also quietly retreated under Liu Ying's words.

"Jiancheng Hou went to Shangshan to ask for talents, these days, it is time to come back......"

As if to mean something, Lu Pheasant gently took Liu Ying's little head into his arms and gently patted Liu Ying's shoulder.

can obviously be such a peaceful picture of mother and son's filial piety, but the two people in the picture have their own thoughts and thoughts......

"I heard from the descendants of the Phoenix Palace, Ying'er saw the Marquis a few days ago?"

Calmly leaning on Lu Pheasant's arms, hearing this slightly abrupt inquiry, Liu Ying's face couldn't help but tighten slightly.

- Drama meat, here!

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PS: Some readers may be surprised by this - Weiyang Palace, isn't it the palace of the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty?

In fact, the reason why Weiyang Palace became the emperor's palace was because of Lu Pheasant.

At the beginning, at the beginning of the Han Dynasty when the Weiyang and Changle palaces were built, Liu Bang, the son of heaven, lived in the Changle Palace, and the Weiyang Palace was the residence of the founding queen Lu Pheasant.

And the turning point of the matter happened after Liu Bang's death.

It stands to reason that Liu Bang died and Emperor Hui Liu Ying succeeded to the throne, and he should have moved from the Taigong to Changle Palace, after all, Changle Palace is the palace of the Son of Heaven.

However, Liu Ying in history did not live in Changle Palace, but was left in Weiyang Palace by Lu Pheasant on the grounds that 'the Son of Heaven was not crowned', and Changle Palace was occupied by Lu Pheasant, who was called by the Linchao Dynasty.

The old lady wants to live in Changle Palace, what should Liu Yingneng do?

Naturally, he could only stay in Weiyang Palace, and let Lu Pheasant live in Changle Palace as the queen mother and take charge of the power of the Son of Heaven.

Here I need to remind all readers and friends: in the context of the era of 'filial piety is greater than heaven', the actual status of the Queen Mother was on par with the Son of Heaven, and her status in the ritual law was slightly higher than that of the Son of Heaven;

Back to the topic: How did Weiyang Palace change from the original Queen's Palace to the later Heavenly Palace?

Emperor Hui Liu Ying reigned for seven years, the former Young Emperor Liu Gong and the later Young Emperor Liu Hong each reigned for four years, all of which lived in Weiyang, and during these fifteen years, Lu Pheasant has been living in Changle Palace.

In 180 B.C., Lü Pheasant died, and the princely ministers headed by Chen Ping and Zhou Bo colluded with Liu Xiang, the king of Qi, to set off an armed coup d'état that washed Zhu Lü in blood, known as the 'Zhulu Rebellion';

At this time, the established fact of 'the Son of Heaven living in Weiyang' had lasted for fifteen years, and Liu Heng naturally lived in Weiyang Palace under the guidance of Zhou Bo; soon after, Liu Heng's biological mother Bo was taken to Chang'an, and according to the practice of 'the Queen Mother living in Changle' formed in the past fifteen years, Bo Shi, who was respected as the Queen Mother, also lived in Changle Palace.

Since then, the Western Han Dynasty has formed the rule that the Son of Heaven lives in Weiyang and the Empress Dowager Changle, and at the time point in this book, Liu Bang still lives in Changle Palace, and the Empress Lu Pheasant and Prince Liu Ying all live in Weiyang Palace.