After Liu Hong finished speaking, Zhang Rang spoke immediately without waiting for Liu Bei's reaction.
"Liu Qiaoqi, this is the only way to protect your majesty's two beloved sons."
Zhang Rang looked at Liu Bei and said slowly: "Liu Qiaoqi, even if some people object, the Prince Association is the flesh and blood of His Majesty. When he ascends the throne, a big man will still be a big man. There is nothing fundamentally wrong. As for the other things, you don't have to worry. Your Majesty has decided to abolish Queen He!"
Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this.
"Your Majesty, this..."
"it is true."
Liu Hong grimaced and nodded slowly: "I have wanted to abolish Mr. He a long time ago. She is so cruel that she made me love my concubine and also harmed my son. I can't tolerate such a vicious woman after my death." If she takes power and harms my son, I must destroy her!"
Liu Hong's dissatisfaction with Queen He broke out at this time.
Perhaps he has always wanted to depose Queen He, but he has never had a good chance, and he does not want to cause any big turmoil, so he has been patient and hesitant.
But at the moment of life and death, he had no other worries.
He just wants to do what he wants to do, and then leave the things he can't complete to people he trusts to continue to complete.
As for whether it can be completed...
He's going to die soon and he doesn't know anything.
Sure enough, from beginning to end, Liu Hong was a complete and utter lazy man.
There is even a hint of cowardice.
Liu Bei sighed in his heart, but his face always looked sentimental, sad, and helpless.
"Your Majesty... minister..."
"Xuande, aren't you willing?"
"I...it's not that I don't want to, but..."
"But what?"
Liu Hong stared at Liu Bei.
Liu Bei was speechless.
Finally, in front of Liu Hong, Liu Bei sighed helplessly.
"I will resolutely implement your Majesty's orders. If your Majesty hopes that I can support the Emperor's ascension to the throne, I will do my best! No matter what the cost!"
"good."
Liu Hong's expression suddenly relaxed.
Empress Dowager Dong and Dong Zhong were also overjoyed, with expressions of surprise on their faces.
Zhang Rang still lowered his head and said nothing.
Everything seemed to be doomed, Liu Bei would be Liu Xie's greatest help in ascending the throne, so Liu Hong issued the edict with confidence.
He asked Zhang Rang to write on his behalf, write the edict to abolish the queen and establish the prince, and use the seal.
Afterwards, Zhang Rang showed two edicts in front of him. Liu Hong read them one by one and nodded with satisfaction.
"It's been a long-cherished wish, and it's so satisfying once it's come true. Unfortunately... cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough..."
Liu Hong coughed again, and after finally calming down, he was exhausted.
"Xuande, take a look."
Zhang Rang handed the edict to Liu Bei again. After Liu Bei read it, he thought about it.
"Your Majesty, these two edicts are not enough."
"What's the shortcoming?"
"A more direct one is the reason for the abolition that leaves everyone in the world speechless."
"this……"
Liu Hong frowned, his eyes were blank, and he didn't know what to say.
At this time, Liu Bei gave Zhang Rang a subtle wink.
Zhang Rang understood.
"Your Majesty, there is actually something that I did not want to say at first. The doctor also said that Your Majesty is weak and cannot bear the anger. I am worried that His Majesty will get angry after hearing this, so I dare not say it. But now, it seems that I have to say it."
"whats the matter?"
Liu Hong frowned slightly and looked at Zhang Rang: "Grandpa, you tell me, I won't be angry."
"He Jin and Yuan Wei, they... they really want to rebel."
Zhang Rang looked at Liu Hong.
Liu Hong also looked at Zhang Rang.
"What?"
Zhang Rang looked hesitant.
"Before, He Jin came to see me, hoping that I could stand on his side. Their plan at the beginning was to force His Majesty to make the prince Bian the crown prince, and then it turned into a military remonstrance. They tried to destroy Liu Xuande's Liangzhou soldiers with troops. He and Jian Shuo's Xiyuan Army used this to control Luoyang.
Then, they will force you to abdicate and become the Supreme Emperor, then hand the throne to the prince Bian, and directly support the prince to become the emperor. In this way, the power of the Yuan family and the He family will be stable, and they will have the final say in the world. . "
After saying this, Empress Dowager Dong and Dong Zhong were shocked.
Liu Hong's eyes widened, and then his face turned red. Just when he opened his mouth to say something, a mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out, and he fell directly onto the bed. The frightened people were so frightened that they hurriedly called the doctor to treat Liu Hong. Emergency treatment.
This emergency management took half an hour, but fortunately, Liu Hong unexpectedly did not faint.
Maybe he was too angry.
The doctor repeatedly begged Liu Hong not to be angry, otherwise even the Great Luo Jinxian would not be able to save him. Liu Hong just waved the doctor impatiently to get out, still clutching the brocade on the bed.
"Okay...okay...how dare they actually rebel..."
