Zhu Changxiao's version of the Sui Dynasty

A banquet was held in the Qionghua Pond to celebrate Empress Xiao's 52nd birthday. While they were in high spirits, Concubine Chen got wind of the rebellion and whispered to Empress Xiao that there was another rebellion. Her words shocked the world. The palace maid's previous accusation was all just a rumor. This time, it must not be groundless, but Empress Xiao was not surprised.

Empress Xiao was a little drunk, and her face was slightly pink. The moonlight embellished her beauty. Empress Xiao smiled slightly and said, "The world's major events cannot be remedied in one day. The situation has already become irreversible. Why bother to say it? It will only make His Majesty worried."

"Yes, Madam." Concubine Chen's eyes were filled with concerns. Seeing that Empress Xiao was already indifferent, she expected that it was no wonder that Empress Xiao drank heavily tonight and was happy. She had no sense of danger in the past, and only wanted to enjoy herself tonight. Thinking of this, Concubine Chen had no choice but to swallow the secret report and said no more.

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, holding a wine cup, staggered back to the table under the dancing of the palace maids. He put one hand on Empress Xiao's shoulder and raised the wine cup with the other hand, saying to everyone: "Everyone, raise your glasses to congratulate the Queen on her birthday!" The ministers and female officials on both sides raised their glasses to drink with him. Everyone celebrated and drank.

The celebration lasted until late at night. Back in the bedroom, Empress Xiao sat alone on the dragon couch. With the help of the light, her beauty was as vivid as a painting. Emperor Sui Yang took off his robe, walked closer, stroked Xiao Jun's cheek, and said to the beauty: "Tonight, I am not afraid of my talent, I am full of vigor and vigor, and I will dance across the world. Can you do what the queen wants?"

After hearing this, the beauty shed tears and the tears fell on her hand. Emperor Sui Yang asked: "Why is the queen crying?"

Emperor Sui Yang hurriedly reached out to wipe away the tears. Empress Xiao looked at him with tears in her eyes and choked up and said: "I have been accompanying the king and the emperor since I was sixteen years old. I have been with your majesty for thirty-six years. I am extremely favored. I am the only one in charge of the six palaces and the mother of the world. What extravagant expectations do I have? But the great The Sui Dynasty was a vast land, but bandits rose up and the nine provinces were torn apart. Now your majesty only has a few counties in Jiangdong, which is a pity. "

Emperor Yang of Sui laughed when he heard this, and tapped Empress Xiao's nose with his hand and said, "There are many people plotting outside. Although it is a few counties in Jiangdong, I am still the Duke of Changcheng, and the queen is still Empress Shen. We can still drink and have fun together in the future."

This Duke of Changcheng is Chen Shubao, the last emperor of the Chen Dynasty, and Empress Shen is Chen Shubao's queen. Yang Guang compared himself to the king of the fallen country, which made Xiao Jun know that the Sui Dynasty was doomed, and her heart became more sad.

Emperor Yang of Sui took advantage of the alcohol to tear off Xiao Jun's phoenix robe, embraced each other on the dragon bed, and loved each other in every way. The old couple made love again, relived their love, like a elegy for the remaining joy before the fall of the country.

The next morning, Emperor Yang of Sui dressed gorgeously and asked the empress to accompany him to Jiangdu again, drinking to relieve his sorrow and having a night of fun. Empress Xiao was in no mood to play anymore, so she just declined, saying, "I had enough wine last night, but I still have a headache this morning and want to rest for half a day."

"The empress can't hold her liquor, so I'll go alone and accompany her tonight." Emperor Yang of Sui didn't think so, just looking for fun and leaving.

Empress Xiao sat alone in the deep palace, her mind was very clear, the Jiangdu Palace was full of dangers, and rebellion could start at any time, so she ordered the eunuch to summon the old minister Su Wei to see her.

After waiting for a short time, Su Wei came in.Palace, to meet the Queen: "Your Majesty summoned an old minister, what's the important matter?"

