Li Rui and Ran Lie grew up with Emperor Sun Heng and were both his confidants.
"How is the investigation of the murderer who assassinated the retired emperor going?" Emperor Sun Heng asked in a deep voice.
Li Rui hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. We two towns have searched the capital twice but have not found the assassins who escaped."
There were nearly a hundred assassins who tried to assassinate Sun Hao in the street, but in the end only more than sixty of them were killed by the guards around Sun Hao. Almost thirty of them escaped, and the guards did not catch a single one alive.
Emperor Sun Heng angrily said, "If you can't find it, keep looking. I don't believe they can get underground!"
At this time, Ran Lie said: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that those assassins have really gone underground and are hiding in a cellar somewhere.
Furthermore, according to Li Rui and I's analysis, with so many assassins entering the capital, armed with dozens of powerful crossbows, the mastermind must be someone very high-ranking."
"Investigate! Investigate thoroughly! I want to see who has the guts to assassinate the Emperor!"
At this moment, in the residence of Zhang Yi, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites in Anyang City, a maid whispered to Zhang Yi's wife, Liu, "Madam, the thirty or so people who escaped have all been dealt with."
Zhang Yi, the Left Vice Minister of Rites, was Zhang Liang's second son and was highly trusted by Emperor Sun Heng.
Liu nodded slightly. "They can't even seize such a good opportunity. They are simply a bunch of trash. There's no point in keeping them."
In fact, Liu was a descendant of the former Jin royal family. She had been planning to avenge the Jin royal family for many years, and after careful planning, she became Zhang Yi's second wife.
Zhang Yi's original wife was killed by Liu.
The maid said, "Madam, will the assassination plan continue?"
Liu pondered for a moment and said, "The assassination attempt on that bastard Sun Hao just now failed. The palace will definitely be on high alert. Let's wait until this turmoil is over before we let those people in the palace take action."
What Liu didn't know was that after she killed Zhang Yi's original wife, Zhang Yi became suspicious of Liu, so he had been secretly investigating Liu for the past two years.
"Are you telling the truth?" Zhang Yi asked a middle-aged man in shock.
This middle-aged man is called Jia Luo, the fourth son of Jia Xu. Jia Luo also followed in his father's footsteps and joined the Seven Banners Guard. However, Jia Luo is only a Lang Jiang of the Seven Banners Guard. Currently, the Seven Banners Guard is controlled by a eunuch around Emperor Sun Heng.
Jia Luo smiled bitterly and said, "My people followed the maidservant beside Liu and found that she was actually connected with the assassins who assassinated the retired emperor, and that the maidservant also poisoned all the assassins who escaped.
I haven't reported this matter to my superiors yet, but as soon as I heard the news, I rushed to see you."
Zhang Yi was so frightened that his face turned pale. "Brother Jia, thank you for saving my life. I will arrange to capture that vicious woman right away."
Jia Luo sighed and said, "Let my people cooperate!
Your second wife is no ordinary person. If we let her escape, both of our heads will be chopped off."
After Zhang Yi captured Liu, he tied her up and took her to the palace to apologize for her crime.
Emperor Sun Heng did not blame Zhang Yi, but immediately ordered the Seven Banner Guards to interrogate Liu and her accomplices. In the end, this case of treason to assassinate the retired emperor implicated more than 100,000 people.
Thousands of eunuchs and palace maids were killed because of this case.
Many families left over from the former Jin State were also implicated and had their properties confiscated and their families exterminated.
Even some generals of the Han army were implicated and dismissed from their military posts.
In the winter of the 253rd year of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Sun Heng, who had been on the throne for fifteen years, suddenly fell seriously ill.
Sun Hao, who was already eighty-two years old, looked at Sun Heng lying on the hospital bed and said sadly, "You are not even sixty yet, how could this happen?"
Emperor Sun Heng said with a wry smile: "It is said that men face a hurdle when they meet the ninth sign of life. It seems that my son will not be able to overcome this hurdle."
Emperor Sun Heng is fifty-nine years old this year, and will be sixty after the New Year.
Sun Hao gritted his teeth and said, "There are so many imperial doctors in the palace who are just eating for free. If they can't cure your illness, I will kill all three of their clans!"
Emperor Sun Heng said, "Father, I can't blame the imperial doctors. This illness of mine originated from the time when I conquered the Apulian Empire.
My son's only regret is that he passed away before my father. However, with my father here, Yu'er can succeed to the throne smoothly."
The Yu'er mentioned by Emperor Sun Heng was his eldest son Sun Yu, who was also Sun Hao's eldest grandson.
However, when Sun Hao heard Emperor Sun Heng say that Sun Yu should succeed to the throne, he frowned slightly but did not object.
The reason why Sun Hao frowned was that the 38-year-old Crown Prince Sun Yu had become a sickly person due to his love for beautiful women. Sun Hao was worried that even if Sun Yu succeeded to the throne, he would not be able to be emperor for many years.
Sun Heng seemed to know what Sun Hao was worried about. "Father, if our Han Dynasty wants to last for thousands of years, we must establish the legitimate heir and not the illegitimate son, and the eldest son and not the youngest. Even if Yu'er is in poor health, he must be the heir."
After a pause, Sun Heng continued, "Father, Yu'er's eldest son, Sun Yin, has been intelligent and studious since childhood, and also possesses excellent martial arts skills.
After Yu'er succeeds to the throne, Sun Yin can be appointed Crown Prince."
When Sun Hao heard Emperor Sun Heng mention his great-grandson Sun Yin, he couldn't help but nodded slightly.
On the night of the ninth day of the twelfth month in the 253rd year of the Han calendar, Emperor Sun Heng passed away and the throne was inherited by Crown Prince Sun Yu.
But after Sun Yu succeeded to the throne, the Han court was caught in a turmoil over the selection of the new crown prince.
Logically speaking, when Sun Yu succeeded to the throne, his eldest son Sun Yin should have become the new crown prince.
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