Chapter 7 3. Big Conspiracy

The relationship between Queen Yin and Xiao Deng has completely heated up. Suddenly, Empress Yin had a tragic feeling of being driven to a dead end.In the past, Deng Sui forced her, but now he is forcing himself.The cruel words have been spread, can you take them back? There is only one way now, to follow the plan and carry the struggle to the end. In this world, there are many kinds of women, but Queen Yin is the one who doesn't know how to write the word dead.In terms of jealousy, she is an expert, and if she wants to conspire, her technical level is really bad.The reason why her tricks are bad is that she changed her strategy, stopped stabbing people, and changed to reciting spells.

She secretly brought a group of people from outside the palace to play witchcraft in the palace. According to my observation, since the founding of the Western Han Dynasty, there have been no less than ten schools of witchcraft, but those who died were not the people who were cursed, but the witchcraft practitioners.By analogy, Queen Yin may die a miserable death. Sure enough, I was right. When Empress Yin was busy in the palace, Liu Zhao sent someone to investigate.It doesn't matter if it's checked, and a lot of people are drawn out.Empress Yin's three aunts and six aunts, seven uncles and eight uncles were all investigated collectively, and no less than three were tortured to death in prison.

Those who are as smart as Deng Sui can save a family; those who are as stupid as the Queen of Yin will not accomplish enough but fail.To be a relative with her is really bad luck for eight lifetimes. When Queen Yin had an accident, Xiao Deng didn't hide behind his back and laugh.Instead, she took the initiative to speak up for Yin, but Liu Zhao just ignored her. In this way, Queen Yin was dragged to Tong Palace and locked up, dying of depression like a bird in a cage. The dark clouds cleared, and the sun came out, shining brightly, what a beautiful sunny day. But such good weather was reserved for Deng Sui alone, and Liu Zhao had no luck with it.It was only three years since Xiao Deng was named queen, and Liu Zhao left.

This is AD 105, winter, December 22nd.Liu Zhaobeng was only twenty-seven years old when he died in the front hall of Zhangde.This year, Deng Sui was twenty-five years old. In the Han Dynasty, the tragedy of an emperor often determined the tragedy of a dynasty.Just like in the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Ao indulged in sexual desires, and Liu Xin engaged in homosexuality. In just two generations, the Han Dynasty was exhausted and the regime was displaced.The tragedy of the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty also began with Liu Zhao. When Empress Dou was alive, her relatives Dou Xian and Ban Chao pushed the Eastern Han Dynasty to its peak.But when Liu Zhao let go, many boring people collectively pushed the Eastern Han Dynasty into the fire pit.Liu Zhao was responsible for the Eastern Han Dynasty being thrown into the fire pit.

His responsibility is nothing else, but that he did not handle the heir issue well during his lifetime. We know that Liu Zhao was in poor health, and the children he gave birth to died one by one.Later, someone told him that if the child survived, he could only use the old method.This is an old custom.That is, as soon as Liu Zhao's child was born, he was immediately carried out of Luoyang City and secretly handed over to the folks for upbringing. Does this work?I can't say that it doesn't work, and I can't say that it works at all, I can only say that it will be done.Because Deng Sui sent someone to find Liu Zhao's son, and they found two alive, one big and one small.The older one is Liu Sheng, the eldest son of Liu Zhao; the younger one is Liu Long, who has just passed a hundred days.

Deng Sui said that her fate was good, and the heavens really cared for her; it seemed to make sense to say that her fate was not good.Before her, there were three empresses, except for Empress Yin, Empress Ma and Empress Dou. Although they were infertile, they adopted others after all.When it came to Deng Sui, she had no fertility, but she didn't even have the chance to raise other people's children. Isn't that sad? Fortunately, I finally found two.Liu Sheng is the eldest son, logically, the emperor's successor should belong to him.However, Deng Sui made an astonishing decision-the successor of the emperor must be Liu Long.

What are you kidding?Liu Long has only passed a hundred days, and he is still lying in his arms and breastfeeding, with a big one unsealed, and he seals a nursing baby. What on earth does Deng Sui want to do? Anyone with a little bit of historical knowledge can guess how much it is.If the sons and young mothers are strong, it means that the future dynasty will be the era when the queen mother is in charge of the court. Now, I finally saw Deng Sui's true face.She endured humiliation, pretended to be inferior, pretended to be low-key, and pretended to be a grandson, waiting for this day.

What a horrible woman. In order to avoid having long nights and dreams, Deng Sui welcomed Liu Long into the palace that night, and first made him the crown prince, and then ascended the throne as Emperor Shang.Then Deng Sui changed his body and became the empress dowager, who was in charge of the government. For Han officials, it all happened too quickly.They were all confused as if they were seasick collectively, and Deng Sui led them by the nose.The nose can be pulled, but Deng Sui must explain clearly why he abandoned Liu Sheng alive and did not make him emperor. I think there is a reason, Deng Sui's reason is very good-Liu Zhao's eldest son Liu Sheng, although he is old, is sick and bedridden for a long time.

