I don't know if Liu Sheng was too respectful, or even a transitional and respectful attitude, which made Empress Dowager Dou feel a little cold; After saying 'Dou Ying, forget it', the Empress Dowager Dou excused herself to overwork recently, and immediately returned to the apse.

Of course, Liu Sheng didn't dare to slack off, and personally helped the Empress Dowager Dou back to the apse, and carefully lay down on the imperial couch.

It's just that Liu Sheng's actions made Empress Dowager Dou feel more and more sad and melancholy for no reason.

——I always hear people say that 'the heavenly family is ruthless' and 'the royal family has no father and son'; to this day, the Empress Dowager Dou has finally realized what kind of life philosophy the words 'heavenly family are ruthless'.

The ruthlessness of the heavenly family is not from an objective point of view: the heavenly family has no affection in the first place; Rather, from a subjective point of view: Heavenly family, it is better not to have friendship······ Let's just say that now, I am respectful to the Empress Dowager Dou and obedient to her words, but the Empress Dowager Dou almost can't feel the close Tianzi Sheng, isn't it a good grandson of the Empress Dowager Dou in the past?

Empress Dowager Dou, who has become the empress dowager, didn't she love and pamper her grandson Liu Sheng in the past?

Or is there any disagreement or disagreement between the two grandparents and grandchildren that hurt their feelings? Not really.

Compared with the Empress Dowager Dou and the crown prince in the past, the only change between the ancestors and grandchildren is that the prince has become the emperor, and the prince has become the son of heaven; As the theoretical controller of the Han family, Empress Dowager Dou must always be objective, calm, and even indifferent when dealing with the emperor.

Liu Sheng is really sensible; Liu Sheng did not blame the Empress Dowager Dou for only loving Liu Wu, the king of Liang, like the former Tianzi Qi, but took the initiative to put on a posture of 'whatever the imperial grandmother can do', and did not make it difficult for the Empress Dowager Dou at all.

But what Empress Dowager Dou wants is not such a sensible grandson. - Maybe the people of the world need this sensible emperor; But what Empress Dowager Dou wants is by no means a sensible and heart-warming Tianzi Sheng······

"Grandson, what can I do······"

"It's just for the sake of the temple and the shrine······" Liu Sheng, who was waiting for his grandmother to lie down on the royal couch, close her eyes, and walk out of the palace alone, let out a lament to herself.

Regarding the change of his identity and the 'change' of the whole world, Liu Sheng can be said to have been mentally prepared for a long time.

To be precise: from the day he became the crown prince, Liu Sheng had already begun to mentally prepare for the day he became the emperor.

Even if Liu Sheng doesn't do this, the people around him are subtly forcing Liu Sheng to be fully prepared for this day.

But when this day really came, he had already been mentally prepared for it, and Liu Sheng was still a little at a loss.

The Son of Heaven has died. Just like the whisper in Liu Sheng's ear before the death of the Son of Heaven, this monarch did everything he thought he should do, and dropped a sentence very freely: right and wrong are all commented on by future generations.

For this gloomy and narrow-minded emperor, Liu Sheng's feelings are not complicated. Although they are father and son connected by blood, Liu Sheng has never felt his father's love from the body of the Son of Heaven; Although Liu Sheng repeatedly showed the attitude of 'I am very satisfied with you', Liu Sheng almost didn't get a word of undisguised praise from the mouth of the Son of Heaven.

More often, Tianzi Qi will say: It's good, but it can be better; I didn't make a big mistake, but there was a lot that could be improved; It's okay, but it's still far from what the emperor should be······ In a sense, there can be no father-son friendship between Liu Sheng and Tianzi Qi, and some are just the pure subordinate relationship, or 'teacher-student relationship'.

——As the current emperor, the Son of Heaven taught the prince Liu Sheng how to be a 'not too bad' emperor.

As a prince, Liu Sheng has also learned a lot from this physiology student father.

For the departure of Tianziqi, Liu Sheng really felt endless grief. But this is not like the sorrow and confusion of a boy who has lost his father and lost a towering tree; It is more like Liu Sheng, as a Han - an ordinary and extremely ordinary Han person, who feels sincere grief for the death of the emperor and a good emperor.

Now, the Han family has bid farewell to the Son of Heaven and ushered in the era of the Son of Heaven; In this era of his own, Liu Sheng can only rely on himself······

"Sheng'er?" When he returned to the Changxin Hall full of thoughts, he didn't even realize where he was, and his mother's gentle call came from his ears; Xun Sheng raised his head, and when he saw the suspicious look on his mother's face, Liu Sheng only smiled and shook his head, and secretly sighed slightly, then stepped forward and sat down beside the Empress Dowager Jia.

——After becoming the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager Jia naturally moved from the Jiaofang Hall of the Yang Palace to the Changle Palace where the Empress Dowager Dou lived.

