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The palace was very busy, and two funerals were held within a month.

The aloof emperor turned gray overnight.

The imperial doctor recuperated him, and his physical condition was stabilized, but he was unable to take care of the government anymore.Two months later, under the consolation of the empress dowager, the emperor named the prince Yuliu King, and then promoted Duan Shiyu as the prince to help him manage political affairs.However, the affairs in the palace did not end there.

Although the power had been handed over to Duan Shiyu, the emperor was still worried about him, so he handed over the tiger talisman to the empress dowager for safekeeping, and did not accuse King Wu of any crime.

From the emperor's point of view, Duan Shiyu was an extremely ruthless person who had the heart to kill his brother. If he were to hand over the military power to him, his sons might end badly.

When the situation in the palace was changing, Yu Chiyuan made new progress. He pulled out a cavalry to cut off Gao Zhan's rations.The two armies of Gao Zhan and Puyangye could only eat the rations of Puyangye. After a long time, conflicts appeared between the two sides.There are two hearts in an army, and if the hearts of the army are not in harmony, how can the combat effectiveness be high.

Yu Chiyuan took the opportunity to attack Chen Ping Town at night, and flanked Yu Chijun back and forth, driving the bandits out of Yuzhou, and the fighting subsided a little.

Ji Qingyun and Luo Sha hibernated outside the capital for three months, until Duan Shiyu became the prince, Ji Qingyun dared to enter the capital.For the past three months, Ji Qingyun had been sleeping in the open, and when Duan Shiyu saw him again, he almost didn't recognize him.

Fortunately, during these three months, Ji Qingyun ate wild game every day, and with Luo Sha's care, although he was a bit dirty, he gained a lot of weight.

When Ji Qingyun came back, Duan Shiyu had Deli's assistant by his side.Duan Shiyu recruited Ji Qingyun and Zhang Ziwen into the palace, talked to them about the war in the south, and expressed his intention to prepare for the expedition.But the two of them disagreed. Zhang Ziwen said: "You have just taken the position of prince, and there is no one in the palace. The queen has long coveted the position. If you want to go out, I am afraid it will be inappropriate. You must first stabilize the people in the court." .”

Duan Shiyu said: "Yesterday I saw the internal history of Zhisu. The treasury is not sufficient. This battle cannot be delayed."

Zhang Ziwen said: "Then I will go."

Duan Shiyu licked his lips, feeling reluctant to give up.Ji Qingyun said: "Farewell, farewell."

Seeing that Ji Qingyun saw through his thoughts, Duan Shiyu had no choice but to let Zhang Ziwen go out.At present, Zhang Ziwen has resigned as the head of the Yushifu. He is an idler, and he is good at tactics. It is indeed a good idea for Zhang Ziwen to go.Duan Shiyu had no choice but to do so.

In mid-July, Duan Shiyu invited Jing Daozi to the palace to be a minister of state affairs. This was strongly supported by the empress dowager who believed in the "way of Huang Lao".

In August, Duan Shiyu initiated a palace examination, planning to select a group of ministers for himself in the future.The first person in the imperial examination was a man named Er Yue. In his examination paper, he explained very clearly the situation of power division in the palace.But this offended the Empress Dowager, Duan Shiyu just arranged that February into the palace to be a young historian, but within two days, he was put in charge of the Gaomiao by the Empress Dowager and became a useless temple official.

Duan Shiyu saw that the Empress Dowager was unwilling to delegate power. Although he was dissatisfied, the courtiers all favored the Empress Dowager, so he did not agree.Ji Qingyun persuaded him to continue to endure.Duan Shiyu had no choice but to follow this, and when dealing with government affairs, he also asked the empress dowager for many times.

In October, Prince Qi and Princess Duan Yanyan arranged for a woman for Duan Shiyu.Although Duan Shiyu wanted to refuse, Prince Qi had the backing of the Queen Mother, and Duan Yanyan also had a husband who was in charge of military power.Duan Shiyu's seat is unstable, and the relationship must be spread out like a spider's web.In this way, whenever someone wants to touch him, every wealthy family will be involved as soon as this spider thread moves.

