The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 364: The Emperor Must Die
After the capture of Liyang Port, Yuan Shao led his troops to retreat quickly, all the way to Yecheng, and began to defend the city.

When Yuan Tan, who was in Yin'an in the east, heard the news that Zhang He and Gao Lan were killed in battle and Liyang fell, he also led the navy back to Qingzhou with Gao Fan and Guan Tong who had just withdrawn from Liyang.

This made Lu Bu, who had already caught up, extremely depressed: "Instead of returning to Yecheng to join forces with Yuan Shao, he fled back to Qingzhou... Could it be that Yuan Tan has a huge grudge against Yuan Shao?"

But since Yuan Tan had already retreated to Qingzhou, Lu Bu had no choice but to give up and not pursue him. Instead, he began to gradually recover the surrounding counties.

On the west side, Huai County.

After Jiang Yiqu received the news from Li Yang, although he had expected it, he still burst into tears.

After crying, he naturally led his troops to retreat towards Yecheng.

Now that the imperial army has gained a firm foothold in Hebei, it means that the imperial army may come from the east to encircle Hanoi at any time.

If Jiang Yiqu did not leave, he would be surrounded on both sides, so he had to abandon Hanoi and lead his troops away.

But there is another troublesome person in Huai County——

The so-called emperor of the Hebei court today is Liu He.

Jiang Yiqu led his troops into the temporary palace where Liu He was staying in Huai County, and tried to forcibly take Liu He away.

"I do not go!"

Liu He looked at Jiang Yiqu with confidence.

"Today's emperor is reviving the Han Dynasty and will soon cross the river! When the time comes, I will stand beside the emperor and personally watch as all of you lackeys of Yuan Shao are killed!"

Liu He had been feeling a little frustrated under Yuan Shao's control these years.

Especially when he first ascended the throne, Yuan Shao killed all of Liu He's wives, concubines and several underage children.

When Yuan Shao was strong, Liu He could only hold it in and endure it.

But now that Liu He already knows the news of the emperor's victory, how can he continue to pretend to be submissive in front of Jiang Yiqu?
Jiang Yiqu obviously didn't expect Liu He to turn against him so quickly.

He sneered a few times: "Finally your true colors are exposed!"

"Mr. Yuan gave you the throne of the emperor, but you are so heartless and shameless!

Liu He's face turned red: "You farted!"

"Do you think I love being the emperor?"

"If I wasn't born in the lineage of the King of Donghai, if my father wasn't the Grand Marshal of the imperial court and the governor of Youzhou, would Yuan Shao have made me the emperor?"

"Yuan Shao and I have an irreconcilable feud!"

Jiang Yiqu felt more and more that Liu He was shameless.

"Oh! Liu He! If you really had integrity, why didn't you just kill yourself with a sword when you were allowed to ascend the throne?"

"Since ascending the throne, Lord Yuan married his daughter to you, built a palace for you, and selected concubines for you in Hebei! How have I ever let you down? You eat delicacies from the sea, wear silk and gorgeous clothes, and have thousands of palace servants at your service... Liu He! Let me ask you, if it weren't for Lord Yuan, who would you be now?"

Liu He's face turned pale and his knees began to tremble unconsciously.

"and!"

Jiang Yiqu sneered: "Do you think the emperor will tolerate you?"

"Don't forget! You are also the Son of Heaven!"

"When the emperor crosses the river, even if I don't kill Lord Yuan, I will kill you!"

"Do you think you can save your life by praising the emperor and begging for mercy?"

"Pooh!"

Jiang Yiqu spat at Liu He, pointed at him and said, "Just wait here! Wait for the emperor to cut you into pieces! Send you down to reunite with your cowardly father!"

After saying this, Jiang Yiqu led his troops away, leaving Liu He to fend for himself.

Liu He sat alone on the couch, his face turning from blue to white and his lips trembling.

He did hold a glimmer of hope before, thinking that the emperor would spare his life because of his "loyalty".

But Jiang Yiqu's words woke him up.

No matter what Liu He thought, the emperor would never spare his life.

There is absolutely no room for negotiation on this matter!

Liu He, who realized the situation later, suddenly felt panicked and wanted to follow Jiang Yiqu back to Yecheng.

But Jiang Yiqu left decisively, and no one could see his back.
Liu He fell to the ground, his eyes dull, and he had no idea where he was going.

As Jiang Yiqu's army left, the servants in the palace also learned the news of Yuan Shao's defeat, and quickly collected some valuables in the palace and fled.

A few brave maids came up to Liu He, and seeing that Liu He was sitting there as if he had lost his mind, they became even more bold and set their eyes on the jade pendant on Liu He's body.

Tiptoeing behind Liu He, several maids took off his jade pendant and ran away.

One of the maids was slow and failed to grab the treasure from Liu He's body, so she set her sights on the crown on Liu He's head.

The crown is wrapped with gold threads and inlaid with gems, and it is obviously a valuable item.

The crown was lifted up, and perhaps the gold thread hurt his ear, Liu He could not help but scream in pain.

"You wicked slaves! How dare you steal my things!"

Liu He suddenly went mad, drew the sword from the wall and slashed at the servants around him, scaring everyone away and soon the palace was empty.

