Chapter 25: The Game of Thrones

The Eastern Han Dynasty and the opposition changed dramatically, the Empress Dowager came to the court to listen to the government, and the young emperor of the Han Dynasty, who had just ascended the throne, was like a puppet, without the slightest imperial prestige, and the hussar general Dong Zhong recruited troops to assemble, and the courtiers all had their own plans for a while, and they didn't know whether to go along with the way, or obey the emperor's orders.

In the Changle Palace, the general He Jin is dressed in court clothes, and follows the Empress Dowager He to visit the garden together, and the well-built flower garden, all kinds of flowers compete for beauty, and the Empress Dowager He, who lives a graceful and luxurious life every day, looks more graceful and luxurious.

"Brother, the Dong clan is too deceitful, it's better to get rid of it earlier!" Empress He shook the fan lightly and said lightly.

"The lower officials are afraid, if it was easy to get rid of it in the past, but now the hussar general Dong Zhong is recruiting troops and buying horses, and the queen of heaven is in the court to listen to the government, Your Majesty is like a hostage and cannot be moved lightly, if you raise a sword and soldier in vain, you will be criticized by the world, and the lower officials think that it is better to persuade the empress dowager to take care of the affairs in the palace." He Jin stepped forward and suggested in a low voice.

Empress Dowager He shook the fan in her hand and frowned slightly, groaned for a while, and nodded slightly.

Three days later, a banquet was held in the palace for the ministers, saying that they were the ministers, but in fact, most of the people present were the cronies of the general He Jin, and those courtiers who wavered or followed Empress Dong were forcibly blocked at home by the Northern Army and could not travel.

Outside the palace, Dong re-recruited the forbidden army and the Yulin Northern Army drew their swords and angrily, the two armies were bounded by the stone platform, separated from the left and right, as if the air had been solidified, filled with a strong smell of gunpowder, Dong Chong and He Jin were all sitting in the rear of the army in case of accidents.

Yang Yi knelt and raised his glass frequently during the banquet, drank with the generals and courtiers around him, and at the same time admired the graceful dancing of the dancers in front of the hall.

Suddenly, the Empress Dowager He waved her hand slightly, the sound of bells and drums gradually stopped, and the dancers bowed and saluted and slowly retreated, so that Yang Yi present only felt that it was a pity, only to see Empress He lightly raise her glass and said respectfully: "Queen Mother, there are some things that the daughter-in-law doesn't know whether to say or not." ”

"It's coming!" Yang Yi's heart moved, put down the wine glass, washed his ears and listened.

Presumably tonight's banquet, this Empress He calls herself a lobbyist, nothing more than to make Empress Dong give up her rights, but Empress He will soon be disappointed, she completely underestimated the Empress Dowager's ambition to control the power of the government and the opposition, and the degree of resentment towards the He family.

"If your family has something to say, why be polite." Empress Dong raised her hand slightly, signaling that Empress He did not need to be restrained.

"Queen Mother, you and I are both women, I am afraid it is not suitable to participate in court politics, you see that your temples are a little gray, or you should rest more in the palace to recuperate." Empress He said tentatively, a pair of wonderful eyes raised slightly, and looked at Dong Hou's face.

"Oh, what do you mean?" Empress Dong remained silent and asked rhetorically with a little doubt.

"In the past, Empress Li, who held great power and suffered a catastrophe, the affairs of the court should be handed over to the courtiers and His Majesty to decide, the Han Dynasty can prosper, the world can be peaceful, and the queen mother will listen to the words of the courtiers and daughters-in-law." Empress He saw that Empress Dong had no intention of reprimanding, and sat down and talked.

"How dare you come to teach me, if I hadn't promoted you back then, how could you be rich today, could it be that your son ascended the throne and became the emperor!?"

"The daughter-in-law didn't dare, she just reminded the queen mother." Empress He bowed slightly, but a trace of resentment flashed in her eyes.

