15. Blood
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"What is the county magistrate doing here?"
In the front hall of Changxin Palace, the Empress Dowager Shangguan saw the two yellow doors carrying a stack of books and slips into the hall and carefully placing them in front of her seat.
Liu Xun got up and walked to the queen mother's seat, took out a booklet, presented it with both hands, and asked her to read it.
The Empress Dowager Shangguan took the booklet, and at a glance saw the remaining seals on the booklet, and couldn't help but be surprised: "This is the book of Shangshu Ling's seal!" "After the collapse of Emperor Xiaozhao, for a period of time, she was in charge of the dynasty and was not ignorant of court affairs.
"Is this what I can see?" The Empress Dowager Shangguan raised her eyes and looked at Liu Xun, not displeased, just pure confusion.
Liu Xun nodded: "The minister is here to ask the Queen Mother to read this book." ā
Hearing him say this, the Empress Dowager Shangguan opened the brochure in disbelief, and was stunned after just one glance.
āā¦ā¦ This is ......" The Empress Dowager Shangguan's hand couldn't help but tremble slightly, which surprised the palace people who served outside the tent.
"This is the list of proposed punishments for the rebellion case of Tingwei Temple." Liu Xun replied softly.
The Empress Dowager Shangguan finally calmed down, and looked up at the emperor sitting on several sides: "What did the county official ask me to do with this?" ā
Liu Xun was just about to open his mouth to explain, when he suddenly saw Changyu next to the tent, and immediately swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.
The Empress Dowager Shangguan frowned, and waved her hand to signal the attendants in the hall to retreat.
"What's so hard to say?" The Empress Dowager Shangguan became more and more confused about Liu Xun's actions.
She knows Liu Xun, and she knows very well that this son of heaven has always paid attention to the righteous and bright righteous path emperor, and he doesn't like to hide secrets and tricks, and avoiding people is not like his usual behavior.
Liu Xun smiled bitterly: "I want you to see that there is no one you want to pardon in the roster." ā
The Empress Dowager Shangguan was surprised when she heard this, stared at him for a long time, and then slowly spoke: "Use his righteous punishment to kill, don't use it to seal it." ā
This is a sentence from the Book of Shang Kanghe, which means, "Punish those who should be punished, and kill those who should be killed, and do not do what you want." ā
After the collapse of Emperor Zhao, the Empress Dowager came to the dynasty to weigh the system, Huo Guang thought that the Empress Dowager should know the scriptures, so he moved the doctor and Guanglu doctor Xiahou Sheng who was proficient in this way to Changxin Shaofu and taught the Empress Dowager "Shangshu".
The meaning of the Empress Dowager Shangguan was very clear, Liu Xun was speechless for a while, lowered his eyes, and was silent.
The Empress Dowager Shangguan glanced at the emperor, slowly put away the roster that she had unfolded, and said softly: "Mother is gone, and the Shangguan family has nothing to do with the Huo family...... My grandfather went to ......" she raised the scrolled booklet, put it together with the others, and smiled bitterly: "Even if there are people in this blood who are related to me, they are not relatives......"
Liu Xun suddenly raised his eyes and saw her chuckling look, but her black eyes were full of loneliness, so the gentle smile revealed an inexplicable sadness.
Liu Xun couldn't help clenching his fists, and the moment he lowered his head and sighed, he finally found the right words: "Fang Cai, the minister has pardoned Sun Jing, the daughter of the Marquis of Fuping." ā
The Empress Dowager Shangguan was stunned, and it took a while before she withdrew her hand from the brochure she put back, and said lightly: "To appease the loyal ministers, the county officials should be like this." ā
"The Huo family has a lot of marriages with the ministers...... It is said that it is a party-pro-conjoined body...... Not an exaggeration at all. Liu Xun looked at the brochures piled up on several cases, smiled slightly bitterly, and said slowly, "Rebellion is a great rebellion, and Tingwei does not dare to be lenient......
"The county magistrate wants to be gracious?" The Empress Dowager Shangguan opened her mouth to intercept him, "To the rebels? ā
The Empress Dowager's smiling look and tone made Liu Xun speechless for a while-if the rebels could be pardoned, then what kind of majesty could the Son of Heaven talk about, and was there still a need for the Han Decree to exist?
Looking at Liu Xun's annoyed and frowning appearance, the Empress Dowager Shangguan couldn't help but shake her head and smile bitterly, stretched out her hand to push away the wooden table, and got up from the couch: "The county official will go to a place with me, okay?" Although it was a question, but at the same time as she spoke, the Empress Dowager Shangguan had already walked outside the hall, Liu Xun was very puzzled, but she still got up and walked out of the hall behind her.
