Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 442 Daytime
"Can you take me out to play next time?"

arrive home,

Liu Chongguo, the crown prince of Changyi who has recently been estranged, eagerly made a request to his beloved elder.

"My father is utterly useless!"

"He can only attract fish and shrimp with his body, but I catch them one by one!"

"this is not OK!"

He Bo, with his hands behind his back and a serious expression, told him, "We have to follow the rule of first come, first served!"

"I'm not like your great-grandfather, a person who easily tires of the old and craves the new!"

then,

Liu Chongguo could only lower his head regretfully, carrying the various toys he and his elders had made from bamboo and grass in the countryside, and dejectedly walked towards his room.

He needed to put these things away first, otherwise his father would take them away.

Liu He, standing nearby, let out a smug laugh, "I was here first!"

"This kid doesn't understand any social etiquette at all!"

"Next time we go out, we won't take him with us!"

He repeated his son's words to He Bo, revealing a pure sense of "equality".

There's nothing we can do about it.

After all, the struggle for the crown prince position has always been like this!

"Next time, swing further away!"

"It would be even better if we could go to the beach!"

Even at home, Liu He was never well-behaved. After resting for a while, he summoned the various performers he had specially gathered to play beautiful music in the palace. He himself lay on a soft cushion and raised his hand to suggest something to He Bo, who also had no manners.

He Boqi sat on the ground, listening to music, carving the building blocks he would later give to Liu Chongguo, and said without looking up:
"Your health isn't very good. It's enough for you to just wander around the area for a bit. Why are you still thinking about going to the beach?"

It is probably due to inheritance from the womb.
Liu He's health was not very good from birth.

His grandmother, Lady Li, died at the age of thirty. Before her death, she looked extremely haggard and dared not let Emperor Wu come to see her.

She feared that the king's favor, which she had gained through her beauty, would also vanish as her beauty faded.

And the child she gave birth to
Liu He's father, Liu Bo, the Prince of Changyi, was even weaker than his mother.

He passed away before he was even twenty years old.

The only thing worth being comforted by is...
With the help of a doctor surnamed Mo, Liu Bo, in her youth, mustered her strength and persevered until she gave birth to Liu He before finally closing her eyes.

When Liu He was having fun with He Bo in private, he also complained to him:
"The courtiers in the palace always liked to advise me, telling me to study the classics and wisdom of the ancestors and to do things according to their teachings."

"But I don't want to at all!"

“My father left me before he reached adulthood, so am I entitled to a long life?”

"Since the weather is unpredictable and lifespan is uncertain, why not seize the opportunity to do something I love?"

For this,

He Bo simply nodded in agreement.

He thought of that old bastard Ximen Bao and then launched into the same complaint against Liu He.

The only difference is
Ghosts and gods possess lifespans that seem endless, while Liu He truly embraces "seizing the day."

of course,

As Liu He passed thirty, he successfully surpassed his grandmother and far exceeded his father.
Seeing the life force within Liu He gradually fading, He Bo had also offered a word of advice.

Do you want to live a longer life?

Once again shaking off his pursuing subordinates, he strolled out and saw the wild King of Changyi happily running across the grassland, transformed into a nimble dog.

He Bo, who was lying on the grass, stretching out his body and basking in the sun, suddenly raised his head and called out to him.

"do not want!"

Liu He replied quickly, his voice as bright and light as the sunlight at that moment.

"Living a long time is meaningless."

He was placed under house arrest by the emperor's order, and various officials were watching him closely. Every now and then, one of them would appear in a corner of the palace to offer dry advice.

Many times, Liu He faced those people with equally dry, old faces, unable to bring himself to deliver a cruel refusal.

So he would agree.
Then, after correcting the mistake for two days, he quickly reverted to his old ways.

The veteran ministers would then cry in grievance, feeling that they had been deceived by the lord they served.

But Liu He also felt wronged.

He's just naturally playful and loves to have fun!

