Changle Palace banquet.

It's the Changle Palace banquet again.

Liu Sheng can't remember clearly, this is the first time he has come to Changle Palace to participate in the palace banquet initiated by the Empress Dowager Dou.

But Liu Sheng clearly remembered: Every Changle Palace banquet he attended, Liu Wu, the king of Liang, was all present······

"How's the boy busy with the food business?"

Suddenly distracted, the low voice of Liu Wu, the king of Liang, came into his ears, causing Liu Sheng to subconsciously raise his head.

I saw that in the huge Changxin Palace, the palace people were busy arranging seats and dining tables;

The royal couch of the head of the throne is empty, and the Empress Dowager Dou and the Son of Heaven are talking in the apse.

- Although it is a dinner party, no matter how you say it, it is still a palace banquet initiated by the Queen Mother.

Those who were invited to the banquet did not dare to wait until dusk to come.

Therefore, even though there is still more than half an hour before dusk, there are already scattered figures outside the temple gate, gathering together in twos and threes, talking and laughing.

And Liu Wu, the king of Liang, was standing in front of Liu Sheng with an obviously deliberate smile······

"Uncle Wang doesn't have to worry."

"It's all going according to the rules, and there's nothing going wrong."

After a moment of infatuation, Liu Wudu, the king of Liang, frowned in confusion, and Liu Sheng pulled back from a brief state of trance;

As if waking up from a dream, he gave a perfunctory reply to Liu Wu, the king of Liang, and Liu Sheng's gaze involuntarily fell in front of him, this uncle Wang, who was once high-spirited and even almost touched the prince.

Compared with the past few years, or even just a few months ago, Liu Wu, the king of Liang at this time, has been much more low-key and introverted.

The gorgeous robe that used to be sewn with gold thread and embellished with pearls and jade has long since disappeared;

In the temperament, the strength and arrogance exuded at that moment did not even have a shadow left.

A simple solid-color robe, with a simple Liu crown on his head, and only a humble smile on his face.

- Liu Sheng can see and hear: in front of him, Liu Wu, the king of Liang, has a faint hint of stiffness in both his demeanor and tone.

Maybe I don't know how to deal with this embarrassing relationship of 'the elders are the ministers and the younger ones are the kings';

It may also be the inability to accept the psychological gap caused by the major changes that have occurred in just a few months.

But what made Liu Sheng feel a little reassured: from the gaze of Liu Wu, the king of Liang, looking at him, the only thing Liu Sheng didn't see was hostility.

As long as there is no hostility, then for the current Liu Sheng, they are all people who can 'be friends'······

"Uncle Liang, why did you ask about food?"

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng no longer stiffened his face, only smiled and turned sideways, and asked Liu Wu, the king of Liang, to sit down.

After the uncle and nephew sat down, they asked with a smile, "What?" ”

"Uncle Liang is also interested in this grain business?"

As soon as these words came out, he didn't wait for Liu Sheng to ask again, and he saw Liu Wu, the king of Liang, smile with relief.

He shook his head, took a deep breath full of feelings, and then let out a long sigh leisurely.

"Childe, you still look down on the widow······"

"——Over the past few years, my father and His Majesty have loved and trusted me in every way."

"All my requests are answered; The rewards sent to Suiyang are also endless. ”

"The wealth accumulated over the years is enough for a few people, and even the children and grandchildren are extremely extravagant, and there is still a surplus."

"How can a widow who has already gained so much continue to covet wealth······

It seemed to be a show, but it was actually a statement to defend himself, which also made Liu Sheng chuckle and nod his head.

Liu Sheng did not defend the accusation that Liu Wu, the king of Liang, 'looked down on the widow'.

- Liu Sheng can hear Liu Wu, the king of Liang, this is to give in to himself, or to express friendliness and closeness to himself;

But this is not because of Liu Sheng, who really made Liu Wu's admired five-body body throw to the ground, and even gave birth to the idea of 'you are more worthy of the position of prince than me'.

It is because before, the assassination of the prince Jiuqing on the street in broad daylight completely buried the entire political career of Liu Wu, the king of Liang.

Although in the end, Empress Dowager Dou and Son of Heaven Qi both forgave Liu Wu, the king of Liang, and did not exhaustively investigate Liu Wu's sins, but some things happened, just happened.

- In the eyes of Empress Dowager Dou, Liu Wu, the king of Liang, is still the precious son who is filial and pure;

But nothing else.

For Tianzi Qi, Liu Wu, the king of Liang, is still the brother who can be trusted and trusted;

But from now on, Tianzi Qi will never really trust and trust Liu Wu again.

