Lin Mu has been leaving the palace every day since three months ago to check on the situation in Luoyang.
At first, all parties thought that Lin Mu was out of the city looking for the person behind it, but nothing was found in three months.
Lin Mu wanted to win over some people, but who would fall in love with an emperor who could be killed at any time?
Moreover, Lin Mu has not yet made a clear distinction between the camps. Lin Mu naturally recognizes Yuan Wei, Dong Zhuo and others, but there are thousands of officials in the imperial court, so how can he recognize them all?
Usually when playing Three Kingdoms, you can't tell who is loyal and who is traitorous. These courtiers are all as smart as monkeys, how can they be so easy to distinguish.
Randomly trying to win over people with unknown alignments will have the opposite effect.
Now three months have passed, and I finally have a certain understanding of the imperial court.
Dong Zhuo now hated Lin Mu deeply, but under Jia Xu's suggestion, Dong Zhuo still held back. Compared with killing Lin Mu, the most important thing was to find out who else in the court dared to rebel against him.
Lin Mu is just a puppet, so what's there to fear?
Three days passed quickly. During these three days, Dong Zhuo sent people to keep an eye on Lin Mu.
But no clues were found, and Dong Zhuo finally couldn't bear it anymore.
It was the perfect time, and everyone had a smile on their face.
So many things happened in this year, first the death of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, then the death of He Jin, the rebellion of Shi Changshi, Dong Zhuo entered the capital to depose Liu Bian, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao left the capital, and Niu Fu defeated Zhu hansome.
Before dawn, Lin Mu came to Chongde Hall to summon the ministers.
And these officials have to get up earlier. They have to get up in the early morning and come outside the palace.
When the ceremonial officer rang the bells in the palace, all the officials entered the palace one by one.
Officials at all levels began to send congratulatory gifts to Lin Mu. Although Lin Mu was just a puppet, these officials still had to do superficial work.
But Dong Zhuo was no longer willing to do it. In his opinion, Lin Mu was already dead today, so why give him anything?
Dong Zhuo took something out of Lu Bu's body and handed it to the ceremony officer, who immediately sang.
"Master Dong offers... offers... an ox bone."
Everyone looked at Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo was dismissive and just snorted coldly.
Hearing Dong Zhuo's cold snort, the ceremony officer quickly collected the cow bones and walked towards the next person.
Logically speaking, Dong Zhuo is the Grand Master, which is one of the three official positions. Like the princes, they are required to submit jade walls.
But now the princes still care about the emperor. Dong Zhuo, one of the three princes, offered the cow bones. This was obviously an insult to the emperor. The key was to eat the leftovers.
Everyone did not dare to look at Dong Zhuo, so they looked at the emperor, but saw that Lin Mu did not react at all, and still had that faint smile.
After the ceremony was over, the officials began to take their seats according to the order of honor and inferiority.
These seats had been arranged long ago. After the ceremony, everyone sat down according to their seating arrangements. There were tables placed in front of these seats, with various meats, soups and wine placed on the tables.
After all the officials took their seats, no one said a word, and the entire hall was silent.
According to old rules, officials at all levels should toast to the emperor at this time, but now that Dong Zhuo didn't speak, and Yuan Wei didn't speak either, naturally no one among the remaining officials dared to speak.
After Dong Zhuo glanced around, he picked up the wine glass and stood up, raised it towards Lin Mu and drank it without saying a word.
When all the courtiers saw that Dong Zhuo had finished their toast, they stood up to toast Lin Mu and congratulate him. For a while, the scene was joyful and there was no hint of murderous intent.
The wine on Lin Mu's jade table was quickly finished under the toasts of the ministers, and Lin Mu's face began to appear a little red.
A eunuch came to Lin Mu with a pot of wine and poured wine for Lin Mu.
But when the eunuch poured the wine, his hands were shaking.
Almost half of the wine was spilled out of the cup, and it was all over the jade table.
Lin Mu smiled when he saw this and grabbed the eunuch's hand. The eunuch was startled by Lin Mu's grasp and almost threw the wine bottle away.
