Time flies, like a white horse passing by.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the fourth year of the Son of Heaven.

Liu Rong, the king of Linjiang, entered the court several months ago.

And the result of this incident can be described as a great joy for all.

——Liu Rong, the king of Linjiang who was jointly investigated by the lieutenant and the court lieutenant for the invasion of the Taimiao, was lifted high by the Son of Heaven and gently put down because the crown prince Liu Sheng intervened.

Originally, the crime of losing the country and dying was finally ordered to think about it for half a month in Chang'an Taimiao.

For Liu Rong's dangerous passage, of course, the government and the opposition know it: this is the prince who came forward to protect his eldest brother;

But externally, Tianzi Qi still hasn't forgotten to do enough work.

First of all, it was the two Linjiang Wang Xiang and Neishi who impeached Liu Rong who were recalled to Chang'an for accountability.

The final conclusion of accountability is naturally not unexpected and muddy - no one is wrong about this matter, but there is a misunderstanding between Liu Rong and his own Wang Xiang and internal history, which led to such a result.

Since it was a misunderstanding, there was naturally no need for anyone to take too much responsibility for the affairs of Jiangling Taimiao.

- At the very least, Liu Rong no longer needs to be punished by the Chang'an court for this.

After a brief discussion, the Chang'an court made a final decision: to order the prince of Linjiang and Neishi to return to Jiangling and restore the Jiangling Temple to its original state, so as to make up for its mistake of 'misunderstanding Liu Rong'.

As for Liu Rong, he got a result of 'although he did not make a mistake, as the first responsible person, he needs to bear a certain degree of joint and several responsibility', and stayed in Chang'an Taimiao for half a month.

After the expiration of the Si expired, Liu Rong walked out of the Taimiao in a low-key manner, honestly lived in his palace in Shangguanli, and hung a wooden sign of 'Closing the Door and Thanking Guests' outside the main gate.

Liu Rong finished thinking about it, and Liu Sheng planned to go to greet him with great fanfare;

But at the end of Liu Rong's thought expiration, the crown prince Liu Sheng did not end his thought expiration.

- Liu Sheng, who also suffered from the 'board';

——The sentence 'kissing and hiding', while winning Liu Sheng countless favors inside and outside the government and the opposition, and even the people, also exchanged for a one-month grounding for himself.

At this point, the case of Liu Rong, the king of Linjiang, 'encroaching on the soil of Jiangling Taimiao', has finally come to an end.

Liu Rong survived.

With Liu Sheng's all-out efforts, Liu Rong, the king of Linjiang, walked into his palace in Chang'an alive.

And when Liu Sheng also ended his 'thinking expiration' and ordered to reopen the door of the imperial palace, the current princes who were summoned to Chang'an by the Son of Heaven at Liu Sheng's request have also arrived in Chang'an.

So, on the evening of the day when the end of the thought expired and the main gate of the palace was ordered to be reopened, the invitation of the prince Liu Sheng was sent to the Linjiang Palace, Hejian Palace, Lu Palace, Jiangdu Palace, Jiaoxi Palace, and Changsha Palace;

Even in the Qilan Hall of Weiyang Palace, Liu Sheng did not forget to send someone to send an invitation, inviting his younger brother, Liu Yu, the king of Jiaodong, who was not yet five years old, to attend a banquet in his palace on the evening of the same day.

Around dusk, they were brothers and sisters in the palace, but now they are each a prince, and the brothers from each side of the world have come to the side hall of the palace.

This is also the first time that the sons of the Son of Heaven have gathered together since the incident that happened in Shanglin Yuan at the beginning of last year······

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"Fifth brother!"

Accompanied by his brother Liu Pengzu, Liu Sheng almost did not hesitate, and walked quickly in front of the fifth brother, Liu Fei, the king of Jiangdu.

With an expression that couldn't hide his excitement, he stretched out his hand and held the arm of the fifth brother Liu Fei, which was thicker than before, and Liu Sheng's face could only hide his longing.

"I haven't seen you for more than a year, the fifth brother has bones, but he is stronger?"

"-I miss my brother to death!"

After a simple greeting, he still couldn't hold back his excitement, Liu Sheng simply stopped holding the prince's shelf, opened his arms, and hugged the fifth brother in front of him hard.

Although he tried his best, he only slapped his hand on the back elbow of the fifth brother Liu Fei, Liu Sheng was still full of excitement and pulled Liu Fei's arm, and went straight to the top position.

With such a posture, the faces of several brothers on the side changed in unison!

