Empress Lu caressed Liu Bang's body and cried for a while, she was tired of crying, she wiped away her tears, her brain turned fast, and she quietly thought about what to do next.

After a few years of handling government affairs, she has accumulated practical political skills. She knew very well in her heart: before the first emperor ascended the throne, before the new emperor ascended the throne, it would be a time when the power field was surging, and those heroes and generals, the children of the Liu family were already ready to move, and if their orphans and widows were not properly handled, they would inevitably cause a catastrophe.

In the absence of a clear countermeasure, she decided not to mourn.

She thought of the only person she could trust, judging his food. This man who has shared hardships with her, although he is not talented and capable, his loyalty and dedication can always deeply move Empress Lu.

She urgently summoned him to the palace for an audience.

Standing in front of Empress Lu, Empress Lu couldn't help but burst into tears again. Empress Lu told her about her idea, but this idea really startled him.

Empress Lu wanted to keep it a secret, and announced that Liu Bang was seriously ill, and then summoned the generals to visit the palace, and at the same time ambushed the armor to get rid of the disobedient generals who had heavy troops in their hands.

Judging him as a submissive person, he thought that in this way, it would be beneficial to him, so he raised his hands in favor without deep consideration. With the support of the judge, it can't reassure Empress Lu. In order to be sure, she found her brother Lu Shizhi, who had a heavy army, and told him her plan.

This is something that is beneficial to the Lu family, and Lu Shizhi will naturally not object.

A conspiracy was quietly brewing, and Empress Lu pondered the plan repeatedly, carefully considering the possible loopholes at each step. It will undoubtedly be a contest of life and death, and if something goes wrong, she and her children will die with no place to bury.

After Lu Shizhi came out of the palace, he was excited and scared.

If those generals are removed, the military horses in the world will belong to his Lu family, and as the most relied on relatives of Empress Lu, he Lu Shizhi is naturally the commander who is the commander, what a glory this is!

But he was also full of nervousness in his heart, those generals had heavy troops in their hands, and they had great prestige in the army, so it was probably not so easy to kill them, and if they missed, they might lose their lives.

Lu Shizhi returned to the house, and he didn't think about this matter for several days, he frowned and planned repeatedly. Lu Shizhi's son Lu Lu saw that after his father came back from the palace, he was like losing his soul, and he was very puzzled, so he asked his father about it. Lu Shizhi was in a panic, so he told his son what happened without reservation, and told him a thousand times to keep it confidential.

Lu Lu agreed, but such a big secret pressed on Lu Lu's heart, which made him very uncomfortable. Lu Lu has never been the kind of person who keeps his mouth shut.

Lu Lu and Li Ji, the son of Quzhou Hou Lishang, are too good playmates, they have a deep friendship and talk about everything. They are both playmates and bosom friends.

When the two were drinking, Lu Lu still didn't control his mouth, and he revealed the secret in his heart to Li Ji.

When Li Ji heard this, the wine disappeared, he knew that this matter was very important, his father Li Shang was a veteran of the battle, if Empress Lu wanted to do it, the Li family would not be able to escape the doom. After he sent Lu Lu away, he hurried back home and told his father Li Shang about the incident.

Li Shang was also shocked when he heard this, and he paced back and forth, thinking about countermeasures.

He thought about it, and if he wanted Empress Lu to change his mind, there was only one person who could do it. After thinking for a while, Li Shang ordered the car to be prepared and left the house in a hurry.

The carriage of the merchant stopped in front of the judge's house.

When he heard that Li Shang had come to see him, he thought: Why is he here, our two families rarely have contact, it is possible that the major matter has been leaked, if it is this matter, it is better not to see it! No, it's better to see it, if they have already heard about it, it will definitely be unfavorable to me and Empress Lu, and it's good to meet and listen to the truth.

When Li Shang saw the trial of the food, he did not talk nonsense, and signaled the trial to retreat left and right.

Seeing that there were no more idle people waiting around, Li Shang said eagerly: "The foot is in danger!"

He was amused: Is this a threat?

He pretended to be surprised and said: How can you say this?

Li Shang said unhurriedly: Your Majesty died for four days, but the palace did not mourn, and he intended to kill all the generals, can the generals be killed? Now the infant is leading 100,000 troops, Zhou Bo is sitting in the Yan Dynasty, and Fan Xu's life and death are unknown, once the general of the DPRK and the Central Committee is punished, they get the news, and they are bound to lead the troops into Beijing.

After listening to it, he pondered for a while, and beads of sweat the size of beans oozed from his forehead, thinking to himself why he didn't think of this layer?

