The black clouds were overwhelming, and the rolling thunder seemed to be blasting in the ears. In an instant, heavy rain poured down from the clouds, pouring on the ground and forming streams, flowing further away.
The wet cool breeze, carrying the smell of vegetation and soil, poured into the window unbridled, blowing the gauze curtains in the wooden house to flutter.
Liang Huan leaned on the desk, staring at the map in front of him in trance.
The tea at hand was already cold, but she didn't even notice it.
The Zhou army is pressing hard, and the fighting on the frontline is fierce. However, the complicated internal fighting of the Qi royal family has not subsided, but has become even crazier than before.
After the death of Hulu Qiguang, Gao Anatuo took over the supreme military power.
Although he is the emperor's confidant, he is really a man who is greedy for life and afraid of death.
Since he was defeated by Sima Bo in the battle of Dongyangpo and was almost captured alive, he was so frightened that he petitioned the emperor all night, claiming that he was seriously injured and that he might no longer be able to lead the army into battle and serve the country.
The current emperor exists in name only and only indulges in elixirs every day. The court has long been controlled by Sun Liangping and Queen Yuanshi.
Seeing the emperor's confidants voluntarily handing over military power, the two of them naturally wanted it. While approving it, they took the opportunity to promote their own people.
All the ministers turned a blind eye to the empress and Sun Liangping's affair in the harem, but the empress intended to interfere in the government affairs and allowed Sun Liangping to act recklessly, even endangering the interests of everyone. Naturally, they could no longer allow them to commit adultery. Regardless of love.
Several parties were fighting, and no one was willing to give in, and it ended up being divided.
This time, King Gaozongyou of Hejian, with the support of King Pengcheng and others, won over the most elite Xianbei army.
After defeating the Qi army three times in a row, the King of Hejian gained a lot of prestige in the army.
I don’t know from which day, songs about the King of Hejian began to be sung in the streets of Jinye City.
Praise that he has the highest military exploits, can cleanse the world, and is the savior who saves the people of Qi from fire and water.
Within two days, the song reached the palace, and even reached the ears of the emperor, who had few sober moments.
It is said that after listening to this ballad, the emperor immediately darkened his face. Just when everyone thought he was going to take down the King of Hejian, he did not get angry but ordered that the person who spread the ballad be immediately searched across the country.
In a few days, several people were captured. After being tortured, they only claimed that it was a trick done by the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
I thought the matter was over. Who would have thought that half a month later, a court official would impeach Hejian King Gao Zongyou, accusing him of being greedy for money, fond of bribes, and abusing power for personal gain.
After the king of Hejian was sentenced to death for embezzling military pay, the anxious people finally felt relieved, but since then, Da Qi has no generals who can compete with the Zhou army.
The Zhou army that captured Xizhou already had high morale, and became even more aggressive after learning that Qi Jun had ordered the death of Gao Zongyou.
The Zhou army marched eastward in four directions.
The court is so dark and inactive, not to mention the people, even the officers and soldiers are distracted.
Liang Huan sat quietly. If party disputes were put aside, Gao Zongyou was indeed an excellent general.
What a pity.
Liang Huan lowered his eyes, now Yu Wenjue has successfully captured Xizhou and Yunchuan.
It was just the battle in Yunchuan that I heard caused his old injury to relapse.
Liang Huan still knows that place in Yanyou Mountain. It rains constantly this season, and it will definitely be difficult for him to have a recurrence of his old injury...
This battle lasted from early winter to summer. Today, in a few days, it will be the beginning of autumn again.
Liang Huan caressed the map with his fingers unconsciously.
How can it be so easy to completely annex a country?
If he acted as ruthlessly as he did before, it should be much faster. Now, he must have a lot of worries, so he did this——
In the rain curtain outside the house, someone was Passing through the watery wintersweet forest, I ran towards this side holding an oil-paper umbrella. The sound of my footsteps stepping on the stagnant water was almost muffled by the thunderstorm.
Liang Huan woke up, first looked at the heavy rain outside the window, and then at the map on the desk, then stood up and walked to the door.
Under the porch, Gu Ya was panting, closing her umbrella and shaking off the raindrops from her body.
Half of her body was wet, and her hair wet from the rain was stuck to her forehead.
Liang Han took out a silk handkerchief from his sleeve. "My face is all wet."
Gu Ya put down the umbrella and took the handkerchief with a smile. "I didn't expect the rain to come so quickly. Even though I was holding an umbrella, I still got wet." As they spoke, the two entered the house.
As soon as Gu Ya entered the house, she immediately said: "Queen Mother, I just heard some news."
Liang Huan glanced at her dripping skirt and pushed her into the inner room. "There's no rush, you go and change your clothes first."
Gu Ya shook her head quickly and stood still: "The servants heard the palace people whispering that King Pengcheng and King Langya had rebelled."
Liang Huan’s eyebrows sank: “Rebellion?”
Gu Ya nodded: “Yes, it’s because he is dissatisfied. He is dissatisfied with the Queen and Sun—who wants to take over the throne.”
Liang Huan smiled, his eyes cold.
To put it so nicely, it’s just to find a legitimate reason for calling yourself emperor.
She patted Gu Ya: "Okay, let's go change clothes first, don't catch a cold."
Gu Ya responded.
Liang Han sat aside and made ginger tea for Gu Ya.
When Gu Ya changed into clean clothes and came out, there was a cup of ginger tea with white smoke on the table, but there was no trace of the Queen Mother.
Looking back, I saw Liang Huan walking in from the door, holding a small porcelain altar in his hand.
"Winter plum fruit? What do you do with that?" Gu Ya was surprised.
Liang Han pursed her lips and smiled softly: "The time has come."
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In the stone boat of Liuhua Garden.
Gao Hao covered his chest, vomited out a large mouthful of black blood, and knocked down the extended spoon.
Everyone present was shocked.
After a shout of escort, the Forbidden Army rushed in.
The chamberlain next to him shouted hoarsely to the imperial doctor.
Rouze, who was sitting next to the emperor and smiling coquettishly, suddenly widened his eyes and turned pale with fear.
Before she could figure out what was going on, the soup cup in her hand fell out and she was kicked to the ground.
Gao Hao's eyes were full of murderous intent: "Bitch, how dare you murder Gu!"
When the tip of the sword was facing him, Rou Ze came back to his senses.
She shook her body, fell to the ground in fear, wiped her eyes with tears, and shook her head: "Your Majesty, no, I am not a concubine, I would never dare..."
Yuan Yun'e and Sun Liangping glanced at each other hastily, both of them knew nothing.
Is it possible that you took too much medicine?
The expressions of both of them changed.
The emperor must not die at this time!
Yuan Yun'e, who had been stunned for a long time, realized something was wrong and shouted: "Hurry up and arrest this vicious woman!"
She turned her head and stared at the kneeling man, her eyes wide open: "Bitch, who ordered you!"
Sun Liangping was about to rush up to check, but heard a clang.
The sword fell to the ground before he had time to chop it down, and Gao Hao fell over uncontrollably.
Yuan Yun'e's head buzzed, and regardless of her physical inconvenience, she rushed forward and helped Gao Hao half-pushed and half-tugged: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
Gao Hao vomited blood.
Yuan Yun'e screamed hoarse: "Imperial Physician! Imperial Physician! Call the Imperial Physician quickly!"
"Yuan Yun'e, you are so brave, you dare to murder the Lord!"
Someone brought the Imperial Physician with him! He hurriedly walked through the door, followed closely by Ao Rubin, who led another wave of forbidden troops to surround everyone.
Yuan Yun'e glared at the visitor: "Lu Wanying!" (End of this chapter)