Shi Dao Ling's high-pitched and clear voice spread throughout the high temple, "Your Majesty has a decree, and you will enter the high temple in three minutes." ”

"Your Majesty's Dharma is coming, and everyone in the high temple will quickly open the middle door to welcome it."

How can it be?

Empress Lu was shocked, Ying'er had been missing for more than a month, she thought that he probably had no chance of surviving, how could he suddenly appear at this time and arrive at the high temple with a full guard of honor?

How can it be?

Liu Xiang's face changed drastically, and the news that came out of the palace from the Yang Palace was not the emperor himself at all, and therefore, the Empress Dowager Lu Pheasant was anxious to find out the emperor's eldest son Liu Yi, and successively named the Marquis of Xiangcheng and the King of Changshan, all in order to prepare for the crown prince today, and after the emperor was "seriously ill", he was launched to be the next young emperor.

Under such circumstances, how could Liu Ying suddenly appear in Gao Temple?

The Son of Heaven is back.

In the high temple, hundreds of officials are happy.

Since the news of the Xiongnu entry came out in August, the Son of Heaven was "bedridden" and returned to the Weiyang Palace to "recuperate". The army of 100,000 Huns is still displayed in the border of the Han Dynasty, inside and outside the Hangu Pass, all the adult princes and kings have also begun to watch, ready to move, the Han Kingdom can be said to have encountered internal and external troubles, at this time, the Son of Heaven finally "recovered" and returned, breaking the predicament of Chang'an City at this time, it is really the luck of the Han Dynasty to invite the heavens!

All of a sudden, under the gaze of everyone, far away, the middle gate of the city gate of Chang'an City was wide open, and the Son of Heaven drove 36 cars with a thin car, hugging the golden root car all the way from the royal road. Serve in the car, the horse opens the way, there are two out of ten in the big skew, the sun and the moon are painted on it, the dragon is raised, the left is to the yak tail for it, the majesty is magnificent.

The tall voice of the middle attendant Han Changliu raised, "Your Majesty's holy car has arrived." ”

The ministers fell to their knees. "Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live. ”

……

"Secretaries, please."

Liu Ying got out of the Jin Gen car, walked past Chen Dao in front of the high temple, turned around on the temple platform, and raised his hand to help the ministers.

I haven't seen him for many months, and the emperor, who wears a crown of heaven and a twelve-chapter Xuan robe, looks much thinner than before, pale, and slightly haggard, and really looks like he has just recovered from a serious illness.

The servants of the high temple shot people to bring the couch in the Xuan Biao, and Liu Ying lifted the hem of his clothes. Sitting on it, he turned his gaze to Liu Xiang, who was kneeling under him, "I am recuperating in the Weiyang Palace." I heard about King Qi's troubles in the high temple. Now, since I have come in person, if the king of Qi is dissatisfied, you might as well talk about it, I am listening here. ”

It's just a few words of understatement. Liu Xiang knelt down, only to feel cold sweat dripping down, his head buzzing, just said, "...... minister" but didn't know how to answer.

Liu Ying raised her hand and coughed lightly, staring at Liu Xiang for a while. Fang Dao, "If you don't say it, then I'll say it." ”

"In the past, it was the etiquette of the Han Dynasty that was used by Chang Uncle and Sun Tong. Where the prince is crowned king, hundreds of officials accompany the throne, and the temple of Shi Dafu can be sent immediately. When I was seriously ill, I entrusted state affairs to the Queen Mother, who came to the High Temple in person. Enough to replace bowing. However, I heard about the affairs in the high temple, and although I was recuperating in Weiyang Palace, I was not at peace. You can only go in person. How? He looked at Liu Xiang, the king of Qi, "What doubts does the nephew of the king of Qi have?" ”

Liu Xiang lost his soul, put his head on the ground and folded his hands, and said in despair, "The minister doesn't dare." ”

From the moment he saw Liu Ying appear in front of everyone, he knew that he had completely failed this time. It's just that fortunately, he hasn't completely torn his face, so he had to hold on to the excuse of thinking about the Han family and the society before, and then paused, "Your Majesty, the minister just thinks that the family of the Queen Mother of Changshan is weak, and the ministers and other clans think that they are not worthy of the position of the temple to carry sacrifices." ”

……

This time, Liu Ying was silent for a while, and Fang said, "What Zhu Qing said is not unreasonable. It's just that I'm not filial, and I spend four out of twenty in the Spring and Autumn Period, and I only have this one son under my knees. The previous time he was seriously ill, although he was greatly treated, he felt that no heir was not enough to settle the country, so he decided to change the emperor's eldest son to the king of Huaiyang. He turned around and commanded, "Fetch a new plan." ”

Guan Sheng responded, took out the black lacquer sealed jade version of the policy, and handed it to Han Changliu, the head of the middle guard.

