Great Han Empire

Chapter 734
When the eldest princess was recuperating in Longquan, she didn't see anyone, only Mrs. Xiaoyu and the general's two toddler daughters accompanied her.The eldest princess of Yang'an, Xiao Lan, the wife of Dasinong Li Wei, and Cai Yan, the daughter of Taichang Caiyong, rushed to Longquan to ask for an interview, but they were all rejected by the eldest princess.

In Jinyang's matter, the eldest princess does not want people from the general's family to intervene, so as not to harm the innocent, and at the same time, she does not want people from the eldest princess's mansion to come forward, so as not to connive and cover up and appease the adulterer.Because there is no suitable person to preside over the trial of the case, the matter has been dragged down.

The eldest princess fell ill, ministers and ministers were imprisoned in the Tingwei Mansion, and the heavy government affairs were all burdened by Xian Yufu, Li Wei and Xun You. This situation can last for a few days, but it will not work after a long time.The Jinyang matter must be dealt with immediately, otherwise the generals in Hebei will panic and the consequences will be worrisome.For this reason, the three of them wrote to the eldest princess several times, demanding that the case of Jinyang's treason be tried immediately and that some innocent ministers be released as soon as possible.However, there is currently no minister in the DPRK and China who is qualified to preside over the trial of the case.The eldest princess was very worried.

One day in July, Xian Yufu personally rushed to Longquan to discuss the matter with the eldest princess.

"Your Highness, I recommend the son of the former Taifu Liu Yu and the important minister of the former emperor Liu He to preside over the case."

Xian Yufu's words immediately brightened the eldest princess's eyes and made her brows beam with joy.She forgot about Liu He.

After Liu Yu died of illness, Liu He kept mourning for his father for three years.As of June this year, exactly three years will expire.Back then, it was this clan minister who escorted her to Hejian Kingdom in Hebei, and then sent her to Northern Xinjiang.

"Master Xianyu, thank you." The eldest princess bowed slightly and expressed her sincere gratitude, "Without your support for the court, Hebei might have..." She shook her head sadly, tears fell quietly, "Is your majesty okay?"

"Your Majesty..." Xian Yufu looked up at the eldest princess and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty has been in a bad mood for the past few days. He wants to stay with the Queen. I wonder if His Majesty can..."

"No." The Eldest Princess refused straight away.

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In mid-July, Liu He rushed to Jinyang from Zhuojun day and night.

Accompanying Liu He were former Taifu Liu Yu's subordinates Wei You, Sun Jin, Zhang Yi, Zhang Zan, Wei Dun and others.

Xianyufu went out to welcome thirty li.He, Liu He, Wei You, and Sun Jin hadn't seen each other for more than a year, and they were very excited to meet again at this time, but the atmosphere in Jinyang was too heavy, and Xian Yufu couldn't be happy even if he wanted to.

"Yu Xing, I have brought you all the people you asked me to bring in the letter." Liu He waved his hand behind him.Three young men in their 20s rushed to Liu He's side, knelt down and kowtowed to Xian Yufu.

"Okay, okay, let's all get up." Xian Yufu helped the three of them up, "Work hard, don't embarrass me, and don't embarrass the general, you understand?"

The three young men nodded repeatedly.

The tall, thin, handsome young man on the left is Xu Miao, from Jicheng, Youzhou, a student of Liu He, and a relative of Xian Yufu. He is good at painting and calligraphy, especially good at drawing figures and fish.

The handsome young man in the middle is called Sun Li, a native of Zhuojun, Youzhou, who studied under Lu Zhi, and has both civil and military skills.When Xian Yufu was ordered to go to Handan to preside over the revision of the military system last year, he wanted to take him with him, but he politely refused in the name of being filial to his teacher.This time, Xian Yufu forcibly enlisted him.

The handsome young man on the right is Yan Zhi, younger brother of Du Liao General Yan Rou.Yan Rou thought that it would be difficult for warriors to stand out, so he asked his younger brother to learn scriptures from famous teachers.

Before Xian Yufu finished speaking, Liu He began to wave his hands, "Give these three people to me first. After Jinyang's affairs are dealt with, you can appoint others."

"It's up to you." Xian Yufu sighed, "I'll take you to Longquan to meet the eldest princess."

