Sangong, Jiuqing, Sili Xiaowei and other important officials in the court, together with the prince and young master, more than ten important officials including the great craftsman, Yushi Zhongcheng, Shangshu Ling, etc. gathered together.
Liu Biangao sat in the hall and became the young emperor.
Empress Dowager Dong and Empress Dowager He sat beside him, listening to the affairs behind the curtain.
After all the important ministers were seated, at this moment, Situ Dinggong suddenly said: "Today's meeting at court, do you have anything to report?"
Queen Mother He immediately said: "Situ, please speak."
Ding Gong stood up and said: "What I want to say today concerns the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager was originally a vassal concubine. Now that the late emperor has passed away, it is not suitable to live in the palace for a long time. She should still move to the river and settle down."
"What?"
Empress Dowager Dong suddenly stood up. The old lady glared angrily and said: "I am the mother of the late emperor. The late emperor personally respected me as the queen mother. I am also the grandmother of the current emperor. The young emperor also respected me as the empress dowager. Now the bones of the late emperor are not cold. Wait.
Are you going to drive me out of the palace? What’s your intention?”
He Jin stood up indifferently and said: "The Empress Dowager is a vassal concubine after all. Since the late emperor passed away, the Empress Dowager naturally has nothing to do with the palace. She should return to her fiefdom to take care of her old age. Your Majesty, I agree with Ding Situ's suggestion.
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"this......"
"what happened?"
"I don't know, but don't say anything."
There were not as many ministers as there were in the imperial court. There were about thirty or forty people, all of whom were currently important ministers in the imperial court. They all looked at each other and discussed in low voices.
But on the surface it was unclear what was going on, but on the inside everyone was very clear about it.
A few days ago, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager were just behind the curtain to listen to the government and take control of the court. Today, He Jin's lackey Ding Situ suddenly made an attack. Even a fool would understand the reason.
It's just that after all, this involves the power struggle between the Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother, so no one dares to ask or talk about it, and they keep their heads down and act like quails.
"Accurate!"
Queen Mother He suddenly said loudly.
"You, the He family, are just members of the massacre, but you still dare to talk about national affairs? Who gave you the authority to do so?"
The Empress Dowager slapped the case and stood up, trembling with rage.
He Jin glanced at the guards in the palace and said calmly: "Didn't you hear? The Queen Mother said it was accurate."
Except when the emperor suddenly had to hold court meetings elsewhere, the normal venue for court meetings was Chongde Hall. This is why there is a Chongde Hall in the North and South Palaces.
Because the emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty lived erratically between the South Palace and the North Palace, and had to fix a place to hold court meetings, so there were two Chongde Halls.
To the rear left of Chongde Hall in the South Palace, past the Jiade Gate, is the Inner Palace where the Emperor lived. It is located in the upper left corner of the South Palace, to the northwest.
Conveniently on the lower left side of Chongde Hall are the Mingguang Hall, Yuntai Hall, Hanzhang Hall, Chengtai Hall and other palaces where officials work. Chen Mu's Shangshu Taiwan is located in the Mingguang Hall, located in the lower left corner of the South Palace, southwest.
The upper right half of the South Palace is the East Palace where the prince lives, and the other half is the East Palace where classics and archives are stored, the Chengfeng Palace and the Bamboo Palace.
When Chen Mu entered the palace for the first time, it was because Dong Zhuo was defeated and Liu Bei was almost implicated. He was waiting for Zhang Rang in the Bamboo Palace to ask Zhang Rang to help.
In the lower right corner of the South Palace are the Zhangde Hall, the Jingfa Hall, the Shizhong Lu, the Golden Horse Hall, etc., which are also where officials work.
In these places, except for the Jiade Gate that connects the West Palace where the emperor lives in the inner palace, the East Palace where the prince lives is separated by the Lecheng Gate. Now that there is no prince, the Lecheng Gate is naturally useless.
So by saying so much, what I actually want to express is that the entire South Palace, except for the West Palace in the upper left corner of the northwest, which is still in the hands of the eunuch guards, all the places in the outer palace are controlled by He Jin's Huben Army and Yulin Army.