He pretended to be puzzled and stammered: I... I've never heard of this! If there is such a rumor, I will enter the palace to the queen!

Seeing that although he denied it, Li Shang had already told Li Shang that he was bluffed, so he left after a little greeting.

After sending Li Shang away, he ran into the palace to meet Lu Hou in a hurry, and he told Lu Hou about this powerful relationship.

Lu Hou praised him for his thoughtfulness, in fact, she didn't take this layer into account, but Lu Hou didn't expect this plan to be leaked out in such a short time, even if this plan is perfect, once it is leaked, it will lose the opportunity to implement it, so it can only be canceled, if it is canceled, others will only treat it as a rumor.

She immediately made a decision, issued an edict to mourn Liu Bang, and gave Liu Bang the temple name Taizu and the honorific title of Emperor Gao.

At the age of seventeen, the crown prince Liu Ying ascended the throne in front of the Ling, which was later the Emperor Xiaohui.

Empress Lu was successfully promoted from empress to empress dowager, and later generations called her Empress Gao.

In fact, Empress Lü's scruples about opposition were too severe, and Liu Bang had slaughtered the most powerful princes with different surnames before his death, and the rest of the veterans were almost all loyal ministers who bowed down to their orders. As long as Liu Ying can succeed to the throne normally, there will be no danger.

When the palace was mourning, Chen Ping was detaining Fan Hao on the way back to the capital.

As soon as the news of the emperor's death reached Chen Ping, Chen Ping couldn't help but be grieved, and at the same time, he considered a deeper problem.

He left his entourage and Fan Xu, and he hurried to the capital.

Chen Ping hurried back to prevent Lu Xiao from slandering Lu Hou.

Once the crown prince ascends the throne, Empress Lu will inevitably take power, Fan Xu is Empress Lu's brother-in-law, and the relationship between Empress Lu and her sister Lu Xiao is good for all to see, Chen Ping has already heard of it, Lu Xiao is a must-repay person, if she slanders Empress Lu, then Chen Ping will be done.

Therefore, Chen Ping wanted to rush to Lu Hou before her to explain first.

When Chen Ping knelt down in front of Liu Bang's spirit, he could no longer suppress the grief in his heart, who said that men don't flick when they have tears? Chen Ping cried and shouted, tears soaked his clothes, Liu Bang treated him well all his life, gave him the opportunity to show his ambitions, Liu Bang was his master, but also his benefactor.

When Empress Lu saw Chen Ping crying so sincerely, she was also deeply empathetic, and after she comforted Chen Ping with kind words and persuasions, she asked about Fan Xu's whereabouts.

Chen Ping put away his tears and explained the whole story to Empress Lu in detail.

Empress Lu was very happy to learn that Fan Xu was still alive and commended Chen Ping for his loyalty and resourcefulness. In order to show his loyalty to Empress Lu, Chen Ping ignored the fatigue of carriages and horses, and was willing to ask the palace guards to protect the Empress Dowager and Her Majesty. Empress Lu was deeply moved and appointed Chen Ping as the commander of Lang. The so-called Lang Zhongling is the official in charge of the palace guards, also known as the general of the Northern Army.

Sure enough, as Chen Ping expected, as soon as he left on the front foot, Lu Xiao cried and cried to find Lu Hou, although her husband Fan Hao came back safe and sound, but she still felt wronged, and she couldn't swallow the evil anger of her husband being imprisoned, she calculated this account on Chen Ping's head, and she viciously sued Chen Ping to Lu Hou.

Empress Lu is a reasonable person, she knows the character of her sister better than anyone else, and Chen Ping has already spoken first, so she naturally doesn't believe it, so she disregards the sisterhood and sends Lu Xiao away with her face.

Empress Lu is worthy of being a smart politician, although Lu Xiao is a compatriot, but she still has to rely on those old courtiers to govern the country.

Liu Bang's affairs have been completed, and the overall situation has stabilized.

Empress Lu, who held power, began to feel the awe of the court ministers' three bows, and said that the high place was not very cold, but she clearly felt that the high place was not cold. Nowadays, no one can oppose her, no one can snub her.

The sky and the earth are big, and I, Lu Pheasant, am the biggest. What happened to the woman? Can't women do great things, can't women do the same things as men? Can't women rule the country and level the world?

I can, anything is possible!

When Empress Lu thought of all the suffering she had suffered over the years, the neglect of her husband, and the days when she was frightened, her heart suddenly became cramping.

Today, I'm going to take it back. Don't you have thousands of pampering in one every day? Don't you pamper me every day and rob me? Today, it is time for you to taste it, and you will have to bear all the pain of yesterday.

