Chapter 685: Trembling (I)
The night light was dim, and the tower guard checked the token before someone opened the city gate, and the quiet imperial city on the other side was already noisy.
Under the long corridor full of lanterns, a eunuch with a robe and a robe rushed from the Yongning Palace, ignoring the dissuasion of the patrolling guards, banging on the door and shouting: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! The prime minister has brought troops into the palace! β
Inside the curtain, the sleeping figure opened his eyes violently, sat up from the bed, lifted the curtain, and the beard on the side of his mouth stretched nervously at this time, "Change my clothes, hurry-" turned around and threw the palace maid on the couch to the ground, screaming. The maid in the compartment sorted out her dress and came out in a panic, lit the oil lamp, took the robe, and heard that Prime Minister Cao Cheng led the troops over, and she was so frightened that she lost her face one by one, and it took a while to help the emperor put on the dragon robe and put on the crown, and then opened the door and walked out.
The eunuch, who had been waiting for a long time, saw the Son of Heaven come out, bowed down and stretched out his hand: "Your Majesty, this way." The prime minister is now almost past the Chengguang Palace, and is coming this way. β
"Do you know what happened to the prime minister entering the palace late at night?" Liu Xie looked ahead, shook his wide sleeves, and said in a rather positive tone, a team of guards behind him was not far from him, and his voice was lowered: "How is the other party's expression?" β
The eunuch who had two steps lowered his head, and he quietly glanced at the guards behind him, and leaned a little closer to the Son of Heaven: "The person who reported the news in front said that the prime minister had an expressionless face, his left hand pressed the hilt of the sword, and his pace was slow but extremely heavy...... Your Majesty, the Prime Minister is angry. β
Liu Xie pursed his lips, his fingers tightly clasped the cuffs, and he fell into it hard, he has been an emperor for a long time, even if he is a fake emperor, living in the palace, sitting on the throne, almost every day by the courtiers and palace people, he has already given birth to the idea of a true emperor, in the three years since the beginning of the Western Expedition, Cao Cao's relationship with him has eased slightly, and he has gained a little power, but he has tasted the taste of power, and it is even more uncontrollable, and in the following four years, wars broke out frequently, Liu Xie took advantage of this relaxed relationship to win some courtiers towards the Han Dynasty, For example, after holding Jinwu, the titular wife, Queen Fushou, just turned a blind eye and let him make the decision.
Right now, Cao Cao led his troops into the palace, and he was afraid that the matter would be leaked.
Out of the Yongning Palace, on the covered bridge linking the Chengguang Palace, a group of people turned head-on, and the sound of the iron armor colliding directly made the serious and righteous Liu Xie shudder, standing in the middle of the bridge, and hurriedly raised his hand and saluted first: "The prime minister entered the palace late at night, what is the important matter of looking for me?" β
The not very tall figure walked over, with one hand behind him, and the other hand pressed the hilt of the sword, squinted his eyes and looked at Liu Xie, who was giving a salute, and turned sideways slightly: "This is not the place to speak, please move your majesty to the Chengguang Hall with the old minister." β
Without waiting for Liu Xie's reaction, Xu Chu raised his hand and waved, and the two armor soldiers came up directly to raise the arms of the emperor in front of him, forcibly lifted the person off the ground, and followed Cao Cao, who turned in front, to the main hall.
"Your Majesty, you can know that the old minister has done his best for the Han Dynasty over the years, and the army has gone on expeditions to the countries of the extreme west, and he does not dare to make any mistakes, which makes the big Han men who are fighting in front of him feel cold......"
With the pause of his words, he stepped into the threshold of the side door of the Chengguang Palace, looked at the position where the civil and military officials gathered on weekdays, and smiled: "....... But later, Liu Xuande and Jiangdong's Sun Quan made the ministers feel cold, but after all, they were outsiders, and they already had this heart, so they didn't get angry, and when the time came, they were caught in front of them and killed with a sword. He stroked the pillars of the temple, then patted him vigorously, and looked back at the emperor who was a little bewildered behind him.
"But Your Majesty is different, you are the emperor supported by my Cao Cao and cultivated with all your heart, if even you can't see clearly, and you want to kill the old minister, it will be too sad."
