Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Battle of the Han and Wei Dynasties (6)

After a few hours, my father finally woke up. He opened his eyes in confusion and looked around, his eyes scattered but not focused, as if he couldn't see anything.

"Father! Father! I screamed.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Empress Wu also shouted.

Kong Ming waved his hand and called the imperial doctor again. The Imperial Physician put his hand on his father's pulse.

After a long time, my father blinked, and after a long time, his eyes finally had focus. He looked at me: "Adou." ”

"The sons are here, the sons are here, the father is here."

"Have you done anything? Didn't hurt you, did it? ”

"No, Father, nothing happened, you just fainted suddenly." My father seemed to remember, and he was doing better than I thought, but how dare I tell the truth.

Wu said: "Why is it okay. The chamberlain said that the prince had made you angry, and you were so angry that you stabbed him with your sword. Alas, even if the crown prince is not good, you still have two sons, why are you so angry......" I looked at Wu in some surprise, not understanding why she spoke like this.

The father sat up suddenly: "What about the chamberlain?" The chamberlain. I remember using my sword. As he spoke, he got up and walked outward, unable to stop him, gasping for breath, his eyes seemed to protrude out of his sockets, and every step seemed to kill him. He had people help him, dragged his wounded leg to the corpse of the servant, and cried loudly. After burying the chamberlain, he had all the weapons removed from his place. He began to self-isolate. He entrusted all the government affairs to Kong Ming. He didn't see anyone anymore except me and Kong Ming—including the Wu family.

He muttered to himself in pain, he groaned in despair, he looked up to the sky and shouted: "How can I be old! How can you be so old! Creation is ruthless, the sky is heartless, old but heroic, just waiting for idle things! ”

He was recuperating in his bedroom. Sometimes he would call me into the bedroom, let me sit under the huge map, and then look at me and the map in a daze, and after a long time the saliva flowed down, and the sparkle dragged on for a long time, but he didn't know it.

He clenched his fists in vain: "The world, the world ......"

Sometimes he would say to me, "Dou'er, I'm so uncomfortable, you know? Do you know? ”

Sometimes he would say to me: "Dou'er, you should get married quickly, have a son, I want to see my grandson." ”

Father, you're getting old! He actually forgot that I was married.

He asked me, "Dou'er, are you afraid of me?" Don't be afraid of me, in fact, I don't want my son to be afraid. In this life, the most I hurt is my wife and children. Now that I'm old, I want to take care of my own home, but don't you give me a little bit of home? Don't call me Daddy, just call me Daddy as you did when you were a kid. ”

He held out his hand to me, which was thin, loose, and marked.

I hesitated, but finally passed my hand.

On the third day, my father said to me: "Son, my father can no longer hold Ji Han, and I still understand that I want to hand Ji Han into your hands." ”

I looked up in surprise, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Father, don't do it." Although my father is slightly ill, he can recover after a period of recuperation, and he must not have this thought. In addition, Erchen is young and weak, and it is difficult to take on this position. ”

"Get up. I'm speaking as a father now, so you don't have to worry about it. I'm like this, am I still dominating the position and harming Ji Han? How can the work of my father's life be destroyed in my hands? ”

"Father."

"Don't speak, listen to me. I actually didn't want to hand over Ji Han to you so early, but I couldn't help it. I'm old and confused, and instead of being a perverse, misbehaving, and making future generations laugh at me, it's better to hand over power early and be happy. I killed the servant a few days ago, I don't know when I will make a similar mistake, the history is like a knife, my life is cleared, is it ruined at this time? If you don't hold the throne, you are not only sorry for Ji Han, but also sorry for your father's expectations of you. ”

I nodded tearfully.

"However, if you want to take over power, you have to promise me three things.

"First, you have to promise me that if you defeat Cao Pi and Sun Quan, you won't lose the reputation of your father's life."

"Yes." I should be.

"Second, you have to promise me that under any circumstances, don't doubt Kong Ming, he is Ji Han's pillar and guarantee, and Ji Han's prosperity is tied to him. Remember what I said about inaction? Son, under a subordinate like Kong Ming, you can rule by doing nothing. ”

"yes, I see."

"Thirdly, you have to promise me that under no circumstances will you hurt your brother. There is no family affection in the heavenly family, but when you are old, you will find that people who do not have family affection will be so lonely. ”

"Don't worry, father. The son knows what family affection is, and he will never do anything to hurt family affection in the future. ”

"Alright, there you go. Call Kong Ming, Zhang Fei, and Ma Chao in, and I have something to say to them. ”

"Yes." I quietly withdrew. Due to the critical situation, the news of his father's illness was strictly controlled, except for a few close attendants and Kong Ming, even Xingcai didn't know about it. Naturally, the queen and my two younger brothers could not hide it, and they also came to the palace to wait. I saluted Wu and said, "See the Queen Mother." ”

