Chapter 517 I lost to Luo!
The night was dark, but the palace was brightly lit.
Liu He stood on the steps of the imperial palace with his hands behind his back, his eyes extremely gloomy.
"Your Highness, the rebels have already breached the palace gates. Not only the imperial guards, but also some of the palace guards have defected to them."
Looking at the panic-stricken ministers, Liu He shouted, "Why are you panicking?
The rebels have an army, but don’t we have one too?
Do you think all the guards will follow them?
If the rebel was so sure, he would not have launched the attack at night.
Hold on until dawn and put everything under the bright sky.
The military command and the imperial seal are in my hands. I can take and deny imperial edicts and rewards. The traitor is nothing but a loser!
Time is on the side of solitude.
Pass down my order. As long as you can hold on until dawn, I will not be stingy with rewards. The title will be promoted five levels. I will confer five titles of marquis to those who have made great contributions. As for the rest, I will also bestow gold, silver, cloth, and beautiful concubines.
When I ascend the throne and become emperor, all of them will be my loyal followers.”
Liu He has a clear view of the current situation.
It was indeed a bit beyond his expectation that Huo Guang and his men would launch the attack so quickly, and it was also a bit beyond his imagination that they could gather so many people.
But the underlying rules of politics will not change.
The capital is a symbol to an empire, and the imperial palace is also a symbol to a political force. There are so many cases in history where whoever controls the imperial palace controls the world!
As long as he can continue to occupy the palace firmly, he will gradually gain popularity among people as time goes by.
When the sun rose, he used the imperial seal to order the imperial guards to go out. With his status as the crown prince and the imperial seal, who would dare to disobey?
Now that it is night and chaos, the generals can indeed disobey orders.
But you cannot disobey orders in broad daylight.
You cannot disobey in front of all the people in Chang'an.
Liu He closed his eyes slightly, listening to the shouting and killing outside the palace wall. He was still a little anxious in his heart. Everything was within his expectations, but there was only one thing he was not sure about.
Can he wait until dawn?
Can the palace guards, the prince's guards and the death squad help him win a bright future?
Liu He didn't know.
But he was ready for everything, including death.
…
Luo Qing did not show up tonight. He simply disappeared. The historian will record in detail the people who participated in this great change tonight. Luo Qing does not want his name to be recorded.
Huo Guang led his brave warriors to surround Liu She. The soldiers were fighting fiercely, but Huo Guang's side had a huge advantage.
Liu She hid tightly in Huo Guang's arms.
Huo Guang was riding on a horse. The ground was littered with corpses. In front of him was the last gate to the imperial palace. If he could break through here, he would be able to see the emperor again.
"Your Majesty, will you still see me fulfill your will?"
Huo Guang took a deep breath, which was filled with a strong smell of blood.
"boom!"
The fierce killing lasted for more than an hour, and finally Huo Guang's side won the victory. The huge noise rang in everyone's ears.
"The door is open!"
Huo Guang looked up at the wide-open palace gate, and a shudder instantly spread through his body. He could not help but spur his horse forward, and shouted in a loud voice, "Soldiers, enter the palace and pay respects to His Majesty."
Liu He knelt in front of the hall with his eyes closed, waiting to be favored or abandoned by fate.
"Your Highness, the palace gate has been broken."
The general, covered in blood, ran over with an anxious look on his face, reporting the latest battle situation. Liu He suddenly opened his eyes and looked up at the stars in the sky. They were twinkling and dim, just like his current destiny.
“Defeated.”
Liu He stood up silently and walked towards the Queen's Palace.
His father was still in a coma, and he didn't want to see his father. The father and son could almost be said to be tired of each other.
Before he died, he just wanted to see his mother, probably the only person in the world who truly loved him.
It would have been better if Liu She was not there.
Thinking this, Liu He walked outside the Queen's Palace. Although the imperial palace was a little chaotic tonight, the Queen's palace would naturally not be chaotic.
Xu Pingjun's face was a little pale. Looking at the flames rising into the sky and the sounds of swords and killing, she knew that her two sons were fighting for their lives in a bloody battle, and she felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife.
"Mother."
Liu He walked into the palace, which was brightly lit and magnificent. He kowtowed to Xu Pingjun respectfully, and then said directly: "The rebels have already entered the palace, and my son is probably going to die. I came to talk to you for the last time. My son was born because of you, so we must say goodbye."
Liu He's words did not contain any fear or dread, but they made Xu Pingjun burst into tears, crying, "If I had known this would happen, why would I have done this in the first place?
If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have done it in the first place!
He'er, are you willing to stay far away from the Central Plains?
I can save your life."
Xu Pingjun was not bragging. The emperor could see that he was dying, so she would be the supreme empress dowager. At least while she was alive, no one dared to take action against Liu He.
But who is Liu He? He wants to be the emperor who is the only one in the world, so it is impossible for him to live by accepting such charity.
