"But the imperial grandmother, the grandson doesn't have anything to covet now?" Liu Xie asked suspiciously.

For what Empress Dowager Dong said, he didn't seem to understand it, and he also had some previous experiences for him to refer to. But if you think about it carefully, it was before, and now, I don't know if he, the prince, is a prince or not, and who will help him because of his identity?

You see, in the palace, some of the status of the palace maids are the palace maids around the concubines, as for the eunuchs and palace maids with even lower status, no one will care about them. In the palace, those who walk daily and are busy are also the most ordinary palace maids and eunuchs who have no backing.

These people did not live well in the palace, because their status made them only able to be driven by those palace ladies and eunuchs who were higher than them. If you do something wrong, you will be beaten and scolded, and at worst, you will lose your life.

Although he is a prince, after understanding his situation, he is very good at observing everything around him. Including the inevitable contact with Queen He, he has always maintained a state of understanding everything and being very humble. Only in this way can we survive better, and will not arouse the hostility of Queen He, or even invite death.

Because of this, during the time he spent in the palace, he saw things that he shouldn't have noticed as a prince, and he also understood a lot of cruel truths. It's just that these truths can't bring him much help, and later because of Queen He's relationship, he also had to move out of the palace, and since then, he has become more cautious.

The question that Liu Xie doesn't understand is here, what does Dong Zhuo want to get from him? Or, what is there in him that Dong Zhuo can obtain?

After all, according to the current situation, he, the prince, is already dead. Even if he comes back to life, Queen He says that he is dead, who will think that he is still alive? Not to mention, Queen He's current identity, as long as he goes further, even if he can survive, as long as he appears in public, then Queen He can let him die again.

The level of status, from small to large, Liu Xie understands very well what the gap between them is. For example, his biological mother was just a beauty, not a concubine, and after giving birth to him, she was removed by Queen He who noticed the threat. Queen He didn't have anything to do, what is the embodiment of the new identity?

Because she has the identity of a queen, she can do such a thing unscrupulously without fear of any consequences. It is precisely because Liu Wei has such an identity mother that the call for Liu Wei to be the crown prince will be so high in the court.

All this, if it weren't for his father, the emperor, who understood the person Empress He, would have been realized. And his father has also died, and from then on, no one will protect him, and no one will be ready to make him the crown prince because of his love for him, but it can't be realized because of general reasons.

Thinking of that somewhat vague back, Liu Xie had an indescribable sourness in his heart. Because of Empress He's relationship, during the period when his father was seriously ill and bedridden, he didn't have many opportunities to go to the palace to visit, and when he finally wanted to go, what he heard was bad news.

Later, he couldn't even stay in Luoyang City any longer, so he could only flee in panic. At that time, if it wasn't for Li Ru's help, he might not even be able to get out of Luoyang City, and now it is even more impossible to sit here unharmed.

The question comes from this, what kind of things does he have that makes Dong Zhuo care so much, so that he can ignore the possibility of exposing his secrets, and in exchange for Queen He's attention to danger and help him?

Looking at the Empress Dowager Dong, Liu Xie's eyes were full of inquiry.

Now his relatives are only the Empress Dowager Dong alone, and there is no one else, the only one who can let him rely on is the Empress Dowager Dong, who can be completely trusted. Others, Liu Xie couldn't believe it, and didn't dare to believe it.

If the people around him can believe it, then how could his mother die so desolate back then?

Now the only person who can answer his questions is the imperial grandmother, the closest person who has lived in his palace since he was a child.

Empress Dowager Dong smiled kindly and looked at Liu Xie, her eyes full of love. It's very normal that her grandson is still young and doesn't know these things and can't figure them out.

But compared to the other obtuse Liu Wei, this is much better. At least, the reason why the emperor didn't like Liu Wei was because of Liu Wei's woodenness and cowardice. Empress Dowager Dong also doesn't like Liu Wei's point, because the future crown prince, the future emperor will definitely not be a person who doesn't dare to speak without asking a few words, nor can he be the kind of person who lowers his head when he asks one more question, and seems to be a wronged person.

