“From this day forward, Kongming is your…your unfilial father! You must…you must listen to your unfilial father, understand?” Liu Bei said slowly.
Liu Shan nodded as if he understood, but two crystal-clear tears hung on his tender little face, making him look particularly pitiful.
Upon seeing this, Zhuge Liang felt a lump in his throat, but he forced himself to hold it in and growled, "My lord!"
"Quickly, kowtow to your father!"
Liu Shan kowtowed deeply in the direction of Zhuge Liang, choking back tears as he said, "A Dou greets his Uncle Father."
Zhuge Liang quickly stood up and helped Liu Shan up.
He wiped away Liu Shan's tears, then knelt down and earnestly said to Liu Shan, "Young Master, please get up quickly!"
Liu Bei waved his hand and said, "A Dou, you can go out now."
Liu Shan left the house as instructed.
"Kongming..." Liu Bei's voice was soft and slow. He looked at Zhuge Liang as if he had made a decision.
"If...if Liu Shan is incompetent, Zhuge Liang can replace him! Our Shu Han...Shu Han cannot perish!"
Liu Bei seemed to be using his last bit of strength to speak to Zhuge Liang, word by word.
To everyone's surprise, Zhuge Liang froze for a moment, then knelt down on the ground with a thud.
"My lord, I am deeply grateful for your favor and am willing to assist the young lord in upholding the great Han dynasty!"
"I will dedicate myself to the cause until my dying breath!"
After saying this, Zhuge Liang kowtowed to the ground.
Liu Bei smiled with relief, coughed violently a few times, and murmured, "In that case... I shall..."
Liu Bei's breathing grew weaker and weaker, and his consciousness began to blur, but a trace of resentment still lingered in his heart.
He didn't want to leave like this; he still had so many things left undone, so many dreams yet to be realized.
But the cruelty of fate prevented him from going any further.
Liu Bei's breathing stopped, and his life came to an end in Baidi City.
"My lord!!!"
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