Just when Liu Chan was about to fight to break the net, a soft little hand behind him pulled him, and Liu Chan turned around and saw Queen Zhang, who Lu Rong wanted to put to death. Empress Zhang and Liu Chan have been married for many years, and they can feel his pain as a powerless emperor, if Liu Chan is really just as mediocre as he appears, it will be fine. But Empress Zhang knew that his husband was not really mediocre and incompetent, but was just protecting himself and waiting for the opportunity. Everything he has done over the years is to confuse Zhao Shu, in order to give him a fatal blow when Zhao Shu completely relaxes his guard. As the son of Emperor Zhaolie and the current monarch of the Shu Han Empire, Liu Chan has the same ambitions as the previous emperors, and also wants to be a Ming lord of Zhongxing, not a puppet in the hands of Zhao Shu. Empress Zhang understands her husband's thoughts, and she also understands the thoughts of her brother Zhang Shao, and she can better understand the current situation of the Shu Han Empire. So she resolutely gave up her love, gave up Guan Xing and stepped into the gate of the palace. In the past few years, what Queen Zhang has done is just to accompany Wang to drive, live a drunken life with Liu Chan, and help him deceive Zhao Shu together.

Not long ago, the elder brother Zhang Shao suddenly proposed a plan to let the younger sister marry Zhao Shu, and Empress Zhang herself strongly objected, she was unwilling to extend her pain to her sister. But Zhao Shu's authority has reached the point where he is in full swing, and if he wants to bring him down, he can only start from this little thing and slowly divide and disintegrate his interior. Ye Feng is Zhao Shu's henchman, as long as this plan can be successful, he can be drawn from Zhao Shu's camp like dividing Guan Xing. What's even more rare is that Ye Feng is good at the art of disambiguation, once he is willing, he only needs to use a little bit of his hands and feet in Zhao Shu's diet, and he can kill this powerful minister who controls the political situation of Shu Han. Therefore, in the end, Queen Zhang compromised and promised to marry her sister to Zhao Shu, and the wedding would be held three days later. Seeing Zhang Lin tearfully agree, Queen Zhang also understood the pain in her little sister's heart, so she sent someone to take Zhang Lin to the palace tonight, and the two sisters had a heart-to-heart talk.

But it didn't take long for him to hear a report from the inner servants that there were rebels outside who were forcing the palace to see the emperor, and the emperor also drove forward. Empress Zhang was worried about Liu Chan's safety, so she first asked Zhang Lin to settle down, and she took a few attendants and followed her to the palace gate. Before getting closer, they all heard the news of the death of their brother Zhang Shao, Empress Zhang did not shed tears, she knew her identity, she was the mother of the Shu Han Empire, and she had to have the demeanor of a mother in the world, even if the sky fell, she could not be moved. Immediately afterwards, I heard someone ask Liu Chan to give herself a white silk, but Empress Zhang smiled, she had already heard about the incident of Empress Fu of "Emperor Xiaohan". From the day Empress Zhang agreed to enter the palace, she understood that she and her brother were repeating the affairs of Empress Fu's family, but success or failure was up to heaven, life and death.

It is about the heavens that do not bless the Han, the queen Fu of the previous dynasty abandoned the city with her whole family, and the bones were not rotten, but there is one more queen Zhang in this dynasty. Are all the queens of the Han Dynasty such fate? Empress Zhang smiled, death was not what she was afraid of, she was afraid that even if she died, she would not be able to save Emperor Liu Chan. Looking at the corners of Liu Chan's clothes and trembling, Empress Zhang knew that the emperor was reluctant to her, and in the past few years, the emperor was no longer sorry for her, and she was no longer sympathetic to the emperor, and they all had deep nostalgia. Brother Zhang Shao is dead, and the emperor's position is also crumbling, how can Empress Zhang spare her life? So she walked to the front desk and gently grabbed Liu Chan's hand.