There is no harm if there is no comparison, if the emperor only has Liu Wei as a prince, then it can only be said that there is only one him, and there is no one else. But it's different, there is also Liu Xie, Liu Wei and Liu Xieyi are compared, it is really impossible to compare, and it is obvious who can please her and the emperor more.

Just like at this moment, when she looked at Liu Xie's face, she could vaguely see that she belonged to the outline of the emperor when he was a child. That sense of familiarity really made Empress Dowager Dong feel like when she first saw the emperor.

If Liu Xie asked at this moment, let Liu Bianlai, maybe he couldn't think of so much, and he couldn't think of it so far. Although there is some naivety, it is not easy for a teenager to have such a mind.

If she could, would Empress Dowager Dong choose to make Liu Xie the emperor, not Liu Wei? Not only because of likes and dislikes, but also because Liu Wei is the son of the woman of the He family.

"But you actually have a lot." Empress Dowager Dong said.

"A lot?" Liu Xie was stunned for a moment, and the doubts on his face became even thicker.

Possess a lot? If it was him, then he did have a lot, with the favor of his father, he not only had his own mansion in Luoyang City when he was young, but also had a large number of eunuchs and palace maids in the mansion for him to drive. At that time, although he was forced to move out of the palace, the ministers who knew some things in the palace did not underestimate his weight in their hearts.

The reason why he left the palace was not because of anything else, but because his father was worried that he might be poisoned by the emperor. As for the status will be lowered as he leaves the palace? That was impossible, because for a long time, after he left the palace, every once in a while, he received various rewards from the palace.

But now, he doesn't have a lot, he has nothing. After he escaped from Luoyang City, the extremely large mansion that originally belonged to him in Luoyang City must have been recovered, including the extremely large number of rewards accumulated over the years in the mansion, and all of them must have been looted.

It turns out that all this is nothing, as long as he is still a prince, there will definitely be no shortage of similar things, but now, he doesn't even have the identity of a prince, the world may know that he is a prince who died violently, and he will not think that he is still alive, let alone believe that it is his nominal mother Queen He who wants to kill him.

"yes, you have a lot of things." Mrs. Dong nodded, she had been guiding Liu Xie to think about the connection by herself.

If she is asked to explain everything too clearly, it will not be educational. These are all skills that a prince must learn, and they must know when they are ready.

Seeing that Liu Xie was still puzzled, Empress Dowager Dong continued to say more simply: "It's your identity, the identity of the prince, and the blood that belongs to the royal family. That's everything, what's new is everything, that's everything! ”

Empress Dowager Dong said it as a matter of course, the whole world is the Liu family's country, and it is under the control of the Liu family. Every child of the royal family, especially the prince, their identity represents the highest in this empire. Maybe there may be nothing, but as long as there is this identity, it can also be said that they have everything.

"Is that so?" After Liu Xie heard this, he was slightly stunned, and it took a long time to come back to his senses.

He had thought of this layer before, but he didn't go too deep, so he didn't think of it. After listening to it, it dawned on him that it was indeed the case, and his identity was destined to be completely different from others.

"That's it. Therefore, when a courtier asks for something, don't be stingy and refuse to give it, since the whole world is yours, what about giving something? As long as the subordinates can get things done, give them a little reward, that is a must. ”

"As long as they keep their duty as courtiers, then those are what they deserve. Furthermore, no matter what the courtier wants, what he wants to plot, as long as he does not want to rebel, then he should give it. Empress Dowager Dong said slowly.

After living in the harem for so many years, she is not the kind of woman who doesn't know anything, even if she doesn't know anything, as long as she stays in the palace for a long time, she will know a lot of things. What's more, she is still in the royal family, and she has seen more things, and she knows more things.

What I am talking about now is just some of the most basic principles of being a king.

"Xie'er, you have to remember that no matter what Dong Zhongying wants now, you can promise it to him. You can also give it to him after the deed, and if he asks for something that he shouldn't want, then if necessary, you can also take back what he already has! Empress Dowager Dong's voice revealed a slight chill.

The Han family also had many experiences of being controlled by the court's relatives of powerful ministers, but in the end, these powerful ministers and relatives all became dry bones, and only the Han court survived forever.