At dusk, Weiyang Palace, Xuanshu Palace.

Liu Ying, the son of heaven, gave an order, and all the Liu clan relatives in Chang'an filled the side halls of the huge Xuanshu Palace.

Except for Liu Ruyi, the king of Huainan, who had already taken up the country, the rest of the clan princes were all summoned by Liu Ying to the Xuanshu Hall to participate in this 'Liu Family Banquet'.

Liu Yingshang's brothers in Chang'an were all present.

Liu Gong, the eldest son of the emperor who was only one year old, was held by the nurse and sat beside the queen mother Lu Pheasant;

Liu Jian, the eighth child who is only half a year older than Liu Gong, is in a similar situation to the emperor's eldest son, but he was carried to the last seat by the nurse;

The slightly older seventh Liu Chang stepped forward with a tiger head and a tiger brain, kneeling behind Lu Pheasant, twisting his body from time to time, seemingly very uncomfortable;

The sixth Liu You and the fifth Liu Hui are better, and in just over a year after being crowned king, they have already set up some of the princes and kings, and they are each seated not far from the top of the head, waiting for the banquet in a proper manner;

The fourth Liu Heng, accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Bo, sat down obediently next to the eighth brother Liu Jian, and looked at the eighth brother who had just learned to walk from time to time, as if he was extremely concerned;

Liu Fei, the king of Qi, the oldest of the brothers, sat in the front position, only behind Liu Jiao, the king of Chu.

Although they are all the sons of the former emperor, it is not difficult to see the status of the brothers and the degree of favor from the order of this arrangement.

And in this case, Liu Ze, Marquis of Yingling, as well as Liu Xiang, Marquis of Tao, and other collateral clan relatives and 'pseudo' clan relatives, suddenly didn't know where to sit.

- Liu Jian, the dignified king of Zhao, all sat at the end of the seat less than five steps from the temple gate; Next to Liu Jian, it is the acting king Liu Heng, Mrs. Bo's mother and son!

The princes of the clan all sat at the last seat, Liu Ze and Liu Xiang, these side branches, and even the 'clans' that are not even side branches, where should they sit?

You can't sit outside the temple, can you?

I don't know if I saw the embarrassing situation of Liu Ze and Liu Xiang, so I saw Lu Pheasant, who was on top, raised his head slightly and waved his hand casually.

"What the emperor has set up today is a family feast; You are seated in the old and young. ”

The Queen Mother gave an order, and Liu Ze and Liu Xiangzi didn't dare to pace back and forth, so they each found a relatively backward position and sat down.

But except for Liu Ze and Liu Xiang, the rest of the people seemed to be deaf to Lu Pheasant's sentence of 'sitting according to the eldest and youngest'.

The eighth Liu Jianzi was still in the last seat, and the fourth Liu Heng did not get up because of Lu Pheasant's words, but continued to sit in the second last seat, that is, the penultimate seat;

When the sixth Liu You and the fifth Liu Hui heard this, they only changed their positions left and right, and the elder brother Liu Hui sat on the side closer to the imperial couch;

The seventh elder Liu Chang, who was still sitting behind Lu Pheasant, looked at the maid who flashed from time to time on the side of the hall, as if he smelled the aroma of the roasted beef that he had been thinking about!

Liu Gong, the eldest son of the emperor who was the youngest and youngest in the palace, was even hugged in his arms by Lu Pheasant Wen with a smile.

Liu Ying, who was belated, seemed to be interested in Lu Pheasant's words, and secretly thought about it for a while, then raised his head with a smile and looked at Liu Fei, the king of Qi.

"The queen mother said that she should sit down according to the eldest and youngest, and the elder brother should take the seat."

Saying that, Liu Ying got up and made a gesture to step forward, but saw Liu Fei get up in a hurry and waved his hand to Liu Ying again and again.

