Can I get to the other side?

The sudden good news caught Liu Xie off guard.

Zhen Mi...had given birth to a child?

And it was a son?

Liu Xie was stunned, but Jia Xu reacted faster than him and congratulated him excitedly: "Your Majesty is happy to have a son, congratulations to your Majesty, congratulations to your Majesty!"

The emperor has no heir, which is a problem that concerns the court and the people.

Although there is Princess Liu Ying, a princess is not a prince after all, so many ministers are still worried about the emperor's lack of heirs.

But now this problem has finally been solved - Zhen Mi successfully gave birth to a prince!

The emperor finally has an heir!

Hearing Jia Xu's congratulations, Liu Xie slowly recovered from the shock brought by the news of Zhen Mi's childbirth.

Then he asked Gao Lan: "How is Concubine Zhen? Is she okay?"

Zhen Mi suffers from lung disease. Although she has received treatment from Zhang Zhongjing, giving birth is still full of dangers for her.

Gao Lan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured. The noble lady and the dragon son are both safe."

Liu Xie was relieved after hearing this.

It's good that Zhen Mi is fine.

After thinking for a while, Liu Xie said to Gao Lan, "General Gao, you go and announce to the court and the public that the noble lady Zhen gave birth to the dragon son."

"At the same time, pass on my decree that Chang'an City will lift the curfew for three days. All the elderly over fifty years old can go to the government office to receive a piece of cloth and five catties of meat. The whole country will celebrate together!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Gao Lan nodded and agreed, and then left.

Liu Xie watched Gao Lan's figure disappear at the door of the Xuanshi Hall, and then retracted his gaze, with a thoughtful look on his face.

Seeing this, Jia Xu asked, "Your Majesty, are you missing Concubine Zhen? Do you want me to send an embroidered robe to bring Concubine Zhen and the prince to Chang'an?"

"No need."

Liu Xie collected his thoughts and shook his head, saying, "Concubine Zhen has just given birth to a son. Let's let her recuperate in Yecheng for a while before we talk about it."

"I'm thinking about other things."

Jia Xu's heart moved, and he asked, "Could it be... or the matter of establishing a queen?"

Zhen Mi gave birth to a prince.

This is of great significance.

As the saying goes, a mother's status depends on her son. Having a son means she has the capital to become a queen. Moreover, now that Zhen Shi is suspected of corruption and murdering an imperial envoy, her power has been taken back, and the threat is not as great as before.

It can be said that Zhen Mi is the best candidate to be established as the queen at present. The only thing to worry about is the reputation.

After all, Zhen Shi had committed such a big crime before. Letting a concubine with a bad reputation as a relative be the queen will inevitably be criticized by the court and the public.

"Let's talk about it later."

Liu Xie did not continue to talk about this topic with Jia Xu, because it would be endless and too boring.

It would be better to think about what name to give the child first, so that when Zhen Mi came to Chang'an to ask him about it later, he would have to "carefully consider it".

After thinking about it, Liu Xie asked Jia Xu: "Wenhe, what do you think about naming my prince 'Jue'?"

Jue means beautiful jade, which is suitable for gentlemen.

This is a very good word.

Jia Xu pondered for a moment and nodded deeply: "This word is very good. Jue is the king of jade. Only gentlemen with gentle temperament and noble character can wear it."

"You are worthy of your majesty. The wonderful naming is beyond my reach."

Facing the rainbow fart offered by Jia Xu, Liu Xie has become accustomed to it, but since there is no problem with this word, let's use this word as the name.

"Draft an edict for me, and confer the title of... King of Bohai on Liu Jue."

Although it was somewhat against etiquette to confer the title of king just after birth, as his first son, born by Zhen Mi, it was reasonable to give him some favor.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Jia Xu bowed his hands in response, but was a little surprised.

It should be noted that the emperor had been the King of Bohai before he ascended the throne, and was later renamed the King of Chenliu. Now conferring the title of King of Bohai on this prince... Is it hinting at something?

Although he was curious, Jia Xu still resisted asking questions and turned to leave the hall.

...

Jingzhou, Changsha.

After Cao Cao escaped from Huarong Road under the desperate cover of Xu Chu and the other two, he fled a long way and dared to cross the river and return to the south bank only after confirming that there were no Han army chasing him.

Then he joined the troops on the south bank of the Yangtze River and led the remaining troops back to Changsha City.

Due to the arduous journey and the fear, Cao Cao fell ill as soon as he returned to Changsha, and at the same time, bad news came one after another.

