Liu De took Zhang Tang and walked out of the valley where he lived, surrounded by guards.

Liu Yan, who was already waiting at the door, immediately stepped forward and bowed slightly to salute: "Brother Huang......"

Liu De bowed in return, and also stepped forward, took Liu Yan's hand, and asked, "Brother Huang, are you ready?" ”

"If you go back to the emperor's brother, the courtier's brother is ready!" Liu Yan bowed his head slightly and replied.

The gap in status has already been revealed.

For Liu Yan, the most obvious example is that Liu Deneng drafted a tomb next to his biological mother's mausoleum, but he had to wait in the palace in Chang'an City, and even the palace could not enter or leave without the edict of the Son of Heaven or the Queen Mother.

"That's good!" Liu De nodded and asked, "Have you seen the imperial grandmother?" ”

"Brother Hui, I have already met the imperial grandmother...... Liu Yan replied cautiously, he and Liu De have only been separated for two months, but the changes in each other are amazing.

After taking over the country, Liu Yan was no longer the prince who used to be in Weiyang Palace.

He is also the king of a country, and naturally, he has matured.

Liu De looked around and found that he didn't see Liu Rong's shadow, so he asked, "Where is the eldest brother?" ”

"Back to the emperor's words, the eldest brother was too sad, so he waited in the king's car......" Liu Yan replied with his head down.

When Liu De heard this, he waved his hand and said, "Then let's go and meet the eldest brother together......

For Liu Rong's cousin, Liu De can understand.

It's just that they can't adapt to the change of each other's identities, and they can't pull down their faces to give in to Liu De.

This is normal!

It's just that......

Liu De walked aside. While pretending to sigh, he said to Liu Yan: "You and I, big brother, have a temper that is really similar to King Wu Ai!" Forget it, who called him the big brother? ”

Liu Yan heard this. He bowed his head deeply and did not dare to answer.

King Wu Ai is Uncle Liu, the eldest brother of Emperor Gao Liu Bang!

At the beginning, when Liu Bang was still a gangster and a hooligan, he often brought fox friends and dog friends to his house for fun.

Uncle Liu and his wife looked down on Liu Bang's behavior very much, and they also hated and disliked Liu Bang messing around outside, but after all, they didn't embarrass Liu Bang because of their brotherly love.

But. After Uncle Liu died, the sister-in-law who was in charge of the house, Uncle Liu's wife began to give a face.

Every time Liu Bang brought someone back to rub rice, she scraped the bottom of the pot next to her, indicating that there was no food......

Waiting for Liu Bang to be the son of heaven, he still respects his eldest brother. Posthumously named the King of Wu Ai. But I dislike my sister-in-law and my eldest brother's sons.

For example, Uncle Liu has a son named Liu Xin, after Liu Bang became the emperor and sat in the world, all his relatives basically ascended to heaven, and each was crowned a king and a marquis, but there was no Liu Xin's share. Spoon scrape the bottom of the pot also!

Liu Yan naturally knows these allusions and past events of the Liu family, and also understands that Liu De is a scolding Huai. At the same time, he is also cursing Liu Rong's early death. However, instead of holding grievances for Liu Rong in his heart, he was a little happy!

Why?

Liu Rong is the king of Wuai, then he is Liu Ji, the king of Chu Yuan!

Liu Ji is a good brother of Emperor Gao, Emperor Gao, who has a deep life of Emperor Gao, was appointed to military affairs, and later became the king of Chu, sitting in the south, when he was alive, he was respected by Emperor Xiaohui as Han Bo, and he was in charge of the power of the Kwantung princes to dedicate the court!

Liu De took Liu Yan to the spacious gallop road, and saw two teams of Wang Driver honor guards quietly lined up on both sides of the road.

Liu De turned back to Wang Dao and instructed: "Call out my carriage and honor guard as well......

Today, the father of the Son of Heaven Liu Qi is going back to Luan Chang'an, and the three brothers gather together to go to the Wei River in the east of Chang'an City to welcome the return of the Son of Heaven.

Not long after, Liu De's carriage and honor guard drove out of the path next to the valley.

