In the third year of the Son of Heaven, the summer was June 20.

In the early hours of the morning, two o'clock.

In the Hereafter, it is four o'clock in the morning.

But at four o'clock in the morning on this day, all the princes in the palace had already woken up from their sleep.

In the apse of Guangming Palace, Liu Sheng got up from the couch with difficulty, rubbed his face vigorously, and sat on the edge of the couch groggyly.

When the palace man brought a basin of hot water, Liu Sheng washed his face indiscriminately, dipped his index finger in some coarse salt, and rubbed it perfunctorily on his teeth, all as if he had brushed his teeth.

After a simple wash, under the service of the palace people, put on a dark blue court dress, and then fix the crown of the princes on the bundled 'ball head'.

Standing in front of the bronze mirror, opening his hands, looking at himself in the mirror, Liu Sheng exhaled a little, and finally nodded with satisfaction.

"Tosuni~"

"Hey ······"

He turned around with ease, and as soon as he walked to the palace gate, the palace people hurriedly squatted down and put on shoes for Liu Sheng.

Holding the shoulders of the palace people and putting on the black cloth boots, Liu Sheng walked out of the palace gate.

"Whew~"

Take a deep breath and stretch comfortably;

Not most, the same neatly dressed brother Liu Pengzu also walked out of the hall next door.

"King Toyama~"

"-Zhongshan King~"

The two brothers were full of playful worship, and when they laughed together, they smiled and walked towards the outside of the hall.

According to the agreement, when I walked outside the Xuanming Palace, I saw that the four elder brothers of the Xuanming Hall were also wearing the same dark blue court clothes and the princes' traveling crowns on their heads, waiting for the two brothers.

"King of Toyama~King of Nakayama~"

"——Lu ~ Wang, Jiangdu Wang, Changsha Wang Jiaoxi Wang~"

As soon as the two groups of people met together, they stepped forward with tacit understanding, and bowed to each other with a tone full of ridicule.

Then, the six brothers smirked, and under the guidance of the palace people, they walked in the direction of the Xuanshu Palace.

- At four o'clock in the morning, the sky was pitch black;

If it weren't for the palace people around him, they all had lanterns in their hands, and the lights were lit on the side of the road, and the six brothers might not even be able to see the road clearly.

They just laughed and laughed at each other, and walked forward, and just after a short walk, they bumped into another group of people head-on.

"Big brother."

"Second brother and third brother."

Seeing the person who came, the six brothers only smiled slightly, and bowed their hands to the eldest brother Liu Rong, the second brother Liu De, and the three Liu Si.

After Liu Rong smiled and nodded, the two groups merged again, and the nine brothers walked together in the direction of the Xuanshu Palace.

It's just the 'formation' of the nine brothers, but it's very interesting;

——The one who took the lead was naturally the only one among the nine brothers who wore a jujube red court dress, but also wore the crown of the princes on his head, Liu Rong!

The second Liu De and the third Liu Si followed Liu Rong's side with solemn faces, and they were half a position behind Liu Rong, like Liu Rong's left and right protectors.

After the three brothers, there was a gap of three steps, and it was the six brothers behind them.

The six brothers in the back are the fourth Liu Yu and the seventh Liu Pengzu in parallel;

It's just different from the seriousness on Liu Rong's face, as well as the dignified looks of Liu De and Liu Si - Liu Yu and Liu Pengzu both have relaxed smiles on their faces;

As he walked forward, he talked and laughed from time to time.

Behind Liu Yu and Liu Pengzu, they followed closely behind the sixth Liu Fa and the eighth Liu Duan.

Liu Fa, the sixth child, was obviously a little nervous, and every time he walked a few steps, he would subconsciously lower his head and check whether the robe on his body was wrinkled;

And Liu Duan, the eighth child, was obviously a little scared, his eyes kept scanning the surroundings, and there was an obvious unease on his face.

In the end, it was Liu Fei, the fifth child, and Liu Sheng, the ninth child, who were frolicking and playing, and followed the brothers forward.

If such a scene is seen by a certain minister of the DPRK and China, a lot of information can be analyzed from the peculiar 'formation' of the nine brothers alone.

But it's a pity that the only people who can see the strange formation of the nine brothers are the palace people who escort the nine brothers on the left and right and move towards the Xuanmu Palace······

"Chun Gong."

