Liu Bei didn't know what Dong Chong wanted to say, but he vaguely guessed Dong Chong's purpose.

The subsequent development also proved that Liu Bei's guess was right.

"That's right."

Dong Chong seemed to be a little cautious and asked: "Xuande, the prince association is a hard-working child, not long after he was born, his mother was killed by the queen, the queen was fierce at the time, and even wanted to kill the prince association, but fortunately with the blessing of the queen mother, the prince association was able to be saved."

The prince association has no mother since he was a child, it was the queen mother who raised him single-handedly, His Majesty looked at the prince association pitiful, and also had a lot of pity for him, we thought that we could safely bless the prince association to grow up, but we didn't expect such a thing to happen. ”

Dong turned his head and looked at the palace.

"As a courtier, I shouldn't have talked about the monarch in vain, but Your Majesty's illness really can't allow us to be optimistic, it is related to the safety of the prince's association, we have to plan more, Xuande, this is the queen mother's meaning, I hope that no matter what happens, Xuande can take action to protect the safety of the prince's association."

Liu Bei was slightly aware of the meaning of Dong Chong's words, but he didn't plan to point it out.

"Dong Jun, not to mention that Your Majesty Jiren has his own natural appearance, he will definitely be able to turn the crisis into safety, even if something unpredictable really happens, as the eldest brother of the Prince Association, can't he protect the life of the Prince Association? Why do I need to do it? ”

Dong Chong shook his head again and again.

"After the death of Gaozu that year, Emperor Hui and Liu Ruyi had a deep brotherly relationship, why don't you want to protect Liu Ruyi? In order to protect Liu Ruyi, Emperor Hui even ate and lived with him, but despite this, Liu Ruyi still couldn't escape the poisonous hands of Empress Lu and was still killed.

How similar is the situation today to what it was back then? In case of an accident, the prince will be enthroned as the emperor, with the ferocity and viciousness of the current queen, can the prince defend the prince's association? Who can guarantee that? Xuande, can you? Can you guarantee that the Prince's Association will be safe? ”

Liu Bei was not interested in the bloody court story, but he also knew that if he really went that far, Liu Xie would lose his life nine times out of ten, so he could only shake his head.

So Dong Zhong continued to speak.

"The Queen Mother single-handedly pulled the Prince Association to grow up, and she loved him very much, if something happened to the Prince Association, the Queen Mother would probably want to die, so the Queen Mother hopes to save the life of the Prince Association no matter what, and right now, the only person who can help the Queen Mother is you, Xuande."

Liu Bei pretended to be surprised.

"I am a foreign minister, how can I intervene in the family affairs of the Son of Heaven? This kind of thing is very important, and it should be decided by the Son of Heaven, not me making the decision on my own, Dong Jun should wait for the Son of Heaven to wake up, and then inform the Son of Heaven. ”

"It's useless."

Dong Zhong smiled bitterly: "It's okay to talk to Xuande about these things, the Queen Mother has mentioned the safety of the Prince Association to Her Majesty many times, and she has also asked the Son of Heaven to set up the Prince Association as the crown prince, so the Prince Association and the Prince Debate can be preserved, but Your Majesty has many worries and has never let go, and there is no one to this day."

Before, the Queen Mother thought that Her Majesty was doing these things to support the Prince's Association to ascend the throne, and she was very happy, but Her Majesty and the Queen Mother made it clear that they would not let the Prince's Association ascend the throne, and he did this for the sake of the prince's defense, which made the Queen Mother worried. ”

"How can I interfere with something that His Majesty won't do?"

Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "I follow Your Majesty's orders and do things for Your Majesty, what Your Majesty didn't say was something I couldn't do, it was related to the future of the country, and I was even more difficult to meddle in it." ”

"Xuande is wrong."

Dong Zhong looked around to make sure that no one could hear their conversation, so he whispered, "Didn't Xuande think about it?" Xuande did his best to suppress the He family for His Majesty, and even wanted to get rid of the He family, what does this mean for the prince?

The prince argues not to mention how deep his feelings are for the He family, he has the blood of the He family in his body, Xuande is loyal to His Majesty and suppresses the He family, can you know how the prince feels in his heart? Xuande, the prince and the queen live together!

The queen is a member of the He family, and she must hate Xuande very much, and this hatred will definitely be mentioned repeatedly with the prince, so that after the prince ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, Xuande will definitely be able to ensure his own safety? Can Xuande be sure that the prince will not embarrass Xuande because of this matter? ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he looked at Dong Chong, and felt that this guy really had the talent and ability to be a lobbyist.

When these words are put in the ears of ordinary people, they will indeed feel extremely worried.

Don't go against the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven is the most unreasonable person in the world, if you go against the Son of Heaven and oppose the Son of Heaven, the end will definitely not be very good.

