Chapter 225: The Princess's Martyrdom

(I really can't say anything about the support of the alliance, thanks to Zhao Wuxian 2014, ufgw)

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In the sixth year of Zhongping (189), April 11, night. Liu Hong, the Emperor of Han Ling, who was only thirty-three years old but had come to the end of his life, held the hand of his eldest daughter Liu Ying, who was about to die, on the sickbed of Jiade Palace, and said with a dying breath: "Ah Weng failed to ...... I saw Wan Nian out of the cabinet...... However, Ah Weng believes that my ten thousand years will definitely be found...... Her wishful husband ......"

"Woo, Ah Weng loves her daughter the most...... You won't leave your daughter alone, will you? "The girl's beautiful and somewhat childish face is already pear blossoms with rain, and begonias are sprinkled with dew.

Behind the girl, the two princes, Liu Wei and Liu Xie, were already crying together.

"Don't cry, so you don't ...... It's not beautiful...... Don't let Ah Weng leave with you like this...... Go ......" Liu Hong trembled and reached out to wipe away the tears on his daughter's face, although he had two sons, what he loved the most was not the two princes, but this daughter.

As early as the third year of Guanghe (180), Liu Ying, who had just turned five, was named the princess of Wannian. This "Wannian" is not a good wish, or the meaning of longevity, but a place name - Chang'an Wannian County.

Chang'an, as the capital of the Western Han Dynasty and the Western Capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, has an important status, which goes without saying. The entire Chang'an City is divided into two counties, east and west, one Wannian County and one Chang'an County. And the meaning of the title Wannian is to use Wannian County as the princess's food.

Spirit Emperor Liu Hong's love for his eldest daughter can be seen from this title.

The title of the ancient prince or princess contains a deep meaning that is far more than that, this title or fief, the distance from Gyeonggi, clearly expresses the emperor's joy and sorrow. That is, the closer it is to Gyeonggi. The more he was loved by the emperor. Liu Ying was sealed in Wannian, the Xijing of the Han Dynasty, and it is conceivable that she was favored by Cheng Dù.

Looking at his most beloved daughter like a flower, the last words of Emperor Liu Hong were: "This year, my ten thousand years will also be ...... The last thing Ah Weng can do is to give you a word...... It was called...... It was called...... Off ......"

In the Han Dynasty, women and women must be given a word by their father or eldest brother, and they can marry if they have a word, and they are still waiting to be in the boudoir without a word. The word "leaving" given by Emperor Liu Hong contains endless reluctance and helplessness.

Liu Ying's tears rained down. Couch mourning.

This is the origin of the name "Lihime".

That night, the twelfth emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Hong, was nicknamed "Xiaoling" after his death. All the emperors of the Han Dynasty had the word "filial piety" in their nicknames, which was an official custom, and there was no need to say more. And "spirit" is interpreted as "chaos without damaging the spirit" in the law, which means that the country has turmoil and cannot be stopped, which is quite suitable for him.

It's just that Emperor Ling never expected that less than two months after his death. The general He Jin led the wolf into the room, and Dong Zhuo, the terminator of the Eastern Han Dynasty, entered Beijing. abolished the young emperor, established the emperor, and then forced the young emperor to death, poisoned the queen mother, defiled the harem, and dragged the entire Han into the bottomless abyss......

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May 22 of the sixth year of Zhongping. At night, at the side gate of the Maolong Garden on the west side of the North Palace of the Imperial City of Luoyang, a wagon quietly drove - this is a kind of double-curved caravan driving a single horse, suitable for long-distance travel. It can not only carry luggage, but also lie in the carriage at night, and is a high-end carriage for noble women in the Han Dynasty, extremely comfortable and richly decorated.

The moonlight is dark. The wheels creaked, and the Mide and the guards of the chariot were silent. After the car stopped, Mide looked nervously left and right to confirm that everything was okay, Fang gently jumped out of the car, stepped forward and knocked lightly. And the slender guard was on guard with his sword.

Less leaning, the door opened, and a ray of light leaked out, shining on the face of the royal hand - gray hair, full of wrinkles, revealing a sense of sincerity, it was Liang En, the old servant of Liji.

The one who opened the door was a young girl in palace clothes, and when she saw that Liang En wanted to speak, she hurriedly pointed to her lips, sighed lightly, and pointed back. Liang En looked at the girl's slender fingers, and saw a slender figure wearing a hat and shrouded in light veil more than a dozen steps away. And on the opposite side of that shadow, it was a gorgeous palace girl with a colorful phoenix crown on her head, a golden silk bird and a phoenix deep coat, two sleeves with silver thread moire piping, and a long skirt dragging the ground.

Liang En's mouth was wide open—this was the princess's clothes, and this girl was not the princess he knew, but one of the princess's two maidservants. The maid is dressed in the princess's clothes, could it be...... Liang En seemed to understand something, exhaled softly, and glanced at the girl with pity.

At this moment, the "princess" bowed deeply in front of the hooded girl, tears drooping, and wept sadly: "Yun Niang can no longer serve the princess...... Princess, take care all the way. ”

The jade palm of the hooded girl pressed Yun Niang's shoulders lightly, choked up and couldn't speak.

Liang En called in a low voice: "Princess, the chariot is coming, while the guards at the West Gate have not yet been handed over, let's leave quickly, I am afraid of changes." ”

The hooded girl didn't look back, but said softly: "Yun Niang, you and Qingluo must hold on, Dong Thief will be repaid in the end." At that time, I will definitely come back to pick you up. ”

The two palace maids endured their grief, knocked on the ground, and sent the princess into the car, until the carriage creaked away, and the two daughters hugged each other and wept sadly.

