The palace was in mourning, Dou Gu found out the news, couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately ordered the march, and within half a day, he had arrived at the palace gate. Dou Gu didn't care about going back to the house to visit his family, so he directly sent troops to surround the palace gate, and then entered the palace alone.

In the side hall of the Zhengde Palace, when he met the prince Liu Wei, he was stroking the coffin and crying bitterly, Dou Gu moved forward and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, don't be too sad, the world can't be without a king for a day, the people who covet the artifact at the moment are eager to try, and please ask Your Highness to take the throne in front of the spirit, and then mourn, otherwise, a chaotic life, Xiao Wall will cause trouble, and it will be very unfavorable to the country and family, Your Highness will think twice." Liu Wei turned around and saw that it was Dou Gu, and couldn't help but think of his father's dying words, his heart was angry, and suddenly a bright face flashed from his mind, that was the crown princess Dou Lihua. Besides, now is not the time to settle accounts, the king of the world, you still need to rely on Dou Gu, a wave of anger, suddenly disappeared, and said: "General Dou, when will you return to the court?" The first emperor died, passed the throne to me, and the artifact was suspended, which was not what I wanted. Da Sima Wulun, Dasi Nong Wang Min and other important ministers all said that the star image of these days is in Taibai, which is not good for the monarch and is not suitable for the throne. ”

Dou Gu was shocked and said, "This is really pedantic!" Why should Your Highness listen? I heard that the first emperor was grateful for the abdication of Wang Qiang in the East China Sea, and wanted to pass the throne to his son Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng has a gloomy temperament and likes to accumulate warriors. ”

Liu Wei wiped away his tears and said, "I'm worried about this. When the first emperor was there, he repeatedly called my words wild and unrestrained, and his momentum was extraordinary, but between the transitions, there was some stagnation, and the pattern was not high, and he also called me too good Confucian, more than benevolent and righteous, insufficient rigidity, and the son was not like the father. And Liu Zheng, the king of the East China Sea, has a strong personality, and knows how to spread grace and popularity, and hundreds of officials in the court and the central government are all praised. General Dou has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he is a relative and a minister, just Kuang Fu Sheji! ”

"Your Highness, I know how to do it." After Dou Gu finished speaking, he turned around and left. Years of war, five years of prison disasters, and Liu Zhang's previous words have made him understand that life is a gamble, especially at the moment, it is a big gamble, a gamble that seems to be nine times out of ten but actually walks on the tip of the knife! Dou Gu was dressed in armor and equipped with a waist knife, and in the name of the East Palace, he summoned hundreds of officials to enter the palace.

Those ministers saw Dou Gu with angry eyebrows, standing at the gate of the palace, behind them were soldiers who had just returned from the Western Regions campaign, their faces were full of murderous energy, and they were heavily guarded, and the hundred officials were nervous one by one, silent, and hurriedly walked in with their heads bowed. Suddenly, a person walked with his head held high, it was Liu Zheng, the king of the East China Sea, and there were three people behind him, all of whom were heroic and heroic. Seeing this, Dou Gu stretched out his hand and made a move, and dozens of soldiers raised their spears and pointed at Liu Zheng, the king of the East China Sea! Not to be outdone, the three people behind Liu Zheng drew their swords and rushed forward, and a vicious battle was about to break out!

Dou Gu sneered, and just waited for the three of them to move slightly, and then they started to chop into meat puree! The air froze, Liu Zheng, the king of the East China Sea, was stunned, he didn't expect that Dou Gu was not early or late, but rushed back from the Western Regions in this bone joint, he looked at the soldiers who had been sanitizing for several turns, one by one like tigers and wolves, coming prepared, and sighed in his heart, knowing that the general trend had gone! He waved his hand, and the three men inserted their swords into their sheaths. Liu Zheng deliberately pretended to be deaf and dumb, and asked, "General Dou, when did you return to the capital?" Why don't you report it, this king can also pick up the wind and wash the dust for the general! ”