Only a moment later, Liu Sheng also reacted, shook his head with a smile, and shrugged his shoulders with self-deprecation.

"Patronizing and happy, I forgot the incident of mourning King Hui back then······"

"Hi;"

"That's it!"

"Fifth brother and I will sit together at the banquet!"

"What is the main position and not the main position, our brothers talk about these, shengfen!"

As he spoke, Liu Sheng ignored the prevarication of the fifth brother Liu Fei and the slightly hesitant gazes of the rest of the people, pulled Liu Fei and sat down in the banquet.

After Liu Sheng's move, the brothers who were still entangled in how to face and meet Liu Sheng had to sit down with each other.

And Liu Sheng's attention was finally removed from the fifth brother Liu Fei beside him after everyone sat down.

At today's dinner, when Ziqi's sons were born today, except for a few born to Mrs. Xiao Wang, that is, a few little sons who were still breastfeeding, the rest were all present.

There is nothing strange about the number of people seated at the banquet.

- The main seat, which was supposed to be sat by Liu Sheng alone, was vacant because Liu Sheng said, 'I sit with my fifth brother';

The first seat in the east seat, the eldest of all the brothers, Liu Rong, the king of Linjiang, is looking at the opposite seat with a trademark smile;

Liu De, the second king of Hejian, sat next to Liu Rong as usual, in a posture that seemed to be sitting with him.

Liu De went down, and it was directly the last seat, sitting the former beauty of the king, the current Mrs. Wang, and the little ten who was held in the arms of Mrs. Wang, curiously looking at everyone in the hall: Liu Yu, the king of Jiaodong.

In the east seat, there are only three men and one woman.

Compared with the deserted east seat, the west seat is undoubtedly a lot more lively;

The first seat in the west seat is the fourth eldest among the brothers: Liu Yu, the king of Lu.

From Liu Yu below, there are Liu Fei and Liu Sheng, the old kings of Wujiang, who sit at the same seat, Liu Fa, the sixth king of Changsha, and the 'quasi-Zhao king' who has not yet been crowned king: Liu Pengzu, the seventh king, and the king of Jiaoxi, who silently sat at the last seat: Liu Duan, the eighth old.

The expressions of the brothers are quite interesting.

The boss Liu Rong has obviously walked out of the horror of almost dying in the Lieutenant's Mansion before, with a smile on his face, which only makes people feel like a spring breeze;

Almost every three or five breaths, Liu Rong's soft gaze would subconsciously fall on Liu Sheng.

What is obvious is that the previous incident made the relationship between Liu Rong and his younger brother Liu Sheng closer than three or five steps.

Beside Liu Rong, the second Liu De also looked at Liu Sheng, the younger brother of the opposite seat, from time to time.

But compared to Liu Rong, who was neither humble nor arrogant, extremely gentle, and faintly had some humble eyes, Liu De looked at Liu Sheng's gaze, obviously a little more cramped, and subconsciously vigilant.

- not to be wary of danger and the unknown;

And it's just that when facing unfamiliar relatives, you will subconsciously bring vigilance, or alienation.

Liu Rong and Liu De were on the side of the two brothers, and Liu Yu, the little ten, was young and ignorant, and only looked at the brothers in the hall with the most innocent and brilliant curiosity.

Instead, Mrs. Wang, who held Liu Yu in her arms and sat at the end of the seat, swept her meaningful gaze over the brothers in the hall from time to time······

The people of Xixi are relatively simple;

From the fourth elder Liu Yu of the chief, the fifth elder Liu Fei next to Liu Sheng, to the sixth elder Liu Fa and the eighth elder Liu Duan at the end of the seat, the expressions on the faces of the four brothers are basically the same.

are all with a slightly stiff smile, obviously instinctively wanting to get close to Liu Sheng and reunite with Liu Sheng after a long absence;

Because of Liu Sheng's current identity, he has some concerns.

The most normal ones are naturally Liu Sheng and Liu Pengzu.

- Liu Sheng and Liu Fei sat at the same table, and they greeted Liu Fei for a while, talking and laughing;

Holding Liu Fei's sturdy arms tightly, he was stunned and didn't want to let go for a moment.

As for Liu Pengzu, he took on the role of the protagonist very well, and from time to time sat on both sides of him with the sixth brother Liu Fa and the eighth brother Liu Duan, two social phobia patients, chatting about the past two years, and the two of them were in their respective countries.

The brothers reunited after a long absence, and Liu Sheng put on a posture of 'don't be too restrained, open up', and everyone naturally couldn't bear their selfish thoughts, and greeted each other with the brothers and sisters around them.

