After hearing Shangguan Hongye's words, Zhou Tongchen's eyes showed a little resentment.
He immediately lowered his eyes, concealing 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 would like to ask your majesty to please your Majesty as my father, General Zhou Chen, to cleanse me of my grievances. Although my father has been killed by the evil people in Cang Qiao, if my 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"?
The things that wiped out the entire Xiao family were indeed done by my uncle!
Mr. 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 conviction 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 so...
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!