After more than 20 days of trekking, Liu He, who traveled day and night, finally arrived at the eastern Baling of Chang'an.

There is a Baqiao in the east of Baling, when sending relatives and friends out of Chang'an, they are generally sent here, and the willow branches by the river are broken off as a farewell token, which is the origin of the Baqiao folding willows.

However, Liu He is going to Chang'an this time, and crossing the Baqiao is equivalent to arriving in Chang'an. Therefore, the imperial court also arranged personnel to welcome Liu He into Beijing on the side of Baqiao.

The greeting procession can be described as luxurious, led by Da Honglu personally led the ministers to greet him, Liu He was a little flattered to receive such a grand welcome for the first time in his life. However, when he saw the emperor's royal convoy in the greeting procession, he immediately burst into joy, swaggered with a smile and wanted to run to the imperial convoy.

When he saw that Liu He was about to get into the royal carriage, Gong Sui hurriedly tugged on Liu He's sleeve and whispered: "King, don't be reckless, now that the emperor has just died, you have to pretend to be very sad, and cry a few words to these ministers; You're like this, not sad at all, and still smiling, which is very inappropriate; This is a royal car, don't ride it so quickly. ”

Liu He heard Gong Sui say this, but he was impatient, thinking, the emperor has long been mine, they brought this imperial car to sit for me, why should I pretend it, but Gong Sui is by my side, if you don't understand anything, you can ask him, so he said, "Gong Sui, this imperial car is for me, why can't I ride it now, you want me to cry a few times, to be honest, I really can't cry; In this way, you can also get in the car with me, and if I don't understand something, I can ask you. ”

Gong Sui thought about it, this king of Changyi is really ignorant, fortunately, he asked me to get in the car with him, and I can correct anything wrong in time, so Gong Sui also got on this royal car with him.

At this time, Da Honglu felt that the king of Changyi was very rude, and he was swaggering at this time, and he was very unhappy in his heart, but there was no way, he would be the emperor in a few days, so he ordered the coachman to drive. Liu He looked at the old man Nai Yi as the coachman, and said: "This coachman looks very old, I'm afraid that he will be too slow to catch the car, so let's change someone else." ”

Just when the big Honglu didn't know how to change the coachman, Liu He pointed to Shou Cheng, his cronie and the most powerful assistant next to him, and said, "Shou Cheng, you come and drive, you drive faster." ”

So, Shou Cheng personally drove the carriage, Gong Sui accompanied Liu He, and the royal convoy set off. Shou Cheng drove the carriage very fast, and the attendants who followed behind him were all working hard to chase after the royal carriage, leaving behind a group of ministers who were all stunned, but they shook their heads helplessly, no way.

Liu He's team soon came to the eastern suburbs of Chang'an City, Gong Sui sat beside Liu He, lifted the side curtain of the carriage, and saw the Dongdu Gate of Chang'an City at a glance, so he hurriedly said: "King, we have seen the Dongdu Gate, and we are about to enter Chang'an City." ”

Liu He also lifted the curtain, and the majestic Chang'an City appeared in front of him, and the excited Liu He hurriedly poked his head out and said loudly: "Chang'an City, I'm here!" ”

Gong Sui immediately grabbed Liu He, signaled him not to poke his head out, and said: "King, the purpose of our entry into Beijing is to come to mourn, remember, we are here to mourn." ”

Liu He looked at Gong Sui understandably, as if to say, didn't I come to succeed to the throne, how could I be mourning.

Looking at Liu He, who was dazed, Gong Sui said: "Our first task is to mourn, not long after the death of the emperor, we mourners saw the national capital, and they wanted to cry loudly. ”

Liu He was a little disdainful, and hurriedly said: "How to cry, I can't cry." ”

Gong Sui said: "Just like you just spoke loudly, in the sad point, cry loudly, we will cry with you, the more miserable the cry, the better." ”

So Liu He learned to cry, but no matter how he learned, he couldn't cry, and he laughed when he cried. Gong Sui was anxious when he saw it, so he said: "King, just like me, woo... Woo..., cry like this, you know, be louder. ”

However, when Liu He saw Gong Sui crying, he couldn't hold back his laughter. Gong Sui shook his head and said, "King, do you still want to succeed to the throne as the Son of Heaven?" ”

Liu He also knew that he was a little excessive, nodded and said, "Yes, of course I want to." ”

"If you want to be serious, now is not the time to laugh, it's the time to cry, if you cry now, you will laugh later, if you laugh now, it will become crying later, understand."

Liu He nodded and said, "Understood, I'll cry and watch it again." ”

So Liu He learned to cry again, but no matter how he cried, he couldn't cry. I had no choice but to say to Gong Sui: "Gong Sui, I really can't cry, you see me now, I learned to cry so much that my throat was hoarse, but I couldn't cry." ”

Gong Sui shook his head helplessly and said: "That's okay, you can't cry but you can't laugh, you have to keep the silence first." Don't show joy on your face, and remember, O king. ”

Liu He was also very helpless, so he had to stay aside and keep silent.

Soon came to the Xuanping Gate, Gong Sui saw that he was about to enter the Xuanping Gate, so he said to Liu He, who was leaning on the side and napping: "King, I am going to enter the Xuanping Gate now." Come in Xuanping Gate is in Chang'an City, why don't you cry twice. ”

Liu He, who was weak on the side, looked at the front sluggishly and said, "If you want to cry, you will cry a long time ago, you can't cry before, and you can't cry now." ”

There is no way, who called Liu He, the king of Changyi, has rarely cried since he came out of his mother's womb.

As soon as Xuanping Gate came in, it was Shangguan Back Street, and Liu He's motorcade walked west along Shangguan Back Street, and at the end was Zhangtai Street from north to south. Continue to walk from north to south, there are already many people lined up to watch along the way, and there are already guards in the palace waiting outside the Xuanping Gate, so they led Liu He's convoy to the east of Weiyang Palace.

Zhangtai Street is the central axis of Chang'an City, from north to south, after crossing the Chi Road, it separates Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace, and extends to the southernmost Anmen. The funeral tent of Changyi State was set up in the place opposite the east gate of Weiyang Palace. When Liu He's royal driving team arrived at the east of Weiyang Palace, at this time, Gong Sui was afraid that Liu He did not know etiquette, made jokes, and lost sight, so he pointed to the Changyi national funeral tent opposite the east gate and pointed out to Liu He in detail: "King, when you get here, you really have to cry, otherwise it will be a big loss of etiquette, our Changyi tent is in the north of the road outside this que, there is a north-south road near the tent, walk here and over, before you take a few steps to it, the king you should get off the car and walk over in person, prostrate to the west, cry and mourn." ”

At this time, how did Liu He behave?