Dong had already started crying, hugged Liu Xie, and cried: "My poor grandson! ”

The grandparents and grandchildren hugged their heads and cried, and the ministers also cried separately, and when He saw that the situation was not good, he took his son and wanted to slip away, but was stopped by the samurai and had nowhere to hide.

After crying for a while, Dong said: "Yes, my grandson is really promising, and there is hope for the revival of the Han family!" Hong'er, did you see it in the Heavenly Spirit? My Han royal family is saved! (Note 1)

Liu Xie invited the Dong family to the edge of the dragon chair, ordered someone to give him a seat, and then said to the ministers: "Aiqing, you should know her, right?" ”

Under the leadership of Jian Shuo, the ministers visited the shrine and sang in unison: "Participate in the Queen Mother!" ”

"Imperial grandmother," Liu Xie said, "you old man will work hard, and tell me everything that happened." ”

Dong nodded, looked around at the ministers, glared at He again, and then said slowly: "Eleven years ago, the He family designed to frame Empress Song, and the first emperor listened to it and sent Empress Song into the cold palace. Relying on the power of his father and brother, Ho was arrogant and domineering, and all the heirs born in the harem were designed by him to ......be killed" (Note 2)

"You framed me!" Ho shouted.

Dong snorted coldly and said, "Framed you? The mourning family asked you, there are many beauties in the harem, why do anyone who has a son die quickly, but your son has been fine? Do you dare to say that it has nothing to do with you? Even if you can quibble in the past, the mourning family asks you again, eight years ago, you sent poisoned wine to kill Wang Meiren, do you dare to deny it? ”

He defended: "When Wang Meiren gave birth to Xie'er, the mourning family went to send wine to congratulate, but she never wanted to harm her, it was one of her palace maids who was beaten by her before, and she held a grudge so she poisoned the wine and killed her housewife, which really has nothing to do with the mourning family." ”

Liu Xie sat on the dragon chair, full of anger, seeing that the enemy who killed his mother was in front of him, he hated to go up and kill her immediately, and he didn't want this sinner to live in the world for a minute, but in order to take care of the overall situation, he could only endure it again and again.

Empress Dong pointed at Empress He and scolded angrily: "You slut, I will let you die today!" Come on, pass Hongcui and others up! ”

After a while, several palace maids and chamberlains were passed up, among these people, some of them served Wang Meiren back then, and some of them were He's subordinates, and they all pointed out He's crimes back then.

Including evidence that He killed Wang Meiren and designed to poison other princes.

He still wanted to deny it, but there were so many witnesses and the correction of the Empress Dowager, she was not allowed to admit her guilt, and her brother He Jin and He Miao were all killed in the Rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants, and they had long lost their power.

After correcting it, Liu Xie asked, "Imperial Grandmother, what do you think should be done with the He family?" ”

Dong said: "Ling Chi's execution is not enough to vent the hatred in my heart, but my Han family serves the world with benevolence and virtue, so the mourning family asks the emperor to give her three feet of white silk and leave her a whole corpse." ”

"No, you can't do that to me!" Ho shouted.

Liu Bian also knelt down and begged: "Imperial grandmother, please don't kill my queen mother." ”

Liu Xie said: "Brother Huang, although you are no longer the emperor, you are still the royal family of my Han family, do you know that the prince is guilty of the same crime as the people?" Your mother's sin is too great to escape punishment. Otherwise, how can I be worthy of my poor queen mother, as well as the princes, concubines, palace maids, and chamberlains who have been killed by her in the harem for many years? ”

"Where is Captain Ting?" Liu Xie asked again, "What is the crime of the He family?" ”

Ting Wei came out and said: "Your Majesty, the He family is extremely evil, and it should be beheaded the most." Although the Empress Dowager intercedes, she can be exempted from beheading, but the death penalty is inevitable! ”

Liu Xie knocked on the armrest of the dragon chair and said, "Then deal with it according to the law." ”

"Yes!" Tingwei said: "The He family's crime is extremely evil, give Bai Aya three feet, and execute it in time!" ”

Immediately, several samurai came up and went to arrest He, who screamed, was captured, and hung white silk in a corner of the side of the hall ready to hang.

Liu Wei knelt down and pleaded, and Liu Xie said: "If the imperial brother obstructs the law again, Hugh blames me and will be punished for the same crime!" ”

In front of the public, He was hanged above the court. Liu Bian didn't dare to say more, and watched his mother being hanged and then taken down by the chamberlain.

Liu Xie gave Liu Bian a piece of territory, far away from the capital, and still retained the title of King Hongnong, and left the capital with Concubine Tang on the same day to go to the territory, and was not allowed to enter Beijing without an edict, and sent guards to monitor.

Since then, there has been no news from King Hongnong.

The bodies of He and Dong Zhuo were carried down, and Liu Xie dealt with the affairs of He and Liu Bi's mother and son, and posthumously called his biological mother Wang Rong as Queen Linghuai.

He also named Dong as the Empress Dowager of Xiaoren, in charge of harem affairs, and all concubines, palace maids, grandmothers, and chamberlains must listen to her.

Liu Xie was only nine years old at the time, and he had not yet married, so there were no concubines in the harem for the time being.

There is only one queen mother, that is, Empress He, who has been executed, there are several concubines, but they all died in the rebellion of the ten permanent servants, and there are a few smart ones, who chose to become a monk when the first emperor just died, and escaped this catastrophe.

And most of the palace maids and chamberlains in the harem were also killed and injured in this civil strife, so the number of people in the harem is not large now.

Liu Xie asked people to serve the Dong family to return to the harem and rearrange her accommodation.

After these things were dealt with, Liu Xie sat down again, and said to the ministers: "From now on, the world of the Han Dynasty is my world, and I don't want to hear the voice of the troubled dynasty again, otherwise I will be severely punished!" ”

After that, he called himself Emperor Xian, that is, the last emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty in history, and changed the first year of the Yuan Galaxy to remind himself that his previous life was Xia Yinhe, don't forget.

Just as he was about to continue, a samurai came to the palace to report the war: "Your Majesty, Dong Zhuo's general Li Dao Guo Yan led 150,000 troops, left Luoyang, and ran in the direction of Chang'an. ”

Liu Xie was very calm, not panicked, and his fingers easily tapped on the armrest.

Lu Bu said: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to lead an elite army to the west of Luoyang and go to pursue, and he will definitely bring back the heads of these two thieves." ”

Liu Xie didn't answer, nor did he have any expression, still knocking on the handrail unhurriedly. Everyone looked at him curiously, waiting for him to give an order.

Liu Xie ascended the throne at the age of nine, and as soon as he became the emperor, he did a series of awe-inspiring and admirable events, facing the rebel fleeing, how to deal with it, but at the moment he was indecisive, and everyone also felt that he might be too young to be in the world, and he couldn't make a decision.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Xie asked, "Lao Jiao, Wang Situ, how many soldiers are still in the city that can be mobilized?" ”

Wang Yun replied: "Your Majesty, there are only less than 30,000 soldiers and horses in the city to be called, and the 150,000 soldiers led by Li Dao Guo Yan are all Xiliang elite soldiers, and my 30,000 soldiers and horses have not been in battle for a long time, and they may not be able to resist." ”

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Note 1: Hong'er, i.e., Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, son of Dong, father of Liu Bian and Liu Xie.

Note 2: In the first year of Guanghe (178), Empress Song was deposed by Emperor Ling of Han and sent to a violent room (laundry) because she was framed and slandered by Wang Fu, a servant of Zhongchang, and Cheng A, a doctor of Taizhong, and finally died of depression.