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Chapter 47: Persuading Father to Resign (1)

Liu Yixuan sneaked into the city and turned several streets from the south of the city before coming to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Liu Yixuan looked at the door of the mansion from a long distance from the Prime Minister's Mansion, but saw that there were several Kaifeng's yamen runners walking leisurely outside the Prime Minister's Mansion. Liu Yixuan knew that these officials must have come to squat, so he quietly followed the small road in the market to detour the back door of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Liu Yixuan came to the back street. At this time, the street was pitch black. Liu Yixuan did not dare to knock on the door rashly, and just watched secretly under a locust tree near the small door. Because as far as Liu Yixuan knew, some of the servants in the prime minister's mansion were directly hired locals. These chefs and kids would leave the Liu Mansion one after another after dinner. Liu Yixuan only had to wait outside the door for a while before he could see someone coming out.

After half an hour of appointment, Liu Yixuan heard people's laughter from the yard. Liu Yixuan took a closer look, but saw a servant in the mansion playing lanterns and coming out to see the servant who was coming home from get off work. The servant was either someone else, but his little follower made a fortune.

Several servants in the kitchen came out with a joke and said goodbye to Facai and dispersed. After sending the servants, Facai closed the door and entered the yard. Because according to Mrs. Fan's instructions, after entering the update, the small doors of each yard must be closed to prevent thieves from sneaking into the mansion to steal. Liu Yixuan saw that Facai was about to close the door, so he hurried over and called softly:

"Get rich! Get rich!"

The rich man was playing the lantern, and when he heard someone calling him in the dark, he quickly leaned over and looked into the dark alley. "Who is calling me?"

"It's me, I can't even hear my voice!" Liu Yixuan said as he walked out of the shade of the locust tree. When Facai held up the lantern, he recognized it as Liu Yixuan and said in surprise: "Young Master? Why are you back?"

Liu Yixuan laughed and said, "This is my home, why can't I come back?" He asked again, "Are my father and mother okay?"

While helping Liu Yixuan lead the horse, Na Facai sighed: "Oh, don't mention it. Master has been the prime minister this year. After returning home, he has been in the study and closed his door to thank guests. The old lady has been worried about your safety. She has been crying and sad in the house this day!"

After hearing this, Liu Yixuan knew that he had caused a lot of trouble this time, so he hurried into the backyard to see his mother. After being promoted, he closed the door and hurriedly put on a lantern to report the news to Mrs. Fan's room. At this time, Mrs. Fan was crying and sad in the room. When she heard the maids coming to report that her son had returned, she didn't believe it. Until she saw Liu Yixuan entering the door in tatters, she believed the words of the people and hurriedly hugged her son and burst into tears.

"Xuan'er, why do you dare to come back? There are yamen runners from Kaifeng's mansion outside the gate. Why are you running back at this time?"

Liu Yixuan said with tears in his eyes: "Mom, it's all the children who are not good. You are worried about me. The children have caused a big disaster this time and don't want to implicate you and your father. Then he ran back to see what happened. If the emperor imprisoned you two elders, I will go to the palace to surrender and exchange for your two elders!"

"Silly kid, you've run away, why are you going to come back? What's wrong with the emperor? I'm cousin and the empress dowager. Even if the emperor wants to arrest me, the empress dowager wouldn't agree. But your father, he has been just a prestigious and has been demoted to the third level. Now I'm worried about you." He said again: "Xuan'er, you are so brave. You dare to fake the imperial edict. If the empress dowager hadn't pleaded with the emperor, I think our Liu family would have suffered a great disaster this time!"

It turned out that after Liu Yixuan robbed Ling'er yesterday, Zhang Bangchang quickly returned to Beijing to report the matter to Qinzong. Qinzong was furious and ordered the Imperial Guard to pursue him. However, Liu Yixuan had already escaped without a trace. The Imperial Guard only walked around outside the city and returned without success. Qinzong asked whether Liu Anguo knew about the information. Liu Anguo told him about the kidnapping of his son at home last night, and explained the situation of Liu Yixuan's escape. After hearing this, Qinzong knew that this matter was not deliberately arranged by Liu Anguo. Unfortunately, the Grand Tutor Zhu Fan and Zhang Bangchang were fanning the flames and demanding that Qinzong punish Liu Anguo for his crimes, and said that his son was not a godfather's fault and that Liu Anguo would be punished for his son.

Qinzong had no choice but to throw Liu Anguo into prison, but the empress dowager sent someone to see Qinzong in time. After the empress dowager learned that Ling'er was rescued by Liu Yixuan, she told Qinzong: "This is exactly what God wants. Mr. Liu and Ling'er had an engagement. Liu Yixuan sacrificed his life to take risks, which shows that he had a deep relationship with Ling'er and should not be punished too much by the Liu family." Qinzong was reluctant to marry his sister to the prince of the Jin Kingdom. When he saw Liu Yixuan robbing his sister, he believed that this was God's will and could not be cruel to Liu Yixuan's death sentence. So he received the order of the empress dowager, and only demoted Liu Anguo's official to the Minister of Rites, and asked the Ministry of Justice to draw pictures, saying that he wanted to chase the young master of the Liu family everywhere.

