The palace was deserted, and the eunuchs and palace maids I met along the way were all dead-skinned and lifeless, and I met a few concubines in the distance, and they were weak enough to feed the goldfish, all of which looked gloomy and bleak.

Next to a small palace, the little eunuch stopped and said that this was the emperor's bedroom. Wang Baoyu reported his name, and the eunuch guarding the door immediately went in to spread the word, and the girl-like voices everywhere made people uncomfortable.

Soon, the eunuch guarding the door came out, saying that the emperor asked Wang Baoyu to go in to talk, and also looked at the dragon slaying knife on Wang Baoyu's waist, opened his mouth tentatively a few times, and didn't dare to take it down.

Wang Baoyu walked in with his hands behind his back, and the decoration inside was also very gorgeous, with dragon-shaped patterns everywhere, still cold, and he could hear the echo when he spoke.

Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty was inside, wearing a loose nightgown, and his black and shiny hair was tied together on the top of his head with a golden hair crown, which showed that Liu Xie was also a serious person on weekdays.

I saw him leaning in front of the table full of scrolls, holding a book in his hand in a daze, and occasionally sighing.

Seeing Wang Baoyu coming in, Liu Xie straightened up, pointed to a cushion beside him weakly, and said, "Baoyu is here, sit down!" ”

Wang Baoyu sat down and asked with a smile, "Holy Lord, are you reading the book of sages?" ”

"It's all pedantic words, and it's boring." Liu Xiedao.

"That, the prime minister asked me to come." Wang Baoyu said.

Liu Xie put the scroll on the table, held his head in his hands, and sighed: "Alas, my father-in-law always arranged a qiē for me, making me no different from a wasted person." ”

"If you complain like this, aren't you afraid that I will go back and tell the prime minister?" Wang Baoyu asked.

"Don't be afraid, if you don't let me be this emperor a long time ago, you will end up at ease." Liu Xiedao.

"You are born in a blessed world and don't know how many men want to sit in your position." Wang Baoyu said.

"That's the pain of not knowing how to be the emperor, staying here all day long is not as comfortable as the birds in the sky." Liu Xie said, simply put his whole head on the bookcase, closed his eyes and said faintly: "Since I sat on the emperor's dragon chair, my eyes have been blind, I can't see the loyal traitors in the court, I can't tell the relatives of the people next to the pillow, I still feel pain at first, but now that my father-in-law is working, I simply don't care about anything anymore." ”

"Don't blame me for being too talkative, you really don't look like you're the emperor." Wang Baoyu said bluntly.

"I was originally a king of Chenliu, and my mother died early, so I developed a cautious temperament and never coveted the throne. It was Dong Zhuo who pushed me to the throne, and then I tossed and turned, and I wanted to die several times, but fortunately, I was supported by my father-in-law to keep me safe. Look at the qiē in this palace, it is all the grace of my father-in-law, how can I be embarrassed? Liu Xie said without concealment.

Wang Baoyu didn't know what to say for a while, the emperor was more like a canary raised by Cao Cao in a cage, maybe he still had the temperament of a goshawk, but he was restrained in doing things, and after grinding for so long, all the edges and corners were basically smoothed.

However, it is difficult to evaluate whether Cao Cao is right or wrong to do this, whether it is true or false. On the one hand, Cao Cao was arrogant and domineering, and he was known as the Son of Heaven to order the princes; On the other hand, Cao Cao did not usurp the throne after all, and he never showed this meaning, but listened to his tone, and seemed to hope that this uncle could be motivated and become a competent emperor.

"Baoyu, I heard that you were with Uncle Huang, why did you come here?" Liu Xie asked.

"It's not clear about this, it's all fate, just like I never thought of being able to sit and talk with you." Wang Baoyu said.

"When the emperor's uncle was here, he persuaded me to kill my father-in-law and become a great unification, but I didn't agree." Liu Xie told a secret story, but in Wang Baoyu's opinion, most of Cao Cao had already known about it.

"Why don't you say yes?" Wang Baoyu asked out of pure curiosity.

"Without my father-in-law, there would be no Liu Xie, let alone the Han Dynasty, and I naturally know the pros and cons." Liu Xiedao.

"You may be right." Wang Baoyu praised it, listening to the meaning of Liu Xie's words, he favored Cao Cao more than Liu Bei, maybe in Liu Xie's heart, Liu Bei's possibility of rebellion was even greater than Cao Cao's. However, this was originally a conflict of interest between the father-in-law and the uncle, in the final analysis, it was someone else's family matter, Wang Baoyu couldn't get involved, so he changed the topic and said: "That, if you don't want to be the emperor, why don't you take advantage of your spare time to do something you like, it's better than living a boring life like this, okay?" ”

"Favorite things?" Liu Xie was stunned and asked, "Baoyu, what do you like to do in your spare time?" ”

This question aroused Wang Baoyu's sadness, after he handed over all the Chunge Group to Feng Chunling to take care of, he did have a period of leisure, but he accompanied the elderly, lovers and children every day, talking and laughing, how happy and lively. Wang Baoyu sighed: "How can I compare with you, I don't know how to learn, but you can really consider writing a book or something." ”

Liu Xie waved his hand crookedly, and sighed: "The poems I wrote were all destroyed by my father-in-law, and every time I scolded, I had to read these boring books, it was boring!" ”

"Well, I remember an emperor named Li Yu, who wrote poetry well, but the emperor didn't deserve it well, and he died in the end, I think the prime minister did this, maybe it's right." Wang Baoyu said.

"How come I have never seen this emperor in the annals?"

"Hehe, maybe I misremembered the name." Wang Baoyu smiled, Liu Xie really didn't know, this was almost a thousand years later, and it was not appropriate to give an example.

For some reason, maybe it was boredom, Liu Xie was very interested in this Li Yu, who had never heard of him and failed very much as an emperor, and asked with great interest: "Do you remember that he wrote poems?" ”

"I only remember one song, it's called "Poppy Beauty"."

"Listen to it."

"When is the spring flower and autumn moon? How much do you know about the past? Xiaolou had another east wind last night, so the country could not afford to look back at the moonlight. The carved fence and jade masonry should still be there, but the face has changed. How sad can you be? It is like a river flowing eastward. Wang Baoyu recited.

Liu Xie's eyes sparkled when he heard this, and he clapped his hands and praised: "Good poetry!" It's in the same state of mind as I am. ”

Seeing Liu Xie's appearance, Wang Baoyu was suddenly shocked in his heart, and secretly screamed that it was not good, if this poem was circulated and Cao Cao knew, his head would definitely be moved.

"Holy Lord, have you remembered?" Wang Baoyu asked.

"I didn't write it down, and I copied it down." Liu Xie said in a hurry, and even handed over the imperial pen that wrote the holy decree.

"That's great!"

"What?"

"I'm sorry, I can't write this poem to you, if some people know, my head will be gone." Wang Baoyu said frankly.