In front of everyone's eyes, the emperor suddenly fainted, which was still a little scary for the ministers.

The ministers in the palace suddenly became panicked.

"Your Majesty!"

"What's wrong with Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty is Antai?"

The ministers were bustling, and many people leaned forward, wanting to see what was going on with Liu Hong, and the scene became chaotic for a while.

It was Liu Bei who stood up at this time and presided over the situation.

He transferred the palace guards into the court and formed a blockade in front of Liu Hong, preventing the ministers from getting too close.

"Your Majesty is in poor health and needs to go back immediately for treatment and rest, and please return home in an orderly manner and wait for Your Majesty to wake up! At that time, the imperial court will notify you separately. ”

Liu Bei gave an order, and although the ministers were panicked and worried, they didn't take much action.

Because at present, there is only one force in Luoyang City.

The Emperor's forces are in control of the whole situation, and there are no more enemies.

Lu Zhi looked at Liu Bei, and Liu Bei also looked at Lu Zhi and nodded at him.

Lu Zhi didn't say anything more, nodded, and pulled Cai Yong beside him to turn around and leave.

Cai Yong didn't even react, but he was dragged away by Lu Zhi.

The court officials left one after another at the request of the palace guards, and Liu Bei and others arrived in the palace of the Empress Dowager Dong with the team of the Empress Dowager Dong, waiting for the news of the palace doctor's diagnosis and treatment in the side hall.

Soon, the news came.

The doctors all knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager Dong and begged for forgiveness, because Liu Hong's condition was hopeless.

His physical condition was deteriorating rapidly, and there was nothing he could do.

Empress Dowager Dong cried loudly and asked to pull these quacks out and kill them and bury Liu Hong, but fortunately Liu Bei arrived in time to stop Empress Dowager Dong and save this group of doctors.

After a period of confusion, Empress Dowager Dong calmed down and didn't say anything more, Zhang Rang asked the palace people to prepare a meal for everyone, and Liu Bei and the others remembered that they hadn't eaten much all day and were very hungry now.

After a big meal and drink, the Empress Dowager Dong sent a message that Liu Hong had woken up and wanted to summon Liu Bei and others

When Liu Bei and others heard this, they immediately threw down the tableware and food in their hands and rushed to the dormitory of the Empress Dowager Dong.

After rushing to the dormitory, Liu Bei found that Empress Dowager Dong was wiping tears in front of Liu Hong's bed, and Xiao Liu Xie was crying beside Liu Hong's bed.

It looks like he's really running out of oil and the lamp is dry.

Seeing Liu Bei coming, Liu Hong's eyes lit up a little, and he stretched out his hand towards Liu Bei, and Liu Bei hurriedly stepped forward to hold Liu Hong's hand.

"Your Majesty, the minister is here!"

"Xuande, I'm probably not going to get better......"

"Nope! Your Majesty will surely recover! ”

"Don't talk about that......"

Liu Hong shook his head and said slowly: "I can't protect the association, next, the association will be entrusted to you, after I die, when Xuande is the general, Dong Zhong can be the hussar general, Ah Gong will continue to be the Shang Shuling, Jian Shuo will be the general of the chariot cavalry, you must control the military power, the court, and protect the association to sit on the throne, understand?" ”

Will Liu Bei succeed him as a general?

This is tantamount to the edict designating Liu Bei as the auxiliary minister.

Everyone looked at Liu Bei, but they didn't have any special feelings.

Originally, in this incident, Liu Bei was the strongest player on Liu Xie's side, and everyone took him as the backbone, and he deserved to be a general, and it would not cause any objections.

Zhang Rang didn't have any opinion anyway.

Jian Shuo felt weak in the face of He Jin, let alone Liu Bei.

Dong Chong had some ideas, but he also recognized Liu Bei's clan status and military exploits, so he didn't want to compete with Liu Bei.

Empress Dowager Dong is now full of grief and does not want to discuss these issues.

And so the arrangement was adopted.

Liu Hong was very relieved to see that they had no objections, and then moved his head with great effort and looked at Liu Xie on the side.

"Collaboration ......"

"Father!"

The young Liu Xie stepped forward and knelt beside Liu Hong.

Liu Hong nodded.