Xiao Jun ordered someone to sit him down, and said to Su Wei: "The old Prime Minister is old, and I can't bear to use him, but there are rumors of rebellion. I think that once there is unrest, the royal family will be slaughtered, but I want to ask for a way to save my life, and I hope the Prime Minister can give me some advice."

Su Wei thought that the emperor was confused, but the Queen understood very well. Xiao Jun was a smart person and knew the consequences of his actions. The imperial guards were already in disarray, and everyone knew what was going on. Su Wei no longer hesitated and bowed, saying, "Forgive me for speaking frankly. Once a rebellion breaks out, the royal family will have no place to bury their bodies and there is no way to save them. But I heard that a maidservant around the King of Qi is pregnant with a dragon seed. A living person cannot be saved, but perhaps this child in the belly can be saved."

"Oh?" Empress Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up, and she suddenly realized the meaning of it: "Old Prime Minister, please speak frankly."

Su Wei stepped in and said, "If the rebels If they dare to harm the emperor, they will certainly dare to kill the princes and grandchildren. No one will be spared. Now only the queen can save the pregnant maid."

"How to rescue her?"

"Take the maid to your side. The beautiful maid will be killed by the soldiers, but an ugly maid will be easier to avoid disaster."

Empress Xiao agreed very much and nodded, but she frowned and said, "I can't even protect myself, how can I protect a maid?"

After hearing this, Su Wei stood up, saluted and knelt down: "Your Majesty, save your life, unless you use a self-torture trick."

"Why do you have to do this, old Prime Minister? Please teach me."

"Your Majesty is over forty, but you are extremely beautiful and charming. If you can please the rebel leader with your beauty, then you will be able to..."

"How dare you!" Empress Xiao's eyes widened and she shouted angrily: "Su Wei! You are an old minister of two dynasties, and you are also my matchmaker. I have always been known as How can you treat me as an elder? How can you come up with such a despicable plan that is disrespectful to the emperor and father, and has no moral integrity? What is your intention? "

Su Wei was so frightened that he kowtowed and persuaded her: "My queen, if there is a rebellion, the sword will be ruthless and the relatives will die tragically. If you don't come forward, how can you save the imperial grandson in the maid's belly? Besides, this is just a precaution. If no one rebels, just pretend that I didn't say anything."

"Will it really come to this?" Empress Xiao asked with a questioning look.

Su Wei cried with tears in his eyes: "My queen, the world is in chaos, the country will not be saved, the pain of losing the country is hard to express, but I just want to save my life, but I can't save it."

Empress Xiao choked and tried to hold back her sobs. She looked helplessly at Su Wei, an old minister of eighty years old, who knelt in front of her and cried and persuaded her. She didn't blame him much, waved her hand, and said that she would discuss it later.

Su Wei knew that he had said something rude, but fortunately the queen did not blame him, so he returned home in a huff. After leaving the palace, he got on the sedan chair and returned home. When he passed through the East City, he suddenly heard deafening footsteps and voices in the distance. He lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and looked. It was the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Camp, rushing to the East City Camp in groups.

Seeing the imperial guards rampant, Su Wei was shocked. He thought to himself that in broad daylight, for no reason, they gathered in the East City. There must be something hidden. Could it be a rebellion at this time? Su Wei speculated all the way and returned to the mansion uneasy.

The soldiers of the Xiaoguo Camp that Su Wei saw,Thousands of people were transferred from the outer city of the palace to the east city near the palace. In the east city, Yuwen Zhiji, Sima Dekan, and Linghu Xingda gathered soldiers and began to discuss rebellion.

Sima Dekan invited two more people and said to Yuwen Zhiji: "These two are my old friends. They are affiliated with the envoy camp and are in charge of the palace gate." Yuwen Zhiji recognized them when he saw them. They were the imperial guards of Emperor Yang of Sui. One was Pei Qiantong and the other was Yuan Li.

Everyone came to the secret room and sat down. Yuwen Zhiji said: "Generals, today's invitation is for the great cause of the world. The emperor is incompetent and tyrannical. The soldiers are homesick and have no intention of doing this. We want to rebel and establish another wise leader."

