I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 455 Transcript

Liu Sheng didn't know how Xia Que and Ji An discussed these ten people.

Liu Sheng only knew that when these ten people appeared in front of him, Xia Que and Ji An beside him—especially on Xia Que's face, there was only a burst of fear that could not be erased.

——Not a single meritorious service.

To be precise, none of the ten "elected" people are relatives who are unemployed at home.

Realizing this, Liu Sheng only smiled secretly, and looked at the eunuch Ling Xiaque with a slight playful look.

For meritorious relatives, eunuchs always have a natural fear.

Because for these meritorious relatives, most of the time the problem is not right or wrong, but superiority and inferiority.

So Liu Sheng can easily conclude that these ten people must have been selected by Ji An.

As for Xia Que, it might not be possible to fight for the possibility of 'exchanging two meritorious relatives', but he was rejected by Ji Anyan sternly.

Judging from Xia Que's bitter face, the reason why Ji An refused to bring the princes and relatives to Liu Sheng was probably a blow to the eunuch...
"Since we are here, there is no rush to return to Chang'an."

"It just so happens that the workshops in Shaofu have made new progress."

"Come around with me, take a look, and then talk about other things."

As soon as Tian Zisheng said a word, everyone present hurriedly bowed and bowed. Even if they were in a hurry to 'talk about business', they had no choice but to obediently follow Liu Sheng's pacing direction.

Just this time, Jia Gui, the Minister of the Shaofu who came belatedly, became the 'target of public criticism' of these ten people...

"Even if the Shaofu wants to ask for credit, he can still find another opportunity!"

"Nowadays, there is an undercurrent in the court. At such a critical juncture, the Shaofu really shouldn't..."

While everyone was whispering, every word you said or what I said made Jia Gui bow his head in embarrassment, raised his head from time to time and forced a laugh, but he didn't know what else he could say.

——What can Jia Gui say?
The Shaofu workshop was running well in Shanglinyuan, and suddenly received news that Liu Sheng was coming to Shanglinyuan to inspect the work progress!

Jia Gui wants to claim credit?
Jia Gui wished that Liu Sheng would not come to Shanglin Garden!

Not to mention anything else, just the series of projects that Liu Sheng handed over to the Shaofu, if you just pick one out, it will make Jia Gui scratch his head, wishing he could be stuffed back into the womb of hell!

The project was difficult in the first place, although Liu Sheng said "it's okay, don't worry, take your time", but the inspection work from time to time is undoubtedly urging for the Shaofu led by Jia Gui!

The result was good: when Liu Sheng came to inspect the work, Jia Gui was already a little uneasy, but here came a full ten important figures in the court, and Jia Gui couldn't tell the importance of the responsibility?
"Everyone, it's better to say a few words..."

"After all, what His Majesty wants to do, even my uncle, can rarely guess it..."

After thinking about it again and again, Jia Gui finally had no choice but to reveal his identity to protect himself who was almost torn apart by these ten people.

——I’m the emperor’s uncle at any rate, please save face and let’s say a few words less about me...

Hearing Jia Gui's gentle reminder, the ten people frowned subconsciously, obviously very upset by Jia Gui's unprovoked "Nephew Tianzi Sheng".

But after noticing the bitterness on Jia Gui's face, everyone reacted one after another: I'm afraid Jia Gui can't be blamed for this incident at all...

"Uh, cough cough, hehehehe..."

"I was eager to speak, and lost my words for a while..."

"Hehe, don't blame the Shaofu, don't blame...hehehehehe..."

Someone took the lead, and everyone began to apologize to Jia Gui with awkward smiles, but Jia Gui shook his head with a smile, saying that there was nothing serious.

Of course, the most important thing is: today's protagonist is not Jia Gui at all, and the Shaofu led by Jia Gui.

Liu Sheng came to Shanglin and called these ten people together to 'inspect the work', it was just a cover.

The real point is actually the matter that has exploded public opinion.

——Jin Bulu of Empress Dowager Lu...
"His Majesty."

"It's past noon and the sun is scorching hot."

"Your Majesty, please take care of the dragon body and rest in a cool place."

"As for the Shaofu workshop, anyway, His Majesty and the princes are not in a hurry to return to Chang'an, and have time to check slowly..."

The person who exited was actually Ji An, which surprised Liu Sheng.

Logically speaking, Ji An's theoretical duty as a guest servant is only Liu Sheng's substitute.