Liu Yan's eyes were stunned when he saw it, and he asked, "Brother Huang, have you been riding in such a carriage?" ”

It was really Liu De's carriage, not at all like the carriage that the prince of the Han court was riding, it was dilapidated and old, and the wheels had obviously been changed several times. Not to mention that compared with Liu Yan's magnificently decorated king-driven carriage, even the carriage ridden by the ordinary Marquis Che was several times stronger than Liu De's carriage.

Basically, if Liu Yan's king-driven carriage is considered a Mercedes-Benz, then Liu De's carriage is at most a QQ or second-hand one.

Liu De's eyebrows raised slightly, and he asked rhetorically, "What's wrong?" ”

He looked back at his carriage, which was indeed a little dilapidated and shabby, mainly because he had run to Hedong, and the whole carriage was almost broken.

But what does it matter?

Liu De even deliberately asked people to carve two lines of words on the doors on the left and right sides of the carriage.

Engraved on the left is: The Burrow.

Engraved on the right is: Wei Wu De Xin.

It couldn't be more pretentious than this!

Liu De patted Liu Yan on the shoulder and said, "Let me send a message to the emperor's brother, the mountain is not high, the name is immortal, the water is not deep, and the dragon is spiritual!" It is based on Wu Qi's predicate Wenhou: the solidity of mountains and rivers is not in danger in Germany! ”

Liu De's words, Liu Rong, who had been sitting in his carriage, sat on a needle carpet, and had no choice but to lift the curtain, and with the support of the eunuchs, he got out of the carriage and bowed slightly to Liu De and Liu Yan: "What are the two imperial brothers talking about?" Why don't you talk to the widow about ......"

Liu De looked back, bowed slightly, and said, "If the eldest brother is willing, Liu Yan and I can't ask for it......"

But in my heart I was full of contempt.

It's only been a few days since Su Ji was buried?

This person has already revealed his original form and restored his true nature.

However, compared to two or three months ago, Liu Rong is at least much more pleasing to the eye now, at least, he will no longer pose that the earth is revolving around his brother.

Liu De raised his head, took Liu Yan's hand, and said: "It's just that it's not early now, let's go to welcome my father back to Beijing first, and later, let's talk about brotherhood......

For Liu Rong, Liu De was too lazy to reply more.

It's just that in front of outsiders, you still have to take care of your face, at least you have to make a brother, a friend and a brother.

So Liu De stretched out his hand and also took Liu Rong's hand. showed a relieved smile and said: "Although my brothers and I have the pain of losing their mother, today is the day when my father returns to Beijing, so I don't have to keep a straight face." Let's all smile......"

"No!" Liu Yan naturally knows that it is beneficial for him to keep up with Liu De's pace.

But Liu Rong unexpectedly bowed his head slightly to express his approval, which made Liu De strange.

"Looks like there's someone behind my big brother!" Liu De thought in his heart, he couldn't help but be curious, there was no one who could persuade Liu Rong to put down his body before. Even Su Ji could only coerce and reprimand in the past, but she never really let Liu Rong listen to it.

Just thinking about it, Liu De can understand.

suddenly changed from the most favorable candidate for the throne of the prince to the king of Changshan. Even the brothers parted ways with him, and now even the last hope, Su Ji, is dead.

If Liu Rong doesn't know how to make changes, then he will be an idiot and an idiot!

However, even so, that person was able to convince Liu Rong to put down his body in front of Liu De. Underneath the skull. That man's language art is still very good!

"Who is it?" Liu De's eyes swept over the courtiers and attendants accompanying Liu Rong, and he didn't see the characteristics of people he was familiar with or heard of in his previous life.

"I guess it's a lobbyist......" Liu De thought in his heart, since the Spring and Autumn Period until now, lobbyists have been active in the political arena, but most of those people are just powerful mouths, and if they really want to do practical things, they are basically not much different from Liu Chechao's doctor Di Shan later.

Therefore, Liu De did not think about this issue anymore.

For Liu De. Now, he's on the move. As long as he didn't make a fatal mistake, then no matter how Liu Rong jumped, even if there was Zhuge Liang behind his back, he would be powerless to return to the sky!

"Let's go!" Liu De said lightly, and then, with Zhang Tang, boarded his carriage, sat down, took the first step, and walked along the gallop road towards the Weihe ferry in the east of Chang'an City.

Liu Rong and Liu Yan's kings and honor guards followed.