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In the carriage, after listening to Xian Yufu's narration, Liu He's expression was very ugly, "Yu Xing, what did you say in the letter? How could you lie to me?"

"I'm not lying to you, can you come?" Xian Yufu smiled helplessly, "Zian, besides you, who else in Hebei can handle this?"

"You..." Liu He opened his mouth so angry that he didn't know what to scold if he wanted to, "You have made me suffer. What do you want me to do? No matter how I deal with it, I will either offend the emperor or the eldest princess in the end. I Isn't this like Fu Wan, who ran to Jinyang to seek death?"

"Yu Xing, you... you..." Wei You stared at him, shaking his head repeatedly with his fingers slack, "You killed the boss, and now you are going to kill Zi'an, you just..."

Xian Yufu closed his eyes tightly, without saying a word, and let the two of them complain.But scolding is scolding, now that everyone is here, they can't run away even if they want to, so they have to resign themselves to fate.

"I'm dead, so I must drag you to be my back." Liu He punched Xian Yufu hard, and said angrily, "Tell me, how do you plan to deal with this matter? What can the general say?"

"The general is far away in the desert three thousand miles away, so far he doesn't know anything about it." Xian Yufu opened his eyes and spread his hands weakly, "Even if the general knows about this, what good solution can he come up with? The general himself does not want to be in charge, but the emperor is too young to allow him to be in charge. Let the eldest princess be in charge, but the eldest princess caused such a big mess in her anger. What do you think we should do now? If we don’t clean up this mess, who will it be? tidy?"

"How to deal with it?" Liu He said angrily, "Wang Rou bit her to death, saying that the emperor, Fu Wan, and Dong Cheng conspired to kill the eldest princess and the general. Do you know what a big deal it is?" Pat Xian Yufu on the shoulder, "Yu Xing, you heard clearly, it is the emperor who wants to kill the eldest princess and the general, it is the emperor. Do you want me to interrogate the emperor?" Liu He shook his head and raised his hand in extreme despair. , "Oh my god... what should I do about this... Yuxing, I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you..."

Wei You sat in the corner with his head in his arms, as if he was about to lose his head, his face was gray and panicked.

"Listen to the Eldest Princess." Xian Yu Fu stroked the three long beards, and said slowly, "The Eldest Princess is in charge today, of course we have to listen to the Eldest Princess."

"Sooner or later the eldest princess will get married, and the emperor will take charge sooner or later." Liu He waved his hands and said painfully, "Once the world is settled and the emperor controls the overall situation, we will die."

"That's why I want to invite you." Xian Yufu patted his arm, "You are a member of the royal family, and you have deep feelings with the emperor and the eldest princess, and the conflict between their siblings depends on you to resolve. "

"Rely on me..." Liu He pointed to his nose, stared at Xian Yufu with wide eyes, and said incredulously, "Is there something wrong with your brain? Why should I let their siblings shake hands and make peace?"

"When you were an important minister of Jiuqing in the court, I was still fighting in Xiliang. How could I know the affairs of the court?" Xian Yufu pushed it away, "I invite you to come, of course you have to find a way."

"You..." Liu He was so angry that he raised his hand and punched, "You are too ruthless. You can kill me if you want to, and let me exterminate the whole family. I will kill you bastard."

Xian Yufu kicked the car door.The personal guards are guarding the horse and galloping beside the carriage.Xian Yufu jumped on the guard's horse, turned around and waved at Liu He who was gnashing his teeth, "Zian, I'll take a step first."

"Xian Yufu, just wait, I will never end with you."

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Liu He met with the eldest princess.

Back then, when the first emperor asked Liu He to take the eldest princess to Hejian Kingdom for refuge, the eldest princess was only ten years old.Liu He is the eldest princess's cousin, and he takes good care of the eldest princess, and this is the only relative around the eldest princess, so the relationship between the two is deep.When the eldest princess saw him, she was very wronged and cried for a long time.

Liu He slapped the table with his palm, and was very angry, "Your Highness is beautiful, who can be worthy of it in today's world? Your Majesty's nonsense is simply his own fault. Let him think about it behind closed doors. Let him think about it. There is only one person to marry His Highness. He doesn't know such a simple matter? I think he is blind."

