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 realized what she was doing immediately.
"Dong Zhong?! 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? If 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 long been frightened to death. He stayed where he was, not daring to move, just trembling.
"Dong Chong! 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 Chong 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, spinning her around 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 shook his hand and looked relieved.
"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 beat you once! 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 coming 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.
The situation is stronger than the person.
The queen's palace was quickly taken under control. There were guards who wanted to resist, and all the eunuchs were killed. In order to vent his grievances for many years, Dong Chong even killed several eunuchs himself.
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 inquired about the control of the palace gates and passages throughout the palace by the palace guards. He learned that the control had been basically completed and preparations for defense had been made. Only after the officials called 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 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 summoned into the palace by the emperor to give a lecture.
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 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, so Zhang Rang gave his subordinates a death order. If something could not be done well, he should bring it up and see him.
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. Therefore, the worst case scenario is that after Liu Hong's death, Liu Bei immediately launches a mutiny and captures and kills 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 bring his wife and two daughters, Cai Yan and Cai Wan, as guests. 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. He never thought that he could do such an offensive thing. I have seen that in two days someone will definitely 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: "No one else needs to go to court. Tomorrow I will go to court to impeach him. I must give him an explanation! When the emperor is recovering from illness, no one can enter without an imperial edict. He dares to break into the palace without permission. 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.
The city even 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? "
When Lu Zhi heard this, he sighed deeply.
"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 what I did is far better than you."
Cai Yong whispered: "You know that Yuan Wei has great ambitions, so you brought soldiers and horses to check Yuan Wei, fight against him, and limit his power. However, as a Taiwei, you actually retreated step by step in the face of Yuan Wei's humiliation.
, 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 he was very lucky that he had a disciple named Liu Bei.
Thinking of Liu Bei, Lu Zhi smiled proudly.
"I have a disciple who is better than Yuan'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.
"He is a clan member of the Han Dynasty and has won the trust of the emperor. This time he returns to the capital and opens a palace. He is extremely powerful. I think that not long after he comes here, he will definitely confront Yuan Wei and He Jin..."
"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.
What do you think about Ziqian?"
Lu Zhi frowned.
"The future is too far away, so it's hard for me to say, but if Prince Ben will be embarrassed by today's affairs after he ascends the throne, I will definitely not stand idly by and obey the emperor's orders. I am loyal. If I punish a loyal minister because of personal grudges, the loyalty of the world will be lost."
Scholars 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. No matter what happens, she will not be able to escape a disaster this time. Zigan, as a 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 anyone get hurt because of such a thing. I do such a thing out of loyalty. If I am criticized for such a thing, no loyal person in the world will
I will never stand idly by if I continue to contribute to the imperial court!"
"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 this is the case, I can't even be an official, so how can I have such worries? It feels a little more relaxed, hahahaha!"
"You really can laugh."
Cai Yong shook his head and said: "Nearly 100,000 troops gathered in Luoyang. Not to mention the tense situation, they can also be regarded as being on guard against each other. Under such circumstances, how can you, the captain of the dynasty, be so relaxed? Really..."
"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 hadn't been involved, you might still be safe."
"You... do it!"
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 years old, right?"