83Chapter 83 Emperor Wu blames Chen, the Xiongnu knock on the border
Wang Zhaojun was just looking at Chen Qing indifferently until she looked down and saw the head rolling on the ground.
She took a sudden step back, her face filled with horror and fear.
"Brother—"
Wang Zhi's voice was very shrill, as if her father had died, but in fact her father was not dead, and even her other brother was not dead. Although Chen Qing was tired of fighting, it did not mean that he was willing to force Queen Mother Wang to death.
If the situation really becomes a dead end, the Queen Mother will definitely fight to the death.
Chen Qing felt that it was not necessary to go to this extent for the time being.
"How dare you!"
There was a ferocious look on Wang Zhaojun's face, and there was more fear than anger in her eyes. At this moment, she seemed a little timid, but she still showed her fangs and claws, like a small animal that was forced into a desperate situation.
"My brother is the Marquis of Cheng'en! How dare you kill him?!"
Chen Qing held the handle of a long sword in his arms and even pointed it in Wang Zhi's direction, "Why wouldn't I dare? Do you see this long sword?"
"This long sword was bestowed upon me by Emperor Wen! Forget killing a mere Marquis Cheng'en. Even if I had killed Marquis Guannei or Marquis Che, what difference would that make?"
He looked at Wang Zhi, his tone filled with weariness and disdain. "This time, it's just a simple warning. If I find out the Queen Mother is planning to do something to threaten the Han Empire next time, I won't be so polite."
"Next time, it will be the three clans of the Tian family!"
"Before the Queen Mother starts causing trouble, first look at how many brothers she has who are willing to die for her! Think about it again, after all your brothers are dead, whose turn will it be next?"
After saying this, Chen Qing left without even staying for too long.
After he left, Emperor Wu arrived hurriedly. He looked at the empress dowager slumped on the ground and the head rolling on the ground, with a hint of disgust on his face. He waved his hand, and the eunuch beside him understood what he meant and took the "head" away.
Emperor Wu sat on the ground, face to face with Wang Zhi. Far from trying to comfort her as Wang Zhi had hoped, he simply stared at her in silence, finally blurting out, "Mother, do you think life is too good now? Do you want me to become the deposed emperor and you the deposed empress dowager, so we can live through the hard times together?"
The two of them did go through a hard time, but it didn't last long.
Although Wang Zhi had used her connections to gain entry into the imperial palace, there were so many beauties in Emperor Jing's palace. How could he possibly be interested in a woman who had been married?
But later some things happened, and Wang Zhi used some means to gain the emperor's favor, and this favor made her gain the emperor's favor.
Some people are really good at this.
Afterwards, it was with the birth of Liu Che that the emperor's favor was completely secured - Emperor Jing loved Emperor Wu very much because he saw his own shadow in Liu Che, so from the very beginning, even if there was no Chen family, even if there was no Chen Ajiao in the original history, Liu Che would definitely ascend to the throne.
As for Chen Ajiao?
That was just a means to give the old lady more excuses and reasons and to help Liu Che ascend to the throne more smoothly.
Some books or stories always say that Liu Che ascended the throne because he was a gigolo of Chen Ajiao. This is the most ridiculous thing.
Chen Ajiao's ability is actually the ability of Guantao, and Guantao's ability is actually the ability of Empress Dowager Dou - if you see through this logic, you can see the humor contained in this ridiculous joke.
If Empress Dowager Dou had such great power that she could directly influence the selection of the "adult emperor in power", Emperor Jing, why did she never complete the task of helping her youngest son, Prince Liang, ascend the throne?
It should be noted that this old lady was famous for her partiality in history. She repeatedly advised Emperor Jing to pass the throne to Prince Liang, but Emperor Jing simply used Prince Liang and then threw him away.
I never took it to heart.
In Emperor Jing's mind, there were only two candidates for the throne from beginning to end: Liu Rong and Liu Che. He never considered who the empress dowager favored, who Chen Ajiao married, or how Guantao was doing.
Most of the Liu family members are lovers, and most of the Liu family members are heartless.
The emperors of the Liu family never cared much about family and love.
Who can ascend the throne depends on only one thing - how long the emperor can live. If he can live long enough for Liu Che to grow up, then Liu Che will be chosen. If he cannot live long enough... then let Liu Che take power and divide the country and establish a new kingdom!
Emperor Jing never concealed his love for Emperor Wu.
Or to put it more clearly - Chen Ajiao was able to help Liu Che ascend the throne only because Liu Che was Liu Che. If she had married Liu Rong, Emperor Jing would have been even more disgusted with Liu Rong.
"You've actually formed an alliance with my sister? What does that mean? Am I dead?"
"You dare to do this before I die. If I really die, won't you turn the tables?"
Then he began to dislike Liu Rong and Chen Ajiao.
But it was different when Chen Ajiao married Liu Che - "Oh, my child can actually have such help? That's great, I can save some energy to persuade the Queen Mother."
This is double standards.
When Wang Zhi heard Liu Che's words, the bitter memories of the past and the memories of being troubled by the palace maids and eunuchs emerged in her mind, and she immediately sighed deeply.
At this moment, Wang Zhaojun seemed to have aged ten years.
She understood that Chen Qing was different from others. Chen Qing said he would kill her three clans, and he would definitely kill her three clans, and no one would be able to escape.
This is Chen!
"I see."
Wang Zhao slowly closed her eyes, with a look of fatigue and boredom on her face.
"I will be like the former Grand Empress Dowager. From now on, I will stay indoors and not get involved in government affairs."
Wang Zhi's heart was filled with chills at this moment. She knew her position and role in her son's heart, so she said directly, "If there is nothing else, Your Majesty, please leave."
.... ...
In the seventh year of Emperor Wu's reign, a major event occurred.
Marquis Qing rushed into Marquis Cheng'en's residence with a sword in hand and killed him directly in the street. When His Majesty learned about this, he was very angry, but considering that Chen Qing did not do it on purpose and was just drinking for no reason, and that Marquis Qing had made great contributions to the country, he severely reduced Marquis Qing's fief by thirty households as a small punishment and a big warning.
In the summer of the seventh year of Emperor Wu's reign, Emperor Wu added another 3,000 households to Marquis Qing's fiefdom on the grounds that "the weather was clear". At that time, Marquis Qing's fiefdom was 8,000 households, which was close to the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households.
This shows how much Emperor Wu favored Chen.
.... .....
In the autumn and winter of the seventh year of Emperor Wu's reign.
The Huns attacked the border.
The border...is in chaos.
It was in the autumn of that year that Emperor Wu brought back a beautiful woman from Princess Pingyang's mansion.