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Empress He rushed to the entrance of the emperor's chambers, but was blocked by a few eunuchs. One of the eunuchs bowed and said, "Your Highness, please forgive me. The Empress He was displeased, "I am Her Majesty's Queen, could it be that you don't even want to meet me?" The eunuch said, "His Majesty specifically requested that we not see anyone, including the empress."

Empress He frowned. She glanced at the emperor's chambers, snorted, and left with a flick of her sleeve.

At the same time, the emperor was lying beside the sickbed, talking to a tall middle-aged eunuch. Jian Shuo, the oligarch has already decided that the oligarch will establish the Royal Beauty's child, Consort Liu, to inherit the throne. That's what Empress Dowager Dong meant! " The emperor's face was sickly, but his tone was firm.

Jian Shuo frowned: "This old servant has always understood the intentions of His Majesty and the empress dowager, but Your Majesty should be clear that once Your Highness Liu Gang is established, then the Empress He would be fine, but if He Jin makes trouble, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to take care of him! Although this old servant can command He Jin on the surface, it is completely useless! "

The emperor frowned and said, "This is also what the oligarchs worry about the most." He glanced at Jian Shuo, "The reason I called you here today was to have you come up with an idea to solve this problem."

Jian Shuo thought for a moment, then frowned: "The only way now is to first get rid of He Jin, then we can guarantee that His Highness Liu Bian will be able to succeed the throne."

The Emperor asked, "Do you have a way?"

Jian Shuo said: "At the moment, there is one way. His Majesty's body was currently in disharmony with the Emperor, so he could pretend to call He Jin over in the name of Tuo Gu. But this old servant had ambushed many brave warriors around His Majesty's chambers. Once He Jin stepped into his chambers, he would definitely mince him into minced meat! " The emperor thought for a moment and asked worriedly, "Is this plan reliable?" Jian Shuo said: "As long as the news does not leak out, there is no mistake. But in order to stabilize the situation, we should dispatch a reliable army to the capital to suppress the various factions while we remove He Jin! " He then frowned and said, "It won't be easy to find such a reliable soldier!"

The emperor immediately said, "There is a candidate for the oligarch." It's General Ying Yang Chen Lang. "

Jian Shuo's eyes lit up, and he clapped: That's right! The General Ying Yang, He Jin, Zhang Lian and the others were not on good terms with each other, and all of the soldiers under his command were Tiger Wolf Xiao Rui! That day, they, two thousand soldiers, had actually defeated Bao Hong's five thousand strong army in one go outside the western city and then faced off against General He's ten thousand strong army without fear! This General Ying Yang is the best candidate! "

Seeing that Jian Shuo agreed that it was appropriate, the Emperor said: "I will immediately cultivate an imperial edict and send someone to give it to Chen Lang. Jian Shuo nodded and bowed: "Your Majesty is wise."

The emperor immediately ordered people to bring out pens, ink and paper. With the help of the servants, he wrote a secret decree on the bed and passed it to Jian Shuo, telling him: "Select the reliable person to give to General Ying Yang. Also, go to Great General's Estate yourself and ask the Great General to come to your room tomorrow night. Say that I want to discuss the matter of taking care of me with him. " Jian Shuo accepted the secret decree with both hands and agreed.

Jian Shuo left the emperor's chambers, feeling the heavy responsibility on his shoulders, he hurried back to his own residence. This Jian Shuo was not only a eunuch, but also the Marshal of the Eighth School in the Western Courtyard.

Once Jian Shuo returned to the residence, he immediately summoned his trusted aides, Sima Pan, passed the emperor's secret decree to Sima Pan, and reminded him, "This is the secret decree that the emperor wants to give to the General Ying Yang, you can rush to the fir pool in the middle of the night and give it to the General Ying Yang. "Remember, this is a matter of great importance. No mistake can be made." Sima Pan bowed, "Marshal, do not worry! "Your subordinate will take his leave!" "Go on!" Sima Pan bowed and left the hall. Jian Shuo thought for a while, then called his personal guard over, and instructed: "Prepare the carriage, I want to go to Great General's Estate!" He answered yes and immediately ran down the stairs.

Sima Pan left Jian Shuo's residence with the decree and rode on his horse towards the west gate. However, he didn't run far before he reined his horse in. He looked around, and with a flick of the horsewhip, he entered a side alley. After running for a while, he returned to his home.

His wife saw that Sima Pan had suddenly come back, and immediately welcomed him: "Husband, you're back?" Sima Pan could not be bothered with his wife, and rushed into the hall that was lit up with torches. He ran to the lantern and took out the decree from his bosom. He carefully opened it and read it by the light of the lamp. Sima Pan's face suddenly changed, and muttered: "Not good! The eunuch is urging the Emperor to take action! " He then resealed the decree and put it away in his pocket, saying anxiously, "This is urgent, I have to inform the general immediately!" He then hurriedly ran out.

Sima Pan rushed to the back door of Great General's Estate and jumped down from his horse, knocking on it heavily. The back door opened very quickly and a 40 to 50 year old middle-aged man came out. When he saw Sima Pan, he asked in shock, "Why is Master Sima coming here so late?"

Sima Pan asked anxiously: "Where is the great general?"