First, after the news of the defeat at Chibi spread, the gentry in various parts of Jiangnan defected one after another, and wherever the imperial army passed, the cities surrendered.

Secondly, Liu Bei led his troops from Yizhou to Changsha and had entered Wuling County; in addition, Yu Jin, who was guarding Jiangdong, was stabbed in the back by the local gentry, defeated and captured.

Now only Changsha County is still under control.

The situation is unprecedentedly bad.

The key is that Cao Cao fell ill at this time, so that the whole city of Changsha was in panic, and everyone felt extremely uneasy.

After learning about this, Emperor Xian of Han personally came to Cao Cao's mansion to visit.

Outside Sikong Mansion.

Emperor Xian of Han was facing the many soldiers blocking his way and said excitedly: "I am the emperor! How dare you stop me?!"

"Get out of my way! I want to go in and visit Sikong!"

Faced with Emperor Xian of Han's scolding, the soldiers outside the palace were in a dilemma.

"Your Majesty——"

At this moment, Xun Yu walked out of the palace.

Han Xiandi's eyes lit up when he saw Xun Yu, and he stepped forward and said excitedly: "Xun Aiqing, you came at the right time. These guys dared to stop me from visiting Sikong. They are so bold!"

"Hurry up and let them leave. I brought a lot of supplements and medicines to Sikong. With these medicines, Sikong's illness will definitely get better."

Han Xiandi pointed to the large and small bags carried by the attendants behind him.

Cao Cao was seriously ill, and he was the most anxious.

Because if Cao Cao was gone, who else in the world could protect him? Where in the world could he stay?

And he also heard that Lu Bu was about to lead his troops to attack, which made him even more terrified.

If he fell into Lu Bu's hands, his end would definitely be very tragic - Lu Bu almost killed him with a knife, and he still remembers that scene vividly.

Looking at the fear in the eyes of the Han Emperor, Xun Yu felt a little tired for some reason and sighed, "Sikong is resting and not seeing anyone. Your Majesty should go back."

"I will go to see your majesty when Sikong recovers."

Cao Cao's current condition really requires rest and it is inconvenient to be disturbed. It is useless for the Han Emperor to visit him.

Hearing this, the Han Emperor's face suddenly showed disappointment. After hesitating for a long time, he said, "In this case... OK."

"Xun Aiqing, you hand over these supplements and medicines to Sikong and tell him for me that I am waiting for him to recover soon."

Xun Yu nodded in agreement.

Then the Han Emperor asked people to leave all the things they brought, and reluctantly got on the carriage and left.

Looking at the carriage of the Han Emperor going away, Xun Yu did not retract his gaze for a long time, and I don't know what he was thinking.

At this moment, Xun You came out and said to him: "Uncle, Sikong is awake... Where did these things come from?"

Xun You also noticed the many medicinal supplements placed outside the mansion.

Xun Yu retracted his gaze and said casually: "His Majesty just sent it... Nothing, go in."

"His Majesty is coming?"

Xun You was stunned and looked at the carriage leaving not far away on the street. Obviously, he didn't expect the emperor to come to visit in person.

After all, as the emperor, it was not in accordance with etiquette to come to the mansion of the minister in person.

But he soon understood why the emperor did this.

Xun Yu turned and walked into the mansion, and Xun You followed closely behind him. The two went to Cao Cao's bedroom together.

Walking on the road, seeing that there was no one around, Xun You lowered his voice and said: "Uncle, the situation has come to this point now, what should we do?"

"It's time to think of a retreat for yourself."

The three fronts were defeated, and the enemy was about to be at the gates of the city. Even if they escaped, they didn't know where to escape. The situation had reached an irreversible point.

Xun You is not a blindly loyal person. Now he has to start looking for a way out for himself and the Xun family.

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"A way out?"

Xun Yu stopped and said softly: "Where do we have any way out now? Don't you know that this is a rebellion?"

Whether the emperor is real or not is irrelevant now. Xun Yu is unwilling to delve into it, and doesn't want to delve into it.

Because as early as when he rejected Fu Wan's invitation and pledged allegiance to the emperor in the north, he had already embarked on a road of no return.

If they win, they are the ministers who follow the dragon; if they lose, they are the rebels who support the false emperor.

It doesn't matter what the position is, only success or failure.

Hearing what Xun Yu said, Xun You's eyes flashed with anxiety, and he said: "Uncle, are you going to accept your fate like this? This will implicate my entire Xun family!"

