Chapter 64: The Death of the Two Kings
Liu Wu wanted to stay in Chang'an to spend more time with his mother. Liu Qi refused mercilessly. Stay where it's cool, and don't dangle in front of my eyes.
Liu Qi was already heartbroken.
When the twenty days came, Liu Wu had to return to Liang in a gloomy manner.
Brother Emperor, he has really changed! Liu Wu was depressed, the prince did not become the prince, and there was not much brotherly affection left, what is this called.
He came to Liangshan to hunt and scatter his mind, but he didn't expect to encounter a blockage. King Liang came, and the local mountain people offered rare things, a cow, and it was strange that the feet of the ox grew on the back of the cow. It is probably a malformation caused by a genetic mutation.
When Liu Wu saw it, he was disgusted and thought it was a bad thing. When he returned to the palace, he was even more depressed and depressed all day. According to modern medicine, Liu Wu most likely suffered from depression.
In mid-June, Liu Wu fell ill with a fever and died after ineffective treatment. Liu Qi was forty-four years old this year, and it is estimated that Liu Wu's age should be around forty years old. This age is not too old, it can only be said that most of the royal men are short-lived.
When the news of King Liang's death reached Chang'an, Empress Dowager Dou was heartbroken, did not eat or drink, and scolded while crying: "The emperor really killed my son!" ”
"It's on me again!" Liu Qi's glass heart shattered to the ground.
With such a mother, Liu Qi didn't know what to do. It was the eldest princess Liu Concubine who came forward to comfort her mother and persuade Liu Qi to treat her nephews and nieces well.
Liu Qi divided the Liang Kingdom into five, and at the same time canonized Liu Wu's five sons as princes, the eldest son Liu Mai as the king of Liang, the second son Liu Ming as the king of Jichuan, Liu Pengli as the king of Jidong, Liu Ding as the king of Shanyang, and Liu Buzhi as the king of Jiyin.
Liu Wu's five daughters, Liu Qi gave them Tang Muyi. Tang Muyi was born in the Zhou Dynasty and was a fief for the nobility to collect taxes.
Liu Qi added a nickname to his younger brother: King Xiao. The word "filial piety" is a beautiful word, and the word is a cloud: "Kindness and love are filial piety; Filial piety is shared by the time of cooperation; Five sects of peace and filial piety; Bingde does not return to filial piety. ”
These good things that Liu Qi did with all his might were told to the Empress Dowager Dou by Liu Xuan. The old lady felt better, so she began to eat, and ate a bowl of rice more than usual.
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Liu Rong, the former crown prince and king of Linjiang, died four years earlier than his uncle.
Two years after it was abolished, it was reported that Liu Rong had encroached on the land outside the walls of Liu Hengzong's temple to expand the palace.
This matter is not big or small, but it is not small.
Liu Qi was very attentive and immediately summoned Liu Rong to Beijing to confront him.
When Liu Rong set off, the carriage he was riding in had a problem, and the axle suddenly broke, so he had to change to another car.
The onlookers who ate melons whispered, and some old people shed tears.
"That's not a good sign."
"I'm afraid the king won't come back!"
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When Liu Rong arrived in Chang'an, he was taken to the Lieutenant's Mansion for questioning.
On the way to Beijing, Liu Rong had already prepared his speech. He arched his hand to explain.
Lieutenant Zhi didn't give him a chance at all, didn't ask anything, blackened his face, and shouted in a deep voice: "Take him down and put him in prison!" ”
The left and right guards responded violently and stepped forward to hold Liu Rong.
"I was wronged! Listen to me......" Liu Rong panicked and argued loudly.
Zhi Du was obviously not interested in listening, waved his hand, and said categorically: "Take it down!" ”
The guards grabbed Liu Rong and carried him to prison like an eagle catching a chicken.
Liu Rong asked for a pen and a knife and a letter to his father.
Zhi Du coldly refused.
In the gloomy and dark cell, Liu Rong wanted to cry without tears. At this point, although he was not smart, he could vaguely perceive that it was his father who was disgusted with him......
The news of the arrest of King Linjiang spread throughout the high-level circles.
Just when Liu Rong was desperate and helpless, a kind-hearted person secretly sent him a knife and a pen.
This person who sent charcoal in the snow was Liu Rong's former teacher Dou Ying.
At the last moment of his life, Liu Rong felt a trace of warmth. With tears in his eyes, he wrote about his despair and innocence, and when he had done it, he committed suicide.
"May I live for life, and never give birth to the emperor's family again!"
The decade-long battle for the prince has finally come to an end. The core figure of the three forces, Liu Che ascended to the throne; Liu Wu and Liu Rong died and were completely out.