Wu said: "That's it, is your father okay?" Why are you so sick that you don't even want to see me? ”

Her tone was still light, but it was not difficult to hear the blame. I didn't want to contradict her, so I just said: "My father's health has not been very good since the serious illness, and this time Cao Pi came to attack, he was too tired to fall ill." It's also my fault for not taking good care of my father. ”

Hearing me take the initiative to admit that I didn't take good care of my father, Wu didn't say anything, just looked at the palace uneasily. She is everyone's woman, and she pays attention to stability and dignity, and although she is eager to know what is happening in the temple at this time, she does not dare to enter without her father. The words she said to my father in front of me a few days ago let me know that she had something to look forward to. After all, I'm not her son, and it's understandable that she's thinking a little bit. It's just that she doesn't know what her father is thinking, and she hasn't thought about her strength. Ji Han's world is not something that can continue only by blood.

My two younger brothers, Liu Yong and Liu Li, are still young after all, they don't have so many things on their minds, and they don't think about the throne, they just instinctively feel a little uneasy, their dark eyes look at their mother for a while, and look at me for a while.

After a long time, Kong Ming and the three finally came out. They bowed down to me: "See Your Majesty." ”

"What are you talking about!" Rao is Wu's calm name, and he couldn't help screaming at this time.

"Queen Mother." Kong Ming said calmly and clearly, Wu couldn't help but shake his body when he heard Kong Ming call her the queen mother instead of the queen, Kong Ming continued, "Your Majesty has decided to pass on the imperial throne to the crown prince and abdicate the throne as the emperor." Please see the Queen Mother. ”

In the face of Kong Ming and the others, the Wu family didn't dare to say much, and hurriedly entered the palace. After a while, I faintly heard the cry of the Wu family in the hall, and suddenly there was a loud voice: "Where does Your Majesty want to put my mother and son?" Then his voice lowered.

I couldn't help but feel embarrassed. In history, I have never heard of the Empress Dowager Wu having any trouble with me, could it be that my actions in the palace made her feel uneasy? Thinking about my refusal to allow her to visit her father's illness, and my father's refusal to take Sun Shangxiang back to marry her, I have always been resentful of her, and I can't help but feel slightly ashamed. Forget it, don't worry about her, she's actually a poor woman.

Father is right, there is no family affection in the heavenly family, but people who do not have family affection are the loneliest.

Liu Yong looked up and asked me, "Brother, why is my mother crying?" What happened to my father? ”

I stroked his head: "It's nothing, the queen mother and the father are talking." Nothing. My brother will take care of you, too. Liu Yong nodded as if he didn't understand, but Liu Li said: "I don't want you to take care of it, I have my mother to take care of it." ”

At this time, my father told everyone to go in. Father said: "Actually, I wanted to pass the seat to Adou for a long time, but I always wanted to wait and make Ji Han better." Wait and wait, but wait until this most difficult time. I almost killed Adou that day. I'm no longer me, I'm no longer in charge of this country. So it was decided to pass the throne. You are all my humerus and family, so I called you here and made it clear. Since then, all matters in the DPRK and China have been decided by Adou, Prime Minister, Yide, and Meng Qi. Kong Ming, Adou is young, Yide and Meng Qi are both military generals, you have to pay more attention to the affairs of the court. Due to Cao Wei's attack, in order to avoid internal changes, this matter should not be publicized to the outside world, and Cao Pi will be repulsed, and then the world will be summoned. ”

The father's voice was calm, the father's train of thought was very organized, and the father's tone was unquestionable. Everyone listened with bated breath, his echo echoing in the hall, mixed with a few sobs from the Wu family.

I fell to the ground, my heart aching. I don't know why, I've always wanted to get my father's position, but now I got it, but I couldn't bear it. My father wasn't as ruthless as I used to think, especially since this year, and he was thinking about me. His whole life is for the world, and all his deeds are for that one core. When I was a child, I often disliked him and even resented him, but my personality became more and more like him. Even now, when I think about his life, I am full of sympathy, including abandoning his wife, including throwing me, and I feel that those actions are so natural.

Ji Han's burden has fallen on my shoulders. At this moment, I was not excited, not excited, nor frightened or emotional, but my mind was clear. I knew what I was going to do, I knew what my priorities were, and I gently shook my father's hand and told him my determination.

"Go out, all of you, and after today, I will no longer be involved in government affairs. Adou, defeat Cao Pi, otherwise, everything is just empty talk. My father let go of my hand, waved it gently, and closed his eyes.

"Yes, the retainers are retired."

The palace door was slammed shut.

An era that belonged to the father was closed.

The wind and smoke of history, the old but the hero, solidified the legend. And the new era is for me to create.

I stood in front of the door and bowed my head again to the palace gate. Then got up, took Kong Ming, Zhang Fei, and Ma Chao back to the political hall, and never looked back.

Whether I'm prepared or not, I'm going to have to face the storm and wind set off by Cao Pi.