"Your Majesty can't, don't ······"

"When Emperor Gao was still alive, Yu Widow repeatedly taught: the order of the elders and ministers, first the monarchs and ministers, and then the elders and young ······"

But when Liu Ying heard this, she just stepped forward indifferently, put her arms around her brother Liu Fei from her shoulders, and sat down at the head of the west seat together.

When Liu Fei moved his body in panic, and from time to time cast his frightened gaze on the head of the Empress Dowager Lu Pheasant, Liu Yingcai smiled gently, and poured a full wine bottle for Liu Fei by herself.

"Brother doesn't have to be so restrained~"

"Today's family banquet, there is no need to talk about any false etiquette."

"—Doesn't the queen mother say anything, and sit down in the order of the eldest and youngest?"

With a light smile and a word, Liu Ying made a gesture to get up, but was hugged by Liu Fei's arm in horror.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

"The order of respect and humility, do not mess with !!"

His face was full of horror and he said a word, and when he saw Liu Ying sit down again, Liu Fei glanced at his head with palpitations, still teasing Lu Pheasant, who was still teasing his grandson in his arms.

"Your Majesty is gracious, and the ministers are grateful; I have to sit at the same table with Your Majesty, my minister, I am already flattered! ”

"If Your Majesty sits in the second seat again, the minister will be the first to sit down, and the minister will not dare to say his loyalty again······"

Liu Fei's frightened prayer naturally caused everyone in the hall to look sideways, and it was the Queen Mother Lu Pheasant, who was sitting upright, and she couldn't help but raise the corners of her eyebrows slightly.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, Liu Ying didn't force it anymore, poured himself full of wine, and then stood up and raised the bottle to everyone in the hall.

"Today's family banquet, all the clansmen of my Liu family, except Huainan."

"Last year, Emperor Taizu Gao was mourned, and the whole country was mourned; originally intended to entertain the clansmen, but due to the mourning body, it has been delayed so far. ”

As she spoke, Liu Ying turned sideways with an indifferent expression and smiled at her brother Liu Fei beside her.

"Now the king of Qi will be in the country, and the uncle of the king of Chu, as well as the king of Dai and the king of Liang, will also be in the country."

"It coincides with the end of the national funeral and the expiration of my father's funeral, so I will set up today's family banquet to talk about the brotherhood with all the clan relatives."

"Today, you should drink and eat freely, and return home heartily!"

"In the future, if there is something to do with Sheji, I hope that the ancestors will remember the face of Emperor Taizu Gao, and serve Sheji a little······"

Liu Ying, the Son of Heaven, personally toasted, and all the sects were polite and polite, vying to say, 'But Your Majesty has a call, you will go for Your Majesty's cattle and horses', and then drank all the wine in the bottle.

made the opening remarks, and the Queen Mother Lu Pheasant still held her grandson and teased her, and the atmosphere of this family banquet gradually became warmer.

In the front of the seat, Liu Ying, the son of heaven, hugged his brother Liu Fei, with a posture of not getting drunk and not returning;

Liu Hui, the king of Liang, and Liu You, the king of Huaiyang, talked in a low voice from time to time, and took a sip of the wine bottle;

The two brothers Liu Heng, the acting king of the last seat, and Liu Jian, the king of Zhao, staged a harmonious drama of 'brother, friend and brother' - seeing Xiao Liu Jian staring at the roasted meat on the table without squinting, his brother Liu Heng stepped forward with a smile and cut the roasted meat for his younger brother.

As for Liu Chang, the king of Yan who was sitting behind Lu Pheasant, he was full of firepower at the moment, grabbing a whole piece of roasted meat, and he couldn't wait to stuff it into his mouth; Before he finished eating the meat in his hand, he muttered vaguely that he didn't have enough to eat, and he had another piece······

Seeing that everyone had a conversation partner, Liu Xiang and Liu Ze, who had no intersection, also started an awkward chat;

And Liu Jiao, the king of Chu, who was sitting opposite Liu Ying, hesitated for a moment, held a wine bottle and came to the front of the Queen Mother Lu Pheasant.

