third chapter
In a corner of Luoyang Royal Palace, a tall building stands in a dilapidated palace. There are many soldiers guarding the building. No one is allowed to enter and exit at will except the palace maids who deliver food.
On the high building, a young man lay on the window, looking at the flying swallows in the courtyard with tears in his eyes, murmured: "The tender grass is green and the smoke is condensed, and the two swallows are curling. The Luo River is green, and people on the street envied. Looking at the deep blue clouds from afar, it is my old palace. Who is relying on loyalty and righteousness to vent my resentment!"
A beautiful girl with a haggard face came from behind him, hugged him in panic, and whispered: "Your Majesty, don't read this poem again. If Master Dong knows, I'm afraid I'll have trouble again!"
The young man raised his sleeve and wiped his tears and said, "This thief takes over my Han family's territory, and I wish I could not eat his flesh alive!"
The girl hurriedly raised her hand to cover his mouth and looked around in panic. Seeing that no one was beside her, she breathed a sigh of relief and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, don't say such words, otherwise, I'm afraid that my husband and wife will not be able to protect their lives!"
A gloomy voice sounded from the stairs: "What a poem. I've heard King Hongnong make this poem. Today I heard King Hongnong recite the poem in person, which makes me feel even more unique!"
The young emperor Liu Bian and the imperial concubine Tang were both shocked. When they saw the man who climbed the tower, they were so scared that they were trembling all over.
A middle-aged man with a gloomy face was standing at the stairs with a strong man in a sneering manner. He was Li Ru, the counselor who was the most trusted by Dong Zhuo, the prime minister of the dynasty.
Li Ru stepped into the room, looked at the young emperor Liu Bian, and kept sneering, with a strong murderous intent in his eyes, which was intimidating.
Behind him, dozens of soldiers, like wolves and tigers, entered one after another, holding sharp blades, with murderous intent, and looked at the young emperor and Concubine Tang with malicious intentions, as if they were looking at the lamb to be slaughtered.
The young emperor and Concubine Tang leaned against each other and trembled into a ball. They wanted to ask Li Ru's purpose, but they could only hear the sound of teeth colliding. Where could they say something?
In the midst of silence, a crisp voice sounded: "Li Ru, what are you doing?"
Li Ru narrowed his eyes and looked over there, but saw a beautiful beauty standing at the door of the bedroom, glaring at him, with raging rage in his eyes.
Li Ru sneered, bowed in a big way, and said carelessly: "See the Queen Mother."
That beauty was the mother of the young emperor, the sister of He Jin, and the empress dowager He of the dynasty. Although she was over thirty years old, she had been pampering for many years because of her natural beauty, and still looked like a young woman in her twenties. If she had not been so beautiful, how could she have promoted to the court as the daughter of a butcher, beloved by Lingdi Pang, and become the queen of the mother's mother.
She moved the lotus steps lightly, walked to the Shaodi, reached out to bring him into her arms, her eyes full of gentleness, and her care was beyond words. She raised her eyes and glared at Li Ru, and said coldly: "Li Ru, do you still think I am the Queen Mother?"
Li Ru's eyes flashed with murderous intent and said in a singular manner: "I have always regarded you as the empress dowager. Even if you die, you are the empress dowager!"
Empress Dowager He smiled angrily and said, "Okay, is Dong Zhuo finally going to do it? This time, what excuses did he want to get rid of me and my son?"
Li Ru sneered: "King Hongnong did not obey the etiquette of the monarch and his subjects, and he complained and wrote poems. When the prime minister heard this, he specially ordered me to serve the birthday wine and ask the Queen Mother to share it with King Hongnong!"
He waved his hand and two soldiers came out, holding a tray in his hand, with a pot of wine and two wine glasses on it. Li Ru pointed to the pot of wine and smiled and said, "Please use your birthday wine!"
Liu Bian screamed in shock, pounced on He Hou's arms, and cried constantly.
Queen He reached out and stroked her son's shoulder, glared at Li Ru, and said loudly, "Since it is a longevity wine, you can drink it first!"