Yuwen Zhiji looked dignified, and several people were excited and responded. Pei Qiantong had followed Yang Guang the longest and wanted to return to the interior of the country the most, so he asked, "We are either palace guards or commanders of the imperial guards. The emperor is easy to catch, but how can the civil and military officials and soldiers of the three armies be easily convinced? We must find a prestigious leader."

Yuan Li also said, "The powerful people in the interior of the country now belong to Su Wei and Zhao Cai, but Su Wei is old and Zhao Cai is loyal and will never take the lead in rebellion."

When several people were thinking hard, Yuwen Zhiji said, "If you generals don't mind, I would like to recommend someone."

"Who?" Yuan Li asked.

"My brother Yuwen Huaji." Zhiji said, "My brother inherited the title of Duke of Xu, and his official rank is the third rank. I wonder what you think?"

Everyone thought that Yuwen Huaji was a suitable candidate. He was a native of Guanzhong, had a high official title, and inherited the title of Duke of Xu, which was just right. Without saying much, everyone agreed and supported Yuwen Huaji. This is:

Life has many ups and downs, either in the market or for the country.

There is a day for salted fish to turn over, and it is hard to say whether crows cover the sky.

When it was evening, Yuwen Zhiji invited his elder brother Yuwen Huaji to Dongcheng. Yuwen Huaji had nothing to do all day, inherited the title of Duke of Xu, led the court, and was leisurely and happy all day, a pure dandy.

When he was invited to the Dongcheng camp that night, Yuwen Huaji thought he was here to get some free food and drink, and have fun. When he arrived at the central army camp, he saw torches lit, and several imperial guards stood in front of the camp with swords in their hands, waiting for a long time.

After everyone greeted each other, Yu Wenzhi looked around and saw that it didn't look like he was going to a banquet, so he asked his second brother Zhiji: "The camp is empty. Why did you call me here in the evening?"

Zhiji said: "Brother, please sit down. I have been planning with the commanders of the imperial guards for a long time and have decided to rebel and return to Guanzhong."

"Ah?" Yu Wenzhi was so scared that his face turned pale when he heard this. His upper teeth kept hitting his lower teeth. He quickly clasped his fists and said: "Generals, you have great righteousness in your heart. I admire you very much, but this is a capital crime of treason."

Several people originally thought that Yu Wenzhi would be righteous, but they didn't expect that he was almost scared to wet his pants. He only had this little courage. Several commanders looked at each other, and it was Sima Dekan who stood up and advised: "Hey, Duke Xu, why are you trembling? I'm discussing this with you. We are humble officials and want to ask Duke Xu to be the leader. The main"No, no." Yu Wenzhi said, "How can the emperor let me preside over the government? This is not right, this is not right." Sima Dekan patted Yu Wenzhi's shoulder from behind and said, "This matter is all up to you and me, and it is not up to the emperor." Yu Wenzhi shuddered and asked in surprise, "What does General Sima mean by this?"

"If you want to rebel, how can the emperor be alive? We want to depose the tyrant and establish another wise ruler!"

"Ah! "Yuwen Zhiji was so frightened that his legs went weak and he almost fell to his knees. Fortunately, Linghu Xingda and Yuwen Zhiji supported Yuwen Zhiji on either side.

Yuwen Zhiji felt that borrowing the power of the rebel soldiers was a good opportunity to control the government and seize power. In order to encourage his brother, he took a few commanders to persuade him: "Duke Xu, from now on, you are our leader. Please accept our greetings. ”

Yuwen Zhiji fanned the flames, Sima Dekan, Linghu Xingda, Pei Qiantong, Yuan Li and others bowed and clasped their fists, asking Yuwen Zhiji to be the leader of the alliance, to lead the rebellion, and to lead the troops back to Guanzhong.

Yuwen Zhiji did not have the courage to rebel, but he was praised by everyone, and felt courteous. He was secretly happy and arrogant. That night, he became the leader of the brave rebels under the encouragement of everyone. It can be said that:

One hundred thousand imperial troops left Guanzhong, and they missed their hometown for several years.

Not interested in the safety of the southern country, they mistakenly chose Xu Gong to rebel against Jiangdong.

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