"Xie, my father can't protect you anymore, but everyone else here can protect you, your eldest mother, and uncle, as well as General Liu, Zhang Changshi, and Captain Jian, they are all people who can protect you, you have to trust them and appoint them, remember?"

"Remember, remember!"

Liu Xie sobbed and nodded.

"Just remember."

Liu Hong reluctantly pulled out a smile and touched Liu Xie's face: "Also, you have to remember that although your brother has made mistakes, his sin will not lead to death, and when you become the Son of Heaven, you must do your best to protect your brother and let him live, and you two brothers must live well." ”

"Hmm!"

Liu Xie held Liu Hong's hand tightly and nodded vigorously.

Liu Hong closed his eyes and rested for a while, then opened his eyes again and looked at Liu Bei and the other four.

"Everything after that, as well as my children's association, will be entrusted to you."

"Your Majesty!"

The four of them, whether out of true affection or out of pretense of necessity, all fell to the ground and wept.

Liu Hong didn't say anything more, waved his hand, and asked them all to leave and do what they had to do, only Empress Dowager Dong and Liu Xie stayed in the palace.

The four of them gave Liu Hong a final salute, and then slowly left the palace.

Empress Dowager Dong hugged Liu Hong, and her tears couldn't be stopped.

Liu Xie knelt on the side, and he kept crying.

Liu Hong felt the powerlessness of the fading vitality, and the scene of his life flashed in front of him like a horse, nostalgia, unwillingness, fear, hatred, and relief...... All emotions finally turned into a long sigh.

Is my life worth it or not?

Sickness tormented him, the fear of dying life, and the expectation of relief that was vague and unforgiving, and he didn't know whether he was in fear of death or longing for ultimate relief.

In the end, all he could hear was the sobbing of Empress Dowager Dong.

Something suddenly occurred to him.

"Mother, when I was young, can you sing the song you sang when you put me to sleep again?"

When Empress Dowager Dong heard this, she was stunned.

"Huh?"

"I want to hear that song......"

"Okay, okay, my son wants to listen, I sing, I sing......"

The not-so-beautiful singing voice sounded in Liu Hong's ears, but even so, he felt that it was an unforgettable natural sound.

Listen, listen, he suddenly felt that he was back in that not wealthy, but carefree childhood, when the sun of the spring afternoon shone on his body, and he slept comfortably.

The four people standing outside the hall did not chat, but just stood quietly.

Liu Bei just stood quietly, and scenes of getting along with Liu Hong flashed in his mind, from the first meeting at the age of nineteen to the farewell at the age of twenty-eight, Liu Hong was not weightless in his heart.

Although the two sides are indispensable to use each other, their achievements along the way, in addition to careful planning and strong strength, Liu Hong's trust and cooperation are also indispensable factors.

From this point of view, Liu Bei suddenly felt a little reluctant to this guy.

But......

There is still time for manpower.

Liu Hong's death is also part of this plan, if he does not die, there will be many variables.

Liu Hong, after a hundred years, we will meet in the spring.

At that time, there was no conspiracy to calculate.

I don't know how long it was, maybe it was just the time of one pillar of incense, or two pillars of incense, or an hour had passed, and a terrible cry broke the peace inside and outside the palace.

"My son!!!!!!"

Empress Dowager Dong's cry reached the ears of the four people outside the palace, and although Zhang Rang, Jian Shuo and Dong Chong had been mentally prepared, their faces still changed greatly, and they looked back at the palace in dismay.

Liu Bei closed his eyes, and two lines of uncontrollable tears slid across his cheeks,

"Your Majesty!!!!!"

Jian Shuo shouted, knelt on the ground, kowtowed and cried again and again, Zhang Rang and Dong Zhong reacted slowly, and quickly followed and kowtowed together, crying.

It took Liu Bei a lot of effort to stop his tears, and he felt that this was the third most difficult thing he had ever done in his life.

The first difficulty is to lay the foundation of Street Fighter.

The second difficulty was to rescue Lu Zhi from the rebels.

Liu Hong died.

Died in a day that profoundly shaped the future direction of this empire.

At the same time, he also died in his mother's arms.

In his mother's children's songs, Liu Hong completed a life that was short for him and not short for all the people in the world.

A life of absurdity, tangling, chaos.

His death is the end of one era and the beginning of another.