After that incident, Liu Wu, the king of Liang, in the eyes of the Chang'an court, has become a madman who 'assassinated Jiuqing on the street'!

Even if there is the protection of the queen mother's mother and the emperor's brother, Liu Wu, the king of Liang after that incident, can only be Liu Wu, the king of Liang.

It's no longer even the past, the Liang King Liu Wu who rode thousands of times and was proud of the world······

"Uncle Liang, it seems to have had an epiphany."

"It's that the eyes are much clearer than before?"

was full of relaxation, and inexplicably teased with some kindness, which only provoked Liu Wu, the king of Liang, to shake his head and sigh again.

In the end, he just smiled bitterly and lowered his head, and let out a long sigh again.

"In the past, I did too many ridiculous things······"

"Now, I don't want to think too much about it."

"I just want to spend my life with my mother and do my filial piety······"

sighed again with embarrassment, but Liu Sheng only smiled and lowered his head, and did not take the words.

Liu Sheng knew that Liu Wu, the king of Liang, wanted to tell himself: From now on, I will only be the good son of the queen mother, and I will no longer have thoughts that I shouldn't have;

But for Liu Wu's hint, Liu Sheng couldn't give any answer at all.

- The current Liu Sheng is not even the crown prince, but just Liu Wu's nephew, a mediocre 'son'······

"The third and the little nine, why are they still chatting~"

"When you see me coming, you don't know how to step forward and help ······"

The slightly embarrassing atmosphere was broken by the low greeting of the Empress Dowager Dou;

Almost as soon as they heard the sound, the uncle and nephew hurriedly got up from their seats and stepped forward to greet them.

Left and right held the arms of the Empress Dowager Dou, and sat down on the royal couch at the top, and the figures of the uncle and nephew were slightly paused.

- Liu Wu, the king of Liang, first subconsciously stepped forward, as if he wanted to sit down next to the Empress Dowager Dou as usual;

After relieving himself, he seemed to be pointed, and he was completely frozen in place.

Liu Sheng subconsciously wanted to turn around, and wanted to walk away from the Empress Dowager Dou as usual and sit down during the banquet;

But before Liu Sheng could get upright, he found that his wrist had been tightly held in his hand by the Empress Dowager Dou······

"Come, sit next to me."

"But some days, I didn't come to the palace, look at my blind old woman~"

"Huh?"

The extremely soft voice also provoked a flower to bloom on Liu Sheng's face immediately, but he didn't forget to take two steps and sit down on the other side of the Empress Dowager Dou, leaving his current position to Tianziqi on the side.

He sat down with a smile and replied softly: "In recent days, I have been busy with food, and I am really a little anxious. ”

"I'm almost done."

"Starting tomorrow, my grandson will still come to visit the imperial grandmother every day as usual."

The well-behaved reply that was the same as in the past only caused the old queen mother to smile, and she couldn't help nodding for a while, and said a few words 'good'.

When Liu Sheng, Tianzi Qi, father and son, sat down on the imperial couch with the old lady left and right, and Liu Wu, the king of Liang, also turned sideways and sat back in his seat, the old lady finally sank her face slightly.

"Come here by yourself~"

Leng Ran scolded lightly, causing Liu Sheng to be secretly surprised!

Turning his head sideways, he saw his aunt Liu Xuan, who was full of grievances and lowered her head, bypassed the imperial couch and walked to Liu Sheng's side.

"Aunt ······"

"-Tell me about you!"

"Ahh

Without waiting for Liu Sheng's 'aunt' to exit, Mrs. Dou's face sank suddenly!

Between the eyebrows, a palpitating majesty surged up in an instant.

"When it comes to food, can this woman meddle rashly when she touches her mouth?"

"Such important matters related to the temple, the community, and the country are what you can use to make money?!"

"-Don't you know that this incident is related to whether you can become the prince after Xiao Jiu Tian!"

"Isn't your daughter going to be the crown princess in the future, but wants to be the queen of Zhongshan, or is she a widow directly!!

In just a few words, the Empress Dowager Dou was already angry, and she looked at Liu Yan's dim gaze tentatively, and she was full of coldness!

Even Tianzi Qi, on the other side of the Empress Dowager Dou, was stunned by this monstrous anger, and even forgot to speak to defend his sister.

In the hall, the palace people and maidservants who were originally busy all stopped their movements and lowered their heads and bowed down for the first time;

Empress Dowager Dou did not see the temperament of the previous stubborn persecution of Tianzi Qi and King Liliang.

——At this moment, Empress Dowager Dou really revealed the supreme majesty that the 'old emperor' of the Han family should show!

