After taking care of Yuan An, even Liu Deng breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your Highness, the Prime Minister has arrived and is now outside the door...
Liu Deng was originally going to give Yuan An some words of comfort, but he didn't expect that Chao Cuo would come so quickly.
"Please come in, Prime Minister!"
In any case, Chao Cuo is the prime minister now. At this time, there is definitely no way to hide such an important matter from him.
"Chao Cuo has met Her Royal Highness the Princess and His Royal Highness the King! I wonder when Your Highness entered the capital?"
After Chao Cuo entered the door, he was immediately stunned.
After all, the news of Liu Deng's visit to Beijing has been tightly covered up until now.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, you are very polite. I secretly invited His Majesty to come to the capital on His Majesty's orders! He just arrived last night. Your Majesty invites Your Majesty the Prime Minister to come today because he has something important to announce!"
Seeing Liu Qi's restless look, the eldest princess quickly took over the conversation.
"Your Majesty, are you feeling better? The old minister came to visit you. We haven't seen you all night. Why are you so haggard?"
Chao Cuo and the emperor have been masters and apprentices for many years. Although they parted ways for a while, in the end they still have feelings for each other.
After hearing what Chao Cuo said, Liu Deng was really impressed by him.
This old boy was obviously greeting the emperor, but secretly he was confirming with the emperor whether the emperor was under control now.
Moreover, this also secretly told Liu Deng that he was the emperor's teacher. No matter what he wanted to do, he, the former emperor's teacher and now the prime minister, had always been with the emperor.
This guy has only been working hard for a few years, but he has become so scheming.
It seems that some people are born to do certain things.
Just like Chao Cuo, although he was considered a modest gentleman before, over the past few years, he has actually become a master of maneuvering.
"Sister, sister, go and invite mother to come..."
Although Liu Qi's face was as golden as paper, he still said in a low voice.
"His Majesty......"
Seeing his current appearance, the eldest princess couldn't help but burst into tears again.
"Auntie, you'd better send someone to ask the imperial grandmother to come! Your Majesty should have something to say!"
Liu Deng hurriedly came to the eldest princess and whispered.
Now is not the time to cry. The matters arranged by the emperor could only be considered private arrangements last night. Now, at this time, we still have to say it in front of the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister, so that it can truly be considered a done deal.
Although the eldest princess felt sad in her heart, she did not dare to delay any longer and hurriedly asked someone to invite the Queen Mother to come.
The emperor is now like this. As a mother, one can imagine the pain in Empress Dowager Dou's heart.
However, no matter how much she thought about her son, she still had to remain calm on the surface.
Because her actions were so eye-catching, her son was going to die, but she had to be careful even if she looked at it.
Even though she was the most noble woman in the world, this taste really stuck in Empress Dowager Dou's throat.
I'm afraid only she herself knows how she survived these ten days...
"Qier, are you feeling better?"
With the help of the eldest princess, she came to the emperor's side. Empress Dowager Dou hurriedly stretched out her hand to fumble for a moment, and then grabbed Liu Qi's hand.
"Mother, I'm afraid the child's health is in jeopardy..."
Even though Liu Qigang had been strong all his life, at this moment, facing his gray-haired old mother, he couldn't help but burst into tears.
"No nonsense, no nonsense! You are the emperor of the Han Dynasty. Naturally, you want to live a long life. You are only thirty years old, how can you say such depressing words?"
Listening to Liu Qi's weak voice, Queen Mother Dou burst into tears and said tremblingly.
"Mother, this is an unfilial child. It is extremely unfilial if I cannot be filial by your side on weekdays. Now it is even more unfilial for you to suffer along with my son..."
"Cough-cough-cough-"
After a night's rest, Liu Qi's energy improved a little, but before he could finish these few words, he started coughing violently again.
"Mother doesn't blame you, mother doesn't blame you!"
While Queen Mother Dou was talking, she wiped away the tears on Liu Qi's face.
"Mother, although I also want to fulfill my filial piety by my mother's side, I'm afraid that I really have to follow my father this time. I still have three things to do, and I feel uneasy. I beg my mother to help me bear witness. ..."
Even though he was heartbroken now, Liu Qi also knew that he didn't have much time left, so he could only keep the story short.
"You said! You said..."
Even a seasoned politician like Chao Cuo couldn't help crying secretly now in this scene of life and death.
"The first thing is that our Han Dynasty is now prospering, and it is time to catch up. However, Rong'er has a weak character and can only be a conservative king, unable to establish an unyielding foundation for our Han Dynasty to expand its territory. The foundation..."
As soon as Liu Qi said these words, the hall suddenly became quiet.
Even the eldest princess's cries suddenly became inaudible.
"You want to destroy Rong'er..."
Queen Mother Dou was silent for a moment and then said.
"For the sake of the country and the country of our ancestors, I have no other choice. I am afraid that my mother can only handle this matter for me..."
The mother-in-law is nothing more than a child. How could Liu Qi not know that his mother seemed weak, but she had a strong strength in her bones.
Even if he doesn't say it himself, I'm afraid the Queen Mother will say later that it's better to break through this layer of window paper while he is still there.
"Although Rong'er is weak, he is your son after all. Don't worry, even if he cannot be brought up, he can still be a steadfast king in the future!"
As soon as Queen Mother Dou said these words, even Chao Cuo was shocked!
This sentence means a lot!
"Mother, what do you mean by this?"
Liu Qi's face turned bitter and he closed his eyes in pain.
Sure enough, the scene he least wanted to see was about to happen.
"As you just said, Rong'er has a weak temperament and is still young. However, the late emperor still has heirs and your brother Awu is now in the prime of life. Why not let him expand the territory for our Han Dynasty first? A hundred years later, Return the throne to Rong'er!"
Liu Deng smiled bitterly, is this the royal family?
Even if the emperor is on his deathbed, he still has to fight wits and courage with his biological mother for the inheritance of the throne...
Rights are really a double-edged sword!
As expected, this supreme position in the world is not so easy to sit on.