Finally came to the outside of the Xuanshu Palace, the boss Liu Rong stepped forward and gave a little to the eunuch Ling Chuntuo.

Seeing the nine sons coming together, Chun Tuo only smiled lightly and lowered his head, bowing slightly to Liu Rong.

"The court discussion is at five o'clock, and when the hundred officials enter the palace, it is at three o'clock (four and a half);"

"Now, three moments away, it will take a while."

"I'm afraid I have to ask you sons to wait outside the palace for ······"

There was a faint hint of flattery, which only caused Liu Rong to nod his head with a smile, and then turned sideways indifferently.

Almost at the same time when Liu Rong turned sideways, Liu De, the second child on the side, took a step forward;

Without a trace, he stretched out his hand and handed a piece of something he didn't know what it was from his sleeve to the sleeve of the eunuch Ling Chuntuo.

Seeing Liu De's behavior like this, the brothers on the side also tacitly turned sideways and looked at the furnishings outside the Xuanshu Palace;

And the eunuch Ling Chuntuo withdrew his hand without thinking, hid the 'things' that Liu De handed to him, hid them in his sleeves and gently checked them.

Then, he stepped forward with a smile, lowered his voice, and whispered to Liu Rong: "Today's court meeting, Your Majesty also recruited King Liang······"

Saying this small number, but the amount of information is extremely large, Chun Tuo smiled at Liu Rong and bowed, then turned around and walked into the Xuanshu Palace.

And after Chuntuo left, Liu Rong lowered his head in a lot of thoughts and fell into a long doubt.

After a while, Sima Gate slowly opened, and the courtiers and officials who had been waiting outside the palace for a long time also poured into the palace in order.

When the courtiers and officials came to the outside of the Xuanshu Palace, they saw that the nine princes were already waiting here, and they did not show surprise, but only according to their respective identities and status, they stepped forward to salute several princes (mainly Liu Rong).

Among the nine brothers, Liu Rong pouted with a gentle smile, and brought his own left and right protectors, Liu De and Liu Si, to each courtier, causing the courtiers to nod again and again;

There was also a satisfied smile on his face.

As for the rest of the six brothers, they hid behind these three brothers in an interesting way, just when all this had nothing to do with them.

Occasionally, a few petty officials at the level of a thousand stones, or even six hundred stones, stepped forward, but they were only Liu Yu and Liu Pengzu as representatives, and they gave perfunctory gifts for the six brothers;

Liu Fa and Liu Duan hid behind the two elder brothers, their faces became more and more cramped, obviously very unaccustomed to it, and they didn't like such occasions.

As for Liu Fei and Liu Sheng, they turned a deaf ear and ran to the corner dozens of steps away from the palace gate, squatted on the ground without any scruples, and used the stones prepared before to play with the nine-square grid.

After each game, the winner does not forget to smile and raise his head, and on the forehead of the loser, a brain collapse is played.

As the saying goes: dragons give birth to nine sons, each of which is different.

At this moment, the scene that is being displayed outside the Xuanshu Hall is the most intuitive embodiment of this proverb······

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"Ministers, see Your Majesty~"

"May Your Majesty be eternal, and be happy for a long time~~~"

At the right time, the figure of the Son of Heaven appeared in the Xuanshu Hall no sooner or later.

The courtiers and officials saluted to themselves, and the Son of Heaven Qizi also straightened up with a smile, bowed his hand to the hundred officials in the hall slightly, and then symbolically bent his upper body down at a slightly invisible angle.

After the monarch and ministers saw the ceremony, Tianzi Qi sat down on the royal couch above, and stretched out his hand with a gentle smile, facing the hundred officials in the hall, and gently pressed his hand.

Then, the courtiers and officials gathered in the center of the hall dispersed to the seats on the east and west sides, and sat down again.

After all the officials were seated, Tianzi Qicai finally turned sideways with a smile and pointed to the nine brothers outside the west seat.

"Fortunately, with the blessing of my ancestors, an emperor with shallow virtue like me can also be lucky to give birth to these nine sons;"

"Up to now, the eldest of my nine sons is nineteen years old, and the youngest is thirteen years old."

"——At the beginning of the founding of the country of Liu Han, Emperor Taizu Gao once set a rule: when the prince reaches the age of six, he should be crowned as a prince of the clan and sit in the Guandong region."

