"Uncle Wang, Brother Wang!"

didn't make many stops along the way, and it only took three or two days for Liu Ying to feel Pengcheng and appear in the palace of Liu Jiao, the king of Chu.

Crossing the high threshold of the main hall of the palace, without waiting for Liu Fei and Liu Jiao to bow and salute, Liu Ying smiled heartily and walked straight into the palace.

"Ministers······"

"Uncle Wang is not like this."

When Liu Ying stepped forward with a smile, seeing that Liu Jiao was still in a posture of wanting to salute, Liu Ying only smiled and helped Liu Jiao up.

Pretending to look around mysteriously, Liu Ying stepped forward with a smile, gently patted the back of Liu Jiao's hand, and looked at Liu Jiao and Liu Fei's eyes, which were suddenly full of intimacy.

"In the past, there were many outsiders accompanying my nephew and Uncle Wang, although my nephew did not dare to accept Uncle Wang's courtesy, and he did not dare to lose his courtesy in front of outsiders."

"However, there is no one here, Uncle Wang, don't worry about these customs and etiquette anymore······"

As she spoke, Liu Ying didn't forget to turn her head sideways, squeezing her eyes at Liu Fei a little as she did when she was a child.

Seeing Liu Ying's posture, Liu Fei instantly relaxed, scratching the back of his head with his hand, and smirked incessantly.

But Liu Jiao was an elder after all, and he was older, so he didn't dare to relax too much, just smiled and bowed slightly, and led Liu Ying to the first place in the west seat, and then sat down beside Liu Ying.

As for the question of 'who should sit on the top', it was tacitly ignored by Liu Jiao and Liu Ying.

——Earlier in Chang'an, Liu Ying was the crown prince of the country, if he went out somewhere, but whenever his mother Lu Pheasant and father Liu Bang were not present, Liu Ying would sit straight on the top.

It's not that Liu Ying cares about these things, but because even if Liu Ying doesn't mean to put up a shelf, she has to take care of her father and Liu Hansheji.

As for the others attending the meeting, it is the same reason: even if you don't give Liu Ying, the prince of the prison country, face, you have to take care of the face of Liu Bang, the son of heaven.

But now the situation is different.

In terms of location, this is no longer Chang'an, but the capital of Chu, Pengcheng.

In terms of characters, Liu Jiao is the master, and Liu Ying is the guest.

In the royal capital of Chu and the palace of the king of Chu, in front of his own uncle and Liu Jiao, the king of Chu, he sat on the royal couch that belonged to the king of Chu, which was obviously a little inappropriate for Liu Ying, who was a nephew.

To put it another way, Liu Ying can't sit on the head, so Liu Jiao can't sit on it.

- The current Liu Ying is still the fake (Son of Heaven) Festival, the prince of the prison country who was edicted by the (Son of Heaven), and was awarded (soldier) charms, and the commander of the counterinsurgency!

wants to let Liu Ying, who has such an identity, sit in the guest seat, but he sits at the top with a big grin, and puts up the genealogy of the clan elders and uncles, not to mention Liu Bang, the son of heaven, just everyone in the world can see Liu Jiao drowned alive with a mouthful of spit!

Liu Ying couldn't sit on the head because of the elders and young, the host and the guest, and Liu Jiao didn't dare to sit on the head because of the respect and humility of the monarch and the ministers, and this problem was naturally ignored by the uncle and nephew at the same time.

As for Liu Fei on the side, he didn't pay much attention to these 'trivial matters'.

Hey smiled and waited for Liu Ying and Liu Jiao to sit down, Liu Fei stepped forward with a smile and sat next to Liu Ying without any scruples.

"Your Highness's trip, can everything go smoothly?"

"——Ago, I heard that His Royal Highness went to Chunan in person, and even fell into the siege of Yongcheng, and the widow can be said to be frightened, and it is difficult to sleep and eat?"

With palpitations in his heart, Liu Fei breathed a long sigh of relief without any pretense, held Liu Ying's hand tightly, and kept caressing.

"Hearing that the thief army is scattered, the cloth is defeated, and His Royal Highness is about to come to Pengcheng, the widow still can't feel at ease."

"Today, I have to see His Royal Highness in person, the widow, so I can settle down······"

Listening to his brother Liu Fei saying these words with sincerity, Liu Ying only smiled and lowered his head, and did not forget to say a little in agreement: "Brother Lao is worried." ”

"In this battle, although Ji can't say that everything is going well, but in the end, fortunately he will not disgrace his father's order······"

Seeing that Liu Ying did not take the shelf of 'Prince of the Prison Country' at all, but said the sentence 'Brother Lao is concerned' as usual in the attitude of a good brother, Liu Fei smirked on his face, but secretly couldn't help but think about it.

"In this way, after this battle, the prince does not see the pride and pride of his achievements?"

