The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 610: He Doesn’t Look Like a King

Wu State, inside the imperial palace.

Sun Hao and Queen Teng were sitting together, talking about interesting stories in the palace, and couldn't help laughing.

Neither Sun Hao nor Queen Teng probably thought that this day would come.

In just the few days after they ascended the throne, they caused a lot of embarrassing incidents.

Just as the two were laughing and talking about something, a eunuch came to report that it was the imperial guard Wan Yu who came to pay a visit.

Upon learning that Wan Yu had arrived, Sun Hao was very happy and quickly invited him in to meet him.

Wan Yu walked into the hall and paid his respects to the emperor and then to the empress.

The queen smiled and nodded at him.

"Wan Gong, why are you here at this time?"

Sun Hao was a little surprised.

Wan Yu hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty, I came here to discuss the reward."

Sun Hao suddenly realized what was going on and said, "Mr. Wan, your reward is a little low, but you have no merit. After a while..."

Wan Yu hurriedly shook his head, "Your Majesty, I am not asking for a reward. I am referring to Prime Minister Puyang Xing."

"This man and Zhang Bu were both favored by Emperor Jing, and they even played a significant role in supporting Your Majesty. Your Majesty rewarded everyone, including Zhang Bu, but Puyang Xing was the only one not rewarded. This is truly inappropriate."

Speaking of this, Sun Hao's face turned pale. He said unhappily, "Zhang Bu has military merits and once eliminated bandits. He is talented and should be rewarded. But how can Puyang Xing be rewarded?"

"How many people did he kill when he built the lake fields?"

Hearing Sun Hao's question, Wan Yu hurriedly said, "I don't like Zhang Bu and Puyang Xing either, but now, both of them have made great contributions to Your Majesty. If they are not rewarded fairly, it will be detrimental to Your Majesty. Their crimes can wait until later."

Sun Hao pondered for a moment, but did not rush to agree to Wan Yu.

Empress Teng glanced at Wan Yu and then advised, "Your Majesty, Lord Wan is right. We shouldn't let these little things ruin the overall situation. You can reward him first and discuss it later."

Sun Hao nodded, then looked at Wan Yu with a smile, "Okay, Lord Wan, you can go back first. I will think about it carefully."

Wan Yu thanked him and left.

After he left, Queen Teng stepped forward again and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Wan has done you great service. You should listen to his advice."

Sun Hao slowly looked at him and frowned.

"Why are you speaking for him?"

"Were you talking to him just now?"

"Still smiling at him?"

Queen Teng looked at Sun Hao in surprise, "Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

At this moment, Sun Hao reached out and grabbed Queen Teng's hair, then threw her to the ground in front of her astonished eyes. Queen Teng began to cry out. Sun Hao kept tearing the queen's hair, feeling more and more angry. He then swung his fist and hit the queen in the face.

After just a few punches, the queen's nose was broken and blood was flowing.

Sun Hao stood up panting and stomped hard on her face several times.

The queen could no longer make any sound and just lay on the ground dying.

The eunuchs around were stunned when they saw this scene. They stood there at a loss as to what to do.

Sun Hao paced back and forth in front of the queen angrily, "You are my queen!!"

"How dare you speak for others?!"

"How dare you look at others?!"

"Are you having a private affair?!"

He started to insult her with all kinds of vicious words. After a while, the anger on his face disappeared and he looked at the queen with some heartache.

He sighed deeply and slowly squatted beside the queen.

"Why do you want to anger me?"

"I didn't mean to hurt you. But why did you treat me like this?"

"Okay, get up. I don't blame you. I was just angry for a moment."

Queen Teng was dying at this moment and could hardly hear what he was saying.

Sun Hao probably felt it was boring, and cursed a few more times, then asked the eunuchs to take the queen to recuperate. When the eunuchs listened to the order, they were trembling all over. They could never believe what they saw today. The emperor actually beat the queen in front of them. This was simply crazy.
After Sun Hao sent the queen away, he felt bored, so he randomly found a few palace maids and slept with them.

After waking up the next day, Sun Hao finished his meal and went to pay a visit to Empress Dowager Zhu.

Sun Xiu's queen, Lady Zhu, was now honored by Sun Hao as the empress dowager, and was treated as his own mother, just as Cao Mao treated Empress Dowager Guo.

When Sun Hao came to pay a visit, although Empress Dowager Zhu was not very friendly, she was not rude either. She exchanged a few pleasantries and then gave him instructions on how to govern the world.

As Sun Hao listened, he became a little displeased.

"Didn't you say you were just a widow and didn't know how to govern the country? How could you possibly teach me how to govern the world?"

When Empress Dowager Zhu heard Sun Hao's questioning, she was stunned and didn't know how to answer.

Sun Hao waved his hand and said, "You should leave Jianye and stop being the Queen Mother. Just be your Queen Jing. I want my mother to be the Queen Mother. You can take care of it."

After saying that, he turned and left, leaving behind an at a loss Empress Dowager Zhu.

