It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 542: Bloody Feast at Taiji Hall

The Luoyang Palace had already been cleaned up. Although there were traces of fire on the walls, it did not affect the atmosphere of today's feast. Moreover, Liu Cong did not care much about the details, as long as there was wine and meat.

The people in the Imperial Kitchen Garden had already been killed, so when Mao Hongmao and Lao Zhang arrived here, they could only find existing ingredients to cook some food. However, soon someone sent a large amount of beef, mutton and horse meat, which must have been freshly slaughtered because of the bloody appearance.

Mao Hongmao had never seen such a brutal scene before, and couldn't help but run outside to vomit. Lao Zhang's face was much more relaxed, and he directed these people to move, lift, clean and pickle. After a while, he seemed to have become the supervisor of these people.

After Mao Hongmao finished vomiting, he came back and asked directly, "Old Zhang, tell me the truth, who are you? When we were out of food before, did you get it from Liu Cong and Liu Yao?"

"Hehe, brother, you just figured it out." Lao Zhang's simple and honest face also changed slightly, but it was completely different from before.

The banquet had already begun, and they had no time to talk. Under the supervision of Liu Cong's personal guards, they prepared the dishes one by one, put them into large food boxes, and carried them to the Taiji Hall by the guards. Mao Hongmao was still a little dazed, and even suddenly thought: Even if the master of the world has changed, what he does is still the same as before. So, what is he struggling with?
The Taiji Hall was naturally crowded with people, the only difference was that all the generals on Liu Cong's side were in high spirits, drinking and eating meat without any manners. Some of them had large blood stains on their armor, and no one knew who had splashed them.

On the other side was the Great Jin Emperor Sima Chi, as well as some of his close ministers, guards and palace servants, and of course the women in his harem. Liang Lanbi sat behind Sima Chi, looking dusty and terrified, and she would only look up quietly if she saw any movement.

Sima Chi sat there with his back straight, watching Liu Cong sitting on his dragon chair with his legs crossed, drinking and eating meat, with no image at all.

They had seen it before. The status of the emperor and his subjects changed in the blink of an eye, just like playing house. There was no sign to follow.

Liu Cong smiled and asked the guards to pour wine for everyone, and shouted "Let's drink together!"

Then I drank it bowl by bowl.

Yang Xianrong sat behind the screen, saying nothing.

Liu Cong really did what he said and arranged a seat for her behind the dragon throne to avoid embarrassment. In fact, this was also the seat she often sat in when Sima Zhong was in power. As time passed, she was still sitting here.

Liu Yao arranged several guards to protect her, and then went to the front to drink. He was Liu Cong's brother and a general of the Han Dynasty, so his status was extremely noble. Moreover, Liu Cong killed so many brothers and only left him, so others naturally treated him differently.

The scene was lively and awkward, and when the women who looked like Yang Xianrong came on stage and danced barefoot, the atmosphere reached its climax. Most of the Han generals were bad guys, and they stared at the women and were all dazed.

After Sima Chi saw the faces of these women clearly, he was also secretly frightened. He looked at the figure behind the dragon throne screen and secretly clenched his fists. But before he could do anything, Liu Cong had already shouted at him: "Hey, you're drinking!"

"This is the emperor of the Great Jin! Emperor Huai of Jin!" Liang Fen couldn't help but scold for the dignity of the Great Jin.

Liu Cong was not angry, and continued happily: "Yes, yes, you are the emperor now. By the way, do you remember that when you were still Prince of Yuzhang, Wang Ji and I visited you, do you remember?" After Liu Cong said this, Liang Fen didn't know what to say, and everyone looked at Sima Chi.

"I remember." Sima Chi replied with gritted teeth.

"At that time, it was Wang Ji who introduced me to you. I remember very clearly that you said at that time that you had heard of my name for a long time and knew that I could write poems and songs, and wanted me to help you appreciate them." Liu Cong smiled brightly, and even seemed to want to reminisce about the past.

Sima Chi just nodded. The time when he was Prince of Yuzhang was the most lonely and boring for him. He had no hope and no one paid attention to him. Liu Cong was also very bored and wanted to find someone to eat and drink with. Thinking that Sima Chi was a sucker, he went to him to pay.

"At that time, Wang Ji and I both wrote Ode to Virtue, and you said you liked mine very much."

"Yes Yes Yes."

"Later, we played archery again. I got 12 chips, and you and Wang Ji both got 9 chips. You gave me a very good bow and arrow. Do you remember?"

"I remember, I remember. How could I forget? I only regret that I didn't recognize your imperial appearance earlier. I really made a mistake."

“Hahahahahaha, your family’s eyesight is not good. Tell me, your family is killing each other, and each of you is so fierce. No one in the world can bear to watch it.”

"This is probably not a human matter, but the will of heaven. The Han generals are obeying the will of heaven, so they are driving each other out for Your Majesty. Besides, if my family can carry out the great cause of Emperor Wu and all families live in harmony, how can Your Majesty get the world!" Sima Chi lowered his head.

At this moment, Yang Xianrong saw through the gap in the screen that there was a very obvious bloodstain on the back of Sima Chi's neck. It seemed that Liu Cong and Liu Yao must have had a fight when they seized the palace, and almost killed Sima Chi.

"That's right." Liu Cong was very satisfied with Sima Chi's attitude. After drinking another large bowl of wine, he took out the imperial seal from his arms, tossed it around for a few times, and then said, "Okay, since you are also the emperor, I will naturally not embarrass you. I will give you a position of Yitong Sansi, and then confer you the title of Duke of Kuaiji County. At least it will not humiliate you."

Hearing this, Liang Fen and the others became anxious again, and some even got angry and wanted to come forward to argue.

However, how could Liu Cong's generals allow them to make any unusual movements? As soon as someone stood up, he was pierced through the heart by a sword and killed on the spot.

Liang Lanbi and other female relatives had already screamed and tried to flee. But the fastest running woman in the harem was also pierced through the heart by a sword. When the sword was pulled out of her heart, she ran a few steps towards the door before falling to the ground, twitching for a long time before she stopped moving.

Faced with such bloodshed, the people from Dajin were so frightened that their faces turned pale. The timid ones had already defecated and urinated, and the stench filled the Taiji Hall.

"What? Are you unhappy? Do you think your position is too low?" Liu Cong threw away his wine bowl and looked at Sima Chi, "Do you want to sit here?"