For example, when Liu Sheng travels by car and stops at a certain place, the audience servant has to sing "Your Majesty is coming~ so-and-so welcome~"
Another example is that after singing this, the people outside the car prostrate, Liu Sheng inside the car salutes, and the caller Pu She also needs to sing this: So-and-so asks His Majesty to bow to you~ Your Majesty answers: I bow to you~~~
All these are basically the daily work of Ye Zhe Pu She.

As for at such a juncture—at such a juncture when the undercurrent of public opinion is surging, he took the initiative to suggest that Liu Sheng "don't be in a hurry to investigate the work, and talk to you about the business first", which is actually a little bit out of the official job , and even some behaviors that are a little too far away and inconsistent with the status and status of the audience.

But considering that this person—the servant of the 'bad rules' is Ji An, Liu Sheng is not surprised at all.

"Ji Pushe, you can be said to be the most courageous person in the court of my Han family who has the courage to 'speak honestly and directly'..."

"alright."

"Since all the visitors have said that the summer is scorching and the sun is shining brightly, I am not a person who can't listen to it."

"Please, gentlemen, come with me and rest outside the animal enclosure for a while."

"If you have anything to say, you can speak freely outside the beast circle."

Seeing that Liu Sheng finally wanted to talk about business, the ten people who were extremely anxious before but didn't dare to show it too obviously were relieved, and they didn't forget to give Ji An a grateful look.

Especially Tingwei Zhao Yu and other "young people" took a meaningful look at Ji An.

——Liu Sheng didn't think it was strange for Ji An to do this, because he knew Ji An's character.

But in the eyes of Zhao Yu and other people who don't know Ji An well, and even didn't pay much attention to Ji An in the past, this is a frightening thing to think about.

What is the situation now?
Liu Sheng summoned all the kings to meet with them, and hosted a banquet to entertain them. Then he lightly threw the word "Jinbulu" at the banquet, which completely ignited the long-silent public opinion in Chang'an.

Let's mention it, but the silence command has not been issued yet, and it is even very likely that an instruction such as "pass it to the outside world" has been issued;

When the matter became aroused, Liu Sheng ran to the Shaofu workshop in Shanglinyuan, and the euphemistic name was to inspect the work progress of the Shaofu.

But in fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Liu Sheng wants to break away from the center of public opinion first, and then clearly observe the reactions of all parties.

How did the parties react?
If I have to summarize it, it is really the word that everyone mentioned repeatedly just now: undercurrent.

——The two empress dowagers of the Eastern Palace did not respond, obviously caught off guard by this sudden change;
I wanted to wait for Liu Sheng to come to report in person, but I received the news that Liu Sheng went to Shanglinyuan to 'inspect the work'.

If there is no accident, the current East Palace Changle, Empress Dowager Dou should be thinking angrily: How did my good grandson become like this?

As for the Empress Dowager Jia, she waited on her mother-in-law carefully, for fear that an inadvertent move would anger her mother-in-law.

While serving, the Empress Dowager Jia may not have been secretly slandering: What is going on with this child...
The situation in the East Palace is relatively good - at least the two empress dowagers are not showing off, nor angry, and did not react easily before the situation became clear.

But inside and outside the court hall, it can already be regarded as panic, and chaos has become a pot of porridge.

Most of the courtiers and officials were thinking: Is Liu Sheng crazy?
Do you think that after a great victory in Mayi, you can touch the restricted areas like Queen Mother Lu and Jin Bulu?

monster~
There is going to be a big mess in the court~
Even the remaining small group of smart people, or people who are really at the decision-making level and have a deeper understanding of this matter, most of them came to Shanglin Garden with the idea of ​​"persuading His Majesty well".

Then, Liu Sheng excluded the two hum-ha generals, the servant servant She Jian and the eunuch Ling Xiaque, to select the ten representatives of the meeting saint.

Just from the identities of these ten people (all serving courtiers and officials), it is not difficult to see that Ji An also hopes that Liu Sheng will change his mind, at least after careful consideration and preparation, before touching that big hot potato.

This is easy to understand: most of the relatives of Gong Hou and Gui came to Shanglin to stand in line.

——Your Majesty~
—Look at me, look at me!
——I'm here to wave the flag for His Majesty!
Even if this has no practical significance, logically speaking, Ji An should always choose one or two representative figures from them to express his neutral position.

That is to say, the sycophant who came to cheer for His Majesty, the minister brought it, and the minister of the Zhu Kingdom who persuaded His Majesty to make a picture slowly, the minister also brought;

What to do, His Majesty will listen to what these people say, and then decide for himself.