In the deep voice, Xu Chuhu knotted his beard, held the ring knife on his waist with wide eyes, and slowly pulled it out. Liu Xie, who was beside this tiger idiot, turned pale, looking at the cold light that withdrew from the scabbard a little bit, his body was trembling slightly, and he couldn't help but sit on the ground, even though he had invited a famous swordsman to teach some swordsmanship over the years, but if he really wanted to resist, the big fat man next to him could poke him to death with one finger.
"Cheng ...... Is there any misunderstanding ..... Prime Minister..... I have been very well-behaved these days...... Didn't do anything out of the ordinary. Liu Xie said these words tremblingly, and when he arrived, his voice almost roared out with a cry: "......, please believe me." β
However, Cao Cao over there ignored it and walked slowly towards him, while continuing to speak: "...... For the sake of the Han Dynasty, for the Western Expedition, in order to sweep away Liu Bei and Sun Quan, the two generations who have brought disaster to the country, and exhausted the best strategists under my command, Your Majesty...... You said that this account, whose head should I Cao Cao count it on, and to whose head should this fire burn? β
Cao Cao approached Liu Xie, who was trembling, pinched his arms, and then put his arm around his shoulder and patted it, "Your Majesty, come with Cao." Whispering hoarsely, he pushed Liu Xie to the first place and sat down, squatted down in front of the long case, squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, turned his head and smiled at Xu Chu: "Zhongkang, look! This man is becoming more and more like an emperor......"
The moment the words fell, he suddenly waved his hand and swept the ink inkstone on the case away, almost wanting to break his eyes: "If you want to be the real emperor, you also want me Cao Cao to say yes, you can be-"
The sound of roaring roar resounded through the hall.
"Look at the way you look, even if I hand over the power to you now, can you beat Liu Bei and Sun Quan in the south? They can play to death with one hand, and at that time, the situation that the old minister worked hard to manage, the last luck of the Han Dynasty will be ruined in your hands, not to mention! β
The figure that was not tall was like a furious beast in a moment, and in the wide sleeves that were sprinkled out, he waved his hand at Liu Xie, who was pale, "...... you are not real, even if the Han Dynasty of four hundred years is bad, it can't be broken in the hands of lice like you who jump up and down behind your back!"
"It's a pity you can't die....."
"Cheng ....."
"Shut up-" As soon as Liu Xie opened his mouth to say a word, Cao Cao on the top of the imperial ladder directly interrupted him, his eyes were bloodshot: "The old minister believes in Your Majesty...... But some things are true, but they are falsehoods after all, and things are done, but there is nothing in this world that can be done without a price. β
After the long case, Liu Xie finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and his face was still trembling and looking at the other party: "I...... What needs to be done...... to make up for the wrongs......"
Before he finished speaking, the footsteps of the armor soldiers and the hysterical women's voices sounded outside the Chengguang Palace, Liu Xie stood up with the table and stretched his neck, at the door of the hall, the two armor soldiers dragged a female figure and strode in, bang, threw it to the bottom of the imperial steps, threw it on the ground for a long time, and relieved himself.
The green silk hung down messily, and a plain white and clean pretty face was revealed from the scattered green silk, Liu Xie took half a step in surprise: "Queen-" hurriedly arched his hand to Cao Cao over there: "Prime Minister, she is the queen..... you can't do this, she is the queen." β
Fu Shou seemed to have been grabbed from the bed, just a simple piece of clothing outside the dirty clothes, barefoot, looking embarrassed and miserable, when Liu Xie opened his mouth to beg for mercy, she tightened her clothes and spoke: "What .....does Prime Minister Cao Cheng want?"
"Huh...... Just set an example, what did this son of heaven do behind his back, how could the dignified queen not know? Cao Cao's voice was gentle, he simply waved the sleeves of his robe, and the Shangshu who was standing not far away made Hua Xin open his eyes, took out a yellow silk that had been prepared from his sleeve, and cleared his voice: "The queen Fushou, humbly entered the palace and ascended to the throne, and lived in the harem for a long time, without the example of the mother of the world, and without the virtue of the queen mother...... But he is insidious and cunning, harboring evil intentions, and intends to murder the prime minister, so he will pay the queen's seal and move out of the middle palace, and will not be ....... by the temple fire."
