Xuande

Chapter 752 It's Him, Became the Emperor
He had heard about the illness of Empress Dowager Dong, but he took it for granted.

After all, she is a person in her fifties and sixties. If she just eats a light diet and maintains her health well, plus living a comfortable life, she will naturally have something to do.

However, because Liu Bei sends money and things to her every now and then, any good inventions are given to her as soon as possible, including hot pot, stir-fried vegetables, and fried foods. My wife probably got three highs.

It is difficult for people these days to eat more oil and water to nourish their bodies. Most of them are malnourished and have no diseases on their bodies. If they get sick, they will basically die.

It is really rare to be able to guarantee sufficient nutrition, and someone with excess nutrition like the old lady can be regarded as one in a million.

The conscience of heaven and earth, Liu Bei really has no bad intentions. These new gadgets are absolutely good things for big men. Luxury goods, few people can enjoy them. Dedicating them to old ladies is also a kind of flattery.

But who would have thought that the old lady might have completely let herself go, eating fried food three times a day, unless it is a high-intensity physical laborer, no one can withstand this three meals a day of fried food.

It is said that the old lady's recipe has changed from two years ago to frying and frying.

In the morning, eat some simple fried meat, fried eggs, and drink some porridge. After a meal, you start to eat fried chicken and pork at noon. The main course at night is fried lamb chops. That's all.

Anyway, the one who can eat fresh fruit all year round must be an old lady. While eating fried food, she eats fruit when she gets tired of eating, and then eats some grains as she likes, and also drinks fish soup, chicken soup, and lamb soup. , Mouth full of oil.

After eating, lean on the deck chair and ask someone to carry it out to watch juggling, cockfighting, dogfighting and comic shows. The high-quality roseberry produced in the Western Regions and Jiuquan roseberry wine are snacks at this time.

Laughing while watching, eating apple apples and drinking apple wine, sleeping when tired of watching, getting up and watching when full, eating when hungry, and sleeping after eating, life is extremely rotten.

So in the past two years, every time Liu Bei saw the Empress Dowager Dong, he could feel that her figure was constantly expanding.

He also persuaded Empress Dowager Dong not to eat so frantically. Eating too much fried food is not good, it is not easy to digest, and it is easy to burden the stomach. It will be bad if you get sick.

The old lady always said yes but never changed.

Dare next time!

After the invention of stir-fried dishes later, the old lady became obsessed with fried rice with eggs, and ate it three times a day, and then added barbecue meat to it, turning it into fried rice with fried meat and eggs, and ate it three times a day, and sometimes had supper at night.

Drinks are also unrestrained, in addition to the precious Jiuquan rose peach wine, there is also the best quality honey water, and later developed into apart from rose peach wine and honey water, the old lady did not drink white water at all.

So the old lady successfully suffered from dental disease, and she suffered from toothaches and headaches from time to time. Liu Bei could only seek medical advice everywhere, and then collected things that could clean her teeth and mouth to help her relieve her pain.

As a result, her scars healed and she forgot about the pain. As soon as one side got better, she began to drink rose apple wine and honey water again, so her oral problems did not get better.

The old lady is not a young person herself, and she doesn't exercise much, and she keeps gaining weight. If she doesn't get three highs, she will be sorry for science.

Two months ago, the old lady suddenly fell into a coma. After waking up, she was depressed and lingered on the sick bed. She couldn't eat or drink anything delicious and delicious. She could only drink some gruel and clear soup, and then took big bowls of medicine. , tormented by the old lady so painfully.

Even so, the old lady's condition showed no signs of improvement. Recently, she began to complain of chest pain and burning sensation, followed by long-lasting headaches and coma from time to time. It was not happy anywhere, and the doctors were very busy. , don't know where to start.

As a result, at this stall, rumors broke out.

The old lady didn't pay much attention at first, thinking that it was all nonsense. What happened before happened again, and it is estimated that some boring people are entrapping Liu Bei again.

Until later, when Dong Zhong came to visit his doctor, he asked the old lady again and again to ask Liu Bei's mind clearly to ensure the safety of Liu Xie's throne.

