In fact, the old man's persuasion did not relieve the humiliation and depression in Liu Sheng's heart much;

Perhaps because it was the first time he was exempted from the status of the 'Son of Heaven' with those old men, Liu Sheng did not have too in-depth exchanges with them on the issue of the Huns.

But I have to admit that on this day, Liu Sheng and those old men really talked a lot.

from their respective parents, to the gossip on the streets of Chang'an;

From the past of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and Emperor Xianxiaojing, to now, the old people inside and outside the court and the opposition have gone, and the vicissitudes of life have passed······

Liu Sheng was a lot more relaxed.

I also vaguely have some understanding.

Perhaps for the current Liu Sheng, this invisible and intangible perception is far from enough to dispel the humiliation and depression brought by the Huns.

But at least these few realizations are enough to support Liu Sheng's stubborn soul and set off from Shanglin Yuan.

- Liu Sheng, I'm going back to Chang'an.

Liu Sheng, it's time to go back to Chang'an······

·

"Better?"

Back in Chang'an, Liu Sheng almost immediately took the imperial chariot to Changle Palace.

I also wanted to meet my grandmother and mother, and say something like 'I'm fine, don't worry about the imperial grandmother and queen mother', so that the two queen mothers can rest assured;

It's just that before Liu Sheng arched his hand and bowed his waist, Empress Dowager Dou's calm and gentle voice seemed to soothe the restless Fanying in people's hearts, making Liu Sheng involuntarily step forward.

When he reacted, his body had already walked to the front of the imperial couch, Liu Sheng simply sat down, and naturally put his hand on the palm of his grandmother, Empress Dowager Dou, who was swinging upwards between her legs.

Feeling the familiar temperature, Empress Dowager Dou's already easy-going and loving face finally swelled with a reassuring smile······

"Do you blame me?"

"Blame me, a blind old woman, knowing that Xiao Jiu can't do anything, but still giving Xiao Jiu permission to 'do anything';"

"Blame me, a blind old woman, for letting Xiao Jiu go back on his word in front of the hundred officials, first said big things, and then swallowed his anger;"

"Blame me, a blind old woman, for throwing Xiao Jiu into such a helpless and cramped situation······"

"Huh?"

Hearing that his grandmother took the initiative to mention this matter, Liu Sheng's little dissatisfaction buried in his heart also disappeared in a moment;

subconsciously wanted to open his mouth to deny, but seeing the seriousness on his grandmother's face, Liu Sheng thought about it again and again, and finally bowed his head with frustration.

"No matter what, grandson, I don't dare to blame the imperial grandmother."

"My father once said: After a hundred years of my father, all the big and small affairs in the court, as long as there is something I don't understand, I can get answers from the emperor's grandmother."

"This time, the imperial grandmother did this, and she also had a reason to do it······"

···

"The grandson dared to guess: the imperial grandmother did this to let the grandson learn something from it;"

"Because my grandson once heard people say: There are many things that teachers cannot teach students just by talking."

"Only through personal experience can we get unforgettable lessons, especially if we have experienced failure, it is easier to understand the truth."

"Grandmother of the Emperor did this, maybe because of this, or maybe not;"

"But whether it is or not, grandchildren, they have remembered this lesson and have benefited a lot from this lesson."

"In this case, the grandson is too late to thank the emperor's grandmother, so how can he blame him?"

Liu Sheng's words full of frustration only caused Empress Dowager Dou to shake her head with a smile, holding Liu Sheng's hand and touching and patting, patting and patting, and finally laughing and sighing.

"Alas······"

"In the past, it was always said that Xiao Jiu, a child, was clever when he was young, and among the heirs of the first emperor, no one could stand out."

"But now think about it, among the fourteen sons left by the first emperor, who can have a higher spirit than Xiao Jiu, and whose temperament can be stronger than Xiao Jiu······"

···

"I still remember that year, when Emperor Taizong Xiaowen's bones were not cold, the first emperor took the Queen Mother to swim in Shanglin;"

"On the way, the Queen Mother went to the toilet, and suddenly appeared wild, and followed the Queen Mother into the toilet regardless of it."

"The first emperor went to save with a sword, but was stopped by the Zhonglang general Zhidu at that time."

"For this matter, Xiao Jiu 'lurked' in Sima Gate for a few days, and finally seized the opportunity and smashed Zhidu's eye socket with a punch······"

"-For this matter, Xiao Jiu was also beaten by me here, and was taught a lesson by the late Empress Dowager Bo."