He didn't become emperor.

After the Edict of Grace was issued, the power of the vassal kings was greatly restricted, and they could no longer act as freely and unrestrainedly as they had in the early Han Dynasty. And given Liu He's personality...

I don't care about fame or fortune, I just want to live freely.

His favorite courtiers were mostly cooks who could cook well, skilled hunters, and entertainers who could sing and dance...

What's so special about that someone would want to be constantly watching you?
However, the emperor still confined him to Changyi City because of this.

Without He Bo's help, he would have remained silent, like a lonely frog, sitting blankly in the yard every day, gazing up at the unreachable blue sky.

Thinking about it this way
He would have been better off dead sooner.

"I've heard that there aren't many troubles in the afterlife, and you can live a happier life than in the human world."

"I can't wait for that day!"

then,

He Bo didn't try to persuade him further.

At most, when Liu He's vitality was waning and his body was about to become exhausted and in pain, they would secretly lend him a hand, allowing him to bypass that pain and continue to immerse himself in happy times, carefree.

Liu He wasn't clever enough to notice these tender moments; he was simply thinking:
I've been sleeping more lately, but I'm also feeling more tired.

He should seize the time to go to more places and try more ways to play.

Once you've exhausted all your energy, you can fall into a deep sleep in your dreams. How wonderful would that be?
"Go on, go on!"

Therefore,
When He Bo, the "divine boatman" who steered the boat with incredible speed, did not approve his proposal...
The King of Changyi immediately started rolling around on the ground.

This is a very embarrassing scene.

Fortunately,

Those who were singing and dancing had become accustomed to the lord's eccentricities and did not stop for a moment.

They continued to sing and dance dutifully, so as to be worthy of the salary paid by the King of Changyi.

Liu Chongguo happened to come over to greet his new toy, and upon seeing his father's expression, he knew what his father's purpose was.

then,

The crown prince also started rolling around on the ground—

Regardless of the specific content,
Anyway, he'll play along!

As it rolled,

The father and son also developed a strange tacit understanding and began to circle around He Bo, as if they were performing some kind of mysterious ritual.

What else can He Bo do when he's surrounded in the middle?
He could only agree.

Liu He and his son embraced happily, cheering that their scheme had succeeded.

……

"I've never seen the sea before!"

the next day,
The impatient King Changyi and his son once again rode in their carriages, amidst the gazes of countless pedestrians, and arrived at the banks of the He River, where they boarded the small boat driven by He Bo.

The boat glided swiftly across the water, cutting through layer upon layer of spray, defying all disturbances, and drifting on its own toward the end of the river.

The two, one big and one small, stood at the bow of the boat, arms outstretched, eagerly embracing the gentle breeze that was blowing in their faces.

Taking advantage of his small stature, Liu Chongguo stood in front of his father.

At first, Liu He did act like a father, grabbing his son's head from behind, where the two tufts of hair were tied up because he was underage.

But not long after, he felt that his son was affecting his elegant posture of blowing in the wind, and he wanted to pull him down.

The father and son then engaged in a fierce battle at the bow of the ship, which angered Liu He, the loving father, who scolded:
"That brat is so unfilial!"

"Hurry up and jump into the river, so you won't bother me!"

“If you jump, I'll jump!” Liu Chongguo, the filial son, grinned without any hesitation.

Only He Bo, seeing their posture just now, recalled a classic scene from later generations, and after hearing the father and son's dispute about "diving," couldn't help but take out an ocarina.

He began to play a piece of music that had been heard by ghosts and gods but had never been composed in this world.

unfortunately,

The performance of "Ghosts and Gods Nazierwaer" completely lacked the style of the original piece and failed to gain the approval of ordinary people.

But he still managed to prevent the father and son from killing each other.

"That sounds awful."

"Like crows cawing indiscriminately."

Liu He and his son stopped arguing and covered their ears.

At last,
He Bo was so angry that he jumped into the water.

(End of this chapter)