The prince struck again and rescued Zhou Yafu from Tingwei Prison.

is such a simple and fluttering sentence, and it has become the 'hot search' headline on the streets and alleys of Chang'an for several months.

Whether it is a courtier, a hundred officials, or a meritorious marquis;

Whether it is a peddler or a farmer in the countryside.

Anyone who is idle and happens to have a friend who can chat a few words around him will inevitably mention: Hey, have you heard?

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince saved another life······

It can be said that for Liu Sheng's approach, public opinion does not have any specific tendency.

Some people say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was kind-hearted when he was a child, as evidenced by the previous stabilization of grain prices;

Even the people's stomachs are concerned, so naturally they will not sit idly by and watch the desolate evening of his brother Liu Rong and the old minister Zhou Yafu.

Some people also say that the prince has developed a habit since he was a child - he can't be idle;

I want to get together for any excitement and plug in again.

But more people still regard this matter as a conversation point when chatting with friends before and after tea.

As for the conclusion, most people still stayed on the sidelines on the principle of 'not knowing the truth, not commenting'.

Regarding external public opinion, Liu Sheng naturally did not pay much attention.

Liu Sheng's focus is still more on the business that he is busy with.

When it comes to business, I have to mention Tianzi Qi's exclusive favor for Prince Sheng, as well as his hard mouth and soft heart.

- Earlier, Liu Sheng found Tianziqi and expressed his idea of 'wanting to save Zhou Yafu's life and try to see if he can use it'.

At that time, although Tianziqi's attitude was not too tough, he did not forget to drop a sentence with his actions: I picked the fruit and smashed your back.

However, after Liu Sheng personally took Zhou Yafu out of Tingwei Prison, and determined that Zhou Yafu was the crown prince and Shaobao, and Cheng Buzhi and Zhidu were the candidates for Zhou Yafu's selection of 'commanders', Tianziqi's follow-up actions seemed to have prepared everything a long time ago.

On that day, three edicts were issued from Weiyang Palace at the same time.

-- The case of Hou Zhou Yafu's private possession of armor, after investigation, was found to be the Hou Shizi Zhou Yang's own claim, and it had nothing to do with Zhou Yafu;

Zhou Yang, the son of the Hou family, was abolished, and Zhou Pengzu, the second son of Zhou Yafu, was replaced as the son of the Hou Shizi.

Zhou Yafu had no way to teach his son and seized his marquis country.

Ren is the prince and the young protector is allowed to make meritorious service for his crimes.

- Beidi County does not know the guard, governs the army well, has made many meritorious deeds, and has accumulated meritorious services, and should be rewarded;

He was ordered to return to Beijing to report on his work, and to wait for the vacancy to be made in the DPRK.

- Lieutenant Zhidu, who invited himself to be released as a general;

He was dismissed from the post of lieutenant and was temporarily vacant in the border county.

He was appointed as the crown prince and the prince of Jianling, Hou Weixuan, and a lieutenant······

When the news came out, especially the official announcement of Zhou Yafu's 'acquittal', public opinion was suddenly filled with an inexplicable 'crooked wind'.

Oh~

Let's just say it~

Your Majesty, I still love the prince very much~

The person the prince wants to save, His Majesty didn't say a word, and arranged everything properly~

This, even for this time, Liu Sheng's 'explosive news' of rescuing Zhou Yafu from Tingwei Prison has come to a successful end.

As for the transfer of Cheng Buzhi and Zhi Du, no one in the public opinion paid attention to it at all, and it was only a normal job transfer.

When the sky was over, the idlers and lazy rangers in the streets and alleys, with thoughts such as 'finally sent away this plague god', secretly rejoiced that Zhi Du had left the post of lieutenant.

Everything was arranged by the Son of Heaven, Liu Sheng should have been happy about this, and devoted himself to this important event related to Liu Han Sheji and even the fortunes of Chinese civilization.

It's just that after all, it is the crown prince;

In this series of political events, Liu Sheng's focus is precisely the appointment that everyone has ignored, or has not mentioned.

- The crown prince Fu Jianling Hou Weijuan, concurrently serving as a lieutenant······

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"Something is wrong."

"It's so wrong."

"——With my father's temperament of not seeing rabbits and not scattering eagles, can he raise that Wei Juan to the position of lieutenant for no reason?"

"Here, there must be something Ah Sheng missed!"

Too womb, Jiaguan.

After nearly two years, Liu Sheng and his brother Liu Pengzu were finally able to meet in this place where both brothers felt extremely familiar.