"But even so, Xiao Jiu still didn't give up, and he personally went to the early dynasty at the age of a baby, and he was derelict in his duties when he impeached Zhi······"

"It wasn't until the first emperor punished Zhi Du and suspended him that Xiao Jiu gave up temporarily, and later he and Zhi Du had a knot with each other, so it could be regarded as skipping this matter······"

···

"Later, Chao Cuo didn't know who instructed him to dig up the outer wall of the Taimiao;"

"Xiao Jiu and Lao Qi learned that even when they left the old Anhou Mansion and summoned the northern soldiers who were patrolling the streets, they surrounded Chao Cuo's mansion."

"If the first emperor hadn't sent someone to stop it, maybe that day, Chao Cuo would have died under Xiao Jiuyi's order."

"-For this matter, Xiao Jiu was broken by the first emperor with the jade seal of the country, and was thrown into the Tingwei prison."

"But even so, Xiao Jiu is still haunted by Chao Cuo, and even specially sent Chao Cuo to the North, the place where the border wall is most vulnerable to the invasion of the Huns."

"Come to think of it, Xiao Jiu doesn't really want Chao Cuo to make a contribution, so that he can worship the prime minister."

"Xiao Jiu just wants to give Chao Cuo a good ending - sacrifice his life for the country and protect the family, and Chao Cuo can be regarded as a good death under the premise of Xiao Jiu's dynasty······"

The peaceful words sounded in his ears, only causing Liu Sheng to suddenly look reminiscing, and his mind quietly returned to the foolish things he had done many years ago when he was 'young and frivolous'.

After a long time, he finally forced himself to turn back from his thoughts, lowered his head as if he was smiling, and said with a casual smile: "It's just a bastard thing done when I was a child, how can the imperial grandmother still expose people's shortcomings?" ”

saw that when Empress Dowager Dou heard this, she only quietly removed the smile on her face, raised her hand, and gently stroked her sour eyes;

After that, he let out a leisurely sigh, and then patted Liu Sheng's hand that was held by him.

"Xiao Jiu has a high heart and a strong temperament, I can't be clearer."

"This is precisely for this reason."

"-Liqiu, Xiao Jiu, is about to reach the crown."

"At the latest, at the beginning of spring next year, Xiao Jiu will perform a crown ceremony and be crowned as an adult."

"Then, there is the pro-government ······"

As she said this, Empress Dowager Dou slowly turned her head sideways, although she couldn't see Liu Sheng's face or even the outline at all, she still forced herself to look roughly in the direction where Liu Sheng's face was.

"When I first came to Chang'an from Daidi, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen once complained to me: When you become an emperor, there are some people who are not human, ghosts and ghosts;"

"After the death of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, although the first emperor did not say it explicitly, he also complained to me openly and secretly, saying that he thought that he was the freest person in the world when he became the emperor, but he never thought about it, but he became the most forward-looking and trivial person in the world."

"Xiao Jiu, do you know, why is this?"

"Because at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, Emperor Taizong and the first emperor both believed that when they became emperors, they would no longer have the power of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and they would have nothing to do with the seven emotions and six desires."

"But in the end, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and Emperor Xian both figured out a truth by themselves."

"The emperor is not unable to have joys, sorrows, and sorrows, nor is it impossible to have seven emotions and six desires;"

"It's just that the emperor's joys, sorrows, seven emotions and six desires can't be like ordinary people for no reason······

·

"As the saying goes: when the Son of Heaven is angry, millions of corpses will be ambushed, and thousands of miles of blood will be shed."

"—The Son of Heaven is angry, and he needs to tell some people and even the people of the world: I am angry;"

"Joy, sorrow, and happiness are all the same—they are all what the Son of Heaven wants to tell someone, or everyone, that something makes me very unhappy or happy."

"Joy, anger, sorrow, seven emotions and six desires, you can have it."

"But there is only one thing, which is something that an emperor can never have."

Speaking of bringing this, Empress Dowager Dou's tone obviously brought a touch of reminiscence of the past;

And when Liu Shengman raised his head with curiosity and looked into the depths of his grandmother's gaze, Empress Dowager Dou spit out a word as if she was aware of the gaze that was on her.

It is precisely this word that allows Liu Sheng to avoid choices that seem to be extremely correct, but in fact have endless troubles in the major choices in the future;

It is this word that makes Liu Sheng unprecedentedly nicknamed his dead grandmother in the future: Empress Dowager Yiwen······

"Huh."

"For those who are the Son of Heaven, the only taboo is anger."

"Because joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness can be fake, and the seven emotions and six desires can be pretended, but anger alone cannot be pretended."

"—The Son of Heaven is angry, and he just wants to tell the world: I am angry;"

"But if the Son of Heaven is really angry, that is, 'angry', then next, he must do something foolish······"

···

"In the sixth year of the Han Dynasty, the king of Han surrendered to the enemy in the capital city of Mayi, and rebelled against the Han Dynasty;"

"Emperor Taizu is angry."