Even the Son of Heaven has to subconsciously avoid its edge, supreme majesty······

Grandmother's unprovoked monstrous anger, as well as the coercion that enveloped the sky over the Changxin Hall in an instant, also made Liu Sheng briefly trance;

Just turned his head sideways in a daze, and stayed for a long, long time······

After a long time, her aunt Liu Concubine was already weak in her legs and stomach, and she was about to kneel, Liu Sheng finally subconsciously took a deep breath;

Hiss~~~

Call~~~~~~~~

The unimpeded breathing dispelled the suffocation feeling Liu Sheng felt;

Grandmother Tie Qing's face is no longer so scary under Liu Sheng's repeated psychological construction.

Finally, he raised his head again, and tentatively looked at the other side of the Empress Dowager Dou, who had also returned to the smile on his face.

After the invisible nod of the Son of Heaven, Liu Sheng's face finally appeared again, and the bright smile like a flower appeared again.

"Imperial Grandmother~"

"The 100,000 stone grain in Taicang was forcibly stuffed by my grandson to my aunt~"

"The imperial grandmother blames her aunt and grandson for this, but she has no face to see her aunt again, and she has no face to marry Gillian as a wife again~~~"

The childish tone, coupled with the coquettish tone that made the scalp tingle, only caused the Empress Dowager Dou's brows to loosen slightly;

subconsciously wanted to calm down his anger, but after reacting, he hurriedly frowned back.

"Don't make up these nonsense to fool me!"

"I'm blind in my eyes, but I'm not blind in my heart!"

With a scolding in his tone, which was still full of annoyance, he saw Empress Dowager Dou turn her head suddenly.

looked at Liu Yan's cold gaze, which was very similar to the death gaze of Secretary Dakang in a film and television drama in later generations······

"I ask you!"

"Taicang's grain, did you force Xiao Jiu to pull 100,000 stones into your bowl?!"

"——This 100,000 stone of grain, is it not !! money?"

There were several scolds one after another, and the anger on Empress Dowager Dou's face was only worse!

also provoked Liu Concubine on the side, and couldn't help but cast her eyes for help to Liu Sheng, who was sandwiched between mother and son.

After receiving the request for help from his aunt + mother-in-law-to-be, Liu Shengzi had no choice but to get up with a smile, and then squatted in front of the Empress Dowager Dou obediently, holding his grandmother's calf, and shaking it gently.

"Imperial grandmother, I really misunderstood my aunt······"

"Even if you want to blame, why don't you let your grandson defend herself, so as not to let your aunt suffer this unjustified disaster because of her own fault?"

Such a deferential posture finally made Empress Dowager Dou a little angry, but she didn't want to say more.

He lowered his head slightly, and looked at his baby grandson who was squatting in front of him, still full of anger.

- Liu Sheng is very sure that no matter what the outcome of this matter is, Empress Dowager Dou will not blame Liu Sheng;

But being stared at by his grandmother so angrily, Liu Sheng also inexplicably had an illusion in his heart.

Concubine Liu, it's dead!

If Liu Sheng's defense can't save Liu Sheng, then Liu Sheng will also die!

"Hoo ······"

Stunned by this rushing majesty, and forced to take a deep breath, Liu Shengcai finally calmed down in front of him.

Subsequently, he began to make up a defense for his best aunt Liu Xuan.

"The imperial grandmother knows that the most critical part of stabilizing grain prices for her grandson this time is to let the princes and merchants buy grain from her grandson;

"What my grandson is most afraid of, and what I am most worried about, is that the princes and businessmen see through my grandson's plan and don't come to my grandson to buy food."

Wen Sheng said a few words, and his heart was more confident, Liu Shengcai turned sideways a little and looked at his aunt Liu Concubine next to the royal couch.

Then, she looked up at her grandmother again and continued: "The imperial grandmother thinks, Aunt Guantao is a famous heroine in the entire Chang'an, and even in the entire Guanzhong!" ”

"In Guanzhong, my aunt has never missed any money-making business!"

"If my aunt doesn't interfere in the sale of this grain, how dare the princes and businessmen do it?"

"——Who dares to do the business that the princess dare not do?"

···

"If you don't let your aunt pretend to be in the game, then the princes and businessmen will have to see through their grandson's plan at a glance."

"Officially, because of this, my grandson will be cheeky and force the 100,000 stone grain to my aunt;"

"It's good that the princes and merchants can settle down and fall into the trap of their grandchildren without defense······"

Gentle, gentle, and always with sincere words, it finally made the anger on Empress Dowager Dou's face faintly turn into some doubts.

