Rumble, rumble~~
The sound of carriage wheels grinding over Chang'an's broad avenue was somewhat grating, especially combined with the clatter of hooves.
The avenue from the Wang Mansion to the imperial palace was not long, but to the three sons from the Huainan Kingdom, it seemed far too long.
So long that it was torment.
Seeing this, Liu Cheng reassured them, "Brothers, do not worry. The Grand Chancellor is a very kindly man."
At Liu Cheng's words, the three sons from the Huainan Kingdom wore complicated expressions.
The renown of that regent Grand Chancellor was known to everyone, from the shores of the Eastern Sea to the Western Frontier, from Liaodong to Lingnan.
Kings bowed their heads, Thorough Marquises held their tongues, and even Zhao Tuo, King of Lingnan, sent tribute every year despite being where heaven was high and the emperor far away.
The merciful did not command armies, and the kindly did not govern states. How could such a great figure possibly be a kindly man?
People throughout the realm naturally had very complicated feelings about Luo Xin, the regent Grand Chancellor, especially the Liu Clan Lords King.
This realm plainly belonged to the Liu Clan.
Yet over the past several decades, the time it had actually been ruled by the Liu Clan amounted to barely ten years under Liu Bang and a few years under Liu Ying.
All the remaining years had passed under regencies.
Lü Zhi had married into the Liu Clan, so they could let that pass, but what business did Luo Xin, a man of another surname, have doing this?
Many of the Liu Clan Lords King disliked Luo Xin, though ordinary Liu Clan Kin felt little about it.
After all, Luo Xin showed no signs of usurping the throne or changing their treatment.