There were ten tortures in ancient China, and the most common one in TV series was castration. For example, in " Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace ", the emperor was jealous, and was tragically castrated and rewarded to Ruyi.
Do you know that in history, a prime minister actually castrated himself in order to avoid the frame of the emperor's beloved concubine!
The third emperor of the Song Dynasty , Song Zhenzong , was preparing to inspect the border and entrust all matters to Li Han (Prime Minister). Originally, when the emperor left, the whole court had to follow his leader. But Prime Minister Li is a person who understands the overall situation and has been restless after returning home. He remembered the "pillow wind" that charmed the emperor Liu Defei .
So, before Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty left the palace, Prime Minister Li led all officials to see him off. He held a small box wrapped in red cloth in his hand and kept it in a silence: " secrets should not be revealed. When your Majesty returns to the palace, open the box !"
It was drought at that time, and documents were piled up like mountains. Prime Minister Li forgot to eat and sleep, and reviewed the official documents, and urged and ensured that the disaster money and food were distributed to the victims in a straightforward manner: If anyone found corruption and abuse of the law, he would be severely punished and not borrowed.
This move was jealous of corrupt and fraud ministers. These people colluded and discussed with Liu Defei to frame Prime Minister Li.
Speaking of Liu Defei, her beauty is no less than Diao Chan, and her methods are no less than Daji. Song Zhenzong's love for her can be said to be "totally devoted" . Just as everyone was thinking about how to frame the prime minister, Liu Defei had a plan.
The next night, Prime Minister Li was busy reviewing the official documents, and suddenly the harem came to report: "Mr. Li, Concubine De, please enter the palace immediately, and discuss important matters."
Prime Minister Li was shocked when he heard this: "It's so late, she announced what important things can I have when I enter the palace?" He couldn't let him think too much, so he took a sedan chair and rushed to the harem with Concubine Liu De's eunuch.
Under the leadership of the eunuch, Prime Minister Li went straight into Liu Defei's inner room. I saw Liu Defei wearing a gauze dress, her lips were red, her sitting posture was enchanting, her snow-white skin and slender legs were looming.
Prime Minister Li hurriedly knelt down and lowered his head: "Keep at the Queen De Concubine De for a thousand years. I don't know what Xuanchen had to do in the palace. Please give me instructions."
Concubine Liu De smiled and said, "Mr. Li has been busy with the government affairs recently and has worked so hard. I will prepare some wine tonight to express my condolences to the emperor."
After saying that, he turned around and waved his hand and said to the eunuch, "Why are you still standing there? Go down, I have a discussion on national affairs with Lord Li!"
At this time, there were only one orphans and widows in the room. Prime Minister Li's heart beat faster, and he didn't know if he was afraid or nervous. In a hurry, Prime Minister Li suppressed his inner thoughts and asked hurriedly: "The Empress said just now that there are major national affairs to discuss, I wonder what it means?"
Concubine Liu smiled but said without saying a word, filling the wine in her hand, then carrying two glasses of wine to Prime Minister Li like a cat, and said sweetly: "Sir, you are really anxious... I drank this glass of wine first, it would be no longer too late to say it...!"
Prime Minister Li swallowed: "Empress, I will talk first, it will be no longer too late to drink!"
Concubine Liu Dezun saw this and lost his patience: "Mr. Li, you really don't know... The emperor will take several months to return to the palace, and I feel so sad! I had known that the great man was both talented and beautiful, and the moon was full tonight, we will spend the beautiful scenery together. "
Prime Minister Li was so angry that he slapped the table and stood up angrily: "How can the Empress be so unrespectful? I am so kind to the emperor, and I will definitely not do such a thing"!
Liu Defei was angry and embarrassed, so she quickly ordered her subordinates to arrest Prime Minister Li and wait for the emperor to return to the palace to punish him.
A few months later, Emperor Zhenzong of Song inspected and returned to the palace. The old saying goes, long separation is better than newlyweds. After Song Zhenzong returned to the palace, he went straight to the harem . Concubine Liu cried and complained to the emperor: "Your Majesty went out of the palace to inspect this time, which caused me a lot of hardship. Prime Minister Li Feng broke into the palace at night and teased me. Your Majesty must make the decision for me!"
Song Zhenzong was furious and immediately wanted to kill the entire prime minister's clan. Later, he followed the minister's advice and interrogated Prime Minister Li.
When he saw Prime Minister Li, Song Zhenzong asked, "Li Feng, you are so brave! What else do you have to say?"
Prime Minister Li was angry when he saw Emperor Zhenzong, and immediately knew what was going on, but he asked, "I have always been cautious and dedicated, and I don't know why Your Majesty said this?"
Song Zhenzong asked, "Someone told you that Ye Chuangfei Concubine Ye had a bad plan."
"Hahaha..." Prime Minister Li raised his head and laughed up, and said calmly: "Before Your Majesty left the capital, I gave Your Majesty a small box wrapped in red cloth to Your Majesty. Please pass on the internal surveillance to inspect the things in the box, and the truth will be clear!"
After a while, the internal surveillance hurriedly entered the hall and whispered to the ears of Song Zhenzong. After hearing this, Emperor Zhenzong of Song hurriedly helped Prime Minister Li up and said, "Your dear, I blame you for your mistakes!"
After hearing this, Liu Defei was very angry and strange. She ran to the emperor to ask for punishment, but the emperor scolded her.
It turns out that Prime Minister Li had long expected that Concubine Liu De would use her beauty to frame the blame. really couldn't think of a good countermeasure, so he secretly went to the imperial physician that night and was castrated.
I have to say that Prime Minister Li’s sacrifice was really great. For the sake of the court, he was able to attack his body. A ruthless person will achieve great things. The prosperity of a country and a dynasty cannot be separated from these aspiring people!
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