Chapter 208: Palace Chaos
"What did he say?" Emperor Ling struggled to get up, staring at Yuan Shu deadly, his eyes swollen and ethereal, not knowing what he was thinking. Yuan Shu's heart tightened, hesitated for a moment, lowered his head and replied cautiously: "The minister doesn't dare to say!" ”
"Say, The widow forgives you no sin!"
Yuan Shu raised his head and glanced at the Spirit Emperor quickly, lowered his head again and said softly, "That traitor...... He insulted the saint for being mediocre, the court was chaotic, the people were not happy, he was sorry for the ancestors and the ancestors, and he was sorry for the people of Limin, and he was committed to the eunuchs. Signs of death. It was really ......, "Shut up, Yuan Highway, you are so bold!" ”
As Yuan Shu was talking, Zhang Rang jumped out and angrily pointed at Yuan Shu's nose and scolded.
Yuan Shu suddenly trembled, he only cared about slandering Han Jin, but he forgot that the object he was talking about was not an ordinary person, but the king of a country who would decide life and death with one word, thinking of this, Yuan Shu had a cold sweat on his back.
"Your Majesty, this is just what the thief said, the minister is not disrespectful to Your Majesty, please atone for your sins!" Yuan Shu's voice was full of sincerity and fear.
Emperor Ling's face had turned from blue to white, and from white to red, he held his breath, took a deep breath, and said word by word: "Father, don't stop it, what did he say about being a widow, say!" ”
When Emperor Ling said the last word, he had already drunk it.
Yuan Shu's five bodies fell to the ground, his body trembled, and suddenly he saw the bruises on the back of his hand, and his heart suddenly became nameless, and his heart was horizontal, and he raised his head and said: "The traitor said that Your Majesty is really ...... It's really a generation of monarchs, and it's ...... Living! ”
After Yuan Shu finished speaking, he immediately kowtowed again and again, pleading guilty.
The Spirit Emperor was already stunned, muttering to himself, "Ji Xuan is alive...... The ...... of the living "
"Hahaha...... What a generation of faint kings, the emperor is alive! ”
Suddenly, Emperor Ling looked up to the sky and laughed, Zhang Rang and the others saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Emperor Ling, crying bitterly: "Your Majesty, the thief is a small matter, and the dragon body is important, please rest in peace!" ”
Emperor Ling just ignored it, laughed a few times, and suddenly his face flushed, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, screaming, and turned his back on his breath.
Zhang Rang and the others were shocked at that time, and hurriedly stepped forward to support them, while calling the imperial doctor.
This coma, knowing that it was evening, woke up quietly.
Emperor Ling woke up, tried to open his eyes and looked around, but felt that the high eaves, the empty and deep palace, heard a faint cry in his ears, listening to the voice, it was Queen He, a gust of yin wind, Emperor Ling sighed.
"Ah...... The emperor is awake! Don't cry and cry, my emperor is fine!" An old and pungent voice rang out, waking up the drowsy crowd.
Emperor Ling turned his head to see that it was Empress Dowager Dong.
"Queen Mother...... The son is not filial and tired...... The queen mother was worried...... Cough...... Ahem," Emperor Ling coughed after speaking.
Empress Dowager Dong was shocked, she didn't care about blaming Empress He, Empress He's cold face suddenly changed when she heard this, she glared at Empress Dowager Dong, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Emperor Ling.
"Bastard, hurry up and get the medicine!" Empress Dowager Dong's apricot eyes widened, and she glanced at Zhang Rang and the others next to her angrily.
The Spirit Emperor bared his teeth and smiled bitterly, and his intuition was in severe pain. Suddenly, he coughed a few more times.
"Mother, no, widow...... Know...... It's time to go, it's just ...... It's just that there are some things that haven't been commanded yet, Father, gather hundreds of officials...... Audience! ”
After listening to this, Queen He next to her was overjoyed, glanced at the fat Empress Dowager Dong for a hundred years, and glanced at Zhang Rang. Zhang Rang nodded and gently retreated.
After a while, a major general and several senior officials of the DPRK and China led by Yuan Huai visited one after another. Since the morning when Emperor Ling was unconscious, they had been waiting outside the palace.
At this time, I heard the summons, and I was quite happy and worried in my heart.
After seeing the ceremony, Emperor Ling glanced at Empress Dowager Dong and Empress He, the two understood, looked at each other, and secretly "hummed" in their hearts, and each retreated with a small abacus in their hearts.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the widow knows it...... Knowing that the time limit has come, he summoned you and others to come in, but there are a few things that you must keep in mind. ”
He Jin, Yuan Huai and the others cried bitterly, and whimpered: "Please Your Majesty command, the ministers must do their best!" ”
"The prince is taciturn, honest and honest, and the prince is smart and witty, clever, but ...... Ay...... Wait and listen, after the widow is gone, you can stand ...... Stand...... Ahem"
When Emperor Ling said this, he suddenly coughed sharply again, and the few people kneeling below heard him say the word "Li", and their hearts suddenly tightened, and they opened their mouths one by one, and their hearts rose to their throats, and they pricked up their ears and listened attentively.
