Chapter One Hundred and Nine
In the thirteenth year of Jianwu (37 AD), the eldest princess Liu Yi Wang was nearly 11 years old, since five years ago her Fu mother began to instill in her the palace of the open and secret battles, so that she knew the grievances between Yin Lihua and Guo Shengtong, Liu Yi gradually faded from naivety, and slowly began to become stable, with a city government. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info In recent years, Guo Shengtong's security has not let her relax her vigilance, but more cautious and vigilant, recently, because she proposed to let Liu Huang go out for a walk and was nominated to be uneasy, she always felt that something big would happen in the near future, so she struggled and hesitated for a long time, and finally came to Yin Lihua, and said: "Mother, this time the eldest aunt went out to relax, and the child didn't want to go with her, so it was better to let the three princesses accompany her." ”
Yin Lihua was very puzzled by this, and she asked, "Why did you make such a decision?" In her opinion, King Liu Yi has been close to Liu Huang since he was a child, and he also longed for the world outside the palace in the past.
Liu Yiwang didn't want Yin Lihua to worry in vain, so he said the excuse he had already thought of, "The Analects? There is a saying in "Liren": "Parents are here, don't travel far, there must be a way to travel." As the eldest sister, the child should lead by example and serve his father, the queen and the princess. The three royal sisters have been well-behaved and innocent since childhood, and the eldest aunt also loves them very much, and has them as their companions, and the eldest aunt has no objections. ”
Yin Lihua listened to Liu Yiwang's words, and looked at Liu Yiwang with a suspicious face, although she didn't believe it, but she knew that she was the eldest princess, and she couldn't get out what she didn't want to say, and she didn't want to use these scheming on her children, she smiled slightly, and then looked at Liu Yiwang lovingly and said: "Although the mother doesn't know why you made such a decision, King Ran Yi never disappointed the mother concubine, and the mother wants you to remember: no matter what decision you make, the mother will support you, and if you need the mother concubine, you can only come." ”
Liu Yiwang's regret for missing this trip was vanished because of Yin Lihua's words, her heart suddenly warmed, and she responded with a smile: "Mother, the child knows." ”
When Yin Lihua heard this, she smiled and didn't say anything more. And things are as Liu Yiwang expected, Liu Huang has no objection to such a decision.
Just the day before Liu Huang left Beijing, Liu Huang rarely stepped out of his princess's mansion, and personally entered the palace to pick up Liu Zhongli while saying goodbye to Liu Xiu, Yin Lihua and others. Liu Huang doesn't like to go out and walk around on weekdays, and she rarely participates in palace banquets over the years, and she doesn't know much about the officials in the court, she sat in the car, and saw that the person blocking the road turned out to be a white-bearded old man, and the people watching next to her had begun to whisper, Liu Huang was not good at attacking, she asked Dong Xuan with a slightly cold face: "Who are you?" Dare to lead someone to stop the princess's car? ”
When Dong Xuan heard this, he stepped forward to salute and replied: "Weichen is Luoyang ordered Dong Xuan, please ask the princess to hand over the murderer."
Liu Huang listened, frowned slightly, glanced at the people, only to see that the people began to point fingers, Liu Huang felt disgraced and discredited, in order to save her reputation, she raised her voice and shouted: "Presumptuous, how many heads do you have, how dare you slander this palace like this?" ”
When Dong Xuan heard this, he was immediately furious, his eyes widened, and he suddenly pulled out a sharp sword from his waist and slashed it to the ground, and asked her sharply: "As an imperial prince, why don't you abide by the law of the country?"
Princess Huyang was suddenly stunned by this awe-inspiring momentum, dumbfounded, at a loss, came back to her senses, she raised her voice with a calm face and shouted: "As an official of the imperial court, you slander the imperial family and despise the imperial family, is this the law of the country?" ”
Dong Xuan knew that Liu Huang's mansion was home to a group of fierce house slaves, who were powerful and prosperous in the capital, doing evil, and running rampant, so he didn't like Liu Huang. If he hadn't wanted to arrest Liu Huang, a murderous house slave, he wouldn't have had any contact with Liu Huang. It turned out that not long ago, Liu Huang's house slave killed someone on the street, and Dong Xuan ordered his arrest. However, this evil slave hid in Liu Huang's mansion and did not come out, and his local officials could not go to this forbidden place to search and arrest, so he was so anxious that he was restless. There was no other good way, so Dong Xuan sent someone to monitor Princess Huyang's residence and ordered that as soon as the murderer came out, he would try to catch him. Today, Liu Huang happened to travel with a murderous slave and was found by someone sent out by Dong Xuan on the street. The little official sent out immediately came back and reported to Dong Xuan that the murderer was accompanying Liu Huang's chariot and horse procession and could not start. When Dong Xuan heard this, he immediately led people to the Xiamen Pavilion in the city and stopped Liu Huang's carriage and horse.