"This anger is a battle of Pingcheng, with Emperor Taizu Gao falling under the siege of Baideng, and my Han family has suffered humiliation to this day."

"Fortunately, in the end, Emperor Taizu Gao went to anger and anger, changed his career and became close to An, and turned to concentrate on taking care of the princes with different surnames."

"In the end of the Taizu Dynasty, the disadvantages of the princes with different surnames were eliminated, although there was the disaster of the clan prince and the vassal king, but it finally made the Kanto a little more peaceful······"

···

"In the twenty-fourth year of the Han Dynasty, the young emperor Liu Hong was bewitched by the palace people, and actually said to the Empress Dowager Lu, 'I am not strong, and if I am strong, I will change';"

"Empress Dowager Lu, too."

"This anger is that the young emperor died tragically in the deep palace, and the already young emperor was replaced by the younger puppet emperor Liu Hong;"

"When Empress Dowager Lu died, Emperor Xiaohui had obviously died for eight years, but the one sitting on the throne was still the nine-year-old emperor."

"If it weren't for Emperor Taizong Xiaowen's self-replacement, the Han family's Zongmiao and Sheji would have been completely ······buried by Empress Dowager Lu's hatred."

···

"In the thirty-first year of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu entered the border, and Emperor Taizong Xiaowen was still angry."

"Almost emptied the treasury and recruited all the soldiers who could be recruited, but the layout was disrupted by the rebellion of Liu Xingju, the king of Jibei······

In the end, the Empress Dowager Dou finally lowered her head with a bitter face, as if she was ashamed, and she shook her head helplessly.

re-scattered his unfocused gaze to an unknown place, and then said leisurely: "Emperor Taizu Gao, he is so wise and powerful, and he was still angered by that anger, and he made a siege of Baideng; ”

"Empress Dowager Lu is such a shrewd and spicy person, and because of that anger, she almost buried my Han family's Zongmiao Sheji."

"Emperor Taizong, who is recognized by the world as a living saint, is still disgusted by the one back then, and he regrets that he can't turn a blind eye to death;"

"As for the first emperor, because of his anger in his early years, he stoned the crown prince of Wu to death with a chessboard, which laid the foundation for the later Wu Chu Rebellion······"

···

"Now, it's time for Xiao Jiu."

"Now, it's Xiao Jiu's turn to figure out: what kind of indelible disaster will this little word of anger bring to the emperor when it falls on the emperor."

"Xiao Jiufang is right."

"——There are some truths that cannot be taught just by speaking, and it is difficult to learn them by listening alone."

"This truth, whether it is Emperor Taizu Gao, Empress Dowager Gaolu, or Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and Emperor Xianxiaojing, is through their own personal experience, that is, a major change and failure related to the safety of the temple and the survival of the society."

"And now, Xiao Jiu and the crown are imminent, and the pro-government is imminent;"

"I really don't want Xiao Jiu, like Emperor Taizu Gao, Empress Dowager Lu, as well as Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and Emperor Xianxiaojing, to use such a huge mistake and such a huge failure to understand this truth."

"Xiao Jiu, he is a smart child."

"Smart children don't need to be disciplined to understand what they can't do······"

Hearing the end, Liu Sheng only felt an irrepressible itch in his eye sockets, as if he had exhausted all his strength to prevent the unknown liquid from slipping off his eye sockets;

I don't know when, Empress Dowager Dou's hand was already held by the young emperor, and I don't know when, it was already a dull pain held by Liu Sheng.

clenched his teeth, suppressed his anger, and finally forced himself to calm down.

Reflecting his own situation, he hurriedly let go of his grandmother's hand;

I saw the old lady smile bitterly and raise her hand and knead it gently with her other hand.

On the lips, he didn't forget to Liu Sheng, and then made the last entrustment.

"Angry, yes."

"But don't be angry."

"Even if you are angry, you must always remember that on your shoulders is the whole world—all the people, all the things, and even everything under the world."

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"For the faint king, 'planning for the world' is the only fig leaf for the faint act."

"But for Mingjun, for the world, it is the only and most valuable reward."

"No matter what decision you make, as long as you can remember the words 'plan for the world', you will already be a good emperor."

"These, the first emperor may have taught Xiao Jiu, or maybe he didn't."

"I taught today, if Xiao Jiu can't learn it again, then the next few decades will be extremely dark for the people of the world······"

"—five years."

"I'm an old bone, and I'll stare at the little one for another ninety-five years at most."

"After that, the sky will fall, and Xiao Jiu can only carry the ······ by himself"

···

"Go ahead."

"The music at the border has been sent back."

"—Chao Cuo, also back."

"Remember;"

"Calculate ······ for the world"

(End of chapter)