Emperor Ling coughed silently, and the general He Jin couldn't help but scold in his heart: Old immortal, you should say it quickly!
"You can make a prince...... Xiewei is the emperor, and the ...... is passed on Spread my Han Dynasty inheritance! After Emperor Ling finished speaking, his face was already extremely pale, and after coughing once, Zhang Rang next to him hurriedly wiped the corners of Emperor Ling's mouth with a trace of white handkerchief, and Emperor Ling spit lightly, but it was a mouthful of bloody phlegm.
Zhang Rang's face changed suddenly, and he said urgently: "Your Majesty, please cherish the dragon body!" As he spoke, he burst into tears.
The cry woke up the general who was already pale and stunned by Emperor Ling's words, hurriedly lowered his head, calmed his mind, pretended to be extremely sad, and said softly: "Your Majesty is in the prime of life, why do you make such ominous words, please take care of your dragon body!" ”
The Spirit Emperor coughed a few times, and his spirit suddenly became better, his face was radiant, and there seemed to be a trace of blush on his face.
"Hey!" The Spirit Emperor let out a long breath and sighed.
Yu Yu said: "The widow knows that his life is absurd, he has never established any great achievements, guarding this great Han country, over the years, the world thinks that the widow enjoys the world and lives a very happy life, but who can know that the widow would rather be a businessman than fall in the deep palace compound!" ”
...... "For many years, the widow has never had such high hopes for anyone as in the past two years, only he Han Xiuyuan, but ...... General, Yuan Taifu, after the widow goes, Jian Shuo, you have to remember three things! ”
"Listen to the parables!"
"First, support the smooth succession of the Prince's Association. Second, help the widow take care of the prince's association. Third, when the situation is stable, we must kill the traitor Han Xiuyuan! ”
"This person is a man who will be able to conquer the world, and if he is rebellious, he will cause trouble, but it is a pity that he is widowed...... It's a long life, it's really hateful! ”
As the Spirit Emperor spoke, his body, which had been lying down, suddenly got up, waving his arms fiercely and staring ahead, as if there was some rare treasure there.
"The Emperor's ......"
"Your Majesty......"
Everyone saw that the Spirit Emperor suddenly finished speaking, and they didn't move, and they suddenly felt that something was wrong, and even screamed a few times, but they didn't respond.
Zhang Rang suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, he glanced at the others, and in the worried eyes of everyone, he screamed softly, slowly stretched out his hand, and shook it in front of the Spirit Emperor's eyes.
The Spirit Emperor was still motionless, stretching out his hand, looking like he wanted to catch something.
Zhang Rang's heart was about to jump out of his throat, and a slight fine sweat was already pouring out of his body, and he stretched out his hand tremblingly and felt it under the nose of the Spirit Emperor.
Everyone widened their eyes and watched his movements intently, and they didn't dare to come out, and their hearts were in chaos. However, Zhang Rang was stunned.
"How? Your Majesty is in good health, right? He Jin asked tentatively, in fact, he had already guessed something in his heart, but he couldn't believe it for a while.
Zhang Rang looked dumbfounded, looking unrelenting, and did not answer.
After a while, Zhang Rang turned his head in a daze and glanced at everyone, his godless eyes were already full of tears.
"Your Majesty...... Crashed! ”
In just a few words, it was as heavy as the collapse of Mount Tai in Zhang Rang's mouth.
The general He Jin and a few others suddenly stood up, stared, looked at the dragon bed, but asked stupidly: "What are you talking about, are you saying it again?" ”
"Your Majesty, I'm dead! Woohoo......"
Zhang Rang said as he spoke, and he couldn't help the sadness and confusion in his heart, and cried loudly.
This cry sounded the death knell of the Spirit Emperor, and this cry also woke up everyone in the house in shock. Suddenly, the ministers, the Yellow Gate, and the palace maids all threw themselves on the ground and cried.
After crying for a while, I heard a sound of footsteps, and the Empress Dowager Dong and Empress He rushed in at the same time.
"Emperor" "Emperor"
Two heart-rending pains opened the relationship between mother and son and unravel the deep love between husband and wife.
In October 188, on a cold winter evening, the faint Han Emperor Liu Hong ended his life at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve, and was posthumously called Emperor Xiaoling and buried in Wenling. He ascended to the throne in 168, leaving only complaints from the people.