"Where is Imperial Doctor Zhao Yao?"

Zhao Yao hurriedly stepped out of the queue and said loudly, "The minister is here." ”

"The auspicious time has come, so let's do the gift of a new king now." He said lightly.

"No." Zhao Yao bowed awe-inspiringly.

Under the high temple, all the officials of the clan were slightly in turmoil, although the emperor acted as if he had accepted the advice of the clan to take a step back, no longer planning the emperor's eldest son to be the crown prince, but instead planning the king of Huaiyang. But in fact, from the fact that the policy book had already been written, and it was seen that the emperor had already planned in his heart, but he just took advantage of the words of Liu Xiang, the king of Qi.

There was a compassionate and sympathetic gaze on the young new Huaiyang King. This five-year-old boy was one step away from becoming the crown prince, and he would have had the opportunity to inherit the Liu clan and become the emperor of the Han Dynasty. However, after his father "recovered", he was demoted to the king of Huaiyang.

It is true that the fief of the King of Huaiyang is wider than that of Changshan, and the wealth in the territory is also quite double. However, if you compare it with the status of the crown prince and the future, it seems insignificant.

In September of the seventh year of Wei, the eldest son of the emperor was changed to Yi Minghong, and the imperial history of the temple was established as the king of Huaiyang.

The imperial seal on the cover of this policy book is naturally the "seal of the Son of Heaven".

At that time, the hundred officials will be in the high temple, according to the position of the determination, the confessor leads the king of Huaiyang to the temple, the north.

Zhao Yao, the imperial historian, was the king of Huaiyang in the northwest, standing in the east, and read the policy book and said:

Yu play, boy Hong, by the Zi Youth Society! I inherited the ancestral examination, the ancient Jianer country of Weiji, sealed in the eastern soil, and the world was the Han Dynasty. What a joke! The edict of Gong Zhen, but the fate is not normal. The virtue of people is obvious. Righteousness is not intended, and the gentleman is lazy. Knowing the heart, allowing it to cling to it, Tianlu will never end. If there is a scar, it is fierce to the country and harmful to you. In the play, to protect the country and the people, it is not respectful! Wang Qi's ring.

Liu Hong bowed upright, "Erchen takes the order." ”

Chang Shi Yan Zhu took out the seal of the king of Huaiyang, and wanted to give the king of Huaiyang to the east. Suddenly, I heard the emperor cough and said, "Leave it to me." ”

The full house of civil and military officials suddenly came back to their senses, and the emperor's intention was to personally give Huaiyang Wang Xishou.

According to the ceremony, the prince's seal was awarded to the king by the east of the permanent servant. At this time, the Han Dynasty had not been established for a long time, and although there was a preliminary system, it did not form a precedent. Fengchang's uncle Sun Tong sent a letter to the emperor again this year, and the rest did not dare to refute the emperor's intentions. The Yellow Gate presented the tray containing the Huaiyang Wang's seal to the emperor.

The young King Huaiyang was not dissatisfied with the various changes that happened in the high temple today, on the contrary, after the emperor appeared in the high temple, he had been very happy, and at this time he walked in front of the emperor according to the etiquette taught by the palace people, and then bowed, "The son has seen his father." ”

Liu Ying nodded, took the seal ribbon on the plate, handed it to Liu Hong, and admonished. "If you become a king in the future, you must be diligent in loving your people, and do not fail to live up to my expectations."

"Respectfully." Liu Hong received the ribbon. Put it aside, bow respectfully, and bow again, three heads.

……

"Queen Mother," Liu Ying took off the crown on her head and put it aside. knelt under the seat of Lu Hou, and said ashamedly, "Erchen is not filial, these days, you are worried-"

"Smack", Empress Lu slapped him hard. "Do you still know to come back?"

She tried her best to keep her composure, but her back trembled slightly, and she was obviously excited. "You're just for a woman. left his family, country, and mother all over the world behind, and in the end, he almost lost his own life? ”

"The Queen Mother." Liu Ying kowtowed again, "Erchen knows that he is wrong. ”

Empress Lu looked up at the sky and forced back the vague tears in his eyes.

She's been coming for a month. In Chang'an City, he was frightened. for fear of the bad news that his son is not alive. Finally liberated at this moment. hugged the son who was kneeling in front of him in his arms, endured tears for a month, and finally fell without scruples.

