A rare heavy snowfall also covered Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Han Empire; For the poor people at the bottom of society, the snow is tantamount to putting them in hell; In the cold wind and snow, a large number of poor people freeze to death in the wilderness every day, just like the crystal clear human ice sculpture art, at the cost of countless lives, adding boundless strange beauty to this ice and snow world......

Next door to hell is the paradise of the strong, the same heavy snow, but for those who are in high places, it is a rare good weather, they or wear mink fur to climb high and enjoy the snow, or invite three or five confidants to sit around the stove to drink and talk, in the eyes of the powerful, this is a poetic winter; The sorrowful and wailing voices of hundreds of people could not reach the inner courtyard of the deep palace, but the sound of extravagant pleasures in the palace could spread all over the world......

Luoyang Imperial Palace, West Garden, a high palace wall completely isolates this place from the miserable world outside, the outside is a hell like ice and snow, but the palace is a warm spring-like paradise; A large number of copper braziers are placed in the warm pavilions on both sides of the palace, which burn the finest silver frost charcoal with a price higher than gold, and with the rise of the charcoal fire, the air is filled with bursts of pine fragrance, and the white mist of heating fills it, like a fairyland on earth......

At this time, the supreme ruler of the Eastern Han Empire, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, was lying on the luxurious and extravagant dragon couch to enjoy this artificially made spring, the dragon couch is wide and heavy, covered with thick velvet, warm and comfortable to sit and lie down, and more importantly, this dragon couch represents the pinnacle of power in the world; It can be said unceremoniously that although the Han Empire is large, this soft couch several feet wide is the core!

A luxurious black and gold five-clawed dragon robe is half draped and half covered on the body of Emperor Ling, and the dragon robe of the Han Dynasty mainly follows the characteristics of the dragon robe of the Qin Dynasty. Later dynasties according to the five virtues of the beginning of the end, each according to gold, wood, water, fire, earth, to determine their own destiny, so the color of the dragon robe is also different, until the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, yellow began to be the most noble color for the emperor's use, and continued to other dynasties in later generations.

Dozens of palace beauties on the side are waiting carefully, these young women selected from all over the country, any one can be called a city and a country, but at this time, he can pick at will, just like picking a cherry in a vegetable garden, there are hundreds of small yellow gate eunuchs in the palace bowed and strained, waiting for the emperor's dispatch at any time; Under the imperial steps outside the palace, countless golden-armored warriors held spears to protect loyally, as long as the emperor issued any will, the entire empire would immediately have countless people who would sacrifice their lives for the past and succeed them; This is the supreme imperial power, to the world and one person, if the official is an immortal, then the emperor is the immortal of the immortals!

It is a pity that many Chinese emperors like to enjoy this kind of right to 'serve one person under heaven', but on the other hand, there are very few who can take 'one person for the world', and more are tyrants, faint monarchs, and mediocre monarchs、......,

Emperor Han Ling, who is just 32 years old this year, is in the prime of life, but unfortunately under the corrosion of countless beauties, wine, and food in the palace, his body is now extremely weak, a dry and yellowish bun is like a residual leaf in the wind, falling off very much, the eyes are dim in the blue and black circles, the thin cheeks are like sticking to the bones, looking like a skeleton is terrifying, and the weak body that can be blown down by a gust of wind, all of this tells the world, It was a body that had been completely hollowed out by wine.

Tightening the black gold dragon robe on his body, Liu Hong didn't want others to see the weak body under his dragon robe, and he liked the dragon robe on his body very much, because this dragon robe had a kind of magic, as long as it was something he could think of, it seemed that his dream could come true. For example, a few days ago, he had a whimsical idea when he looked at the frozen lake and the flowers and plants that had long since withered in the Imperial Garden; "If you can take a boat ride on the lake in the cold winter season, enjoy the boundless spring colors, and be accompanied by red flowers and green leaves, how easy it would be......

As a result, a few days later, he got his wish and saw the boundless spring color in the heavy snow, and the palace ladies cut a large amount of silk, "red silk for flowers, green satin for leaves, and silk threads to bind ......", and as a result, all the flowers and trees around the imperial garden bloomed overnight; The thick ice layer on the surface of the lake has also been broken by people with sharp weapons, and there are colorful 'lotus leaves' floating on it, and a beautiful spring scenery has appeared in front of you like a dream, it is really "Ren'er snow is all over the world, and I have peach blossoms all over the garden!" ……”

It can be said that in the eyes of everyone, Emperor Liu Hong is lucky, he was the great-great-grandson of Emperor Liu Wei of the Han Dynasty, and his great-grandfather was Liu Kai, the filial piety king of Hejian, and when it reached his father Liu Chang, there was only a small title of Marquis of Jiedu Pavilion left on his head, and there were only 1,000 poor subjects under his hands, as well as a small barren fief; Coupled with the untimely death of his father, Liu Hong inherited the title at a very young age; As a result, he thought that he would be a local tyrant in the countryside for the rest of his life, but he was favored by God.

