Chapter 6 fourth quarter

The voice was extremely low, but it sounded like a bolt from the blue to Liu Ping and Tang Ji's ears.Liu Ping stared at Liu Xie's lifeless face, and his thoughts were churning violently. Is this a big joke made by God for him?Send him a brother who was lost for eighteen years, and tell him he's dead. Tang Ji suppressed her grief, and her thin body trembled slightly: "But when I left three days ago, wasn't your majesty's dragon body still in good condition?" She leaned back and said, "Since last night, your majesty has suddenly had a high fever and has been tossing for a while. This morning, I wanted him to have some gruel, but His Majesty was out of breath—fortunately, His Majesty died in his sleep, so I thought maybe it wasn’t that painful.”

The last sentence she added seemed to comfort herself.Hearing this, Tang Ji's body went limp, and she fell to the ground all of a sudden, sobbing with all her might.Fu Hou quickly helped her up, and said to her sternly: "Sister Tang, why are you crying? Have you forgotten? Your Majesty never left." Hearing this sentence, Tang Ji's body shook, and the whimpering stopped.Fuhou glanced at her meaningfully, Yingying walked up to Liu Ping, knelt down to this strange man, and bowed with the most respectful etiquette: "My concubine, Fushou, pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Time stood still in the room for a moment.Liu Ping's mind buzzed, and he suddenly came to his senses. He finally grasped the question that had been vague before. "You summoned me from Wen County so urgently, and that was the only purpose from the beginning!" If, as Yang Biao said, the emperor wanted Liu Ping to help the royal family secretly, it would take a long planning process, and he would never be so eager to pack his luggage that he rushed to Xudu.Whether Yang Jun, Yang Biao, or Tang Ji, they passed Liu Ping on one by one in a hurry without any delay.These abnormal actions mean that a major event is about to happen in Xudu, and Liu Ping will play an irreplaceable role in it.

Now Liu Ping knew what was going on. "You're right," Fu Hou replied calmly. This woman has remained surprisingly calm. "I called you into Xudu because I hope you can replace your brother and become the emperor." Just as Liu Ping was about to speak, he leaned back and raised his palm, signaling to wait for her to finish speaking. "Actually, Taiwei Yang did not lie to you. It has always been in His Majesty's plan to call you into Xudu to help. It's just that since winter, His Majesty has been seriously ill, and it's getting worse. A few days ago, we knew that His Majesty must It’s no luck. But the Han Dynasty can’t be unsupported, so we can only launch it in advance, please Yang Jun take you there as soon as possible.”

After lying down, he reached into the brocade quilt, took out a clothes belt from it, and took out a two-inch long silk bundle from it.There is a line of ink writing on the silk bundle, the handwriting is scrawled, and it can be seen that the person who wrote it is almost exhausted.She took out another jade seal from the pillow, held the silk seal in her hand, and her expression became majestic. "Your Majesty was afraid that he would not be able to support you, so he dipped his finger in the ink in advance and left this posthumous edict. Liu Ping, accept the edict." Liu Ping could only kneel down on the ground, and read from his back: "I have no morality, and passed on my younger brother Liu Ping, so that the morality can be rekindled, and the Han Dynasty can be honored. Definitely." It's just a simple sentence, but it contains a whole lot. The sadness, resentment and unwillingness of the emperor.He bent down, stretched his arms forward, and looked at Liu Ping eagerly.

Liu Ping was a little hesitant, he knew that the next one would be an extremely heavy mission.Fuhou didn't rush, just stood there quietly.Her eyes are beautiful and deep, and the black pupils seem to be able to absorb the thoughts of those who look at her. In the past, he had talked with Sima Yi about the way of state affairs, and also expressed his feelings about the downturn of Han Zuo and the downturn of the court, but he never thought that one day he would participate in state affairs in this way.He turned his face away and stared at Liu Xie's remains. The deceased's expression was very calm, as if he had entrusted all the affairs behind him, and then left safely.This is the last entrustment of an emperor to a brother he has never met, and it is also the only communication between the two brothers.

"Sir, accept the order." He pondered over and over again, and finally took over the silk edict and jade seal, which was heavy. This is probably the weirdest edict to pass on the throne. Liu Ping felt that all the previous things added together were not as absurd as this one.Seeing that he finally took it, Fu Hou breathed a sigh of relief, showed a bright smile, knelt down with Tang Ji, and kowtowed to the newly enthroned emperor. Holding the jade seal in his hand, Liu Ping muttered, "Why me...there are many people with royal blood in this world." Fuhou shook his head lightly: "When the emperor was here, with the mighty virtue of the Emperor of Han, he could stand against the Cao thief in court; if the emperor died, the Cao thief would definitely set up another obedient puppet to cut off the power of the princes surnamed Liu to claim the emperor. At that time, the Han Dynasty will collapse, and it will be irreversible."

She grabbed Liu Ping's palm and put it on Liu Xie's chest. He felt a coldness.The mellow voice of Fu Hou sounded from the side, as if speaking to Liu Ping, but also to Liu Xie: "So the emperor cannot die, the emperor is not dead. You are the emperor, Liu Xie, the emperor of Han." I am Liu Xie, Emperor of Han?Hearing what Fu Hou said, Liu Ping smiled wryly.He walked all the way from Wen County, first he abandoned Yang Ping's identity and became the emperor's brother; now he abandoned Liu Ping's identity and became the emperor himself. Tang Ji finally recovered some emotions at this time, she wiped away the tears on her face: "After your Majesty's great trip, besides my sister, does anyone else know?" Next to him, I issued an edict in his name, refusing all audiences. I personally went to the palace gate to meet the decoctions and food brought in by the eunuchs, for fear that they would notice something—the people in the palace did not know that the Cao family had placed them. How many eyes and ears."