"Did you know? Grandma really thinks that you are no longer there. ”

She clearly remembered that when the news of the Xiongnu's entry into the northern land of Kou came, at that moment, her heart trembled and she was terrified.

For a while, she really thought that this son of hers was dead like this.

These days, she is a woman, with her immature grandson, in front of the skeptical ministers and ambitious vassal kings, struggling to support and be anxious.

Only when you are on the verge of losing can you understand what is most precious to you.

Empress Lu in the Changle Palace, who was unbearably treated in the friendship between husband and wife, found that only with the right to turn the clouds and rain in her hands could she give herself enough security. And she is resolute by nature, and she really likes the feeling of being in power. However, after experiencing the days when she almost lost her son, she realized that for herself, those so-called power desires and wealth are not as important as her own son.

If Liu Ying can be allowed to return safely, she would rather not take power again. Only in Changle Palace, be a queen mother who enjoys the joy of family.

Empress Lu cried hoarsely, and it was not until a long time later that she quieted down. After Liu Ying returned safely, the pressure of many days was finally completely relieved. For a moment, I just felt exhausted and wanted to sleep well.

The high temple is a temple dedicated to Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, and the Han people have the custom of "death is like life", and they set up a bed behind the temple, and serve food every day, just like when they were born. The Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother, when the queen visited the temple, fasted in the dormitory. Between the temples, the guards were lined up, and teams patrolled by.

The thatch incense burned quietly, making people feel at peace, Liu Ying knelt in front of her mother's bed, and carefully tucked the brocade quilt into the corners.

These days, he walked along the straight road with others, but he took his henchmen and others along the road, and it took three times as long to quietly return to Chang'an three days ago. At that time, everything was prosperous on the surface of Chang'an, but there were turbulent waves underneath. Among them, King Qi's mind was the most superficial, and he decided to stay outside for a while to see which beam-jumping clowns were ambitiously coveting his throne.

He glanced at his sleeping mother.

Empress Lu clasped her hands and slept quietly on the couch. It seems that only in a deep sleep can the heavy eyebrow color of the day be relaxed.

It's only been a season since I parted, and there are a few more lines in the corners of my mother's eyes.

In my memory, my mother has never been so out of shape today.

She is always calm, although sometimes her approach makes her very difficult to accept and even disgusting, but she is always calm and unmoving. He had never seen her hold himself and weep so bitterly.

After being frightened for so long, after the return of her only son, she was finally able to sleep peacefully.

"Sleep. Queen mother. Liu Ying said softly, "The rest of the things, Erchen will naturally deal with them one by one." ”

Su Mo walked up to the emperor and asked softly, "Your Majesty, don't you want to accompany the Queen Mother more?"

Liu Ying smiled slightly, "The queen mother slept very soundly. I don't want to argue with her inside. ”

"Your Majesty, where is this," Su Mo muttered, she had been serving Lu Pheasant since the first emperor was there, and she had known Liu Ying for many years, and she was not as in awe of the Son of Heaven as ordinary palace maids, "I'm afraid that only when Your Majesty is by her side, the Queen Mother can really sleep soundly." - Do you want the maid to fetch some ice? ”

Liu Ying couldn't help touching her cheeks, when the queen mother slapped this slap, she was deadly, and after two or three hours, her hand was still a little painful. "No need. Aunt Sue. Take care of my mother. ”

The servants of the high temple approached the hall and worshipped, "Weichen see Your Majesty." I wonder what His Majesty commands? ”

Liu Yingdao. "I want to go and pay a visit to the First Emperor Divine Lord."

"No." Although he was a little surprised, Gao Miao's servant still bowed meticulously, "The minister will go and order someone to prepare for the prison ceremony." You can ...... tomorrow"

"What kind of prison ceremony are you going to prepare for the big night?" Liu Ying said impatiently. "I just want to say something to my father. Like a father and son, it doesn't have to be too formal. Just prepare some food and drink. You do it quietly, without alerting anyone. ”

In the Taimiao at night, because of the emperor's previous orders, the slaves and maids who were waiting quietly retreated, and the entire hall was empty, showing a trace of coldness.

"The spiritual seat of Emperor Liu Bang of the Great Han Dynasty". The gods of the founding emperors of a generation stood there quietly, painting silver hooks with iron strokes. It's like being stuck in the bones. Solemn and sacred. As if he was alive, he looked at the son in the temple coldly and lovingly.

"Father."

