The news of Liu Xin's death quickly spread throughout the harem, and the old queen mother, who was still in the deep palace, quickly shook her heart and was overjoyed.

She quickly led a group of attendants to Weiyang Palace.

As soon as she entered the hall, she could hear a large cry inside, she quickly put on a solemn and sad expression, walked to Liu Xin's jade bed, glanced at Liu Xin's remains, and sighed deeply.

"The emperor has no children, just in case, the jade seal must be in the hands of the mourning family until the new monarch ascends the throne."

As soon as he finished speaking, an attendant offered the jade seal.

The old empress dowager smacked her lips, glanced at the palace, did not see Dong Xian's figure, and asked with a frown: "Where is the big Sima?" ”

"Da Sima went to the East Chamber to rest."

"Tell him to come to the mourners."

"Yes."

After a while, Dong Xian lowered his head and came to the old queen mother, and when he saw the old queen mother, Dong Xian bowed respectfully. This had to be when Liu Xin was still alive, Dong Xian was at most polite to the Empress Dowager Wang, but now it is different, Liu Xin died, and the power returned to the hands of the Empress Dowager Wang, and he could not be allowed to slack off.

"Da Sima, do you know how to handle the emperor's funeral?"

"Minister... Minister... True... Ignorance. ”

"You are the head of a hundred officials, but you don't know, it doesn't seem to be right!" The words of the old queen mother are soft and hard, she just wants to deliberately kill the young man's spirit, don't spend all day drinking, don't do your job.

"Minister... The ministers obeyed the will of the Queen Mother. Although Dong Xian was panicked, he was not stupid, he knew that there was no other way than to please the Queen Mother.

"In this way, Wang Mang, the Marquis of the new capital, once handled the great gifts of the first emperor, and he can enter the capital as soon as possible."

"That's very good."

The old queen mother sneered and slowly walked past Dong Xian, who was already sweating at this time.

At night, outside the east gate of Chang'an City, the city tower was already hung with white long, and several red horses galloped over.

"Open the door!" Immediately one person drank heavily.

"Who is Your Excellency?" The goalkeeper asked.

"This is the new capital Marquis Wang Mang, who entered the capital to preside over the state ceremony at the behest of the Empress Dowager." One of them pointed to the next person.

"It turned out to be the new capital marquis, wait a while, and the young general will open the door immediately."

Chang'an, Chang'an, I, Wang Mang, are back again, this time I am back, and I will not leave again.

After Wang Mang entered Chang'an City, he didn't care about the fatigue of the journey, so he entered the East Palace non-stop and met the Empress Dowager. When he came out of the Queen Mother, it was late at night, but Wang Mang was still in good spirits, and people were in good spirits on happy occasions, which was what Wang Mang looked like now.

The Empress Dowager asked him to preside over the funeral of Emperor Daxing, and gave him the military talismans, the hundred official performances, the Zhonghuangmen, and the military power of the period gate.

In this way, he, Wang Mang, became a well-known figure in Chang'an City overnight.

His first target was Dong Xian.

The youngest Da Sima in history is actually an embroidered pillow, but he occupies the position of Da Sima, which is really in the way.

Therefore, Dong Xian must be eliminated, and the Dong family must be settled.

And this will, he also obtained it from the Empress Dowager, just wait for dawn, Dong Xian has to obediently get out.

Early in the morning, Dong Xian's eyelids were always jumping, and when he went to the court today, he was very worried in his heart, he was proficient in eating, drinking, and having fun, so it was better to kill him if he went to the court.

He entered the palace tremblingly, and before he entered Sima Gate, he was stopped by his father-in-law who was delivering a decree in the palace.

"Dong Xian, the Empress Dowager Yizhi."

Dong Xian sighed in his heart, it must be no good thing to give himself an order at this time.

"Fengtian carrier, the queen mother's edict said, the emperor of Daxing met Qing very much, the emperor was sick, Qing should have tasted the decoction in person, and did not leave the left and right, in order to repay the grace of heaven, but the great Sima Dong Xian had the emperor's grace and failed to be loyal, so he was specially forbidden to enter the palace, and he was here."

After announcing the decree, the father-in-law said to the guards of Sima Gate: "Look at it, this person is not allowed to enter the palace." ”

"Yes." Sima Men's soldiers answered.