"We may not be able to make meritorious contributions while serving our sentence!"

Of course, he knew the consequences of defeat, so he didn't want to sit and wait for death, causing the entire family to be implicated.

Xun You lowered his voice and said: "Uncle, Xu You is now imprisoned in the mansion. If we can take him to the court to surrender, it may not be impossible to offset the crime."

"As far as I know, the pseudo... emperor in the north values ​​Xu You very much, and even listed him in the second floor of Lingyun Pavilion."

"If you are bolder and take this 'son of heaven' in the city out of the city to surrender, then..."

Xun You was interrupted by Xun Yu before he finished speaking.

"Enough, Gongda."

Xun Yu looked at Xun You deeply and said: "We are here."

Cao Cao's bedroom was not far away.

Xun You closed his mouth and remained silent.

Cheng Yu had just walked out of Cao Cao's bedroom at this time. His eyes were slightly red and his face was still wet with tears, as if he had just cried.

After seeing the two of them, he wiped his tears and said, "The lord has woken up and wants to see you two. You two should go in quickly."

So Xun Yu and Xun You walked in together.

The bedroom was filled with a smell of medicine.

Cao Cao was only wearing his inner clothes and sitting on the couch. His face was as white as gold paper, and his eyebrows were filled with black air.

"Gongda, Wenruo, you are here."

After seeing the two of them, Cao Cao smiled and said, "Sit down, don't be polite."

Seeing Cao Cao like this, Xun You and Xun Yu were also surprised, especially Xun You, who felt a little more guilty.

Cao Cao usually treated him very well, but at this critical moment, he was thinking about how to get out. This was really a bit mean.

But Xun Yu was still calm. After paying a salute to Cao Cao, he asked, "How does Sikong feel? Has the condition improved?"

Cao Cao sighed, "I have had this disease for a long time. Although Hua Tuo was able to treat it in the past, it was only a temporary solution."

"Forget it... Let's not talk about this. Where are the imperial troops?"

He was clear about the current situation. The three fronts collapsed. The Changsha garrison was only 10,000. Even if Han Xin was alive, he would be powerless to save the situation.

He just wanted to know where the imperial army was and how much time he had left.

Xun Yu was silent for a moment, and then said, "They have entered Changsha County and are only a hundred miles away from Changsha City. It is expected that they will be at the gates of the city in three days."

Cao Cao's mood sank when he heard this.

Three days?

Xun You suddenly said: "Sikong, let's set off immediately and continue to evacuate south with His Majesty. There is still a chance."

Feeling Xun You's sincere gaze, Cao Cao sneered: "Evacuate south, where to? Go to the sea?"

"If I were still young, I would definitely take your advice, but I am over fifty years old now. I have suffered such a great defeat. All my elite soldiers and generals have been lost. I only have this sick body and the resurrection of thigh muscles."

"Do you think people like me can still accomplish great things?"

Xun You opened his mouth and fell silent.

He knew that the failure of the Battle of Chibi had played all of Cao Cao's trump cards and made him lose all his spirit.

The Cao Gong who could write the magnificent "Short Song" and the high-spirited Cao Gong no longer existed.

"Okay, you all retreat, let me rest for a while."

Cao Cao seemed a little tired and didn't want to say more.

Xun Yu and Xun You had to get up and leave.

But just as they were about to leave the bedroom, Cao Cao's voice suddenly came from behind.

"Wen Ruo, Gong Da, if you want to leave, then go ahead."

"I heard that the emperor knows how to use people and is eager to seek talents. With your talents, if you surrender voluntarily, you will not be implicated."

"Put all the blame on me alone."

Xun Yu stopped, and Xun You was shocked. Tears could no longer be suppressed and burst out in an instant.

"Sikong!"

Xun You turned around and bowed to Cao Cao, tears streaming down his face, "It is my luck to meet Sikong in this life!"

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Gong Da's words are enough for me! Hahaha... cough cough cough——!"

Laughing and laughing, Cao Cao began to cough violently.

His face was even more sickly red.

Xun You burst into tears, and Xun Yu's mood was also very complicated. He turned around and bowed deeply to Cao Cao.

"Sikong, take care."

After saying that, he pulled Xun You out of the bedroom.

Cao Cao was the only one left in the huge bedroom.

Cao Cao struggled and barely stood up from the bed, and subconsciously shouted: "Xu Chu, go get my——"

He stopped talking before he finished speaking.

Xu Chu was already dead.

Cao Cao stood there and stared at the empty door for a long while, then he let out a long sigh.