Three Kingdoms: I am not Liu Bian

Chapter 2 I want to... control the troops of the five schools of the Northern Army!
"Father, why on earth do you favor my brother Xie?"

Liu Bian murmured in a childish voice, which was a little hoarse.

The impact of killing someone for the first time was so strong that he suddenly recalled the time when he madly chopped Liu Xie's soft and fragile cervical bones with his sword, the crisp sound of the bones breaking, and the look of astonishment still hanging on the head he had chopped off.

"I'm asking you why you wanted to kill Xie'er!"

Perhaps seeing a hint of fatigue and cowardice in Liu Bian's eyes, Liu Hong found his old way of getting along with this cowardly son, roaring and forcing Liu Bian to answer.

"Killing him is to save yourself, and saving yourself will inevitably offend the source!"

"Have you forgotten the promise your mother made to you when she helped you break free from the constraints of the Song family and abolished the Song family!"

"You want to make Liu Xie the crown prince instead of me!"

"The Queen Mother hates my mother and me deeply, and my mother is Liu Xie's murderer!"

"If Liu Xie, who was raised by the Queen Mother, ascends the throne a hundred years after you, how will my mother and I survive?"

Liu Bian sneered.

He had also thought about giving up. He knew that it was not easy to be the emperor. The eunuchs, the gentry, and the foreign troops were all eyeing him covetously. What's more, there were foreign races and bandits rebelling in all directions.

But Queen He's scolding woke him up and he knew that the consequence of giving up would be death!
Apart from the threat posed by Liu Xie, there was also the future Dong Zhuo. No one wanted such a legitimate and orthodox heir to the throne to fall into the hands of someone else.

"Actually, you know everything. Is this what you want to see, or do you really not know?"

"If Your Majesty wants to make Liu Xie the crown prince, and the court and the people are in turmoil, is it my fault, Liu Xie's fault, or Your Majesty's fault?"

Liu Bian looked at Liu Hong with red eyes, calling him "Your Majesty", completely abandoning the title of "Father Emperor". He walked to the edge of the swimming pool with a sword in hand, and the bloody blade kept getting closer to His Majesty the Emperor.

"What on earth do you want to do!"

After the shock and anger passed, Liu Hong suddenly realized the current situation. Fear instantly spread from his heart and gradually occupied his heart.

"Your Majesty, please issue an edict to enthrone me as Crown Prince. Hand over the seal, ribbon, and military token. I want to... command the troops of the five schools of the Northern Army!"

Liu Bian reached out and wiped the blood off his face, but the blood could not be wiped clean by his sleeve. Instead, this wipe made his face covered with blood, making his young face look even more hideous and terrifying. With a cold smile, he looked down at Liu Hong in the swimming pool.

At this moment, Liu Hong's wet hair was scattered in disarray, with the messy hair tightly stuck to his forehead, making him look like a drowned chicken.

"What if I don't give it to you? Do you dare to kill me, the emperor?"

Liu Hong took a deep breath and forced himself to cheer up. After all, he was the emperor of the Han Dynasty and Liu Bian's biological father. He bet that Liu Bian would not dare to kill him, otherwise Liu Bian would be a traitor who killed the king and the father, and it would be impossible for him to succeed to the throne, let alone keep his life.

"Of course I wouldn't dare to kill the king, but Your Majesty should be aware of the past events between Qi Huan and Zhao Wuling."

Liu Hong's heart trembled, his eyes filled with fear, his index finger pointing at Liu Bian trembled, but he could not utter a word.

"I can announce to the public that His Majesty is ill and needs to be recuperated." Liu Bian held up three fingers on his left hand, his voice emotionless. "Then drain the water from the pool and take away all the food and drink in the Qingliang Palace. It will only take three days without food and drink. No... With His Majesty's exhausted body, it shouldn't take more than three days."

"I believe that with my mother's status as Empress, I can still delay it for a few days." "Of course, Your Majesty can also choose to fight to the death and let the throne pass into the hands of someone else just as it came from our family. Don't expect to replace me by giving birth to a new child. If the ruler is young and the country is in turmoil, the Han Dynasty will surely perish."

"Anyway, the king who destroyed the Han Dynasty as recorded in later history books was Your Majesty, not me, the prince."

"If Your Majesty actively cooperates, I will continue to let Your Majesty live a comfortable and enjoyable life. Your Majesty has no interest in government affairs anyway."

……

Two quarters later, outside Qingliang Palace

Empress He, dressed in a phoenix robe, hurried here. However, the gorgeous fiery red phoenix robe was now disheveled, and the phoenix crown on her head was also askew. She jumped off the carriage without any regard for the etiquette of a queen, walked up the stairs and came to the door of Qingliang Palace, looking at the dozens of guards who were also waiting outside the closed palace door.

At this moment, a creaking sound came from the palace door, and the heavy door slowly opened inward. A figure that looked extremely thin in Queen He's eyes slowly walked out of the palace.

Liu Bian's eyes swept across the twenty-six people holding weapons outside the hall. He held a jade scroll and silk book tightly in his left hand, suppressing the heat in his heart and raised it high to the crowd.

Yes, twenty-six people!
Twenty of them were the guards that Empress He brought with her when she married into the palace. All of them were He’s own sons, and they were all warriors who would risk their lives for him!
The other six were women, forming the Queen's exclusive travel procession, a group of knights composed of women.

This is his entire team!
If Liu Hong had delayed for a few more hours to let Jian Shuo react, he really would not have been able to enthrone the prince legitimately.

The biggest mistake Liu Hong made was that he regarded Liu Bian and He Jin as one and the same, and believed that the reason Liu Bian was fearless was because he had the support of He Jin.

But now, the imperial edict and the military order were in his hands, and it was too late for Liu Hong to realize the problem.

Liu Bian walked through the crowd of twenty-six people and his eyes fell on Empress He. His sharp gaze paused, and then turned into a look of tenderness.

"Mother, I am an unfilial son and have caused you worry."

Liu Bian did not explain much, but knelt on his knees and kowtowed three times to Queen He.

Kneeling and bowing were not popular in the Han Dynasty. Only on important festivals and celebrations did officials need to perform the ceremony. Apart from that, kneeling was only required when offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors.

Seeing the wound on Liu Bian's forehead, Empress He was heartbroken. The little resentment in her heart disappeared without a trace. She no longer cared about the etiquette of a queen, and walked to Liu Bian and gently wiped the wound with a handkerchief.

In order to gain the trust of Liu Hong, Empress Dowager Dong and Liu Xie, Liu Bian repeatedly contradicted Empress He without communicating with her in advance. Only when he found the opportunity to take action today did he send someone to tell Empress He all his plans. However, the mother who loved him deeply resolutely handed all her people over to him.

"I must trouble you, Queen Mother, to accompany me once more. First, I will use the imperial edict and military token to mobilize the guards of Changqiu Palace. Then, I will ask Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and Guo Sheng to help me take over the five schools of the Northern Army!"

Queen He opened her red lips slightly, and was about to say something, but swallowed it back.

She wanted to say, it would be great if your uncle could take charge of the army for you, wouldn't it be great if you and I, mother and son, could become the Emperor and Empress Dowager of Peace in the future?

But even if she did not understand Liu Bian's actions, as she thought Liu Bian could clearly use He Jin to contact the scholars to force the emperor to compromise and make him the crown prince, why did he take such a risky move.

But she also understood that her son had grown up and had his own opinions.

From what happened today, it can be seen that her son is very outstanding and mature, and does not require her, as a mother, to worry about him at all.

My son will definitely be a far wiser emperor than his father!
(End of this chapter)