Chapter 12 Dong Zhuo Enters the Palace
Deyang Palace, Beigong.
This palace is the largest and most majestic palace in the North Palace. It was originally a place where the emperor accepted court officials when handling government affairs in the North Palace. However, the emperor was young and was ruled by Empress Dowager He. In addition, the emperor's concubine Tang Ji lived in Yong'an Palace, so Empress Dowager He regarded Deyang Palace as his own place to handle court affairs, and met court officials and bedtime.
Liu Cheng first went to Nangong Xuande Hall to pay homage to Emperor Liu Bian. After arranging his soldiers, he followed Pan Yin to the Deyang Hall of Beigong with 200 poems.
Pan Yin went to the hall to see Empress Dowager He, and then his voice came from: "The Empress Dowager has an order to meet Liu Cheng, the General of the Central Army of Xuan Yulin, and the Captain of the Right Army of the Xiyuan Army!"
Liu Cheng handed the Po Juntong in his hand to two soldiers to carry it, and followed Pan Yin to the side hall of Deyang Palace to pay homage to Empress Dowager He.
"My dear Liu Cheng, who has seized the military power of the Right Army of Xiyuan Army in accordance with the order of the Empress Dowager, is here to report to the Empress Dowager!" Liu Cheng said as he bowed down on one knee.
Empress Dowager He waved to Pan Yin and the eunuchs and palace maids in the bedroom. Pan Yin immediately gestured to make the eunuchs and palace maids retreat one after another.
Only Liu Cheng and Empress Dowager He were left in the bedroom. Strands of the fragrance of the woman's boudoir floated into Liu Cheng's nostrils from time to time, making him feel that the atmosphere was a bit charming.
Empress Dowager He slowly stood up and walked over and said, "General Liu!"
Liu Cheng bowed and said, "I am here!"
Empress Dowager He slowly walked to Liu Cheng and reached out, a fair jade hand quietly put on his shoulder. The heart in Liu Cheng's chest was beating, and his heartbeat was at least 18, and adrenaline soared instantly. At this time, he felt a little dry mouth and licked his lips involuntarily and swallowed his saliva.
"I have heard Pan Yin say that you easily seized the military power of the Right Army and let the soldiers return to their hearts. It is indeed a general. How should the Ai family reward you?" Empress Dowager He did not put down one hand, and the other hand also put on Liu Cheng's other shoulder, and his whole body was pressed against his back.
Despite the strong and thick armor, Liu Cheng seemed to feel two soft objects gently rubbing his back, and Empress Dowager He put his head on his shoulder and exhaled in his ears like orchids.
Although he knew that Empress Dowager He was using a beauty plan to make him surrender under his pomegranate skirt and be her guest in the curtain, Liu Cheng still couldn't control his physiological reaction. He was feeling embarrassed and blushing, but he didn't know that Empress Dowager He, a long-term resentful woman, was too fierce. She completely ignored the difference between etiquette and law and the ruler and his subjects, and reached out to cover his crotch.
"Hiss-" Liu Cheng couldn't help but shivered, "Too... The Queen Mother..."
"Shh--" Empress Dowager He put her index finger beside her mouth and shrew softly, "Do you think everyone outside the palace hear it? General Liu, do you dislike the Ai family as despicable? You don't know that the Ai family is suffering. The Ai family entered the palace at the age of fifteen to serve the late emperor. They have to face various conspiracies and plots in the palace every day. They finally gave birth to Bian'er. Only then did the mother become the queen as she wished. However, the late emperor often took elixirs and came to many girls every night, so the dragon body was too deficient, so they could not get early... The Ai family has been a widow in recent years. As soon as the late emperor passed away, the foreign ministers of the gentry killed my elder brother to cause trouble. Now Dong Zhuo, a tiger and wolf man, has also come. The Ai family really dared not think about how much the Ai family and the emperor would have been treated without the general!"
Although Liu Cheng's body reacted violently, his mind was extremely clear. He also sighed in his heart that the beauty plan was actually implemented like this, which is really a long way to know it!
He pretended to be angry and said, "Dong Zhuo is a tiger and wolf, and those foreign ministers of the gentry only want to undermine the emperor and the empress dowager, and they all have no good intentions. Please rest assured that as long as the ministers are present, they will definitely protect the empress dowager and His Majesty, and will never let such small disasters disrupt the Han Dynasty! If anyone wants to be unfavorable to the empress dowager and His Majesty, they must follow the body of the minister!"
Empress Dowager He slowly walked to Liu Cheng, stretched out his jade hand and slowly untied his gauze dress. In a moment, Empress Dowager He had no inch of his body.
"Gulu················" Liu Cheng kept saliva, and Empress Dowager He looked unrestrained.
