Xiao Lun, the king of Shaoling who entered the palace to serve the sick, felt that he had never been so close to the highest power. His father was in bed and was unconscious, and his brother was right in front of him.

As long as you dare to fight, maybe you can...

Looking at the guards wearing strong and sharp legs, thinking that the accessories on their waists were ritual instruments and wooden swords, Xiao Lun pressed that terrible idea.

There is no chance of winning because my brother controls the palace and even Taicheng. Once something happens, the doors will be closed and the troops outside will not enter Taicheng.

Moreover, his subordinates suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Jiankang. Although some young and strong people were temporarily recruited, they could not fight tough battles and people's hearts were not stable.

Not to mention that Hou Jing was entrenched in Guangling, and would cross south to capture Jingkou at any time, and then come to Jiankang, so it is not possible now.

Footsteps sounded, and Xiao Lun looked up and saw the imperial doctor coming out of the hall. He wanted to go forward to ask, but he still didn't go.

Even if I ask, the imperial doctor will not tell the truth, so why bother?

Xiao Lun knew that his father had fallen into a coma a few years ago, so the imperial doctor couldn't tell me why. What is his condition now? It's better to tell fortunes and ask questions when he listens to the imperial doctor.

As he thought about it, he was a little lost.

Before, the soldiers of the King's Army entered Taicheng and their father left the palace to reward him. It might be because of the disease he contracted at that time.

Later, when the generals entered the palace, my father was very excited, perhaps because of excessive excitement that caused an old disease and fainted.

In addition, I was trapped in Taicheng for several months and couldn't eat well and didn't have a good rest, so I might not be able to get through it.

But life still has to go on, and Hou Jing is still alive. Now that he has occupied Guangling, it seems that he wants to seize a corner of Huainan. It is probably not easy for the court to wipe it out.

Not to mention that the Gao family has taken advantage of the situation, and even the Yuwen family in the west will take advantage of it, so this imperial throne is not good.

Xiao Lun thought about his brother who might be about to succeed the throne and sneered in his heart: Even if you sit on this imperial throne, you will only be embarrassed, and people will see that you are incompetent!

So, why should I be anxious for a moment?

Xiao Lun thought about it and felt relieved. The thought disappeared without a trace. He closed his eyes and rested, waiting for news in the hall.

The sunset is setting, and the afterglow of the sunset wraps the palace with a layer of golden color, brilliant, and lonely.

In the hall, on the couch, Xiao Yan opened his eyes, looked at the afterglow of the sunset, and remembered many things.

He was born in the eighth year of the Ming Dynasty of the Liu Song Dynasty and was from the Song Dynasty. When he was fifteen years old, he witnessed the afterglow of the setting sun in the Liu Song Dynasty.

The clan relatives changed dynasties, and he became a native of Qi and was a remote branch of the royal family.

When he was thirty-seven years old, he raised an army to attack Jiankang, witnessed the sunset of Xiao Qi's country, and then changed the dynasty and became the Emperor of Daliang.

In a blink of an eye, decades have passed. The boy who got up early and read in the morning is now a bedridden old man with white hair. His life is about to end.

Like the setting sun, the light gradually disappeared and finally disappeared at the end of the earth.

So, will the beam disappear like the setting sun?

Xiao Yan looked at the afterglow of the sunset outside the window, his eyes were confused.

When he was young, he heard about the tragedy of the Liu Song royal family killing each other. When he was young, he witnessed the tragedy of the Xiao Qi royal family killing each other. Therefore, when he became the emperor, he tried his best to avoid such a tragedy happening again.

For more than 40 years, he has been protecting the children of the royal family, hoping to use family affection to form a group of helping the royal family, but unfortunately, things went against their wishes.

At this point, the sects are in conflict and the royal family is in conflict. He is powerless and does not know whether the new king can stabilize the situation after he ascends the throne.

On the side, Xiao Daqi, the king of Xuancheng who was serving, saw that his grandfather was motionless and looked out the window, and was a little worried, so he asked his grandfather if he wanted to drink some water.

Xiao Yan took his gaze back and looked at the emperor's grandson with mixed feelings.