Dong Xian hurriedly got up and grabbed his father-in-law's robe and asked, "Father-in-law, I still hope to inform the queen mother, and the minister wants to send the emperor on his last journey." ”

"What are you doing, the will of the Queen Mother, what are you doing with our family."

Dong Xian hurriedly knelt down, took off his crown, kowtowed, and said, "Please be kind to the Queen Mother." Please be gracious to the Queen Mother. ”

"Hmph..."The father-in-law who announced the decree is long gone.

Dong Xian returned home in despair, feeling more and more uneasy, but he had no choice but to keep sending people to inquire about the news of the DPRK.

Within a few days, another Empress Dowager decree was issued in front of Dong Xian.

He was fired, and the seal ribbon was forcibly handed over.

The moment he received the will, Dong Xian was frightened, he would never have thought that this day would come so quickly, he didn't even have the slightest preparation.

Dong Mansion suddenly overwhelmed with clouds, and the people were panicked.

It's not a big deal to lose an official, what he's afraid of is that if someone pokes him out of what he has done over the years, then his family will be over.

It was night, and the oil lamps were flickering and flickering.

"What's the point of being alive, it's better to be dead." Dong Xian took a sip of wine and said to his wife.

"Husband, don't scare me."

"I found out the news, all this was done by that Wang Mang, and he wanted to kill me."

"What then?" Dong Xian's wife couldn't stop crying.

"Can you stop crying, isn't it annoying enough, what can I do, I want to know what to do, can I make that miscellaneous piece surnamed Wang fix me like this?" Dong Xian said angrily.

Dong's wife cried even more.

"Alas..." Dong Xian saw his wife crying heavily, and he couldn't bear it for a while, so he hurriedly went to hug her, as if this was the only way to feel a little at ease.

"I've already asked my father, what does his old man mean, he still wants to protect our Dong family!"

"So, what can my father do?"

"Yes."

Dong's wife suddenly burst into tears and laughed, at this moment, a glimmer of hope can make people feel more energetic.

"There's a way, but... It's just that you and I have to... Get... Made a little sacrifice. He said miserably.

"You mean, you mean... Husband, I don't want to... I don't want to... We're still so young... Why? Why? ”

"Alas, I knew today, I don't want to be that big Sima if I say anything."

"Woooooo Husband... Is there any other way? ”

Dong Xian shook his head, and suddenly said proudly: "Listen, it's better to be happy than to be tortured to death by them." ”

A long night passed in sorrow.

When the subordinates of the family came to knock on Dong Xian's door, they found that no one answered for a long time. When the people knocked the door open, they found Dong Xian and his wife lying on the bed calmly, with blood stains on the corners of their mouths, their faces turned blue, and they had been walking for a long time when they carefully touched their noses.

Dong Xian's father, Dong Gong, heard the news and felt a sharp pain in his heart.

He said with a straight face: "Xian'er's death must not be spread and buried in secret." Violators, don't blame me for not remembering old love. ”

There is no impermeable wall in the world, Wang Mang has already arranged eyeliner in the Dong Mansion in order to monitor the Dong family, and on the same day, Wang Mang has learned that Dong Xian and his wife committed suicide, and the Dong family buried Dong Xian at a very fast speed.

In order to verify the authenticity of the news, he specially sent someone to dig out Dong Xian's coffin, verify whether Dong Xian had cheated his death, and took out Dong Xian's body and buried it in prison as punishment for the rest of the crimes.

Dong Xian died, and Da Sima's position was vacant.

The Empress Dowager Wang issued an order to ask hundreds of officials to nominate the candidate for the Great Sima, saying that it was a recommendation, but in fact, everyone understood that this was paving the way for Wang Mang.

Wang Mang has a good reputation and has been a big Sima, so there seems to be no more suitable person than him. Therefore, the court and the central government overwhelmingly promoted Wang Mang.

There are also two alternatives here, they are not interested in Wang Mang, one is the former general He Wu, and the left general Gongsun Lu recommended each other.

Among Wang Mang's fans, these two people almost committed public anger. If it weren't for a senior cadre, I'm afraid I would be stabbed on the way off work.

In the end, Wang Mang got his wish and performed his duties again.

"As a big Sima, this time I, Wang Mang, will definitely sit firmly."