Ma Chao frowned, according to the trajectory of historical development, his emperor and father-in-law should be hanging up at this moment, why did he suddenly send someone to find him at this time? At that moment, he ordered someone to invite in to take a look, but it was a few guards and a small yellow door in the palace, who came to send a copy of the edict of the Son of Heaven.

Ma Chaozhang Er King Kong couldn't figure it out, took off the fire paint and looked at it, his face was extremely solemn, and he pondered for a while and ordered: "This matter will already be known, don't say that it should be done, you can return to Luoyang first to inform the Son of Heaven, and this general will arrive later!" After the three of them retreated, Ma Chao couldn't help but ponder, it turned out that Liu Hong was suddenly seriously ill, and urgently summoned him to Beijing to discuss the establishment of the prince.

Liu Hong was born in 156 and is only thirty-four years old this year, and has given birth to several princes and princesses, but most of them died young, and only two sons and one daughter survived. The eldest daughter, Princess Wannian Liu Li, is sixteen years old this year, and her mother is Queen Song. The eldest son, Liu Wei, is the same age as Ma Chao, is fourteen years old, and his biological mother is the current Queen He. At the beginning, Liu Hongshen was afraid that Liu Wei would die young, so he fostered him in the home of Taoist Shi Ziyi since he was a child, so he was also called "Shi Hou". The second son, Liu Xie, was nine years old, and his biological mother Wang Meiren offended the jealous Queen He because she gave birth to Liu Xie, and was poisoned by He Wan shortly after giving birth to Liu Xie.

Liu Hong was furious about this, and almost abolished He Wan's posteriority, and then Zhang Rang and other eunuchs interceded, and considering He Jin's power, the matter was finally closed. But since then, Liu Hong has completely snubbed He Wan, and he also dislikes Liu Wei, who behaves frivolously and does not have the majesty of the emperor, but loves Liu Xie who was born to Wang Mei. He had the intention of appointing Liu Xie as the crown prince, but he was afraid that the move of abolishing the elder and the young would be opposed by the ministers of the DPRK and China, especially He Jin, who held great power, so he never established the prince.

Ma Chao really didn't want to get involved in this matter, because he didn't want to change the trajectory of history, if he went, Liu Hong would definitely want him to confront He Jin and support Liu Xie as the crown prince. At this time, He Jin was not easy to mess with, he still had about 30,000 Yulin troops guarding Luoyang, and Cao Ying, Yuan Shao, Chun Yuqiong, and Zhao Rong in the eighth lieutenant of Xiyuan were all He Jin's subordinates. Unless he raised a large army, he would not be able to fight He Jin in Luoyang, but in this way, history would be completely changed, and his various plans would also be in vain.

There is no one to discuss this matter, no matter how resourceful Tian Feng and Fa Zheng are, unless Ma Chao tells them the history that is about to happen, this is obviously impossible! Thinking about it, Ma Chao finally came up with a procrastination trick, Luoyang is definitely going to go, but not now, drag Liu Hong to death and then go.

After making up his mind, Ma Chao was not in a hurry to leave, and it took seven or eight days to take Dian Wei and a hundred personal soldiers, plus Ma Xiu, and the two thousand Shenwei battalions led by Fa Zheng slowly rushed to Luoyang.

However, it was said that Liu Hong had already been hollowed out by wine due to excessive indulgence all year round, and his face was haggard at the moment, his body was withered, and he was lying on the dragon bed dying. Waiting for Ma Chao for more than a month to no avail, he felt that he couldn't hold it anymore, so he got up and called his most favored eunuchs, the military academy captain Jian Shuo and Zhang Rang, to the bed, and sighed weakly: "I have been on the throne for more than 20 years, and the world is in an eventful autumn, and there is endless chaos. ”