Unless he usurps the throne and seizes power, he will empty the Son of Heaven, or even kill the Son of Heaven.

But that would also be at the risk of condemnation in the world.

Liu Bei helped Liu Hong deal with the He family, and if he didn't do it, he would destroy the He family, of course it was nothing, and if the He family was all wiped out, there would not be a few people who stood up for them, but the problem was that the current queen is also surnamed He.

Liu Bei killed He Jin, could he still kill Queen He?

If the queen is killed, then Liu Wei will definitely not let Liu Bei go.

If you don't kill the queen, the queen will become the queen mother in the future, and she will say bad things about Liu Bei next to Liu Bi's ears every day, and it is hard to guarantee that Liu Bi will not find ways to attack Liu Bei in the future.

Even if Liu Bei can't attack Liu Bei himself because of his strength, then when Liu Bei dies, can't he attack his descendants?

This kind of thing has not happened in the past, and the prince is more than ten years younger than Liu Bei, this is the age advantage.

When Liu Bei heard this, he showed a hesitant look.

"Dong Jun, this ......"

"Xuande, I'm thinking about you."

Seeing that Liu Bei seemed to be intent on moving, Dong Chong hurriedly pursued after the victory: "You are loyal and a good minister of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty cannot live without you, and I very much don't want you to be treated unfairly because you are involved in this kind of thing."

You are loyal to Your Majesty, but has Your Majesty considered it for you in this matter? Your Majesty has considered that he will ascend the throne in a hundred years, what will he think of you, the Han clan who attacked his uncle?

Xuande, I know you are loyal, but the more loyal you are now, the less good it will be for your future, now, it is the time to think about the future, if you don't think about it now, it will be too late! ”

Dong Chong's face was thinking about Liu Bei, and he really looked so sincere.

That's exactly what he said, and it makes sense.

But...... I came to Luoyang just for real power.

If it weren't for the sake of holding the authority of the world, I would stay in Liangzhou or Yizhou, be my soil emperor, and wait for the world to be chaotic and come out to pick peaches, wouldn't it?

I want to hold the real power myself, how can I hand it over to Liu Wei or Liu Xie?

This Dong Chong won't think that I have worked so hard to do so much, done so much work and foreshadowing, just to let Liu Wei or Liu Xie pick up ready-made, right?

Of course, Liu Bei can't say this, but externally, he still has to maintain a high-sounding posture.

"Dong Jun, I can understand what you mean, but, right now, it's not the time for me to make these considerations, I still listen to Your Majesty's orders, I believe that for the Imperial Prince's Association, Your Majesty has arrangements, and now we just need to wait for Your Majesty to recover."

"And what if Your Majesty can't recover?"

Dong Chong was a little anxious, and said disrespectfully: "Xuande, you have to think about this possibility. ”

"Loyal courtiers don't think about such a question."

Liu Bei shook his head: "Dong Jun, the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven, and the Ji people have their own heavenly appearance, you have lost your words." ”

After speaking, Liu Bei left here, leaving Dong Chong alone at the gate of the palace.

Zhang Rang followed Liu Bei's footsteps and asked him what had just happened.

"Dong Chong and the Empress Dowager want to use my strength to support the Prince's Association to become the emperor."

Liu Bei said it very bluntly.

Zhang Rang was stunned.

"Did he really say that?"

"That's what it means."

Liu Bei shook his head and said: "I said that the prince will remember my blow to the He family, and he will try his best to retaliate against me when he ascends the throne as the emperor in the future, so I can't let the prince be the emperor, but let the prince be the emperor, so that I can protect myself." ”

Zhang Rang thought about it.

"Don't really say it, what this person said is really reasonable, you are so aimed at the He family, hit the He family, one is not good, He Jin will die in your hands, the queen will hate you to death, and she will never forgive you.

When the time comes, the prince will ascend the throne as the emperor, and the queen will talk about this matter in his ears every day, it is difficult to guarantee that the prince will not attack you, and deal with a courtier with the respect of the Son of Heaven, there are too many uncertain things. ”

"So you also think it's better to support the prince to be the emperor?"

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Rang with a smile: "Old Zhang, this is not like what you would say, haven't you never been involved in these things?" ”

"Not thinking about you yet?"

Zhang Rangbai glanced at Liu Bei: "If you live, I can live, if you accidentally die, I will definitely be killed immediately, so I hope you can live longer, at least die behind me, so that I can spend my old age in peace!" ”

"Don't worry, I'll definitely let you live out your old age in peace."

Liu Bei smiled and walked straight forward: "No one can threaten me, and no one can kill me, I have my own arrangements and plans for the future." ”

(End of chapter)