Empress Dong proudly raised her glass and sneered: "In the past, you poisoned Wang Meiren, but today you want to harm me?" If you dare to talk nonsense again, the hussar general will take the heads of your brother and sister like a bag! ”

"You!" Queen He glared angrily, and then said in a low voice: "The queen mother is angry, and the daughter-in-law has a few jokes, and the queen mother must not take it seriously." Empress He smiled, as if she didn't care about Empress Dong's threat.

"It is worthy of being a butcher, and he is really smiling and generous." Empress Dong became more and more aggressive, and she couldn't wait to order the forbidden army to take down the annoying Empress He at this time.

"The Empress Dowager is drunk, please go back to the palace early." Everyone followed the sound and saw the new deacon Sun Yi get up and clench his fists and speak loudly.

The courtiers also reacted, picked up and said loudly: "Please ask the Empress Dowager to return to the palace early." ”

"Presumptuous!" Empress Dong glared angrily, glared at Empress He coldly, and then angrily glared at the generals and courtiers.

"Bump!" The wine glass was shattered, the wine was scattered and splashed, Empress Dong threw the glass angrily and said in a deep voice: "The first emperor had a lot of support for you and others when he was there, but today you and others are all embarrassed with He Jin, not thinking of serving the country, only trying to be glorious and rich, with my emperor and queen of heaven, you will not be able to die!" After speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left, leaving a group of noncommittal courtiers and generals.

Empress He glanced at Yang Yi with satisfaction, Yang Yi hurriedly bowed respectfully, Empress He shook the fan lightly, looking at the back of Empress Dong in the distance, her eyes were full of murderous intent.

Yang Yi shook his head secretly, in fact, it was not Empress He who came out just now, but to protect Empress Dong, although the Empress Dowager had a respected status, and her uncle Dong Zhong held the newly recruited forbidden army, but they didn't realize at all that the power at this time was in the hands of He Jin, and the holy decree could be drawn up.

The position of the empress dowager seems to be high and powerful, but it is still a position given by the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and it only takes a holy decree to take it away.

Uncle Dong Zhong is even more unbearable, although he seems to be a glamorous hussar general for being named a hussar general, he is just a newly recruited recruit, most of them are just strong men, just put on the hoe and pick up a knife and gun, how can he defeat the wolf-like Yulin Northern Army.

The only result was defeat and death, and Empress Dong's result was also exile from the subject country, and she was later poisoned, but unfortunately Yang Yi planned to protect Empress Dong, but what attracted the dramatic Empress Dong's merciless curse and abuse and was praised by Empress He.

With Yang Yi's original intention, at least let Dong Chongzhu's recruits train properly, and when there is still a fight, so that the general He Jin cannot be alone, Yang Yi can just take the opportunity to win over the generals of the Northern Army and strengthen his power in private, but it is a pity that today's banquet is over, He Jin will do it, and in the face of everything he knows will happen, Yang Yi is powerless to change.

The sun was setting, the night was gradually falling, the oil lamps of each household were in the first hands, the whole Luo was silent, Yang Yi, who was in the study of the mansion, frowned slightly, and kept walking back and forth, thinking that the general He Jin would send troops to attack and kill the hussar general's mansion in the past two days, save or not, and hesitate for a while.

Dressed in a skirt, the playful and lovely Ning Er entered the study with the bean soup, led Yang Yi to the table, and watched Yang Yi drink the bean soup with gentle eyes.

"Ning'er, if someone is surrounded and about to die, if you go to save the fear of being implicated, once the matter leaks, it is very likely to lead to the disaster of killing, should you save it or not?"

"Save." Ning Er blurted out without hesitation.

"Why?" Yang Yi smiled bitterly, presumably this Ning Er didn't even think about it.

"Do you need a reason to save people?" Ning Er smiled playfully, and left the study with the empty bowl.

Yang Yi pondered slightly for a moment and said loudly: "Come on, summon Lu Liang quickly." ”

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At midnight, two black shadows walked quickly through the street, to be precise, one black shadow carried the other black shadow, but the speed was still extremely fast, easily avoiding the armor soldiers patrolling the road, avoiding the many guards of the mansion, and turning into the hussar general's mansion from the small wings on the back wall of the house.

