"Your Highness, Your Majesty has a call."

Just when Liu Ying's busy feet did not touch the ground, worrying about the drinks in the second half of the night, a familiar figure appeared beside him, which finally made Liu Ying raise his head.

Seeing the face of the person who came, Liu Ying only smiled bitterly, and beckoned Lu Lu and Lu Tai to borrow the matter in their hands, before stepping forward and cordially pulling the arm of the person who came over.

"It's too much of a servant."

"It's really this Peiyi, the people are quite prosperous, and the father wants to put on a big banquet, and he doesn't know about the banquet, and for a while, he has no time to take care ······of him."

Seeing that Liu Ying still had the mind to be polite to herself, Xiahou Ying only frowned slightly, looked left and right without a trace, and then pulled Liu Ying aside slightly.

"Your Highness."

"At this moment, there are three or two thieves and elders in Peiyi, slandering each other in His Majesty's ear and talking about sacred things!"

"If His Highness doesn't go quickly, the ministers are afraid ······"

Meaningfully cut off the words, and seeing that Liu Ying's face finally swelled with a touch of seriousness, Xiahou Ying took two steps back, seemingly casual, but in fact, he bowed his hand deeply to Liu Ying with a deep meaning.

"Your Highness can face Your Majesty from the past."

"The minister should also go to the king of Qi, so that he can be in front of His Majesty."

After saying that, Xiahou Ying looked at Liu Ying deeply again, and then deliberately slowed down slightly and walked towards the middle of the feast.

Behind Xiahou Ying, feeling the deep meaning implied in Xiahou Ying's words just now, Liu Ying's face only swelled with a wry smile.

"In this world, it's not just my dad who thinks it's not suitable to be a prince······"

"Hey!"

"If it's a little thing like Ruyi, it's just that, after all, no one can do anything about such a thing as 'like a father'."

"But Brother Qi, why did you get involved in this matter?"

Seeing Xiahou Ying walking in the direction of Liu Fei extremely slowly, not even forgetting to turn around one step at a time, vaguely urging Liu Ying to hurry over, Liu Ying only smiled helplessly and shook his head.

"If only the Queen Mother knew about it······"

"Nope."

"Xiahou Ying knows it, then the queen mother will definitely know!"

"Alas~"

"Brother Qi Wang, I'm afraid I'm going to have to suffer a little~~~"

Thinking of this, a very interesting guess suddenly appeared in Liu Ying's mind.

"In the previous life, the cups of poisonous wine that the queen mother gave to Brother Qi Wang ······"

"Hmmm······"

"I see······

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"Father."

After tidying up the messy clothes and putting on a respectful smile, Liu Ying came to the side of his father Liu Bang under the gaze of dozens of little old men around him.

There are no overly complicated etiquette, and there is no overly serious singing like 'son Liu Ying visits his father', just a well-behaved 'father' provoked Liu Bang to turn around.

"Oh, the prince is here~"

"Come, sit."

Twisting his head back slightly, and greeting Liu Ying with a big grin, Liu Bang ignored everyone's suspicious gaze and pulled Liu Ying to sit on his side with his arm.

After a while, the figure of Liu Fei, the king of Qi, also appeared on the side, but Liu Bang just waved at random and let Liu Fei sit next to Liu Ying's other side.

And the attitudes of Liu Bang's Liu Ying and Liu Fei brothers were also seen by the little old men on the table.

"Huh?"

"King Qi is clearly the eldest son of the emperor, and the crown prince is not the second son."

"Your Majesty is already a little drunk, why is he still close to the crown prince and far away from the king of Qi?"

Looking at the old man's cheeks, which were obviously flushed, and then looking at Liu Ying, who was sitting beside Liu Bang and even being held by Liu Bang seemingly casually, a little confusion suddenly appeared in the hearts of the old men.

Although in today's Han Dynasty, 'abundant birth' can be said to be the most valuable identity label in the whole world, but in the Qin period more than ten years ago, or even earlier during the Warring States period, the two counties of Feng and Pei, like the rest of the thousands of counties in the world, are just ordinary county seats.

Although they have been a 'privileged class' for more than ten years, they also have an extremely clear understanding of the long-standing universal value of 'grandson-elder'.

Although in the people, the distinction between '嫡-庶' and 'elder-young' is not as rigorous as that of Gaomen or even the emperor's family, some of the most basic things are still common.

Just like the situation of Liu Fei and Liu Ying, one is the eldest son of the concubine, and the other is the second son of the concubine, which is an extremely common situation among the people, especially in recent decades.

