Liu Bang persuaded Mrs. Qi to go to Zhao with her son Ruyi three days later, Mrs. Qi cried to Liu Bang, refusing to leave Chang'an, Liu Bang said that in this way she could avoid the killing of Empress Lu, Mrs. Qi was silent for a long time, Liu Bang saw the situation and persuaded again, Mrs. Qi said categorically, "I am willing to go with Your Majesty." Liu Bang immediately hugged Mrs. Qi and cried. Three days later, Liu Bang sent Ruyi to the east gate with his sick body, and repeatedly told his son not to return to Chang'an, and all government affairs that could not be handled were temporarily handed over to Zhou Chang to deal with, Liu Ruyi nodded and agreed. Liu Bang couldn't give up his beloved son, and handed over the letter he had already written to Jin She, who handed it to Zhou Chang, and repeatedly told Jin She to tell Zhou Chang to take good care of Zhao Guo and protect King Zhao, and Jin She agreed. Liu Bang looked at Jin She with a pair of loving old eyes and escorted Ruyi to the east, and he couldn't fall in love for a long time.

When Fang returned to the palace, someone came to report that General Fan Xu had been in Yan for many days and was suppressing the rebellion of Yan, and Lu Xuan, the king of Yan, had already fled to the Han-Hungarian border with his family. Liu Bang asked Chen Ping and Zhou Bo where they had gone, and the person who came reported that they had just arrived in Jinyang and would arrive in Yanguo in a few days. Liu Bang sighed for a while, the king with a different surname is unreliable, what they think about is how to expand their land, how to make peace with the court, how to strengthen their economic, military and political strength, and can not really defend the Han family, once the king with a different surname has the strength, it is no longer difficult to listen to the orders of the court, and the emperor can no longer control the princes of the world. Even the closest friends are still of the opposite sex and unreliable after all, so Lu Xuan, Fan Xu, and Chen Xuan stabbed into Liu Bang's heart, never expecting that their brothers and friends in the past would betray them. In addition, Liu Bang is also very worried about the power of the Hou Party, he knows that after his death, Empress Lu will inevitably cultivate a group of her own forces, and she will inevitably use her title and fame to water her power to grow rapidly, so Liu Ying's imperial power will be empty. The more Liu Bang thought about it, the more mourning came, and the resentment in his heart shook the original wound, Liu Bang endured the pain, ordered his children to pass on his orders, summoned all the ministers of Chang'an, and ordered Shaofu to kill a white horse immediately, take the horse's blood and wait.

In the afternoon, the Xuanshu Hall was full of civil and military affairs, and they all discussed that the emperor might be on his deathbed, and all the ministers were worried about the emperor's physical condition. When Fang was discussing, Liu Bang, who was sick, slowly came out of the apse. The ministers hurriedly bowed, "Your Majesty will be happy for eternity-" Liu Bang was silent, only shook his hand at them, and the ministers stood according to the shift. Liu Bang leaned back on the couch with a pale face, and said with a weak but imposing body, "There is an important matter to summon you here. I have taken the world with a three-foot sword in cloth, so far for 12 years, it is not easy to fight the world, and it is even more difficult to defend the world, and the brothers who founded the country with me have rebelled against me one after another, and I have dissected them as the temple of the Tibetan faith, so that they are called lonely in the south, but we are not a bloodline after all, and there are still killings among siblings, not to mention the princes with different surnames. However, if you are already under Liu today, I hope that all the ministers and workers will not be greedy and suffer from the war. "Zhou Yi" says: The great virtue of heaven and earth is born. I hope that all the ministers will have mercy on the people of the world, assist my son Liu Ying, and develop and strengthen the foundation of the Han family. In this way, Liu Bang is very lucky! The world is very lucky! ”

"Dahan Weiyang! Dahan Weiyang! The ministers swore not to betray Liu Han. Hundreds of ministers bowed their hands and swore an oath.

Liu Bang was a little relieved, looked at the child, and the child nodded and went down. Liu Bang said, "In the past, I also believed in Han Xin, Peng Yue, Chen Xuan, Huang Bu, and Lu Xuan, but they betrayed me one after another. At present, all of you are princes with different surnames, I wonder if you will be like Han Peng Chen Huang in the future? ”

"The ministers don't dare—" the ministers replied in unison.

"In this case, the world has been decided, and you must not move any more dissenting hearts. If there is, it is like the result of Peng Yue. Liu Bang said, "I know that my life is not eternal, but the Han must develop, and we must pass on the same lineage: the descendants of the Liu family." I don't know if you are willing to swear to follow the Han forever and never carry it until death. ”

"Always follow the big man, and never carry it until death-" The ministers swore in unison.