Empress Dowager Dong and Dong Zhong glanced at each other, not only seeing the joy on each other's faces, but also the surprise in each other's eyes.
They even think that everyone is the same thing, fighting for power, but there is still a framework within it, and everyone is fighting over it without transcending this framework.
As a result, Zhang Rang's revelation brought a decisive turn to the matter.
Liu Hong was so angry that he almost lost his temper on the spot.
But this is not the end.
After Zhang Rang broke the news, Dong Zhong suddenly had an idea.
"Your Majesty, I believe this is true, but this is just what Zhang Changshi said. What if He Jin refuses to admit it?"
Yes, this is also a problem.
Liu Hong looked at Zhang Rang.
"Grandpa, do you have any other credentials?"
Zhang Rang looked embarrassed.
"He came to see me in private. He just spoke and didn't leave any evidence. However, he did have witnesses."
"not enough."
Dong Zhong shook his head and said: "We need more evidence that they cannot deny."
The situation reached a deadlock.
Then Liu Bei, the game-breaker, stood up at the right time.
"Your Majesty, there is actually one thing I haven't said yet. I was worried about His Majesty's health before. I thought about it over and over again, and even thought about waiting for His Majesty to recover before talking about it, but I didn't expect..."
"Is it about He Jin and Yuan Wei's rebellious behavior?"
Liu Hong turned his head and looked at Liu Bei: "Xuande, you can speak. I have calmed down, you can speak."
"yes."
Liu Bei took out two bamboo tubes from his arms.
"Your Majesty, this is a secret letter sent to Luoyang by Dong Zhuo, the governor of Bingzhou. He said that Yuan Wei had previously ordered him to secretly transport Bingzhou soldiers and horses to Luoyang in private. He Jin had just gone to Xuzhou to attack the Yellow Turbans. The reason is to recruit troops, so that Bingzhou soldiers can openly enter He Jin's military camp to enrich their troops."
"them……"
Liu Hong's eyes widened again and he coughed a few times, which frightened Empress Dowager Dong.
However, with Zhang Rang's previous revelations as a basis, Liu Hong really wasn't too excited this time.
His psychological expectations have dropped severely.
He took the two bamboo tubes, opened the letters inside and read them. After reading them, he closed his eyes and calmed down for a while.
"Dong Zhuo... I remember that he is an old official of the Yuan family. How could he..."
Liu Hong didn't finish his words, but Liu Bei knew what he meant.
"Dong Zhuo has a nephew, Dong Huang, who serves as an official under the minister and holds the position of prefect of Wudu County. It is thought that because of this relationship, he found out that the Yuan family was planning to rebel. He must have been very scared and did not want to participate, so he told the matter I received it from Dong Huang, and then Dong Huang conveyed it to me."
"…………"
Liu Hong was silent for a while and took a deep breath.
"Although Dong Zhuo is an old official of the Yuan family, he still has a strong sense of being in his heart..."
"I think so too. As a former official of the Yuan family, if he does such a thing and let the world know about it, he should be under a lot of pressure."
Liu Bei whispered: "But he did it anyway, and sent the secret letter written by Yuan Wei to him to Luoyang. In this way, Yuan Wei's charge of secretly recruiting foreign soldiers and plotting evil will be confirmed. He Jin and He Jin If you are complicit in the conspiracy, your Majesty will have a legitimate reason to depose the queen."
"yes."
Liu Hong closed his eyes and was silent for a while, then suddenly sneered.
"Back then, I hesitated for a long time, but in the end I didn't decide to kill her. I didn't expect, I didn't expect that she didn't hesitate when it came to killing me, and neither did my good son. It was just a matter of a thought! "
Liu Bei didn't understand what Liu Hong meant at first, but after thinking about it, he understood.
It seems that Liu Hong thought that both Queen He and Liu Bian knew about this matter, but regardless of the relationship between husband and wife and father and son, they did not stand on his side.
Liu Bei is not sure whether Queen He knows about this matter. Judging from the information about the Dongyuan spy, it is difficult to say that there is a certain possibility that the conspiracy between He Jin and Yuan Wei was not known to Queen He, and it is even less likely that Liu Bian was informed in advance. .
However, this is not important. Anyway, she cannot prove that she does not know about this matter, and there is ironclad evidence that her brother intends to depose the emperor and commit rebellion.
This is enough to push both He and Yuan into the bottomless abyss.
Liu Bian seems innocent, but his uncle and mother are involved in this matter. As the son of a sinner, competing with his father for the throne, is he still qualified to inherit the throne?
Gone.
This blow was enough to destroy the entire Emperor's eldest son group.
Or Dong Zhuo.
Although Dong Zhuo did not come to Luoyang, it was Dong Zhuo who provided key evidence for this matter. It was Dong Zhuo who betrayed Yuan Wei. It was Dong Zhuo who made them fall into the abyss completely.
Dong Zhuo is more worthy of the title of [Yuan's Nemesis] than himself.
(End of chapter)
