He Jin and Yuan Kui discussed this matter many times and felt that what Queen He said made sense.

If the Empress Dowager Dong and others really persuaded Liu Hong and changed the situation, once the edict was issued, even if Liu Hong could not succeed in the end, it would still be okay to shake Liu Bian's status a little and disgust them.

This kind of thing is unacceptable to them no matter what, so this battle, they have to go on.

But first of all, they have to confirm whether Liu Hong really had an accident and whether he is dead, otherwise they are likely to be directly beaten as rebels if they act rashly.

Liu Hong's twenty years as an emperor did not do it for nothing, and he still has the power to claim this.

So Yuan Kui mobilized all his interpersonal relationships to try to inquire about some news, and then kept asking the minister to ask about Liu Hong's physical health, and put forward the need to visit the patient.

Of course, this wave is not only Yuan Kui and others who want to do this, but also officials who have nothing to do with this matter.

The emperor has not been in the court to deal with state affairs for more than a month, and he has not received ministers for seven or eight days, even if he is sick, he must give everyone a chance to visit the sick, right?

Others didn't say it, Lu Zhidu began to ask Liu Bei if there was any similar news, and he was also worried about Liu Hong's health.

Liu Bei hid his secret to the death, and did not reveal anything to Lu Zhi, so naturally he would not tell Lu Zhi the news that Liu Hong was terminally ill and died not long after.

Otherwise, someone will definitely do something.

The plan he agreed with Liu Hong requires Liu Hong's cooperation, but if Liu Hong really can't hold on, he can only start the emergency plan, despite this, he still hopes that Liu Hong can hold on.

It's been ridiculous all my life, and here's it, get down to business, my majesty.

Yuan Kui and He Jin are also doing everything possible to find out the news of Liu Hong, hoping to find out what happened to Liu Hong and whether he is dead.

They didn't want to be in a passionate confrontation with Liu Bei when Liu Hong was still alive, but they couldn't know the specific news.

Zhang Rang's reply to him was that Empress Dowager Dong's palace was controlled by Dong Chong and Jian Shuo, and he couldn't get close, and his people couldn't get in, so they couldn't know the specific situation.

Yuan Kui felt very anxious about this.

Although all the preparations had been prepared before, just before the incident, everyone unconsciously felt a little uncomfortable doing this kind of thing in front of an emperor.

Liu Hong is like a fragile valve, no matter whether he leaks or not, as long as he is still there, this situation that is about to collapse will not collapse smoothly, and once he is gone......

Then dust to dust to dust.

So the significance of Liu Hong's more than 20 years of emperor career lies in this.

The forces of all sides in Luoyang City launched a round of secret confrontation around the issue of Liu Hong's life, and those who were involved in this confrontation or not tried to figure out the answer to this question.

Empress He was even more anxious and asked to see Liu Hong at the gate of the Empress Dowager Dong's palace many times, but the palace door was always closed, and she was not allowed to enter.

Empress He was so anxious that she couldn't do it, and her slightly simple brain circuit, after a wonderful whirlwind, gave a wonderful solution to the problem.

So she decided to zoom in.

On April 11, the sixth year of Zhongping, on the ninth day when Liu Hong did not summon the ministers, Empress He secretly discussed with He Jin and Yuan Kui, united more than 50 courtiers, and let Yuan Kui lead these more than 50 people as the backing of Empress He, and went to the palace of Empress Dowager Dong with Empress He to ask to see Liu Hong.

Empress He even called Liu Wei over, "face-to-face instruction", and asked Liu Wei to kneel at the gate of the palace, side by side with Yuan Kui, and shouted to the palace to see Liu Hong, greet Liu Hong's illness and so on.

"The minister begs to see Your Majesty!"

"Son begs to see his father!"

Their voices were very loud, their emotions were very excited and eager, and they had a tendency to rush the palace gate if they didn't agree with each other.

In the palace, Empress Dowager Dong and Dong Zhong were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, feeling that they were almost overwhelmed.

Jian Shuo simply went out from the small gate, preparing to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the Xiyuan Army to press the formation, so as to prevent this group of people from really rushing into the palace gate.

When Liu Wei stepped forward to slap the palace gate at the behest of Yuan Kui, Empress Dowager Dong and Dong Chong couldn't bear it anymore, they knew that this door had to be opened today, and they couldn't get mixed up no matter what.

And at this critical moment, Liu Hong, who had been unconscious, suddenly woke up.

"My son?"

Empress Dowager Dong looked at Liu Hong with a calm face in surprise, and hurriedly stepped forward to watch his state.

Liu Hong's complexion was relatively normal, and he did not have the previous weak appearance, which made Empress Dowager Dong think that Liu Hong had recovered.

But Liu Hong didn't have any expression, just turned his head and looked at the Empress Dowager Dong.

"Mother, is there someone making a noise outside the palace gate?"