"My nine sons have long passed the age of being crowned kings, but they are still left by my side, the dim emperor······"

Full of sighs, but also a little ashamed of the voice, let the courtiers and officials sitting on both sides of the hall bow their heads with a stiff smile;

After a while, I saw the most front position of the West Seat, only sitting in the seat of the imperial historian Tao Qing, got up under the gaze of the hundred officials, walked to the center of the hall as usual, and bowed to the Son of Heaven.

"Your Majesty doesn't have to blame yourself so much;"

"——Since the death of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, His Majesty endured the grief of losing his father and took over the burden of this country, and it has only been three years."

"And in the past three years, there have been successive disrespectful incidents of the Kwantung clan princes, and in the end, even the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu caused by Liu Bi and Liu Wu broke out."

"So far, the rebellion has not been completely quelled, and peace has not been completely restored to Kanto."

"Your Majesty has been working day and night for the affairs of Kanto, and it is understandable that you have delayed the matter of your sons becoming kings for a while."

"—After all, the Kanto region has not been peaceful in the past few years;"

"Even if Your Majesty makes your sons princes kings, it will be difficult for your sons to succeed smoothly ······"

Obviously, it was a remark that had already been drafted, but it also caused the courtiers and hundreds of officials to nod their heads one after another, although they did not speak, but they all put on a look of 'seconding the proposal'.

Seeing the royal couch, Tianzi Qi chuckled and shook his head, sighed a little, and then pointed his hand to the nine sons who were seated on the east seat again.

"In the past few years, I have not followed the ancestral system formulated by Emperor Taizu Gao and made all my sons princes, which is my fault."

"And now, the Kanto region has been stabilized, and the rebellion of Liu Bi and Liu Wu has been basically quelled;"

"Even if I am reluctant, there is no reason to keep my teenage son by my side."

"——The matter of the princes being crowned kings, I have already discussed it with the queen mother."

"As long as the Kanto region is completely pacified, the Queen Mother will issue an edict to crown my sons as kings."

"As for today, I let these nine sons go to the Xuanshu Hall to participate in the court meeting, it is really in the past, I failed to fulfill my father's responsibilities, and I did not educate these nine sons on how to become qualified clan princes."

"Therefore, I took this opportunity today to let these nine boys come to the Xuanmur Hall to listen to the court discussion, so that these nine boys can learn a little bit of the skills of governing the country."

"If my arrangement is inappropriate, I hope that the princes will not blame ······"

When he said this, he saw Tianzi Qi get up from the couch again and bow his hand to the courtiers and officials in the hall.

Seeing this, the hundreds of officials in the hall also got up and bowed to the Son of Heaven.

"Your Majesty's words are serious, and your words are ······"

The hypocritical politeness of the monarch and the minister only provoked Liu Sheng to turn his head with disdain, and muttered something to the fifth brother beside him by taking the opportunity of bowing to the Son of Heaven.

"One sentence thing, you have to beat around the bush, and talk about this big bunch!"

The words of disdain only provoked Liu Fei to nod his head with a smile, and hurriedly lowered his head, for fear that the smile on his face would be seen by the head of Tianziqi.

When the Son of Heaven and the courtiers and officials sat down again, this court discussion finally entered the main topic.

"Liu Bi and Liu Wu raised troops to make a rebellion, so that the entire Kanto region was poisoned by the flames of war;"

"Fortunately, with the blessing of my ancestors, the wolf ambitions of thieves such as Liu Wei and Liu Wu succeeded, and I was lucky to save the temple."

"Now, Liu Wu has committed suicide in fear of crime, and Liu Bi has fled to Lingnan in defeat;"

"——Some time ago, the king of Dongyue sent someone to report: the traitor Liu Bi has been beheaded."

"In a few days, Liu Bi's head will be sent to Chang'an ······"

The Son of Heaven said a word, which only provoked a faint smile on the faces of the courtiers and officials in the palace.

For a while, they each turned sideways with a smile and congratulated each other with their colleagues.

- Although in the battle of Suiyang, Liu Bi could not attack for a long time, and was hit by the Gong Gaohou Han Dang stepping on the snow, cutting off the grain route and retreat, and the final result of this rebellion has been announced;

But so far, this rebellion sounded by Liu Wei, the king of Wu, and Liu Wu, the king of Chu, has not completely ended.

In the Kanto region, there are still many rebel troops on the roam, and they need to be exterminated by the counterinsurgency army sent by the court.