At this moment, it had only been a month since Sun Hao ascended the throne. Immediately, Sun Hao issued an imperial decree, posthumously conferring the title of Emperor Wen on his father Sun He and forcing his ministers to agree. He also honored his mother He Ji as the Empress Dowager and demoted Empress Dowager Zhu to Empress Jing.

This incident caused great controversy, and Zhang Bu and Puyang Xing immediately came to confront Sun Hao.

The two men sat in front of Sun Hao. Zhang Bu was okay and his emotions were relatively stable, but Puyang Xing was very angry.

After he ascended the throne, everyone received rewards except himself.

Zhang Bu said, "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager Zhu previously agreed to support you as emperor for the sake of important matters of the court. Now, less than a month after you ascended the throne, you want to dismiss her. This will surely chill the hearts of our subjects."

Sun Hao's face looked a little confused.

"Then what should I do with my mother? Lord Zhang, my mother raised us brothers all on her own. Now that I have ascended the throne, I cannot allow her to become the Empress Dowager, nor can I allow my father to become the Emperor. I feel deeply sorry for this, and I hope you can understand."

Sun Hao looked a little nervous, still that shy boy.

Puyang Xing couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, please prioritize the affairs of the world!"

The attendant beside him was furious and scolded Puyang Xing, "How dare the Prime Minister scold His Majesty so loudly? This is a crime of disrespect!"

Hearing this, Sun Hao looked at the attendant in surprise.

"What kind of villain are you?! How dare you scold my ministers on my behalf?! How dare you embarrass me in front of outsiders?!"

The attendant was shocked and quickly bowed to apologize.

Sun Hao asked someone to bring a knife, then kicked the attendant to the ground, then sat on him and cut him with the knife. It was obvious that this was not the first time he did this, and he was very skilled. As the attendant roared in pain, Sun Hao soon looked at Zhang Bu and Puyang Xing with a piece of bloody face.

At this moment, the two of them felt their minds go blank, their bodies trembled, and their breathing was interrupted.

Sun Hao sincerely offered his face to Puyang Xing, "Take this as an apology, please don't blame me."

Puyang Xing's whole body was shaking violently. He wanted to say something, but he was so frightened that he couldn't say anything.

When the two men walked out of the palace, Puyang Xing collapsed to the ground. Zhang Bu helped him up. Puyang Xing then dropped the bloody face in his hand and began to retch.

Zhang Bu also looked extremely frightened at this moment.

"Duke Puyang, this is definitely not a benevolent ruler."

"We seem to have caused chaos in the country."

Puyang Xing still said nothing and got on the carriage with the support of Zhang Bu.

At this moment, Sun Hao was wiping the blood off his body. If no one was around to eat and drink, Sun Hao would feel very enjoyable eating today's meal. He hurriedly gave orders to the eunuch beside him.

"Send this meal to the Queen and tell her that I have forgiven her fault and she can come and apologize to me."

The eunuch nodded tremblingly and then left.

After some time had passed, Wan Yu suddenly came to the palace in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!"

Sun Hao was reviewing memorials at the moment. When he heard Wan Yu's words, he was also very surprised and asked him to sit down and talk.

Wan Yu said, "Zhang Bu and Puyang Xing are dissatisfied with Your Majesty and are spreading rumors and causing trouble in the city. It seems that they are trying to collude with the ministers to harm Your Majesty!"

Sun Hao was furious when he heard Wan Yu's words.

"I have already apologized to them, yet they still dare to rebel?"

"Mr. Wan! Take your men and capture them now! Capture their clansmen as well!"

Sun Hao acted quickly. Before Zhang Bu and Puyang Xing could respond, they were captured by the soldiers who rushed in.

All the retainers and servants of the two men were shot to death.

The two were extremely frightened, and Sun Hao came personally to convict them.

"I trusted you so much back then!! I rewarded you!! And you actually dared to do something bad to me?!"

At this moment, Zhang Bu and Puyang Xing both looked so miserable, especially Puyang Xing, whose ear was mostly cut off.

The two men looked at Sun Hao in pain, and their eyes became more terrified when they thought of Sun Hao's horrific methods that day.

Zhang Bu said, "Your Majesty, please forgive our sins for our past contributions!"

Sun Hao hesitated for a moment, "Alright, considering your past merits, I will pardon your death penalty and exile you!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!! Thank you, Your Majesty!!"

The two men thanked loudly before being taken away.

Sun Hao looked at the crowd and suddenly his eyes lit up.

"Who is that woman?"

"Your Majesty, she is Zhang Bu's daughter!"

"Send him to the palace!"

"only!!"

Sun Hao forcibly brought Zhang Bu's woman into the palace, raped her, and tortured her repeatedly. After a few days, Sun Hao suddenly felt something was wrong.

"I had already rewarded Zhang Bu and Puyang Xing for their contributions, but they still rebelled. How can I exile them?"

"Send people to kill them. Chop Zhang Bu into pieces and feed him to the fish. Cut up Puyang Xing's body and feed it to the dogs!"

(End of this chapter)