Jiru came in from outside the hall with dozens of eunuchs carrying things, waited by the pillar and asked Liu Bang for instructions. Liu Bang nodded at him, and he led dozens of eunuchs to give the ministers a blood-red thing in turn, and the ministers looked at each other and muttered in a low voice. After Liu Bang appeased him, he also took a knight from the hands of his widow, and said to the ministers, "The lord is the blood of horses, and I have an alliance with you in blood: the country will live forever, and the Miao descendants will be warned; Those who are not meritorious, those who are not kings, the world will attack them together. May you not break this oath. Then he drank it all, and turned the lord upside down to look at the ministers.

All the civil and military officers also drank it all, and turned the lord upside down to regard him as the emperor. Liu Bang laughed, said the word 'good' with extra energy, and then sent out the prose.

That night, Liu Bang had a high fever that did not go away, and Mrs. Qi cried bitterly. Rear Lu ordered someone to visit Fan Xu's situation, and Dai Qing's anxious voice suddenly came from outside the hall, "Niangniang, it's not good, Your Majesty is seriously ill, and the high fever does not go away." When Empress Lu heard this, he hurried to the Yuzao Palace, Mrs. Qi was crying loudly at the emperor's bedside, Empress Lu urgently asked Mrs. Qi about the emperor's illness, Mrs. Qi couldn't speak, Empress Lu was furious, and immediately ordered someone to move the emperor to Changle Palace, and Empress Lu personally took care of him. Mrs. Qi cried and begged Empress Lu to keep the emperor here, but Empress Lu snorted angrily and kicked Mrs. Qi to the ground. When he left the palace, he ordered someone to immediately block the Yuzao Palace, and no one was allowed to come out. Mrs. Qi couldn't stop crying, knowing that her life would not last forever, and she was worried about the emperor's body, so she fainted and fell to the ground. Jing wanted to call the imperial doctor, but he didn't know that Empress Lu had ordered the Yuzao Palace to be strictly guarded, so he had to carry Mrs. Qi back to the couch with other palace maids to serve her.

Empress Lu ordered all the imperial doctors to be called, and after the five imperial doctors saw it, they all shook their heads powerlessly. Empress Lu urgently asked them how long the emperor had left, and Imperial Physician Qin said that he was afraid that it would be less than seven days. Empress Lu was shocked, almost fell, waved off the imperial doctors, and accompanied Liu Bang all night. The next day, Liu Ying, who learned that her father was critically ill, hurried over, knelt in front of the couch and cried, and Empress Lu caressed her back to comfort her. In the afternoon, Princess Lu Yuan and Zhang Ao, Marquis of Xuanping, hurried to the palace and wept. Then Mrs. Bo, Shi Yinhua, and Zhao Zi'er all came to visit the critically ill emperor, all of whom cried and cried, but Empress Lu's panicked expression seemed to be thinking about something, but after thinking about it, she also looked at the emperor who was withered and secretly wept. Later, he waited for Lu Shizhi to enter the palace, and comforted his sister Lu Hou with kind words. Everything was busy until dark, everyone dispersed, and Empress Lu couldn't sleep, sitting quietly in front of Liu Bang's couch to reminisce about their bits and pieces. As if when they saw the spring breeze, they went down to work in the fields together; In the summer, they and the children gather to eat and play; When the autumn is abundant, they pick fruit together and store food for the winter; When the winter snow clears early, they sweep a snow road outside. Those days are interesting, bitter but full and warm, and now they are no longer as enthusiastic as in the past, but lonely, empty, and resentful. Lv Hou's heart suddenly had mixed feelings, facing her husband who was about to say goodbye to her, Lv Hou felt flustered and scared at this time, she and her son were not ready yet, and he was about to leave.

"Meet the elderly," Empress Lu said, holding Liu Bang's hand, "Do you remember this?" It only exists in our micro-hours, and beautiful things cannot stand the test of time. Experience can change people's hearts; Years can strengthen people's hearts. If you were the only one in your life, maybe something wouldn't have happened. Liu Yingren filial piety......"

"Run, don't let her catch up; Madame, run, she wants to kill you, run to Nanyue-" Before Empress Lu could speak, Liu Bang was delirious, shouted indiscriminately, shouted for a while, and fell asleep. Lu was like cold iron, and the eyes of the yin owl were full of jealousy and murderous intent, so he simply let go of Liu Bang's hand, stared at Liu Bang resentfully for a long time, and then walked away in displeasure.