I can't even get up from bed, and I still want to be an emperor, isn't this nonsense? Is it really? If you want to ask all the ministers, all the ministers can only say with a wry smile that they don't know.Because when Liu Zhao ordered people to send the child out of the palace, they always acted like ghosts and ghosts in the dark and windy night.The ministers and even the emperor had no way of knowing how many children they had and when they were born.Deng Sui said that Liu Sheng had been bedridden for a long time, and they had no way of knowing. Now that Queen Mother Deng has said so, I can only listen to her for the time being.Time is the best witness, until one day, everything will be made public and reviewed under the sun.

One year later, that is, AD 106. In the spring of this year, all the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty came to Luoyang City to pay homage.Among these people are Qinghe King Liu Qing and his party.We know about Liu Qing. In order to get rid of him, my father publicly said that he was mentally ill and abolished him when he was the prince. Many years later, Liu Qing never dreamed that he would have the opportunity to return to Luoyang City, enjoy the rights of normal people, and breathe free air.Among all the princes and kings of the Liu family, Empress Dowager Deng valued Liu Qing the most.This is actually quite normal. If Liu Qing hadn't helped Liu Zhao before, and the Dou family was still showing off their power, how could it be her turn to sit here and talk with Deng.

On March 9, the princes of the Liu family returned home after visiting their relatives. Just when Liu Qing was about to leave Luoyang City with his son, Empress Dowager Deng stopped him.Said: You can go back to Fengguo first, but your son Liu Hu will stay for now.Considering that Liu Hu is still young, let his mother stay with him. That year, Liu Qing's son Liu Hu was only thirteen years old.Empress Dowager Deng asked Liu Qing to leave alone, leaving his wife and children behind. What is going on? Empress Dowager Deng didn't say anything, and Liu Qing didn't dare to ask.However, Liu Qing had already guessed something in his heart. When he heard Queen Mother Deng say this to him, he couldn't stop being excited. It was as if a man who had gone through hardships and was abandoned by his dreams suddenly saw hope.He seemed to see that God finally showed mercy and returned to him what had been stolen from him. There is a desire called tears.Liu Qing will wait until the day when his dream will come true, he really wants to cry.This summer, God seemed to be very sad, and it rained heavily.Thirty-seven counties and feudal states across the country were flooded by God's tears. On August 6th, an insignificant but very important person to Liu Qing left.This person is Liu Long, the first baby emperor of the Han Dynasty. Smart people have figured it out.The reason why Queen Mother Deng left Liu Qing's son Liu Hu was to prepare for this day, and to prepare for the emperor's successor. August 8th, night. Empress Dowager Deng called her elder brother Chariot General Deng Zhi and Huben Zhonglang Deng Kui. The three of them closed the door and had a secret meeting. They made a collective decision and decided on the candidate for the emperor. That night, Deng Zhi led people to the Qinghe mansion to welcome Liu Qing's son Liu Hu back to the palace. The next day, at Chongde Hall, Empress Dowager Deng and all the officials appeared.At this time, there was no suspense about Liu Hu being pushed to the throne of the emperor.However, he still has to complete a procedure before he can ascend the throne. That is, adopting Liu Hu to Liu Zhao as his son. This is nothing new, as Queen Mother Deng was not the first to do it. Before her, Liu Ao had done it.Back then, why did Liu Ao adopt Liu Xin as his son? It was very simple. If Liu Xin did not succeed, when Liu Xin really became the emperor, he would put his father in the temple to worship, and his own memorial tablet would be cleared out. , From then on, you will lose the qualification to gnaw dead pork. Empress Dowager Deng certainly didn't want Liu Zhao to be disqualified from eating dead pork.If Liu Qing gains something, he must lose something. There are not so many cheap things in the world. After the formalities were completed, the Taiwei presented the emperor's seal letter, and Liu Hu could finally ascend the throne.Liu Qing once lost his dream of being an emperor, and his dream finally came true for his son. Although there are regrets, there are more joys. If life is like this, you can die and rest in peace.Four months later, Liu Qing became seriously ill and passed away. It all looks beautiful, but no one sees that it's really bad inside. No one knew at all that Liu Qing, who looked happy on the outside, left with a sad heart.One must know that even though his son became an emperor, he could completely predict what kind of emperor he would be.Because Liu Hu's emperor is just a decoration. It is the Queen Mother Deng who really holds power. As Liu Qing saw, the Empress Dowager Deng was named the emperor, but she still listened to the government.Liu Hu is just a puppet, just sit and watch. But in the eyes of the Deng family, all this is like pushing a boat with the current. As long as there are no special circumstances, on the river course of the Han Dynasty, the emperor Liu Hu's small boat has to be directed by the Empress Dowager Deng. Under the sun, what the Empress Dowager Deng did seems to stand the test of the sun.This is the harmonious idea of ​​the Deng family, and even the people of the Han Dynasty.In fact, no one has yet seen that there is still an amazing conspiracy buried in Queen Mother Deng's heart. Until one day, everything became clear.