It's not that today, there are many people like Liu Bang, who can complete the 'first son with the outer room before marrying a wife and giving birth to a son-in-law', but the war in recent decades has led to civil weddings and funerals, which have saved a lot of complicated steps.

It's like when Zhou Tianzi was still majestic, ordinary people got married, even if there were no three media and six hires, they had to go through all kinds of procedures.

Such as proposing relatives ~ discussing ~ choosing a day ~ inviting relatives and friends.

But since decades ago, especially since the reign of Yingzheng came to the world, the procedure of civil marriage has become extremely simple.

- It's like a certain father, who thinks that his son is almost at the age of marriage, and thinks that the old man's family is good, so he comes to the door and talks to the old brother, and the two old men will decide the matter, and in a few days, the juniors of the two families will be able to drink a happy wine, and then send it to the cave room.

As for the reasons for this situation, it is not difficult to understand: the turbulent times, the complicated labor that drains most of the young and strong people in a place at every turn, makes the people have no time to go through the marriage procedures that used to be.

Before the labor has been drawn, it is the top priority to marry and have a child and leave a blood for the family.

And the situation of 'eldest son' and 'second son' also appeared in this context.

For example, in a peasant family, the eldest married a wife and had children, and was transferred to labor, or went to Guanzhong to repair the mausoleum of the first emperor of Lishan Mountain, or went to the north to repair the Great Wall, but unfortunately died in these places.

At this time, for the orphans and widows left behind after the death of the elder brother, the only way to stand up and take care of the younger brother is to take care of them.

How to take care of it?

- Supporting the living of the sister-in-law until the sister-in-law remarries;

As for the child, out of the intention of 'continuing the family bloodline' and by the way, with the intention of 'facilitating the remarriage of the sister-in-law', the nephew was passed under his own name and raised as his own child.

And this child, if you want to say that she is not related to the 'new father', in fact, there is also, but if you want to say how close it is, it is not biological after all.

In addition, the elder brother's children are generally older than their own children, so naturally, this successor nephew will often be given the title of 'eldest son', and as for the biological one, it will be the 'eldest son', or the second son.

In this way, the children left by the elder brother will occupy the 'eldest son', and his own children will occupy the 'sister-in-law', and no one will be wronged.

In daily life, out of respect and remembrance for the deceased brother/uncle, whether it is this 'new father' or a son-in-law, they will also treat this eldest son well.

Especially this younger brother, he will treat this cousin as a half-brother.

The situation of Liu Fei and Liu Ying brothers, although it is not the same as the common situation among the people, but according to the views of these little old men, between 'concubine' and 'elder and young', it is obviously more important to be young and old.

It's just that this time, Liu Bang didn't give the little old men another chance to speak, he just smiled and patted Liu Ying's shoulder, and opened his seemingly casual declaration.

"Well, take a look."

"This is the longest among my sons: King Qi Fei, Prince Ying."

Full of pride, he introduced Liu Fei and Liu Ying, Liu Bang poured a bowl of wine again, and then supported his head with his left hand and turned his face to the right Liu Fei and Liu Ying.

After a while, Liu Bang's slowly stretched out index finger was the first to point at Liu Fei, who was a little farther away.

"Fortunately, under the protection of my ancestors, I lived my whole life and gave birth to eight sons, and among the eight sons, the eldest son was the first to be fat, and the sex was the warmest."

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"In the early years, when I was still in the palace, this son lived with his mother."

"After the second generation, the mother Cao died under the sword of the chaotic soldiers, and this son went into exile to Fengyi, and was sheltered by the queen······"

Listening to Liu Bang talk about Liu Fei's slightly tragic life experience, all the old men invariably sprinkled their complicated eyes on Liu Fei's smiling fat face.

Being watched by so many eyes in unison, Liu Fei was also a little unable to sit still, and after several ideological struggles, he finally stood up under the encouragement of Liu Ying's gaze, and smiled and bowed his hand to everyone.

"Boy, I've seen all the old men······"

With different expressions bowing back to Liu Fei, the old man's mood quietly flew 108,000 miles away.

"Biological Mother Cao's ······"

At this moment, a distant legend that had been circulated in abundance once again emerged in the minds of the old people.

- At the time of King Chu You, Peiyi had a widowed woman who lived by drinking, and her family was Cao; It is rumored that Liu Ji, the head of the Surabaya Pavilion, made a private lifelong agreement with Cao's widow and gave birth to a son······

"Oh······"

"O son born of the outer chambers······"

Realizing Liu Fei's background, the old men finally shook their heads with thoughts on their faces.

There may be room for discussion on the priorities between the elder and the youngest; The status between the eldest son and the second son can barely be regarded as the same.

