One thousand five hundred and twenty-one the tragedy of Liu Rong 2
On a Chang'an night in late autumn, the faint and cold moonlight shone in the palace palace, making shadows appear vague and somewhat eerie.
But the bright Changxin Palace lantern illuminated the entire Yongshou Palace as if it were daytime.
Moving forward along the deep corridor, rows of guards stood holding halberds.
"Your Majesty...please..." Ju Meng led Huainan King Liu Rong to the steps and bowed respectfully: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager are already waiting inside..."
"Humph!" Liu Rong still looked arrogant.
"Liu De still dares to kill others?" Liu Rong boasted that he was full of confidence. As long as his younger brother still wanted to maintain his image, he would have to endure himself.
As soon as he thought about the fact that the so-called emperor, who claimed to be the Holy King and the God Emperor, would feel deflated and miserable in front of him, Liu Rong's heart would soar with joy.
Anyway, for him, he has no desires and desires.
At that time, he had already bowed his head and surrendered with low eyebrows.
However, Liu De even refused to give it to Zhao Guo and wanted to humiliate him.
Well!
Just break the jar and throw it away. What can you do to me?
Facts have proved that Liu De and the courtiers really had nothing to do with him.
In this world, there is no law that can judge him or weapons that can kill him!
With this belief, Liu Rong waved his sleeves and strode up the steps. Of course, he was not stupid. At this moment, he had automatically adjusted his facial expression and made a dejected and pitiful look.
Xixi appearance.
Liu Rong still knows when to show off and when to kneel down.
He was not stupid enough to reveal his true nature in front of ministers and clan elders, nor was he stupid enough to directly provoke the emperor and the empress dowager.
Just for show...who wouldn't do it!
but……
"If only I can survive this... huh..." Liu Rong thought viciously in his heart: "Liu Yan, Liu Fei, Liu Pengzu, Liu Sheng, Liu Duan... if you wait, none of you will have a good time!
"
"As for Liu De..." Liu Rong couldn't help but fist his fists when he thought of his younger brother's appearance.
Over the years, he had tried every trick possible to curse his younger brother.
Wu Zhu from Wuyue, Shaman from the north, and Zha Xiaoren who are famous all over the world, I tried everything I could.
but……
It has no effect at all.
On the contrary, his authority became stronger and stronger, and his achievements became more and more grand.
In fact, there are even more and more children.
Liu Rong sometimes even began to wonder whether his younger brother was immune to the curse?
But he immediately overturned this idea.
"It must be because the witches and alchemists I hired in the past were not powerful enough, and the little people they stabbed weren't enough, and they didn't last long enough..." Liu Rong thought fiercely in his heart: "When I return home, I will definitely stab a hundred villains.
! I don’t believe it, Liu De, a bastard, can survive the heart-piercing curses of a hundred villains?"
By the time he finished walking up the steps, Liu Rong seemed to be a completely different person.
The previous arrogance and domineeringness disappeared, leaving only a young man who was full of fear, trembling, and shivering, and didn't know what to call him.
He walked into the door tremblingly, then fell to his knees on the ground and prayed in a tearful voice: "My lord, the King of Huainan will pay my respects to His Majesty the Emperor after his death! I wish His Majesty the best!"
Then he kowtowed to Empress Dowager Dou and Empress Dowager Bo and said: "Sun Chenrong bowed a hundred times and respectfully asked the Empress Dowager, Queen Mother, hello!"
Liu Che looked at his brother, with a smile as warm as the spring breeze on his face. He stood up and said before everyone else, "Why does the emperor look like this?"
"Come here and give King Huainan a seat!"
"Sure enough... as expected, this Liu De will do whatever it takes to protect his image in front of outsiders and ministers..." When Liu Rong heard this, he felt really proud, even a little proud.
Liu De, are you awesome? Why don't you have to be fooled around by others? Don't you have to wipe the butt of others?
"Wait a minute!" Before Liu Rong could be happy for a long time, he heard Empress Dowager Dou say softly: "The King of Huainan will kneel down first..."
Although the sound is not loud, it is enough for everyone to listen carefully.
Liu Rong is naturally afraid of his old grandmother. In fact, now, the only person who can scare him is this old grandmother.
Therefore, he could only kneel down honestly.
Liu Che, however, still acted his true self. He smiled and supported Empress Dowager Dou and advised: "Grandmother, please calm down. After all, the emperor is the eldest son of the late emperor and your eldest grandson. Let him sit down and talk..."
It was okay that Liu Che didn't mention Liu Rong's identity. Once he did, Empress Dowager Dou became angry. With a straight face, she firmly disagreed: "Emperor, please stop protecting this traitor!"
