In the harem and garden, flowers are blooming like brocade and fragrant. Groups of bees and butterflies dance lightly among the flowers, like picturesque.

In a pavilion in a corner of the garden, on the stone table, a purple clay teapot as big as a palm was gurgling, and a white air came out of the spout, and the tea fragrance was overflowing, refreshing the heart.

Liu E was wearing a phoenix robe, long collar and wide sleeves, and sat upright on the chair in the pavilion. She was graceful and luxurious, and she didn't dare to look directly at her. However, the gray hair left behind after she had spent too much effort was still there, showing a bit of loneliness and desolation.

At this time, she faced the flowerbed, as if she was enjoying the flowers, but her eyes were lost and her eyes were not focused. She sighed from time to time, as if she was remembering something.

Not far behind Liu E, two middle-aged palace maids stood with their heads down, and they didn't dare to let out a mouthful, like two quails. If anyone could see their eyes, they would definitely see deep fear and fear.

They are afraid of the queen, very afraid!

Not only were they afraid, but in fact, at this time, no one in the palace except the little emperor Zhao Zhen was not afraid of her.

The reason is that too many people have died in the palace this year.

During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, there were three thousand imperial guards in the palace. But today, except for the two teams of troops guarding the prince and queen that day, the rest were killed and all replaced with newcomers.

The original eight hundred palace warriors have almost changed every time at this time, and there is no need to say much about the outcome of those people.

As for the eunuchs and palace maids, there is no need to mention them, almost 90% of them died.

Almost all those who were loyal to the prince and the queen that day were killed by Lei Yungong. The rest were under Lei Yungong. When Zhao Zhen succeeded to the throne and Liu E was behind the curtain, how could they have a good ending?

This great purge was unprecedentedly clean and thorough. Almost no subordinate left by Lei Yungong was left, and all of them were killed.

It is precisely this ruthless method that made the world quickly realize that this empress dowager is not a weak woman who can be bullied.

It was Liu E's series of merciless purges that allowed her to quickly establish authority in the court.

It is precisely because of this that the prince stabilized the court and appeased the local officials in just one year after the crown prince succeeded to the throne.

In theory, her ruthless means should have caused an uproar, but strangely, the officials in the court seemed to ignore it and let him do it.

In fact, this is easy to understand. In the eyes of court officials, whether it is eunuchs or palace maids, these people are just royal slaves, and life and death are all in the royal mind. Even if they are not guilty, they will be killed, and no one will speak for them.

Furthermore, if these eunuchs and eunuchs had not done anything so big later?

Although the imperial guards and the samurai in the palace were different, when the court investigated afterwards, they immediately found that they were more or less related to Lei Yungong, and some even had a hidden blood relationship with the generals under Taizu.

What is this? This is a hidden danger, this is the root of the disaster! Even if Liu E can tolerate it, the court officials cannot tolerate it!

From Lei Yungong's attitude, we can see that in the eyes of the descendants of the Taizu family, almost all the ministers, civil and military officials are traitors. If they had not betrayed Emperor Taizu, how could they have inherited the treasure and seized the world by Taizu's descendants?

Although everyone is loyal to the royal family of Zhao Song, Taizu and Taizong are different after all. At this point, they are even more incompatible.

It can be said that no matter how it was before, and to this point of development, no matter whether both sides were willing or not, there was no room for easing and became an mortal enemy.

Since they are all enemies, who is sick and still talks about them?

Besides, in this sensitive time, if anyone is merciful or speaks for the other party, it will inevitably be considered that the position is not firm and politically incorrect...

Is there such a stupid guy in such a big court?

Therefore, when Liu E raised her butcher's knife and used ruthless means to clean up the thunder, it did not cause criticism from the court officials. Not only did it not criticize, but everyone even tacitly did not mention this matter, just as if those who were killed had never appeared before.

It is cold and bloody, weird but reasonable, and it makes people sigh that this is politics and this is reality.

As the saying goes, one general succeeds and thousands of bones are woven!