Duan Shiyu had no choice but to accept concubines according to Ji Qingyun's wishes and let those women fight.

In the first month of the second year, there was an earthquake in Taizhu Mountain, and the Tongtian Pavilion collapsed violently, killing some civilians. Those civilians organized in a rage and rioted.

Knowing that the Tongtian Pavilion collapsed, the emperor, who had just recovered, vomited blood again and almost died.

The root of Duan Shiyu's government is not stable, and the position is not right. The various feudal lords are dissatisfied with Duan Shiyu's being the prince, and they have long stretched their necks to watch the movements in the palace.With the emperor returning to the west at this time, those vassal kings will definitely approach the capital under the banner of mourning.

The emperor was still unwilling to accuse King Wu of any crimes. Although Duan Shiyu sat on the crown prince, he walked on eggshells every day and did not dare to make too many moves. This crown prince was even more useless than when he was the king of Yue.

Duan Shiyu felt extremely depressed, so he went to complain to the Empress Dowager.

This old lady is more transparent than the emperor. Seeing Duan Shiyu getting more and more haggard, she touched his hand and asked, "Shiyu, are you still angry with your father?"

Duan Shiyu shook his head and said: "The grandson loves the father, but the father...will never forgive the grandson."

The Empress Dowager touched Duan Shiyu's head and said, "Why can this man talk, but those animals can only bark, huh? You father and son have not communicated very much since childhood. You don't know your father well. do not understand you."

Duan Shiyu lowered his head and said: "The grandson wants to be close to the father, but the father refuses to be close to the grandson."

There was grievance in Duan Shiyu's voice, the Empress Dowager sighed, and said: "Isn't it time now, go to your father more often and talk to him."

Duan Shiyu nodded, practiced calligraphy with the empress dowager, then slipped to the Supreme Palace where the emperor lived.He has many things to say to this father, but this father doesn't seem to want to talk to him.

The emperor was lying on the dragon couch, and when he saw Duan Shiyu coming in, he turned over, with his butt facing the outside.

Chang Shi Kutuo broke a low stool for Duan Shiyu.Duan Shiyu sat down, facing the dragon couch, and asked: "Father, how are you doing here?"

The emperor said: "Not good."

Duan Shiyu sighed and did not speak.

The emperor said: "Don't be too happy, I still have many sons."

Duan Shiyu felt sad and said, "Aren't I the son of the emperor?"

emperor:"……"

Duan Shiyu lowered his head and asked, "Father, have you ever loved your mother?"

The emperor thought for a while and said, "I have loved many women."

Duan Shiyu was silent for a long time, lowering his eyes.The emperor heard that Duan Shiyu didn't speak, looked back at Duan Shiyu, snorted coldly, and turned his face back again.

Duan Shiyu heard this mocking laughter, felt sore in his heart, and said in a hoarse voice: "When I was young, in the military camp, I couldn't understand one thing at that time... They are both the sons of the emperor, why the crown prince?" I and other brothers are all in the palace, beside my mother, studying with the teacher, but I am eating rice porridge in the wind and sand with the soldiers..." Duan Shiyu looked down at his callused hands and said: "I once I asked my mother if I am the worst of all my brothers, so my father doesn't love me... Mother said no, she said, my father likes me and wants to exercise my will and let me fly out of the palace... cage."

The emperor said: "Otherwise, if you can win the battle, the other sons can't."

"That's right." Duan Shiyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Father loves me so much, why doesn't he visit me?"

emperor:"……"

"The prince has a folding fan, a jade pendant, books, and a bunch of teachers from his father... King Wu has a sword from his father, a brocade and embroidered robe from his father... King Qi can sleep with his father every day... ...And I, even if I was sick and dying, or was accidentally injured by a soldier, I still couldn't see my father come to greet me... Hehe... Hehe... Later I found out that my father really doesn't love me..."

The emperor's eyes became moist, he sniffed, but still didn't make a sound.