He thought of his eldest son who died early, the Prince of Zhaoming Xiao Tong, and his two sons who were still alive, his two grandsons, Xiao Yu, the King of Hedong who is now in Xiangzhou, and Xiao Xu, the King of Yueyang who is in Yongzhou.

When Xiao Tong died, Xiao Yan gave up Xiao Tong's son and made his third son Xiao Gang the crown prince. He felt quite guilty about the grandson of the eldest son.

Changsun Xiao Huan has passed away, leaving Xiao Yu and Xiao Xu. The two brothers are resentful and have a bad relationship with their uncles. Xiao Yan knows that if he is gone, no one will feel sorry for these two brothers.

Xiao Yan looked at the crown prince Xiao Daqi in front of him, thinking about Xiao Yu and Xiao Xu, who were far away from home, and wanted to speak but stopped.

He wants his descendants to live in harmony, but what can he do if he can't do?

The footsteps sounded, but the eunuchs, as requested by Xiao Yan, brought in the royal family members who had entered the palace to serve him on their last journey, and together with the crown prince and the crown prince, they came to see him off for the last journey.

Looking at the children and grandchildren in front of him, Xiao Yanzong had thousands of words, but when he came to his mouth, he could only play the bitter old tune again:

"Brothers fight against their insults outside..."

......

The bells rang out in Taicheng, heavy and long. Then, bells were heard from many places in the city, echoing over Jiankang.

Dongye, Dongye, who was supervising the worker, listened to the bell and looked at Taicheng.

There is only one possibility in this situation, that is, the emperor's fortune.

The Emperor of Daliang, the founding emperor Xiao Yan, has passed away.

This person who is both civil and military, and who established the Liang Kingdom should be given the posthumous title of "Wu" and is called Emperor Wu of Liang.

Emperor Wu of Liang in history was a winner in life for most of his life, but he was unable to protect his later years. After Hou Jing captured Taicheng, he imprisoned him. Therefore, this old emperor, who was extremely Buddhist and became a monk several times, failed to die well.

However, history has changed now, Hou Jing was in chaos but failed to break through Taicheng, so the elderly Xiao Yan died "normal".

Before his death, the children and grandchildren served in front of the bed, and the elderly walked with dignity and dignity.

Although Li Li was dissatisfied with the evil policies of Emperor Wu of Liang and the indulgence of the royal family, it is undeniable that it was this old man who brought nearly fifty years of peace to Jiangnan.

Although the lives of the people are still difficult, peace is better than war.

There was a saying in later generations that it would be better to be a peaceful dog than a chaotic person. During the war-torn Northern and Southern Dynasties, the people of Jiangnan could have lived a peaceful life of almost fifty years, which was also a great good deed by the old emperor.

Now, the old emperor can leave the world with decent attitude, which is a good beginning and a good end.

However, Xiao Yan left a mess to Xinjun. No one knew whether Xinjun could clean up the mess.

Because this mess is really bad, there are brothers fighting, internal strife in the royal family (things that will inevitably happen), the imperial court's prestige plummeted, local tyrants are ready to move, and strong enemies are eyeing them.

The domestic conflicts that had accumulated for nearly fifty years were detonated by Hou Jing, but more conflicts would inevitably erupt with the death of the old emperor.

Many people are not optimistic about whether the new king can solve various problems because the new king seems to be indecisive and may be able to keep his success, but it seems that he cannot turn the tide.

Therefore, the ambitions of ambitious people will expand rapidly. When countless people start to think about the throne, the new king sitting on the throne will inevitably be overwhelmed.

As the sun sets, the afterglow of the sunset shines on the ground. Li Li looked at the newly laid simple tracks on the ground, and then looked at the rebuilt buildings around him and his busy figures, looking forward to the future.

Cast iron rails are simple to make, and the size of a single rail is not long and it is very convenient to splice. After forming a simple rail, simple rail transportation can be realized, which greatly enhances the material transportation capacity in Dongye.

Various "rail vehicles" can also be built using this, such as mobile cranes (manpower), etc., to assist in the construction of various buildings.

Dongye is resuming production at a very fast pace, all thanks to some of Dongye's wonderful ideas. He looked at the sunset and listened to the bells and was filled with emotion.

