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Chapter 527 Entering the Palace to Meet the Regent

The note in the purple brocade bag read: "The prince and his second son enter the palace, and the eldest son will lead the army to Zijingguan to support. The second son can be protected."

I thought the military advisor had some clever tricks up his sleeve.

King Liuyang directly crumpled the note into a ball and held it in his hand, feeling quite unhappy.

Isn't this just in response to the situation in the dream, where the two of them were held hostage in the palace, and the eldest son used their lives to seek wealth and honor, so why should you teach them?

Moreover, it has been decided to leave the second son to take care of him outside the city. How can the order be changed overnight? !

"Pass on this king's order to order the prince to wait outside the tent and enter the palace together."

King Liuyang took a deep breath and put on his clothes. He stood in front of the bronze mirror and carefully arranged his appearance and mood. He was about to stride out, but he couldn't help but turned back temporarily and took out a small bottle and put it in his pocket. Inside, it contains deadly poison.

The air is humid and the light is bright. It should be a sunny day today.

He knew that today was the Hongmen Banquet, which was extremely dangerous.

But if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cubs. Today, you have to take action no matter what. Don't miss this opportunity again.

"See you, father." The eldest son, who had changed his appearance, greeted him cautiously.

King Liuyang stared at him for a while, then softened his voice and said warmly, "Follow me to the palace."

He then solemnly ordered the others, "The king and the crown prince will now go into the palace to meet the regent and pay homage to the queen mother. The military affairs will be handled by Li Beixiang, the king's legitimate second son. All your actions must be obeyed by the Duke's orders."

King Liuyang was about to get on the luxurious carriage sent by Li Beihong. The envoy sent quickly bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I have been ordered by the Regent to welcome the prince and the two princes into the palace. The younger prince is also among the guests."

King Liuyang glanced in the direction of his second son's tent and asked, "How is the young prince doing? Why don't you see him coming?"

The attendant next to him immediately replied: "The little prince was in pain and he couldn't sleep. He just took some medicine and rested."

King Liuyang glanced sideways at the envoy, "I will explain this matter to the regent. Please lead the way."

Then he looked at the attendant and said, "Take good care of the young prince. If you have any questions, you are the only one to ask."

The attendant only agreed.

The coachman raised his whip and was stopped again after walking a few steps. King Liuyang opened the side curtain, stuck his head out and reluctantly looked at the temporary military camp, as well as the attendants who stood there blankly looking at him, and raised his voice to give orders. He said, "Go to my tent and bring the healing medicine to the young prince."

The attendant immediately ran over and bowed to the carriage three times, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty. My men will take care of it now."

King Liuyang lowered his eyelids and lowered the curtain.

The carriage started running on the somewhat muddy road, and King Liuyang half-closed his eyes to rest. The eldest son looked at the trees passing by the window from time to time. He knew that his younger brother had already killed the first group of people he sent. His father knew about the good deeds that his younger brother had done, and he also knew that his father would turn a blind eye.

When he was about to set off, he sent a second team of people to take a shortcut back, because this must be the moment when the second son was most proud and relaxed.

But judging from the clues before setting off, he seemed to have something wrong. Perhaps the father was planning to poison him in the palace, put the blame on the regent, and then take the opportunity to get angry and kill the regent. Then the younger brother attacks the city outside and cooperates with the outside, so that the rebellion can be successful.

But if his father wants to harm him, even if he understands the conspiracy, he can't think of a way to solve it for the time being. The only thing he could do was to let his pregnant wife and concubine leave as soon as possible and leave his blood behind.

He stared sadly at the palms of his hands, thinking of the soft little hands he held before leaving the fiefdom, and in his ears he remembered the sound of a one-year-old child's milk, "Daddy, Daddy."

He clenched his fist again, as if holding the little hand.

Warmth and strength arose in his heart. He had people to protect and he couldn't die.

Li Beihong stood on the high platform, looking in the direction of the palace gate, waiting quietly. After a while, he asked, "Why haven't you seen the emperor's uncle coming yet? Have you sent the most luxurious and spacious carriage in the palace to pick him up?" The eunuch next to him replied respectfully: "Back to the regent, arrangements have been made."

As he spoke, the carriage appeared at the end of his sight.

"Reporting to the Regent, ahead is the carriage to pick up King Liuyang."

When the carriage approached, the prince and the prince got out of the carriage.

A tall man stood proudly, dressed in beheaded clothes and a jasper crown. His face was very similar to that of the late emperor, and he exuded a heroic and domineering air.

King Liuyang's eyes were extremely sharp, and the officials accompanying Li Beihong to receive him involuntarily lowered their heads slightly to avoid his sight. Even Li Beihong closed his eyes and opened them again before he could regain his composure.

The man next to him was the same height as him, but he was very fat. He had a fair face with a big plate and bulging cheeks, dotted with a few clear pockmarks, giving off a sense of kindness and clumsiness. It gives people a completely different feeling from Liuyang King.

Li Beihong walked down from the high platform step by step. The accompanying officials followed on either side.

The row of people was so majestic that it caused a strong sense of oppression to the two people standing at the bottom of the steps.

When Li Beihong reached the bottom of the steps, he stopped walking past. Instead, he waited for the two emperors and uncles to come over.

The King of Liuyang is naturally a veteran with political experience. No matter how much the internal prison guards around him urged him, he didn't take a step and just stood there with his hands behind his back.

The eldest son said cautiously, "Father, the regent is waiting in front with all the officials. Let's go forward quickly."

"I will wait here." King Liuyang said coldly.

The eldest son trotted forward, saluted Li Beihong, and said humbly, "See the Regent. My father came to the capital for the first time. He was not accustomed to the climate and was not feeling well, so he waited where he was. Please forgive me, the Regent."

The eldest son's voice was neither loud nor quiet, enough for everyone to hear.

Li Beihong squinted his eyes as he looked at the emperor's uncle, whom he had not seen since his father's funeral, and ordered the eunuch beside him, "Why don't you go to the funeral palace, Imperial Doctor Xuan Jiang. Don't keep the emperor's uncle waiting for a long time."

After saying that, he led the officials and strode towards King Liuyang with an imposing manner.

Li Beihong stood in front of the emperor's uncle and said, "The emperor's uncle is here to see you, but I'm a bit disappointed to welcome him from afar. I hope that the emperor's uncle will have a good attitude."

"We haven't seen each other for a year, and my good nephew has turned from an idle prince to a regent. It's impressive and gratifying." Prince Liuyang greeted with a smile.

"The emperor's uncle came all the way to attend the Queen Mother's funeral. I should have welcomed him into the palace as soon as possible. However, as the Queen Regent, she is busy with funeral matters. I hope that the emperor's uncle will bear with me if I neglect." Li Beihong said humbly. Li said politely.

King Liuyang returned the salute and said quickly, "Where is it? I have just arrived in the capital. I am deeply saddened to hear the sad news that the Queen Mother and the Empress died at the same time."

Li Beihong said politely, "The emperor's uncle's fiefdom is far away from the capital, and we have worked hard all the way. I will take the emperor's uncle to pay homage to the Queen Mother now."

Then, King Liuyang and the Crown Prince were sent to the funeral palace each in a soft sedan chair.

After the crown prince Li Beizhi entered the sedan, he found a letter on the seat.

Opening it, there were two sentences written inside.

(End of this chapter)