Liu Yixuan came to the study to meet Liu Anguo. At this time, Liu Anguo was alone in the warm room and sighing. He hated that he had raised such a disobedient son, but he was also impressed by his son's actions of getting out of office. Liu Anguo didn't care about his removal from office. He was only worried about how his son would survive in the future. He originally wanted to help his son in his lifetime, at least to avoid detours in his career. After all, hoping that his son would become a dream for him to become a parent. Who knew that his son would dare to fake the imperial edict today and ruin his career. Now his son has become an imperial prisoner in the court and has lived in exile. As a father, how could he not worry?

"Father, I'm back!" Liu Yixuan called out softly to Liu Anguo under the lamp, but saw that Liu Anguo was blurred with tears and his face was haggard, and his hair was much more gray than usual.

"Xuan...Xuan'er?" Liu Anguo thought that his old eyes were blurry and missing his son for too long, and his eyes had hallucinations. He quickly raised the candlestick on the table to make it easier for him to see his son's face clearly.

Liu Yixuan hurriedly walked forward and called out again: "Father, it's me, I'm back."

"You...why are you back?" Liu Anguo's reaction was almost exactly the same as Mrs. Fan.

"The child is worried about you and your mother, so he ran back to take a look."

Liu Anguo put down the candlestick and sighed: "Why are you going to come back to see me? In your eyes, how can we be our parents?"

After hearing this, Liu Yixuan felt extremely guilty and said, "It's all the bad things that the father has been implicated, but the child has no choice. I have a relationship with Ling'er, and it's really hard to accept that she can marry a prince of the Jin Dynasty. The reason why I took the risk of falsely circulating the imperial edict was because I knew that even if Ling'er married the prince of the Jin Dynasty, she could not save the Song Dynasty. The desire of the Jin Dynasty to destroy me has long been known to everyone. Why should I take Ling'er to bury with you again? This is really helpless for the child. I hope my father can understand him."

After hearing this, Liu Anguo accepted it calmly, and just sighed and asked, "Where is the princess now? You can rob her from the middle of the road, so it is difficult to protect her. Why did you run back alone?"

Liu Yixuan said: "Don't worry, Father, I have put Ling'er in a safe place, so there should be no problem."

"A safe place? Where is a safe place? The princess grew up in the deep palace as a child, and she had to serve her when eating and sleeping. If you are not by her side, how can she be safe?"

Liu Yixuan told Liu Anguo about the Honglai Inn in Junzhou, and said that the Zhang San and his wife were honest and honest people and worthy of their trust. Liu Anguo could only feel relieved. Liu Yixuan said to Liu Anguo again: "Father, now the emperor has just been your position. What are your plans in the future?"

When Liu Anguo heard this, he was shocked. On weekdays, I always asked my son what his plans would be in the future, but he didn't expect that he would turn around today. "What are the plans? What else can he have? The sin you committed this time is a death sentence. Zhu Fan and others were determined to let the emperor arrest me in prison. Fortunately, the empress dowager pleaded with the emperor to forgive me for his sins. He only asked me to be the Minister of Rites and just to be the Minister of Rites to be in charge of the court."

"Father, according to the child, it's a good thing to be your aspect." Liu Anguo frowned after hearing this, glared at Liu Yixuan, wanting to hear him finish his words.

"Think about it, how has the situation reached now? The Jin people broke Luoyang and captured King Su on the western front, and surrounded King Ji on the eastern front. I think the Song Dynasty can't hold on for a few days. Even if the prime minister asked you to continue, there would be no more days!"

"Rareless! You're talking nonsense and nonsense!"

"Father, don't worry, yes, your son says this, you definitely don't like to listen to it, but the facts are already in front of you! Look at what the court is like now? The Jin people have hit their doorsteps, and some are shouting to negotiate peace, and some are praying to the Jin people to withdraw their troops and return home like a dream. Father, think about it, if you were the marshal of the Jin Kingdom, would you withdraw your troops at this time?

...

Let’s not talk about what happened in the Song and Jin countries over the past year. At the beginning of the year, the Jin soldiers besieged Taiyuan. Taiwei Wang brought a hundred thousand troops to rescue, but before the army arrived in Taiyuan, they were crippled by the Jin soldiers. Then Wanyan crossed the river southward. We gritted our teeth and stood firm for half a month before we saved Bianliang. But this time the situation was very different. There were 200,000 troops from the east and west sides of the Jin soldiers. They did not go straight to Bianliang but fought with the soldiers and horses in Shandong and Guanxi areas first. The purpose was to eliminate the living forces outside the capital. After the peripheral troops were cleaned up, they would come to surround the capital. By then, our emperor had no other way except to open the door to surrender.

Let’s take a look at the ministers in this court. Apart from quarrels all day long, you can’t come up with any feasible solutions. You have been prime minister for more than a year and you know more than me how much saliva has you spent with your political enemies, but what is the result? How many suggestions did you apply to the Lord? Now that your son has committed a crime and you have been demoted, you can just resign and stop doing it. You can escape with your child far away!"

"A slut, why are you the kind of person who retreats when things happen?" Liu Anguo saw that the country was in trouble and had no intention of resigning, so he quickly scolded him.
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