Empress Dowager Dong was obviously careless when she attended the court meeting this time, because the soldiers here were all from He Jin and did not listen to her at all. They actually walked towards the Empress Dowager with weapons in hand.
All the ministers found it incredible, were shocked in their hearts, and couldn't bear it on their faces.
The Queen Mother would be deposed just because she was the Queen Mother. She was also her husband's biological mother and her mother-in-law.
What kind of behavior is this?
It is no different than treason.
But seeing that He Jin's troops were all here, the Empress Dowager obviously lost power. In a short period of time, no official dared to speak.
"What are you doing? I am the Empress Dowager, and you are treasonous!"
Empress Dowager Dong saw the soldiers approaching her step by step, and she panicked for a moment.
Empress Dowager He coughed and said coldly to the maid eunuch beside her: "What are you doing in a daze? Help the Empress Dowager out of the palace."
After all, she is the Empress Dowager. If she really resorts to violence, I'm afraid it will be difficult to silence Youyou in the world. It is better to wait until she is sent out of the palace and then use other methods to deal with her.
Anyway, it is reasonable for an old woman who has lost her power to have something unexpected happen to her on her way back to Hejian in a time of war and chaos.
Empress Dowager He sneered in her heart. It was true that she came from a family of butchers, but a woman who dared to poison the emperor's beloved concubine was by no means a simple person.
"General!"
Seeing many eunuchs and maids almost pulling and half dragging the Empress Dowager out, Liu Bei finally couldn't help it. He stood up, raised his hands to the Jade Hall in the northwest and said sternly: "The Empress Dowager is the late emperor's biological mother.
The imperial court ruled the world with filial piety, and the late emperor’s body was still looking at the Yutang Palace before his bones were cold. Now the general and the empress dowager want to drive the empress dowager out of the palace, which is simply appalling and outrageous. What will happen to the late emperor with your actions?
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"Um?"
He Jin glared at Liu Bei with great displeasure and threatened in a low voice: "Are Xuande saying that I have no king and no father?"
"good!"
Liu Bei was not afraid and said in a loud voice: "The Empress Dowager is the biological mother of the late Emperor. Today, Your Majesty calls the Empress Dowager your Majesty. If according to Ding Situ's words, the Empress Dowager was once a vassal concubine, then the late Emperor was also a vassal concubine."
Lords of the vassals, do you also want to depose the late emperor? The queen mother and the general are no more than butchers, so should the general go back to kill pigs and sell meat?"
These words are very slap in the face, and they are simply disrespectful remarks.
But don’t blame Liu Bei for being so angry.
You want to know how the late Emperor Xiaokang treated Liu Bei?
Since the Yellow Turban Uprising, Liu Bei has conquered the north and south and made many military exploits.
And Emperor Xiaokang also had many awards, first he was made a marquis, and then he was moved to Jinan Prime Minister. Some time ago he was promoted to Henan Yin, and now he is made Sili Xiaowei. The title of marquis is already a county marquis, almost a title.
vertex.
Although Liu Bei didn't know that Chen Mu was helping behind the scenes, at least after he met the emperor that day, the emperor admired him, thought highly of him, and encouraged him.
Liu Bei didn't understand power struggles or court affairs. He only knew that He Jin and the Queen Mother He were insulting the late emperor's mother.
The Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and insulting other people's parents was a very serious matter, let alone the emperor's parents.
Although the late emperor died and He Jin took over the power, no one could support the Empress Dowager anymore.
But as long as Liu Bei is around, he will never allow this to happen.
"Liu Xuande!"
If you break your skin like this, He Jin becomes angry and says to the imperial guards: "Why don't you arrest these crazy people?"
Several guards rushed towards Liu Bei. He could not carry his sword during the court meeting, but Liu Bei was strong and strong. After dodging the attack of a soldier, he kicked him down, pulled out his sword, and shouted with a horizontal sword:
"Let's see who dares to come and die!"
The guards also wielded weapons and swords. The situation was tense and a fight could break out at any time.