Surrounded by a group of generals, Liu Hong walked straight toward the Goguryeo royal palace, with Li Xiao's prison cart following behind.
At this moment, the Queen of Goguryeo was holding her son, standing among a group of concubines and palace women, trembling with fear.
"His Majesty has arrived!!"
With Zhang Rang's shout, Liu Hong's figure appeared in everyone's sight.
Liu Hong merely glanced at the concubines and palace servants before looking at Zhu Yao beside him.
Zhu Yao understood and quickly stepped forward and bowed: "Your Majesty, Li Xiao's queen, prince, two hundred concubines, and eight hundred palace servants have all been captured, and not a single one has escaped!"
Liu Hong nodded: "Well done. You'll also handle those nobles and officials who are close to Li Xiao!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I shall take my leave!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yao immediately led his men away from the palace and headed towards the residences of the nobles and officials in the city.
After Zhu Yao left, Liu Hong turned to look at Zhang Rang beside him.
Zhang Rang understood and immediately shouted, "Bring that offender, Li Xiao, here!"
Soon, the cage in which Li Xiao was imprisoned was brought before everyone.
Li Xiao's queen, along with all his concubines, lowered their heads, not daring to look. Only Li Xiao's nine-year-old son couldn't help but look up.
"Father!!"
The new king, who was hiding beside the queen, couldn't help but gasp when he saw Li Xiao.
Seeing this, Liu Hong turned to look at Li Xiao in the prison cart and chuckled, "These are all your closest people. I never thought that only one of them would dare to acknowledge you as his son."
What do you want?
Li Xiao trembled and turned to glare at Liu Hong.
"presumptuous!!"
Upon seeing this, Dian Wei, who was guarding Liu Hong, immediately roared and punched Li Xiao hard in the mouth, splitting Li Xiao's lip.
Liu Hong looked at Li Xiao and said coldly, "As the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, the sovereign and father of all people, the hundreds of millions of soldiers and civilians of the Han Dynasty are all my subjects. You killed my soldiers, which is like harming my own children. Naturally, I will kill them back!"
Upon hearing this, Li Xiao, whose mouth was full of blood, couldn't help but open his eyes wide and look at Liu Hong, his gaze filled with a pleading look.
Liu Hong stopped looking at him and turned to look at Li Xiao's youngest son.
Dian Wei, who was standing nearby, understood and immediately stepped forward, grabbed Li Xiao's young son by the neck, and pulled him out.
"Let...let me go!"
Li Xiao's young son was being held by Dian Wei, struggling in agony.
The queen, kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but raise her head to look, then quickly lowered it again, not daring to make a sound.
Liu Hong said calmly, "Send him on his way!"
Dian Wei nodded, then with a sudden burst of strength, he crushed the throat of Li Xiao's young son and threw his body in front of Li Xiao.
"Waaaaah!"
Looking at his son's corpse, Li Xiao, trapped in the cage, couldn't help but let out a painful whimper, his gaze towards Liu Hong filled with hatred.
"Hmph, don't look at me like that. You should have known this day would come when you killed my soldiers!"
Meeting Li Xiao's gaze, Liu Hong couldn't help but snort coldly, then turned his head and looked at the queen kneeling on the ground and the group of concubines with a cold glint in his eyes.
"Behead them all!!"
Upon hearing this, everyone around was stunned for a moment.
"Your Majesty, we are willing to serve you as slaves and maids, we only beg Your Majesty to spare our lives!"
Queen Li Xiao, along with her concubines, hurriedly wept and begged for mercy.
In their eyes, these women were nothing more than spoils of war for the Han army; they might be humiliated, but they wouldn't lose their lives.
But to their surprise, the emperor of the Han Dynasty had no intention of keeping them, which filled them with fear.
Huangfu Song, who was standing nearby, quickly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, these women are all daughters of various families in Goguryeo. Why not keep them and reward them to the soldiers to appease the people of Goguryeo?"
"Yes, Your Majesty! Rewarding our soldiers with Goguryeo concubines will surely boost their morale!"
The surrounding officers also tried to dissuade him.
"What?" Upon hearing this, Liu Hong looked at his subordinates with a smile: "You want it?"
Upon hearing this, the generals lowered their heads in embarrassment. These concubines and palace women were all carefully selected from Goguryeo and were quite beautiful. How could these rough and uncultured soldiers not like them?
Furthermore, they also knew that given His Majesty's status, it was impossible for him to accept a woman from a foreign land, so naturally, they had their own ideas.
"If you wanted it, you should have said so earlier. If you wanted it, why wouldn't I give it to you?"
Seeing his subordinates all looking so hesitant, Liu Hong couldn't help but chuckle.
"Thank you for your generous gift, Your Majesty!!"
Upon hearing this, the officers' faces lit up with joy, and they all bowed and thanked Liu Hong.
Inside the cage, Li Xiao saw Liu Hong and a group of Han generals dividing up his women right in front of him. His eyes turned red as he glared at Liu Hong, letting out a "woo-woo~" roar.
Unfortunately, no one paid him any attention at that moment.
Liu Hong glanced at the generals and said with a smile, "I have already said that each of you can only receive one. Those who want one, stand at attention."
"Whoosh!"
Upon hearing this, all the officers immediately stepped forward and straightened their posture.
Even Cao Cao, who was standing next to Liu Hong, stepped forward. Yuan Shao tried to stop him, but failed.
Seeing Cao Cao's gleaming eyes, Liu Hong couldn't help but laugh and say, "Mengde, I heard that the Grand Minister of Agriculture is preparing to find you a wife. Is it inappropriate for you to take in a Goguryeo woman at this time?"
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