But after a short period of reminiscence, everyone stopped talking in unison, and their eyes all converged on Liu Sheng.

——In this dinner a few days ago, Liu Sheng is the undoubted protagonist.

Or should it be said: After becoming the prince, every time the brothers get together, Liu Sheng will be the protagonist······

"I haven't seen you for more than a year, and your brothers have all gained some prestige as clan relatives and princes;"

"I think that two years ago, we were still eating and living together in the palace, and from time to time there was some trouble······"

"Hi~"

"In just two years, the vicissitudes of life, things are not people······"

Feeling the eyes of the brothers gathered on him, Liu Sheng sighed slightly, although he still held the fifth brother Liu Fei intimately, but he fell on the eldest brother Liu Rong and the second brother Liu De on the opposite table.

"The third brother's business ······"

"Alas······"

"If it's closer, you can also send the imperial doctor in the palace to take a look;"

"It's just that Changshan is too far away, and when the news was delivered to Chang'an, the third brother was already ······"

···

"The third brother, the eldest brother and the second brother lost their brothers and siblings;"

"Even my biological mother's ······"

"Alas······"

said with melancholy, and in the end, Liu Sheng only slapped his thigh a little depressed.

"Serve!"

"Today, my brothers, if you are not drunk, you will not return!"

As Liu Sheng talked about the third Liu Si and Li Ji's death, all the brothers sitting in the hall, except for Xiao Liu Yu, who didn't know what was going on, had a sad look on their faces.

It's not that everyone is saddened by the death of Li Ji and Liu Shu's mother and son.

is just a half-brother, for Liu Rong and Liu De lost their mother and brother one after another, all the brothers present sympathized with the two brothers.

The prince gave an order, and the wine that was supposed to be served with the meal was naturally sent into the palace in advance by the palace people.

Then the maidservant who entered from the fish poured wine for each of the brothers, and the brothers, under Liu Sheng's call, raised the wine cup and drank it together.

"Whew~"

After a glass of wine, Liu Sheng's already somewhat depressed face was immediately more distorted;

Feeling the heat of the liquor, Liu Shengzong frowned as he was stimulated, and he didn't forget to say another sentence on his lips: "The past, eldest brother and second brother, don't be too persistent." ”

"It's a rare gathering of my brothers, and it's a day to be happy."

"-We won't mention the sad things in the past."

"Eat and drink well, and talk happily."

Still a little depressed, the brothers Liu Rong and Liu De, who had attracted the east seat, forced the sorrow in their hearts to suppress themselves, and then forced a smile and nodded their heads.

was invited to drink with Liu Sheng, and the two brothers each lowered their heads, and sighed softly.

——Once upon a time, the three words 'Phoenix Palace' still meant that the Han family would have the most honorable mother and son in the next thirty years;

And now, there are four mothers and sons who have had the opportunity to become the queen and the queen mother, and are very likely to become the crown prince and the son of the son of the queen mother, and the younger brother of the prince and the son of heaven, but only two of them are still alive;

There are only two people left, who appeared in today's palace.

If it weren't for Liu Sheng's action, even the only remaining two brothers would have to die again.

Such a change, not to mention personal experience, is seen from others, or even just heard from other people's mouths, it is enough to be called a man's silent woman's tears······

"Alas······"

After Liu Sheng mentioned Li Ji and Liu Si, the atmosphere that should have been relaxed and pleasant was inexplicably low.

The brothers did not continue to talk to each other to describe their lovesickness;

In the entire side hall, there was only one sigh after another.

This situation lasted for a long time.

In the end, Liu Sheng still spoke, with an obviously deliberate smile, and re-enlivened the atmosphere.

"It's rare to get together, or in a few days, let's go hunting in the forest, right?"

"——Before parting, the last time my brothers and others gathered together, it was my father who summoned me to hunt in Shanglin."

"We ······ meet again this time"

With such a word, pulling everyone's hearts back to the eyes, Liu Sheng looked sideways at the left-hand side with a slightly deliberate smile, and Liu Yu, the fourth brother who was still separated from his fifth brother Liu Fei.

"Before the king became a vassal, I remember that the fourth brother was fond of hunting;"

"After I became a vassal, I often heard that the fourth brother was hunting and playing everywhere in Ludi."

"How?"

"Fourth brother is interested, with my brothers, go to Shanglin to hunt again?"