The desire for revenge is constantly swaying in her heart, she wants to take revenge on Liu Bang, revenge for his snubbing of herself, Liu Bang gave her glory and wealth, but it also brought her endless pain.

She is a woman, she needs to be pampered and cared for, but all of this has been taken away by others.

She wants to destroy the flowers with her hot hands.

She ordered all the concubines favored by Liu Bang back then to be locked up and tortured slowly, so that they could not survive and die. She also took special care of Qi Ji, who was once invincible, in the harem, although Lu Pheasant was the queen, but Qi Ji relied on Liu Bang's favor and never gave her a good look. Empress Lü gave Qi Ji a punishment of being a slave with tongs (shaved head), and made her take off her gorgeous clothes, put on prison clothes, and go to Yongxiang (the place where the royal family members were imprisoned) to eat rice.

This woman who used to be infinitely beautiful and incomparably beautiful suddenly lost everything, and even panicked all day.

In Yongxiang, Qi Ji suffered a lot of humiliation, and those originally respectful maids and attendants, under the signal of Empress Lu, suddenly became vicious to her, and they didn't even give her enough food.

Qi Ji's face was full of tears every day. Her only hope now is Liu Ruyi, she is waiting for her son Liu Ruyi to come to rescue his mother, whenever she thinks of her son's immature voice and smile, she can feel a little happiness in the pain.

If it weren't for this concern, she would have preferred to die early.

Son, come and see Mother! Son, come and save your mother! Qi Ji in her sleep shed tears and called softly.

But as the days passed, she didn't see Liu Ruyi, her expectations were fading day by day, and her heart became uneasy, and she was worried about whether her young son could escape the cruel woman's poisonous hands. When hope turned to bitter despair, she sang a sad tune: The son is king, and the mother is captive! All day long, twilight is often with death! Three thousand miles away, who should tell you!

The singing couldn't help but reach the ears of Empress Lu, and Empress Lu was furious.

Does she still want to rely on her son to turn over? Empress Lu scolded angrily.

If Zhao Wang Liu Ruyi does not get rid of it, sooner or later it will be a scourge. Thinking of this, she simply didn't do it, and she didn't stop doing it.

She immediately summoned Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao, to Beijing in the name of Emperor Hui, and the envoy arrived in Handan with the edict. The envoys returned three times, but they were all blocked by Zhou Chang.

Being resisted by Zhou Chang like this, Empress Lu was very annoyed in her heart, but she remembered Zhou Chang's kindness to protect the prince back then, so she endured it for the time being.

If a straightforward Zhou Chang can stump Lu Pheasant, then she will be in vain all these years. She mobilized her divergent thinking and quickly came up with a solution.

Isn't the resistance to the whole thing Zhou Chang, as long as he wants to transfer Zhou Chang away, King Zhao will be caught.

She immediately issued an edict to invite Zhou Chang to come to Beijing, and the edict did not mention the matter of King Zhao, although Zhou Chang understood the true intentions of Empress Lu, but he did not dare not obey the edict, because the edict did not mention King Zhao, since this is the case, and then on the grounds of protecting King Zhao, it will be dead, that is called disobedience, and being a courtier is so speculative of the intentions of the courtiers, a capital crime. Therefore, Zhou Chang must be ordered to go to Chang'an, he can't afford the charge of disrespect, he naively thinks that as long as King Zhao does not go to Chang'an, there will be no danger.

Before leaving, Zhou Chang told King Zhao that as soon as Zhou Chang went on the road, Empress Lu's second edict was sent to King Zhao's mansion, and the content of the edict was the same as before, ordering King Zhao to enter Beijing immediately.

King Zhao was young and afraid, and he had forgotten Zhou Chang's words completely, so he could only be ordered to enter Beijing, and King Zhao's entourage believed that Zhou Chang of Xiangguo was in Chang'an, and he would be able to keep King Zhao safe.

The news of King Zhao's imminent arrival in Beijing let Liu Ying know, although the edict was issued in his name, but he did not know, he knew that the queen mother might be unfavorable to King Zhao, and he was anxious, on one side was his mother, and on the other hand was his younger brother, his mother could not admonish, and his younger brother could not say it clearly.

In a hurry, Liu Ying thought of a solution. He specially went to the city gate to greet the king of Zhao, rode with him, and after entering the palace, he ate and lived with the king of Zhao every day, inseparable. It is very rare for an emperor to take such good care of his younger brother.