It's just that the Changxin Palace, which was supposed to be for the Queen Mother to live in, now has a Queen Mother Weiya Hainei, even if the Empress Dowager Jia is the common mother of the world, she can only abide by the duties of her daughter-in-law and live in the side hall of the Changxin Palace.

First, it is to show his respect for his mother-in-law and the Queen Mother, and secondly, it is also to be able to learn more things by the side of the Queen Mother Dou and learn how to be a qualified Queen Mother.

At this moment, the Empress Dowager Dou returned to the apse to rest, and the Empress Dowager Jia could also meet her emperor's son alone in the Changxin Palace.

What made Empress Dowager Jia settle down a little and appease the confusion in her heart was that Liu Sheng, who sat next to her, was obviously much more relaxed than Fang Cai, when she was next to Empress Dowager Dou.

Of course, Empress Dowager Jia didn't understand: why there were more layers of estrangement between Liu Sheng and Empress Dowager Dou overnight; I can't predict that one day in the future, I and my son Liu Sheng are also likely to become like this.

But at least for the moment, at least at the moment when Empress Dowager Jia is still a little unaccustomed to the change of identity, Liu Sheng's relaxed and natural performance in front of him undoubtedly calmed Empress Dowager Jia's flustered heart a lot.

And the next conversation between the mother and son, for example, is like Fang Cai, the conversation between Liu Sheng and the grandparents of the Empress Dowager Dou, and there is more temperature between relatives······

"The kings will return to Beijing for funeral, and my brother will also come back."

"In the past year, with the Queen Mother by her side, my brother has been a lot more restrained."

"In addition, my son has already ascended the throne, so it is inconvenient to be too harsh on my brother."

"—When you see your brother, don't forget to warn your mother, lest your brother 'relapse from his old illness';"

"If you carry the Marquis out of Handan City horizontally, you will be a little unable to raise your head when you are at Mrs. Bo's place······ As he spoke, Liu Sheng was already tired and lay down on his side, gently rested his head on his mother's thigh, and closed his eyes with peace of mind.

Emperor Daxing died, especially after more than a month, and walked to the end of his life step by step; During this period of time, Liu Sheng, the crown prince, can be said to have not slept even a little steadily.

If it is said that after becoming the prince of the prison country, Liu Sheng worked hard all day for official affairs and government affairs, then after the Son of Heaven entered the final countdown to his life, Liu Sheng felt tired because of the high degree of mental tension.

When the Son of Heaven died, Liu Sheng, as the prince, had to beware of Xiaoxiao's secret troubles, and also had to ensure that he would not show the slightest suspicion of 'impatience' under the magnifying glass inside and outside the entire court and the opposition; and after the death of the Son of Heaven, Liu Sheng had to be full of half-truths and half-false grief, and forcibly pretended to be 'Although I lost my father, I want to be strong for the world', and completed the whole process of the new monarch's accession to the throne.

After the process is completed and he sits on the throne, there are still a lot of things waiting for Liu Sheng to deal with. It only takes a moment; Liu Sheng only needs to lie down and rest for a while on his mother's lap······

"Mother understands~"

"In recent days, I have suffered Sheng'er······" He lowered his head full of pity, and watched Liu Sheng lie down beside him, facing the direction of the temple door, pillowing his legs and closing his eyes, Empress Dowager Jia only smiled gently; stretched out his hand and gently caressed it on Liu Sheng's head, and did not forget to laugh at himself on the side of his mouth: "If there is anything else to explain, let's talk about it together." ”

"Lest I have to go back and make a few more trips, and then add to the toil······" Hearing the self-deprecation and banter in his mother's tone, Liu Sheng only grinned slightly, and smiled slightly from an angle that Queen Jia could not see.

The same sentence, if it came out of the mouth of the Empress Dowager Dou, Liu Sheng would inevitably panic, and then hurriedly justified, saying something 'The imperial grandmother misunderstood', 'How can this be?'

Words like that to appease the sensitive heart of the old lady. But hearing this sentence from his mother's mouth, Liu Sheng only felt extremely relieved.

It's like at this moment, just looking at her son lying on her lap, she feels extremely relieved······

"Before, Mrs. Bo was in Handan, after all, her name was not right, and her words were not good;"

"Today, my father and the emperor are in a big way, and the edict of honoring the kings' biological mothers as the queen mother, and the emperor's grandmother has also prepared it, just waiting for the kings to enter Beijing for funeral, and then send it to the hands of the ladies."

"——Mrs. Cheng is the Queen Mother of Lu, and after the funeral of the Emperor Daxing, she followed the fourth brother back to Ludi;"

"——Tang Liangren is the queen mother of Changsha, and he returned to Changsha with the sixth brother."