The next day, someone reported that Mrs. Qi scolded Empress Lu in the Yuzao Palace, but Lu Hou was like cold iron, so he ignored it, and only ordered the Imperial Forest Army not to let anyone out of the Yuzao Palace, and nothing else should be managed. Someone also reported that the ministers of civil and military affairs outside the palace asked to see the emperor. After thinking about it for a while, Empress Lu instructed the eunuch to tell the ministers, "Your Majesty has violated the peace and needs to recuperate for a few days, so he will not go to court early." The ministers were unhappy and did not know whether it was true or false. Empress Lu didn't enter Liu Bang's bedroom all day, didn't ask him about his physical condition, and simply asked the palace people to deliver three meals. Liu Ying came over to greet his father, but Empress Lu stopped him from looking. Lu Hou pulled Liu Ying to sit down and said, "Your father is asleep, don't disturb him." If he has nothing to do, he will return, and the queen mother will take care of him. Liu Ying scratched the back of her head in disbelief, insisted on going in to just look at her father, and Empress Lu was furious and scolded Liu Ying away.

Liu Ying came back all the way, and couldn't figure out her mother's behavior and words today. Fang entered the main hall, An Delu hurriedly pulled him into the East Hall, and when Liu Yingfang wanted to open his mouth to ask, he saw Jing Tian standing in the East Hall. Liu Ying was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly walked in front of him and asked, "Why are you here?" Jing Tian immediately knelt down and kowtowed to the ground, crying, "Empress Lu surrounded the Yuzao Palace, and Mrs. Qi was worried about the emperor's body and couldn't get out. I was afraid that the emperor would have to drive the palace car overnight, and Mrs. Qi was anxious. Jing came out through the dog hole, anxious for the prince to save Mrs. Qi so that she could meet the emperor. Liu Ying was in trouble, knowing that she didn't dare to disobey her mother's words, but she didn't agree to Jing Tian, and she was embarrassed for a while and didn't answer for a long time. Jing Tian cried and begged, "Please ask Your Highness to help Mrs. Qi." Liu Ying picked up Jing Tian and said, "I'll go and talk to the queen mother, and you go back." Jing said goodbye and hurriedly said goodbye to Liu Ying.

Liu Ying returned to Changle Palace, found Empress Lu, and pleaded for Mrs. Qi, hoping that Empress Lu would let Mrs. Qi see the emperor for the last time. Empress Lu already had an idea in her heart, and promised Liu Ying with a smile on her face, "At night, I will go and invite Mrs. Qi to come over, don't worry about it, go back." Liu Ying left happily. Empress Lu immediately turned gloomy, thinking about how Liu Ying knew that she had clearly ordered not to let the prince know about the blockade of the Yuzao Palace. After thinking about it, a soldier came to report that he intercepted a woman who had returned from a dog hole on the spot, and after all kinds of interrogation, the woman's name was Jing Tian. Empress Lu suddenly realized, and immediately ordered this person to tie Jing Tian to Yongxiang and detain him first, and Mrs. Qi took care of it for the time being. After solving the matter of Mrs. Qi, Empress Lu aimed at the courtiers again, they did not know that the emperor was delirious, and the more the new and old regimes were handed over, the more likely it was to have a coup d'état and chaos.

On this day, Empress Lu did not enter Liu Bang's palace for a whole day, and seemed to ignore him. At night, when Fang Xu, the enchanting candle flame jumped quietly in Changle Palace, and Empress Lu arranged for Liu Bang to leave only two eunuchs and two palace maids in the palace to take care of him. "E-ji, E-Ji." Liu Bang seemed to wake up, and vaguely called out the words of Lu Hou. Sure enough, Liu Bang slowly opened his eyes, and the faint light pierced his eyes that had not been opened for a long time, and everything became hazy, and the curtains, eunuchs, and palace people in front of him were not from Yuzao Palace. The face on Liu Bang's face was surprisingly ruddy, as if the whole person was alive. Liu Bang looked at the house furnishings again, and was suddenly shocked in his heart: it was Changle Palace. Liu Bang asked the eunuch how he came to Changle Palace, and the eunuch told the truth about the previous incident. Liu Bang asked where Empress Lu was again, and the eunuch said that the queen had just gone out. Liu Bang said 'oh', and asked the eunuch to invite Mrs. Qi to come over and speak, but the eunuch did not move, and the palace maid also lowered her head and did not speak. Liu Bang suddenly felt strange, and asked the eunuch what happened, but the eunuch did not dare to answer, Liu Bang was furious, reprimanded the eunuch, and ordered him to tell the truth. The eunuch had no choice but to tell Liu Bang about Empress Lu's order to surround the Yuzao Palace. Liu Bang's eyes immediately darkened, and she almost fell to the ground, telling herself that Lu Houguo had a lot of means, and she couldn't wait to attack Qi Ji before she died. Liu Bang thought for a while, and ordered the eunuch to go to Empress Lu to spread the word, saying that the emperor was awake, and asked the queen to narrate. Lu was like cold iron, and he said 'um', and only asked the eunuch to return to the emperor and say that she would be there in a moment.