Although the queen didn't say a word, Liu Chan could feel her heart, and she was willing to sacrifice her life to protect herself, a useless emperor. In the four hundred years since the founding of the Han Dynasty, Liu Chan admired the most Emperor Gao, who ruled the world in the late Qin Dynasty; It was after Wang Mang usurped the throne, the Holy Lord of Zhongxing, Emperor Guangwu; It was to get up with selling shoes, to resist Cao Wei in the north, and to the emperor Zhaolie in the east. hated Huan, the eunuch who lost his power, Emperor Ling; Emperor Xiaohan, who has been a puppet for decades. But in this situation, Liu Chan can only be the filial piety emperor, not only the government is lost to Zhao Shu, but even his own queen can't be saved, what is the meaning of such an emperor?

The moment their eyes met, Empress Zhang saw the pain, struggle and resentment towards Zhao Shu in Liu Chan's heart, and she also hated Zhao Shu in her heart, but this was not the time to break out. The emperor has endured it for many years, but is it ruined by himself; If my brother's whole family dies, do you want them to die in vain because of themselves? Now only by keeping the emperor can everything have a future. Empress Zhang deeply understood this, shook her head at Liu Chan, and nodded again.

Liu Chan understood what she meant, and shook his head to make himself not impulsive and reckless; The nodding was to allow himself to agree to Lu Rong's request below. The country of the Han Dynasty is of course important, but isn't Empress Zhang equally important to Liu Chan? Or he shouldn't have fought with Zhao Shu in the first place, think about how much effort Emperor Xiaohan has made, but in addition to making Cao Cao's hands more stained with the blood of Han Zhongliang, what effect can it have? If he didn't have the heart to recover, then Zhang Shao would not die, and the queen would not face such a danger. Liu Chan also shook his head and told the queen that no matter what, he would not let you die, and then turned to Lu Rong and said, "Go and invite the general to come." ”

Lu Rong had already seen Empress Zhang go up to the pavilion, so he looked carefully at her and Liu Chan's lips, hoping to judge the content of their conversation from the shape of their mouth. But the two never said a word, just shook their heads and nodded to each other, and then Liu Chan opened his mouth to invite Zhao Shu to meet. Lu Rong didn't know what kind of dumb riddle the two of them were playing, but it was certain that Liu Chan must have asked Zhao Shu to intercede with him. Seeing Empress Zhang's demeanor, Lu Rong couldn't bear to let such a peerless beauty be ruined in his own hands, but "Qing's father is not dead, and it is difficult to do it", Zhang Shao is already dead, isn't Empress Zhang a creditor who is about to break out for revenge at any time? There was no need for Lu Rong to leave such a hidden danger for Zhao Shu because of her soft-heartedness, so she didn't get up, and bowed again: "Your Majesty wants to see the general, please give the queen Bai Aya first." As he spoke, he waved to Zhang Wei and the others with his hand behind his back. Zhang Wei and the others immediately understood her intentions, and they all dismounted together, bowed to the ground, and said loudly: "Please give the queen white silk." ”

Then the thousands of soldiers behind him also repeated, and thousands of mouths shouted out, naturally more powerful than Lu Rong alone. Liu Chan and Empress Zhang's palms were full of sweat, and it seemed that Zhao Shu was going to put Empress Zhang to death as soon as possible. Liu Chan originally wanted to invite Zhao Shu to let go of the emperor's dignity and ask softly, or he could save the queen's life, but Zhao Shu didn't give him any chance to speak. Liu Chan took a deep breath and turned to Wu Bandao: "The lord humiliates the minister's death, what does the general think of today's events?" ”

Outside, Lu Rong's request was not only excessive, but also presumptuous, Wu Ban's heart was indeed angry, but in the face of Liu Chan's question, he had to answer carefully. In the past few years, Zhao Shu has not embarrassed because the Wu family is a royal family, but has promoted his brother to the rank of knight, even if the other party is trying to win people's hearts, but it cannot be regarded as kind and righteous. On the contrary, Liu Chan, since the death of the first emperor, Empress Wu was promoted to the Empress Dowager Wu, and she lived in seclusion in the palace and had no contact with the Wu brothers at all. Moreover, Liu Chan is not the son of the Empress Dowager Wu, so the relationship between the Wu family and the royal family is not very close. Although Liu Chan usually intentionally or unintentionally woos the two, after all, he is just an emperor with no real power, and what he gives is only verbal praise.