Liu Ying's approach made Empress Lu very annoyed, but it was not easy to have a seizure, after all, he was his only son. She couldn't figure it out when she scratched her head, why did her son protect the person who grabbed her throne, could the brotherhood be greater than the mother-son relationship? Doesn't the son like power?

Liu Ying was a kind emperor.

She didn't know that the reason why the benevolent and weak Liu Ying did this, one was to protect her younger brother, and the other was to protest like her mother, in his eyes, it was too much to imprison her father's favorite concubine, and now she was going to murder her son, and she couldn't sit idly by.

Mother and son are harmonious on the surface, but they are playing in private.

But the day and night defense still allowed Empress Lu to seize the opportunity. In order to see his mother, King Zhao came down in the palace. One day, Liu Ying got up early to go hunting, but Xiao Ruyi was sleepy. Liu Ying saw that the Queen Mother hadn't moved for a long time, so she also relaxed her vigilance, and besides, there wouldn't be a few hours of hunting, so it should be fine.

However, it often backfires, and the eyes and ears of Empress Lu in the palace have already reported the news to Empress Lu.

Empress Lu sneered and gave a cruel order.

Liu Yingchen came back in a hurry, ready to wake up his young brother, but the scene in front of him stunned him, Liu Ruyi was lying on the bed bleeding and couldn't get up again.

Liu Ying picked up her brother's corpse and wept bitterly, and was in a trance for a while.

After a long time, he ordered the murderer to be tracked down and King Zhao to be buried.

Of course, he knew that this must have been done by the Queen Mother, and after checking and checking, he could only find an official slave as a substitute for the dead ghost to express his dissatisfaction with his mother.

Liu Ruyi's death, Empress Lu's heart was not calmed. On the contrary, she was even more frustrated, she told Qi Ji about the death of King Zhao, she was like looking at Qi Ji's pain, she believed that Qi Ji's pain was her happiness.

Qi Ji almost fainted when she learned of her son's death, she scolded Empress Lu endlessly, and when Empress Lu heard it, not only was she not angry, but she couldn't stop laughing.

Aren't you beautiful, aren't you very good at seducing men? Okay, slut, then I'll make you a monster that everyone fears! Empress Lu laughed maniacally.

Many days later, Empress Lu went to Liu Ying's dormitory and invited her son to watch something called "Renbi". Liu Ying had never heard of this term, so he followed Lu Hou with great interest to see, in the Yongxiang with seven turns and eight turns, Liu Ying was taken to a toilet, opened it and saw that there was a monster with no hair, no eyes, no ears, no hands and feet, the corners of the mouth were wide open, and there was a strange sound on the face, and the face was bloodstained and tear-stained.

Liu Ying felt a little nagging on the spot, and he couldn't help but ask: Who is this?

This is your Aunt Qi! Lu Hou said with a smile.

When Liu Ying heard this, she was immediately stunned, looking at the person with blurred flesh and blood, thinking that the beautiful and moving Aunt Qi had become like this, and her heart ached. He had no intention of watching, hurriedly retreated, took a deep breath, and ignored Empress Lu's shouts and walked away.

Liu Ying returned to the dormitory, remembering the scene just now, she couldn't help but feel frightened, and she was in a trance for a while, and she became ill.

This disease is a year.

He saw the cruelty and horror of the queen mother, and a question lingered in his mind like a ghost for a long time: why, why, why is the always kind queen mother so cruel? Back then, the father cruelly kicked his young children out of the carriage? And today, the mother is cruel and heartbroken? Why is this happening? Why? I just want to have a good home, as long as I have a warm and friendly home, even if I don't want this country, I will not hesitate to do it.

The more he thought about it, the more sad he became, so he sent someone to send a message to Empress Lu on the sickbed: This kind of thing is not done by people, I am the queen mother, and I will not be able to rule the world in the end, so please ask the queen mother to judge herself if there is something in the future!

Later, when Liu Ying got up from the hospital bed, she seemed to be a different person, indulging in wine all day long and ignoring political affairs.

Lu Hou never thought that while she was showing off her victory, it hit her son's confidence in life and her expectations for the beauty of the world, she didn't expect that her actions would hurt her son's soul so much, she didn't regret killing Qi Ji's mother and son, but she regretted letting her kind son see this scene.

However, there is no regret medicine in the world!

Ahem, Ying'er, you are so kind, you won't understand the suffering of your mother! Empress Lu cried in her heart.

Although she was cruel, she also had a sense of responsibility, and she began to take on the heavy responsibility of moving forward in the Han Dynasty alone. With her husband leaving her and her son abandoning her, we will wait and see whether this poor and hateful woman can carry the burden of national revival.