It lasts from the warm spring days until mid-June.
The beginning of summer has long passed, the minor summer heat is approaching, and the severe summer heat is coming soon——
The palace is lined with trees, which is much cooler than the ordinary streets of Xudu.
It's just that in such a cool palace, it's hard to see a living person——
The world calls the imperial palace area Xuchang Palace, but in fact, there is no palace called Xuchang Palace in the imperial palace area of Xuchang——
It was early morning again, the sky was slightly bright, and civil and military officials poured into the palace city one after another, passed the Prime Minister's Mansion, and came to Chengguang Hall.
In front of Chengguang Hall, there is a wash basin, which is specially used by officials who are not awake to wash their faces and refresh themselves.
Everyone looked towards the white marble steps, but it was difficult to see anyone with a so-called excited expression on their face.
Not because they encountered difficulties... but because Liu Xie——
If Liu Xie does not go to court today, then this will be the third day that the emperor does not go to court.
The reason why the Prime Minister did not go to court was because Cao Cao seemed to be busy with other things. Obviously, no one dared to ask Cao Cao why he did not go to court in the morning. With the sword beside Cao Cao's waist, how could anyone dare to do it to Cao Cao?
right?
But if the emperor does not come to court, these loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty can't stand it.
"The emperor...could it be that he is still in the Qingyan Hall? This...what should I do? Could it be that the emperor is going to follow in the footsteps of the late king? This is not possible! This is not possible!"
Zu Bi kept spinning. If there were people who were loyal to the Han Dynasty and unwilling to join forces with Cao Cao, Zu Bi was the most staunch person. As Fu Baolang - the person in charge of the jade seal, he would always
Go against Cao Cao——
Of course, all this stems from his loyalty to the big man.
He witnessed Dong Zhuo's rebellion and Li Guo's rebellion with his own eyes. He was born in the late Han Dynasty. He witnessed with his own eyes that in the late period of Emperor Ling's reign, he ignored the government affairs and allowed the eunuchs to dominate the country.
the behavior of--
And all of this started when Emperor Ling didn't go to court early.
Zu Bi, who was suffering from traumatic stress disorder because of not going to court early, was naturally the least able to accept such a thing——
After all, as long as the officials standing in the palace today have basically heard about the rumors yesterday.
"Fu Baolang, please don't criticize Your Majesty so harshly... His Majesty was ill a few days ago. Even if he recovers, there is nothing wrong with resting for a few more days..."
Someone on the side tried to dissuade Zu Bi from being so excited.
But the more Zu Bi was persuaded, the more excited he became. He shouted:
"Obviously someone saw His Majesty in the Qingyan Palace yesterday. He sat up and stood up without any feeling of physical discomfort. His Majesty was clearly trying to escape!"
Oops - that's what I'm talking about. This was news that came from someone in the palace, but it only took half a day for it to spread throughout the entire official team.
Liu Xie's health is actually fine at all, but he still insists that he has a health problem. Isn't this an excuse? What is this?
But seeing through it, everyone felt that the reason why the emperor was sick was to avoid Cao Cao. After Cao Cao returned to Xudu in the past few days, not only did his power not collapse due to the defeat in Chibi, but he became more arbitrary.
.
Therefore, many people think that what Liu Xie did was actually correct.
After all, no one wants to face Cao Cao.
"Fu Baolang...you...you treat the rumors as facts, aren't you afraid that His Majesty will punish you?"
"If in my name, your majesty can come to the palace and climb the white jade steps, then Ancestor Bi will deserve his death!"
Everyone was speechless at this moment... Zu Bi was such a person. He was not afraid of death. For him, death was definitely something he could be prepared for at any time.
It's just that Zu Bi's noise made the civil and military personnel in the audience a little restless——
Fortunately, Taichang Yang Biao stood up and ended the commotion:
"That's enough. I don't want you to worry about whether your Majesty can come to court today. If your Majesty has no intention of going to court today, I would like to work with the father-in-law to say hello to your Majesty on your behalf. What do you think?"
Everyone listened to Yang Biao's words. Before Cao Cao became prime minister, Yang Biao, as a Taiwei, was simply the backbone of all the loyal ministers around Liu Xie.
Although he was highly respected and failed to prevent the rebellion of Dong Zhuo, Li Guo, and even Cao Cao, but... this does not prevent him from being the savior several times and having a very high status in the hearts of everyone.
"Fu Baolang, what do you think?"
Yang Biao asked Zu Bi, and Zu Bi was relieved. Since Yang Biao planned to visit the emperor, he believed that Yang Biao would definitely give them a satisfactory answer to the loyal ministers who were looking forward to the revival of the Han Dynasty.
"As you wish…"
Zu Bi calmed down, returned to the team, closed his eyes to rest, and Yang Biao slowly walked back to his seat.
Fu Wan, the head of the state and the general of the auxiliary state, whispered to Yang Biao:
"Taichang...I'm afraid that even if we go to the Emperor's side today, the Emperor will not be willing to listen to our opinions...after all..."
Fu Wanyi pointed out that a position was vacant in front of them, and that position, located in front of the officials, obviously belonged to only one person who was inferior to one person and exceeded ten thousand people——
That's right...Cao Cao is back. After hearing that Cao Cao was back, he looked around for Liu Xie, and seemed to want Liu Xie to punish him for his defeat...
It's just that Emperor Liu Xie's reaction was obviously something no one expected...
"I can hide for a while, but I can't hide for a lifetime... We can't let Cao Cao cause trouble for the emperor... I will talk to your majesty properly, the emperor only needs to give me a message."
"Well...since you have made up your mind, Taichang, I will no longer interfere with your decision."
"The Han Dynasty is in decline... Fortunately, this battle is defeated. If Cao Cao were to capture Jingzhou and Jiangdong in one fell swoop... I really don't know what this big man would look like..."
Fu Wan sighed and seemed to relax a little, but...the frown between his brows clearly showed no signs of unraveling.
Worry - this is something that all those who are loyal to the Han Dynasty will be sad about.
On the one hand, they really want to see a unified era. War and chaos...have caused the world to suffer too much...except for the rise and fall of one day, no matter what, it is the people who suffer.
If we hadn't had time to make statistics, I really don't know how much the work at Mincao's place would have dropped sharply... After all, in the world, except for those soldiers who died in battle, they were unknown, starved to death and frozen to death, and the innocent people who died were enough to be called
The numbers are astronomical.
On the other hand...if Cao Cao really unified the world and ended this troubled times...then would the survival of the Han Dynasty still be important?
Do the people of the world believe in Cao Cao, or do they believe in the emperor Liu Xie who has lived in a deep palace for a long time and is controlled by others everywhere?
——
After about a while, it looked like... Liu Xie was not coming back. Everyone was getting ready to leave. Some people sighed, while others looked very indifferent.
Zu Bi bit his lip tightly, and one can imagine the anger on his face.
But in the end...someone came——
It's just that... that man came with a long stride and a sword, and his unparalleled momentum made many people start to shrink back just by being close to this place.
"Why is he here?"
Instinctively feeling that something was wrong, Yang Biao took a step forward and blocked Cao Cao's path when he looked at Cao Cao's face that was filled with anger.
