When Ji Han and his men traveled to the Three Kingdoms crew

Chapter 769: Posthumously Conferred the Title of Emperor
On June 10th of the fifth year of Jianxing, Liu Bei, who was seriously ill, passed away with a smile on his face.

Liu Chan remembered Liu Bei's words before his death, and buried him as simply as possible. The people ate meat as they should, drank wine as they should, and everything went on as usual.

Liu Chan did the same.

However, something unexpected happened. Every household hung up white cloth, and people inside and outside the city wore mourning clothes.

When Liu Chan personally transported the coffin to Chang'an, starting from the Prince of Yan's Mansion, all the people dressed in white mourning clothes followed all the way, wanting to see Liu Bei off for the last time.

There were cries everywhere, and sadness surged like a tide. Looking up, the sky covered with dark clouds seemed even darker, as if it was also sad for Liu Bei's death.

Even after they had been out of the city for dozens of miles, the people were still following closely. Liu Chan tried to persuade them earnestly, even mentioning Liu Bei, before he persuaded the people to go back.

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"We are finally going back to Chang'an."

"General Tian, ​​you are really not kidding me, are you? How could the emperor's uncle be in bad health? Don't you think so, father-in-law?"

As Liu Xie was talking, he turned the topic to Cao Cao, but the strange thing was that General Cao didn't respond.

"Hmm? What happened to General Cao?"

Liu Xie turned his head to look at Cao Cao beside him. He found that Cao Cao's hands were shaking uncontrollably and his face looked extremely ugly.

No, this is completely different from the usually calm and composed General Cao. What's going on?

He followed Cao Cao's gaze and saw that no matter whether it was the car in front of him or the pedestrians, some were hanging white cloth or wearing mourning clothes.

Is this a dead person?!

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Liu Xie's heart sank and he shuddered suddenly. A bold yet terrifying idea came to his mind.

Could it be the Emperor's uncle?
Stop, stop, stop, stop, how can you curse the emperor's uncle like this?

Liu Xie originally wanted to ask someone, but when he turned around, he found that Ma Chao and Ma Dai pushed open the car door and strode forward to stop the passerby in mourning clothes.

"Excuse me, sir. What big thing has happened recently? Why are so many people wearing mourning clothes?"

The passerby looked at Ma Chao in surprise and asked, "Don't you know, sir?"

"I was an official in Tianzhu County and only returned to Chang'an recently." Ma Chao shook his head.

The passerby suddenly realized, "No wonder, it's reasonable that you don't know, as for what happened recently..."

The passerby paused, and became sad, with a choked voice, "The King of Yan has passed away."

These four words were like a hammer hitting everyone's heart. If it were the young Ma Chao and Ma Dai, their faces would have changed drastically and they would have been furious. Fortunately, their years of serving as officials and generals had made them much more stable, and they were able to remain calm in the face of such an answer.

Ma Chao and Ma Dai were able to remain calm, but someone else could not. Liu Xie raised his leg and kicked a passerby in the chest. The tremendous force knocked the passerby to the ground, causing him to wail in pain.

"You bastard, how dare you curse my uncle! I will kill you!" Liu Xie said angrily, looking like a man-eating beast.

Ma Chao and Ma Dai's expressions suddenly changed, and they immediately stopped Liu Xie, "Calm down, calm down!"

The passers-by were so frightened that they forgot about the pain. Uncle, I, this person, this person is the emperor? It's over. The whole family is doomed.

Cao Cao helped the passerby up, took out the banknotes, and said softly, "This nobleman was too sad just now, so he hurt the good man. Here is 100,000 coins. Please accept it as a token of my gratitude. As for your medical expenses..."

Cao Cao called Cao Pi and said, "Send this hero to the best clinic in Chang'an. I will pay for his medical expenses."

"Here."

"Ah? I won't be punished? Not only the medical expenses are covered, but I also have money?" The passerby swallowed and was somewhat unresponsive.

Cao Cao gave him a reassuring look, "No."

The passers-by breathed a sigh of relief and were escorted away by Cao Pi. After dealing with all this, Cao Cao looked at Liu Xie. The retired emperor had a pale face and tears rolling down his cheeks. He gritted his teeth and urged, "Come in quickly. I want to see my uncle."