Feeling the deliberateness in Liu Sheng's tone, Liu Yu immediately understood in his heart: Liu Sheng proposed a safari, obviously wanting to enliven the atmosphere;

But after a short hesitation, Liu Yu finally shook his head and smiled bitterly, and arched his hand sideways to Liu Sheng.

"Your Highness's good intentions, few people understand."

"Just ······"

···

"Alas······"

"It's just that this time I entered the court, Xiangguo, and I also came to Chang'an with the widow."

"Xiangguo is here, even if the widow wants to, he will never dare to move the idea of 'hunting'······"

Speaking helplessly, Liu Yu got up with a wry smile and silently bowed his hand to Liu Sheng, which was regarded as declining Liu Sheng's invitation.

And after Liu Yu's behavior, Liu Sheng, who originally just wanted to enliven the atmosphere, widened his eyes in surprise,

"Xiangguo is here, don't dare to hunt?"

"Don't dare ???"

···

"The fourth brother is a good hunter, but how many of my brothers remember it?"

"How did Uncle Tian force the fourth brother to the point of 'not daring to hunt'?"

Full of surprise to express the doubts in his heart, Liu Sheng still stared at his eyes, and seemed to still feel incredulous about Liu Yu's sentence 'dare not hunt'.

At this time, Liu Fei, who was sitting next to Liu Sheng, finally adjusted from the previous restraint that he didn't know why.

- After all, it is the temperament of a martial artist, and in this moment's effort, Liu Fei has already left Liu Sheng's identity as the 'prince' behind;

Without any worries, Liu Fei quickly recovered from the past, and talked about nothing with Liu Sheng, and explained the origin of Liu Yu's sentence 'dare not hunt' for Liu Sheng, who was surprised.

"Xiao Jiu, I really don't know ······"

"Since that year, Uncle Liang sent someone to assassinate Yuan An, and his father sent Uncle Tian to Suiyang to investigate the matter, Uncle Tian has become more and more important in the heart of the imperial grandmother."

"By last year, my brothers and all of them were crowned kings and vassals, and it didn't take long for the fourth brother to be accused in front of the imperial grandmother because he 'likes to hunt and have fun and ignores government affairs'······"

Briefly explaining the background of this matter, Liu Fei didn't forget to smile and turn his head back and smile playfully at the fourth brother Liu Yu;

After Liu Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head, he nodded and signaled Liu Fei to 'just say it, I don't mind', before he looked at Liu Sheng again.

"The fourth brother is good at hunting, this is a long-standing thing, and the imperial grandmother knows it in her heart."

"In the end, the imperial grandmother appointed Uncle Tian as the fourth brother's prime minister to discipline the fourth brother."

"After arriving in Ludi, Uncle Tian also visited the fourth brother as soon as possible, and advised the fourth brother: You should restrain your heart of fun and concentrate on state affairs;"

After the fourth brother agreed, Uncle Tian followed the fourth brother every step of the way, reminding the fourth brother at all times.

"—Later, the fourth brother couldn't help it, so he went to the hunting garden;"

"Seeing that he couldn't persuade the fourth brother, Uncle Tian ignored the scorching sun and basked outside the hunting garden for a full day!"

"That is, after that, whenever Uncle Lu Xiangtian is there, the fourth brother will never dare to mention the word 'hunting' again······"

With Liu Fei's rude and vaguely gloating tone, the eyes of everyone in the hall also converged on the first seat of the west seat.

Seeing Liu Yu shaking his head and smiling bitterly, he took a leisurely breath before raising his head slightly at Liu Sheng.

"Prime Minister, you are really old;"

"If you don't agree, you will be exposed to the scorching sun, and the widow is really worried······"

"I know that I am unreasonable, and I can't resist the prime minister, so I can only follow the prime minister ······"

Hearing this, Liu Sheng obviously still couldn't recover from the shock that the fourth brother Liu Yu had actually 'stopped hunting'.

- Hunting is almost Liu Yu's life!

- Liu Yu is addicted to hunting!!

And it's still addictive!!

"Hiss ······"

"This Uncle Tian ······"

"Something, huh?"

Subconsciously muttered to himself, although the brothers didn't understand too clearly, they also roughly guessed what Liu Sheng wanted to express.

As the hall sounded the good-natured chuckle of the brothers, Liu Sheng finally shook his head with a smile.

"When you get to Chang'an, the fourth brother shouldn't worry about these anymore."

"—just tomorrow."

"Early tomorrow morning, all my brothers will go to the forest to hunt."

"As for Lu Xiang's side, my brother will say it."

(End of chapter)