When he got out of Yiyang, Liu Yan understood what Liu De said, 'The mountain is not high, and there are immortals in the name.' What does that mean?

I saw that as soon as Liu De's carriage crossed the border of Yiyang County, a team of cavalry of the Southern Army that had been patrolling near the county boundary followed Liu De's convoy and guarded it tightly until they entered the scope of Chang'an City Defense, and another cavalry of the Southern Army took over their work.

From beginning to end, Liu De didn't even show up, nor did he give any orders, these guards acted completely autonomously.

What's even more terrifying is that Liu Yan recalled that when he came here before, he had also seen many patrolling troops along the way, but none of them had ever stopped for his king's chariot, and none of the generals had ever escorted him.

This illustrates......

"This imperial brother of mine, in just two months, has gained prestige not only in the court, but also in the army, and has been worshipped...... Liu Yan was shocked by the fact that he discovered.

In this way, in this world, the crown prince is not Liu De's, who else can it be?

The power comes out of the barrel of a gun, and the military's wordless support is Liu De's biggest advantage.

But......

"How did Brother Huang do it?" Liu Yan was puzzled.

Not to mention the identity of the prince, even when his father was the current son of heaven as the crown prince, the southern army did not give face like this!

In the other carriage, Liu Rong looked at this qiē, his hands and feet were also cold, almost desperate.

"How did Liu De do it?" Liu Rong is not stupid, since the founding of the country, the only one who can get the support of the army when he is a prince is only one person - Emperor Xiaohui.

But Emperor Xiaohui had the support of Empress Lu, plus the support of the veteran heroes.

How did his younger brother, Liu De, a young and immature prince who was only sixteen years old and not yet seventeen years old, do it?

Beside Liu Rong, a young scholar bowed his head and said: "The king, the minister has inquired, it is said that when it was in Hedong, His Royal Highness Liu De talked with the generals, and the generals wrote books, and also promised strong support, so Qu Zhouhou, Gong Gaohou, General Luan Bu and even Tiao Hou all said to the confidants of the left and right generals: The second son of the emperor is also the master, so these people have spoken well and praised His Royal Highness Liu De in the army...... In addition, according to the minister's investigation, the Southern Army and the Northern Army, the officers below the rank of lieutenant all thought that His Royal Highness Liu De was the successor of the next generation appointed by Emperor Taizong Xiaowen...... Therefore, the guards of the Southern Army and the Janissaries of the Northern Army, from the sergeants and above to the captains, are all treated with His Royal Highness Liu De as the prince, and the treatment is not surprising......"

"That's it?" Liu Rong felt incredible, and in this way, he regained the heart of the army. Let these middle and lower-level officers of the military be willing to do the work of dogs and horses?

"Yes......" The man bowed his head slightly and said, "My lord, the requirements of the military are actually very simple, a prince who knows the soldiers. A diligent and inquisitive prince who is not ashamed to ask questions is the Ming Jun in their eyes! ”

"As for the lower-level soldiers, everyone regards Emperor Taizong Xiaowen as a saint, and it is rumored that His Royal Highness Liu De is the successor of the next generation designated by Emperor Taizong Xiaowen......" This person bowed his head and said: "Although I don't want to admit it, the minister still wants to say." King, unless a miracle happens. His Royal Highness Liu De's position is already unshakable, and what the king wants, the opportunity is very small. The minister thought that the king should wait and see what happened. Fang is the best policy, otherwise, the minister is afraid that the story of King Li of Huainan will repeat itself......"

Liu Rong was extremely irritated when he heard this.

Looking at Liu De's dilapidated carriage again, he felt a fire in his heart.

Su Ji died, and the cause of death was unknown, with only one excuse to look at a violent illness that was obviously full of flaws.

Liu Rong didn't want to believe that Su Ji died of illness.

Because Liu Rong remembers very well that when he left Beijing, Su Ji was still very healthy. You can even smash bottles and flower plates. How could it be possible to die suddenly in two months?

But he knew, so what?

As soon as he arrived in Chang'an, he was called into Changle Palace by the Empress Dowager Dou, which was a consolation, but in fact a surveillance and warning.

Su Ji was buried, and his eldest son actually knelt behind Liu De!

This is clearly for him to be a green leaf foil for Liu De.