But the 'concubine', which is also the concubine who is carried into the door and serves by the side of the main house's mother, is qualified to be called a 'concubine'.

As for the outerchamber, it is basically the same as the maidservant girl and concubine Teng in the family - outsiders take care of the face of the main family, and they can also raise a 'concubine', but in fact······

It's a slave at all!

And the status of the sons and daughters of slaves is inferior, even if it is 'the eldest son of a slave' and 'the youngest son', there is no comparable ******** giving birth to a child, that is, a slave gives birth to a little slave!

Whether you can take your father's surname or not depends on whether the housewife nods or not, and whether the master is willing!

In most cases, slaves can only give birth to children like the historical Marquis of Changping Lie, the great Sima general Wei Qing, and can only have their mother's surname.

'Father's surname' does not have the right, let alone fight for family property, or even for the throne······

The old men had their own thoughts, but Liu Bang's introduction did not end there.

Seeing Liu Bang sit back in place with perfunctory eyes, he withdrew his gaze and patted Liu Ying's shoulder proudly.

"This is the second son Ying, the prince of today!"

"Among my sons, you Ying is the wisest, and she is the most benevolent and kind to her siblings!"

In a tone that is obviously different from when introducing Liu Fei, he said this sentence 'Liu Ying is the smartest among my sons and the most friendly to relatives', Liu Bang's face couldn't help but show a touch of pride!

"Since the queen gave birth to this son, there has been almost no trouble in my affairs!"

"This son was born for a few days, and the king of Qin was in power; The second is in chaos in the world! ”

"When I raise the righteous soldiers and attack the tyrannical Qin, this son will be raised around me, and he will teach the scriptures and allusions to the great sages, and the method of the battle formation will be guided by the Yuan Xun Gonghou!"

"This summer, when Wang Yingbu of Huainan conspired to rebel, and I occasionally felt the wind and cold, and I couldn't personally conquer the peace, this son told the minister in front of the Changxin Palace: The father is sick and the society is in difficulty, and the son is reasonable?"

Telling this 'past' that could not be born at all, Liu Bang patted Liu Ying on the shoulder again, but his eyes were scattered to the far south, and he stretched out his hand and pointed at it.

"It's only been half a decade since Yingbu raised his army, and Liu Jia, the king of Jing, died on the battlefield, and Jing Di was lost!"

"But now, Yingbu is only more than two months old, how about it?"

"How?!"

As he spoke, Liu Bang only cheered up without warning, stood up from the bench, picked up the wine bowl and poured it violently, and then smashed it on the ground!

"Yingbu is only more than two months!"

"I! You can drink and eat meat here! ”

"Wait for the head of this thief, and send it here for the brave relatives of Saner Township!!"

A few successive shouts full of arrogance suddenly provoked the people of Pei County, who were drinking around them, to make friends for a while.

But Liu Bang grabbed the wine jar as if he couldn't get enough of it, and poured it violently, before he staggered back on the bench and patted Liu Ying's chest.

"This is the power of the prince······"

"This, I am the only son of my sister-in-law and the queen~"

"Hey, hey, hey~"

"Hey, hey, hey······"

Talking and laughing, Liu Bang was finally 'overwhelmed by alcohol', and planted his head on the high table in front of him.

Fortunately, Liu Ying's eyes were quick on the side, and he hurriedly stretched out his arm, so that his father's brain, which was full of ravines, did not have a close contact with the wooden table.

Liu Bang didn't seem to notice the softness coming from his forehead, only mixed with a few wine burps, and said these things vaguely.

"Hmm······"

"I, my eighth son······"

"Fat... Fat Warm··· Fat is the warmest ······"

"Yingji... The wisest... The most benevolent ······"

"Ruyi... Ruyi ······"

"Hey... Hey, hey... Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey·······"

"Ruyi like me~"

Speaking of this, I saw Liu Bang slowly raise his head and look at the dishes in front of him with a smile.

"Hmm~ Heng··· The most··· The best! ”

"Recovery... The most believable! ”

"Friendship, Longevity, Building ······"

"Hiccup~"

"Too young ······"

"Too Young···········

"It's too young ··················"

After a few more inexplicable mutters to himself, and a few more wine burps, Liu Bang finally couldn't support his upper body, and fell into Liu Ying's arms lightly.

When Liu Ying was busy confessing to the old men and beckoning the soldiers to take Liu Bang to rest, the whispers in Liu Bang's mouth still showed no signs of stopping.

"Like me ······"

"Class I am useless········"

"Too Young·······

"Both... Too young ··········"

"Hiccup~~~~~~~

"Too young ······"

"Too Young···········

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