A few years ago, the two brothers came to this palace for the first time, because of the suppression of food prices, and used the side hall of this palace as a temporary office space, as if it were yesterday;

After Liu Sheng was appointed as the crown prince, the scene of the two brothers talking day and night in the study of the prince palace - Jiaguan talking and discussing the situation is still clearly displayed in the minds of the two brothers.

But in just a few years, everything seems to have changed dramatically······

"Ah Sheng thinks about it: Recently, did Ah Sheng do something to make his father suspicious?"

"If there is, then the father asked Wei Juan to be a lieutenant, and he should want to test it."

"At the very least, it's also a reminder and a warning to Ah Sheng: don't go too far?"

Seeing that his brother entered the state very naturally, still thinking about the situation and countermeasures for himself as he did a few years ago, Liu Sheng's slightly hesitant gaze couldn't help but stay on Liu Pengzu's face for a moment.

After Liu Pengzu looked away a little weakly, and pretended to laugh calmly, Liu Sheng withdrew his gaze from his brother;

Hanxiao lowered his head, and after a moment's thought, he chuckled and shook his head.

"It's been a few years since my brother left Beijing to become a vassal."

"In the past few years, many things in Chang'an have changed."

"—The Imperial Grandmother has changed;"

"—Mother has changed;"

"My father has changed;"

"Brother, I've grown a little ······."

interrupted his brother's noisy chatter without a trace, and when Liu Pengzu lowered his head weakly, and peeked at himself from time to time, Liu Sheng let out two more chuckles;

It's just that these two chuckles are so palpitating in the ears of Liu Pengzu, the half-brother who has played with his bare ass since he was a child······

"Tiaohou, my brother personally picked it up from Tingwei Prison."

"Cheng Buzhi and Zhidu are also the people who Tiaohou stretched out his hand and asked for his brother."

"What exactly it is used for, my brother doesn't have to care."

"You just need to know: my brother, the prince and prince, will not be confused about the importance of ······"

···

"Hmm~"

"As for Taifu concurrently serving as a lieutenant, the meaning is not shallow."

"——Since the Han Dynasty, the forbidden army of my Han family has always been a guard lieutenant and a lieutenant."

"The lieutenant is in charge of the Northern Army, and the chief is the patrol of the city gates and streets of Chang'an;"

"Wei Wei is in charge of the Southern Army, and the two palaces of Weiyang and Changle are forbidden."

"As for Lang Zhongling and Zhonglang General, they will control Zhonglang and ban the guards, and accompany them to guard the holy car."

"Today's Lang Zhongling is the humerus henchman of his father's palace: Zhou Ren, Marquis of Rufen."

"Wei Wei is a good old man who has always been famous for his 'virtue' in the government and the opposition."

"Now, my father has appointed Taifu as a lieutenant and handed over the military power of the Northern Army to his younger brother······"

Speaking of this, Liu Sheng did not forget to raise his eyes slightly, and glanced at his anxious brother Liu Pengzu;

Then, he pretended to be okay and grinned again.

"Perhaps, as my brother said."

"——The military power of the forbidden army may be a pawn for the father to test his younger brother, the prince and prince, whether he has a disobedient heart."

"And Mrs. Wei is the safety lock for my father to ensure that my brother can't really do anything wrong."

"So, Mrs. Wei, the 'lieutenant', brother, is still a good ······ if it doesn't exist."

A kind of euphemism that seems to be a matter of facts, but is actually insinuating, only caused Liu Pengzu to be more distracted;

However, Liu Sheng has not pierced the window paper, and Liu Pengzu is not good at directly putting on a posture of 'I know it is wrong'.

After looking ahead, he had no choice but to raise his head with a stiff smile and nod to Liu Sheng with a fluttering gaze.

"Ah ······"

"I haven't seen you in just a few years, Your Highness, you have indeed grown a lot."

"If it weren't for His Highness's suggestion, the widow wouldn't have seen such a ······"

"-Brother is polite~"

Without waiting for Liu Pengzu's words to fall, Liu Sheng interrupted without any scruples, and even exhaled a long breath quite freely.

Seeing his brother Liu Pengzu shrinking his neck in disbelief, Liu Sheng stared deeply into the depths of Liu Pengzu's gaze;

After a long time, he said again: "Well, it's also a sibling brother who fell from his mother's womb." ”

"Brother and His Royal Highness, if this is spread out, it will not be my brother's······"

"What did my brother say?"

is obviously a smile like a spring breeze, but in Liu Pengzu's opinion, it is so gloomy and cold;

It was clearly a sincere greeting, and when it reached Liu Pengzu's ears, it was so chilling and palpitating.

Holding back the fear in his heart, and squeezing out an extremely stiff smile, Liu Pengzu finally gained courage and gave Liu Sheng a little bow.

