The empress sighed, "In the past two years, although I will still discuss some things with you. But I also know that your heart has long ceased to turn to me. In addition to the pain, I really don't know how to describe it. When I first met you, I thought you were a person who knew how to endure without desires, and I promoted you not because I pity you, but because I know that you have a heart for goodness......"

When the empress said these words, Lu Shaokun kept kneeling and kowtowing. His face was already full of tears.

The Empress continued, "I didn't want to pursue this matter. Because I also know that when the King of the North sent someone to give you a generous gift, you did not accept it, and I am very pleased, because although you betrayed me, you can't bear to hurt me, because you know that what I have been haunting all these years is the death of the former emperor. ”

Lu Shaokun couldn't cry and said: "The old body was blinded for a while, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me." ”

"Forgiveness? Ay! This sin cannot be forgiven, if the king of the north rebels this time, and you abide by your duty, then I may continue to ignore your business. But your mistake is that you still send a message to the king of the west, do you know that now the king of the west's soldiers and horses are also starting from the western capital and coming to Luoyang? ”

Lu Shaokun's hands trembled a little. Now that the empress has known everything, his life will come to an end.

"Old body...... I'm sorry for your majesty xià......"

Lu Shaokun respectfully kowtowed on the ground, his head fell to the ground, and he didn't get up for a long time.

The empress sighed slightly, didn't say anything, and went back to the Ye'an Pavilion directly. Not long after the empress sat down, a little eunuch outside hurriedly ran in to report to the empress, saying that Lu Shaokun had committed suicide by taking poison.

"If you die, you die, everyone has to die. Even if you have a glorious life, or a life of hardship, you can't escape death. The empress said with emotion, feeling that she was saying it to the little eunuch, but in fact, it was also the emotion in her heart.

Thinking of Lu Shaokun being by her side all these years, the empress was also a little grateful in her heart. Although the empress's parents are alive since she was a child, she is not the queen's descendant, and in the palace, as the eldest princess, she is still oppressed by the queen's party and is alone. He met Lu Shaokun. and promoted Lu Shaokun to be appointed by his side. It's all because when she met Lu Shaokun for the first time, she saw Lu Shaokun, an old eunuch in his thirties, who was still being bullied by some teenage eunuchs, and he didn't dare to say anything. That scene. It made her feel unbearable. The Empress stayed with Lu Shaokun. Lu Shaokun has always tried his best to help him, and the empress also treats him as a family member, just this family. Later, he betrayed her.

The empress also knows why Lu Shaokun is not satisfied, because Lu Shaokun is by her side, and he will only be a eunuch and a small person for the rest of his life. And Lu Shaokun is the kind of restless person, he has his ambitions, Lu Shaokun helps the king of the west, for power.

"Is power so important?" The Empress looked at her own hands, she held the authority of the world, but she did not feel that it was such an honor. She was even ready to return the throne to her two younger brothers, but now, her own uncle and cousin were leading troops to seize her power.

"If you want, I will never give it to you." The empress's face suddenly returned to the empress's true colors.

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At the second watch, Han Jian was still sitting in the inner hall of the East Palace, holding a book in his hand and looking at it casually. Sima Yu yawned, then glanced at Han Jian obliquely.

"Young boy, it's not early, don't you start yet?" Sima Yi said impatiently, "It's not a way to wait like this, why don't you find a few people to go out and have a look?" ”

"A little patience." Han Jian was still holding the book, turning through the pages carefully. Originally, Han Jian was still a little nervous, but when the action was about to begin, Han Jian calmed down, he also knew that sometimes it was just mediocrity to disturb himself, since he wanted to do big things, he would do it directly, anyway, he would not succeed in failure, and there was no third way to choose.

Seeing that Han Jian was not too concerned, Sima Yi couldn't help asking, "Young boy, don't you think that tonight's matter, we are a little too ...... Dangerous? Now Mrs. Naluo is not very credible, and there is Lin Youjian ...... At the same time, let the people on both sides do things for us, even if they don't have two hearts, they may not be able to do things well. In case of life and death, they all escape, what do we do to take over the Luoyang city defense? ”

Han Jian squinted at Sima Yi and said coldly, "Haven't you heard that the wall has ears?" ”

"Did I say the wrong thing? Hehe, it's not a matter of taking over the city defenses. But since you're going to do it, you're going to do it to the end. Also, young boy, don't you think it's a little strange that His Majesty transferred an army into the city yesterday? Could it be that His Majesty's side also sensed that our side would take action, and this army entered the city to guard against us? ”

Han Jian said: "If His Majesty can solve the troubles in the city by himself, why should we take action?" It's best if you can solve it yourself, let's look at the situation tonight, if there is no action on the side of the majesty, then the plan remains the same. ”

Sima nodded and said: "I understand, that is, His Majesty also noticed that someone was going to make trouble in the city, so we just stood by and watched, if His Majesty didn't notice, we continued to take action, right?" ”

"Hmm." Han Jian nodded.

