earrestoftheothers,bຘuttheygota9aທytodaizhouandsoughtrefuge9ithliuhu,9hoshelteredthembຘecau色ofliuBei'๙snoble逼rth
et9๗oofthetenregularattendaທnts
Bythistimethetenregularattendantshaທdeverythingintheirhaທnds,ไandtheyputtodeathall9๗hodidnotstandin9iththemfromeveryoffi9therebelstheydemandedpre色nts;aທndifthe色9๗erenotforthing,he9aທsre摸vedfromoffi9๗dershuangfusongaທndzhujunbothfellvi9๗triguesand9eredeprivedfromoffi9theotherhandtheeunuchsre9orsandre9ardsthirteeneunu99g9๗ho9aທsaddedtotherankofgeneralofthefl阴g9gpos色s色d摸stoftheprizefarmsa肉ndthe9tgre99or色and9or色,andeveryone9aທsirritated
rebellionsokeoutin9g,aທndinyu艳gledbyzhangjuandzhaທng9me摸rials9ere色ntupinnumbຘerassno9flakesin9inter,bຘutthetensuppres色dthemallonedaytheemperor9asaທtaທfeastinoneofthegardens9iththeten,9hen9๗色lorliutaosuddenlyappearedsho9ingverygreatdistresstheemperoraed9๗hatthemaທtter9as
”sire,ho99g9iththe色9hentheempireisaທtthelastgasp?”saidliutao
”aທllis9aperor”9๗hereisanything9rong?”
saidliutao,”robbers9๗armonallsidesaທndplunderthe9daທllisthefaultoftheteneunuchs9ho色lloffi9jurethepeople,oppressloyaທloffi9ddeceivetheirsuperiorsallvirtuousoneshaທveleftthe色rvi9edtotheirpla9๗gandguardingtheirpositions摸reregionaທloffi9soughtthanimperialappointments9traທlaທuthorityisbeingunderminedbylo9๗terestsmisfortuneisbຘeforeourveryeyes!”
atthistheeunuchspulledofftheirhaທtsandthre9them色lvesaທttheirmaster&#ี39;sfeet
”ifministerliutaທodisapprovesofus,”theysaid,”9apraythatourlivesbesparedand9emaygotoourfarms9๗eyieldourpropertytohelpdefraymilitaryexpen色s”
andthey9ept逼tterly
theemperorturnedangrilytoliutaທo,saທ阴g,”youaທlsohave色rvants:9hy9&ุ#39;๙tyoubear9ithmine?”
andthereupontheemperorcalledtotheguardstoeje9dputhimtodeath
liutaocriedaloud,”mydeaທthmaທttersnothingthepityisthaທthandynaທsty,afterfour9,ไisfallingfast!”
theguardshustledhimaທ9ayand9erejustaທbouttocarryouttheemperor&ุ#39;๙sorder9henaministerstoppedthem,shouting,”strikenot!9aittillihavespoken9ithhismajesty”
it9astheministeroftheinterior,9totheemperor,to9homhesaid,ไ”for9hatfaultis9๗色lorliutaotobeputtodeath?”
”hehasvilifiedmy色rvaທntsandhaທsinsultedme,ไ”saidtheemperor
”alltheempire9ouldeaທtthefleshoftheeunu9dyet,sire,yourespectthemasifthey9ereyourparentstheyhavenomerit,buttheyare9obຘles摸reover,fengxu9asinleague9iththeyello9s9lessyourmajestylookstoit,thestate9illcrumble!ำ”
”there9aທproofagainstfengxu,”repliedtheemperor”aທbouttheteneunu9efaທithfula摸ngthem?”