In the first year of Yongkang, Emperor Huan of Han died without a son to succeed to the throne, and after the discussion of the ministers, Liu Hong was very unexpectedly chosen to inherit the unification. So the Empress Dowager Dou sent Liu Zheng, the imperial historian, Cao Jie, the commander of Fengche, and others from the countryside to welcome Liu Hong to Luoyang to ascend the throne. A noble boy from the countryside who was originally in decline became the master of this great empire in the blink of an eye, and what he owned was no longer that barren land, but boundless thousands of miles of rivers and mountains; He was exactly 10 years old that year, and on the day he entered Luoyang City, he felt like he was dreaming, no, even the sweetest dream may not have been so wonderful, but the dream in front of him was so real that he indulged in this feeling of drunken life and death for 22 years......

In the past 22 years, Liu Hong seems to be doing one thing every day, and that is to play!

In fact, everyone likes to play, especially men, even if they are busy with work, they will be busy playing for a while, so some people say (that is, women say:) "A man is a child who will never grow up!" ”

However, it is too rare for a person like Emperor Han Ling to take play as his main business and life goal, and he can play for decades; When I was a child, I played pets and games, and when I grew up, I played with beauties and sold officials; As long as there is something that an emperor in this world can have and can play, it seems that he is playing; So much so that everyone from the ministers and officials to the people of Li thought that he was a faint king, a mediocre king, and a fool with a negative IQ!

Hehe! It's a pity that the eyes are often the most deceitful to themselves, in fact, Liu Hong is not stupid, on the contrary, his mind is very smart, he has seen everything clearly since the day he walked into the palace, the current Han Dynasty is no longer the Han Dynasty when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is a generation of male lords, with Tianxian in his mouth, and his words follow the law, he holds the sword of the Son of Heaven in his life, kills decisively, no one dares to rebel, just the prime minister who is known as the head of the hundred officials killed a whole six, that is the real 'son of heaven!' ’

And what about what is in front of Liu Hong now? The imperial power has long been hollowed out by relatives, eunuchs, and scholars, and all that is left for him is suppression, restraint, helplessness, and the emperor's last resort......

The reason why he chose to play every day was because the regent Empress Dowager Dou wanted him to play, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty wanted him to play, and the eunuchs around him wanted him to play even more, so he had to play, because as long as he thought about the emperors who couldn't play and didn't want to play before him, it would be clear:

Emperor Zhang Liu Wei, who ascended the throne at the age of 18, reigned for 13 years, and died at the age of 31.

and Emperor Liu Zhao, who ascended the throne at the age of 10, died at the age of 27 in the 17th year.

Emperor Liu Long, who had just been on the throne for a full moon, died after 8 months of reign.

Emperor Liu Hu, who ascended the throne at the age of 13, died at the age of 32 in the 19th year.

Emperor Shun Liu Bao, ascended the throne at the age of 11 and reigned for 19 years. Died at the age of 30.

Emperor Chong Liu Bing, who ascended the throne at the age of 2, died at the age of 3 in less than half a year.

Emperor Liu Zhang, ascended the throne at the age of 8. He reigned for one year and died at the age of nine.

The Eastern Han Dynasty had seven emperors all died in a short life, and the longest-lived did not live past 32 years old. The palace is deceitful, the court is on the golden iron horse, and how many bloody jackals are lurking in this seemingly comfortable Luoyang City?

In the eyes of others, the palace is like a god, but in the eyes of Spirit Emperor Liu Hong, it is more like a huge coffin, unable to escape, unable to escape, I don't know how many nights he suddenly woke up from a nightmare, and the sweat all over his body soaked the dragon robe on his body; In the dark, he always felt that the seven premature emperors were not far from his bed, calling him one after another, "Let's go!" Let's go together! Come with us! ……”

The current Han world is like a tripod, the emperor sits on the top of the tripod, and those relatives, eunuchs, and scholars are the three feet that support this tripod, they fight with each other, and also restrain each other, no matter which one is missing, this tripod will be subverted immediately; In order to save his life, what Spirit Emperor Liu Hong has to do is to maintain the balance between these three feet, he will pad it when it is short, and grind it when it grows; Therefore, when the power of the eunuchs became bigger, Emperor Ling tried his best to crown his relative He Jin as a general, and similarly, when Empress He relied on her mother's power to fly and dominate, Emperor Ling began to reuse the ten permanent servants; In this way, relying on the exquisite balancing technique, he sat on the throne peacefully for a full twenty-two years, and after this winter, he will be 33 years old, and living to this age is enough to make him proud of the previous 7 emperors of the Han Dynasty.

What others see is always the emperor's happiness, and the emperor's pain is never known, only those who really sit in that seat know the pain of being the emperor, but unfortunately, because there can only be one person sitting on the throne, so this pain can not be spoken, let alone shared, and the emperor can only suffer silently, which is also the price of being a 'son of heaven'......

Thinking back on his miserable life, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty could only secretly scold God in his heart: "The emperor is really not human!" ……”