Li Ru was furious and shouted sternly: "Do you dare not drink?" With a wave of his hand, a cold light shot out from his sleeves and shot straight to the feet of the Shaodi. He shot into the wooden floor with a loud bang, but a short knife was inserted into the wooden board, and the handle of the knife was trembling constantly.
A soldier held the long white silk and took a step forward. Li Ru pointed to the short sword and the white silk and said grimly: "The Prime Minister had known that you would not drink, so he specially prepared these two things, you can choose it yourself!"
The young emperor was so scared that his face was white and his lips were almost fainted. However, the Tang Concubine beside him knelt down and begged for mercy: "I would like to drink this wine, please let the Queen Mother and son go!"
Li Ru sneered, kicked Concubine Tang over with one kick, and cursed: "Who are you? You are worthy of death on behalf of King Hongnong?"
He picked up the wine pot and delivered it to He Hou, shouting: "You have a drink first!"
Empress He had a furious face and shouted to the sky: "He Jin! It was you, an insane man who issued an edict to order Dong Zhuo to rebel into the capital, which led to the disaster today!"
Li Ru was furious and slapped He Hou to the ground, grabbed the young emperor and roared, "King Hongnong, please use birthday wine!" Then he put the poisonous wine to Liu Bian's mouth.
The young emperor screamed in panic and struggled hard. He felt that Li Ru's big hand was choking his neck like iron pliers, unable to break free. In panic, he was stuffed into his mouth by the wine pot in Li Ru's hand. He couldn't help but take a sip, and then he was choked and coughed loudly.
Li Rusong sneered and said, "After drinking this poisonous wine, even if you are a god coming to the world, you will not be able to live for a moment!"
The young emperor fell to the ground, his face was ashes, and his face was filled with tears. He sang tragically: "The heaven and earth are eased, the sun and the moon are turned around, and he abandoned thousands of chariots and retreated to the vassal states. He was forced to live for a short time, and the general situation was gone and tears were shed!"
The beautiful girl next to her got up from the ground and threw herself on him. She saw blood oozing from her husband's mouth. Her heart was like a knife, and her tears rolled down. She also sang miserably: "The emperor is about to collapse and the land is declining. As the emperor's princess, my life will not follow. The road of life and death will be over, but how can I be sad in my heart quickly!"
Queen He supported her body from the ground with force, and was beaten to the corner of her mouth. She stared at her son blankly, her face full of miserable expression, and two lines of hot tears slowly flowed down her pretty face.
Li Ru laughed to the sky and said, "It's great to be happy. Today, except for you a few disasters, the prime minister can rest assured!"
Empress He raised her hand and pointed at Li Ru, and said with a slutty smile: "Do you think you can keep your wealth forever if you kill me and my son today? Haha, if Dong thief forced me to death, he would be abandoned by the emperor. The loyal and righteous people in the world must eat their flesh and sleep with their skin. Dong thief fought against the world with one person's strength, how could he not perish? If you help evil and abuse, you will sooner or later you will not escape the disaster of extermination of the clan!"
Li Ru was furious when he heard this, strode forward, grabbed He with both hands, threw him out of the window with force, heard a scream outside the window, laughing angrily, picked up the poisonous wine, poured it into the mouth of the Shao Emperor, and poured him to death on the ground.
Concubine Tang pounced on the body of the young emperor and cried loudly. Li Ru was upset when she heard it and waved her hand and shouted, "Strange her to death!"
Several soldiers pounced on him like a tiger and wolf, pressed Concubine Tang, wrapped the white silk around the girl's snow-white neck, and pulled hard on both sides. Concubine Tang's face immediately turned red and she could no longer breathe.
At this time of life and death, Concubine Tang did not look at the slightest fear. Her eyes looked at the window that fell from behind, and a trace of surprise appeared in her confused eyes.
She thought she was dazzled because in her eyes, she could clearly see that at the window, a little boy three inches tall was leaning against the window frame, with a proud look on his handsome face and he looked at her with a smile.
The soldiers did not notice the strange boy, and they just tried to tighten the white silk. As the white silk tightened, the girl's soft tongue involuntarily spit out from her cherry lips, and her eyes turned black.
Chapter completed!