"Your Highness is serious, ······ is serious"

"His Royal Highness is commensurate with his elder brother, and His Royal Highness attaches great importance to love and righteousness;"

"But if the widow is also commensurate with a brother, and even in front of His Royal Highness, he considers himself a 'clan elder', then the widow doesn't know the importance of it······"

···

"Well, I don't know what your Highness has to say to the widow today?"

"If there is, then Your Highness does not need to have any doubts, you can speak out."

"If you are a widow and a minister, there is no reason to disrespect the emperor's order and your highness······"

As the saying goes: the unknown is the most frightening;

Just as a falling knife is no more frightening than a dangling knife.

Liu Pengzu at this moment is precisely this mentality.

- If as soon as they met, Liu Sheng blamed Liu Pengzu for 'being too faceless' and 'not being honest at all as King Zhao', then Liu Pengzu has 800 sets of rhetoric, and he can grind hard and mix up in front of Liu Sheng;

If Liu Sheng talked about him from beginning to end and never mentioned the past few years, then Liu Pengzu also had a cheeky face, and nothing happened.

But what Liu Pengzu encountered was the most uncomfortable situation.

Liu Sheng mentioned;

Again, it doesn't seem to be mentioned.

Or: Liu Sheng can say that he didn't mention it, but Liu Pengzu definitely can't really be Liu Sheng didn't mention it;

Liu Sheng can say, 'I didn't say anything', but Liu Pengzu must not say that he 'didn't hear anything'.

Just as Fang Cai, Liu Sheng said to Liu Pengzu: In recent years, Liu Sheng has really grown a lot······

"Oh?"

"Listen to what my brother means, if it's okay, can't I invite my brother to come to this palace to sit and chat with my brother?"

"It's only been a few years since you left Beijing?"

"The brotherhood of a mother and compatriots has faded so quickly?"

Hearing Liu Pengzu's request to 'speak straight if you have something to say', it can even be said to be a plea, but Liu Sheng was still unmoved.

And Liu Pengzu finally gave up the last bit of luck, bowed his head in shame, and bowed his head to Liu Shengna.

"The minister is here, in fact, there is something to do, and he wants to explain it to His Highness."

"It was yesterday that the minister was called by the Queen Mother to enter Changle and be admonished······"

Seeing that Liu Pengzu finally made his attitude clear, claiming that he had also changed from a 'widow' to a minister, Liu Sheng's seemingly gentle, but in fact extremely hypocritical faint smile finally quietly disappeared on the face that was beginning to show his heroic appearance.

He took a deep breath, pursed his lips again, and let the rough breath come out of his nostrils;

Looking at Liu Pengzu's head that he couldn't bury in the ground, and his chin that he couldn't poke into his chest, Liu Sheng's face never saw a trace of gentleness again.

"Back then, my brother was not King Zhao, and my younger brother had not yet lived in this palace."

"My father told my brother: Your brother has become the king of Zhao, and he will definitely not have anything to do with the word 'gong'."

"—Brother didn't believe me."

"The younger brother told his father: The younger brother and the elder brother are the same mother, they know each other, and they know the temperament of the elder brother, and the younger brother knows everything about it."

···

"After that, my brother also told my brother, saying that my father was sure that my brother would kill a Zhao prime minister every one or two years."

"My brother remembers that at that time, my brother promised my brother: As an elder brother, there is no reason to cause trouble to my younger brother······"

"Could it be that my brother remembered it wrong?"

With Liu Sheng's last sentence, 'Could it be that I remembered it wrong?' At the exit, Liu Pengzu, who was originally just bowing his head deeply, no longer knew when he was prostrate on the ground, and gently chose his forehead less than half an inch above the floor;

But what happened next made Liu Pengzu's already hanging heart more and more filled with an unknown fear.

- Liu Sheng, got up from the main seat······

not only stood up, but also took an extremely slow pace and walked in the direction of Liu Pengzu;

Every time he took a step, Liu Sheng would say an extremely plain word, but it seemed that in Liu Pengzu's heart, he would hit one hammer after another······

"Brother, this King Zhao, is really beautiful;"

···

"In a year, the bodies of the two successive Zhao Guoxiang were sent out of Handan City;"

···

"Until half a month ago, as soon as the edict of my father summoning my brother into Chang'an was sent to the city gate of Handan, I passed by the corpse of my brother's third Zhao Guoxiang······"

Liu Pengzu clearly remembered: his seat was at least seven or eight steps away from Liu Sheng's main seat;

But for some reason, in just three steps and three sentences, Liu Sheng, who was still sitting at the top, had already come to Liu Pengzu.

And crouched down in front of his prostrate brother.

"Brother, it's really hard for my brother to do it······"

(End of chapter)