The eldest brother and the second brother are here;

The fourth brother, the fifth brother, and the starling brother also came.

Before he came, he only went up and down the sixth brother: Liu Fa, the king of Changsha, the seventh brother: Liu Pengzu, the king of Zhao, and among the princes of the clan who entered the pilgrimage this time, the only one Liu Sheng's younger generation: Liu Yu, the king of Jiaodong.

For the belated arrival of these three people, Liu Sheng is naturally extremely tolerant.

——One is the king of Changsha who is far away in the sky and endures the dampness of Changsha;

One is the younger brother Jiaodong Wang who was sealed to the easternmost part of the Han family and was exposed to the wind and sun in Qidi near the sea.

The last one is the sibling brother of Liu Sheng's mother's compatriot - at least he was once the brother of Liu Sheng's mother's compatriot.

It's just that after the three people also walked into the hall, the brothers who were still smiling and chatting were attracted by the different looks and temperaments of the three people, and they didn't speak again for a long time.

Liu Fa, I'm too old······

It's not that it's white, it's not wrinkled;

It's just that I'm getting older.

Liu Sheng thought that Changsha would surprise Liu Fa;

But I never thought that this suffering would come to such a point······

If the bitterness of Changsha is stuffy and damp, then the 'bitterness' of Zhao is dry and cold.

Compared with his brother Liu Fa, Liu Pengzu's face is much better - at least he has not become a middle-aged man who has passed the age.

But from the faintly chapped lips and the pampered face, it is not difficult for Liu Sheng to see that in the past few years, Liu Pengzu has not lived too comfortably.

The reason for this is naturally that the sale of 'arms' back then made Liu Pengzu enter the strict surveillance of the Chang'an court, and he could no longer come as nonsense as usual.

In addition, Mrs. Bo became the Queen Mother of Zhao, Marquis Bo Rongnu became the Prime Minister of Zhao, and Liu Pengzu's days in Handan became more and more sad······

Among the three brothers, the only one who has undergone positive changes is Liu Yu, the king of Jiaodong.

Once upon a time, Liu Yu, the tenth prince of the first emperor, was still the chief horn child who was alternately teased by Liu Sheng and other nine brothers.

Because of the first emperor Liu Qi, after giving birth to the ninth son Liu Sheng with the current Empress Dowager Jia, he gave birth to three daughters with Liu Yu's mother Wang Meiren.

In addition, during that time, it happened to be the period when Emperor Taizong Xiaowen was seriously ill and bedridden, and the crown prince Qi Jian was in power, and there was not much time to continue to create people.

This made the princes of the first emperor Liu Qi have been out of business for nearly ten years between Liu Sheng of Xiaojiu and Liu Yu, the tenth son of the emperor.

——From the eldest son of the emperor to Liu Sheng, the age difference of the nine people is less than ten years old;

The eldest brother Liu Rong is only seven or eight years older than Liu Sheng.

But Liu Sheng, the ninth son of the emperor, and Liu Yu, the tenth son of the emperor, are indeed nine years apart.

With such a huge age difference and age gap, it is natural that the princes of the first emperor Liu Qi are naturally divided into the 'first nine' and 'the last few'.

The first nine were of similar age, none of them more like brothers;

The latter few are too young, and for the first nine, the latter few are the younger brothers of half of the sons.

So in the past, whether it was the tenth brother Liu Yu or the remaining younger brothers who were younger than Liu Yu, for the nine brothers, it was a very stereotypical image: wow wow crying, snot runny, wet nurse hugging.

This makes today, when Liu Yu, the tenth son of the first emperor, Jiaodong Wang, appeared in full costume at the age of his teens, and showed that resolute and precocious face, he also regarded Liu Yu as a nine brothers who could be coaxed with sugar cubes, and he was directly stunned······

"But I haven't seen you for a few years, the king of Jiaodong ······"

The first to speak was naturally Liu Yu, the fourth brother who was least worried about taboos when he spoke.

It's just that halfway through the words, Liu Yu looked directly at the tenth brother Liu Yu not far in front of him, and inexplicably stopped talking.

It's too similar······

Today's Liu Yu is very much like the younger Prince Qi!

It's very similar to the young man who smashed the crown prince of Wu to death with a chessboard······

"When I saw my brother, why did all the brothers behave like this?"

"Even if you don't give your brother some gifts, you have to say hello twice and then pull your brother to sit down?"

In the end, it was Liu Sheng who spoke, interrupting the strange silence in the hall.

And after Liu Sheng's kind reminder, Liu Yu also smiled dumbly, waved lightly, called Liu Yu to his side, and sat down in the position between himself and his eldest brother Liu Rong.