"As for Mrs. Bo, she is respected as the Queen Mother of Zhao······"···

"Mrs. Bo is already in Handan, I just need to ask my brother to receive the edict on behalf of Mrs. Bo and bring it back to Mrs. Bo."

"Mrs. Cheng and Tang Liangren need their mother to meet and say goodbye."

"After all, now, my mother is the queen mother."

"After so many years of friendship, although I can't go out of the city in person because of my identity, I have to say goodbye at least in words······" Seeing that Liu Sheng really 'had another explanation', Empress Dowager Jia couldn't help but straighten up.

nodded with approval, indicating that he understood Liu Sheng's intentions, so he gently patted Liu Sheng's shoulder, and turned to ask: "Fang Cai, I heard Sheng'er and the queen mother talk about the prime minister; ”

"I don't understand it······"

"Tell your mother?" Hearing this, Liu Sheng's slightly closed eyes opened slowly, and as soon as he turned over slightly, he lay flat on the lap of his mother, Empress Dowager Jia.

Looking at his mother's gaze at him, the panic and self-preparation that seemed to have been carved into his bones, Liu Sheng took a deep breath and finally closed his eyes again.

"Tao Qing, the prime minister, was an expedient measure - it was a choice made in a hurry when my father was anxious to depose Zhou Yafu's phase."

"If it weren't for the fact that my father fell ill too quickly and didn't dare to risk moving the prime minister again, Tao Qing should have only been in the position of prime minister, and he would have been replaced by a more suitable person."

"And now, my father and emperor have become popular, although my son has ascended the throne, he is young and established, and the lord is less suspicious."

"Under such circumstances, a qualified prime minister is not conducive to the temple and the community."

"Compared with a suitable prime minister, a prime minister whose ability is not so good, and even faintly unworthy of virtue is a better choice."

"——The candidate chosen by the imperial grandmother is Taohou Liu She."

"Although on the lips, the emperor's grandmother said 'but the emperor's last wish', but in fact, the reason why Liu She can be the prime minister is precisely because he is not worthy of being the prime minister······"···

"How do I tell my mother······

"Hmmm······"

"It's like being old and planning for the country, saying that the courtiers are old-fashioned and sophisticated, and plan for the country;"

"But the old ministers seek the country, but it can also be explained as: the old courtiers rely on their qualifications to plot the temple and the community."

"-It's like when Emperor Taizu Gao, Xiao Xiangguo defiled himself: His subordinates, especially the ministers who hold great power like the prime minister, cannot be more prestigious than the king."

"Xiao Xiangguo was afraid that his prestige was higher than that of Emperor Taizu Gao, so he defiled himself;"

"And now, if you want the prestige of the prime minister to be lower than yourself, you can only choose someone who is not worthy of being the prime minister to be the prime minister."

"Of course, by the way, you can also take advantage of this incident to accept the heart of Taohou Liu She."

"After all, Liu She himself also knows whether he is worthy of being a prime minister, and he also knows that he can be a prime minister, so he should be grateful to whom······ Seeing Liu Shengping lying on his lap, his eyes slightly closed, but patiently interpreting his talent for himself, the conversation between Liu Sheng and Empress Dowager Dou, Empress Dowager Jia only nodded thoughtfully.

After a long while, he asked puzzledly, "What about Dou Ying?" ”

"Why is it that when my son mentions Dou Ying, the queen mother is unhappy, not only refutes my son, but also leaves under the pretext of excuses?" But when Liu Sheng heard this, he only shook his head with a smile, and then opened his eyes and looked at his mother with a relaxed look.

"Dou Ying, written as 'Wei Qihou', read as 'Dou's relatives'."

"Of course, the imperial grandmother will say, 'Dou Ying can't be the prime minister';"

"But the Dou clan must be happy that their clan can produce a prime minister."

"Especially when the imperial grandmother is still alive and the son is still young and has not yet been crowned, there is a prime minister who leans towards the government and the opposition."

"—Mother, look at it."

"——Next year, after the crown ceremony, Liu She's position as prime minister will definitely be replaced by Wei Qihou."

"At that time, with Wei Qihou, the 'prime minister' staring at the court, in front of the imperial grandmother, he can no longer walk on thin ice, and the imperial grandmother can return to the government with confidence, and Yun'er will be in charge of the dynasty."

"Since the eye disease has become more and more serious, the imperial grandmother's mind has become more sensitive and suspicious;"

"The queen mother is in Changle, you have to pay more attention, Wan Mo has a dislike for the imperial grandmother."

"If the imperial grandmother mentions Dou Ying and Wei Qihou, the queen mother will praise them intentionally or unintentionally."

"When it comes to major events in the DPRK and China, my mother should remember the sentence 'Only the Empress Dowager makes the decision'······"