"Minister, respect the Queen Mother······"

The old man's voice came into his ears, and Lu Pheasant only hurriedly raised his head, and when he saw Liu Jiao's face full of vicissitudes, he hurriedly handed the eldest son of the emperor in his arms to the palace maid beside him, and then got up with a light smile.

"The king of Chu doesn't have to be polite."

"Please ······"

The two sisters-in-law drank a bottle of wine, and Lu Pheasant still looked smiling, and quietly sat back on the royal couch.

"At the beginning of the year, the crown prince died early due to illness."

"I also hope that the King of Chu will mourn ······ Day"

The gentle sound of safety provoked Liu Jiao, the king of Chu, to change his expression, and between the eyebrows of the ravine, he buzzed with a touch of embarrassment.

If there is anything in this world that is the most worrying, it is undoubtedly the white-haired man sending the black-haired man······

In the spring of last year, the former emperor Liu Bang died, and Liu Jiaozi, as his younger brother, set off as soon as possible and came to Chang'an from Pengcheng, the capital of Chu, to mourn.

And Liu Bifei, as the crown prince, also came with Liu Jiao.

But I don't know if it is because of the water and soil, or because of the thin fate, after staying in Chang'an for half a year, Liu Bifei, the crown prince of Chu, finally died at the beginning of the thirteenth year of the Han Dynasty by a sudden wind and cold······

Unlike most of the Liu clansmen, the king of Chu, Liu Jiao, is in the same lineage, and he already enjoys a good reputation in the world.

Liu Jiao, who is a disciple of Xunzi in the next generation, and the sons of the King of Chu, who have both virtue and knowledge, and almost everyone has the name of 'gentleman' on their heads, can be regarded as the only outliers among the Liu clan.

- And it's an outlier with a whole family and a whole vein!

Therefore, when the news came out, all the ministers and officials of the DPRK and China sighed, and each prepared a generous gift to participate in the funeral of the crown prince Liu Bifei.

Even several academic giants and hidden masters in the Kanto region sent their own letters of condolence to persuade Liu Jiao to 'mourn and change'.

As for the Queen Mother Lu Pheasant and the Son of Heaven Liu Ying, although they also sent people to express their condolences for the first time, but after all, it was only the crown prince who died of illness, and Lu Pheasant, who was the queen mother, and Liu Ying, who was the son of heaven, did not go in person.

It was only now that Lu Pheasant finally got to see Liu Jiao, and he was the first to express his grief to show that he 'didn't care, but he couldn't get out'.

However, Liu Jiao seemed to have accepted this painful fact, and only lamented for a moment, and then looked at Lu Pheasant with a little bitterness.

"The minister also wants to use this matter to invite the Queen Mother to ······"

"The king of Chu said bluntly."

With permission, Liu Jiao sighed again, and then pleaded with a pleading face: "The crown prince died violently, and the ministers are also old······

"This time, I don't know how long I have to live, so I will face Emperor Taizu Gao under Jiuquan······"

"Therefore, the minister wants to implore the queen mother, among the sons of the ministers, to choose a sage, thinking that the prince is ······"

"In this way, even if the minister is old and sick, he should also turn a blind eye ······"

Hearing Liu Jiao's words, Lu Jiao's face also sank in a moment, but he was almost not too entangled in Liu Jiao's request.

"The King of Chu is both virtuous and cultivated, and his wisdom spreads all over the world, and he has always been rigorous, and he is praised by people all over the world."

"Now that the prince died of illness, he was succeeded by the second son of the king of Chu as the crown prince······"

"What does the King of Chu think?"

Hearing this, Liu Jiao only hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Obey the edict of the Queen Mother, don't dare to discuss ······ him."

Seeing Lu Pheasant nodding his head slightly, he stretched out his hand sympathetically and helped Liu Jiaoxu up.

"That's it, when the king of Chu takes the throne, he will carry the canonization edict with him."

Liu Jiao got up and bowed again, thanked him again and again, and then sat back in his place.