"Your Majesty, what is going on?"

At this moment, a beautiful and elegant woman suddenly came to Liu He.

"I heard that General Jiang has left. Why is Your Majesty still here? Come with me back to Yecheng and seek refuge with my father!"

This is Yuan Shao's daughter, and Liu He's queen - Yuan. After all, Yuan was born in the Runan Yuan family, and she was gentle and polite.

Although she had to marry Liu He, Yuan was gentle and considerate after all, and had the demeanor of a woman from a wealthy family, and she was quite friendly with Liu He.

At this moment, Yuan came to Liu He's side, gently helped Liu He to smooth his scattered hair, and asked with concern: "Your Majesty, what are you doing? Father is here..."

"Father? Father!"

Hearing Yuan mentioning Yuan Shao repeatedly, Liu He finally couldn't bear it anymore and slapped Yuan in the face, knocking her to the ground.

Yuan looked stunned, but Liu He stepped forward and sat on her, slapping her left and right, repeatedly.

"Father? Father? You bitch! If it weren't for Yuan Shao, how would I have ended up like this?"

"Bitch! Beast! You Yuan family, it's all you Yuan family! It's all you Yuan family!"

Liu He was like a madman at this moment, and he used all his remaining strength on Yuan.

After beating Yuan, Liu He went up to her and stripped her clothes, exposing her naked body: "You bitch! Are you just waiting to see me make a fool of myself? Waiting for your father to take the throne and then be called the Son of Heaven? Huh?"

Yuan was suddenly treated like this by Liu He. Although she was confused and ashamed, she still covered her face with her hands and said, "Your Majesty, what are you talking about? When I marry your Majesty, I will be Liu's daughter-in-law and the queen of the Han Dynasty. How can I have anything to do with Yuan?"

"Bah! Sweet words! Queen of the Han Dynasty? Are you worthy of that?"

Liu He didn't believe it at all at this moment. He punched and kicked Yuan again, then untied his belt and went forward to humiliate Yuan!
By the time Liu Xie from the other side of the river arrived in Huai County from Mengjin and entered Liu He's palace, Yuan had been tortured beyond recognition, with bruises all over her body and her limbs stretched out limply on the ground.

……

"How did it get like this?"

Liu Xie frowned and looked at Yuan, then looked at Liu He who was still going crazy.

When Liu He saw Liu Xie, he immediately stumbled over to Liu He naked, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I, Liu He, kowtow to Your Majesty!"

"..."

When Liu Xie saw Liu He like this, he roughly guessed what Liu He had done.

He gave Yang Xiu a wink, and Yang Xiu immediately understood and took a piece of clothing to cover Yuan.

When facing Liu He, Liu Xie just looked stern and said, "Put on your clothes before talking to me!"

Upon hearing this, Liu He hurried back to put on his clothes.

It was probably because he hadn't worn clothes for a long time, so Liu He's clothes were in a mess, as if he had tied himself up with the emperor's clothes.

"Your Majesty! Please spare my life!"

"Your Majesty! Yuan Shao forced me to do all this!"

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Please be kind! For my father's sake, please spare me!"

After putting on his clothes, Liu He kowtowed to Liu Xie again and begged for life.

……

"Liu He, you are far inferior to your father Liu Yu."

"Although the Grand Master of the Imperial Clan is too merciful, he still has Confucian integrity... Although I hate some of his policies towards foreign races, I still have some respect for him in my heart."

"There is great terror between life and death. I did not ask you to commit suicide when Yuan Shao established you as emperor... But now that things have come to this, you should have the courage of a descendant of the Liu family and not bring shame to Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Shizu!"

After saying that, Liu Xie took off the sword from his waist and threw it on the ground.

"The emperor should die the way an emperor should."

"After being the emperor for so many years, you should understand who and what the emperor is! Now that you are more respectable, it will help you to retain some reputation."

Liu He picked up the Han sword while sobbing and drew out the sword stupidly.

The edge of the Han sword was so dazzling that Liu He only pulled out a part of it and then stopped...

"Liang Bi, go help him."

Since Liu He is not decent, we can only ask others to help him look decent.

Niu Fu took the order and stepped forward, snatching the Han sword!
Draw the sword! Cut the throat! Clean and neat!

From beginning to end, Liu Xie never looked at Liu He again.

When he came in front of Yuan, Yuan also sat up gently, covering her chest with clothes.

"Are you Yuan Shao's daughter?"

"Yes."

But Yuan added: "I am still the Empress of the Han Dynasty!"

"..."

Liu Xie looked at Yuan and finally got rid of the haze that Liu He had brought to him, and smiled easily.

"it is good!"

"What a strong-willed woman! After all, she is Yuan's daughter!"

"Let me ask you, do you want to be buried with Liu He, or wait for me to take you to Yecheng and bury you with the descendants of the Yuan family?"

Yuan looked at Liu He who was already dead not far away and fell to the ground: "I beg Your Majesty to let me be buried with my husband!"

"Okay! I approve of your wish and allow you to be buried in the same coffin with Liu He! I will also give you the queen's coffin for burial!"

Yuan kowtowed to Liu Xie:

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

(End of this chapter)