Lin Mu grabbed the eunuch's hand and said.
"It's just pouring wine, why are you so scared?"
The eunuch didn't dare to look directly at the forest trees and said.
"Your Majesty is so majestic that I, the servant, am extremely impressed by his majesty."
Lin Mu took the wine bottle from the eunuch's hand and put it on the table without saying a word. He just waved his hand for the eunuch to go down.
Dong Zhuo was now one of the three princes, and he was seated in the front. This scene made Dong Zhuo see it clearly.
Not only Dong Zhuo saw this scene, Yuan Wei and Wang Yun behind him also saw this scene, but they were speechless.
Behind Dong Zhuo are Jia Xu and Lu Bu. Logically speaking, these two people are not qualified to sit next to Dong Zhuo, but now no one dares to object.
The two of them were also paying attention to the eunuch who was pouring wine for Lin Mu. Seeing that Lin Mu's wine was filled, Jia Xu raised his glass to toast Lin Mu.
"Your Majesty, today is the first day of the lunar month, which coincides with Grand Master Dong defeating the traitor Zhu Jun. Why don't your Majesty drink from it?"
After saying this, General Jia Xu drank it down and showed the empty cup to others.
Lin Mu smiled dumbly and then said.
"I have drunk too much. I am afraid of losing my etiquette, so I cannot drink anymore."
Jia Xu saw that Lin Mu wasn't drinking and didn't say anything. He just sat down and watched everyone's reactions.
Killing Lin Mu today was just incidental. He wanted to know who was helping Lin Mu behind the scenes.
But after scanning around, no one stood up to speak, and no one in the first few rows spoke.
"Today is the Grand Master's great victory over Zhu Jun. To celebrate the Grand Master's achievements, Your Majesty has summoned all the officials to have a banquet. Your Majesty is worried that he will lose his etiquette and is not enjoying himself. How can all his colleagues dare to drink?"
The meaning of this is already obvious. This is a banquet to celebrate Dong Zhuo's achievements. Do you dare not to enjoy it?
Lin Mu shook his head and said.
"It's not that I don't want to enjoy myself to the fullest, it's actually that I'm afraid that I'll lose my bearings after drinking."
Lin Mu's explanation obviously did not satisfy Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo picked up the wine glass with a cold face.
"Your Majesty, please drink!"
Although the word "please" was used in the words, there was no politeness at all. He was simply forcing Lin Mu to drink.
When many ministers saw this scene and saw that Dong Zhuo was holding glasses to drink, they also picked up their glasses.
"Your Majesty, please drink."
This is also true in the words of many ministers. In their view, forcing Lin Mu to drink with Dong Zhuo means that they are of the same faction as Dong Zhuo.
Just like when Zhao Gao referred to a deer as a horse, the officials did not know whether it was a horse or a deer. The most important thing was to pick up the opportunity and show their goodwill.
What they gained was Dong Zhuo's goodwill, but what they lost was just a puppet emperor drinking more wine.
Which of the ministers who can stand here doesn't know that this is just a puppet emperor, so what if he is deceived?
When Lin Mu saw the scene in front of him, he stood up and threw away the wine glass.
Dong Zhuo was about to get angry when he saw Lin Mu dare to throw away the wine glass, but he heard Lin Mu say.
"That being the case, I should enjoy myself to the fullest. However, if I lose my manners after drinking, please forgive me."
"Come here! Change the altar!"
Seeing Lin Mu like this, a sneer appeared on Dong Zhuo's face, and soon a jar of wine was put on the table.
Lin Mu unsealed the mud and drank half of it in one gulp.
Seeing Lin Mu drinking like this, Dong Zhuo had a sneer on his face.
Lin Mu thought that everything would be fine if he just exchanged a jar of wine?
Whether it is the newly recruited bodyguards of Empress Dowager He or the eunuchs serving in the palace, they are all Dong Zhuo's people.
Among the eunuchs in charge of procurement, some were from Dong Zhuo.
After Lin Mu took a big sip, he found that his state was a bit strange, and his health was dropping slowly.