Originally, in history, he died in the first year of A.D., that is, the next year, but because Ma Yuanyi's soldiers surrounded Luoyang first, and then Yang Aruo assassinated the deep palace, several frightens made his life half a year earlier.
That night, Empress Dowager Dong secretly sent a secret edict to the military academy Captain Jian Shuo to secretly discuss Liu Xie's succession.
"Jian Shuo, before the emperor died, he instructed you to wait for Lixie'er to be the emperor, and I have you to thank you for this matter!" Xu is because of her son's death, Empress Dowager Dong's voice is hoarse, her eyes are red and swollen, she looks sad, and her speech is intermittent.
Jian Shuo, a close eunuch of Emperor Ling. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty records that in the fifth year of Zhongping, that is, in 188, Emperor Ling set up the eight captains of the West Garden.
After listening to the words of the Empress Dowager Dong, Jian Shuo hesitated for a while, and then said in a low voice: "The Empress Dowager, you want to establish the Emperor and the Son Association as the emperor, and you should be the first to remove the general He Jin!" ”
At the mention of He Jin, Empress Dowager Dong felt a burst of hatred in her heart, and said sharply: "He Jin is a dog thief, but a butcher who kills pigs, if it is not that slut, how can he have the status and glory that he has today." Now that the emperor is gone, he has a heavy army, so he doesn't put the mourning family in his eyes, Jian Shuo, you will help the mourning family get rid of this thief! ”
The slut in her mouth is talking about He Jin's sister Queen He. The relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, due to the relationship between the throne, has not been very good, and at this time, it has torn her face. Jian Shuo knows this.
"The queen mother can rest assured, the minister is entrusted by the first emperor, and he will definitely not live up to the high expectations of the queen mother, and the minister will arrange it!"
Jian Shuo finished speaking, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He was a military captain with you, but he was extremely jealous of He Jin, who had heavy troops, and always wanted to get rid of it! At this point, it seems that the opportunity has come.
Jian Shuo went out of the palace gate, recruited a group of cronies, plotted in the study for half the night, and discussed the plan.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the Empress Dowager who has already been invited will summon him to enter the palace in a while, you wait for the Tibetan soldiers and the palace gate, wait for her to come in, and the soldiers will kill her!" Jian Shuo's words were full of confidence, as if everything was already under his control.
It was night, the general He Jin was summoned into the palace, and when he walked to the palace gate and went out, a person suddenly flashed next to him.
"Great General, slow down!"
He Jin looked at it, but it was fellow villager Sima Panyin. He Jin suddenly stopped and said with a smile: "Pan Sima, what's wrong?" ”
"General, don't enter the palace, that Jian Shuo set up an ambush and want to harm the general's surname!"
When He Jin heard this, he was shocked, grabbed Pan Yin's arm, and asked urgently, "Is this serious?" ”
"It's true, it's true!" Pan Yin said categorically.
He Jin's heart turned, and he suddenly sneered and said, "General Ben is worried that he has no place to start!" This opportunity is here! Pan Sima, you did a good job in this matter! He Jin said that, and turned to leave.
Out of the palace gate, He Jin summoned Yuan Shu, Cao Ying and others, and said: "Princes, the thief, I want to plot with this general, and this general wants to raise troops to kill him, how about you wait a minute?" ”
As soon as the words fell, Yuan Shao jumped out in one step, "General, how dare you be so rude, the last general will ask for help, kill the eunuch party, sweep the court, and settle the world!" ”
At this time, Cao Ying got up and said: "General, the eunuchs are huge, they are self-charged, and they will rise when the quality is high, and in the court, when and everywhere, how can they be easily removed, and they can only be seen by the eunuchs, it is better to slowly figure it out!" ”
He Jin frowned, a little unhappy in his heart, and waved his hand and said: "Meng De, this matter is extremely complicated, don't say it, the general has already made up his mind!" You wait for some soldiers and horses to enter the palace with Ben General. ”
After He Jin finished speaking, he got up and looked at the dark night outside, and a burst of pride and ambition passed through his heart. Just took the opportunity to establish the emperor as the emperor, and when the time comes, I will be the uncle of the country, and the power will be monopolized. ”
…… That night, the general He Jin led his troops into the palace, and the captain did not expect that no one would betray him, and for a while, the plan was chaotic, and in a hurry, he fled to the garden. On the way, I saw Guo Sheng, a regular attendant, walking over in a panic.
Jian Shuo was also familiar with him, and when he saw this, he shouted: "Master Guo, the rebels are coming from behind, hurry up!" ”
After that, he pulled Guo Sheng's sleeve and turned around and left.
Unexpectedly, Guo Sheng laughed, suddenly pulled out his sword, and slashed at Jian Shuo. Jian Shuo was originally good at martial arts, but he didn't expect Guo Sheng to attack him, so he was defenseless for a while, and was immediately hacked to the ground.