Liu Ying poured the wine into the bronze wine lord and said, "After the son ascended the throne, although he had filial piety. But the state affairs are so heavy that I can't come to see you from time to time. It's really unfilial. You loved to drink this Lansheng wine the most when you were alive, and tonight, Erchen will accompany you to drink. ”

On the tray were two cedars of liquor, and he sprinkled one of them on the ground and drank the other. The sweet taste of Lansheng's wine ran through his throat, cold, like the wind in the Northland.

"Father, you once said that I am not like you." Liu Ying's phoenix eyes became a little deeper, and she quietly confided in the middle of the night, "I was a little unconvinced, but now I believe it." Erchen was willful this time, and almost put the Han in turmoil, father, did Erchen disappoint you? ”

He was silent for a while, and his voice gradually lowered, "Father, Ah Yan has come to Gaomiao Temple to see you. Ah Yan, her business...... There is another inside story, but the father and the son will not do anything to shame the Liu clan. ”

The tiredness of the past few days, along with the anxiety and drunkenness, Liu Ying only felt that in the haze, Liu Bang walked down from the shrine, his eyebrows and eyes were old, as if he was alive.

At this moment, he is not the authoritative and awe-inspiring son of heaven in the daytime, just a son who wants to pray to his father for approval, drunk, "Father, the emperor and the country, the beauties, and the sons and daughters all want to hold it firmly in their hands." Erchen knows that you want the Liu clan to be in harmony with the United States. However, although the sons were kind and preservative, they really could not tolerate the widows and orphans who bullied the sons behind their backs. Now, the two kings of Wu Qi have their own aspirations, and they are no longer something that their sons can support. But the sons are willing to promise, and since the sons can no longer keep their wishes, the rest of the brothers will always let them be safe. ”

"But Father," he hesitated, "if you have a spirit in heaven and bless your son." Please bless Ah Yan safely. ”

That night, Zhang Yan's tearful eyes with a smile seemed to pass in front of his eyes again.

Ah Yan said, "You have to wait for me to return." ”

Now, in Chang'an, far away from Ah Yan, he only asks Ah Yan for safety.

In Cloudsdale, he once promised Ah Yan that "in this life and this life, he will never leave him". I have been with Ah Yan for ten years as an uncle and nephew, and four years of husband and wife righteousness, relying on each other, knowing each other, and my feelings for Ah Yan have been engraved into my bones and become an indispensable part of my life. Without Ah Yan by his side, he felt that although he had returned to Chang'an, half of his soul was still stuck in the clouds, accompanied by Ah Yan.

But in Chang'an, he saw his old mother.

He wishes to die with Ah Yan, and he has no regrets for the rest of his life. But in front of the old mother, as a son, he also can't let his mother worry about himself. As an emperor, he needs to be responsible for the people of the world, and in this Liu family temple, he can't be a faint monarch who only wastes everything for the private relationship between men and women.

After sitting on the throne for so many years, he understood his father's concerns.

During the reign of his father, he was a great hero, and at the same time, he took his close relatives of the clan as princes and kings, and divided the kingdom. These two forces cooperated with each other and checked each other, and the emperor, as the giver and arbiter of all power and wealth, balanced these two forces and held the monarchy's power. The Great Han State had not been established for a long time, and the national strength was in a stage of steady rise in this balance, and he was unwilling to reduce the strength of this rise in national strength because of infighting.

It's just that Liu Ying snorted lightly.

He was willing to treat others with kindness. These relatives and courtiers may not be willing to serve the king with a benevolent heart.

When he was "sick in Weiyang Palace", how many princes and magnates in Chang'an City were ready to make a move and contact the princes and kings of Kwantung? In the clan, Uncle Chu is the youngest brother of his father and emperor, and he had the best relationship with his mother and son before he made his career, but this time, he was just waiting and watching; King Qi was the eldest grandson of the first emperor, and he had different ambitions and wanted to seize the throne. There is also Liu Bi, the king of Wu, standing behind the king of Qi, making waves, thinking secretly in his heart, which makes people hateful. The only force that can really be in the hands of the Son of Heaven is the third force that the Son of Heaven promoted from the slight cold, such as Lang Zhongling Ning Jiong, and the majority of Taixue students.

After a month of iron-blooded testing in the Northland, he finally learned how to be a better emperor at the cost of losing the woman he loved.

Liu Ying closed her eyes and promised in her heart:

Ah Yan, I will clear a clear man and wait for your return.

——5,000 words, revised on May 15, 2011

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Note: 1: The policy text of the King of Huaiyang copied the policy text of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to make the third son king.

: 2: People always grow up through some experiences, and my uncle will grow up to be more suitable for being an emperor after this trip to the Northland.