But Ji An didn't do that.

Ji An didn't bring any of those flatterers who came to cheer for Liu Sheng, or even watch the fun, to Liu Sheng.

Liu Sheng can only say: As a caller of the nature of the mouth, Ji An's hand is really stretched a bit too long.

But Liu Sheng can tolerate it.

If it's someone else, Liu Sheng might feel a little unhappy, but if it's Ji An, Liu Sheng can tolerate it.

The reactions inside and outside the East Palace and the court are only the hot spots that most people pay attention to.

But in the corner that most people ignore, there is actually another group that should have received the highest degree of attention.

——All the sons of the late emperor who were called to the Beijing Miansheng!

The current situation is undoubtedly that Liu Sheng's "young and frivolous" has touched something that he should not have touched;

The danger of this thing is that the two empress dowagers in the East Palace, especially the empress dowager, are likely to be upset.

Then the empress dowager is upset with the emperor, what might happen?

At least in theory, the empress dowager can think about it, at least in her mind: if the emperor is disobedient, should another grandson take the throne...
Don't think it's impossible.

Naturally, the Empress Dowager Lu didn't need to mention it: she did what she said, and she changed as soon as she said she wanted to. She directly replaced the former young emperor Liu Gong with the later young emperor Liu Hong, without procrastinating at all.

Furthermore, in another parallel world, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who ascended the throne smoothly according to the historical process, also offended the Empress Dowager Dou because of the "Jianyuan New Deal" at the beginning of his ascension, and was almost pushed down from the throne.

Take a ten thousand step back and say: Even if the situation is far from serious enough for Empress Dowager Dou to consider 'whether or not to change her grandson to be emperor', Liu Sheng should never have— — You should never leave Chang'an.

What if?
In case there is a mistake, let a certain former emperor sit on the throne, such as Linjiang King Liu Rong, Liu Sheng is far away in Shanglin, beyond reach...

Thinking of this, everyone who was a little shaken by Liu Sheng's attitude only became more determined on their faces.

——Your Majesty must be persuaded!
——At least let His Majesty return to Chang'an first! ! !
What about Liu Sheng?

Does Liu Sheng know these things, the hidden dangers caused by his actions, and the possible bad consequences?

At this moment, when standing on the edge of the animal circle and watching the beast fight, Liu Sheng's slightly raised mouth could give the answer to this question.

"If you want to watch beast fights, the minimum prerequisite is to stand outside the beast enclosure..."

"If even I stand in the beast enclosure, what will happen?"

"Watch the beast fight, or participate in the beast fight???"

Thinking like this, Liu Sheng finally gave another thought-provoking smile, and then stretched out grinningly;

After that, Liu Sheng sat down regardless of the separation behind him, and waved lazily to the side of the crowd who were ready to stand up at any time to admonish them.

"What's the news about Chang'an?"

Seeing that Liu Sheng was so 'out of sight' in front of everyone, and asked about the situation in Chang'an in recent days, Xia Que could only instinctively look at the people who were already seated!
But after confirming repeatedly that Liu Sheng hadn't forgotten that these people were present, Xia Que finally had no choice but to bite the bullet and step forward.

"Report, report to Your Majesty."

"Since His Majesty drove up to the forest, all the kings have stayed behind closed doors to avoid suspicion."

"During the period, several people came to the door at night and asked to visit King Linjiang, King Lu, King Jiangdu and King Zhao."

"—The person who asked to visit the King of Linjiang was immediately turned away by the King of Linjiang and sent to Tingwei, and now he has been sent to prison;"

"The people who visited King Lu and King Jiangdu were beaten out with sticks by King Jiangdu with his servants, and King Lu warned them afterwards."

"As for the people who came to see King Zhao, they were sent to Changle by Zhao Guoxiang who entered the court together."

"The Empress Dowager seems to have ordered that the few people who came to see King Zhao be sent to Handan, and the Empress Dowager Zhao will personally punish them..."

Xia Que spoke in fear, and everyone listened in fear;

Even Tingwei Zhao Yu's eyes widened when he heard the words 'going to prison', his face was full of disbelief!
There is a prisoner under the Tingwei, and Zhao Yu, the Tingweiqing, doesn't know anything about it...

"Oh, right."

"Everyone seems to be eager to say something just now;"

"Tell me."

"I made this trip to Shanglin on purpose, why would you want to play it in front of me???"

(End of this chapter)