On the third day, as soon as Liu De got up, he received bad news.
Chang'an came to report that Prime Minister Shen Tujia had suffered a stroke...
When Liu De heard this, he sighed deeply.
Shentujia died in June in his previous life. Although he avoided vomiting blood and died in this life, he suffered a sudden stroke.
Once he suffers a stroke, even if he can recover, as a prime minister and a political figure, his political life is over.
As the saying goes, good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes alone.
Immediately afterwards, another news came.
Liu De's mother, Su Ji, whom he had almost forgotten, was seriously ill and was about to die.
Although, for Liu De, he wouldn't care if Su Ji did whatever he did.
But after hearing the news, Liu De immediately forced himself into sadness.
He immediately ran to his father crying, with snot and tears streaming down his face, and knelt down to beg him for permission to return to Chang'an first.
Therefore, in the eyes of civil and military officials and ministers, they saw a filial son who couldn't be more filial.
It was naturally impossible for the emperor Liu Qi to disapprove Liu De's request, so he still appointed Lang General Zhidu as his bodyguard to escort Liu De back to Chang'an.
But in private, Emperor Liu Qi summoned Zhidu alone and handed Zhidu a top-secret order.
After Liu De got his father's permission, he left Yinuo in the care of Yuan Ang. After leaving Chen Ajiao in the care of his father, Liu De set off immediately. One day later, Liu De arrived at Hangu Pass.
At this time, Liu De received another message from Chang'an.
His biological mother, Su Ji, had passed away seriously ill and sent a suicide note to Liu De.
"My son Liu De. I am seriously ill and will die soon... I hope that my daughter will reflect on herself and be filial to the Queen Mother, Your Majesty and the Queen. In the future, I will inherit the ancestral temple to comfort my life..." Liu De read this suicide note.
, has already turned into a tearful person.
But in his heart, he was as clear as a mirror.
His mother's death was absolutely unnatural.
It is no exaggeration to say that even this suicide note is nonsense.
Forget those generous words and encouragement, Su Ji actually ordered him to be filial to the queen and treat her as his mother. How could Su Ji write these words?
Are you kidding...
If Sui Ji really had an accident, I'm afraid curses and complaints would be the words that take up the most space.
It's just that Liu De didn't feel anything about Su Ji's death. Instead, he felt in his heart that she died at the right time!
However, only a bad person would reveal this emotion to others.
On the contrary, regardless of whether there is someone or not, Liu De is always in tears, looking like a filial son who has lost his mother and is in grief.
Not only that. After reading the suicide note, Liu De immediately ordered the whole army to wear filial piety belts, hold spiritual flags, walk three steps and kowtow, and pass Hangu Pass.
He also ordered people to set up a stone tablet in front of Hangu Pass, with the inscription on it.
After Liu De and his party passed through Hangu Pass, a crowd of spectators immediately gathered in front of the stone tablet.
The literate scholar came forward, looked at the words on the stone tablet, and read to others: "The most tragic thing in the world is the grief of losing a mother. The saddest thing in the world is that a child is not filial but his mother has died. Poetry
It says: A glorious wind blows from the south, blowing the thorny heart. What a pity! What a pity! I have seven children, and my mother works hard. I have seven children, and I can't comfort my mother's heart! I wrote a poem to commemorate the pain of losing my mother: Loving Mother
The thread in the hand, the clothes on the wanderer's body, are closely sewed before leaving, and I am afraid that I will return late. Whoever says that the heart of an inch of grass will be rewarded with three rays of spring!"
"Ultimate filial piety!" Many people started talking immediately after listening to others' recitation.
"No one is more filial in the world than Your Highness!" Someone praised: "Who can say that the heart of an inch of grass can repay three spring rays! A mere cross points directly to the heart and expresses the road of human relations. Who can do this without being extremely sincere and filial?"
Some people also praised: "The Tian family has always been pure filial piety. At that time, Emperor Taizong tasted medicine for the Empress Dowager. He did not take off his clothes and waited in front of the collapse day and night. Today, filial piety is also regarded as a great virtue. Today, His Highness is also the most filial. No wonder that back then
Emperor Taizong wanted to say: If you are like me, you will be the king of the world in the future!"
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Liu De and his party speeded up and crossed the Yaoshan Mountain before sunset and arrived at Huayin County.
That night, Liu De stayed in the Emperor's Palace outside Huayin County.
After retreating, Liu De quietly came to Wang Dao and asked, "How did you go about what I ordered you to do?"
"Your Highness, everything has been done..." Wang Dao bowed and replied. Among the literati in Hangu Pass, especially those who were very enthusiastic about helping the illiterate people read the text on the stone tablets, nine out of ten people
This one is a navy man! Otherwise, how can a superior scholar have so much free time to explain to the mud-legged people?
The performance at Hangu Pass was just the beginning of the whole drama. Liu De rubbed his eyes that were almost swollen from crying, thought about it, and ordered: "The funeral arrangements must wait until I return to Chang'an.
, In addition, send someone eight hundred miles to Hejian and Changshan to inform Brother Liu Rong and Emperor Liu Yan..."
For such a big thing as the death of his biological mother, the etiquette officer in the court must have sent someone to inform Liu Rong and Liu Yan, and the two brothers must have rushed back to Chang'an without stopping.
The reason Liu De did this was because he wanted to tell his two brothers and the world.
This time, he will take the lead in organizing the funeral, and others will just take care of it!
Liu Yan is easy to talk and will definitely be obedient, but Liu Rong may not be so.
Liu De thought for a while.
Although Liu Rong is useless and has no abilities, he is definitely not stupid.
Su Ji's death was so strange and abnormal.
If Liu Rong makes a fuss, it will be difficult to deal with.
So, Liu De found a piece of white paper, wrote some words on the paper, handed it to Wang Dao, and said: "Immediately send someone to send Princess Tao to Chang'an Palace!"
If you want Liu Rong to be honest, you must move out of Queen Mother Dou.
But Queen Mother Dou was not Liu De's slave or courtier, so how could it be possible for Liu De to do whatever he said?
Therefore, I can only ask Liu Piao for help.
After Wang Dao left, Liu De lay on his back on the couch.
Now, he basically guessed what happened to Su Ji's death.
The old Liu family has had a tradition of killing wives and abandoning children since the beginning.
Back then, Liu Bang pushed his wife, son and daughter out of the car in order to survive...
Later, Liu Che also committed the crime of killing his mother to save his son.
Now that Liu De is about to ascend to power, Su Ji has become not only Liu De's biggest obstacle, but also a thorn in his father's side.
Facts have proved that you should never piss off the emperor.
The emperor was ruthless and dared to do anything.
For Su Ji to end up like this, it can only be said that her fate was good. At least she will receive honors after death and be awarded titles in the future.
You must know that in his previous life, Liu De remembered very clearly that Su Ji's final end was to die miserably in Yongxiang. Liu De's father even did not allow Liu De and Liu Yan to return to Chang'an to mourn after Su Ji's death, and could only mourn in the palace.
After crying for three days, I served as a mourner for half a month.
How could it be like now, with the three sons going to the funeral together, or even being posthumously named queens and being buried with the emperor in the future? (To be continued...)
ps: Well, speed up the plot!
Otherwise, it would be too sad to write for a long time and still not get to the Wu-Chu Rebellion.