The eldest princess nodded resentfully, "He is just blind. He doesn't listen to loyal ministers, but he listens to the words of those treacherous sycophants, who want to kill each other."

"Yes, yes, if the first emperor knew..." Liu He couldn't bear the grief, his eyes turned red in an instant, "He will be heartbroken..."

The eldest princess burst into tears again.

Liu He wiped his eyes with his sleeve, then pointed to the stringed qin on the qin platform and said, "His Highness's mother must have heard it when His Highness played the qin to relieve his worries, she...she..." Liu He suddenly choked up, and never Unable to continue, he leaned over his desk and burst into tears, "Master Xian... Open your eyes and see, the tragedy in the world is nothing more than fratricide..."

The eldest princess was so sad that she couldn't help crying.

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Liu He took the edict of the eldest princess and walked into the imperial study room unimpeded.

The emperor was surprised and delighted.When Liu He went to Chang'an to ask for an imperial decree to save him, he suddenly left without saying goodbye. He was still worried about Liu He's life and death, and asked many ministers in private, but no one knew whether Liu He was dead or alive.

"Ai Qing is not dead?"

Liu He rubbed his head and said with a smile: "The minister has a great fate, he didn't die."

"Aiqing came to save me?"

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and here is Jinyang. He is guarded by a great general, so he is very safe. Where do you need your ministers to help?" Liu He said with a smile, "Isn't Your Majesty safe?"

"Aiqing, my sister is going to kill me, don't you know?"

"Your Majesty, what joke are you making?" Liu He laughed, "As soon as I arrive in Jinyang, I will come to see Your Majesty immediately. I think Jinyang is very quiet."

"Really, my sister really wants to kill me." The emperor said in fear.

"why?"

"I want to marry my sister to Wang Chen of Jinyang Wang's family, but I accidentally angered my sister and caused a great disaster..." Then the emperor told the whole story, "How can I blame me for this? If my sister marries the general, won't I become a show in the future, at the mercy of the general? My sister has changed, she is not the old sister I used to be, and she doesn't know that she is being used by the general. Without the support of the general, She is just a princess, but why does the general support her? It's not because the general wants to monopolize power. All idiots know about this, but she doesn't know it. Instead, she turns her head to help outsiders deal with me, and wants to kill each other. "

Liu He remained silent throughout.

"Aiqing wants to save me." The emperor begged.

"Okay." Liu He agreed.

The two monarchs and ministers talked for a while, and the emperor was probably too bored to be alone in Yushu Fen, so he refused to let Liu He go, "Aiqing will play chess with me."

Liu He took the chess piece in his hand, his expression suddenly became agitated, "This is from the late emperor..."

"Yes." The Son of Heaven said very sadly, "My father and mother are gone, and only one elder sister wants to kill me. What's the point of my being alive? What are you doing here?"

Liu He's eyes turned red, and tears rolled out, "The late Emperor must have known about the fratricide between His Majesty and the Eldest Princess under the Nine Springs. It's miserable, miserable..." The more Liu He said, the more sad he became, and suddenly he grabbed the princess with one hand. He picked up a chess piece and fell to the ground crying bitterly.

The Son of Heaven was already depressed, decadent, and hopeless, but after Liu He cried like this, he couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately burst into tears.

The emperor cried for a while, vented his resentment, gradually calmed down, and a trace of regret emerged quietly.Thinking about my time in Chang'an, and thinking about my time in Jinyang in the past few months, there is indeed a world of difference.Maybe, I blamed my sister wrongly.

Liu He was still howling while holding his head.

The emperor reached out and patted, "Aiqing, Aiqing... get up, I have something to tell you."

Liu He got up weakly.

"Aiqing, don't leave for now, stay in Jinyang." The emperor wiped the tears from his face and whispered, "Go and tell my sister, I don't care about her business. She wants to marry Whoever wants to marry when, as long as she asks, I will agree."

Liu He said "Yes", "Your Majesty, what about those relatives?"

"This matter is my idea and has nothing to do with them. Please let my sister let them go."

Liu He shook his head a few times, and then suggested in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's better to write a letter to the eldest princess. We are all a family, so what's wrong with you?"

The emperor hesitated for a long time, "I have good intentions, it's not my fault."

