After hearing Shangguan Hongye's words, Zhou Tongchen showed a little resentment in his eyes.
He immediately lowered his eyes, concealed his resentment very well, and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, I have a huge grievance to repay, and I spoke without hesitation for a moment. I hope your Majesty will forgive me!"
"That's all, get up and talk." Shangguan Hongye was a little helpless.
After all, he is a cousin of the Zhou family, and will soon be the future Marquis of Yongwu, so he still has to give him three points.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Tongchen knelt on the ground and refused to get up: "How can I get up if I can't ask your majesty to resolve my grievances?"
"Then just kneel down and say it!" Shangguan Hongye said angrily.
Zhou Tongchen clasped his fists and bowed again: "I ask your majesty to be my father and the general Zhou Chen to cleanse the grievances. Although my father has been killed by the evil people in Cangqiao, if the grievances are not cleansed, I and the Zhou family will not be able to sleep peacefully day and night!"
Shangguan Hongye is speechless!
If uncle Zhou Chen were still alive, he would of course find a way to let him go, but his uncle had already died tragically at the hands of Cang Qiao!
He has just ascended the throne, and the throne is not secure yet. Whether it is hunting down the remaining forces of Cang Qiao, suppressing the resistance, or arresting Ming Lanruo...
Which of the bunch of bad things is not more important than "clearing the grievances" of Zhou Chen?
What's more, even if Zhou Chen was his uncle, how could Zhou Chen be "unjustly accused"?
It was indeed my uncle who did the things that wiped out the entire Xiao family!
Master Xu, the Minister of Dali Temple, immediately came out with a raised eyebrow and asked Zhou Tongchen: "Which of the piles made by General Zhou is not conclusive evidence?"
The officials all whispered among themselves that the original convict of Zhou Chen was based on all kinds of real witnesses and physical evidence.
Is it possible that when Zhou Tongchen saw King Qin ascending the throne as emperor, he was relying on the Zhou family's merit of serving the dragon to force the new emperor to overturn Zhou Chen's verdict?
Do you insist on describing black as white?
After all, because of this incident, the Zhou family's foundation in the court has been unstable, and they are no longer the target of the military generals!
If this is the case……
Shangguan Hongye's cool face turned cold: "Colonel Zhou, do you have any additional evidence?"
Zhou Tongchen suppressed his anger and excitement, kowtowed again, and raised his voice: "I don't want to add new evidence, I just want to say that everything my father did was to obey the emperor's orders!"
"Captain Zhou, do you know what you are talking about?"
Shangguan Hongye suddenly understood what he was going to do, his face instantly became gloomier, and he looked at Zhou Tongchen coldly.
Zhou Tongchen looked at Shangguan Hongye's expression and felt a thrill in his heart. He was actually a little scared.
But thinking of what his sister Zhou Concubine said, he gritted his teeth, straightened up, looked at Shangguan Hongye, and spoke word by word——
"I know exactly what I am talking about. I said that everything my father Zhou Chen did, including wiping out the entire Xiao family and hunting down the remnants of the Red Blood Legion, was the imperial decree of the late emperor!"
"The late emperor saw that most of the men of the Xiao family died on the battlefield, but they still had prestige in the court, including the fourth son of the Xiao family who was still serving as a civil servant. He was afraid that they would make a comeback and lose their power, so he ordered my father Zhou Chen to exterminate them!"
"My father died unjustly in prison because of this. Now everyone is saying that our Zhou family murdered Zhongliang. It is really a huge injustice!"
"All of this is done in accordance with the decree, and there is a secret decree from the late emperor at home to prove it!"
When Zhou Tongchen finished howling, the entire court fell silent.
Everyone's expressions were shock and disbelief.
Only Mr. Xu, the Minister of Dali Temple, had a hint of sneer and complexity in his eyes that he had expected.
Finally, everything was revealed, the hidden truths came to light, and the late Emperor's despicability and shamelessness were exposed to the world!
Shangguan Hongye’s face turned livid!
Who on earth instructed this idiot to come to him to file a complaint and do stupid things!
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"Do you think my good brother will perform wonderfully in the court today?"