The attendants of Changxin Palace and Liu Xun's entourage were both outside the palace, and when they saw the two supremes leaving the palace, they hurriedly saluted, but saw that the two of them didn't pay attention to them at all, and walked forward.
The empress dowager's chief and the emperor's attendant looked at each other apprehensively, then came back to their senses, immediately beckoned everyone to follow the two, and ordered someone to prepare for the palace to travel on their behalf.
The Empress Dowager Shangguan and Liu Xun did not go quickly, and the people who served quickly caught up. Seeing the ride, the Empress Dowager Shangguan did not insist, sat on the ride, and ordered the palace people to go to Xique.
Changle Xique is outside the west gate of Changle Palace, close to the city gate street that leads directly to Anmen, but the Empress Dowager Shangguan did not plan to leave the palace, but let the palace people fall under the palace wall, and did not follow the royal court, only let Liu Xun and her on the palace wall.
The flags fluttered on the palace wall, looking eastward, Weiyang Dongque and the arsenal were in full view, but the Empress Dowager Shangguan didn't want Liu Xun to see those. After signaling the guards on duty to retreat a little farther away, she walked to the female wall and stretched out her hand to Chengmen Street, which was separated by two shallow ditches and three avenues.
"County official ......" As soon as the Empress Dowager Shangguan spoke, she caught a glimpse of Liu Xun's pale face in an instant, and she couldn't say a word.
āā¦ā¦ I understand what Your Majesty means......" Liu Xun's face was still pale, but his lower lip had been bitten so that it was faintly oozing blood.
The Empress Dowager Shangguan smiled bitterly, knowing that there was no need to say more, so she silently turned around and walked towards the stairs of the palace wall.
"Your Majesty......" Liu Xun's voice suddenly sounded, as if it came from a distant place, which made the Empress Dowager Shangguan lose her mind for a moment, but she still stopped standing.
"The Great Sima General has died!" Liu Xun slowly announced in a complex and calm tone, "Everything in the past is over!" ā
The firm, unmistakable proclamation exuded a sense of determination, causing the Empress Dowager Shangguan to turn abruptly and look at him in disbelief.
Liu Xun didn't fail to see the complicated and desperate look in the queen mother's eyes, but he still didn't change his mind: "Your Majesty, everything in the past only belongs to the past!" ā
The Empress Dowager Shangguan collected the broken prayers in her heart, turned around indifferently, and slowly walked down the stone steps.
Liu Xun didn't go down with her, but slowly walked to the low palace wall, and looked down at the Chengmen Street, which was no different from the other seven streets in the city.
Liu Xun knew that this street was different for him......
On these three roads, under this Changle West Que, his grandfather fought with the army of the prime minister for five days with a hastily cobbled rabble, killing and wounding tens of thousands, and the blood flowed into the two ditches that were not deep, staining red......
"Your Majesty!" A noisy exclamation suddenly sounded, accompanied by the irrepressible screams of fear from some palace people.
Liu Xun was shocked, turned around and rushed straight to the stairs, seeing the palace people and eunuchs surrounding the bottom of the stairs, his heart couldn't help sinking, and he rushed down the steps in three steps and two steps, not caring about speaking, he stretched out his hand and pushed the palace people away
As soon as they saw that it was the emperor, everyone hurriedly retreated, and Liu Xun saw the queen mother who was being held by the two long emperors and the shocking blush on the stone steps, and blocked his chest in one breath, making him almost suffocated.
Looking at the face of the Son of Heaven Tieqing, the two elders explained in a whisper: "Your Majesty has stepped into the air...... Roll down ......"
"Summoning the Imperial Doctor!" Liu Xun finally roared, "Don't you even know what to do!" ā
āā¦ā¦ It's okay......" The Empress Dowager Shangguan smiled bitterly to stop the angry roar of the Son of Heaven, "County Official......" She wanted to raise her hand to let Liu Xun approach, but it caused a sharp pain, making her head full of cold sweat, and she couldn't even moan.
"What does Your Majesty want to say?" Liu Xun sat beside her in fear, "Listen! ā
The Empress Dowager Shangguan asked Changyu to step back, motioned for Liu Xun to lean over, and whispered in his ear: "...... Those in your mouth...... The past was my life......"
- If Chang'an, the second year of Zhenghe, had not been dyed with that layer of blood, today, he may still be the Son of Heaven, but she will definitely not be the master of Changxin Palace......
When the ominous blood slowly dissipated, he came into the world, but the joy of being the crown prince's grandson was not as good as a hundred days......
- When the blood-colored pet of killing enveloped Chang'an, she had not yet been born...... If her lifeline had been inexplicably immersed in the blood water full of unwillingness and resentment, she would rather ......
- She would rather never be born!
(End of volume)
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