Duan Shiyu touched the wound on his shoulder, and said: "Wu Wang raised assassins to kill me, even if the father knew it in his heart, he would not give his replacement, for fear of hurting Wu Wang's reputation... that arrow, Almost pierced into my son's chest, and now, whenever the sky is cloudy, the wound still hurts faintly, but compared to the arrow wound, my heart... hurts more." Duan Shiyu clutched his chest, choked up and said: "My son is always thinking, If one day, my son died in battle, would my father be sad..."

"..." The emperor sat up, turned around and looked at Duan Shiyu.

Duan Shiyu was already in tears, he wiped away the tears and said: "I didn't want to do this, but the one who killed the crown prince was the king of Wu, if I didn't do it that day, would my father give up the position of crown prince to that murderer? ?”

"I……"

Duan Shiyu hooked his lips, raised his lowered eyes, stared at the emperor, and said with a smile: "Yes, father will definitely, father would rather give up the throne to a son who killed his own son than to give it to a man who is fighting abroad." , to settle the son of the rebels for you!!! You are a cowardly man! Cowardly emperor! Irresponsible father!" Duan Shiyu stood up abruptly, kicked the low stool away, his eyes were red with anger.

The emperor pointed at Duan Shiyu with trembling hands: "You dare to deceive the emperor!"

Ku Tuo grabbed Duan Shiyu's arm and whispered, "Prince, prince, calm down."

Duan Shiyu withdrew his hand and said: "Now, who does the father want to give up the throne to? King Qi? Haha...haha, a man who can't even tell the difference between rice and noodles can play this country as a ball... Jiaodong Wang?? He is even worse, he will only hug women and cry...Duan Rong? He is too young, his mother is not a fuel-efficient lamp...Huainan King? Changsha King? Grandma would not agree...Uncle Qi Wang?? Haha ……Hahaha."

As Duan Shiyu spoke, tears fell again.A tall and tough man was crying like a child.

The emperor finally couldn't bear it, and tears flowed down.

Duan Shiyu beat his chest and shouted: "I did nothing wrong!! Never! I never killed a person by mistake!! Just because of that unprovoked framing, I have been stigmatized for 20 years! Let my father stay away from me! Abandon me! Treat me as an evil thing! I just want my own things back!! I never want this throne, I just want a father! A father who loves me!!! One who doesn’t see me will push me away Open father!"

Ku Tuo secretly wiped away his tears, lightly patted the back of Duan Shiyu's hand, and said, "Prince, don't say any more."

The emperor dog put his arms around his back, hugged his knees in pain, and said weakly: "Get out, I don't want to see you."

"Okay." Duan Shiyu closed his eyes, walked out of the Supreme Palace with a stubborn expression on his face.

Ku Tuo walked over and wiped away the tears of the aging emperor.The emperor whimpered and asked, "Zhen, did I do something wrong?"

Ku Tuo said: "Your Majesty is also a human being, how could he not do wrong things in his whole life?"

The emperor asked Kutuo with red eyes, "Do you also think I did something wrong?"

Ku Tuo blinked and said, "In terms of virtue, the current crown prince is indeed the best."

emperor:"……"

Ku Tuo smiled and said, "Look at the prince's stalwart figure, handsome face, and wise mind. He is nothing like when His Majesty was young. If the other princes were thrown into the military camp, they would have given up a long time ago. Only the prince, he is more and more tenacious."

The emperor sighed, and said: "If you didn't treat him like this back then, wouldn't my two sons...wouldn't be like this?"

Ku Tuo wiped away the emperor's tears and said, "The emperor still can't figure it out, it's always King Yuliu and King Wu fighting again..."

The emperor's eyes lit up, and he turned to look at Kutuo.

Ku Tuo said: "But the current ending, in the eyes of this old slave, is God's will. The Holy King is chosen by heaven, your Majesty, you are also the chosen Holy King."

The emperor looked at the place where Duan Shiyu disappeared, and seemed to feel much clearer in his heart. He held Ku Tuo's hand and said, "Quick, get the pen and ink."

Ku Tuo: "Yes."