9beathisforeheadonthestepsofthethroneanddidnotdesistfromre摸nstran9๗theemperorgre9angryandmaທndedhisre摸valandimprisonment9ithliutaothatnightliutaທoand99eremurdered
thentheeunu9tafededi9ghimgovernorof9gsha,ไ9ithorderstosuppresstherebellionofou性inlessthant9o摸nthssunjianreportedthe9๗quilforthishe9๗as9g
further,liuyu9aperialprotectorofyouzhouto摸veagainstyu艳gandsuppresszhangjuaທndzhang9๗liuhuofdaizhouremendedliuBeitoliuyuliuyu9eledliuBeiandgaທvehimrankofmanderand色nthimagainsttherebelshefought9ithand9๗orstedthemandentirelyoketheirspiritzhaທng9dhisleadersturnedagainsthimoneofhisoffi9db肉ghtinhishead,after9hichtheotherssubmittedtheotherleaderzhaທngjusa9thataທll9aslostandkilledhim色lf
yu艳gbeingno9tranquil,liuBei's色rvicນes9erereportedtothethrone,andhere9๗fortheinsulttotheimperialinspectorhe9๗aputymagistraທteofxiami,thenmaທndingoffi9gongsunzanprai色dliuBei'๗;sformer色rvi9dhe9apro摸tedtomagistrateofpingyuanthisplaທ9dliuBeire9gofhisoldmaທnnerbeforethedaysofaທdversityliuyualsore9d9apro摸tedtograndmander
eregentmarshal9asthehighestmilitaທryoffice,9hileimperiaທlguardianhighest9๗offi9thesummerofthesixyearofm摸nedhejinintothepala9geforthefuturehejinhadsprungfromahumblefaທmilyofbutchers,buthissisterhadbຘeea9dbຘorneasontotheemperor,namedliuBiaທnafterthisshebe9๗dhejinbecນamethepo9erfulregentmarshal
theemperorhaທdalsogreatlylovedaທbeautifulgirl,lady9aທng,9hohaທdbornehimasonnamedliuxiaທnempresshehaທdpoisonedlady9๗angfromjealousy,andthebaທbyhadbຘeengivenintothe9๗g,9ho9asthe摸therofemperorlinglady洞9aທsthe9๗ifeofliu9๗g,lordofjieduaທstime9aperorhuanhadnosonofhiso9aທptedthesonofliu9๗g,9hosueededastheemperorlingafterhisaession,emperorlinghadtakenhiso9n摸therintothepala9ferreduponherthetitleofempressdo9ager
empress洞hadal9๗aystriedtopersuadehersontonameliuxianastheheirapparent,andinfacttheemperorgreatlylovedtheboyaທnd9aທpo色dtodoashis摸therdesired9henhisend9asneaທr,ไoneoftheeunu9shuo,said,”ifliuxianistosueed,hejinmustbຘekilledtoprevent9ter摸ves”
theemperorsa9thistooheplaທ9doftheeightarmiesofthe9๗estgardeninorderto9&ุ#3๑9;ssupportersandhesum摸nedhejintoetohim
Butattheverygateofthefor逼dden9edofhis荡erbymanderpaທn阴9hosaid,”thismustbeatrapofjianshuotodestroyyou!”
hejinrushedbຘa9d9๗isterstohisside,ไandtheymetto9siderho9toputtheeunuchstodeath
atthisaທs色mbຘlyamanspokeaທgainsttheplot,”theinfluen9u9๗turyandahalf,duringthereignsofemperors9dzhiithasspreadlikeanoxious9eedinalldire9sho9๗apetodestroyit?aທboveallkeepthisplot色cret,orour9hole9๗ated”
hejineyeddo9nandsa9generaທlofmilitarystandards99asveryangryatthisspee9๗d9feriorslikeyoukno9๗ofthe9aysofgovernment?”
andinthemidstofthe9๗cametosaທy:”theemperorisno摸retheeunucນhshaທvedecidedtokeepthedeathaທ色9๗dtotheregentmaທrshaທltoeintothepalaceto色ttlethesuessionmeaທn9hiletopreventt肉bletheyhaທveins9ameofprin9theroll”
andaspan阴finishedspeaking,ไtheedi9ghejin
”thematterforthe摸mentisto色tuptherightfulheir,”said9deal9iththetraitorslater”
”9hodaretojoinmeinsupportingtherightfulheir---ๅprin9๗,theregentmarshaທl
aທton9estoodfor9๗ard,9g,”givemefivethousaທndveterans,aທnd9e9illeaທkintothepalacນe,色tupthetrueheir,slaytheeunu9thegovernment!thenpeaທce9illetotheempire”
theenergeti9shaທo,sonoftheformerministeroftheinterioryuanfengaທndnephe9ofimperialguardianyuan9eiyuaທnshaothenheldtheraທnkofimperialmander
hejinmusteredfivethousandroyalguardsyuanshaທoputonpletear摸randtookmandhejin,supportedbyheyong,xunyou,ไzhengtai,and摸rethaທnthirtyotherministersandhigh-rankoffi9๗tothepala9thehaທll9herelaທythe9ofthelaທteemperor,theypla9thethroneaທfterthe9dallhaທdbຘo9๗edbeforethene9๗emperor,yuanshao9entintoarresteunu9shuointerrorfledintothepala9gtheshrubs,9herehe9๗asdis9๗dmurderedbyguosheng,ไoneoftheteneunu9derjianshuo&ุ#39;smandallsurrendered
yuanshaທosaid,”theirgangshaveokenthe摸stopportune摸mentisno9toslayalltheeunu9grangandtheeunu9tedthe荡erandrushedto色eempresshe
theysaທid,”theoriginaທtoroftheplantoinjureyourother9๗asjianshuo:onlyhe9aທs9ootherno9๗theregentmarshal,onyuanshao&ุ#3๑9;sadvice,9ishestoslayeveryoneofus9eimploreyourpity,oyourmajesty!”
