Eastern Han Dynasty, not the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 403: Threatening death to preserve innocence Emperor Liu Bian shouted to the eunuchs anxiously, "Okay, all of you get out! No matter what sound you hear, don't come in, otherwise I will take your heads!" The eunuchs looked at the emperor with a hideous face like a devil in panic, trembling with fear, and hurriedly retreated from the palace, closing the door carefully.

Liu Bian, with that lewd smile on his face, slowly approached Lu Wan, who was cowering in the corner. Lu Wan's face was filled with terror. Her eyes widened, her body trembling uncontrollably as she stared intently at the tyrannical emperor before her. She felt both startled and unfamiliar with the man before her. She suppressed her inner fear and said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, please respect yourself and don't come over here again. You... your behavior is truly unbecoming!"

Liu Bian looked at Lu Wan's panic-stricken expression, and his heart became more and more proud. He laughed arrogantly: "Hahaha, self-respect? Humph, you have no right to say anything about me in my territory, so just bear with it!" After that, he couldn't wait to start tearing off his clothes. He looked like an ugly man who was completely swallowed by desire. He didn't have the dignity and solemnity that an emperor should have.

Lu Wan tightly grasped the dagger in her hand, her voice trembling but revealing a hint of determination: "Your Majesty, your behavior is extremely disrespectful. Please do not come any closer. If you dare to take another step forward, I will really be rude!"

However, at this moment, the emperor's heart was filled with twisted anger and desire, and he didn't notice the dagger tightly grasped in Lu Wan's hand at all. His eyes were fixed on Lu Wan's panicked face. Looking at her frightened look, the emperor's sense of tyranny became stronger and stronger, and had reached its peak.

The emperor cursed viciously, "Hmph, bitch, do you think I have to have you? You always pretend to be so noble and dignified in front of me. What do you have to be so proud of? If I didn't want to use you to blackmail Ma Chao, why would I go to so much trouble to bring you into the palace? But you are so good! I gave you the honor of being the queen, but in your heart, you only think about that damned warrior Ma Chao! I am the emperor of the Han Dynasty, with noble Han blood flowing in my body, but you have been despised time and time again. Do you really think I am easy to bully? Today I will let you taste my power. I will make you wish you were dead, and I will see if you dare to be so presumptuous in the future!"

The emperor's utterly vicious words pierced Lu Wan's already terrified heart like sharp blades, sending her plummeting into an icy abyss. Lu Wan had never imagined that, even though she hadn't taken this forced marriage seriously and resisted it deeply, she had always maintained a profound respect for the emperor. After all, the Han Dynasty was legitimate, and the emperor's dignity must be upheld. Furthermore, her father's earnest hopes lingered in her heart, so she diligently sought to do so. Even when Ma Chao had longed to see her before his departure, she had steeled herself to refuse, wishing only to contribute her part to the Han Dynasty and fulfill her filial duty to her father. She had believed this was the end of her life, but she had never imagined the emperor harbored such malicious intentions. This filled Lu Wan with despair and despair, as if she had sunk into an endless abyss of darkness, with no hope left.

The emperor had already stripped down to his underwear, his eager, frantic expression a sight of the most hideous. Panting heavily, he staggered toward the bed, poised to pounce on Lu Wan. But his mind was so blinded by his twisted desire that he failed to notice that Lu Wan wasn't reacting to the aphrodisiac at all, but was simply terrified by his sudden, brutal attack.

At that moment, he couldn't think of anything else. His mind was filled with the thought of pinning Lu Wan down and venting his evil desires. Just as he lunged forward, Lu Wan was terrified and furious. Instinctively resisting, she seized the opportunity and launched a powerful kick with all her might. The kick landed squarely on the emperor's body, preventing him from moving forward.

Speaking of Lu Wan, she did possess some martial arts skills. Before entering the palace, she had spent considerable time with her father and Ma Chao. Her father was a man of both civil and military prowess, while Ma Chao was a true master of martial arts. Under their influence, how could Lu Wan not possess some martial arts skills? However, she was terrified at the moment, and she also held a certain reverence for the emperor, so she hadn't readily displayed her skills.

But at this moment, the emperor rushed towards her so suddenly that she was too frightened to care about these things. The emperor was kicked by Lu Wan and could not move his body, but his eyes were fixed on Lu Wan's white and tender feet, and the lust in his eyes became more and more intense. Then, he actually hugged Lu Wan's white calves and feet with both hands, and touched them all over, with a lewd smile on his face, saying: "Hehe, good, you are a strong-willed woman. Just be strong, I wonder how long you can be so strong? If I don't make you beg for mercy under me, you won't know how powerful I really am."