Dou Gu pressed his sword and raised his voice: "King, today I only talk about official affairs, not personal affairs!" There is an order in the East Palace, please go to Donghai County as soon as possible, and there can be no delay! The king of the East China Sea was surprised: "General Dou, this king is the emperor's nephew, and he is deeply favored by the emperor, and now the funeral of the first emperor has not been handled, how can this king leave?" When the first emperor is buried in the imperial mausoleum, the king will go to the country again, and be loyal and filial to the country, wouldn't it be better? ”

"Why is the king so confused? The first emperor treated the king's brothers, very generous, no worse than the prince! Has the king forgotten that the first emperor had reduced the fiefdom of the prince and others three times, and it was not possible to surpass the fiefdom of the son of Liu Qiang, the king of the East China Sea. It's better to return to the country quickly, express your loyalty to the prince, and take the opportunity to protect your whole family, otherwise, one misstep will become a thousand years of hatred! ”

Liu Zheng couldn't help but think of the past, his eyes were hazy with tears, and he mourned: "The first emperor treated this king, and his kindness was like a mountain, because of this, how could this king not participate in the funeral of the first emperor?" ”

"The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. The king received this grace and attracted people's attention early, why didn't he reflect on it? In the past, when Empress Lu was there, he was afraid that people would compete for the throne and kill the kings of the Liu family; Even the first emperor, because of the rebellion of Chu Wang Ying and Guangling Wang Jing, he was implicated, with tens of thousands of victims, and his family was not guaranteed, what else to talk about in the world? The king is a wise man, how can he repeat the mistakes of the past? If the king must enter the palace today, step on me! After Dou Gu finished speaking, he made a clang, and pulled out the sword at his waist, the tip of the sword trembled slightly, facing the King of the East China Sea. When the three people behind the King of the East China Sea saw it, they also drew their swords one after another, and shouted: "General Dou has a sword, don't we have a sword?" Dou Gu sneered, his eyes glowing with murderous aura, and he looked directly at the King of the East China Sea.

The king of the East China Sea sighed, sincerely frightened, and said with tears: "With General Dou here, how dare this king covet the artifact?" With such suspicion, this king immediately went to the country, and without the prince's edict in the future, he will never set foot in the capital! With that, he knelt on the ground, snorted three times, and turned to leave. Looking at the distant back of the King of the East China Sea, Dou Gu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, without shedding a drop of blood, the King of the East China Sea retreated, this is the best ending. Dou Gu turned around and walked straight to the side hall of the East Palace, followed by a hundred tiger soldiers.

The prince was still caressing the coffin and crying, and the civil and military officials stood behind him, shocked. Only the fifth Lun is secretly figuring it out. On the occasion of entering the palace, the fifth Lun saw that Dou Gu was fierce and murderous, and then saw the prince crying without tears, but not hurt, and thought: "The prince is not sad now that the first emperor died, but that he is worried that the throne will be taken away. Then he understood and wanted to admonish. Suddenly, the sound of thumping footsteps sounded, as if a violent wind and rain, with heavy killing intentions, came from outside the hall, becoming clearer and clearer, and the fifth Lun was even more determined in his thoughts. As soon as Dou Gu arrived, the fifth Lun immediately came out of the crowd and said: "Your Highness, the stars have changed before, when the minister just entered the palace, he looked up at the sky, and saw the purple emblem star like a bucket, unusually shiny, and the squirt was about to come out, in Luoyang, Wuqu Xing was also in Kaiyang Palace, echoing with the purple emblem star, the new monarch of the lord ascended the throne, His Royal Highness had to fight a hundred battles, and asked His Royal Highness to adapt to the changes in the sky, quickly ascend the throne, and re-seal General Dou." ”

When Emperor Ming's bequest, Wang Min and others saw it, and secretly scolded Fifth Lun for being an old fox, very cunning, and he didn't dare to say much since then, and persuaded in unison, and no one was left behind. Liu Wei was secretly happy in his heart, turned around and looked at the hundred officials, and said pretendingly: "The first emperor's bones are not cold, how dare he ascend the throne, and after the funeral, let's talk about the enthronement." At this time, Dou Gu pressed his sword and raised his voice: "The world cannot be without a king for a day!" For the sake of the common people in the world, please take the throne immediately! ”

(End of chapter)