If she hadn't considered that there were courtiers present, Empress Dowager Dou would have wanted to beat Liu Rong to death with a stick.
Even Empress Dowager Bo, who had always been accustomed to play a comforting role between the emperor and her mother-in-law in the past, was silent now.
For Empress Dowager Bo, what Liu Rong did really hurt her heart.
Desecrated the temple of the late emperor and occupied the land of the ancestral temple.
This was like a slap on her face, it was burning and painful!
At this time, footsteps were heard outside the hall.
Liu Yan came in with his brothers, and then knelt down one by one and worshiped: "I am the king of Jiangdu..."
"Meng Wangfei..."
"Huaiyang Wang Yu..."
"Lu Wangduan..."
"King Pengzu of Zhao..."
"I would like to express my sincere greetings to Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother..."
"Everyone, please get up..." Empress Dowager Bo stood up and said, "Come here, please give me a seat for all the great kings..."
There is no doubt that the Queen Mother, who has never used power in the past, has begun to use her privileges for the first time in her life.
There is no doubt that the person she is targeting is Liu Rong.
"Everyone, get up..." Liu Che followed, but his heart was filled with joy.
Even Empress Dowager Bo had a grudge against Liu Rong, and Liu Rong's end was just around the corner.
But, don't be too impatient yet.
Because Liu Che knew that when dealing with Liu Rong, he had to be absolutely sure and kill him with one blow.
Otherwise it would be impossible to succeed!
Because, if Liu Rong cannot be made into a cowardly and ambitious tyrant who has no conscience, commits all kinds of evil, is full of evil, and has no repentance.
Then, there will definitely be countless people coming to save him.
Just relying on a certain crime or a few crimes would not be able to kill him.
The most they can do is confine Liu Rong for a few years or put him under house arrest. After a few years, he will still be crowned king.
The weeds are removed without eradicating the roots, and they grow again when the spring breeze blows.
Liu Che didn't want to see Liu Rong continue to disgust him.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager..." Liu Yan and others stood up one by one, and then, led by the etiquette officer, they sat on one side of the hall.
Only Liu Rong remained where he was.
At this moment, Liu Rong realized that the atmosphere in this hall was very unusual.
Those sitting here are not just internal members of the Liu family.
There are even more distinguished figures.
He knew Prime Minister Zhou Yafu, Imperial Censor Chao Cuo, and Wei Qi Hou Dou Ying.
However, there were several new faces that he had never seen before.
Liu Rong immediately became alert.
He is not stupid, he naturally knows that someone is probably trying to mess with him.
But it doesn't matter, no matter who it is, he can take over.
As long as Liu De didn't dare to kill him, he would be safe and sound, and he would only be fined three drinks at most.
Who is afraid of whom!
And Liu De, who had already become emperor and enjoyed the adulation and flattery of the world, dared to kill him, and would he dare to bear the charge of brother-killing himself?
Liu Rong felt that this was impossible!
Therefore, Liu Rong's heart remained extremely calm.
He was even quite proud of it.
Even if Liu De is invincible, so what?
Don’t you have to feel embarrassed in front of yourself?
This sense of accomplishment in defeating the emperor is very satisfying.
Liu Rong's whole body and mind were intoxicated by it. This feeling was so wonderful, even better than conquering a hundred women!
"Tell me, what's going on?" Liu Che pretended to understand and asked in confusion: "King Jiangdu, King Meng... why did you bother the Deyang Temple of the Huainan Dynasty? Aren't you afraid of disturbing the spirit of the late emperor? So that your ancestors
Angry?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty..." King Liu Yan of Jiangdu came out to pay homage and said: "I really can't sit back and watch Huainan desecrate Deyang Temple, so I have to take this step!"
Mongolian King Liu Fei also paid his respects: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager has learned clearly that the King of Huainan was tyrannical and unruly, had no law to control, was disobedient and unfilial. In the fifth year of Yuan De, he invaded and occupied the land of the ancestral temple of the late Emperor Renzong, Emperor Xiaojing. He was not ashamed of it, but thought he was
Rong, I have said to my close ministers in private many times: The late emperor had no virtue, destroyed the ancestral system, abolished the elders and established the young, which I really cannot tolerate!"
"Such arrogant, unprincipled, disobedient and unfilial remarks and actions make me deeply ashamed! Now Huainan is going to Deyang Temple, and I and others are deeply afraid that Huainan will once again desecrate the temple of the late emperor and disturb the ancestors, so that the ancestors are angry and the ancestral temple is shaken... I
I have no choice but to take this desperate step to prevent Huainan from blaspheming the late Emperor again!"
