For three days in a row, Liu Zhang did not take a step out of the Hou General's Mansion. He stayed with his wife at all times to make up for the time lost in the past few years.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Early on the fourth day, news came out from the palace, requiring all officials to gather in Changle Palace and restart the long-interrupted court meeting.
Liu Zhang did not dare to delay. He knew the great significance of this court meeting and arrived outside the palace early. Unexpectedly, he met his father, Liu Yan, whom he had not seen for many years.
"Father!"
Liu Zhang was slightly ashamed. He had been lingering with his two wives all day long, but he didn't leave the house for three days in a row. He even forgot to see his father.
"Zhang'er, my father heard that you returned to Luoyang three days ago? Why haven't you been seen?"
Liu Zhang was even more embarrassed when he heard Liu Yan's question.
"Forgive me, father. My son is busy with military affairs. I wanted to visit my father in the past few days, but I didn't expect to meet him outside the palace today."
Even if Liu Zhang was beaten to death, he could not say that he had forgotten his parents because he was reluctant to part with the beauty. He could only use this as an excuse.
Fortunately, Liu Zhang was a general of the Han Dynasty and had a large number of troops! In the eyes of outsiders, Liu Zhang is indeed a busy man, because judging from his busy military affairs, it is indeed a good reason, and Liu Yan does not have too much doubts.
"Okay, my son has worked hard, and as a father, I naturally know that. But you must also take care of yourself!"
The words "take care of yourself" were originally very kind advice, but now they sounded very strange to Liu Zhang's ears!
"Yes! Father, too! Where is mother? How are you doing recently?"
Liu Yan smiled and nodded, signaling Liu Zhang to rest assured.
"You don't have to worry about things at home. Now that the big man is in trouble, the burden on you is not light!"
"Yes, my child, please remember your father's teachings!"
Liu Zhang's expression was slightly solemn, and he felt more and more unfamiliar with Liu Yan as his father.
Since Liu Zhang was promoted to the post-general and moved into the post-general's mansion, it can be said that he has become more and more estranged from his parents and brothers.
Thinking that his father would soon be promoted to Yizhou Mu, and he, the prefect of Hanzhong, did not know whether he would conflict with his father due to some political orders or other things, Liu Zhang felt inexplicably heavy!
I hope I can repeat the mistakes of history and successfully inherit Yizhou Mu! But Liu Zhang knew that this was almost wishful thinking!
Historically, it was because there was no threat from Liu Zhang that Liu Zhang's eldest and second brothers died in Chang'an. Now that Liu Zhang is working hard in Hanzhong, who would dare to offend this evil star easily?
What's more, if Liu Zhang inherits Yizhou Mu, wouldn't it completely make him unhappy? I believe that no matter who is in power, they will clearly understand this truth! "Zhang'er, my father has an idea and I want to discuss it with you."
Liu Yan suddenly interrupted Liu Zhang's thoughts, and the latter quickly asked.
"Father, please speak!"
"I am preparing to present myself to Your Majesty for my father..."
Just when Liu Yan was about to speak, many ministers came one after another, greeting Liu Yan and his son, and there were more and more people.
"Forget it, let's do this for now."
Liu Yan felt that there were too many people and did not continue talking. He turned and walked to his friend's place to chat.
Because Liu Zhang had not been in the court for a long time and was young, no one took the initiative to chat with him, and no ministers could regard him as a friend. Therefore, everyone was in twos and threes, except Liu Zhang who stood alone.
Liu Zhang didn't care about this at all. None of these ministers were young. He didn't bother to pay attention to these old antiques and just closed his eyes to rest.
"The general is cultivating himself here alone. I am very envious of him."
Liu Zhang was slightly startled. He really wanted to get close to him. He quickly opened his eyes and saw that it was the Grand Tutor Yuan Wei.
"Master Yuan, you are fine."
Seeing Liu Zhang bowing his hands and saluting him, Yuan Wei also returned the salute.
"Thanks to the good words of the general, I am not bad at all! I heard that the general governs Hanzhong well. He is indeed the leader of my Han Dynasty!"
Yuan Wei's praise did not make Liu Zhang happy, but instead aroused his vigilance.
Ever since I met Yuan Wei, this old guy has never used himself as a weapon. You need to be extremely careful when talking to him.
The more you say, the more likely you are to be wrong; the less you say, the less likely you are to be wrong. Liu Zhang had already made up his mind to speak less. If he spoke less, he would not say the wrong thing.
"Haha, Mr. Yuan is too polite."
Not saying a single more word, but not being rude in any way, this made Yuan Wei feel a little uncomfortable, as if he had been rejected.
"General Hou has really changed in the past few years!"
Yuan Wei still refused to give up, and did not care at all that Liu Zhang was unwilling to pay attention to him, and continued to talk to him shamelessly.
"hehe."
This time it was even less, it was not a polite smile, Liu Zhang just didn't give Yuan Wei any chance to say anything further.
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward, and even the air was filled with the smell of embarrassment!
"Masters, come to the palace!"
Fortunately, the little eunuch's sharp voice came, which relieved Yuan Wei's embarrassing situation. Liu Zhang smiled slightly at Yuan Wei and walked into the palace.
Yuan Wei watched Liu Zhang leave with anger in his eyes, but he immediately calmed down and walked into the palace as well.
Seeing Liu Hong going to court, all the ministers knelt down and saluted, and then stood on both sides.
Liu Hong probably hadn't gotten up so early for a long time. He was extremely tired and had been yawning since he arrived at the main hall.
"My dear friends, I was in poor health not long ago, so I stopped going to court for a while in the morning. Now that my health is improving, I naturally don't dare to delay the court affairs anymore!"
Stopped for a while? All the ministers except Liu Zhang could not help but exclaim in their hearts, is it as simple as Liu Hong to stop for a while? Many ministers thought they would never see Liu Hong until they died!
"In order to deal with the chaos in today's world, I specially established the Eight Schools of Xiyuan. As I expected, Prime Minister Yizhou rebelled again under the banner of the Yellow Turban!"
The ministers were stunned. They knew nothing about Ma Xiang's rebellion. However, they all praised Liu Hong.
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
"Haha, this is what I should do!"
Liu Hong was in a rare good mood, and there was some color on his face.
He Jin stood up and asked Liu Hong a question.
"Your Majesty! I have not heard that there is rebellion in Yizhou. I wonder how your Majesty learned about it?"
He Jin, as a general and the marshal of the world's troops, didn't even know about the Yizhou rebellion. How did Liu Hong know about it?
"Of course it was General Hou who brought the news to me!"
Liu Hong seemed to have expected that He Jin would come out to ask questions, and pointed at Liu Zhang calmly.
He Jin was annoyed, he didn't expect it was Liu Zhang again! Sure enough, nothing good will happen if you meet him!
"General Hou, are you sure about the accuracy of this news?"
Liu Zhang was really in trouble. He just found an excuse, but he didn't expect that Liu Hong would take advantage of him! This He Jin is really endless. How can he be sure? What if Ma Xiang hasn't started to rebel yet!
But even so, Liu Zhang had to grit his teeth and admit it.
"Yes, Ma Xiang started an uprising in Mianzhu and is now confronting Quejian, the governor of Yizhou."
"As a general, I don't even know. How did you find out?"
He Jin was very angry and blurted out his question, but he regretted it after he said it.
"Haha, General, are you kidding me?"
