Liu Hong used all his strength to cough up a mouthful of thick bloody phlegm, and then he saw the emperor weakly leaning to the side.
The two young eunuchs hurriedly handed Liu Hong a small table so that Liu Hong could lie down on the bed.
Below Liu Hong, stood Liu Jian.
Liu Hong stretched out his hand weakly and raised his fingers at Liu Jian.
Liu Jian walked slowly to Liu Hong's bed, bent down and said, "What do you want your Majesty to do?"
"Ai, Ai Qing, are you leaving?"
"I am about to leave. Your Majesty, take care of yourself. You will treasure it with all your heart, and you will treasure it with all your heart!"
Liu Hong made a "snoring" sound from his throat, which was as harsh as a whistle.
Apparently, Liu Hong's respiratory system was severely inflamed.
Thinking about it, it was just now that Liu Hong asked him inside, which of the two princes could inherit the throne, and he saluted Liu Bian.
I just didn't expect it to be so fast, almost like the wind.
The most pertinent evaluation of Liu Hong is actually very simple, in one sentence:
"Your Majesty, Liu Jian, pays homage to His Highness!"
"You don't understand what I mean by asking this?"
"I don't dare!"
"select!"
After leaving the West Garden, I saw a gorgeous woman wearing a blue silkworm dress and rocking a hairpin standing at the door. She was standing at the door with the prince Liu Bian, looking at him with a smile.
"Your Majesty, I have never met these two princes, how can I judge?"
Liu Jian looked expressionless and said, "What are your Majesty's plans?"
"Okay, then let me make it clear to you that I am happy for Xier."
"What?"
"Your Majesty, please take this very seriously. Before I go to Jizhou to take office, I would like to give you a final message to Your Majesty."
After that, he saluted Queen He and Liu Bian again, and then left.
Then, Liu Hong was seen saying to the eunuch outside: "It is said that my two princes have come to see you."
"Actually, Ai Qing also feels that I am already dead, right?"
He took a deep breath and said: "In that case, I will let Aiqing see you."
He knew what Queen He was talking about.
Liu Hong's expression looked a little lonely.
"If that's not the case, why did you ask me to remove myself from the party?"
He was not as short-witted and fatuous as later history books evaluated him.
But he saw Liu Jian looking at him intently.
The reason why the two princes came here was for such a small thing. Liu Hong, who was ill, was still willful.
Liu Jian didn't say anything. He just walked to Liu Bian and bowed to Liu Bian.
"Because I am your Majesty's loyal minister, Your Majesty is the Holy King, and I am a loyal minister, so your Majesty will naturally like what I say."
"Your Majesty, this is your Majesty's family matter. I am an outsider, how can I participate in it?"
Liu Jian hurriedly bowed to the two princes in return: "I have met your two highnesses!"
Upon hearing the words "Dong Hou's biological mother has died", Liu Hong's expression suddenly darkened.
"His Majesty?"
But at that glance, they all read another meaning in each other's eyes - "treasure".
Liu Jian sighed secretly.
Hehou bowed slightly and returned the courtesy to Liu Jian, saying, "I'll be the one to defend you on this matter. Thank you very much, uncle."
Liu Hong waved his hand and stopped talking to Liu Jian.
He let out a long breath, waved his hand and said: "That's it, that's all, let's go, let's go!"
"My lord...death penalty!"
The two princes bowed to Liu Jian and said, "Uncle."
"Your Majesty's brother, your Majesty's brother."
That's it.
Liu Hong stretched out his hand tremblingly and pointed at Liu Jian: "Call me, uncle!"
"Good, good, what a loyal minister!"
About half an hour later, twelve-year-old Liu Bian and four-year-old Liu Xie arrived.
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Although Liu Jian had never seen this woman before, he could already guess who she was by looking at her dress, her gorgeous appearance, and the crowd of people behind him.
"My lord, I don't understand."
"Your Majesty, aren't you forcing me to do this?"
Liu Jian said no more and left immediately.
Liu Hong leaned forward: "If I love you and you just chose Xier, I will leave you in Luoyang. If I die, I will let you regent and support you! Do you understand? Deran, you have lost
A huge opportunity."
"I don't understand what your Majesty means."
Behind the woman were Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Guo Sheng... and Lu Qiang and other regular attendants.
"Imperial brother, tell me, am I going to die?"
After confronting each other for a while, Liu Hong seemed to understand.
He saluted Queen He and said, "Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this. It is the duty of a minister to give honest advice to Your Majesty."
"nonsense!"
Liu Hong smiled softly after hearing this.
Liu Hong seemed a little angry when he heard this: "You are a clan member of the Han Dynasty and my imperial brother. Aren't my family affairs your family affairs?"
After the two princes went down, Liu Hong suddenly said to Liu Jian: "Unexpectedly, when things come to pass, you are also a person who is afraid of power?"
Liu Jian didn't know which song Liu Hong was singing today, but since the topic had already been discussed, he had to do it.
Liu Hong's expression suddenly became extremely lonely.
Liu Hong used his strength to support his body and said: "Deran, I don't know if I can recover now, but if I really can't recover... Tell me, who of my two princes can inherit the throne?
?”
Liu Jian thought: Because neither of us are good birds.
"Yeah yeah."
Liu Hong said weakly: "Now I've seen Aiqing! Choose, choose one!"
Liu Jian's eyebrows raised slightly.
The Eastern Han Dynasty was the last emperor with real power. Today was my last meeting with him.
The two simply looked at each other and then looked away.
Before leaving, Liu Jian looked at Lu Qiang behind Queen He.
Looking at Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others standing behind Queen He, what doesn't Liu Jian understand?
Liu Hong was stunned when he heard this.
How should we evaluate this emperor?
"Aiqing speaks so nicely. No matter what Aiqing says, I am willing to listen to you. Why do you think this is?"
"Your Majesty, what will happen if I stay in Luoyang? Dong Hou's biological mother has died, and he is only four years old."
"Your Majesty, it's time to lift the party prison."
"Which of my two sons do you think can be the heir apparent?"
But in fact...well, he's not particularly stupid, but he's definitely not much better.
Then, Liu Jian looked at Liu Hong helplessly: "Your Majesty, what are you doing?"
After Liu Jian finished bowing to Liu Bian, Liu Hong sighed helplessly and said to the two princes: "You two, go down!"
He looked at Liu Jian in surprise.
The emperor's state of mind was obviously different from usual.
The disease had begun to corrode his sanity.
Liu Jian said respectfully: "Your Majesty will not die. You are the Holy Lord of all ages, and you have destiny. Heaven is just giving you a small setback to test your majesty's character and polish your bones. Your majesty will definitely get better."
of."
Although he and the two princes were the only ones in Liu Hong's room just now, Liu Jian guessed that this matter must not be hidden.
I don't know if he really believed Liu Jian's words, but his condition seemed to be a little better than before.
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In October of the second year of Zhongping, Liu Jian, the general of Zhonglang who suppressed the bandits, led the pastoral envoy of Southern Jizhou and finally left Luoyang and went to Hebei, where he took up his post in Yecheng, Wei County.
The tiger and leopard can break through the iron cage, and the golden lock can be opened and the dragon can fly.