Jian Shuo's heart moved, he was beaten with a military stick by Ma Chao because of Dian Wei, and almost died, although he now holds part of the Xiyuan Yulin Army, but he also has nothing to do with Ma Chao, and he hates him to the bone in his heart, how can he cooperate with Ma Chao to protect Liu Xie as the emperor? After thinking about it, he said: "Your Majesty, your body will definitely get better slowly, but He Jin holds the left and right Yulin Army, completely controls the defense of the Beijing Division, and Yuan Shao, Cao Ying, Yuan Shu and other minions help. If you make the prince the prince now, I am afraid that you will not be safe, unless you get rid of He Jin first! ”

Liu Hong was very moved when he heard this, and asked with his spirits: "Could it be that Aiqing already has an idea?" ”

Jian Shuo said: "The minister is in control of the thousands of Xiyuan Yulin troops defending the palace, it is better for His Majesty to immediately summon He Jin into the palace to discuss matters, and the minister will send swords and axes to ambush both sides, as long as He Jin comes, he can divide his body into pieces." As soon as He Jin died, his henchmen should not be worried! ”

Liu Hong coughed violently when he heard this, his face was slightly ruddy, he sat up and said with a full breath: "Okay, that's it, wait for this matter to be arranged quickly, I will immediately send Xiao Huangmen to summon He Jin into the palace!" In addition, Father Zhang sent someone to the East Palace to call Princess Wannian to me! ”

Jian Shuo was overjoyed, as long as He Jin died, he could annex He Jin's left and right Yulin Army, so as to truly control the important land of the Beijing Division, and the power was monstrous, even if Ma Chao brought troops to him, he was not afraid. immediately went back and organized people to arrange the killing of He Jin.

After Jian Shuo left, Liu Hong may have returned to the light, his dry body suddenly had a little more strength, and the whole person was in good spirits, and after a little contemplation, he picked up the pen and ink and wrote three edicts by himself, and after covering the jade seal of the country, he ordered the small yellow door to be sealed with fire paint.

Not long after, the already slim princess arrived as scheduled, and said: "The child visits his father, can his father's dragon be well?" ”

Liu Hong's eyes suddenly showed a touch of kindness, waved his hand to retreat, and said: "I have done countless things wrong in my life, and the most sorry thing is your biological mother, Queen Song, it was my confusion that caused Queen Song to die unjustly." A few years ago, I had a dream, in which Emperor Heng Liu Heng said angrily to me: "What is the sin of Empress Song? Do you listen to the evil words of the wicked, and cause her to die? Liu Kui, the king of Bohai, has both depreciated himself and been killed. Now Song and Liu Kui complain to heaven, God is angry, and your sins are difficult to remedy. When I woke up, I was sweating profusely, and the events in my dream were vivid, and I was terrified every time I thought about it! ”

"Empress Song ascended the throne with me, but because I died unjustly, the King of Bohai was the younger brother of the first emperor and my uncle, but I was confused for a while, and killed more than 100 members of the King of Bohai's family, and the relatives of Queen Song were also exiled to other places. The morality between heaven and earth is clear and clear, how can ghosts and gods deceive it! ”

When Liu Li heard this, he remembered that his mother, who had a miserable background, also burst into tears, sobbing and unable to speak.

Liu Hong continued: "People die like lights out, but I am no exception to the Son of Heaven, I have issued an edict to restore the title of King of Bohai, and pardoned the relatives of the Empress of Song, and let them return to their hometown in Fufeng County, this move is insignificant, only hoping to alleviate some of the sins I committed in the past. ”

Liu Li fell to the ground and choked up: "The child thanked his father for his mother!" Mother is generous and kind, dignified and virtuous, if the spirit of heaven knows that his father has a heart of repentance, he will be able to forgive his father! ”

"I don't ask Queen Song to forgive me, I just want peace of mind to die and reduce my sins a little!" Liu Hong let out a long sigh, and couldn't help but think of the scenes with Queen Song.

He ascended the throne as emperor at the age of twelve, and Empress Song ascended to the throne with him one day, and at the age of fourteen, Empress Song gave birth to his first prince, but unfortunately died before the moon. Later, as he got older, he became more and more obsessed with beauty, and gradually alienated himself from the good-looking Empress Song, but fell in love with those nobles who were enchanting and looking forward to their postures.

