A few days later, Zhang Fei's army, which had disappeared for many days, suddenly appeared here under the city of Xudu, and the city of Xudu was suddenly frightened, the government and the opposition were shaken, the officials were afraid, the Son of Heaven was frightened, and the entire Beijing division was in chaos.

In the inner palace of Xudu, Emperor Han Xian was alone on the throne, and there were no ministers under the order, and the palace was quiet and a little infiltrating.

"Your Majesty! Why are you here? "This is the voice of Empress Cao. In the nineteenth year of Jian'an, in 214 AD, the former queen of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, because of her participation in the conspiracy to kill Cao Cao, the whole family was killed, and even the two princes born to him were also executed. Although Empress Cao is the daughter of Cao Cao, she is gentle and virtuous, and has a deep heart for Emperor Han Xian, for many years, she has been torn between Emperor Han Xian and Cao Cao, trying her best to maintain the balance of this relationship, and has been respected by Emperor Han Xian, and the husband and wife have always respected each other.

When Emperor Xian saw that it was Empress Cao coming, he took her hand, sat down, and asked with some excitement: "I heard from the palace people that the Shu army has reached Xudu, is this true?" ”

When Empress Cao heard this, she nodded and said, "Yes, it was Liu Bei's general Zhang Fei who led the troops!" ”

When Emperor Xian heard this, he said with a smile: "I didn't expect my imperial uncle to be so heroic!" ”

When Empress Cao heard this, her face was displeased, and she said, "Your Majesty seems to be very happy? ”

When Emperor Han Xian heard this, he remembered that his wife was not only the queen, but also Cao Cao's daughter, and he was speechless and didn't know how to answer.

Empress Cao saw that Emperor Han Xian was speechless, sighed for a while, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the concubine knows that you hate my father's dictatorship, dominating the dynasty, and treating him as a chaotic minister and thief. But has Your Majesty thought about it, you now have no territory, no army, and no loyal ministers, if you really let Liu Bei enter the city, will he still serve you as the Son of Heaven with peace of mind? Don't forget, hasn't he Liu Bei always lived in person as the Han Family Sect? He can legally inherit the Han River! For you, he is much more dangerous than his father, who has no Han blood! In the past, after Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty conquered the country, how could he ever see him return the country to the last emperor's son? Didn't you do it yourself? ”

When Emperor Han Xian heard this, his heart unconsciously shook, held Empress Cao's hand tightly, and said cautiously: "Uncle Liu Huang is broadcast in the sea in the name of benevolence and righteousness, will he really do such a rebellious thing?" ”

When Empress Cao heard this, she sighed, tears fell like rain, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, my father is in power, the concubine is his daughter, the tiger poison does not eat the child, the concubine is with the love of father and daughter, it can still protect Your Majesty in case, if outsiders come, the concubine and Your Majesty may not die well!" ”

When Emperor Han Xian heard this, his eyes showed a look of horror, for a long time, he sighed, stroked Empress Cao's hand, and said with a wry smile: "Well, in fact, since Dong Zhuo's rebellion, I know that my Han dynasty has exhausted its strength, but as a descendant of the Liu family, I can't bear to see the foundation established by my ancestors ruined. As he spoke, he took Queen Cao into his arms, stroked her back, and tears rained down.

At this time, there was a sudden noise outside the palace gate, the people of the Emperor Ming Palace opened the palace door, but saw countless warriors pouring into the palace, the first person was a tiger with a bear waist, the armor was distinct, and a long sword at the waist was the Longquan sword for the palace guards, without squinting, striding into the main hall, seeing Emperor Han Xian in the palace, very happy.

Emperor Xian was shocked when he saw this, and sat on the dragon chair in fright, covered his face with his sleeves, trembled all over, and cried: "General Xiahou led troops into the palace, what do you want?" "The person who came was none other than Xu Du who stayed behind in Xiahou Shang.

Without waiting for Xiahou Shang to answer, Empress Cao opened her phoenix eyes, patted the dragon case, and reprimanded angrily: "Bold Xiahou Shang, as Xu Du, you stayed behind, without the will of the prime minister and His Majesty, you actually brought troops into the palace privately, do you want to rebel?" ”

When Xiahou Shang heard this, he knelt on the ground with a plop, bowed his head and said: "Cousin is angry, Zhang Fei's soldiers are pressing, Xu Du is in danger inside and outside, and the last general is worried about His Majesty's safety, so he led troops into the palace to strengthen the palace guards, and there is no intention of rebellion!" "Xiahou Shang is not afraid of Emperor Han Xian, but for his cousin, he can't help but have scruples, she is Cao Cao's favorite daughter, offended her, pampered since childhood, offended her, there is no good fruit to eat if she is offended!

When Empress Cao heard this, her face softened a lot, and she said: "In this case, you should get up, strengthen the guards, and arrange them outside the palace, Your Majesty is weak and can't stand the fright, let these soldiers under your command all withdraw!" ”

"This ......" Xiahou Shang looked embarrassed, he entered the palace to watch Emperor Han Xian, afraid that this kid would have a moth at a critical time, and he was ready to let his subordinates guard closely, if he was only allowed to guard outside the palace, who could guarantee that this thing would not be in the palace?

Seeing that Xiahou was still hesitating, Empress Cao was furious, patted the dragon case, and said, "What? Don't you even listen to me? ”

When Xiahou Shang heard this, he was excited, and hurriedly kowtowed: "The last general doesn't dare, I will let them withdraw!" ”

Xiahou Shang got up, withdrew from the palace with the warriors, slowly closed the palace door, and saw that the palace door was closed, and Queen Cao sat on the dragon couch with her buttocks, and her back was wet.

Empress Cao settled down, pulled the sleeve of Emperor Lahanxian, and said softly: "Your Majesty, they are gone!" ”

When Emperor Han Xian heard this, he took away the sleeves covering his face, and saw that the door of the palace had been closed, so he took a deep breath, patted his chest gently, and said: "I'm scared to death, I'm scared to death, I thought the palace had changed again!" "It's not the first time that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty has encountered palace changes, from Dong Zhuo to Wang Yun, and then to Li Dao Guo Yan, there is no good thing, to be honest, but the current Prime Minister Cao Cao was still more respectful to Emperor Xian at the beginning.

Xiahou Shang withdrew from the palace gate with his subordinates, and a captain next to him stepped forward and said, "General, is that it?" ”

When Xiahou Shang heard this, he shook his head and sighed, "What if you don't forget it?" ”

The lieutenant sneered and said, "An emperor without power, what is there to fear? ”

When Xiahou Shang heard this, he shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm not afraid of Your Majesty, I'm afraid of the Queen!" ”

"Queen? The general laughed, even the emperor is not afraid, but he is still afraid of the queen? The lieutenant was puzzled.

Xiahou Shang sneered and said, "Our queen is not an ordinary person, he has a very powerful father?" ”

"Oh? Who can be better than a general? "This lieutenant has obviously never seen the world.

Xiahou Shang glanced at the goods, and a sentence floated over for a long time: "Prime Minister Cao!" ”

When the captain heard this, he was shocked, his eyes were round, and he was speechless for a long time.

Seeing this, Xiahou Shang felt ridiculous, patted the lieutenant's shoulder, and said, "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask next time!" With that, he turned and left.