So he smiled and shook his head and said, "No need, mother. Losers should accept their own fate."
Xu Pingjun was about to say something when suddenly there was a sound of armor rubbing against each other outside the hall, followed by several screams.
Liu He's face changed, and the two looked at each other, both knowing that Huo Guang and others had arrived.
Liu He stood up and said, "Mother, I'm going to the outer room to take a look. Please sit here for a while."
Having said that, he turned around the screen and walked out. Xu Pingjun watched helplessly as the darkness swallowed up Liu He's figure.
I'll probably never see you again after this!
When Liu He walked out of the hall, the first person he saw was Huo Guang, the attendant who had been groveling before him not long ago, now came to him with blood-soaked soldiers.
"I should have killed you with one sword earlier."
This is Liu He's first sentence, "I thought you would leave Chang'an, but I didn't expect you would make such a big bet.
If you fail, not only you, but also the Champion Marquisate will bear my wrath."
Huo Guang's sword was still dripping with blood. He held Liu She's hand and chuckled at Liu He's words, "Your Majesty's kindness is too great. I must repay it with my death.
Besides, you have lost the support of the people, the people all despise you, and you are doomed to fail. Why shouldn’t I resist?”
"People's hearts? People?"
When Liu He heard this word, he seemed to have heard something funny, and then he laughed wildly. He laughed so hard that he couldn't even straighten his back. Then he said incoherently: "Huo Guang, Huo Guang, you have been with Luo's son Qing for too long. Has your brain been damaged?
What is the human heart?
There are 40 million people in this world. Among these 40 million, how many are loyal to the Han Dynasty?
If you ask the common people, who are struggling for food and clothing every day, they don’t even know who Liu He and Liu She are.
Hey, human heart!
If the support of the people could determine the fate of the country, the Han Dynasty would have perished as early as the time of Emperor Liu Dan.
If the support of the people could determine the preservation of the ancestral temple, why are there still refugees in the world today? Why is the Han Dynasty still so stable?
Huo Guang, today you supported Liu She to ascend the throne, but I tell you, this is just the beginning.
There are two kinds of people who are the most ungrateful in this world: the emperor and the people.
Kings are born to be heartless and ungrateful, and the people are born to remember hatred and not gratitude. "
Huo Guang was determined, and he did not rise up for the people in the first place. Hearing this, he laughed coldly and said, "Liu He, since you have such a clear view of the world.
Why is it you who is now imprisoned, while we, the loyal ministers and righteous men, are standing here?
Why is it that the sky is always clear and sunny in this bright and clear world? "
Liu He narrowed his eyes slightly, and an inexplicable meaning suddenly emanated from him. He looked far away, and then landed in the east, "I have been thinking tonight, why did I lose.
There seems to be some problem in this world, and I have been thinking about it.
As I thought about it, I thought of King Zhaosheng's practice of the law and the prosperity of the great way of righteousness.
From then on, the world seemed different.
During the Qin Dynasty, Qin laws were strict, so the Qin people were afraid of private fights but brave in public wars. Even when officials exploited the people and one person controlled a hundred people, the Qin people did not dare to resist. But this is not the case in the world today.
During the reign of Emperor Li, Liu Dan, the refugees were unwilling to report to the government or sue the officials. Instead, they wanted to directly overthrow the Han Dynasty.
By the time of my father, there was no end to the common people risking their lives to assassinate powerful officials. It was not until severe crackdowns were launched that the trend gradually died down.
I have always believed that it was because the court lacked authority and because of the chaotic rule of Emperor Xiaoding and Emperor Li that the people of the world were no longer as honest as they used to be.
But tonight I suddenly realized that this is because people's hearts have changed.
I lost to Luo.
Lost to the ideas that Luo had been spreading tirelessly for thousands of years.
I didn’t disguise myself well.”
This was the first time Huo Guang heard of this theory. He was a little shocked, but he also felt that what Liu He said made sense. "I will not be the last king who wants to be the only one in power. Future emperors will only be better at pretending.
I want to know if Luo's can keep winning?
Those of you who are following Luo Shi now, after you fall and stand against the people, will Luo Shi do the same?
It’s a pity that I can’t see it anymore.”
Seeing that Liu He's words were getting more and more mysterious, Huo Guang suddenly realized that he could not let him continue. He felt terrified listening to all this.
Liu He is really good at spreading lies to confuse the public!
He raised his sword and suddenly shouted, "Liu He, you failed this time because you have corrupted your morals and lost the support of the people. That is why all the loyal ministers worked together to defend the Han Dynasty.
You are spreading lies here to confuse the people. I can only respectfully carry out your majesty's order and kill you here to defend justice in the world!"
“You deserve it?
Except for His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen Mother, no one can kill me, no one can judge me!"
After saying this, he turned around and knelt in front of the Queen's Palace and kowtowed. A pool of bright red blood flowed from his abdomen and his body collapsed.
Died to death!
(End of this chapter)
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