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Chapter 2 (002) Help Me Change My Clothes

"Snapped."

Upon hearing this, Zhang De dropped the medicine bowl in his hand and shattered it on the ground.

The whole person felt like being struck by lightning.

He never imagined that the Emperor actually knew about these things.

"Your Majesty, spare my life."

Zhang De knelt on the ground, his face pale, cold sweat pouring down his face.

He didn't know how Zhou Chen knew the medicine was problematic, but that no longer mattered.

The important thing is that he was discovered, which is a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of his family.

Spare your life?

Ha ha.

Zhou Chen gave a cold laugh.

What reason does he have to spare the life of a servant who wants to poison him?

"Speak, who gave you permission to poison me?"

Zhou Chen shouted sternly.

He couldn't believe that a royal servant or eunuch would dare to poison him, the emperor, without someone instigating him.

Zhang De remained silent.

He didn't dare to say.

He fears.

He feared imperial power, but he feared even more the methods of those behind him.

He knew that even if he spoke out, with the methods of the people behind him, even Emperor Zhou Chen, who had been bedridden for a long time, might not be able to do anything to the other party.

On the contrary, he himself will die without a burial place.

"It seems you're not planning to say anything."

Zhou Chen's face turned cold, and he said to Lü Bu beside him, "Fengxian, seize him for me and pry his mouth open."

Those imperial guards outside are probably unreliable.

Therefore, Zhou Chen had no choice but to let Lü Bu take action.

at this time.

Zhang De suddenly sprang to his feet.

"Your Majesty, you forced this old servant to do this."

Zhang De lunged at Zhou Chen with a frenzied expression.

At this point, he had no other choice.

He knew that whether he spoke or not, his fate was sealed the moment he was discovered.

Neither Emperor Zhou Chen nor the people behind him would allow him to live.

Since that's the case, he might as well put himself in a do-or-die situation and take a gamble.

As long as Emperor Zhou Chen is kept on his deathbed, unable to speak, or rendered an idiot, all these problems can be easily solved.

Isn't this exactly what the people behind him wanted to see?

As for Lü Bu beside him, he didn't take him seriously at all.

They can be used as scapegoats afterward.

However, imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel.

As Zhang De suddenly sprang into action, a figure even faster than him appeared in front of him in an instant.

"presumptuous."

Lu Bu reached out and grabbed Zhang De.

Zhang De's expression changed, and he hurriedly attacked Lü Bu.

Unfortunately, the difference in strength between him and Lü Bu was too great, and he was captured by Lü Bu in a single exchange.

The body that had been raised suddenly lost all strength and collapsed limply to its knees, a trickle of blood flowing from the corner of its mouth.

Half-step Celestial Being?

Zhang De, his face ashen, uttered four words before collapsing to the ground, lifeless.

He never imagined, even in his death, that Lu Bu, whom he had taken lightly, was actually a master who was halfway to the Celestial Realm.

Seeing Zhang De die like this, Lü Bu's face turned ugly.

Zhou Chen wanted him to take down Zhang De and get him to talk.

But to my surprise, Zhang De was so weak that he died instantly.

How can we get him to talk and find out who's behind this?

"My lord, I lost my hand in the heat of the moment, and Zhang De is dead," Lü Bu said to Zhou Chen with some self-reproach.

"So what if he died? It's no big deal." Zhou Chen waved his hand dismissively.

He never expected to get anything out of Zhang De. The fact that Zhang De, his personal eunuch who had served him for over ten years, could betray him showed that the person behind it was no ordinary individual.

It's impossible not to guard against this.

Even if Zhang De hadn't died, it's unlikely that we could get any information out of him about who was behind it all.

"Someone is coming."

Zhou Chen called out.

Immediately, a young eunuch walked in.

Upon seeing Zhang De's corpse on the ground, the little eunuch's expression changed slightly.

Who is Zhang De?

This was a powerful figure in the inner court, the emperor's most trusted personal eunuch.

Now he's dead.

The little eunuch was startled.

In fact, he was one of Zhang De's confidants!
Now that Zhang De has been executed by the Emperor for some unknown reason, what about him?

Thinking of this, the little eunuch lowered his head even further, his body trembling slightly.

"Drag this traitorous dog who dared to betray and poison me out and feed him to the dogs. Immediately summon Zhao Gao and Commander Jin He to see me."

Zhou Chen said with a gloomy expression.

Someone actually dared to plot against him, the emperor; they were incredibly audacious.

Did they really think that he, the emperor, was no longer able to lift a sword and could no longer control the vast land of the Great Zhou?
"Yes, Your Majesty."

The young eunuch responded and immediately ordered someone to drag Zhang De's body out.

He himself was terrified. Zhang De had actually dared to murder the emperor and poison him, a crime that was so heinous that it would lead to the extermination of nine generations of his family.

I hope he won't be implicated!
……

After the eunuch left, Zhou Chen continued with his daily sign-in.

The newbie gift pack's sign-in opportunity allowed him to sign in and encounter Lu Bu, the most powerful general in the Three Kingdoms period.

I wonder what kind of people he'll be able to sign in today?

Zhou Chen was really looking forward to it.

"Sign in."

【bite…….】

[Check-in successful.]

[Congratulations, host, for gaining the allegiance of one hundred Bingzhou Wolf Riders.]

Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry?

Zhou Chen was slightly disappointed.

He originally thought he could sign in again and produce another outstanding person like Lü Bu, but he didn't expect to only sign in and produce a hundred Bingzhou wolf cavalry.

It seems he's used up all his good luck today.

However, being able to sign in and get the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry is still pretty good.

It should be noted that the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry was Lü Bu's exclusive troop type, numbering only three thousand. They were the elite of the elite, and had once followed Lü Bu to dominate the border regions and fight across the Central Plains, earning them a formidable reputation.

Unfortunately, there were only a few people who checked in; only one hundred people actually signed in.

If you can sign in and get 3,000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry, and have Lu Bu as their commander.

Zhou Chen believed that these three thousand wolf riders could withstand an army of one hundred thousand.

After the hundred Bingzhou wolf riders appeared, Zhou Chen handed them over to Lü Bu, instructing them to guard the palace and its surroundings.

Now, apart from the people who signed in, Zhou Chen no longer dares to easily trust anyone.

Even someone like Zhang De, who had followed him for over ten years and was always considered his confidant, could betray him.

Zhou Chen really couldn't guarantee that there weren't any other people with ulterior motives around him.

If he hadn't deliberately tested Zhang De beforehand, he probably wouldn't have known that the medicine was problematic and that Zhang De, his most trusted confidant, had betrayed him.

It's often said that being an emperor is a high-risk profession, and that's absolutely true.

The gun is easy to hide, and the dark arrow is hard to prevent.

No one can guarantee that the people around them will be absolutely loyal and will never betray them.

Zhou Chen surveyed the magnificent imperial palace, his eyes gleaming as he looked at the dragon bed beneath him.

From this moment on, he is the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the ruler of the world.

A single word can decide the life and death of all beings.

This is imperial power.

Supreme power.

"Come here, help me change my clothes."

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(End of this chapter)