"All you need is Liu Bei's promise, and there will be no problems. Liu Bei promises again, and he will definitely do what he promised you. You can't protect Xie forever, and I can't protect Xie forever. Therefore, you must make Liu Bei swear. !"

The old lady thought about it, thinking about her increasingly haggard and weak body, and suddenly felt that what Dong Zhong said was not completely unreasonable.

It seems that she needs a complete promise from Liu Bei, a promise to support Liu Xie forever. With Liu Bei's character of making promises, once this promise is made, she will never break it. Then no matter what happens in the future, she will not worry about it. up.

She will also be able to treat her illness with peace of mind, or if something goes wrong, she won't be ashamed to see her short-lived son.

But it was not easy for her to tell Liu Bei directly about this matter, so she found Liu Yu, an important official of the clan and elder, and explained her intentions to him, asking Liu Yu to take care of it all.

Of course Liu Yu is obliged, but there are some things that Liu Yu can't handle. Liu Bei didn't intend to use Liu Yu as a middleman to show the old lady. He decided to visit the old lady himself and explain this matter to the old lady.

The old lady's time is probably running out, and he hopes to let the old lady leave with a clear mind.

He felt that he had nothing to do to the old lady.

Without him, the old lady would have been poisoned to death by Queen He five years ago, and her death was miserable.

Now, the old lady has lived for five years, enjoying all the glory and wealth that this era can enjoy, and enjoying so many delicacies in advance.

Although the last moment was equally uncomfortable, compared to so many people who suffered from birth to death, the old lady was extremely lucky.

There is nothing owed, nothing sorry, only mutual awareness and understanding.

When Liu Bei went to visit the old lady, he happened to meet a group of doctors who came out of the empress dowager's bedroom.

So Liu Bei stepped forward to ask them the specific situation.

The first doctor saw that it was Liu Bei, and hurried forward to salute.

"How is the Empress Dowager?"

"Back to the general, the empress dowager's condition is not very good, and she often has relapses. It was obviously better a few days ago, but it has recurred again in recent days. The situation seems to be more serious. The empress dowager is old. We can only Do your best."

"Can it be cured?"

"This……"

"I understand, you go, just do your best."

"Thank you, General, for your understanding."

The doctors quickly thanked them, and then hurriedly left the bedroom.

Liu Bei sighed slowly, entered the empress dowager's bedroom, crossed the main hall of the Jiade Hall, and went to the apse where the old lady lived in convalescence.

In the apse, eunuchs and maidservants ran back and forth, Liu Bei stopped a person to ask, and learned that they were preparing medicinal materials for the old lady. Bit Yaoyin is particularly difficult to deal with.

For example, boy's urine or something, they are searching all over the court for boy's urine that can be used.

Liu Bei was speechless.

When he was allowed to enter the old lady's bedroom, he could smell a strong smell of medicine, and the old lady's occasional uncomfortable moans, and when he got closer, he saw the appearance of the old lady lying on the sickbed .

Some time ago, every time Liu Bei saw her, he could feel that she was fatter than last time.

But this time, in just three months, the old lady lost a lot of weight, her complexion was gray and lack of energy, her hair also lost its black and bright color, and became much paler.

"Empress Dowager, the minister is here."

Liu Bei knelt before the sick bed of the old lady, took the medicine bowl from the handmaiden beside the old lady, and waved his hand to make the maid and the eunuch all withdraw, and served the old lady by himself.

The old lady opened her eyes, and when she saw Liu Bei coming, she let out a long sigh.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, you are so busy with government affairs, and you still asked you to come over to see me, my old lady... Ouch..."

"Is the empress dowager very uncomfortable?"

Liu Bei took a spoonful of the concoction and handed it to the old lady's mouth.

The old lady drank it with difficulty.

"Uncomfortable, uncomfortable, chest pain, and often can't breathe, it's uncomfortable... ouch... why do I have to suffer like this..."

"I told you a long time ago not to eat and drink so much. Although those oils are delicious, they are too greasy. Eating too much is naturally bad for your health. You always promise, but you never do it."

Liu Bei sighed, "If you can listen to my minister's persuasion, move around more, and eat light food, you won't get sick."

The old lady smiled wryly.