——The youngest son will always be the pearl of the clan.

is just like Liu Sheng of Xiaojiu back then, and Liu Yu today.

It's just that today, Liu Sheng's focus is not on this heroic brother at all.

To put it more bluntly: the reason why Liu Sheng wants to hold today's dinner party is only for three things.

Brother Pit;

Brother Pit;

It's still Teemo's, Brother Pit······

"It's all here, let's have a feast."

"We brothers haven't been together for too many years."

"We talked while eating and drinking."

Liu Sheng opened his mouth, and when a team of palace people and maidservants rushed in, they put plates of dishes on the dining table and barrels of wine in front of the table.

Then he poured wine for the 'guests' he served, and then respectfully stepped aside.

In the gap between the maidservants pouring wine for the kings, Liu Sheng smiled lightly, and his eyes swept over the faces of his brothers in turn.

- The eldest brother Liu Rong has grown up to the age and realm of seeing everything away and looking down on it, and there is no trace of emotional fluctuations on his face;

From the faint smile that was the same as Liu Sheng, it was not difficult for Liu Sheng to see that this King of Linjiang had already guessed Liu Sheng's purpose and was mentally prepared to stretch out his neck and be stabbed.

The second Liu De was obviously a little absent-minded, although he reluctantly pretended to be 'it's great to be able to come to this banquet and reunite with his brothers', but Liu Sheng clearly knew: Liu Dezhi was not here.

Over the past few years, Liu De has been very busy.

Busy with what?

Busy preserving books, as well as allusions to the sages, especially various fragments of Confucianism.

According to the information that Liu Sheng has so far, His Royal Highness the King of Hejian has reached the point of almost madness in protecting literary works.

It is said that last year, Liu De heard that a great Confucian in Qi had collected a fragment of "The Biography of the Zuo Family in the Spring and Autumn Period".

It can be said to be a fragment, but it is just dozens of bamboo slips 'fragments' that cannot be connected in series at all, and basically have no actual value.

But for the sake of these dozens of bamboo sticks, Liu De specially handed Liu Sheng a piece of paper to Chang'an, asking to leave his Hejian country for a short time and go to Qi County to ask for a book in person.

For the princes and kings to leave the fiefdom, the Chang'an court has always attached great importance to it.

Therefore, for Liu De's request, it can be said that there is excitement inside and outside the court, not only did they not agree with Liu Sheng to allow Liu De to leave the feudal country, but even many people took advantage of this to impeach Liu De for 'plotting against him'.

knew Liu De's urine and the 'great achievements' of the past few years, and knew that if he didn't allow it, Liu De would leave the fiefdom without permission, causing greater political turmoil, so Liu Sheng also forced the matter down, and then sent a secret letter to Liu De: Go early and return early.

- Anyway, now that the Han family is not worried about the princes making trouble, they are no longer too worried;

And the King of Qi lineage, which used to be a disaster for Kandong, and even for the Han family, is now left with a few families, and the remaining ones together do not have the huge power of a certain family.

Receiving Liu Sheng's favor, Liu De was suddenly overjoyed, and even set off to Qidi.

Hearing that Liu De arrived in Qidi, Liu Shou, the king of Qi, was also a little confused, but because of the etiquette, he still sent someone to greet Liu De.

As a result, the envoy of the King of Qi who greeted Liu De waited for a long time before waiting for Liu De to say, 'I will go to ask for a book first, and then I will find the King of Qi to drink when I am done'·······

The face of King Qi is still secondary, and the real excitement of this matter is in the process of Liu De's book.

- Those dozens of bamboo strips, Liu De wants;

But the old Confucian didn't give it at all.

The result?

Liu Dehao spent a lot of money, just to get the promise of the great Confucian: borrow those bamboo strips to copy it, and return the original to the old Confucian, Liu De only took the copy he copied by himself.

Such a good thing, the great Confucian did not refuse again, just lent those bamboo sticks out of two sticks of incense, and generated an income of up to a thousand gold.

Liu De didn't treat money as money at all, and after getting what he wanted, he drove quickly towards his Hejian country;

On the way, I didn't forget to send someone to tell Liu Shou, the king of Qi: I was in too much of a hurry this time, I forgot to bring a gift, and I will come to Qi to visit the king of Qi next time······

What can Liu Sheng say?

It can only be said that it is wonderful!

It can only be said that this second brother, since the boss Liu Rong missed the throne, has completely become a pioneer in the protection of cultural relics and classics!

And for these things, Liu De's explanation is: Chaowen said, it is okay to die at night······

Shaking his head helplessly, he took his eyes off the second brother Liu De, and the moment he saw the fourth brother Liu Yu, Liu Sheng's face instantly swelled with a heartfelt warm smile.