At this time, Dong Xuan, who had long disliked Liu Huang, thought that Liu Huang was deliberately covering up, and he said solemnly: "The prince has broken the law, and he has to be punished like the common people, let alone one of your domestic slaves?" As the commander of Luoyang, I will be the master of all the people of Luoyang, and I will never allow any criminal to go unpunished!" Then Dong Xuan shouted an order, and the officials of Luoyang Mansion rushed up, dragged the murderer who did many evils and killed innocents from Liu Huangche, and cut off his head on the spot.
Liu Huang felt that he had suffered a great humiliation because of this, and his face turned purple with anger, and his whole body trembled. She was not very sad to lose a slave, but she lost such a big face on the streets of Luoyang City, how could she swallow this breath! She didn't care about arguing with Dong Xuan, turned the car around, and went straight to the palace.
As soon as Liu Huang saw Liu Xiu, he angrily accused Liu Xiu of Dong Xuan's crime, and he had to let Liu Xiu kill Dong Xuan to vent this evil breath for her.
Liu Xiu listened to her sister's crying, and couldn't help but be angry. He felt that Dong Xuan was indeed very contemptuous of Liu Huang for doing this, didn't this mean that he didn't take him as the emperor in his eyes! Thinking of this, he shouted: "Quickly arrest that Dong Xuan, I will beat him to death in front of the princess!"
After Dong Xuan was captured and brought to the palace, he kowtowed to Liu Xiu and said, "Please allow Weichen to say a word first, and then execute Weichen!"
Liu Xiu was very angry, so he said, "You are dying, what else do you have to say!"
Dong Xuan burst into tears at this time, but said very seriously: "Thanks to Your Majesty's sage, the Han family has once again appeared in a gratifying situation." Unexpectedly, today they let the slaves of the royal family kill innocents indiscriminately and brutalize the people! Some people want to make the Han dynasty stable for a long time, strictly enforce law and discipline, and restrain the powerful and powerful, but they want to end up beating to death with sticks. Weichen really doesn't understand, His Majesty keeps saying that he wants to use culture, education and law to govern the country, and now His Majesty's relatives are enslaving and killing people in the capital, and His Majesty does not discipline him, but puts the subordinates who enforce the law according to the law to death, what is the use of the laws of this country? What methods does Your Majesty still use to govern the country? It's easy to want Weichen to die, you don't need to beat it with a stick, Weichen wants to die. As he spoke, he slammed into the pillar of the temple beside him, and his face was covered with blood.
Liu Xiu is not a confused monarch, Dong Xuan's righteous advice, as well as his upright and strict law enforcement actions, deeply touched his heart. He was shocked and remorseful, and hurriedly ordered the guards to hold Dong Xuan, bandage his wounds, and then said: "If you think about the country, I will no longer punish you for your crimes." However, you have to give the princess a little face, kowtow to her, and pay a loss!"
Unexpectedly, Dong Xuan said confidently: "Weichen is not wrong, and he is rude to compensate!" Therefore, this head cannot be knocked off!"
In desperation, Liu Xiu had no choice but to glance at the two little eunuchs and motioned for them to help Dong Xuan to kowtow in front of Liu Huang to apologize.
The two little eunuchs complied.
At this time, Dong Xuan, who was nearly seventy years old, supported the ground with two arms, stiffened his neck, and refused to kowtow and confess. The two little yellow doors pressed down on his neck, but they couldn't press it.
Liu Huang was already angry at this time, knowing that he was at a loss, but he was still angry, and he was panicked without taking this breath, so he sneered and asked Liu Xiu: "When Uncle Wen was still a common man, he often harbored fugitive criminals at home, and he didn't take the government in his eyes at all. Now that he is the Son of Heaven, why don't he even dare to control a small Luoyang Order? I'm blushing for you!"
Liu Xiu's answer was also wonderful, he said with a smile: "It is precisely because my younger brother is the king of a country that he should discipline himself strictly and strictly enforce the law, instead of doing things like he did when he was a commoner in the past." Sister Huang, do you think that's the case? ”
Liu Huang was silent about this.
Seeing this, Liu Xiu turned his face and said to Dong Xuan: "Your strong order, your neck is really hard enough, don't hurry up and retreat!"
Dong Xuan obediently retreated this time. Seeing this, Liu Huang then brushed his sleeves and left and went straight to Changqiu Palace. (To be continued.) )