I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 168 Diving into the Sea
"Cough cough, ah cough!"

Liu Hong coughed up a mouthful of thick bloody phlegm with all his strength, and then saw the emperor weakly leaning to the side.

Two young eunuchs hurriedly handed Liu Hong a small desk so that Liu Hong could lie on the bed.

Below Liu Hong, stands Liu Jian.

Liu Hong stretched out his hand weakly, and hooked his fingers at Liu Jian.

Liu Jian walked slowly to Liu Hong's bed, bent down and said, "What orders does Your Majesty have?"

"Ai, Aiqing, are you leaving?"

"The minister is leaving, Your Majesty, take care of your body, take care of it, take care of it, take care of it!"

From Liu Hong's throat came out the sound of "snoring and snoring", which was quite ear-piercing, like blowing a whistle.

Obviously, Liu Hong's respiratory system has serious inflammation.

"Emperor Brother, Emperor Brother."

"His Majesty?"

"Imperial brother, tell me, am I going to die?"

Liu Jian said respectfully: "Your Majesty will not die. Your Majesty is the Holy Lord of all ages. He has a destiny. The heavens just give His Majesty a small setback to test His Majesty's heart and temper His Majesty's muscles and bones. His Majesty will definitely get better." of."

Hearing this, Liu Hong smiled lightly.

I don't know if he really believes Liu Jian's words, but his condition seems to be a little better than before.

"Aiqing's words are really nice. No matter what Aiqing says, I'm willing to listen to it? Why does Qing say this?"

Liu Jian said heartily: Because neither of us are good birds.

"Because I am your majesty's loyal minister, your majesty is a sage, and this minister is a loyal minister, so your majesty will naturally like what you say."

"Okay, okay, what a loyal minister!"

Liu Hong supported his body vigorously, and said: "Deran, I don't know if I can get better now, but if I really can't get better... Tell me, who can inherit the throne of my two princes?" ?”

"Your Majesty, this is His Majesty's family affairs. I am an outsider, so how can I participate in it?"

"nonsense!"

Liu Hong seemed a little annoyed when he heard the words: "You are a clan member of the Han family and my emperor's younger brother. Isn't my family affairs not yours?"

"You think my two sons, who can be the reserve?"

"Your Majesty, I have never met the two princes, how can I judge?"

Liu Hong's expression appeared a little lonely.

"Yeah yeah."

He took a deep breath and said: "In that case, I will let Ai Qing meet."

Afterwards, Liu Hong said to the eunuchs outside: "The two princes of Chuanzhen came to see me."

About half an hour later, 12-year-old Liu Bian and [-]-year-old Liu Xie arrived.

Liu Hong stretched out his hand tremblingly, pointing to Liu Jian: "Call, call Emperor Uncle!"

The two princes bowed to Liu Jian together and said, "Uncle Emperor."

Liu Jian hastily bowed to the two princes in return: "I have seen your Highnesses!"

Later, Liu Jian looked at Liu Hong helplessly: "Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

Liu Hong said weakly: "Now Aiqing has met! Choose, choose one!"

"Your Majesty, aren't you a coward?"

"select!"

Liu Jian didn't know which song Liu Hong was singing today, but since the topic had already been discussed, he had to do it.

Liu Jian didn't speak, he just walked to Liu Bian's side and bowed to Liu Bian.

Liu Hong's expression suddenly became extremely lonely.

After Liu Jian saluted Liu Bian, Liu Hong sighed helplessly, and said to the two princes, "You two, go down!"

Tossing the two princes to come this trip is for such a little thing, Liu Hong, who is ill, is still willful.

After the two princes went down, Liu Hong suddenly said to Liu Jian: "Unexpectedly, you are also a person who is afraid of the situation when things come to an end?"

"Your Majesty's meaning, I don't understand."

"You don't understand what I mean by asking this?"

"Minister, I don't understand."

"Okay, then I will let you understand that Xie'er is the one I like."

Liu Jian was expressionless and said, "What is Your Majesty planning?"

Liu Hong leaned his body forward: "If Aiqing chooses Xie'er just now, I will keep Qing in Luoyang. If I die, I will let Qing regent and help you! Do you understand? Deran, you lost A huge opportunity."

Liu Jian sighed secretly.

The emperor's mind is obviously different from usual.

The disease had already begun to corrode his sanity.

"Your Majesty, what can I do even if I stay in Luoyang? Dong Hou's biological mother has passed away, and he is only four years old."

Hearing the words "Dong Hou's birth mother is dead", Liu Hong's expression suddenly darkened.

He let out a long breath, waved his hands and said, "That's all, that's all, let's go, let's go!"

"Your Majesty cherishes it. Before I go to Jizhou to take office, I want to make a final report to Your Majesty."

"what?"

"Your Majesty, it's time to lift the party."

Liu Hong was taken aback when he heard this.

He looked at Liu Jian in surprise.

But Liu Jian was also looking at him fixedly.

After confronting each other for a while, Liu Hong seemed to understand.

"Actually, Ai Qing also thinks that my life is not long, right?"

"I dare not!"

"If that's not the case, why did you ask me to release the party?"

"Chen... death penalty!"

Liu Hong waved his hand and stopped talking to Liu Jian.

Liu Jian didn't say much anymore, and then took his leave and left.

The Eastern Han Dynasty, the last emperor with real power, today is the last time I meet with him.

How should the emperor evaluate him?

He was not as short-witted and stupid as the evaluation in later history books.

But actually...well, he's not particularly stupid, but he's definitely not much better either.

The most pertinent evaluation of Liu Hong is actually very simple, in one sentence:

That's it.

……

When I left the West Garden, I saw a gorgeous woman in a blue silkworm dress standing at the door, holding her prince Liu Bian and looking at him with a smile on her shoulders.

Behind the woman are Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Guo Sheng... and Lu Qiang and other regular attendants.

Although Liu Jian had never seen this woman before, he could already guess who she was by looking at her attire and gorgeous appearance, as well as the formation of the people behind him.

"Minister Liu Jian, pay homage to Your Highness!"

He Hou slightly bowed his body to return the gift to Liu Jian, and said: "I will defend the matter of the talent, thank you, Uncle Huang."

Liu Jian raised his eyebrows slightly.

He knew what Queen He said.

Thinking about it, just now Liu Hong asked him inside, which of the two princes would inherit the throne, and he saluted Liu Bian.

Although there were only him and the two princes in Liu Hong's room just now, Liu Jian estimated that this matter must not be hidden.

It's just that I didn't expect it to be so fast, it was like the wind.

Then look at Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others standing behind Empress He. What doesn't Liu Jian understand?

He bowed to Empress He and said: "Your Highness does not need to be like this. It is the duty of a subject to speak honestly and honestly for His Majesty."

After finishing speaking, he saluted Empress He and Liu Bian again, and then left.

Before leaving, Liu Jian looked at Lu Qiang behind Empress He again.

After the two simply looked at each other, they each looked away.

But at that glance, they all read another meaning from each other's eyes - "precious".

……

……

In October of the second year of Zhongping, Liu Jian, the general of the town thief Zhonglang, led the southern Jizhou pastoral envoy, and finally left Luoyang, went to Hebei, and took office in Yecheng in Wei County.

Break through the iron cage and walk away from the tiger and leopard, and suddenly open the golden lock to fly the dragon.

(End of this chapter)