After entering the customs, north of the Han Valley, everyone was praising how the second son of the emperor was filial and how to grieve for his mother's funeral.

But Liu Rong, who knows the inside story, knows that this qiē is just a show!

The real filial son should be him!

is not the disobedient mother concubine, who makes his own opinions, for the sake of the crown prince, disregards human ethics, corrupts morality, and is shameless!

But he didn't dare to say these words......

Even the advisor beside him now didn't dare to say it.

To say it is to die!

Su Ji's death made Liu Rong understand that whoever stood in the way of his father, even if it was his wife and son, his father would not be killed!

It was precisely because of knowing these that Liu Rong bowed his head to Liu De just now.

Not because of the persuasion of others, let alone the words of others, but because of his own fear!

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An hour later, the three brothers came to the Weihe ferry.

At this time, the entire Weihe ferry port can be described as filled with a festive atmosphere.

Countless residents of Chang'an, as long as they can spare time, have run to both sides of the ferry to watch, and in some places even the trees and mountains are covered with crowds, densely packed with at least two or three hundred thousand!

Liu De got out of the carriage, and immediately Zong Zheng and the officials of the servant came to greet him.

"Your Highness, look, on such a festive day, can you and the two kings' filial piety clothes be temporarily removed?" An official said with a smile.

Liu De glanced at these people, and then looked at Liu Rong and Liu Yan behind him.

After thinking about it, Liu De said: "Losing your mother and wearing filial piety, human nature, don't embarrass our brothers!" ”

"Nuo ......" These officials don't necessarily have Liu De and them to change their clothes, but they are just out of bureaucratic nature, since Liu De has opened his mouth, naturally they will not be verbose.

Anyway, if the above is investigated, there will be Liu De on top, and he won't hurt a few of them!

Liu De was like an eldest brother, leading Liu Rong and Liu Yan all the way forward, asking as he went, "Is the imperial grandmother here?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, the Queen Mother and her old man are waiting in the woods at the ferry......" an official said with a smile.

Another official immediately said: "The ministers will immediately take His Royal Highness and the two kings to meet the Queen Mother!" ”

So, under the leadership of these officials, the three Liu De brothers walked through the human wall and passage composed of heavy guards and forbidden troops, and came to a small forest west of the ferry, where Liu De saw the honor guard and phoenix car of the Empress Dowager Dou.

So, Liu De turned back to Liu Rong and Liu Yan and said: "When I see the emperor's grandmother, I am all happy, don't let her old man worry about us......"

Liu De sighed compassionately and said: "Although we mourn, the sorrow lies in our hearts, how dare we let the emperor's grandmother, father and others worry about it?" If the concubine had been here, she would not have agreed to us doing this! ”

Liu Yan immediately said: "Brother Huang taught, brother knows about it......"

Liu Rong listened to Liu Yan's words. My heart is twisted like a twist.

"Brother...... The younger brother ...... "This shows that Liu Que has bowed down to the ministers and is willing to serve Liu De as the lord!"

"What should the widow do? is to be a submissive minister like Liu Yan. Still ......" Liu Rong felt that his heart was in a mess.

Liu De now doesn't have time to pay attention to what Liu Rong thinks.

A small person walked over from the Empress Dowager Dou's phoenix car, and when he saw him, a lovely smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he ran all the way over, and then opened his little hand and said glutinously: "Cousin Liu De." Gillian misses you so much......"

Liu De squatted down, gently picked up Chen Ajiao's small body, and kissed her pink and tender face. asked, "My cousin misses Gillian too......"

To be honest, it was really cruel to throw Chen Ajiao to her father at the beginning.

Liu De still remembers that Chen Ajiao was dragging herself all over the ground and crying when she was alive or dead.

It's just that Liu De can't help it. This kind of thing is a funeral. You can't bring your dependents.

Now seeing Chen Ajiao again, Liu De also felt a little warm in his heart, and also felt a little indebted, so he hugged her and asked, "Does Gillian still hate her cousin?" ”

Chen Ajiao shook her head vigorously, pointed behind her and said, "Sister Yiwu said, my cousin is a person who wants to do big things, and Gillian must be obedient." Cousins will like it, so. Gillian is very well-behaved......"