These things have been known to the whole world for a long time, but Dong Palace had never known them before.
Hearing this, the members of the royal family and relatives of the nobles sitting here all looked at Liu Rong sideways.
In the past, everyone could pretend not to know these things.
But now, King Jiangdu and other kings have exposed it publicly.
Then, as filial sons and loyal ministers, people will naturally take the initiative to make a complete break with Liu Rong.
"Is that really the case?" Queen Mother Dou asked leisurely.
"Royal grandmother...these are all false accusations and rumors!" Of course Liu Rong categorically denied it. No one would be stupid enough to admit that he was an unfilial son.
That is no different than committing suicide.
"It is said that the King of Huainan, the Grand Tutor, is the Prime Minister!" Empress Dowager Dou waved her hand.
Liu Rong's face suddenly changed wildly. He knew very well that as soon as these two people came, he would be found guilty of being an unfilial son!
Because they have evidence and evidence, and these two people also hold countless black materials about him.
Because of this, in the past two years, Liu Rong had tried every means to send assassins to kill these two people, but all the assassins failed to return, so he gave up.
But he never thought that these two people had already arrived in Chang'an.
And it's in the East Palace, just outside the Yongshou Palace.
Naturally, Liu Che would not stand idly by. He knew very well that if the Huainan Prime Minister and the Grand Tutor were present, there would be no need to play this game.
Liu Rong would plead guilty, and then Taizong and the late emperor's loyal ministers would launch a wave of operations to save the king.
Even the ministers who were promoted and supported by Liu Che himself would launch various campaigns to save Liu Rong out of various considerations.
Because, no matter what, no minister would dare to let his king be charged with 'brother-killing'.
Therefore, Liu Che stood up at the right time, took off his hat to the Queen Mother Dou, apologized, and said: "Grandmother, please calm down..." He said: Brothers are of the same mind, their sharpness can break gold; two people of the same mind, their stench is as bad as orchids. There is something wrong with Huainan today.
But, after all, he is my eldest brother, the eldest son of the late emperor, and the son whom the late concubine loved most during her lifetime. I cannot bring justice to the king..."
"There is no need to declare it to the Prime Minister of Huainan and the Grand Tutor of Huainan..." Liu Che pleaded: "If there is anything between brothers and sisters, you can sit down and talk about it carefully, and then it will be fine..."
In the eyes of the ministers and brothers, princes and kings, Liu Che's image at this moment was truly brilliant.
Especially Liu Yan and Liu Fei, they were really moved.
Both of them were involved in the incident of seizing the heir, especially Liu Yan. He knew very well how Liu Rong treated his emperor.
However, the emperor still wholeheartedly defended Liu Rong, even trying to excuse him for disregarding the law and system.
King Lu Liu Duan was so moved that he sobbed.
Among all the brothers, he is the one who most longs for family affection and family warmth.
But unfortunately, in addition to the emperor's eldest brother, even his brothers and his mother's concubines all looked at him with colored glasses.
Because he is a person with no future.
The scholar-bureaucrats even pointed fingers behind his back, but the emperor's brother never had any grudges or discriminated against him. He sent envoys to the State of Lu many times to condolences and comfort him, and also sent him many utensils he liked.
A scholar dies for a confidant.
Liu Duan didn't know why these words came to his mind. Then, he couldn't hold it in any longer. He stood up decisively and walked straight to the palace. He bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, King Duan of Lu, will never die again."
Pay homage to Your Majesty the Emperor: When I heard that Zhou Gong punished Guan Cai, I thought it was a great righteousness in the Spring and Autumn Period! There are traitors in the Han Dynasty, and I have no choice but to report them in a narrow and righteous way!"
"Huainan King Liu Rong!" Liu Duan stared at his eldest brother fiercely and clenched his fist tightly, as if he wanted to eat him.
"I want to report three major crimes against the King of Huainan!"
"The first one is: If you have no royal eyes and are disobedient and unfilial, you should not be the son of the late emperor!"
"The second one is: slandering the king and father, cursing the East Palace, and not being a minister!"
"The third one is: setting up witchcraft privately and plotting to kill the king, this is not a human being!"
Each of Liu Duan's three accusations was like a sharp sword that penetrated Liu Rong's weak side, making him sweat profusely and helpless. In panic, Liu Rong no longer cared about acting and stood up and roared at Liu Duan.
He said: "How dare you, an impotent person like you, to frame me falsely?"
For a moment, the whole place was silent, and everyone's expression changed when they saw Liu Rong.
Liu Duan was disabled, and many people in the clan knew about it.
However, Liu Rong was the first to point it out to his face and use such sinister words.
Liu Duan was even more angry and wanted to get angry.rw