When he was eighteen years old, Queen Song gave birth to Liu Li, the princess of Wannian, and at this time, He Jin's sister He Wan also entered the palace. When he saw He Wan, who was as beautiful as a flower, he was immediately shocked, and since then he has favored He Wan alone, completely alienating Queen Song. He Wan was also extremely competitive, and gave birth to the prince in less than two years, and Queen Song was even more neglected.

However, Queen Song has no prince and is not favored, and she occupies the back position, so it is inevitable that she will be jealous. At that time, He Wan and the eunuch Wang Fu jointly slandered the Empress of Song. At first, Zhongchang Wang Fu killed Liu Kui, the king of Bohai, and the princess of Bohai, the princess of Song, who was the aunt of the Empress of Song. Wang Fu was afraid that Empress Song would resent him, so he and Cheng A, the doctor of Taizhong, fabricated lies and falsely accused Empress Song of witch bewitching the people, cursing the gods and wanting to bring disaster to people.

Liu Hong was convinced, so he issued an edict to take back the queen's seal. Since Empress Song was beaten into the cold palace, she was said to be sad and died of illness. In the last eight years, his father Song Yu and his brothers were implicated, imprisoned and executed, and their relatives were exiled.

The father and daughter were silent for a moment, and Liu Hong said again: "The champion Hou is young and promising, and the plotter is very big, how can I not know?" However, the Han dynasty was weak, the warlords in various places were divided, and the party was rampant, and I only wanted to use the army in his hands to deter the princes of the world at first, but most of this plan was successful, and the north was initially decided, and only to cut off the Xiliang Han Sui and Dong Zhuo, as well as the Qingzhou Yellow Turban and the southern Shanyue to pacify the world. But now that the plan has not been accomplished, I am going to return to heaven with my life, and I am afraid that no one can cure this son! I have three secret edicts for you, and you need to act on the occasion at that time! ”

Liu Li said: "Father, please speak, the child does not dare to live up to the trust!" ”

Liu Hong sighed: "These three secret edicts are placed in the yellow, black, and red covers, and you must not open them privately!" After I am gone, you can hand over the Yellow Secret Edict to the Champion Hou. If he wholeheartedly assists the Han family, the throne is still in the hands of the Liu family after the world is pacified, and the last two secret edicts are burned! ”

"The kid wrote it down!"

Liu Hong nodded, and said: "If the champion Hou covets the throne with heavy troops after my death, you can announce the black skin secret edict to the world, and the people loyal to my Han family in the world will rise up to crusade against him, and at the same time burn the third secret edict!" ”

Liu Li's body trembled, his face turned pale, but he still nodded with difficulty under Liu Hong's fierce gaze.

Liu Hong said: "I know that this move is a betrayal of my husband, but he usurped my Han family first, so it's no wonder that you are unjust." After thinking about it, I still think that you are the best candidate, don't let my father down! ”

Liu Li thought for a while and said, "Then what if the champion Hou is dedicated to assisting my Han family, but the Han family dies at the hands of others?" ”

Liu Hong's eyes flashed, and he said: "If the sky does not favor my Han family, if someone dares to do that Wang Mang's move, let the champion Hou lead the troops to quell the rebellion, and hand over the third red seal edict to him afterwards, I have already arranged everything!" ”

Liu Li heard the words and said: "Father rest assured, the champion Hou Zhong is brave and will never do that great rebellious act, the child should remember his father's words!" Don't dare to make the slightest mistake. ”

Liu Hong said: "I hope so! Except for our father and daughter, we must not mention it to outsiders. There's something big going on here, so go down first! Remember to contact the champion Hou more after marriage, if you can give birth to a son and a half daughter, the father's bloodline will not be severed! ”

Liu Li bowed down and said softly: "Father, take care, the child retires!" Seeing the princess leave, Liu Hong was also relieved, only to feel that his body was extremely tired, and he fell asleep on the dragon bed. (To be continued.) )