At the same moment, under the nine-curved silhouette of the princess's bedroom in Beigong Tonggong, a man in a purple robe, full of meat, fat body, and majestic bearing, surrounded by a group of palace guards, was shy, and was rushing towards Tonggong.

Above the empty palace, a trembling shrill voice spread far away: "Meihou, Taiwei, Xiangguo Dong Zhuo, please greet Her Royal Highness the Princess-"

The cart in the long alley seemed to be shaken, and the panes were propped up, poking out a pale and brilliant face, a pair of black pool-like pupils, full of deep sadness......

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In the first year of the first peace, in March, at the foot of Heng Mountain in Youzhou Dai County, a gorgeous roof and carriage board were full of arrows, and the gray-haired royal hand Liang En whipped the strong white horse with all his might, the white horse was covered in sweat, the mouth was foaming at the mouth, and the four hooves were like flying. The cart sped along the rugged valley road, and from time to time the wheels bumped into the protruding rocks or hard mud and bounced high and fell heavily. The carriage was in the epicenter of the drama, and the screams of girls were heard from time to time.

And more than 30 zhang behind the chariot, there are hundreds of southern Hun cavalry, the sound of shouting is endless, while releasing hooves and chasing wildly, while constantly releasing arrows.

The axles of the cart were already making an overwhelmed noise, and Liang En was sweating profusely and was anxious. The long whip rained down and whipped the horse's hip open—though he knew it would be tantamount to quenching his thirst with a dove, but he had no choice......

At this time, the guard, who had been wielding his sword and striking the arrows, suddenly reined in his horse and said loudly to the carriage: "Princess, Wang Yue can no longer protect Luan, I hope the princess will find Liu Yuanjun as soon as possible and end the journey of suffering." ”

The guard Wang Yue spoke, paused heavily on his horse, and then turned his horse to meet the Huns. A ride is like the wind, and the sword is like lightning. Wherever the flying horse passed, the sky was sprinkled with blood rain. The Huns could never have imagined that they would be so desperate that they dared to ride a lone sword alone, break into the hundred cavalry formation, and become a mess for a while.

The car window was opened, and there were two lines of tears hanging on that beautiful face, and the eyes were clouded with tears, looking at the billowing smoke and dust that gradually receded......

I don't know how long I ran. Finally, the horse could not support it, and slid forward heavily, falling to the ground. The car rushed forward several feet with inertia, and the axle snapped and broke. The cart overturned.

When Liang En, whose head was bleeding, struggled to pull the princess out of the carriage, a group of knights appeared on the line of the hills in the distance, standing on their horses and looking at ......

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"I let Yun Niang Li Dai Taojiang. With the help of the palace gate guards, the starry night escaped from Luoyang, under the protection of the old servant Liang En and the tiger Benlang Wang Yue. Cross the river (Yellow River) and go north. In order to avoid military disasters, it took more than half a year to enter Youzhou. Well, you must have guessed why I went to Youzhou. That's right, the world is so big, the only one I can go to is Uncle Yu. Looking at the clan, the only person I can trust is Uncle Yuhuang...... It's just a mistake, when I was about to arrive in Daijun, I met the Huns, Mr. Wang fought hard with the Huns for me, and his life and death were unknown. And just when I was in a coma and the old servant was in a coma, and I was most helpless, I ran into Yan Rou, who was passing by here......"

Liji, well, should be called the princess of Wannian, and sighed quietly: "When I woke up, I realized that I was outside the fortress and could never return to Youzhou." The old servant and I had to remain incognito, only to be the daughter of a Luoyang official, and to join the family in Daijun in order to avoid military disasters. The Yan brothers took me two in, and kept them as family concubines, so that people could teach me to sing and dance, and only wait for one day to sacrifice them to the powerful in order to obtain huge profits. ”

Since the first sentence of Liji's identity, Ma Han has stood up and sat down several times, although he had already guessed that Liji's identity was extraordinary, but he didn't expect to be extraordinary. If Liji said that she was the daughter of a dignitary, or even the lord of Weng (the daughter of the princes and kings), Ma Han was not so surprised, but she never expected that she was the princess of the Han family, and she was also the eldest princess, so how could he still sit still?

Princess Wannian said, reached into her arms, took out a small bag half the size of a palm, opened it, took out a square jade seal, and handed it to Ma Han: "I am Wannian, there is no evidence, there is a seal as proof." And, as soon as I show up in front of today, he'll recognize me! ”

Under the candlelight, the white wall is flawless, and the slender palm is beautiful and jade, and it is shining.

On the jade seal, there are only four yang-engraved seal books: the emperor is ten thousand years.

- No wonder Liji has always refused to secretly cross Chen Cang with him. As a princess of the Han Dynasty, she must be his bride with a dignified courtesy.

――No wonder Lihime has always refused to say where she came from. Before he became the Taishou with six counties and one country, if Liji's identity was revealed, he might not be able to protect her - or rather, even if he risked his life to protect her, it would bring a lot of undeserved trouble to his career.

- No wonder Rihime was so sure she could help him. O eldest princess of the Great Han! She can send a nameless Liaodong Taishou into a powerful group in the Han Dynasty that has lasted for hundreds of years - the Waiqi Group!

Ma Han smiled: "In my hometown, there is a saying that 'husband and wife both return home'. It seems that it is time for us to go home. ”

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PS: Regarding the princess of Wannian, there is very little information in history, just one sentence "Princess Wannian, the daughter of Emperor Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, her mother is unknown, and she was crowned Princess Wannian in the third year of Guanghe (180 years)." From this, it can be seen that Princess Wannian completely disappeared after Dong Zhuo took office. Otherwise, as long as she is still in the court, there will always be records, such as which powerful minister to marry. The whereabouts of this princess at the end of the Han Dynasty have become a mystery, leaving endless reverie for future generations...... (To be continued......)