He saw Jiankang's prosperity with his own eyes and saw Xiao Yan himself, and he had no regrets anymore.

Xiao Yan passed away, an era ended, the old era was like a sunset, disappearing on the other end of the horizon, and the new era is about to rise like a rising sun.

However, the morning light of the morning sun must be red, and the blood-red red dyed the entire sky red.

And no one knows when this blood red will dissipate.

......

In Jiangling, Jingzhou, the Xiangdong Palace was covered with mourning, because a Taiwanese envoy arrived not long ago, brought bad news: the emperor collapsed.

At this time, the King of Xiangdong was leading his family and assistants to the royal palace to worship the emperor. Zhang Zhang, the governor of Yongzhou (not yet taking office), was waiting in the small hall next door.

Although she also wore mourning clothes, she looked happy.

Zhang Zhang was born into the Zhang family of Fanyang, and was a relative of the country's dynasty. He married a princess and was the prince-in-law. As if his son had a great journey today, he was quite excited.

Because he would like to make suggestions to the King of Xiangdong in a while, so as to win the King of Hedong and the King of Yueyang, Zhang Zhang was naturally in a good mood.

As the sun sets, Zhang Zhang looked at the afterglow of the sunset that was sprinkling in the yard and pondered his plans.

In the first year of Taiqing, Zhang Zhang, who was the governor of Xiangzhou at that time, was transferred to the governor of Yongzhou. The new governor of Xiangzhou who came to take office was Xiao Yu, the king of Hedong.

The one who is about to step down as the governor of Yongzhou is Xiao Xu, the King of Yueyang, the King of Hedong and King of Yueyang are brothers, and are the sons of Prince Zhaoming.

At that time, Xiao Yu, who arrived in Linxiang, Xiangzhou Prefecture, was young and frivolous in Zhang Zhang's opinion, and was extremely disrespectful to him, so he did not give him a good face.

Unexpectedly, the King of Hedong fought against him and deliberately refused to hand over the state affairs, which made him unable to step down and left Xiangzhou to take office.

The King of Hedong delayed it for half a year, which led to Zhang Zhang staying in Linxiang. He was about to report the matter to the emperor, but as a result, Hou Jing caused chaos, crossed the river and attacked Jiankang.

When the news came, the King of Hedong was even more fearless and actually put Zhang Zhang under house arrest. Zhang Zhang determined that this person was going to harm him, so he managed to escape and fled to Jiangling, Jingzhou.

Zhang Zhang had a good relationship with the governor of Jingzhou, the King of Xiangdong. The King of Xiangdong sent someone to escort Zhang Zhang to Yongzhou to take over. As a result, he went to Xiangyang, the governor of Yongzhou, and the King of Yueyang Xiao Xu refused in every way, but he did not hand over the state affairs.

He was put under house arrest again.

Zhang Zhang was known as frivolous when he was young and never suffered any losses. The brothers of King Hedong and King Yueyang were completely angry with him.

Zhang Zhang, who was furious, determined that the two brothers had a bad intention: the elder brother took over as the governor of Xiangzhou and deliberately refused to let him leave so that his younger brother would not leave in Yongzhou.

When Taicheng was besieged, the two brothers began to think about killing him, and then naturally occupied Xiangzhou and Yongzhou to take advantage of the situation to make a plan.

What is the picture? Of course it is the throne, but the first thing I picture is the place of Jingzhou.

Taicheng was besieged, and the kings of the outer town gathered their troops and entered Beijing to rescue. However, after the two brothers of Hedong and Yueyang led their troops out, they stopped shortly after walking far, and just happened to lead their troops to rescue Taicheng, the King of Xiangdong who was also trying to rescue Taicheng, attacked the north and south.

Jingzhou is in the middle, Yongzhou is in the north, and Xiangzhou is in the south. What these two brothers want to do is obvious.

At the same time, the governor of Xinzhou, guarding the mouth of the Yangtze River Gorge, Xiao Qing, the King of Guiyang, also secretly colluded with the two brothers, and took advantage of the time when the King of Xiangdong led his troops to the east to stay in Jiangling with a ill intention.
To be continued...