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On the street, fast horses galloped, and there were patrolling soldiers who wanted to intercept them, and when they saw the figure on horseback with a command flag, they hurriedly gathered Chang Ge to make his debut, and went straight to the imperial city.
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Chengguang Palace, the continuous edict, when the last word fell. Fu Shou's slender figure was shaking, his delicate toes stepped on the cold floor, and he looked at Liu Xie in the court: "Your Majesty, do you have nothing to say?" β
The emperor who was stunned looked at the woman who shed tears, once upon a time, he also wanted to become a real husband and wife with each other, but after all, the identity was not correct and he didn't dare to say it, at this time, he almost wanted to open, and when the words came to his lips, he kept looking at Cao Cao, who was squinting and silent, so he had to swallow it back and sit back dejectedly.
Seeing the emperor's movements, Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand: "Take this woman away and take her to the forbidden room to die violently-"
"No!"
"Don't hurt my motherβ"
Two different words sounded at the same time on the side of the temple door, hearing a familiar voice, the five people in the hall and the surrounding tiger guards turned their heads to look over, it was Xun Yu who came to inquire about it, the moment he came in, an eleven or twelve-year-old girl rushed in from the side, and several tiger guards didn't stop it, just watched the little figure quickly pounce in front of the queen Fu Shou, spread his slender arms to protect his mother behind him, raised his little face, and looked at Cao Cao stubbornly with a pair of big watery eyes: "Big beard, don't let you harm my mother, be careful that my father comes back and kills you." β
"Mercy!" Fu Shou screamed, hugged the girl in his arms, and his tone suddenly softened: "Prime Minister, the child has no unintentional words, unintentional words, and the concubine is willing to withdraw from the middle palace." β
"My lord." Xun Yu arched his hand in the middle: "Fu Shou is the dignified queen, even if it is useless, there is no big mistake, the abolition of the queen is already serious....... Yu also knew the news of Feng Xiao's death when he came, and he knew that the lord was angry and lost his mind, and did such a thing." Xun Yu bowed down: "I implore the lord, think deeply." β
Cao Cao didn't answer, but what the girl said before aroused his curiosity, and he looked at her with a smile: "Just said your father, tell me this bearded, who is your father?" Well..... your appearance is a little familiar......"
At this moment, a tiger guard outside came in and said something in Xu Chu's ear, who immediately walked out of the palace, and after a while, a fast horse walked through the light of the fire lit by the palace, jumped off the horse under the stone steps in front of the Chengguang Palace, and presented a folded plain silk.
Xu Chu saw that it was a hundred miles of urgency, and he didn't dare to open it without authorization, so he took the information and turned around and went inside, "Lord, a hundred miles is urgent, something happened in the northwest." Hearing this, Cao Cao straightened up and took the silk and unfolded it, his thick eyebrows mixed with white traces suddenly wrinkled, and Xun Yu stepped forward: "Lord, what's the matter?" β
"A month ago, the countries of South Silk Province were slaughtered, and the white wolf returned......"
The slight sound echoed in the deep hall, and it resounded in everyone's ears very clearly, like a thunderclap exploding, deafening. Cao Cao's lips pursed, he looked back at the mother and son behind him, and then looked at the first emperor who was still hesitant, pinched the information and shook it, and slowly turned around and left towards the palace gate.
"Take Fushou and that girl to another mansion and confin....... fuck it...... With an army of 180,000 men...... It's all warriors, and I'm afraid it's going to change this day. β
The dim light flickered, becoming blurry and distorted in the light of the departing figures, and a simple, very short paragraph, as if forming a hellish scene of slaughter, appeared in front of them, enveloping them all.
The furious stone projectile flew out in a long trajectory.
Roaring and smashing against the low city walls, fragments of adobe and rock crumbled.
All kinds of soldiers held sharp blades to kill the city, cut down groups of resisting people, the swarming crowd trampled the raised white flag under their feet, frantically pushed and chopped, and tore the people of the Western Regions on the stone steps of the inner city wall to pieces, at a certain moment, the city gate was opened from the inside, and the cavalry who were waiting for the day launched a charge like a sea of mountains, setting off a monstrous wave of blood.