As the initiator of this rebellion, the life and death of Liu Bi, the king of Wu, is obviously also related to the progress of the pacification of this rebellion.

And today, the Son of Heaven said the sentence 'Liu Bi is dead, and the head can be sent to Chang'an in a few days', in front of the courtiers and officials, obviously let the courtiers and officials who have never completely settled down before, completely settle down.

- Liu Bi, dead!

- This rebellion is completely over!

If it is said that before Liu Bi's death, the outcome of this rebellion was that the court would be able to win nine out of nine;

After Liu Bi's death, this last zero point became a 'variable', and it also came to naught.

In this huge rebellion of the clan princes, the Chang'an court has achieved a complete victory!

From now on, the problem of the Kwantung clan princes will never give the Chang'an court a headache.

Because the rebellion ended, it means that Chao Cuo's "Cutting Domain" has just entered the core link······

"Liu Bi conferred the head, Liu Wu committed suicide in fear of crime;"

"It can be said that this rebellion has been successfully quelled under the loyal and righteous men of my Han family, and the virtuous ministers and good ministers have formed a city for the public."

Looking at the courtiers and officials in the hall, he smiled and congratulated the people beside him, and there was also a touch of heartfelt joy on the face of the Son of Heaven.

But after a while, I saw Tianzi Qi take a deep breath, and between his eyebrows, he also quietly brought a little seriousness.

"When the rebellion of Liu Bi and Liu Wu broke out, I once told the world: For the thieves who make trouble, it is important to go deep and kill more."

"And now, Liu Bi and Liu Wu are dead, but those rebels who made a rebellion are still wandering in the eastern part of the country."

"——Yesterday, Captain Zhou Yafu and General Dou Ying jointly played: Most of these rebels want to surrender;

"But the generals under the command of the Taiwei and the Great General did not dare to accept the surrender of these defeated soldiers because of my previous edict."

"The lieutenant and the general suggested that I pardon these rebels who are still wandering in the Kanto region, so that the Kanto region can return to its former stability as soon as possible."

"But I have said it first, if I issue an edict to pardon these people, I am afraid that there will be a suspicion of 'changing the order of the day'."

"I'm really distressed about this······"

"I don't know if you have any good suggestions?"

If he asked, the Son of Heaven did not forget to make a look of 'I'm worried about me, the big guy will find a way for me', and looked at the hundreds of officials and courtiers in the hall in order.

And in the corner where no one noticed, Liu Sheng, who was next to the fifth brother Liu Fei, only threw his eyes at Tianzi Qi, who was sitting on the royal couch.

"Stand and stand!"

"If you want to be pardoned, you say you want to forgive?"

"—I obviously want to forgive, but I still want others to open my mouth and persuade myself to forgive;"

"It is estimated that when others really persuade me, I have to pretend to be very embarrassed, and I agree to ······ reluctantly."

There was a grumble full of disdain, which made Liu Fei, who didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, covered his mouth and chuckled beside Liu Sheng.

It was Liu Pengzu, who was sitting in the front position, who vaguely heard the complaints coming from behind him, and shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Liu Sheng complained, and several figures stood up in the hall one after another, and he gave a 'bitter persuasion' to the Son of Heaven;

In the end, it was indeed as Liu Sheng expected: under the persuasion of the courtiers and officials, Tianzi Qi 'helplessly' accepted the persuasion of the officials.

"Since all the princes believe that this is not a change of order, but a merciful pardon by me, then let it be decided."

"——In the past few days, I have played with the Queen Mother, and when the Queen Mother agrees, I will draft an edict;"

"The next time the court meets, the edict will be read three times, and the dukes will have no objections, and then it will be officially promulgated."

The Son of Heaven said in a deep voice, and the courtiers and officials bowed again.

"Your Majesty Shengming······"

So far, the first item on the agenda of this court meeting can be regarded as being finalized in this friendly and harmonious atmosphere.

But on the next topic, Tianziqi did not take the initiative to speak again;

Instead, he raised his head with a smile on his face and looked at the servant who was ready to get up and worship at any time: Taohou Liu She.

"Servant, is there something you want to do?"

"If anything, you can say it."

"-After all, my Han family is not Ying Qin who punishes crimes because of his words;"

"I, I'm not a tyrant like Qin Wangzheng~"

The first update

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