"Hmmm······"

"In the future, I should make more pilgrimages to Chang'an and move around more with the prince."

"On the queen's side, the widow should also be respectful······"

While thinking about it, Liu Fei still had a smirk on his face, and quietly looked at him with some doubts, but he glanced at Liu Jiao on the other side of Liu Ying without a trace.

Feeling Liu Fei's gaze towards him, Liu Jiao only lowered his head thoughtfully.

After a long while, when Liu Fei and Liu Ying were polite again, Liu Jiaocai turned his head with a light smile and asked in a calm tone: "Your Highness is here, is there anything wrong along the way?" ”

Hearing Liu Jiao's question, Liu Ying maintained the previous gentleness on her face, but secretly, Liu Ying couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Liu Jiao asked this, and Liu Ying didn't know how to answer!

"Is there anything wrong along the way", where is it along the way?

——From Yongcheng in the south of Chu to Pengcheng in the hinterland of Chu State, along the way, isn't it in the territory of Chu State!

For my uncle's question, 'Walking in my land, nothing unpleasant happened, did it?' 'Question, as a nephew, Liu Ying, what else can he say?

It's like in later generations, when a certain host asks a guest, 'Are you used to living these days?' What else can the guest say?

Isn't it just 'hard work for your hospitality' and 'bothered', and then listen to the host say 'the hospitality is not good, please do more Haihan'?

"This Liu Jiao ······"

"What kind of medicine is sold in the gourd?"

Secretly scolded herself, and seriously recalled what happened on the way to Pengcheng from Yongcheng in the past few days, Liu Ying finally smiled and frowned.

"Uncle Wang's words~"

"Nephew, why don't you understand what it means?"

Whispering his doubts, Liu Ying couldn't help but smile and lowered her head again, her mouth seemed to be casually speaking, but her eyes were quietly locked on Liu Jiao's face.

"Since the seventh year of the Han Dynasty, Han Xin Wang Chu was involved in rebellion, and took away the prince for his father to degrade the Marquis of Huaiyin.

Wen Sheng said this, Liu Ying didn't forget to glance at Liu Fei, and then turned back again.

"Since Wang Chudi, Uncle Wang's virtuous name has been widely known to the world."

"In the past few years, every prince with a different surname in Kanto has harmed one party, and the father and emperor are angry, they all have every word and Chu Zhiding, and they have made great contributions to the Jiangshan Sheji!"

"My father also personally said to his nephew: the emperor's eldest son, the fat king Qi Er'an, thanks to the king of Chu, as a Zongbo, taught the king of Qi by word and deed, thinking that it was for the sake of flaunting."

Without hesitating praise, Liu Ying smiled on her face, and once again brought a little doubt.

"Respected by the world and valued by the court, my father once said to a hundred officials: the kings of Guanzhong, the most sage, no more than the emperor Ji Chu Wang."

"So, why does Uncle Wang ask this?"

Hearing that Liu Ying's words seemed to be all flattery, but in fact they were leaky official words and clichés, Liu Jiao laughed, but secretly nodded again and again.

"But I haven't met for a few months, and the prince has to grow like this······"

"In the future, the widow should be cautious······"

Liu Ying's answer sounded like she was praising Liu Jiao for how virtuous he was, how he was respected by the world and the court, but in fact, there was a very critical point.

——Regarding Liu Jiao's question, Liu Ying did not give a direct answer at all!

Liu Jiao's question seems to be polite, and the original intention is just to say it casually, so as to start the topic, but even if it is a polite word, it is also meaningful.

Nowadays, Liu Bang, the son of heaven, is not as good as a day by day, and he doesn't know when, nine death knells will ring in Changle Palace, and the Han family will change the lord in the world.

But Liu Ying was in her teens, and she howled out without scruples, 'My father is old, how can I still trouble his old man', and he came out of the customs to quell the rebellion!

The most important thing is: Liu Ying not only came, but also really fought, and won the war!

At such a delicate point in time, Liu Jiao's seemingly casual sentence of 'there is something wrong along the way' is actually a little tentative.

——What Liu Jiao really wanted to ask was actually 'What does His Highness have any opinions or suggestions for my Chu State?' ’

To put it bluntly, Liu Jiao's question is to test Liu Ying's attitude towards Chu State and himself, Uncle Wang!

And Liu Bang, the Son of Heaven, is still alive, Liu Ying is still the crown prince, especially the prince of the prison country who has just put down a rebellion of the princes and kings, Liu Jiao's temptation is actually a bit taboo.

This is also the reason why Liu Ying's answer made Liu Jiao's eyes shine.

Liu Jiaoming said, 'Is it smooth along the way?' Secretly, it was to test Liu Ying's attitude; And Liu Ying was talking about everything, and he was the king of Xian and the emperor Ji for a while, but he didn't answer Liu Jiao's question directly.