Of course, the so-called high-ranking officials and wealth are not necessarily the decisive factor in whom the Wu brothers are willing to be allegiant. But taking the current situation as an example, for the sake of an empty reputation of "loyalty", it seems that it is not a wise move to put the lives of the people on the chopping block and let Zhao Shu slaughter them. Moreover, what Zhao Shu wants is to kill Empress Zhang, what does this have to do with his Wu class? So Wu Ban skillfully avoided Liu Chan's questioning, just bowed down in front of the emperor, kept kowtowing, and did not make any answer.

Liu Chan saw Wu Ban's performance, although it was expected, he still looked very sad and excited, and shouted: "What's the use of the country raising you? "I was going to grab the sword of the guard next to him, and wanted to kill Wu Ban on the spot. But the guards around him were all subordinates of the Wu class, so how could Liu Chan succeed, they all avoided each other. Empress Zhang saw Liu Chan so out of shape, but she was afraid that she would be perceived by Zhao Shu and be greatly disadvantaged, so she bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine is willing to die to thank the world." Then he got up and turned and went downstairs. Liu Chan naturally knew that she was going to kill herself, and she was going to step forward to stop her, but after taking a step, she saw the queen turn around again, and said with a smile: "The concubine can be favored by His Majesty, and she will die without regrets." May Your Majesty cherish yourself for the sake of the future. If the country has no queen, how can there be no emperor? ”

Seeing Empress Zhang like this, Liu Chan heard the sergeants below shouting in unison again: "Please give the Empress Bai Aya." "Knowing that if he persists any longer, he is afraid that he will lead Lu Rong into the palace with troops and force him, and Queen Qishi will not even have the last dignity. Liu Chan closed his eyes, unwilling to look at Empress Zhang anymore, just waved his hand slightly, and then listened to Empress Zhang's light footsteps gradually drifting away. Tears finally oozed from the corners of Liu Chan's eyes, and he secretly swore in his heart that if he didn't kill Zhao Shu, he would never be a human again.

Although Lu Rong couldn't hear the conversation between Liu Chan and Empress Zhang below, he saw Empress Zhang slowly going downstairs and seeing Liu Chan's actions again, so he knew that his matter had been done, so he said loudly: "Your Majesty Shengming, long live, long live, long live." Behind him, just like Zhang Wei, Tianyi and the others also followed the mountain and shouted long live. In these earth-shattering "long live" sounds, Liu Chan knew that the queen would never return, and he knew that he could no longer show any grief and indignation, and he could not let the queen and Zhang Shao die in vain, so he tried to calm his mind, forced himself to face Lu Rong, and said: "I have given the queen death, does the general still have orders?" ”

When Lu Rong came, he planned to give the Zhang sisters to death together, but now that he saw Queen Zhang die generously, he couldn't help but think of the death of Zhang Zun's mother and son, and he didn't want to talk about Zhang Lin anymore. Moreover, Zhang Lin is a woman, and she is not a queen, so it is expected that there will be no waves, even if she saves some face for Ye Feng and leaves her life. So Lu Rong bowed again: "The general has nothing else to do." Liu Chan nodded when he heard this, and said, "In this case, you can lead the troops to disperse." Lu Rong took the order, but he didn't just leave with his troops. Liu Chan knew that she was willing to leave only if she had to confirm the queen's death, so she didn't say anything more, just waiting for news from the harem.

Lu Rong helped Zhao Shu eradicate a big worry today, and while he was proud, he also knew that his actions were a little excessive, and he couldn't help but think about how to explain to Zhao Shu when he went back. I didn't have an idea in my heart, but I heard someone behind me shouting, "The general has arrived." Taken aback, he turned his eyes and saw Zhao Shu galloping over with people.