The next day, another fire broke out in the imperial palace, and the news of the death of Emperor Liu Yin of Hanping in the fire spread throughout the imperial capital.

Many of the ministers who had not yet left the imperial capital were in an uproar, discussing, panicking, and anxious.

The death of Emperor Liu Yin of the Han Ping Dynasty was too sudden, and it was so sudden that it was unexpected, and there was no time to make various arrangements for dealing with it.

They are all wondering what caused this fire, why did Emperor Liu Yin of Hanping die at this time, and what was the reason? They agreed that this was definitely not an accident.

When everyone was speculating, the first spearhead was pointed at Wang Mang, and many people thought that it must be Wang Mang's poisonous hand.

However, although they suspected that Wang Mang did it, none of them said it.

Now Wang Mang is overpowering the world, and his power is shocking, and those who doubt Wang Mang are afraid that a bad one will provoke Wang Mang to anger, which will lead to the catastrophe of raiding the family and exterminating the family.

Wang Mang was well aware of the uneasiness and anxiety of the ministers, and he joined forces with Huo Jianghai, Wei Gonghan, Dasi Nong, Qin Tianjian and other ministers to order the ministers to convene a court meeting to discuss the great changes in the palace.

In the imperial capital Weiyang Palace, the ministers gathered again, and they formed a small group in twos and threes to discuss.

Wang Mang asked people to call the close eunuch who served Emperor Liu Yin of Hanping, and asked the eunuch, "What happened last night?" Why did His Majesty's bedroom catch fire? Where is Your Majesty's dragon manifestation? Why didn't you rescue Your Majesty in time? ”

The eunuch replied: "Lord Wang, please calm your anger, last night Your Majesty suddenly issued a holy decree to not let the He family and others get close to half a step, saying that they want to be quiet." The He family did not dare to disobey the order, so they left His Majesty's bedroom.

At that time, the fire broke out, and the Hao family and others went to fight the fire as soon as possible, and the forbidden army also arrived as soon as possible. It's just that the fire was too big at that time, and the forbidden army had no way to suppress the fire, so His Majesty's dragon body had already been burned in the fire. ”

"Bastard!" Wang Mang shouted angrily: "You are Your Majesty's close attendants, and you should take care of Your Majesty's safety and daily life, and ensure that Your Majesty's dragon body is worry-free." Now you have been so careless, and you have caused your majesty to suffer, and you deserve to be punished for your crimes. ”

The eunuch did not dare to answer, and was sincerely afraid.

One of the ministers in the hall snorted coldly and stood up. This person's name is Li Kang, the official residence is Zhongshan Taishou, he is a princely figure, his heart is biased towards the orthodoxy of the royal family, and he has the heart to support the Han family, and he used to be close to Liu Ping, the eighth prince.

Since the former emperor Liu Xin and Wang Mang secretly retired from the joint fraud, the eighth prince did not know the reason, so he completely delegated his power and retreated into the background, did not dare to express his opinions in the court, and ignored all political affairs.

This time, Emperor Liu Xin of the Han Ping Dynasty and the first emperor Liu Xin died suddenly and violently without warning, and the eighth prince was furious in his heart, and he wanted to come out and find out.

Of course, although he wanted to find out the specific reason, he didn't dare, because he also thought that Wang Mang must have done it, and he didn't dare to directly conflict with Wang Mang, so he specially bewitched Liu Kang, the Taishou of Zhongshan, to stand up and speak.

"Did you find anything unusual in His Majesty's dormitory afterwards? What was the cause of this fire? Li Kang questioned the eunuch.

The eunuch replied: "Back to Lord Li, the fire was too great at that time, and most of His Majesty's bedroom was burned down. However, at that time, the forbidden soldiers who were fighting the fire found a box in His Majesty's bedroom, and the box was known to the family, and it was originally equipped with the jade seal of the country. But the jade seal in the box was gone, and there was only a holy decree inside. ”

"Oh? The jade seal of the country is gone? There's a decree in the box? Where is that holy purpose? ”

"It's still in His Majesty's bedroom, guarded by many forbidden soldiers."