Liu De followed Chen Ajiao's line of sight and saw the delicate and lovely figure of Yi Wan appearing under a willow tree, smiling at him, just like a beautiful landscape painting. Yizong, who had been following Liu De, immediately stepped forward to greet his sister as soon as he saw his sister.

Liu De couldn't do this, so he could only smile in return, and then hugged Chen Ajiao and walked towards the location of the Empress Dowager Dou.

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"Imperial Grandmother...... Grandmother ...... Let's see who's coming......" As soon as Chen Ajiao approached the camp where Empress Dowager Dou was, she immediately shouted happily.

Hearing Chen Ajiao's voice, Empress Dowager Dou came out with a smile to greet Liu De with the support of the eunuchs, on crutches.

It's not that Liu De has a big face, it's not that Chen Ajiao has a big face, it's Canggong's big face!

Since Liu De returned from Hedong and presented Canggong to the Empress Dowager Dou, under the care of Canggong, although the Empress Dowager's eye disease has not improved, the soreness and numbness of the eyes have been greatly alleviated, and for the Empress Dowager Dou, there is nothing that makes her happier than making her eyes comfortable.

What's even more rare is that Canggong himself is still a literary scholar with deep yellow old attainments, and the two are also of the same age, and their ideas and concepts are similar, so now Canggong is already the most popular person around the Empress Dowager Dou.

It is precisely for this reason that Empress Dowager Dou will personally greet Liu De and build momentum for Liu De.

When Liu De saw that Empress Dowager Dou actually came out to see him in person, he was immediately flattered, knelt down, and said: "How dare you ask the emperor's grandmother to welcome him, and his grandson is guilty of death!" ”

"How dare you work for the emperor's mother to welcome the ministers!" Liu Rong, who was already the king of Changshan, and Liu Yan, who was the king of Hejian, immediately knelt down.

The gap reappeared, Liu Deneng called himself a grandson, but they could only call themselves ministers.

In this hierarchical world, especially the royal family, once the superiority and inferiority are established, it is difficult to change.

"Liu De, get up...... Empress Dowager Dou smiled slightly, and then said, "King Changshan and King Hejian are also here...... Let's cross the river with the mourning family and wait for the emperor to cross the river......"

"Nuo ......" Liu De kowtowed and got up, and then Liu Rong and Liu Yan dared to get up.

It was not that Liu Rong was unwilling to get up with Liu De, but at that moment, an inexplicable force made him kneel on the ground, not daring to get up before or even at the same time as Liu De.

Liu Rong was shocked: "Could it be the way of heaven?" ”

But in fact, it is just order, convention, and the power of order buried deep in people's hearts, so that everyone in the rules automatically and consciously abide by it, the higher the level, the greater the influence and stronger the binding force.

Although Liu Rong was unwilling, the education and values he received since childhood made him dare not rebel against the rules.

After Liu Rong stood up, he saw a scene that made him jaw-dropping - his imperial grandmother, the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty, who had never been smiling and did not favor any of the emperor's grandsons, actually held Chen Ajiao with one hand at this moment, and put the other hand on the hand of his younger brother Liu De, who was supported by Liu De and walked towards the gate of the camp in front.

"This ......" Liu Rong felt every cell in his body solidify.

He fell into deep despair.

has the support of the military, the hearts of the people, the approval of the father, and the support of the East Palace.

Whether he wants to admit it or not, his younger brother is already the prince of the Han Dynasty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

The only thing owed is a canonization edict, a palace palace, a prince's courtyard, a prince's guard, and a prince's subordinate official system.

"Do you have to look up to her breath and live in her shadow all your life, and you have to pause and bow down?" Liu Rong closed his eyes, and a picture appeared in his heart: his younger brother was wearing a crown of heaven on his head, wearing a dragon robe, lying on the royal couch, surrounded by a forest of halberds, and his armor was clear.

"The widow never wants this ending!" Liu Rong roared in his heart.

But, he himself knows that whether he wants it or not, this is an inevitable future! (To be continued......)

PS: Today is really a tragic day.

I had already written 4,000 words at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, but I accidentally deleted that chapter when I copied it, and then I couldn't recover it, cups~

There's no way to rewrite it~ Well, I finally wrote 6,000 words, let's send it first~

Then, there are at least 4000 words ~ in the evening ~ counted as yesterday's compensation, and tomorrow it will be almost 1w words