At this time, it was still the second watch, and before the third watch, it was not midnight. Han Jian suddenly felt a little sleepy, originally in this tense moment when something big was about to happen, there should not be sleepiness, but he still couldn't help but feel a little sleepy. Han Jian sighed, he was a little too relaxed, and he easily summoned the sleepy worm.

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The second watch. In the guard post in the city, the new guard post captain Zhou Che was still reading the defense report. This was the busiest day since he took office a few days ago, because there had just been some riots in the city, and the guard station had to mobilize manpower to quell the chaos, which was very troublesome, and he was a new official who took office, and he didn't know much about the affairs of the guard station, so that in terms of scheduling and post-event tidying, he seemed a little chaotic, not only the things in his hands were chaotic, but even his mood was chaotic.

"Captain Zhou, it's so late, why don't you go back to your house to rest?" The officer under his hand came over with a lantern and carefully reminded Zhou Che that it was time to leave the general yamen of the guard station and go back to the house to rest.

In the eyes of these Lang officials in the guard station, Zhou Che is simply a gentleman, because behind Zhou Che is the Zhou family, a famous big family in Luoyang City. The eldest son of a family, although he is also a family, has few opportunities to get in touch with the main job, what can such a person know when he comes out to do things? He actually stayed in the guard house in the middle of the night to sort out the important tasks, and he was able to sort out the doorway?

Lang Guan looked down on Zhou Che a little, but this contempt was not revealed. Zhou Che also didn't notice the disdain in Lang Guan's eyes.

"Okay, you go down first, and when the matter is settled, Captain Bendu will naturally return home. In addition, inform the palanquin man outside, and Captain Bendu will go out in about half an hour. ”

"Half an hour?" Officer Lang muttered, turned around and left the main hall of the guard station.

When Lang Guan came out and walked not far away, someone immediately came over and grabbed him, Lang Guan was startled at first, but after seeing the person clearly, he calmed down a little.

"How? Is Zhou Duwei gone? "The person who asked the question was very young, and he was also a Lang official, and the two of them said in the guard station that the official was not big, and that the small was not small. The Lang official of a guard station, at most, is running errands, nominally higher than those officials who watch the city gate, but the people who watch the city gate help collect taxes or something on weekdays, and they are looking for rice grains in the clear water, and the rice soup is used as water to drink.

"I'm not leaving, I'm still inside. Don't you see the lights are still on? Lang Guan said, and suddenly said with some interest, "You kid, why did you suddenly fall in love with our Captain Zhou, aren't you going to take advantage of him to go in and steal something, right?" ”

The man took a sip and said disdainfully, "What is there in our guard house that is worth stealing?" Is there gold or silver, or is it an antique object of value? ”

The previous Lang official smiled and said: "That's right, there are only a few tables and chairs in our guard station, and anyone who likes it can move it." ”

With such a joke, he didn't remember saying that Zhou Che was leaving, but he remembered Zhou Che's order to go to the door to inform the sedan drivers. Those are all sedan chairmen of the Zhou family, and the captains of the guards will not be equipped with sedan chairmen, because the captains of the guards have always been military generals, and they are not used to sitting in sedan chairs, so the imperial court will issue subsidies for carriages and horses, but the captains in the past are all of the same heart, either riding back on horseback, or not walking back. Only this Zhou Che, the temper of the gentleman, he has to take the sedan chair man at home with him, and he comes by sedan chair every day, and goes by sedan chair, like a big girl in the eyes of Lang Guan.

After speaking, the Lang official left with a lantern. The young Lang official still had a smile on his face at first, but when he saw the man leave, the smile on his face faded.

The young officer left the guard house quickly, and arrived at a school yard next to the guard house, and in the vigil room next to the school field, there were several people, all of whom were guarding the guard. In terms of official position, it is similar to his official character.

"The one surnamed Zhou hasn't left yet." The young man said, "Maybe I won't leave tonight." ”

A few people next to him were still talking intentionally or unintentionally, and when they heard this, they were a little annoyed and said, "No, just kill him." ”

The one next to him said: "No, the wind is too loud, what we want is a talisman, maybe the talisman is not in his hands, we killed him in the past, and we can't recruit a talisman, everything is in vain." ”

Another asked, "What then?" Just waiting for him to go? Even if he's gone, and we can't find the talisman in the past, it's still the same. It's better to tie him up directly and ask him about the whereabouts of the talisman. I don't know when I waited, but the north has come to ask us many times, but it has no effect, and I am afraid that there will be no time for this to happen. ”

The young man from before said, "What are you anxious about?" Since Zhou Che didn't leave, we will wait here, and we can't say if he will leave in a while. Also, who said that we need to do things with soldiers, and the people above and below the guards, which of us do not know, and what we say we are going to do, and they still believe that we are empty words? (To be continued......)