She took Liu Xie's cold hand, pressed her entire upper body against his chest, and turned her face sideways: "If you don't come again, I don't know how long I can hold on..." Until this time, I fell back Only then did she show an extremely tired expression, and she lay down on the bed, the brilliance on her face dimmed in an instant. This woman sat next to her husband's cold corpse for a whole day, endured the pain of losing her husband, and played the two roles of the sick emperor and the queen who was sleeping, and she couldn't even show the slightest sympathy.Every sound of footsteps outside the bedroom made her heart beat faster, because this was an extremely fragile line of defense, even the most inconspicuous glance from the most inconspicuous court lady could ruin her efforts—once discovered, the It was the disaster of the Han Dynasty.

She is dancing seven discs on the tip of the needle, and the only hope that can be pointed at is a twin brother who will appear at an unknown time. What a determination it takes. Liu Ping looked at Fuhou full of respect. This is the so-called "righteous man" in the history books. The people he came into contact with in the past two days, whether it was Yang Jun, Yang Biao, Tang Ji or this queen, had different personalities, but they all had a kind of enthusiasm beyond persistence, and they didn't care about any price for the Han Dynasty.Liu Ping didn't know whether it was their sense of responsibility to Han Zuo or their loyalty to the emperor himself that prompted them to take the risk.

What kind of person is Liu Xie, who has died, who can gain such trust? It was only then that Liu Ping realized that he knew too little about this brother, only a few fragments of words spread to Hanoi: the court was weak, the emperor was incompetent, and the powerful ministers were allowed to rule... But looking at it now, it is completely different. He was contemplating when Tang Ji came to him, handed him a set of clothes, and whispered, "Your Majesty, please change." Liu Ping glanced at Tang Ji awkwardly, walked behind the screen, took off the small yellow door Clothes, he also took off his middle coat and threw it aside, and changed into a cloth robe.The robe is very old, but its texture is very soft, and its movements are quite comfortable.Liu Ping paced back and forth in the room a few times, trying to imagine Liu Xie's walking posture. The two women watched him finish changing and discussed in low voices for a moment.Tang Ji took out a plate of white makeup powder from the sterling silver dome, held it in her hand, and took a brush from behind. She personally dipped the soft end of the brush into the powder and daubed it gently on Liu Ping's face. Although Liu Xie and Liu Ping have the same appearance, their temperaments are quite different.After all, one is an emperor who has been in trouble for many years and lacks food and clothing, and the other is a child of a family who grew up in the mountains. A pair of plain white hands danced in front of his eyes, and a few wisps of fragrance penetrated into Liu Ping's nostrils.This aroma does not come from magnolia or galangal commonly used by the royal family, but the aroma naturally produced by the skin.Liu Ping raised his eyes, and Fushou's face was close at hand. She was concentrating on sculpting Liu Ping's face, and a drop of crystal sweat appeared on the tip of her delicate nose. From time to time, she used her fingertips to dip a little taupe concoction, and dabbed it on his white powdered cheeks, Liu Ping felt very itchy. "Your Majesty, don't move." Fu Shou said, slightly annoyed.Liu Ping quickly looked away, sat upright, and closed his eyes. After powdering Liu Ping, he stepped back and took a few glances, and Tang Ji next to him also nodded.The two were already very similar, but with such makeup, Liu Ping's dark and healthy complexion was covered by white powder, making them even more similar.Other minor differences can be excused by the emperor's "sick appearance". After I lay down, I wiped my hands, and took a volume of Ying Shao's "Han Gong Yi" and Cai Zhi's "Han Official Ceremony" from the bookshelf, and offered them to Liu Ping with both hands: "Your Majesty, there are many officials in the court. There are ministers who have followed His Majesty for many years, and there are also new recruits inserted by the Cao family. You have to study the rules of rewards and punishments carefully." Then Fu Hou turned his head, and said to Tang Ji: "Tell Yang Taiwei as soon as possible, it will take some time for Your Majesty to adapt to the government, and there must be no mistakes during this time." Tang Ji responded, obviously accustomed to giving orders to Fu Hou. Liu Ping was secretly surprised.Judging by her age, she was only eighteen or nineteen years old, but her actions and demeanor were extremely calm and unflappable—it was not even twelve hours before her husband passed away. The smell of medicine in the room is still very strong, because today the eunuch injects medicine every two hours.In order not to arouse suspicion, Fu Hou carefully poured each bowl of concoction into the cracks in the floor, seeping into the soil below. A dead emperor lies on the bed, a living emperor stands behind the screen, they are two people, but also one person. "Emperor Liu Xie" fell into a strange state of being both dead and alive in this room full of bitter medicine. Liu Ping saw his eunuch's uniform off the ground, and suddenly thought of a question, if he replaced Liu Xie now, what should be done with the real Liu Xie's body?Also, Tang Ji came in with a little yellow door, if she left alone for a while, it would also arouse suspicion. When he asked this question, Fu Shou had already sat back on the bed, and while stroking Liu Xie's forehead, he replied: "I have already made arrangements, and this will be your first test for Your Majesty."