"Hehe" sneered and scolded: "Stupid pig, since He Jin is powerful, I can escape there, just take your head, and go to make contributions!" With that, a sword cut off the head of Jian Shuo, and was about to leave.
Suddenly, there was a burst of people, and then I saw a group of people rushing over, and in the midst of the torches, they rode out, it was He Jin.
He Jin recognized Guo Sheng and shouted: "Where did Jian Shuo go?" ”
Guo Sheng's body trembled, and he scolded in his heart, how dare He butcher be so rude! It's just that the situation is stronger than people, and without the protection of the Spirit Emperor, he can only be a good baby.
"General, Jian Shuo, this person, who dares to murder the general, has been killed by the miscellaneous family, and the head is here!" After Guo Sheng finished speaking, he threw out the head of Jian Shuo.
He Jin looked at it and vaguely recognized that it was Jian Shuo, and he was immediately overjoyed.
This is, Yuan Shao stepped forward and said softly in He Jin's ear: "General, why don't you take this opportunity to eliminate the eunuchs in one fell swoop and clear the Qing Dynasty?" ”
He Jin's heart moved, he felt that it made sense, and his eyes when he looked at Guo Sheng were immediately full of murderous intent.
What kind of person Guo Sheng is, he immediately noticed it, and fell to the ground with a "poof", "General, the villain has always admired the general very much, if the villain is useful in the future, the villain will not dare to refuse!" ”
Seeing that he was obedient, He Jin couldn't bear to kill him for a while, and thought for a while: "Since this is the case, and leave you alive, sons, go with Ben General, clear the eunuchs, and sweep away the Qing Dynasty!" He Jin waved his hand and shouted loudly.
The 3,000 Xiyuan army followed and shouted: "Clear the eunuchs, sweep away the Qing Dynasty!" ”
The sound was like thunder, spreading throughout the entire deep palace.
In the apse, Zhang Rang and the others, who were extremely hesitant, suddenly turned extremely pale when they heard this.
"He Jin thief is going to do it!" Zhao Sheng said dumbfoundedly.
Zhang Rang nodded and said, "Yes, it should be so, the thief is powerful, and he can't stop it, so what can I do?" ”
Zhang let the six gods have no master, and the other people are even more worried, and after a while, Zhao Sheng suddenly said: "It's better to go and ask the queen!" ”
The queen mother he said was He Jin's sister He.
Zhang Rang's eyes lit up, clapped his hands, and said with great joy: "Good idea!" Let's go, let's go! After saying that, he hurried away.
When He Jin led the troops to the harem, he saw Queen He's face sinking like water, sitting with a cold face, and a few people standing behind her, with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, it was Zhang Rang and other middle attendants.
"Come on, take down these eunuchs!" He Jin gave an order, and a group of tiger and wolf divisions behind him were about to rush up.
Empress He was furious and said sharply: "This palace is here, whoever dares to come nonsense will withdraw, this palace has something to say to the general!" He was only thirty years old, just when a woman was a flower, at this time, dressed in filial piety, white clothes and white scarves, with a resentful look, with the face of the knight, under the light, he looked extremely gorgeous, angry, and had a charm that made people's hearts tremble.
The sergeants did not dare to disobey, and hurriedly withdrew slowly. He waved his hand, allowing Zhang Rang and the others to retreat.
Seeing that there was no one else in the main hall, He Jin frowned, took a few steps forward, and said in a deep voice: "Empress, eradicate the eunuchs, at this time, you ...... How to stop me? ”
Empress He glanced up at He Jin, shook her head, and sighed: "General, why are you so reckless, the first emperor just died, you killed them, spread the word, what will others say, say that you eliminated the eunuchs and purged the opposition?" Hum! I'm afraid it's more to say that you are flying high, no one in the DPRK can govern it, and cholera is in power! ”
When He Jin heard this, he was shocked and looked at his sister carefully. I saw him get up slowly, and said carefully: "Brother, why are you from a bad background, I can enter the palace, you have the status you have today, and it is not all from these eunuchs." I am saying that the situation in the DPRK and China, you know better than me, the eunuchs and the clan are incompatible, keep them, just let them eat dogs, so that we can be celibate. Otherwise, I'm afraid that in addition to the eunuchs, you are the dominant family, and the court at that time may not be under your control! You...... Do you understand? ”
He looked at this brother, and couldn't help but hate iron in his heart.
He Jin suddenly realized, lowered his head and thought: "No wonder Yuan Benchu pressed this general to kill the eunuch, if so, then the situation is really as my sister said."
He nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let's keep them!" The queen, Ming said, will support the prince to ascend the throne, and when the time comes, my sister will be the queen mother! The harem is in power! ”
(To be continued)