Queen He was shocked before. She never thought that Dong Chong would dare to kill people in her palace.
What is this for?
Rebellion?
When Dong Zhong walked up to her with a sneer on his face, she shivered all over and immediately realized what he was doing.
"Dong Chong?! What are you going to do?! Are you going to rebel?! How dare you do such a thing?"
she screamed sharply.
"How is this a rebellion?"
Dong Zhong smiled cheerfully and said: "Queen, this is really not a rebellion, this is really following orders."
"Following orders?"
Queen He was surprised and said: "Whose order are you taking? You dare to kill someone in the Queen's Palace. Whose order are you taking? The Queen Mother?!"
"You will know this soon."
Dong Zhong waved his hand: "Invite the queen and the emperor's eldest son into the palace!"
The soldiers behind Dong Chong swarmed up, grabbed He roughly, and pushed her into the palace regardless of her screams.
But Liu Bian in the palace had been frightened for a long time. He stayed in place and did not dare to move, just trembling.
"Dong Zhong! You want to rebel! You want to rebel! You bastard! I want He Jin to kill you! I want He Jin to kill you!!"
"He Jin?"
Dong Zhong sneered and said: "Let's wait and see if he can save his own life! Hahahahahahaha! Queen, no one can come to save you this time."
"What did you say?"
Queen He was shocked: "What are you going to do to He Jin? What's going on? What happened? Who gave the order? Is it His Majesty? Does Your Majesty want to kill me, the He family? How is it possible? You let me go see him Your Majesty! Let me go see Your Majesty!"
Queen He rushed up like a madman, pushing and pushing like a crazy woman. Dong Zhong was really unhappy and slapped Queen He forward, spinning Queen He around in a circle and falling to the ground.
"You hit me?"
She covered her face and looked at Dong Zhong in disbelief.
"You dare to hit me?"
Dong Chong waved his hands, with a relieved look on his face.
"I have wanted to do this for a long time. I couldn't help it in the past. Now, what else do you have to rely on? Wait here obediently. If you quarrel once, I will hit you! If you quarrel again, I will chop you with a knife!"
Dong Chong tore off the mask he used to suppress his emotions in the past, his face was horribly distorted, he pulled out a knife and pointed it at Queen He, pouring out all the resentment and dissatisfaction he had accumulated in the past.
Being pointed at by the cold blade, Queen He was so frightened that she became silent.
Although she has been a queen for many years and has been at the top for a long time, this fear from the instinct of life still keeps her from moving.
She was really afraid that Dong Zhong would be hot-headed and end her wealth with one blow.
Situations are stronger than people.
The queen's palace was quickly brought under control, and all the guards and eunuchs who tried to resist were killed. In order to vent his grievances over the years, Dong Chong personally killed several eunuchs.
Others were imprisoned in the side hall, and the palace guards brought by Dong Chong controlled every passage and house in the queen's palace.
Later, Dong Chong personally asked the palace guards about the control of the palace gates and passages throughout the palace. He learned that the control had been basically completed and preparations for defense had been made. Only after the officials summoned by the emperor entered, the comprehensive plan could be completed. closed.
At that time, it would be wishful thinking to enter the imperial city by force without paying ten times the casualties of the defenders.
Dong nodded.
His mission has been completed. It is really not difficult. The rest depends on the actions of Jian Shuo, Zhang Rang and Liu Bei.
His task is simple and he must complete it the fastest. Compared with others, it is somewhat difficult.
Of course, at the very beginning of this operation, the surviving officials were suddenly called into the palace for lectures by the emperor.
According to the order and prior arrangements, hundreds of subordinates sent by Zhang Rang were mobilized and rushed to their respective destinations to allow officials to quickly enter the palace and then protect their families and residences.
The big-headed soldiers are really going to kill each other, but no matter how many there are, it will be difficult to explain if too many officials in Luoyang City die.
Originally, this link could be a little simpler, but that day happened to be a holiday for most officials. Most people were not on duty in the palace and were resting at home, so this special link was needed.
Time was tight and the task was heavy. Zhang Rang gave his subordinates a death order. If something could not be done well, he should bring it up.
No one expected that this coup would happen so suddenly. Even Zhang Rang, who knew the inside story, did not expect it. Liu Bei knew the specific content, but he did not know the time.
This time is controlled by Liu Hong, and even Liu Hong himself may not be able to control it well, so the worst case scenario is that after Liu Hong's death, Liu Bei immediately launches a mutiny to capture and kill Yuan Wei and He Jin.
But if Liu Hong is still alive and can still do something, then Liu Hong taking the initiative would be better than Liu Bei suddenly taking action.
The incident happened suddenly, and no one knew how the situation would turn out, let alone Lu Zhi and Cai Yong.
Later in the afternoon of that day, Cai Yong was invited to visit with his wife and two daughters, Cai Yan and Cai Wan. During the dinner, Cai Yong asked his two daughters to show off the piano skills he had personally taught to Lu Zhi. It seemed that I want to show off my ability to educate children.
Lu Zhi listened quietly to Cai Yan and Cai Wan's piano skills, squinting slightly and feeling very good.
After the song ended, Lu Zhi praised Cai Yan and Cai Wan's piano skills, and praised Cai Yong for his skill in teaching his children, which made Cai Yong very happy.
After that, Cai Yong asked the two daughters to continue playing the piano, while he and Lu Zhi slowly talked about some recent political affairs.