The clerk said: "I am in the hall talking to Jian Shuo."

Sima Pan immediately entered the back door and hurried over to the window at the side of the hall to listen. They could hear the happy conversation going on inside and the harmonious atmosphere.

At this moment, a maid who was serving tea came out with an empty tray. Sima Pan immediately waved for her to come over. Seeing this, the female attendant walked over. Sima Pan asked softly: "What did the great general and Jian Shuo discuss?" The maid seemed to be hesitating. Just then, Jian Shuo who was in the hall stood up and said his goodbyes, He Jin personally sent Jian Shuo out. Sima Pan was afraid that Jian Shuo would see through it, hence he immediately dragged the maid and hid in the darkness.

Waiting until He Jin returned after seeing him off, Sima Pan then cupped his fists and greeted He Jin: General!

He Jin suddenly saw Sima Pan, and was extremely surprised, asking: "When did you come? Wouldn't it be bad if Jian Shuo saw it? " There was a hint of displeasure in his words.

Sima Pan said: "If it were not for such an urgent matter, how would I dare to come and meet the great general?!" He then took out the secret decree that the emperor wanted to give to Chen Lang, and said: "This is the secret decree Jian Shuo brought out from the palace.

He Jin was surprised, he took the secret decree and read through it, then said with a puzzled face: "Your Majesty ordered Chen Lang to lead the Ying Yang Army's capital to stabilize the situation tomorrow night? What did that mean? Why would Ying Yang Army be needed to stabilize the situation in the capital? Can't my 5th North Army School stabilize the situation? Is His Majesty ill? "

Sima Pan asked: "Great General, may I ask, what did Jian Shuo just say to the Great General?"

When He Jin heard Sima Pan's question, he immediately laughed complacently. "Jian Shuo was the one who gave the command, Your Majesty felt that his time was running out, and thus wanted to summon me to attack and remind you about this matter."

Sima Pan's heart was moved, and he anxiously said: "Great General must not go! It will be a disaster if we go! "

He Jin was shocked, and anxiously asked: "What do you mean?"

Sima Pan said: "This matter is obvious, it is a deadly poison that Jian Shuo gifted to His Majesty. His Majesty was trying to get rid of the great general! The truth was that he was a fake, and the real truth was that he had lured the monarch into an urn! Your subordinate is sure that once the great general enters the palace, he will be viciously attacked! " He Jin was startled and angry at the same time, and scolded: "How dare you castrate thieves?!" Then, he became suspicious, and asked: "How dare Jian Shuo have such big balls? Are you thinking too much? "

Sima Pan said: "Great General! If His Majesty really wants to rely on you, why would he send the Ying Yang Army to the capital through a secret decree? Everyone knew that the General Ying Yang and the Great General did not get along, and the reason they sent him into the capital was obviously to stabilize the situation after getting rid of the Great General! This is already extremely obvious! "

He Jin flew into a rage and scolded: "Damn the eunuch! I swear to kill the eunuch! " And then he started to panic and asked, "What should I do now?"

Sima Pan said: "Then I will hide this secret decree so that the General Ying Yang will not be able to receive it, and will not take any actions. And the Great General must not enter the palace, he must stay in the Great General's Estate and wait for things to take a turn for the better. I think that His Majesty's life will end soon. As long as His Majesty waits for him to arrive, the Great General will lead his troops to the palace and support His Highness Liu Bian as emperor. At the same time, he will exterminate the eunuchs.

Hearing Sima Pan's words, He Jin felt that the matter was as simple as it was before, and laughed: "Good, good, good, it's decided then!"

Sima Pan bid farewell to He Jin and left in a hurry. After Sima Pan left the Great General's Estate, he did not go to the fir pool. In the early morning of the second day, Sima Pan left home and returned to Jian Shuo's residence to report that the secret decree had been delivered. Jian Shuo then followed his plan and secretly sent his trusted aides and warriors into the palace to ambush them. He was waiting for He Jin's arrival after nightfall.

However, Jian Shuo had personally led the warriors to ambush them for an entire night and He Jin still did not appear. Furthermore, the Ying Yang Army s of Chen Lang's group, who were supposed to enter the capital, also did not come. Jian Shuo was alarmed, and could only report it to the emperor. The emperor was confused and terrified, not knowing what to do. The emperor's illness was already very serious, and now that he was suddenly frightened, he couldn't even breathe before he died. Seeing that, Jian Shuo panicked and quickly reported to Empress He.

When Empress He received the news, she immediately sent someone to inform He Jin. He Jin was currently discussing with Cao Cao and the others, when he received the news, he immediately led the army to the Imperial Palace, and was right beside the Emperor's corpse, inviting Liu Bian to wear a dragon robe and inherit the throne. At this moment, Jian Shuo, Empress Dowager Dong and the others had no way of stopping them, they could only watch as this happened.

Following that, the entire imperial court went into mourning for the former Emperor under He Jin's guidance. The commoners in the capital were all alarmed when they heard the news of the emperor's departure. This was because in the past, whenever the emperor passed away, the situation would always become chaotic.

When Chen Lang received the news that the emperor had suddenly passed away and Liu Bian had succeeded to the throne in the fir pool, he was prepared to set off for the Luoyang. But just then, He Jin's messenger arrived.