"Then you quickly take the holy decree and let me wait and see."

"This...."The eunuch hesitated for a moment, set his eyes on Wang Mang, and wanted to ask Wang Mang to show him.

At this moment, Wang Manggui is the head of the ministers, and his power is overwhelming, and he can be said to be a well-deserved overlord of the Son of Heaven. This eunuch did not dare to completely obey Li Kang's request to obtain the holy decree without Wang Mang's permission.

Wang Mang nodded slightly, signaling that the eunuch could go to get the holy decree.

After the eunuch got Wang Mang's approval, he hurriedly left, not daring to delay for a moment.

Zhongshan raised his hand and Li Kang saw this situation, his brows jumped and jumped, and he felt very angry and aggrieved.

When the eunuch left, Qin Tianjian sighed and said, "Hey, the number of days, the number of days." In the past few days, the purple microstar representing His Majesty has been dim and crumbling, and now His Majesty has really been robbed, which shows that the number of days is due. ”

Wang Mang said: "Even if the number of days is the same, but Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, I think even if Your Majesty's luck is weak, he should not suffer from this great disaster, and he should have a peaceful transition." So I guess there must be something strange about this, and the fire certainly didn't happen for no reason.

And the first emperor was robbed in the fire, and now His Majesty is robbed in the fire again, the two times the situation is the same, if there is no reason for it, I don't believe it first.

I suspect that there must be other uneasy and well-meaning people in the palace who have arranged for the assassins to hide, so I suggest that all exits to the palace be blocked as soon as possible, and all the palace maids and eunuchs must be thoroughly investigated, and it is necessary to find out the situation of each person, and ensure that there are no more hidden dangers and dangers in the palace. ”

Huo Jianghai frowned and said, "I don't think it's that easy, right?" Even if His Majesty was deliberately harmed, where would the perpetrator dare to stay in the palace? At the moment, let's look it up, and it is estimated that it is basically not very useful. ”

"Are we not going to do anything?" Wang Mang's muscles jumped violently, and he shouted loudly, as if he was extremely annoyed, as if this matter had nothing to do with him at all.

When the other ministers saw Wang Mang's appearance, they couldn't help but become suspicious, wondering if this matter really had nothing to do with Wang Mang? Did you guess wrong?

"Lord Wang, the matter has come to this, and it is useless for us to be angry. The most important thing now is to stabilize the morale of the military and the people. Also, the family cannot be without an owner for a day, and the country cannot be without a king for a day, we should quickly re-elect a new son of heaven to the throne. One of the ministers of Jiuqing, Lord Tingwei Zhang Sheng, suggested.

"Well, what you said is true, Lord Zhang." Wang Mang nodded and replied: "The matter of re-establishing the Son of Heaven must be done quickly." Fortunately, His Majesty's matter has not been completely passed on, and the people and soldiers of the other Kyushu counties do not know the specific situation. Although Your Majesty's incident happened suddenly, the impact will not be very great. Therefore, I think that after the affairs of His Majesty have been dealt with, we will discuss the matter of re-establishing the Son of Heaven together. ”

Zhang Sheng asked again: "Then in your opinion, Lord Wang, who should we recommend at present?" ”

He did this question on purpose, in order to block Wang Mang's mouth. He was afraid that Wang Mang would take the opportunity to become the emperor, so he deliberately used this word to block all Wang Mang's way to become the emperor.

As long as Wang Mang opens his mouth to recommend a certain descendant of the royal family, it means that the orthodoxy of the Han royal family still exists, Wang Mang still has no chance to be the son of heaven, and the luck of the Han Dynasty is still endless.

As soon as his question was raised, Liu Kang, the Taishou of Zhongshan, hurriedly agreed, for fear of missing this great opportunity for the king to make trouble.