Quickly approaching a room with lights still on, Yang Yi leaned in slightly, only to see a white-faced man with a blue beard holding a scroll and reading at night.

At this moment, the servants in brocade clothes came from far and near, and Yang Yi and Lu Liang hurriedly hid in the side of the flowers.

"Master, the ugly time has passed, and Mrs. is urging again, if you continue to survive, your body can't stand it." The brocade-clothed servant bowed down and said, his words were full of respect and concern, I am afraid that there is only Dong Chong who can be called the master in the Hussar General's Mansion.

"Stand down, I'll go as soon as I'm done reading this volume." Dong Zhong replied casually.

"Yes." The servant bowed and withdrew.

Yang Yi returned to the window again, leaned over slightly to observe the surroundings, the oil lamp swayed, Dong Zhong looked at the oil lamp, and happened to see the dark shadow outside the window, and suddenly drew his sword and said coldly: "Who is there!" ”

Yang Yi was helpless, but if he didn't show up again, once Dong Chong recruited the armor soldiers in the mansion, I am afraid it would be difficult to leave this place today, and Yang Yi must not leave the evidence of the mansion, otherwise he would have to bear the thunderous wrath from the general He Jin.

As a last resort, Yang Yi did not intend to give up everything and flee from Kyoto, not only because he planned to take advantage of He Jin's death to take the opportunity to lead the elite northern army of the Han Dynasty, but more importantly, Yang Yi believed that under the premise of mastering the development of history, he could defeat Dong Zhuo.

Even Yang Yi is confident that he can make the decaying Han Dynasty survive, even if the Han Court is unpopular with the people, it is better than the heroes who have been fighting for years and countless innocent people have died.

Yang Yi pushed open the door, took off his scarf and hugged his fist for the first time and said: "The hussar army is above, please accept the bow of the lower official, and the new ruling Jinwu Gong Sun Yi is under the urgency, and I also ask the hussar general to quickly lead the troops out, I believe that the general will soon send troops to attack and kill." ”

"I don't understand, you were promoted by the general, why did you come to report the news, not to mention how you learned that the general was about to send troops." Dong Zhong didn't dare to relax a little, but he didn't dare to shout loudly, if this Gongsun Yi and the person behind him were assassins, I was afraid that by the time the soldiers arrived, they would already be corpses.

It's no wonder that Dong Zhong didn't believe it, Gongsun Yi rose step by step because He Jin was single-handed, not only ventilated and reported the message to save He Jin from being slaughtered by the eunuchs, but also why he went in and out to make plans and successfully solve the matter of the rebellion in the capital, everyone in the capital knew that Gongsun Yi was He Jin's cronies.

No matter how you look at Yang Yi, it is impossible to take refuge in his Dong family, not to mention that at this time, the two armies are tense, who knows if this is a bitter plan, maybe there is a bigger conspiracy waiting for him.

"Today's banquet in the palace, the lower officials were lucky to be present, Empress He wanted to persuade the empress dowager not to participate in the court politics, the threat was overflowing, Empress Dong openly confronted with the hussar general as the backing, and the general will inevitably take this opportunity to prevent future troubles."

"He Jin is not a good minister, let alone a master, he lives under him, just to control the five battalions of the Northern Army, and when he came, he also thought twice, whether the hussar general believed what he said is not important, the important thing is not to be besieged by the Northern Army, otherwise the Empress Dowager who has been declared exiled will definitely die."

"You said my aunt would be exiled!" Dong Chong's arm trembled slightly, although he was very reluctant to believe it, but reason told him that all this was very likely to be true.

"Before I say goodbye, I hope the hussar general will cherish it." Yang Yi bowed and quickly exited the door, not caring about Dong Chong's retention, he was held on his shoulder by Lu Liangkang, and quickly left the Hussar General's Mansion.

Yang Yi has done everything that should be done, as for how Dong Chonghui will deal with himself, or how things will develop in the future, it is no longer something that Yang Yi can control, and this dark and windy night will not be calm after all.