Empress Dowager Dong's eyes immediately turned red.

"The He family, as well as Bian, and Yuan Kui, more than fifty ministers, are all slapping on the palace gate over there, saying that they want to see you, they are all looking forward to your death, looking forward to letting Bian's inheritance of the throne!"

Liu Hong pursed his lips.

"Xuande didn't do anything, did he?"

"Nope."

"Okay, Mother, lift me up and let them in."

"My son, you ......"

"Mother, I'm fine."

"Okay."

Although she felt that Liu Hong was not quite right, Empress Dowager Dong didn't have too much thought in a hurry, and directly asked Dong Chong to open the door.

Outside the palace gate, Empress He and Yuan Kui were even ready to hit the door, but the door suddenly opened, and Dong Chong, who looked unhappy, stood at the door.

"Are you too eager? Could it be that the monarchs plan to storm the palace gate? Do you know that this is the palace of the Queen Mother? Collide with the Queen Mother, what do you want to do? Want to rebel? ”

The ministers were silent.

Empress He and Yuan Kui glanced at each other and felt that something was wrong.

Do you want to hide from the world?

Or is it something to rely on?

This can't be the Longtan Tiger's Den, right? There won't be an ambush, right?

At that moment, Yuan Kui thought a lot, but when he saw Liu Wei beside him, he had confidence again.

No matter how fierce Dong Zhong is, will he dare to hurt the future emperor?

Yuan Kui then "stepped forward".

"The ministers are offended, they are really guilty, but what the ministers did is not without reason, the Son of Heaven has not summoned the ministers for nine days, the ministers are really worried about the illness of the Son of Heaven, and they do inappropriate things in a hurry, if they are offended, please ask the Queen Mother to punish the crime!"

Compared with Yuan Kui, Queen He is not so polite.

"I'm the queen, and I brought the prince to visit Your Majesty, do I still have to be harshly reprimanded?"

Dong Zhong stood in front of Empress He and did not back down.

"The prince can go, but the queen, Your Majesty has said many times that you don't want to see the queen, and the queen's rash approach will only make Your Majesty feel unhappy, and I privately think that the queen should not do such an unwise thing."

"You ......"

Empress He was extremely angry, pointed at Dong Chong and said angrily: "Dong Chong, don't think that you are the nephew of the Queen Mother and can act recklessly, you are not afraid that my son will take your life after he ascends the throne?" ”

"The queen is cautious!"

Dong Zhong was suddenly furious: "The son of heaven is Antai, how does the prince ascend the throne?" Can't you wait for the Son of Heaven to die? Or is the queen already preparing for a rebellion?! ”

"You!"

Queen He knew that she was wrong, so she stopped talking, and was about to walk forward with a shake of her hand, but she was stopped by Dong Chong and said that she would not let her go.

So Empress He simply put Liu Biao in front and let Liu Biao go first, and she followed behind, so Dong Zhong was forced to retreat step by step by the obedient tool man Liu Bian, and he couldn't stop Queen He's advance.

With Liu Wei's humanoid thruster, all the officials followed and walked forward together, advancing step by step.

Walking to Liu Hong's dormitory, Dong Chong had no way to retreat and stopped.

"Your Majesty's health is not very good, so you can't let too many people in, so let Yuan Situ and the emperor's eldest son enter."

"I'm going to go in too!"

Empress He said angrily: "If you want to drive me away, then let Your Majesty drive me away personally!" What are you? ”

Dong Chong was very angry, but he couldn't really stop Queen He's pace, she was the queen after all, and she was still the master of this empire in terms of identity, and he was a courtier.

So Empress He took Liu Wei and Yuan Kui, and the three of them stepped on the steps together and walked to the palace.

To be honest, at that moment, both Empress He and Yuan Kui had a picture they wanted to see - Liu Hong was dying and dying.

Even, what they saw was Liu Hong's body.

But they didn't see the picture they wanted to see, they didn't see Liu Hong dying, but saw Liu Hong leaning on the bed, and the Empress Dowager Dong personally fed him porridge, and seemed to be in good shape.

Yuan Kui and Queen He's faces changed, but Liu Wei was happy.

"Father!"

Liu Wei shouted, ran straight forward, and asked Liu Hong to say goodbye.

Liu Hong looked at Liu Wei with a complicated expression, hesitated for a long time, and just nodded slightly.

"Okay, okay."

Then he didn't say anything more.

He had this son in his heart.

Although he hated his mother, he didn't have any real bad feelings for this son, and he also wanted to save this son's life, so there was such a series of measures.

The only thing he hated was that this son was born to that wicked woman.

He looked at the stunned woman he had once loved, but now hated so much, and spoke viciously.

"Why are you here? Didn't I say not to see you again? How dare you trespass on my dormitory? Don't you know that disobedience to the royal decree is punishable? ”

(End of chapter)