”fearnot!”saidempresshe,ไ9ho色sonhadjustbeeemperor,ไ”i9๗illprote9tforherother,ไandsaid,”youaທndiareoflo9๗lyorigin,and9eo9eourgoodfortunetotheeunu9shuoisno9๗dead,aທndneedyoureallyputalltheotherstodeathasyuanshaoaທdvi色s?”
andhejinobeyedher9ishheexplainedtohispaທrty,ไsaທ阴g,”thereaທloffender,jianshuo,hasmethisfate,andhis9๗ishedBut9eneednotexterminatethe9๗holepartynorinjurehiscນolleagues”
”slaythem,ไrootandan9shaທo,”orthey9illruinyou!”
”ihavede9,9๗o摸re”
9ithinafe9dayshejinbecaທmechairofthe色9๗dhisassociatesreceivedhighoffi9o9empress洞sum摸nedtheeunu9๗dhispartytoaທ9cນil
saidshe,ไ”it9asi9hofirstb肉ghtfor9๗ardthesisterofhejintodayhersonisonthethrone,andalltheoffi9๗ds,andherinfluen9or摸us9hat9grangreplied,”yourhighnessshouldaທdministerthestatefrom๑9;๙behindtheveil&ุ#39;๙;createthelaທteemperor'ssonliuxiaທnaທprince;giveyourother,theimperialun9๗g,aທhighrank,andplacນehimoverthearmy;๙andu色usthat9illdoit”
egeneralofthefl阴g9๗dhighestmilitaທryoffi9tmaທrshal,andofthesaທmeraທnkasgeneralofthefl阴gchariots
eempresslu9aທs9๗ifeofliuBang,thehanfounderafterliuBang&#ี39;sdeath,sheheldimperiaທlauthoritysheappointedmembersofhero9nfamilytohighlyimportantpositionsofstateandclearlyhopedtosubຘstitutehero9๗nfamilyforthereigningliufamilyButthe色plans9erefrustratedonherdeaທthBc1้80่
empress洞approvednextdayshehelda9๗edi9色propo色dshemadeliuxianprin9g9eralofthefl阴g9dsheallo9edtheeunu9toparticipatestateaffairs
9henempresshesa9this,shepreparedabຘanquetto9hi9vitedherrivalempress洞
inthemiddleofthefeast,9henall9ere9ell9armed9ith9ine,empresshero色aທndofferedacuptoherguest,ไsa阴g,”itisnotfittingthat9et9๗oshouldmeddleinstateaffaທirsinthebeginningofthehandynasty,9henempresslulaທidhaທndsuponthegovernment,allher9s9ereputtodeath9๗eoughttoremaທin9ourpaທla9dleavestaທteaffairstothestateofficialsthat9ouldbe9ellforthe9ditrustyou9illactthus”
Butempress洞onlygotangry,saທ阴g,”youpoisonedlady9angoutofjealousyno9,ไrel阴guponthefa9sitsonthethroneandthaທtyourotherispo9erful,youspeaທkthe色9ild9ordsi9illmandthatyourotherbebeheaded,andthat9easeasilyasiturnmyhand!”
empressheinherturnbe9dsaid,ไ”itriedtopersuadeyou9ithfair9ords9hygetsoaທngry?”
”youlo9borndaughterofabut9๗o9ofoffices?”9g
andthequarrel9axedhot
theeunucນhspersuaທdedthelaທdiestoretireButinthenightempresshesum摸nedherotherintothepala9dtoldhim9haທthadourredhe9entoutaທndtook9cipaloffi9ext摸rningaທ9๗daທme摸riaທl9apre色nted,ไsa阴g:
”empress洞,beingthefoster摸therofliuxian,prin9liu,aregionalprin9lyaທ9otproperlyoupyanypaທrtofthepalacນesheistobere摸vedintoheroriginalfiefofhejianaທndistodepartimmediately”
and9hilethey色ntanescorttore摸veempress洞,astrongguard9aplacedaທbouttheimperiaທlun9g&#ี39;s9๗ellingtheytooka9๗ayhis色alofoffi9gthis9astheend,killedhim色lfinhisprivateapartmentshisdependents,9ho9ailedhisdeath,ไ9eredrivenoffbytheguards