After saying that, he freed one hand and was about to pull down Lu Wan's white trouser legs, as if he wanted to further threaten Lu Wan so that she would submit. His face was like that of a devil and was disgusting.

Lu Wan tightly gripped the dagger, pressing the sharp blade against her fair neck with determination. Her eyes were filled with determination and indignation. She shouted, "Your Majesty, please stop doing this! Stop it immediately! If you continue like this, Lu Wan will die!"

Seeing this, the emperor became even more angry, and his distorted face looked even more ferocious. He cursed viciously: "Bitch, at this point, you still dare to threaten me? Humph, you want to die, but I won't let you die. I will make you wish you could neither live nor die. Let's see what you can do to me!" As he said that, he rushed towards Lu Wan again regardless of everything.

Seeing the emperor's stubbornness, Lu Wan was filled with grief. With a slight pressure, the dagger left a shallow bloody mark on her delicate neck. The blood slowly seeped out, a horrifying sight. Tears streamed down her face as she pleaded, "Your Majesty, are you truly going to abandon the foundation of the Han Dynasty? Have you completely forgotten all the hardship you shared with my father? If I, Lu Wan, were to die today, Xiliang would surely rise in rebellion, and Brother Chao would surely avenge me. How would you then restrain Ma Chao? The Han Dynasty would crumble in an instant. Are you truly going to abandon it?"

When the emperor saw the traces of blood on Lu Wan's neck, he seemed to be stimulated by the bloody scene. His eyes were red and he roared: "You are using Ma Chao to pressure me again! You bitch, you only think about Ma Chao, who do you think you are? As the daughter of a great Confucian scholar, you are so shameless and have no sense of shame!" After that, he stretched out his hand to grab the dagger in Lu Wan's hand.

"Ah!" A shrill howl erupted. In that split second, whether it was Lu Wan's struggle or the Emperor's excessive force in his attempt to grab the weapon, the dagger pierced the Emperor's arm. Instantly, pain washed over the Emperor, and blood gushed from the wound. The rush of blood and the instantaneous pain suddenly cleared the Emperor's consciousness. He stared blankly at his injured arm, stunned for a moment.

The emperor's shrill cry echoed through the silent palace, revealing endless fear and panic. He seemed a little distraught, his eyes fixed on Lu Wan, who also stood there stunned, dagger in hand, as if he had witnessed something extremely terrifying.

Then, he seemed to come to his senses suddenly, staggering and running out of the hall in a daze, shouting at the top of his lungs: "Bitch, you are rebelling, you are rebelling!" At this moment, he no longer had the arrogant and violent look he had just had, and his heart was filled with fear.

The emperor truly dared not stay here any longer. The blood and the excruciating pain in his arm gradually sobered him up. He realized that Lu Wan was truly determined to die. If he pushed her to the brink of death, all his efforts would be in vain. If Ma Chao in Xiliang learned of Lu Wan's death, he would undoubtedly rebel, and chaos would be inevitable. He could not afford such consequences.

He panicked and scrambled to force the palace door open, looking as if he were being pursued by a ferocious beast. The eunuchs, already anxiously guarding the palace, paled at the sight of the emperor's thin clothing and blood gushing from his arm. They hurriedly surrounded him, frantically bandaging his wounds and hurriedly covering him with clothes.

The emperor let the eunuchs manipulate him while saying in panic, "Let's go, let's go. We can't stay here. Don't provoke the queen again." At this moment, he was full of fear. When he thought that if Lu Wan was really dead, Xiliang would be like a sleeping beast that was suddenly awakened. At that time, it would no longer be able to control the situation. What should he do? His body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Surrounded by a throng of eunuchs, the emperor hurriedly left Lu Wan's palace. The pain in his arm eased slightly after the eunuchs frantically bandaged it. But before he could recover, the hallucinogenic effects of the Five Stones Powder he had taken earlier surged back with a fierce force.

The hallucinatory feeling was like an invisible net, gradually enveloping the emperor's mind. His eyes began to become hazy and dazed. The desire that had been slightly suppressed due to fear and pain now grew wildly in his heart like weeds, expanding infinitely with an unstoppable momentum.

The emperor only felt that there seemed to be an evil fire burning in his body, and his mind driven by desire began to become active again. Lu Wan's beautiful face kept appearing in his mind, and the evil thoughts in his heart became stronger and stronger, as if he was about to be completely swallowed up by this crazy desire.