"Here."

The group hurried back to the city in a hurry. After asking, they found out that Liu Bei's mourning hall was assumed to be in the palace. Liu Xie, Ma Chao, Ma Dai, Cao Cao and others rushed to the palace.

When Liu Xie saw Liu Bei's mourning hall, he felt as if struck by lightning. He stumbled and fell to the ground, and the people around him shouted "Emperor Taishang" in shock.

Liu Xie, who was helped up by the crowd, burst into tears, "Uncle, uncle, how come my uncle is gone?"

Cao Cao was also heartbroken and couldn't stop crying. He choked up and said, "Xuan De, you and I made a vow before that we would talk to each other about our true feelings after a hundred years. How could you leave me?"

Ma Chao and Ma Dai cried even more heart-wrenchingly.

At this moment, two gray-haired old men who were kneeling in front of the mourning hall slowly stood up and turned to walk towards Liu Xie.

Liu Xie said angrily: "Get out of here, don't stand in my way"

Before he could even say the word "front", Liu Xie was stunned. Aren't the two men in front of him his second uncle and third uncle? Why did his second uncle and third uncle look so haggard?

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei said, "Grand Emperor, my elder brother left with a smile on his face. He asked us to pass on a message to you. Grand Emperor, my elder brother said there was no need to be sad. He was originally a knight-errant from Zhuo County. He was able to support the Han Dynasty and had no regrets in his life. Even if he died, he would leave with a big smile.

"General Cao, my brother said that from now on, please carry on with his promise."

"Mengqi, Ma Dai, I am proud of your military exploits."

Liu Xie was silent for a long time, then wiped away his tears and asked with all his might, "Adou, have you started the process of enshrining the emperor's uncle in the Imperial Ancestral Temple?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience fell silent, and everyone's eyes widened. No, when would the princes be able to enter the Taimiao?
An official who came to pay his respects advised, "Your Majesty, the Prince of Yan is a vassal king. It's not good for him to enter the temple, right?"

"Princes? Then confer the title of emperor posthumously!"

"There is no precedent for this. Your Majesty, please think twice."

Liu Xie's face darkened, he drew out his sword and shouted angrily: "What did you say?! Do you want to test whether my sword is sharp?!"

The officials were so frightened that they lost their souls. Oh no, the emperor is serious!
"Your Majesty, it is not good to kill people in front of my elder brother's spirit." Zhang Fei spoke out to dissuade him.

Liu Xie glared at the official and said, "You're lucky."

At the court meeting the next day, the ministers discovered something strange: the emperor emeritus had also come to attend the meeting.

All the ministers thought in unison: Could it be that the Supreme Emperor came because of the posthumous title of Prince Yan?

Regarding Liu Bei's posthumous title, many court officials had their own ideas. Whatever is best, King of Yan is worthy of it anyway.

Unexpectedly, Liu Xie said directly: "When the late emperor was alive, he said that he wanted to give the throne to his uncle. I also thought so. But my uncle refused to accept it. Now that my uncle has passed away, I propose to posthumously confer the title of emperor on him!"

"Who agrees and who disagrees?!"

When these words were spoken, the whole court was shocked. Besides being shocked, the ministers suddenly thought that this was the retired emperor, so it didn't seem strange for him to say such words.

All the ministers secretly glanced at the emperor to see what he was thinking. Even if Liu Xie had been the emperor, that was a thing of the past.

Liu Chan thought to himself: What is there to hesitate about? My brother is leading the charge, and the court is full of my father's wise ministers. Let's charge!

Liu Chan immediately clapped his hands and cheered, "Okay, I'll follow my brother's advice and posthumously confer the title of emperor on my father!"

All the officials were shocked. The emperor actually agreed? Was he not going to perform?

There was no resistance to Liu Bei's posthumous title of emperor. From the Minister of the Central Secretariat, the Minister of the Palace Secretariat to the Minister of Censorship, no one tried to dissuade Liu Chan. Even many prefecture governors who came to the capital agreed with it.

Soon Liu Bei's temple name and posthumous title were decided: Zhongzu and Zhaowu.

(End of this chapter)