Concubine Zhou, no, Zhou Xiangyun, who is now Concubine Zhou De, is sitting on the edge of the fish pond, throwing bait to feed the fish.
Her personal maid held a cup of hot tea and whispered softly: "The eldest son is reckless. He has the bravery of the old marquis, but does not have the brains of the old marquis. As you expected, he will beat the drum and go to the palace to serve.
The old Marquis clears his grievances!"
Concubine Zhou De raised her head and gently stroked the nine-tailed phoenix pearl hairpin that symbolized power on her bun: "Now, I have done everything that Concubine Ming asked me to do, and I have given my hair the secret line she left in the capital.
News."
Concubine Ming said that she should find a way to expose the truth about how the late emperor killed everyone in the Xiao family.
It would be best to use the Zhou family to expose this matter. She originally wanted to beat the drum by herself.
Who would have known that the old emperor would die so quickly. She was already a virtuous concubine and was not suitable to do this herself.
Just leave it to her brother to do it.
The maid nodded: "Yes!"
She hesitated again: "Mother Concubine De, you are now the highest-ranking concubine in the palace and command the Sixth Palace. Why do you still work for Concubine Ming? She has become a wanted criminal now!"
Zhou Xiangyun chuckled: "Because what she asked me to do happens to be in line with my wishes."
I swore that there would be no peace in the Zhou family!
I want the eldest lady and Zhou Tongchen to be at odds with the new emperor!
Anyway, her brainless brother had always been dissatisfied with the eldest lady because His Highness King Qin refused to intercede for his father, Zhou Chen.
Now that his father is dead, the Zhou family's power is no longer what it used to be, and everyone despises him.
The eldest lady and her eldest brother Zhou Tongchen were scared and anxious.
All she had to do was tell Zhou Tongchen to beat the Dengwen drum, tell the story of the late emperor’s original decree, and put “all the things that harmed Zhongliang on the late emperor.
His father, Zhou Chen, was just following orders, so he could naturally help the Zhou family "wash away their grievances" and regain their prestige!
The late emperor is dead, and the new emperor Shangguan Hongye has just ascended the throne. He still needs to rely on the Zhou family, so he must help the Zhou family regain their prestige!
Her big brother really listened to her words and thought about it, so he did it!
But what kind of character is Shangguan Hongye? When Zhou Tongchen opened his mouth, he knew Zhou Tongchen’s plan to threaten him!
In addition, no matter how bad the late emperor was, he was still his father. Death is like a lamp going out. No matter how bad he was, Shangguan Hongye would not care about it anymore.
In this way, the relationship between the eldest lady, eldest brother and the Zhou family was provoked!
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"I told Queen Zhou at the beginning that I would save Ming Lanruo's life and make her uneasy day and night even if she died. Now this is a good thing that benefits me, so why don't I do it?"
Zhou Xiangyun sneered. She hated the "relatives" of the Zhou family who treated her and her mother as worthless pawns and abandoned them at will!
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"I think by this time, all civil and military officials in the entire dynasty should know what the late emperor did."
Ming Lanruo was on the boat, looking at the horizon quietly and sighing softly.
The person she placed finally came in handy, and Quan should be a little reward for Shangguan Hongye's pursuit of her.
Otherwise, Shangguan Hongye would be too busy and focus on catching her!
"That's right, only if this matter is spread out in front of the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, so that everyone knows how many shameless things the late emperor has done, in the future, when the red blood reappears in the world and the Xiao family rebels, they will respond in one fell swoop
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Chen Ning nodded and said, the eldest lady's plan is every step of the way, and she really is not inferior to Qiantose Master!
Ming Lanruo sighed softly: "I wish I didn't have to make such calculations every day, but the new emperor will definitely not let my father go!"
Therefore, she simply pulled the trigger and started to cause chaos within the Zhou family and Shangguan Hongye.
"Don't worry, Northeastern Xinjiang is already our territory. The New Emperor's people can't touch the Duke. Once we take over the three southwest provinces and raise the flag of rebellion, we will respond together!" Chen Ning clasped his fists.