"It's too late to say anything now. It's all my fault. It's all my fault. Once I relax, I don't care about anything. I just want to live a comfortable life, and I don't care about other things. My good fortune, my blessing has collapsed, hehehehehe..."

The old lady let out a dilapidated bellows-like laugh, ugly and hoarse, just like her current physical condition.

Liu Bei didn't say anything, and fed her another half bowl of medicine, after which the old lady said nothing and stopped drinking.

"Bitter, unpalatable, useless, should be uncomfortable or uncomfortable..."

Liu Bei then stopped forcing the old lady to drink medicine.

"Xuande, give me a piece of caramel, it tastes bitter."

"Empress Dowager, for your illness, it is best not to eat sugar. At the same time, you must strictly avoid food and only eat some light food. Only in this way can you recover."

"Why are you the same as those doctors? No sugar, no wine, no meat, so what's the point of my life!"

The old lady's face was full of pain: "It's better to die and go find my child!"

"The Empress Dowager!"

Liu Bei said helplessly, "You will only feel more uncomfortable if you do this."

"Ugh……"

The old lady just shook her head, full of emotion, full of pain: "After all, I can't support such a great blessing, Xuande, do you think I am too useless as an old woman? It's hard to waste most of my life. It’s only been a few years since I’ve been able to enjoy the blessings? That’s it…”

"You are already the most blessed person in the world, and you can't be counted as unlucky. If you are unlucky, who else is blessed?"

Liu Bei smiled and said, "You can recuperate with peace of mind, take care of your body, and the future will be long."

"You can't eat this, you can't drink it, what else will you have in the future!"

The old lady sighed for a while, then took a few breaths, and turned to look at Liu Bei.

"Xuande, how did you investigate the matter in the city?"

"The rumors were spread by Taizhong doctor Zheng Tai. The purpose is to tarnish the reputation of the minister, trying to put the minister in a dilemma, and the whole world will rebel, so as to completely destroy the current situation of the minister and the big man."

Liu Bei said in a low voice: "The reason is that the government affairs conference and the system of eliminating officials that I want to promote have harmed their interests. They asked me to make up for it, but I refused, so this person became furious and contacted people everywhere to try to attack me. , but no one responded, so he did this kind of thing.”

"What a thief, with vicious thoughts, actually ruined the reputation of the pillar of my Han family!"

The old lady said angrily: "Arrest him and question him! Sentence! Sentence for life! He will only be able to eat in prison in the future. He is not allowed to drink alcohol or eat meat. He can only drink gruel once a day. Let him taste The old woman is suffering now! See how he is better off dying!"

Liu Bei couldn't laugh or cry immediately.

The old lady's revenge mentality is really strong.

How will she retaliate against what she knows next?

"I will deal with the Empress Dowager Zheng Tai properly. You don't have to worry, but once this happens, many things about Dahan will change. The situation that was maintained in the past may not be able to continue. gone."

"What do you mean?"

The old lady took a breath and looked at Liu Bei suspiciously.

"that is……"

Liu Bei said helplessly: "The final resolution of this matter is not easy, and it may be resolved by the minister himself ascending the throne and becoming emperor. Although the minister is not very willing, there is no other way."

"…………"

The old lady didn't seem to understand the meaning of Liu Bei's words at first, so she stared at Liu Bei for a while without responding, and when she finally responded, she still had a puzzled expression on her face.

"Xuande, what do you mean...?"

So Liu Bei gave the old lady a detailed analysis of the current situation of the big man, including that his own power is too large, especially the army is completely formed by himself, and he obeys his orders. This situation has been maintained for a long time and cannot be changed.

And the longer it lasts, the more irreversible it will be.

All the reforms and all the system advancements were carried out by him, and of course all the staff were his subordinates.

Many things may not be what he expected, but if he cannot maintain the identity and power of the ruler, then the entire Han Empire may collapse.

Officials will go to great lengths to protect their own interests.

The generals are more likely to hold their own troops and do harm to one side, changing from defenders of the great Han to destroyers.

The troubled times he tried so hard to prevent will come again.

All of this is not what he wants to see.

Therefore, the only way is for him to replace Liu Xie and become emperor.

(End of this chapter)