Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

Liu Xin was so scared that he rolled over immediately, but the deerskin boots still kicked him in the cheek.

In an instant, the child's cheeks felt burning.

"Why did you kick me?" Liu Xin quickly got up and glared at the boy in brocade clothes in front of him.

The boy in brocade clothes was younger than Liu Xin, only about seven or eight years old, but he was extremely arrogant. He raised his chin and asked, "Who asked you to come here?"

Liu Xin's eyes flashed with guilt, and he pretended to be calm and said, "Why can't I come?"

"No!" the chubby boy said arrogantly, "The community god won't like you!"

Liu Xin's face turned cold. He suddenly didn't want to give in to his younger brother anymore: "I am the eldest son of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. Why doesn't he like me?"

"Oh, King Zhao is quite arrogant!"

A noble lady with a golden hairpin in her hair walked over slowly, held the fat boy's hand, and looked at Liu Xin with cold eyes: "You are the eldest son? Are you worthy?"

Liu Xin lowered his head, took a few steps back, and clenched his fists tightly.

Concubine Li winked at her attendants and said, "Go and search the King of Zhao to see if he has stolen the offerings on the altar. If he offends the gods, we will also be punished."

Several eunuchs stepped forward, grabbed Liu Xin and began to search him.

Sure enough, a strange thing was found in his arms. It looked like a human but not a human, and its limbs could move.

"Your Majesty, what do you see here?" The eunuch presented a palm-length robot to the imperial concubine.

Concubine Li was also surprised. She took it, took a look at it, and then her son snatched it away.

"That's mine!" Liu Xin saw that his things were taken away by his brother, and he was also twisting his limbs randomly. He was immediately anxious: "Give it back to me!"

Liu Huan made a face at his brother and snapped off one of the robot's arms: "I won't give it back to you! Humph! This is stolen goods! I will report it to my father later!"

Liu Xin was furious, but his arms were held tightly by two eunuchs and he could not move at all.

"That's a toy given to me by the community god! It's not stolen goods! Give it back to me now!" He was so anxious that tears were about to fall, and he couldn't help but shouting loudly: "Someone! Someone! Save me now!"

However, the two eunuchs serving him were timid and hid in a remote place, not daring to show their heads.

Seeing that this boy dared to call for help, Concubine Li couldn't help but get angry, and stepped forward and slapped him in the face: "You little beast without a mother! Do you think you are justified in stealing the offerings on the incense table?"

"I didn't steal it!" Liu Xin was beaten so hard that blood oozed from the corners of his mouth. He loudly defended himself: "It was given to me by the community god! It's mine!"

Concubine Li was about to fight again when she heard someone cough behind her.

She was startled and turned around quickly, and saw the emperor and his ministers slowly walking towards her.

Concubine Li secretly thought that this was not good. She moved sideways to block Liu Xin behind her and saluted the emperor: "Your Majesty, why are you here?"

The emperor glanced coldly at his beloved concubine, then turned his gaze to his son Liu Xin.

I saw that half of the child's face was swollen and his mouth was full of blood. He looked very miserable.

"What's going on? What are you doing here?"

Even if this son is unpopular, he is still the son of his wife. How can he allow others to bully him?

So the emperor was very angry and glanced at the eunuchs with a sharp gaze.

The eunuchs were also terrified and quickly let go of King Zhao, falling to their knees and almost begging for mercy.

Concubine Li smiled and said, "Your Majesty, just now the eunuchs found that the King of Zhao took the offerings on the altar. They were worried that the gods would punish him, so they arrested him." "I didn't take the offerings!" Liu Xin also knelt down and said firmly, "I offered an article to the gods myself, and the gods gave me the doll."

"But my stepmother took my things away and slandered me as a thief. I am innocent. I hope that the emperor will make a decision for me."

The emperor was silent for a moment, then looked at his eldest son sinisterly: "The community god gave you a doll? Where is the thing?"

Liu Xin straightened up and pointed at Liu Huan who was standing next to the imperial concubine: "It was broken by my brother."

Liu Huan felt offended by his brother's finger and immediately shouted, "You are the thief! I saw you hiding under the altar with my own eyes!"

The old ministers following the emperor were not happy, and they all advised the emperor: "The Prince of Zhao has a pure character and is the heir to a country. How can he be slandered like this? I hope Your Majesty will put the curtains of the palace in order to avoid leaving behind disasters and making future generations despise him."

The emperor was so embarrassed by what the old ministers said that he had no choice but to make a statement: "Li Guifei has failed to educate her son properly, so she is ordered to reflect on her mistakes behind closed doors for a month. Prince Lu is a stubborn boy, so he will move out of Fengyi Palace and move to Qinxue Palace from today."

"Your Majesty, I was wrong. Can you please not send Huan'er away?" Concubine Li burst into tears and wished she could rush over and hug the emperor.

But at this moment the emperor didn't want to pay any attention to her at all. He waved his hand and asked the eunuch to take her back to the palace.

Before leaving, the eunuch took the small robot back from Prince Lu's hand and returned it to Prince Zhao Liu Xin.

Liu Xin touched the little robot's fallen arm and tears kept falling.

"Why is a man crying?" The emperor was a little impatient, but he felt very uneasy when he thought that the community god, who had not appeared for a month, suddenly moved again.

An old minister stepped forward, took out a handkerchief and wiped Liu Xin's tears, whispering to comfort her: "If you have any grievances, just tell His Majesty. It's okay. We old bones are here to accompany you."

Many old officials in the court looked down on the stubborn Prince of Lu, Liu Huan, and had always opposed the emperor's appointment of Prince of Lu as the crown prince. Therefore, for so many years, the position of the crown prince of the Han Dynasty had remained undecided.

If even the god of community favors Liu Xin this time, the emperor must have some considerations.

With popular support, it was almost certain that Liu Xin would be made the crown prince.

Several old ministers were full of anticipation and mentioned the issue of appointing a crown prince again.

The emperor hated to hear this and said impatiently, "We'll discuss this later. I'm not dead yet, why are you worrying so much about it?"

Then he waved to Liu Xin and said, "Show me the puppet in your hand."

Liu Xin had no choice but to hand the little robot over to his father.

The emperor fiddled with it for a while and asked calmly, "How many times have you come to the altar?"

Liu Xin answered honestly: "Twice."

The emperor snorted, "How dare you come here without my permission? Do you want to rebel?"

Liu Xin was startled and quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "I dare not. The first time was because my stepmother was seriously ill, and I had no choice but to come to the community god for help. Later, the community god gave me medicine, and my stepmother got better."

"Is Concubine Shu sick? Why not ask the imperial physician?" The emperor was a little unhappy.

Liu Xin: "My son went to ask for help and got medicine, but my stepmother didn't get better, so I dared to ask the community god for help."

"Then why didn't you come to me? Instead, you came here without permission?" The emperor was extremely upset and wanted to find a reason to scold this boy.

Liu Xin said respectfully: "I went to see the emperor, but he was busy with affairs and I could never see him."

The emperor glared at his son coldly: "Are you blaming me?"

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and I am just one of your subjects. How dare I harbor resentment?" (End of this chapter)