"Is that so?!"

scolded coldly, only to provoke Liu Concubine on the side to be stunned for a moment, and nodded again and again as if pounding garlic!

"Yes, that's right."

"Yesterday, there were also many princes who came to the door to probe their daughter's mouth;"

"My daughter didn't say anything, she just told them according to Xiao Jiu's meaning: This year and next year, grain is indeed a money-making business······

opened his mouth in shock, and stumbled to say these words, Rao is Liu Yan, who is the 'No. 1 guest of Changle Palace', couldn't help but swallow quietly saliva.

It was this move that made Empress Dowager Dou finally calm down and take away most of the anger on her face.

turned around again, and from the gaze of the Son of Heaven, she got an affirmation that 'this is indeed the case', and the Empress Dowager Dou finally passed away depressed.

He muttered as if he had a hard mouth: "When the first emperor was there, the first emperor protected him; ”

"The first emperor is gone, and the emperor is protecting him."

"Look at this situation today, when the emperor collapses in the future, Xiao Jiu will still protect it."

"—just get used to her!"

"Sooner or later, you have to get used to it······"

seemed to be angry for a while, only to provoke Liu Concubine and Tianzi Qi, sisters and brothers on both sides of Empress Dowager Dou, to bow their heads together.

- As Empress Dowager Dou said: If the eyes are blind, it does not mean that the heart is also blind.

As the 'old emperor' of the Han family, today's matter, Empress Dowager Dou, is not so incomprehensible······

But even so, Liu Sheng still did not change his complexion.

He only stood up with a smile, flatteringly slapped his grandmother's shoulder, and said in a 'stubborn' voice: "What the imperial grandmother said confused her grandson; ”

"——If your own family doesn't protect your own family, is it difficult to protect outsiders?"

"If you don't protect your own family, then you can still call your own family~"

A grinding of dead skin, pinching the waist and beating the legs, and eye exercises;

In addition, in the end, this half-joking and half-serious words, Liu Sheng tried his best, and finally made the Empress Dowager Dou turn her anger into joy.

Seeing Empress Dowager Dou smiling helplessly, she pulled Liu Sheng behind her and sat down on her side again.

Then, he cast a slightly warning gaze on his daughter Liu Concubine on the side.

"This time, that's it."

"Next time, I'm a blind old woman, but I'm not so easy to fool."

"-Remember to cover your mouth tightly~"

"Don't let the 'prey' in Xiao Jiu's trap scare you away again······"

Seeing that her mother was finally willing to admonish herself, Liu Concubine only nodded her head again and again as if she had been amnestied;

Liu Sheng was not idle, he hurriedly got up, gave up his place to Liu Xuan, let his grandmother be in the middle of the children's masterpieces, and knelt behind the Empress Dowager Dou, and gently rubbed the acupuncture points around the eye sockets for the Empress Dowager Dou.

After Liu Sheng's soft grinding and hard bubbles, coupled with the fact that Tianziqi on the side spoke from time to time, and quietly defended his sister Liu Concubine a few times, the anger in Empress Dowager Dou's heart was finally completely dispelled.

After a while, he took the hands of the children beside him, was rubbed around his eyes by Liu Sheng, and closed his eyes with enjoyment.

Such a peaceful, peaceful, and inexplicable warm smile finally made the palace people in the palace busy again.

But Liu Wu, the king of Liang, who had already sat down at the banquet in advance, seemed to have been forgotten by the whole world, and could only sit on his seat with mixed tastes, and cast the envy, resentment, and vague remorse gaze on the four ancestors and grandchildren who were at the head of the world.

- Once upon a time, everything in front of him was an exclusive treatment that Liu Wu, the king of Liang, had at his fingertips and at his fingertips.

And now, everything has changed dramatically······

"When did you ······?"

"Since when did you have such a change······

It's a pity that the doubts in Liu Wu's heart are destined to be unanswered.

Because until this moment, Liu Wu's attention has never been even momentary, gathering behind the Empress Dowager Dou, the young man who is smiling and rubbing his grandmother's eyes.

Until this moment, Liu Wu has not realized what incredible changes Liu Sheng's existence has brought to this family, and even to the entire world in the future······

It was a long, difficult, and 'unforgettable' night.

The next-door neighbor played mahjong in the middle of the night, and the mahjong machine rang until 4 o'clock·····

During the day, the upstairs percussion drill pile, and at night next door playing mahjong to spare your life?

Hey, that's interesting.

I don't know which family I committed.

Slept~

Don't worry, fathers, the percussion drill upstairs will wake me up by the afternoon at the latest.

(End of chapter)