And a new emperor ascended the throne, naturally he was inseparable from blood.

Zhao Zhen is still young and does not have such ruthless means. As his mother and support, Liu E naturally has to consider him.

As a result, everyone saw that thousands of lives, blood like lakes and seas, were used by Liu E to water the country and consolidate the world.

Is she cruel? Yes, she is cruel.

But if she doesn't do this, can she stabilize the country and the world be restored in less than a year?

joke!

The way of the emperor and the battle for imperial power cannot be achieved at all.

What's more, although the world is peaceful at this time, there are Khitan in the north and Xixia in the west, all of them are eyeing the Song Dynasty. If you accidentally get chaos in the ground and cause them to wave their horses down, the consequences... Just thinking about it will make people shudder!

Can Liu E afford this kind of risk? Can court officials afford it?

You must not stop killing.

Had to kill.

Kill, peace will come to the world.

If you don’t kill, the world will be in chaos.

The command of thousands of people will end up in vain! At this sensitive moment, the court is united and everyone hopes that they will die, or that they need them to die.

So, they died.

Death is silent, death is quiet. No one mentions it, no one remembers it.

But they were originally living lives after all. If they had existed in this world, they would naturally leave traces.

The courtiers don’t mention it or think about it or care.

But how could the eunuchs and palace maids who were seeking life in the palace not feel like they were hurt?

Fortunately, the remaining palace people were very clean at this time. They were either the eunuchs who were transferred back from the imperial tombs or the palace maids who survived before. On one side, these people were secretly sympathized with their kind, but on the other side, they couldn't help but feel a little secretly happy.

The old waves cannot fall, how can Sina make brilliant waves?

"Empress, the star king of Beidou Sidong is asking for a meeting!" A female official dressed in a vermilion came to report.

This woman is no one else, but Liu E’s original close maid Xiao Huan. Judging from her dress, she is no longer the same as before. At this time, she is already a fifth-grade Shang Palace, who is in charge of the huge and small gold and silk in the harem. To put it bluntly, she is the steward of the harem who is in charge of money.

Hearing her voice, Liu E came to her senses and nodded slightly: "Please!"

"Yes, Empress!" Xiaohuan responded softly and quietly retreated.

Not long after, Dongming was drawn over.

"My memory, Dongming, I have seen the Queen Mother!" When he arrived in front of the pavilion, Dongming bowed his fists.

Liu E turned her head when she heard the sound, with a happy smile on her face, and said in a gentle voice: "Sir, are here."

She raised her hand to signal everyone to withdraw, and the palace maids and maids gave up their blessings.

"Sir, can you hear about Kongsang's thunder tribulation?"

Dongming nodded calmly: "I have heard of something."

Liu E slowly stood up and walked towards the flowerbed. Dongming followed silently, not in a hurry to speak.

"Kongsang Temple is located in Xuanyuan Hill, and Xuanyuan Hill is the capital of Huangdi, so Kongsang Temple has always been transcendent. Now there is a sudden thunder strike, and rumors are everywhere for a while, and there are more gossip." After walking a few steps, Liu E stopped, twisted the petals of a flower to watch, and pondered for a moment.

"Beidouji can investigate this case."

Dongming looked at her with some surprise. Seeing Liu E bent down to pick up flowers, her phoenix robe was slightly tightened and her waist showed. He quickly lowered his eyes and did not dare to look at it anymore, and said, "Empress Dowager, Kaifeng Mansion has already taken this case."

Liu E pinched the flower stem and stood up, turned her head to look at him, shook her head and said, "This matter has caused panic. We should clear the rumors as soon as possible and Beidou Department will take over."

Dongming held his fist and bowed: "I obey the order!"

"Yeah!" Liu E nodded, raised her hand gently, and turned around again.

Seeing that she had no other orders, Concealed bowed and left.

When he walked away, Liu E looked at the peonies blooming in the flowerbed, with a look of worry on her face and murmured to herself: "Why is it Kongsang Temple..."
Chapter completed!