"Your Majesty is writing for His Majesty, and His Majesty only needs to stamp a seal, okay?" Liu He cupped his hands and begged, "Your Majesty, think about the late Emperor, think about Your Majesty's poor mother, think about poor Empress Dowager Dong..."

"Okay." The emperor reluctantly nodded.

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Several elders were taken to Zhang Wen's cell.

Zhang Wen struggled to get up, Cui Lie hurriedly supported him, "Lie down well, this is probably the last time we will see each other. If you have anything to say, hurry up and let's eat and behead..."

"Can't you say something nice?" Yuan Pang scolded, "If you don't die, you will be cursed to death."

Liu He appeared in the prison of Tingwei Mansion.

Several elders looked at him in surprise.Cui Lie clapped his hands violently, "Okay, here comes another murderer."

"Zian, what are you doing here at this time? Do you want to die?" Zhang Wen waved and shouted.

Liu He smiled slightly, bowed and said, "I'm here to rescue some elders."

"Hmph..." Ding Gong smiled wryly, "Zian, I'm afraid you will stay if we go out."

"What are the elders talking about? They seem to be wishing for my death." Liu He said with a smile, "I have been here for three days, and there are some things I can't decide. I have to discuss it with some adults." Then he The emperor wrote an edict of guilt, and the princess refused to release the relatives of the two countries and insisted on killing and rebelling. "It seems that this person will not be killed."

"The Son of Heaven wrote an edict of sin against oneself?" Cui Lie looked at Liu He and asked strangely, "Since the Son of Heaven has written an edict of sin against oneself and explained the ins and outs of the matter clearly, why did the eldest princess want to kill him?" He pointed Liu He asked, "You can't forge that edict of sin, right? Have you shown it to the eldest princess?"

"How can I have the guts?" Liu He smiled wryly, "To be honest, I agree with the eldest princess. How many things happened in Chang'an in the past few years? Why was Dong Zhuo killed? Why did Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou kill each other? It's very simple, it's all the result of the hard work of those ministers in Chang'an." Liu He looked at Yang Biao and said suspiciously, "Ministers of Chang'an have become accustomed to doing such things. A large area. Think about it, Dong Zhuo was so powerful back then, and they dared to kill them even when they were unarmed. Why don’t they dare to kill the eldest princess or the general now? As long as someone blocks their way and threatens their Life or death, they dare to kill, whoever catches them."

"Liu He, don't spout blood." Yang Biao yelled angrily, trembling all over with anger.

"Master Yang, the reason why Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou killed each other was because of your estrangement, do you dare not admit it?" Liu He's face turned cold, "Now several subordinates of Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou are here. In this big prison, do you dare to say that you don't know them? Have nothing to do with them?"

"You..." A trace of fear flashed in Yang Biao's eyes, and he didn't dare to speak anymore.The more you talk, the bigger the trouble.

"Zian, what do you mean by coming today?" Zhang Wen signaled Cai Yong and Chen Ji to pull Yang Biao aside, and then waved at Liu He, "Among the old ministers of Chang'an, do other people have this kind of conspiracy? Intent, I can't guarantee it, but I can guarantee it, Mr. Yang."

"Of course I believe in Master Yang." Liu He said, "Those old ministers of Chang'an can stay, and those who cannot. Please Master Yang give me a list."

"I won't write." Yang Biao said angrily, "Even if you kill me, I won't write."

Liu He looked at him and shook his head, "It's up to you. If you don't write it down, I'll kill that name if I don't like it."

Several ministers bowed their heads in silence.Things have come to this point, what else is there to choose.Fortunately, it was Liu He who presided over the trial of Jinyang's major treason case this time. If it were someone else, it would have been over for a long time.

"Due to special reasons, the officials in northern Xinjiang have few people involved, so it is easier to handle." Liu He continued, "It is hard for us to believe the old ministers of Chang'an, so no matter they are innocent or not, we must kill everyone who can be killed. The most difficult thing to do They are the relatives of the two countries." Liu He looked at the veterans, cupped his hands and said, "I beg the elders to tell me whether to kill the Fu family or the Dong family. Because this killing must be done to the end, no matter it is the queen , or the nobles, they will all be killed. To protect the family and keep the family, we will have a way of life in the future, otherwise, we are doomed."

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(End of this chapter)