It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 682 Liu Cong's Death Has a Reason

Because it was about Liu Cong and Liu Cheng, Liu Yao pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

It turned out that as early as a year ago, Liu Cong suddenly became obsessed with porcelain, saying that this thing looked extremely beautiful, very smooth, and had many beautiful patterns on it... In short, he liked it very much and specifically requested that most of the ornaments in the palace be replaced with porcelain.

As a result, not only Pingyang City, but also the Han Kingdom and those wealthy businessmen who were able to travel quietly between the Central Plains and various parts of the south began to look for craftsmen who could make porcelain, and then brought the exquisite finished products to the palace to present their treasures.

The person in charge of purchasing for the palace selected a lot of good things and presented them to Liu Cong, who liked them so much that he rewarded the person in charge.

A few days later, Liu Cong was playing with his concubines in the bedroom and accidentally broke a large vase. Liu Cong was afraid that the sharp porcelain would cut the beauty's hand, so he went to pick up the pieces himself. Who would have thought that he picked up a piece and found words written on it.

She was startled and went to check the other fragments. Seeing the emperor's eagerness, the concubines did not dare to neglect it. Even if they had cut their fingers, they checked all the fragments.

There are many people and the action is fast.

Finally, the porcelain pieces with words on them were put together, and when pieced together they turned out to be Liu Cong's birth date.

There was something wrong.

You should know that porcelain is made by high-temperature firing. There is a folk legend that if someone's birth date is written on it and roasted in the fire, it will be the most vicious witchcraft curse.

Liu Cong loves porcelain so much, so he naturally knows this.

He was extremely angry and yelled, demanding that all the other porcelain be taken away so that he could check them one by one to see if there was any of his birthday items among them.

Eunuch Wang Shen and others were also very panicked, and hurriedly helped Liu Cong smash all the porcelain in the bedroom, and then searched through it. Sure enough, they found a lot of fragments with words on them, and when they were pieced together, they were all Liu Cong's birth date.

At this moment, Wang Shen and the others were all sweating. Because these porcelains had also passed through their hands, and such a big problem had occurred, and placing the vicious curse in Liu Cong's bedroom was simply treasonous and a plot to kill the king.

Although this matter really had nothing to do with him, he still had to find a scapegoat. Therefore, he killed the person in charge of purchasing at that time. Then he killed a few eunuchs in the palace at random, hoping to calm the matter down.

Liu Cong wanted to hold the craftsmen responsible, but the guards who chased after them came back and said, "All the craftsmen have run away, and the kiln factory is no longer needed. We caught a few people who were watching over the kiln... and killed them."

"Find out who wants to harm me?" The veins on Liu Cong's forehead bulged. "How much have I done for this man? Is there anyone who is dissatisfied? Why? Why?"

He slashed around in the bedroom with a sword like a madman, and even killed the two beauties closest to him. Wang Shen and the other beauties and concubines were so scared that they crawled out of the bedroom, shouting for help.

But this was done by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty himself, and the servants did not dare to go in.

Everyone stood outside and looked at each other, extremely nervous. Finally, they heard a plop and rushed in. They saw Liu Cong lying on the ground, spitting blood and twitching constantly... After this incident, Liu Cong died within a few months.

Wang Shen and his men hurriedly searched for valuables and planned to escape, but they were all killed in the chaos. The gold and silver were looted, and later a fire broke out in the palace... Liu Cheng's secret visit to Pingyang was also Liu Yao's idea.

Because he also wanted to know what happened to Liu Cong before he died, to see if there were any rumors. After all, this man was his childhood friend, and he died like this, and he felt very uncomfortable.

Unexpectedly, the cause of Liu Cong's death was actually these porcelain pieces. He and Yang Xianrong didn't say anything, but at the same time they were also thinking: Who did this?

"I also picked out some big pieces of porcelain and brought them back." Liu Cheng rewrapped the pieces and placed them on the table. He then whispered, "We also found some palace servants who were involved in cleaning up the broken pieces. They said... these pieces not only have the birth date of the late emperor, but also other people..."

"Whose is it?" Liu Yao asked.

"It should be the four queens..." Liu Cheng pursed his lips, "Those four people are also dead... It is said that they hanged themselves."

This is not surprising. When the emperor dies, his concubines and beauties will naturally be buried with him. Especially those diehard fans of Liu Cong, they will definitely kill these people.

In fact, there are many people who hope that Liu Cong will die, but it is still unknown who is capable of doing such a thing.

For some reason, Liu Yao suddenly seemed to have thought of something. He stood up, smashed a porcelain bottle in his bedroom, and then scratched it with his foot to see if there was any writing on it.

Fortunately, there was nothing.

He wanted to smash another one, but Yang Xianrong pulled him and signaled him not to continue, because the guards in the imperial city heard the noise and all ran over, thinking that something had happened here.

"Let's discuss this later. Don't delay having dinner with the children."

Seeing Yang Xianrong speaking softly, Liu Yao loosened his grip and whispered to Liu Cheng, "We should investigate this matter further. Go and pick up the pieces..."

"It's unlikely to work." Liu Cheng smiled bitterly. "It is said that after the incident, Wang Shen and his men smashed all the porcelain in the palace and threw them into the utility room. But because these things were very valuable even in pieces, someone secretly transported them out... So, a large part of them has been lost, and I'm afraid there won't be much left. Besides, Pingyang is in chaos right now, and there are thieves coming in and out of the palace every day. Even some people want to dig out a few floor tiles."

There is no peace in troubled times.

Yang Xianrong could imagine how chaotic it would be there, and couldn't help but sigh, "Let's leave it this way for now."

"It can only be done this way." Liu Yao must have also thought of the past, his face darkened. However, the most important thing now is to have dinner with the children and enjoy this wonderful time.

No matter how difficult the times were, he was now the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and he had his own army and loyal soldiers. What he had to do next was to gather his own troops, those who had surrendered, former officials, and even the bandits together to form a new army to fulfill his great wish of pacifying the world.