past events

Since Chibi's victory, Liu Xuande has had a stable position. Over the years, under Zhuge Kongming's strategy, Liu Xuande won many battles.After Wei Wang Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, Liu Xuande, who was in his twilight years, couldn't bear the Han Dynasty to fall into the hands of others, so he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. At this time, Pang Shiyuan, the right army commander, had passed away, and all success or failure depended on the left army commander Zhuge Kongming.

But at this time, Guan Yunchang, Liu Xuande's righteous brother, had been captured and killed by Soochow Wu, and Zhang Yide had also been assassinated by his subordinates. Xuande had been allied with Soochow, and he hated it very much at this time, so he decided to attack Wu immediately.

Kong Ming was firmly opposed to this matter. He knew that if he attacked Wu, it would be Cao Wei in the north who would benefit more.

He knelt outside Xuande's bedroom for a long time, his legs were already numb, but his heart was already more bitter. He hoped that Xuande would listen to his advice and not insist on cutting down Wu because of his brother's hatred, and let Cao Wei get the benefits of being a fisherman.

"I have made up my mind, there is no need to say anything else!" Liu Xuande's attitude of attacking Wu was still firm.

"Your Majesty!" Kong Ming looked at Xuande's leaving back, knowing that he could not persuade him, he felt desperate for the first time.

Liu Xuande finally embarked on the road of defeating Wu, thinking that he would succeed, but unexpectedly, people are not as good as heaven, Sun Zhongmou slapped his cronies to fight back against Lu Boyan. A fire burned not only Liu Xuande's soldiers, but also his hope of victory and his life's painstaking efforts. So far, Liu Xuande's life has come to an end.

In the Wu palace, Sun Zhongmou heard that Liu Xuande was critically ill, and immediately shed tears. Although he had been an enemy of Xuande for several years, he could not do without him, because only by alliance with Xuande can he be able to contend against Cao Wei.Sun Zhongmou is also a tyrannical hero who can't live under others. Now he is committed to Cao Wei. He already feels that if Xuande dies, the Sun Liu alliance will completely disintegrate, and he will be unable to contend with Cao Wei, so he decides to send someone to seek peace with Liu Xuande.

"Which one of you is the most suitable?" Sun Zhongmou asked the civil and military officials with tears.

"My lord, it is most suitable for me to go! My younger brother Kong Ming is an official in Shu, and I am also an old friend with the Emperor of Shu Han!" Walked out of the group of civil servants, somewhat similar to Kong Ming, it was Zhuge Ziyu.

So, Zhuge Ziyu set off quickly and arrived at Yong'an Palace, Liu Xuande's residence.

"The Emperor of Han!" Zhuge Ziyu couldn't believe it. The man who was so majestic and handsome back then looked like this now. He was very haggard, weak and weak, and his face was as pale as paper.

"Zhuge Ziyu, I don't want to see you, and I will never trust people from Soochow. Don't think that you are brother Kong Ming and I will trust you. Come and see off!" Liu Xuande was extremely weak on the sickbed, but his eyes Full of hatred and emotionally unstable.

When the guards were about to drive Zhuge Ziyu away, Ziyu suddenly shouted: "Han Emperor, no, Xuande!"

"Bold, dare to call our Majesty by his name!" shouted the guard on the side.

"Shut up!" Although Xuande is an emperor, he can't see this kind of bullshit, "Don't be rude to the prime minister!"

"Xuande!" Zhuge Ziyu called again, and found that the two "Xuande" made Xuande's mood instantly stabilized, and most of the hatred in his eyes disappeared.

"Ziyu!" Liu Xuande called out weakly, weeping instantly, and there was no hatred in his voice, "I didn't expect you to call me 'Xuande'! No one has called me like that for a long time!"

"Xuande, both of us are weak countries, and the Crown Prince of Han is young. If the Emperor of Han is a hundred years later, the world of Shu Han will be on the shoulders of his younger brother Kong Ming. If our two countries continue to contend, it will not only be our brothers who are fighting against each other. Massacre will make our two countries weaker, let Cao Wei take advantage of the fisherman!" Zhuge Ziyu persuaded with tears.

"That's all!" Liu Xuande said tearfully, "For the sake of the great man, and also for the sake of Kong Ming and Chan'er, I am willing to put aside my brotherly enmity and continue to form an alliance with Soochow!"

Zhuge Ziyu cried after hearing this: "The foreign ministers thank the Emperor of Han!"

But Xuande still has a trace of hatred. He hates Sun Zhongmou for breaking the contract, and hates him for killing his sworn brother, but now he has to cooperate with Sun Zhongmou for Ji Han's future, "Ziyu, tell Zhongmou after you return to Wu. He broke his promise again, and I will not spare him even if I die!"

"Xuande!" Zhuge Ziyu cried bitterly, he himself did not expect that he would cry so sadly.

Soon, a servant came in to report: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister and Prince Yong have arrived!"

Kong Ming brought his son Liu Yong in slowly, and the three of them burst into tears when they met. At this time, Liu Xuande felt even more remorse for himself.

"Kong Ming, the person I've been most sorry for in my life is you! I will definitely make it up in the next life!" Liu Xuande, whose life was dying, said full of remorse.

"Your Majesty!" Kong Ming cried with tears in his eyes.

"Don't call me 'Your Majesty'!" the haggard Xuande laughed with tears.

"Liu Lang!" Kong Ming cried out.

"Father!" Suddenly a child cried out.

Liu Xuande looked at this child. This was Liu Yong, the son of him and Kong Ming. Because Liu Yong was not the eldest son, he could not be crowned prince. "Yong'er, my son—"

"Father!" Although Liu Yong was young, he could see from Xuande's eyes that Father hoped that he would honor his father well after he left.

Hearing Kong Ming addressing himself in this way, Liu Xuande finally showed a smile, "Kong Ming, the Han Dynasty and Chan'er, please—"

"Kong Ming—" Liu Xuande finally yelled these two words and died.

"Liu Lang!" Kong Ming wanted to cry, but found that people were so sad that they couldn't even shed tears, so they became even more sad.

Not only Kong Ming, but all the civil and military officials in the palace fell to their knees, crying, and a strong wind blew outside, and it rained heavily, as if the whole world was crying for Liu Xuande's passing. into one.

"Father, Uncle Ziyu is here!" Kong Ming, who was extremely sad, heard Liu Yong say to himself with the same sad voice.

"Brother!" Only then did Kong Ming realize that his brother was standing in front of him, and his face was as sad as his own. Instead of standing up, he knelt beside Xuande's body and called his brother.

"I didn't expect my brother to cry for my lord!"

"To tell you the truth, I came here to ask for peace under the order of the King of Wu for my brother, Xuande, no, the Emperor of Han has agreed with Sun Liu to continue the alliance!" Zhuge Ziyu replied tearfully.

"Prime Minister, we can testify that His Majesty has indeed agreed with Sun Liu to continue the alliance before his death!" The guard beside him was afraid that Kong Ming would not believe him, so he hurriedly explained.

Kong Ming expressed his belief with his eyes, the sadness in his heart did not dissipate, and finally burst into tears. After crying for a while, he said to his brother in a hoarse voice: "Brother, you return to Jiankang to report to King Wu, and I will escort your majesty tomorrow morning." The coffin returns to Chengdu!"

When Zhuge Ziyu was about to leave, he did not forget to persuade Kong Ming, "Kong Ming, although you and I are masters, brothers will always be brothers!"

Kong Ming nodded with tears in his eyes.