"This morning, in the name of worrying about the emperor's safety, Yuan Wei and his men broke into the emperor's palace with the queen. As a result, they happened to run into the emperor eating porridge, which made the emperor furious. He was reprimanded and left the palace in despair. I heard This matter is really funny."
Cai Yong stroked his beard and said: "Before, Yuan Wei had suspected that the emperor was ill, and never thought that he could do such an offensive thing. I have seen that in two days someone will definitely come forward to impeach him. When the time comes, I will Let’s see how he explains this.”
"As a foreign minister, it is really disrespectful to break into the palace with the queen! It is even disrespectful!"
Lu Zhi shook his head unhappily and said: "There is no need for anyone else to go to court. I will go to court tomorrow to impeach him. I must give him an explanation! While the emperor was recovering from illness, he was not allowed to enter without an imperial edict. He actually dared to break into the palace without authorization. I It seems that Yuan Wei is going too far!"
Cai Yong glanced at Lu Zhi and sighed.
"Ziqian, you said that you should listen to Uncle Weng's advice earlier and stop indulging Yuan Wei so much and fighting with him. Maybe he won't be so arrogant. Now I feel that this person is too arrogant. There are soldiers outside the city. Cheng Nai also joined forces with the queen to break into the palace, and given time, we still don’t know what he is going to do. Is this the way to serve as a minister? "
Lu Zhi sighed deeply when he heard this.
"It doesn't make much sense to say this now. I really didn't do a good enough job..."
"Ziqian, I don't want to criticize you, but I just want to discuss the matter. I think Xuande did a much better job than you."
Cai Yong whispered: "Xuande knew that Yuan Wei was very ambitious, so he brought soldiers and horses to check Yuan Wei, fight against him, and limit his power. However, as a Taiwei, you actually stood still in the face of Yuan Wei's humiliation. Step back, do you know how disappointed the Luoyang scholars are in you?"
Lu Zhi just sighed and didn't reply.
He knew how disappointed the Luoyang scholars were in him. He knew that everything he did was not in line with people's expectations. The Luoyang scholars even rumored that Lu Zhi was cowardly and did not dare to fight, so the people around him became more and more popular. Come less and less.
Originally he thought it didn't matter, but now it seems that there are still some problems with doing so.
I can only say that fortunately, he has a disciple named Liu Bei.
Thinking of Liu Bei, Lu Zhi still smiled proudly.
"I have a disciple of Xuande who is better than the Yuan family's disciples and former officials all over the world. Isn't this a good thing?"
"You are a teacher, you can't rely on your disciples for everything, right?"
Cai Yong rolled his eyes and complained: "After all, you are also a great scholar in the country, with such a great reputation, but in the end you are not even as good as your own disciples. Don't you think this is very inappropriate?"
Lu Zhi stroked his beard and laughed.
"If you can cultivate disciples who are better than your teacher, what's wrong with that?"
Cai Yong was speechless.
Lu Zhi laughed for a while and sighed for a while.
"Xuande is a clan member of the Han Dynasty and has won the trust of the emperor. Now that he has returned to the capital and opened a palace, he has great power. I think he will definitely confront Yuan Wei and He Jin soon..."
"I'm very worried."
Cai Yong said with emotion: "If the emperor has no intention of abolishing the elders and establishing younger ones, he simply wants to suppress the He family. However, Prince Bian is the nephew of the He family. As a result, it is difficult to guarantee that when Prince Bian ascends the throne in the future, he will not be affected by this matter. Do you have any opinion on Xuande and Ziqian?"
Lu Zhi frowned.
"The future is too far away and it's hard for me to say, but if Prince Ben will embarrass Xuande about today's affairs after he ascends the throne, I will definitely not stand idly by. Xuande obeys the emperor's orders and is loyal. If he punishes loyal ministers because of personal grudges, , the loyal and righteous people in the world will be heartbroken."
"That being said, I'm afraid some people won't let it go..."
Cai Yong said with emotion: "The queen's surname is also He. Xuande will not be able to escape disaster this time. Zigan, as Xuande's teacher, you must make preparations in advance. You cannot continue to give in."
Lu Zhi was silent for a while and nodded.
"If there really comes a day, I will never let Xuande get hurt because of such a thing. Xuande does such a thing out of loyalty. If he is blamed for such a thing, there will be no loyalty in the world." Scholars will no longer contribute to the court, and I will never stand idly by!"
"That's good, that's good."
Cai Yong nodded and said worriedly: "That being said, Zigan, we must also make some other preparations. For example, if Yuan Wei and He Jin gain the upper hand, then..."
"If that's the case, I won't have the worries I had before."
Lu Zhi smiled: "If that's the case, I can't even be an official, so how can I have such worries? I feel a little more relaxed, hahahaha!"
"You really can laugh."
Cai Yong shook his head and said: "Nearly a hundred thousand troops gathered in Luoyang. Not to mention being at war with each other, they can also be regarded as being on guard against each other. Under such circumstances, how can you, the prince of the dynasty, be so relaxed? Seriously..."
"Vegetarian meal in corpse position?"
Lu Zhi laughed and said, "There's nothing wrong with that, right? If I were involved in this kind of thing, would you be able to escape? If I weren't involved, you might still be safe."
"You... Zigan!"
Cai Yong sighed deeply.
Perhaps because they felt the scene was too depressing, at some point, sisters Cai Yan and Cai Wan stopped playing the piano.
Lu Zhi noticed it first, looked at Cai Yan and then Cai Wan, and thought it would be good to change the topic.
"Speaking of which, Ziqian, if I remember correctly, your eldest daughter should be fifteen, right?"
(End of chapter)
