The Ming Dynasty began from Sarhu

Chapter 428 Emperor Wuding's Woman

August 15th, the first year of Wuding, was the night of the full moon on Mid-Autumn Festival.

The emperor stayed alone in his palace and did not go out to enjoy the moon.

It is not a good night to go out and enjoy the scenery, because there are people killing people everywhere in Linqing City.

The beautiful scenery in the city is banging doors, killing people and carrying food.

Some merchant servants who were unwilling to sit and wait for death made a final desperate struggle. They were well-equipped, bloodthirsty and cruel.

However, these are meaningless in front of the Kaiyuan soldiers.

"kill!"

Liu Zhaosun imagined the scene of rivers of blood on the streets, and a barely perceptible cruel smile appeared on his handsome face.

Those who died were enemies of Da Qi, or potential enemies of the empire.

He didn't care whether he killed a thousand or ten thousand; those were just numbers.

According to Emperor Wu Ding's long-term plan, the Linqing massacre was only the beginning. From now on, all cities, prefectures, and counties within the territory of Da Qi will implement this model:

All those above the middle class were slaughtered, agriculture was emphasized and commerce was suppressed, and the focus was on attacking the official and gentry class...

In the Emperor's words:

I want a clean and pure Great Qi.

The so-called clean and pure means that there is only one emperor, only one voice, and only one god (Zhenwu God, that is, Liu Zhaosun himself) in the world.

Regarding the last two points, Emperor Wuding has instructed his subordinates to do it, and the instructors and missionaries are very busy.

A brand new, unprecedented, and insane god-making plan is about to be launched in Da Qi (currently in Linqing), and will be promoted throughout the country in the future...
Dongfang Zhu was a smart man. He vaguely sensed the grand momentum displayed by the Great Qi Dynasty (to be precise, a breathtaking sense of oppression). Therefore, when the emperor just went south to Linqing for hunting, this local tyrant actively surrendered to him and showed great goodwill.

These days, the herbal medicine merchants gave money, beds, and even women.

He even arranged for his lover Li Guijie to go to the Yaowang Temple to persuade the woman who was determined to remain faithful to Wu Sangui.

I don’t know what kind of strategy Li Guijie used, but with her eloquence, she made this strong-willed and loyal woman let go of the hatred for her husband’s murder and come to Chaoguan Palace on her own initiative.

Afterwards, the emperor sent Zhang Dong to investigate and found out that before coming to the palace tonight, Chen Yuanyuan had been poisoned and taken a secret medicine similar to the female Jingang powder, which can make women aphrodisiacs...

Although Dongfang Zhu contributed a lot to Da Qi, even though he spent money and effort, and even used women, his final fate was tragic.

It may be that Dongfang Zhu's methods were too despicable, which made Emperor Wuding furious, or it may be that this uncastrated local tyrant would be a hidden danger if he stayed in Linqing, and it was obviously not in line with Emperor Wuding's new strategy of preventing and controlling problems in the bud, which was "it is better to kill a thousand people by mistake than to let one person escape the net."

In short, in the end, Dongfang Zhu was castrated.

However, afterwards, he also got the power he had always dreamed of, and finally became the world-famous Eunuch Dongfang (known as Dongfang Bubai in the world).

This, maybe, is life.

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On the table were several unopened boxes of five-nut mooncakes, as well as some pastries and snacks that were difficult to name.

At this time of year in previous years, Liu Zhaosun would get together with his subordinates. If he was not fighting that day, he would drink and chat with Kang Yingqian, Qiao Yiqi, Sun Chuanting and others, and would not go home until he was drunk.

But today, Zhang Dong and Pu Gang were busy arresting tooth dealers throughout the city, Li Sanguang and other civil officials were in the warehouse counting goods, and the emperor didn't know anyone else, so he was the only one left. Fortunately, he gradually liked to stay at home, to be silent, and to be indifferent.

Without being summoned, the subordinates did not dare to disturb this hot-tempered demigod emperor.

The Chaoguan Yamen was deserted, with only two beautiful maids who lingered around him.

At dusk, the emperor walked to the front of the screen, holding a slightly yellowed copy of "Lüshi Chunqiu", and read as he walked by the whale oil lamp.

The screen is painted with a Night Banquet of Han Xizai, which is elegant and luxurious. On each side of the painting stands a maid, namely Amber and Zijuan. Both girls are stunningly beautiful and graceful.

These two were the ones who offended our emperor that night and tried to seduce him, climb onto the dragon bed, and become the maids of Emperor Wuding's women.

Afterwards, they were scolded by the emperor and almost killed.

I have been behaving very well these days, walking on thin ice, and dare not do anything frivolous.

It can be seen that the emperor had to learn to protect himself even when he was alone in bed.

Liu Zhaosun originally wanted to drive them out of the palace or just beat them to death with a hammer.

Later, he thought it would be a good idea to keep two people around to take care of him, so that he could serve tea and water. Moreover, these two maids had extraordinary figures and looks, and were both very smart and well-behaved. Although they were not as good as the two queens, they were also top-notch beauties in Linqing.

It is not known whether it was due to the impact of the nuclear radiation from the explosion shock wave or the side effect of erasing memory caused by the decoction that Wu Youke presented to him before his death. In short, Emperor Wu Ding did not remember the original events very clearly.

Especially his memories of Jin Yuji and Yang Qing'er were often intermittent, and sometimes he couldn't even remember the existence of these two women.

Only in his dreams could he vaguely see the water of the Hunhe River and touch the Korean girl covered in blood leaning against a big pine tree.

The two maids in front of them also couldn't remember their original names.

So, Emperor Wu Ding personally gave names to the two women. The one with plump skin and medium build was named Dujuan, and the other one with a slender waist, thin shoulders and a slim figure was named Amber.

"Amber, what time is it?"

Emperor Wu Ding did not even glance at the slender waist, and asked calmly:

"Your Majesty, it's almost Yin hour."

Liu Zhaosun did not say anything, because with his sharp ears and eyes, the emperor could hear clearly the screams of killing on the streets outside the Chaoguan Yamen.

"who?"

Liu Zhaosun looked calm, but his flickering eyes betrayed him.

The emperor put down Lüshi Chunqiu, ruffled his graying hair beneath his golden crown, and tried to recall the words he had just read:
Fatty meat and rich wine are used to strengthen oneself, and are called food that rots the intestines. The white teeth[Note 1] and the music of Zheng and Wei are used to please oneself, and are called the axe that cuts down one's nature... This is something that must not be ignored.

"Your Majesty, it's a woman."

Dujuan looked towards the entrance of the main hall and couldn't help but widen her beautiful eyes.

Under the gaze of the three people, Chen Yuanyuan, who had taken the secret medicine of Dongfang Zhu, was now walking towards Emperor Wuding step by step with her eyes full of love and her steps charming.

Note:
1. "Mei Man Hao Chi" refers to beauty. "Mei Man" refers to delicate skin.

(End of this chapter)