In the past few years, the changes that have taken place among the brothers, what makes Liu Sheng happiest is that Liu Yu has changed his stuttering problem.

Once upon a time, all the brothers felt extremely sympathetic to this brother of Ai Ai;

And now, Liu Sheng is sincerely happy for this brother.

Even if this brother is a fierce horse, likes to raise dogs and horses, or almost used the eternal scam of 'ancient texts and books' to deceive the whole world.

Seeing the fourth brother Liu Yu, Liu Sheng couldn't help but smile on his face, and when he saw the fifth brother Liu Fei, it was not to mention much.

- Liu Sheng almost didn't grin the corners of his mouth behind his ears, laughed and stepped forward, hooking up with his fifth brother Liu Fei!

It's just that so many years have passed, and Liu Fei, the king of Jiangdu, has also grown into a husband.

Not only has his body grown into a big husband, but his mind has really improved a lot.

Liu Sheng is sure: Liu Fei is very excited now;

But now Liu Fei can suppress this excitement and barely maintain the stable image that a 'clan prince' should have.

and then to the sixth brother Liu Fa, although he is still a little submissive, he also has some kingly demeanor that will never be shown in front of Liu Sheng;

Seventh brother Liu Pengzu was obviously a little depressed, but he also learned to stop writing his emotions on his face;

Starling Liu Duan, don't talk about the side: people are at least here, this is a big progress······

"Over the years, I've always heard people talk about your brothers, but I haven't had the opportunity to see them in person."

"——I want to see your brothers come to the court, and the princes of the court and the central government always talk about things with 'Taizu Gao Emperor System: Princes and kings once every three years';"

"I want to go to Kanto to see it in person, but I really can't pull away, and I can't find a reason to tour the east."

"Today, I might as well tell you about the interesting things that have happened in the past few years, right?"

"It's okay for me, the canary imprisoned in Weiyang Palace, to listen: how have your brothers been doing all these years······

The slightly self-deprecating opening remarks only provoked Liu Yu and Liu Fei to laugh politely, and Liu Rong and Liu De subconsciously looked away;

After a moment of silence, Liu Rong took the lead in speaking and began to report to Liu Sheng.

"By the grace of Your Majesty: the eldest son of the minister, who has passed the age of six······"

"In the past few years, the minister has been inseparable from this son, leading by example, teaching this son the way of being a minister and a king."

"I came to Chang'an, and I was going to use this incident to show Your Majesty, please Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager to set up the prince of the king, so as to settle my Linjiang Guozong Temple······"

Liu Rong, as the eldest son of the first emperor, is now nearly twenty-eight years old;

In this era when men are in their teens and start a family in the 14th or 5th Five-Year Range, Liu Rong only had his first child in his twenties, which can be regarded as 'late marriage and late childbearing'.

Now, Liu Rong's eldest son has reached the age of six and has passed the fragile teenage years, and it is completely normal for Liu Rong to ask for a son.

"The eldest brother came to Chang'an, should he also bring his beloved son with him?"

asked with a smile, and when Liu Rong nodded slowly, Liu Shengzi was not much embarrassed.

"Wait a few days, and send it to the royal mother to see."

"-Can't you even sit on the royal son of my Han family without even seeing the faces of my great-grandmother and the empress dowager?"

"When I see the imperial grandmother, the eldest brother will mention this matter to the imperial grandmother again, and the imperial grandmother will never disagree."

Although the former crown prince has been changed to 'Wang Shizi' by the former emperor Liu Qi after the Wuchu Rebellion, except for the downgrading of this title, everything else is different from the past worry-free.

Whether it is the former crown prince or the current prince, he is essentially the crown prince of the princes of the clan.

And the canonization of the crown prince, of course, is not the princes themselves to issue the royal edict, but should be canonized by the empress dowager of the East Palace.

Liu Sheng's reminder is the proper reason for the question.

"Who is his mother?"

Liu Sheng did not forget to ask about the origin of the would-be prince;

"Liangjiazi, Yanren, Zhang ······"

Liu Rong's answer was enough to satisfy Liu Sheng.

"Since the eldest brother already has an heir, shouldn't the rest of the brothers still be alone?"

"Huh?"

"The second brother is busy on weekdays, so it's okay to say;"

"Fourth brother, fifth brother, even if you don't have a group of children, at least you have both children, right?"

"Ah, Fifth Brother?"

As he spoke, Liu Sheng's tone became serious again, and when he looked at Liu Fei, the king of Jiangdu, he was even more frowning.

And after Liu Sheng's words came out, everyone looked at Liu Sheng's gaze, but they all brought the same touch of strangeness·······

(End of chapter)