Two days later, Shen Lian followed Tie Wuqing into the palace to report the case to the emperor.

Just like the previous times, after passing through many levels, we finally arrived at the Royal Study Room.

The difference is that now Shen Lian dares to slightly open the curtain and secretly observe the palace maids passing by outside.

Not to mention, some of them were really beautiful, especially those slender legs, which reminded Shen Lian of Lady Yunshuang.

Outside the imperial study, the chief eunuch had been waiting here early.

Seeing Tie Wuqing and Shen Lian arriving, the eunuch in charge immediately greeted them with a smile.

"Master Tie, Master Shen, our family has been waiting for you for a long time."

Tie Qingqing nodded and greeted the chief eunuch.

Shen Lian responded respectfully and said, "I have seen the eunuch."

"Haha." The chief eunuch smiled, and then he cupped his hands towards the two of them, making a gesture of inviting them in, "Let's go in and see His Majesty."

"Please, Chief Supervisor," Tie Wuqing said.

"Please, Master Tie," said the eunuch in charge.

"Please, Chief Supervisor," Tie Wuqing said.

"Please, Master Tie," said the eunuch in charge.

Haha, you two are just pretending to be stupid like me.

Shen Lian complained in his heart.

In the end, the eunuch in charge was the first to walk into the royal study, followed by Tie Qingqing and Shen Lian last.

"Your Majesty, Master Tie and Master Shen are here." The eunuch in charge walked to the emperor, bowed and said softly, for fear of disturbing the emperor who was reviewing the memorial.

"Yes." The emperor nodded slightly and continued to review the memorial.

Shen Lian was a little nervous, took a sneak glance, and thought to himself: Every time I come here, the emperor is always reading the memorial, and it's not easy to sit on the dragon chair.

In comparison, Tie Qingqing was much more free and easy. He had his hands behind his back and looked around, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a while, the emperor finished reviewing the memorial in his hand, put it aside, slowly raised his head, looked at the two people in front of him, and said with a smile: "My dears, you have been waiting for a long time."

"I'm used to it," Tie Qingqing said casually.

I...Cio...

When Shen Lian heard Tie Qingwu's reply beside him, he almost fell down in fright.

So tough?

The command tells you to seek death on your own. Don't drag me with you. That's the emperor on the other side.

"Give me a seat."

The emperor didn't take it seriously, as if he didn't hear it.

Immediately afterwards, the two young eunuchs hurriedly moved two chairs into the imperial study room and placed them directly opposite the emperor's dragon case, three or four meters apart.

Tie Qingqing walked forward and sat down. Shen Lian froze on the spot and quickly followed.

It is a great honor to be granted a seat in front of the emperor. You can brag about it to Jin Yuze and the others when you go back.

Shen Lian was a little excited.

"Tell me, what was found?" The emperor picked up another memorial and asked while reading it, as if he didn't care about the case at all.

The chief eunuch stood silently behind the emperor, looking at his nose and his heart.

"Your Majesty, Shen Lian is the presiding officer, let him do the talking." Tie Qingqing looked at the emperor who was busy writing at his desk and said calmly.

"Yes." The emperor nodded.

After receiving the emperor's permission, Shen Lian and Tie Wuqing looked at each other, and the latter nodded to him.

Shen Lian took a deep breath, and then took a few deep breaths to calm down his nervousness.

This was the first time that he reported the case directly to the emperor. The last case of concubine Xuan was reported by the young eunuch San Dezi and the chief eunuch. Shen Lian was only called into the palace to receive the reward.

He pondered for a moment, brewing words.

"Your Majesty, we have found out that the altar explosion case was caused by Wang Dong, the Minister of Rites, who was bewitched by the demon clan and bribed some officials who participated in the ceremony to worship the heaven."

"The specific situation is this..."

Shen Lian reported the case seriously and tried to put aside his personal emotions and restore the truth.

The emperor originally had a calm expression, but as he listened, his brows gradually furrowed. Especially when Shen Lian mentioned that there were a total of one hundred and thirty-six officials involved in the case, the Nine-Fifth Emperor could no longer face it calmly.

He raised his head suddenly, a ray of light seemed to shoot out of his eyes, and he stared at Shen Lian who was reporting.

When their eyes met, Shen Lian's heart suddenly shrank and his voice trembled slightly.

Damn it, the emperor is angry, shouldn't I tell the truth?

He secretly glanced at Tie Qingqing beside him with his peripheral vision.

Tie Qingqing sat there calmly, with a faint smile on his face, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking in his heart.

"Your Majesty, this is the case. There are confessions from Wang Dong, Zhang Lin and others. Except for those who were killed on the spot, the rest of the people involved have been issued arrest warrants and are being arrested one by one."

After Shen Lian finished his report, he could feel that his heart was beating so fast that it almost jumped out of his mouth.

The chief eunuch was an old man. He stood motionless and the expression on his face never changed, as if he hadn't heard anything Shen Lian just said.

The emperor was sitting on the dragon throne, with a look of shock on his face.

After a while, the emperor said: "Qingqing, tell me your opinion."

"The evidence is as solid as a mountain. If you have an affair with the demon clan, you should punish the three clans according to the law."

Tie Qingqing gave the answer directly without any mincing words.

The emperor nodded and agreed: "This matter will be handled by the Shadow Secret Guards and the Three Law Divisions. All those involved in the case will be punished by the three clans."

What?

Shen Lian was shocked. Although he had expected this result for a long time, he still couldn't accept it after hearing the emperor's decree with his own ears.

One hundred and thirty-six people were involved in the case, and all three tribes were killed. How many people would have to be killed!

"My dear friends, please step aside. I am tired."

After saying that, the emperor stood up, and with the support of the eunuch in charge, left the imperial study and returned to the palace.

"Let's go back too, we are busy." After seeing the emperor off respectfully, Tie Qingqing shook his sleeves and said to Shen Lian beside him.

After walking out of the royal study and getting on the carriage, Tie Qingqing saw Shen Lian opposite him who seemed to have something to say, but hesitated, as if he was having a psychological struggle.

Tie Qingqing asked: "If you have anything to say, just say it."

"Commander, actually, some of them don't know that this matter involves the demon clan. These people just accepted money from their superiors. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to kill all three clans?" Shen Lian's tone was full of pity. .

Tie Qingqing shook his head and corrected Shen Lian's thoughts: "Remember, the emperor's perspective on the problem is different from ours. In the emperor's view, these people can blow up the altar for money today, but they may overthrow the country for other interests tomorrow. Therefore, the emperor must eradicate the weeds and at the same time kill the chickens to scare the monkeys and frighten the Gong Gong princes in the court."

Shen Lian nodded in understanding.

Tie Qingqing is right, the emperor doesn't care what your specific reasons are, as long as there is a possibility of threatening the country, he will definitely kill you.

But if you only kill the person involved, if you kill the three tribes, how many innocent people will be buried with them?

Shen Lian felt uncomfortable, after all, he was the one who investigated the case.

These innocent people were sentenced to death, and they had something to do with him.
Chapter completed!