——Instead of answering, Liu Ying said a lot of flattering words, and finally threw the question back to Liu Jiao: Why did Uncle Wang ask that?

And the deep meaning implied by Liu Ying's answer, as Liu Bang's own brother, Xunzi's disciple, and Liu Jiao, who is a disciple of Fuqiu's uncle, can also see it at a glance.

- Uncle Wang~

- In the past, everyone in the world said that Uncle Wang was good, and his father praised 'Liu Jiao is the best prince and king', and my nephew I am also convinced of this~

- But my father is still there, and Uncle Wang is just probing his nephew's tone, I'm afraid this is a little inappropriate~

- If this spreads, it will be a small matter for the nephew to become infamous, and if Uncle Wang's virtuous reputation is defeated, it will not be very good~

It was easy to see through Liu Ying's unstated intentions, and Liu Jiao's next move was a matter of course.

"Minister······

"The minister is old and decayed, deaf and speechless······"

"Please also ask Your Highness to give ······ sin"

Seeing Liu Jiaozhen stand up with a heavy face, he bowed his hand to Liu Ying deeply with a bitter face, and Liu Fei, the king of Qi on the side, was suddenly frightened and jumped up from Liu Ying's side!

Turning his head slightly in horror, seeing that Liu Ying did not make a posture of getting up and supporting him as usual, Liu Fei only hurriedly walked behind Liu Jiao, bowed his head like Liu Jiao, and secretly scratched his ears and cheeks.

- What's the situation?!

We chatted well, and I didn't say anything that shouldn't be said, right?

This Uncle Chu Wang, why is he 'dumbfounded and speechless'?

This prince is too, Uncle Wang is dozens of years older, and he is all inferior to the sins, and he doesn't know how to help him······

Liu Ying didn't know anything about the activities in Liu Fei's heart.

Even if he knew, Liu Ying would not be kind enough to tell Liu Fei: What kind of dumb riddle did he and Liu Jiao's uncle and nephew play just now.

Under Liu Jiao's miserable gaze, Liu Ying resisted the urge to get up and help, and sat upright without sadness and joy before standing up from his seat.

After getting up, Liu Ying did not step forward to help Liu Jiao up as usual, but came to the position of the first two parts of Liu Jiao's body, tidied up his clothes very seriously, and immediately bowed deeply to Liu Jiao.

"Uncle vain, nephew, the sin should not be forgiven."

"However, the nephew's life is in his body, and he is the weight of the temple society, so he really can't say it, and he has to say it."

"Uncle Wang's foolish behavior, don't blame Uncle Wang······"

With these words in an extremely serious tone, Liu Ying bent down deeply, reluctant to get up for a long time.

On the side of the uncle and nephew, Liu Fei, who jumped away from the salute when he saw Liu Ying bowing and saluting, made a discovery that shocked him.

——Younger brother Liu Ying, in front of Uncle Wang Liu Jiao, when he bowed to Liu Jiaoxing, he performed a 'respectful salute'!

Honor, as the name suggests, is the prostration performed to the more prominent of the two parties.

The corresponding is the 'micro-rite'.

In the Zhou period, the distinction between respect and micro ceremony can be said to be meticulous to the extreme.

There were very strict but clear rules between the emperor and his courtiers, between ministers and officials, between officers and soldiers, between apostles, between elders and juniors, and even between husbands and wives, fathers and sons.

But the Zhou Dynasty has been dead for a long time, the Warring States period has ended for decades, the Han dynasty stands on the ruins of the Ying and Qin Dynasty, all the ruins are waiting to be revived, the etiquette and music are broken, and the various rituals that prevailed in the Zhou period, and even the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, have long been mostly dissipated.

In today's Han family, the only way to distinguish between respect and micro is to look at the bending range of the two sides directly!

If one party bends down and bends his head almost touching his knees, but the other party only bends slightly, or even does not bend down and only nods his head, this is a clear and subtle courtesy.

At this moment, although the uncle and nephew in front of Liu Fei seemed to be 'peaceful', Liu Fei clearly saw his younger brother Liu Ying bowing in front of him, and specially observed Liu Jiao's bowing range, and then deliberately kept the bowing range slightly smaller than Liu Jiao's······

"Prince ······"

It wasn't until this moment that Liu Fei finally reacted in hindsight: although Liu Ying is still the younger brother who respects him, it is not far from the day when Liu Ying is no longer simply a younger brother······

"Coming alone, one is to go to Fengyi with Uncle Chu and Brother Qi to welcome his father's holy drive."

"The two, it was the previous time, when the Shaofu allocated grain to solve the grain shortage in Qi and Chu, there seems to be some matters, and they have not been explained to Uncle Wang and Brother Wang?"