Seeing that Lu Pheasant agreed to his request so happily, Liu Jiao's face also had a slight lightheartedness.

Thinking about the future, Liu Jiao thought about it for a while, and then seemed to mention it casually: "When the minister hears that he is going to be young, His Majesty will be crowned and married, and then he will be in power?" ”

Hearing Liu Jiao talk about this, Lu Pheasant couldn't help but let out a short sigh and nodded slightly.

"Yes."

"When Emperor Taizu Gao was about to collapse, there was an edict that crowned the emperor in the seventeenth year."

As he spoke, Lu Pheasant did not forget to smile kindly at Liu Jiao.

"When the spring of tomorrow begins, the king of Chu should go to Chang'an again, and the crown of the emperor will be ······ as the emperor."

Hearing the vague meaning of 'don't say anything about dying or not dying, live well' in Lu Pheasant's words, Liu Jiao only lowered his head and smiled.

But soon, Liu Jiao's face once again brought a cautious look.

"The minister heard again, His Majesty is married, and the Queen Mother wants to use the wife of the Marquis of Xuanping to master the pepper room; The kings of Yan, Dai, Liang, and Huaiyang are all wives of the Lu family? ”

But when Lu Pheasant heard this, his brows tightened slightly, and his tone was immediately a little cold.

"How?"

"The King of Chu thinks it's inappropriate?"

said lightly, but it provoked Liu Jiao to shake his head hurriedly, and said with a little apprehension: "Feiye, Feiye······"

"The minister's will, the queen mother has already allowed the minister, with the second son of the minister as the crown prince, and the second son of the minister, Yingke, although he is strong, he was widowed in his early years······"

"Uh, minister, minister······"

Seeing Liu Jiao's stiff face muttering for a long time, he couldn't say why, and Lu Pheasant finally came to his senses.

After staring at Liu Jiao in a little surprise for a while, Lu Pheasant finally took a deep breath, and then shook his head with a wry smile.

"The King of Chu has good intentions, and I understand it in my heart."

"Only now, the Lu family is not prosperous; Shan Yan, the wife of the kings, I have exhausted the search for the Lu family, so that I can use it sufficiently. ”

"It's that the emperor is about to get married, and there is no longer a daughter of the Lu family of the right age."

"If the son of the king of Chu wants to continue the string, I am afraid that he will still be the king of Chu and find another family in Chu······"

Saying this in a calm tone, Lu Pheasant was afraid that Liu Jiao would misunderstand, so he smiled and invited the wine again.

After drinking a bottle again, to make sure that Lu Pheasant's words were not polite, Liu Jiaocai finally secretly breathed a sigh of relief and drank the wine honestly.

The uncle and sister-in-law chatted for a while, and everyone in the hall was already drunk, and the two brothers Liu Ying, the son of heaven, and Liu Fei, the king of Qi, were even more red when they had already drunk.

It was also at this moment that Lu Pheasant only raised his head coldly, looked at Liu Ze, who was more than a dozen steps away from him, and raised his head slightly.

"How is the Marquis of Yingling lately?"

Without saying a word, the hall was suddenly quiet, and everyone put down the wine bottles and meat pieces in their hands, and looked at Liu Ze who was stunned.

Being stared at by everyone so directly, Liu Ze only shivered coldly, and hurriedly got up again.

"Thanks to the Queen Mother's concern, minister, everything is fine······"

But seeing Lu Pheasant nodding his head, he looked sideways at Liu Fei beside Liu Ying with a relaxed smile.

"The previous year, Chen Feng was in chaos, Zhao, and the Marquis of Yingling had many martial arts;"

"Today, the Liu family, the body of the clan and the king, except for Heyang Hou Xi and Dehou Guang, will leave the camp mausoleum marquis alone······"

As he spoke, Lu Pheasant smiled, as if he was joking, and raised his head towards Liu Feiyi.

"How?"

"The king of Qi sits on the seventy-three cities of Qidi, is he willing to cut the land of a county and camp the marquis of the king?"

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