At this moment, a scream came from outside the door: "Report to the Queen Mother, big things are not good, big things are not good!"
Liu Cheng and Empress Dowager He immediately separated like frightened rabbits. Empress Dowager He instantly squatted down and put his clothes on his body. After being dressed neatly, he spoke out: "Come in!"
Pan Yin rushed in and knelt down and said, "Empress Dowager, something big is not good. Just now, the eunuch from Xuande Hall in Nangong came to report that Dong Zhuo broke into Xuande Hall. The doctor Min Gong couldn't resist it, and was dismissed by Dong Zhuo's men and women together with the guards!"
"What?" Empress Dowager He paled and shouted on the spot: "My Bian'er!"
Liu Cheng hurriedly said, "The Empress Dowager, don't panic. We should hurry to Nangong. Dong Zhuo has not many soldiers and horses, at most more than 3,000 people. He will never dare to be unfavorable to His Majesty at this time. Those gentry are worried that there is no excuse to deal with him!"
"Yes, yes!" Empress Dowager He came to her senses and immediately said to Liu Cheng: "General Liu, hurry up and raise your troops and follow me to Nangong to protect the enemy!"
"Abide by the Queen Mother's decree!"
Liu Cheng immediately raised his troops to protect Empress Dowager He and rushed to Xuande Hall in Nangong. When he arrived at Xuande Hall, the soldiers who had been sitting all over the ground outside the hall looked dejected. The eunuch Pan Yin walked in front and scolded him. The soldiers hurriedly knelt down to pay homage to Empress Dowager He.
In Xuande Hall, Min Gong, who was the emperor's bodyguard leader, was kneeling on His Majesty Dan and crying loudly, while Liu Bian curled up on the dragon throne and shivered.
Queen Mother He first walked into the hall and saw Liu Bian's appearance. She felt ache in her heart and almost cried, "Bian'er!"
Seeing Queen He, Liu Bian slowly stood up from the dragon throne, "Mother Queen..."
Later, Liu Cheng took Zhao Rui and Chen Dao in and bowed to one knee: "See Your Majesty!"
Liu Bian quickly restrained his panic expression and raised his hand and said, "Flat!"
As Liu Cheng, Zhao Rui, Chen Dao and others stood up, Empress Dowager He asked, "Min Gong, get up first, what happened?"
"Empress Dowager, Dong Zhuo, who actually led his troops to the palace and forced His Majesty to issue an oral order. From tomorrow, the imperial guards and the Yulin army will take turns on the garrison in the palace. On a single day, the Yulin army will be on duty, and on a double day, the imperial guards will be on duty. I am incompetent, but I have to let the servant take over his weapons. I am unable to stop him. I am guilty, I am guilty!"
Empress Dowager He was so angry that his eyes widened, his eyebrows were raised, and he gritted his teeth: "Dong Zhuo, a man without a king and father, dared to threaten the emperor. He deserves to die! Well, the Ai family asked General Liu to seize the military power of the Right Army to enrich the palace guards. Before an hour, he came to the Ai family, intentionally causing trouble for the Ai family!"
Min Gong got up and bowed, "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, Dong Zhuo made a coincidence. Taking advantage of General Liu's army just leading the army into the palace and his troops were not yet firmly established, General Liu went to Beigong to report to the Empress Dowager, so that he could successfully break into Xuande Palace!"
Liu Cheng felt a great danger on the side. Dong Zhuo's actions were too fast. He said to Empress Dowager He: "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, it seems that there are capable people around Dong Zhuo planning for him. They know that I have led my army into the palace and cannot easily drive me out with these two thousand soldiers. Therefore, he forced His Majesty to issue an oral order, resulting in the fact that the imperial guards and the Yulin army took turns to guard the palace. In this way, he could still control the palace and a certain right to speak, but was slightly restrained!"
Empress Dowager He said hatred: "No, such a major event must be promulgated. The Shangshu Lang drafted the edict, and then copied it by the Shangshu Ling, and then re-rewrite it by the Shangshu Ling and the Shangshu Pushe. Finally, His Majesty has to stamp the jade seal. Now the Shangshu Lang who drafted the edict is not here, the Shangshu Ling and the Shangshu Pushe are not here, and the oral orders are not counted!"
Min Gong's eyes widened after hearing this. Is this... OK?
Liu Cheng knew that this was just a wishful thinking of Empress Dowager He. The emperor had already said that the emperor's oral orders did not count. Isn't this clearly a loss of his son's authority? He stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Empress Dowager, this is the end of the matter. Dong Zhuo has stuffed us this bitter fruit, so we can only endure it. Since Your Majesty has already said it in person, no matter whether it is voluntary or forced, it cannot be taken back, otherwise the emperor's authority will be lost!"
Chapter completed!