"Ahem, ahem!"

A mouthful of thick bloody phlegm was coughed out by Liu Hong with all his strength, and then, he saw the emperor leaning towards the side weakly.

The two little eunuchs hurriedly handed Liu Hong a small desk so that Liu Hong could lie on the bed.

Below Liu Hong, stood Liu Jian.

Liu Hong weakly stretched out his hand and hooked his finger at Liu Jian.

Liu Jian walked slowly to Liu Hong's bed, bent down and said, "What does Your Majesty command?" ”

"Love, love, are you leaving?"

"The minister is leaving, Your Majesty take care of your body, cherish it, cherish it!"

Liu Hong's throat made a "snoring" sound, like a whistle, quite harsh.

Obviously, Liu Hong's respiratory system has a very heavy inflammation.

"Imperial brother, imperial brother."

"Your Majesty?"

"Brother Huang, you say, am I going to die?"

Liu Jian said respectfully: "Your Majesty will not die, Your Majesty is the Holy Lord of All Ages, with the destiny of heaven, the sky is just a small setback for Your Majesty, testing Your Majesty's heart, polishing Your Majesty's muscles and bones, Your Majesty will definitely get better." ”

Hearing this, Liu Hong smiled lightly.

I don't know if he really believes Liu Jian's words, but his state seems to be a little better than just now.

"Aiqing speaks so nicely, no matter what Aiqing says, I am willing to listen? Why does this happen? ”

Liu Jianxin said: Because neither of us is a good bird.

"Because the minister is His Majesty's loyal minister, His Majesty is a holy monarch, and the minister is a loyal minister, so what the minister says, His Majesty naturally likes it."

"Good, good, good loyalty!"

Liu Hong supported his body vigorously and said, "Deran, I don't know if I can be good now, but if I really can't get better...... You say, who of my two princes can inherit the unification? ”

"Your Majesty, this is Your Majesty's family matter, and the minister is an outsider, how can he participate."

"Nonsense!"

Liu Hong seemed a little annoyed when he heard this: "You are a relative of the Han family, and you are my imperial brother, isn't my family affair your family affair?" ”

"Who do you think of my two sons?"

"Your Majesty, the two princes, the ministers have not seen each other, how can you judge?"

Liu Hong's expression was a little lonely.

"yes, yes."

He took a deep breath and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll let Aiqing see it." ”

Afterwards, I saw Liu Hong say to the eunuchs outside: "The two princes of Chuanyi have come to meet me." ”

About half an hour later, twelve-year-old Liu Wei and four-year-old Liu Xie came.

Liu Hong stretched out his hand tremblingly and pointed at Liu Jian: "Call, call Uncle Huang!" ”

The two princes looked at Liu Jian and said, "Uncle Huang." ”

Liu Jian hurriedly saluted the two princes in return: "The minister has seen the two highnesses!" ”

Then, Liu Jian looked at Liu Hong helplessly: "Your Majesty, what are you doing here?" ”

Liu Hong said weakly: "Now Aiqing has seen it!" Choose, choose one! ”

"Your Majesty, aren't you forcing your courtiers?"

"Choose!"

Liu Jian didn't know which one Liu Hong was singing today, but since the words had already been talked about, he couldn't help but do it.

Liu Jian didn't speak, he just walked to Liu Bian's side and saluted Liu Bian.

Liu Hong's expression instantly became extremely lonely.

After Liu Jian finished saluting Liu Wei, Liu Hong sighed helplessly and said to the two princes: "You two, go down!" ”

Tossing the two princes to come to this trip, just for such a little thing, Liu Hong, who is sick, is still willful.

After the two princes went down, Liu Hong suddenly said to Liu Jian: "Unexpectedly, when the matter comes, you are also a person who is afraid of power?" ”

"Your Majesty's meaning, the minister doesn't understand."

"You don't understand what I mean by that?"

"Minister, I don't understand."

"Okay, then I will make you understand, I am happy, it is Xie'er."

Liu Jian was expressionless and said, "What is Your Majesty going to do?" ”

Liu Hong leaned forward: "If Ai Qing chooses Xie'er, I will leave Qing in Luoyang, and if I return to heaven, I will let Qing be the regent and support the king!" Got it? Deran, you've lost a great opportunity. ”

Liu Jian sighed secretly in his heart.

The emperor's consciousness was already obviously different from the usual.

Illness had begun to corrode his sanity.

"Your Majesty, even if the minister stays in Luoyang, what can he do? Dong Hou's biological mother has been deceased, and she is only four years old. ”

Hearing the words "Dong Hou's biological mother has been mourned", Liu Hong's expression suddenly dimmed.

He let out a long breath, waved his hand and said, "That's it, that's it, you go, let's go!" ”

"Your Majesty cherishes it, before the minister goes to Jizhou to take office, I want to play a final trick to Your Majesty."

"What?"

"Your Majesty, it's time to lift the party's shackles."

Liu Hong was stunned when he heard this.

He looked at Liu Jian in surprise.

saw that Liu Jian was also looking at him fixedly.

After confronting each other for a while, Liu Hong seemed to understand.

"Actually, Aiqing also thinks that I have a short life, right?"

"Don't dare!"

"If not, why did Qing let me be relieved of the party?"

"Minister...... Capital crime! ”

Liu Hong waved his hand and stopped talking to Liu Jian.

Liu Jian didn't say anything more, and then said goodbye and left.

The Eastern Han Dynasty, the last emperor with real power, today is the last time I will meet him.

How should this emperor evaluate him?

He was not as short-minded and mediocre as later history books suggested.

But actually...... Alas, he's not particularly mediocre, but he's definitely not much better.

The most pertinent evaluation of Liu Hong is actually very simple, in one sentence:

That's it.

……

Out of the West Garden, I saw a gorgeous woman standing at the door wearing a blue silkworm costume and shaking a hairpin, who was standing at the door with the prince Liu Wei, looking at him with a smile.

Behind the woman, followed by Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and Guo Sheng...... There are also Lu Qiang and other middle attendants.

Although Liu Jian had never seen this woman, he could already guess who she was by looking at her dress and gorgeous appearance, and then looking at the formation of the characters behind him.

"Minister Liu Jian, meet Your Highness!"

He Hou bowed slightly and returned the salute to Liu Jian, and said, "For the right thing, I will defend on behalf of the emperor, thank you Uncle Huang." ”

Liu Jian's eyebrows raised slightly.

He knew what Queen He was talking about.

Thinking about it, it was Liu Hong who asked him inside, which of the two princes could inherit the unification, and he gave a gift to Liu Wei.

Although there were only him and the two princes in Liu Hong's room, Liu Jian estimated that this matter would definitely not be hidden.

I just didn't expect it to be so fast, it's like the wind.

Looking at Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others standing behind Queen He, what does Liu Jian not understand?

He saluted to Queen He and said, "Your Highness doesn't have to be like this, it is the duty of a courtier to give direct advice to Your Majesty." ”

After saying that, he saluted Empress He and Liu Wei again, and then retired.

Before leaving, Liu Jian looked at Lu Qiang behind Queen He again.

The two of them simply glanced at each other and then looked away.

But at that glance, they both read another meaning from each other's eyes - "cherish".

……

……

In October of the second year of Zhongping, Liu Jian, the general of the town thief, led the pastoral envoy of Southern Jizhou, and finally left Luoyang, went to Hebei, and took up the post of Yecheng in Wei County.

Break through the iron cage and walk the tiger and leopard, and suddenly open the golden lock flying dragon.