Summary of the previous chapter: The Zhang brothers and sisters appeared in person and gave false evidence to accuse Ma Xiaoquan of having an affair with a foreign enemy. Wei Zhongxian and the Yanguan Group also put pressure on the emperor and demanded the death of Ma Xiaoquan and his family. The situation was very unfavorable...
Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows, raised his hand in high spirits, and suddenly said loudly: "Come here, bring me the guy who is going to be sentenced!"
When Lu Zhan heard this, he was overjoyed. It seemed that the emperor was going to punish Ma Xiaoquan in front of everyone. It felt so good.
"Yes!" Lu Zhan quickly called the people from the Criminal Department to get the torture tools. At the same time, he squatted down, patted Ma Xiaoquan's face gently, and gloated: "Ma Xiaoquan, I didn't expect that, I didn't expect that,
You are going to die in front of everyone at such a young age. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk tsk, I was still thinking of sending you an invitation. Bu Lutian is getting married soon. Oh, by the way, the person getting married is the eldest son of the Zhang family who abandoned you before.
Miss Zhang Jing, "Hey," Lu Zhan pouted at Zhang Jing, "I'm here now. I don't understand. Ma Xiaoquan, how can you let such a good girl as Miss Zhang?"
Why do people hate you so much? Is it strange, really strange?"
Ma Xiaoquan snorted coldly and said, "Lu Zhan, don't be too proud. Maybe there will be a plot twist and you, an old boy, will become a prisoner."
"Haha, how is that possible?" Lu Zhan laughed, stood up, and asked, "Why haven't the torture instruments come yet?"
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At this moment, Li Qinghan suddenly rushed out, threw himself at Ma Xiaoquan's side, and shouted to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, think twice, Ma Xiaoquan is loyal and devoted to the Ming Dynasty, and has never had the slightest hint of the opposite sex. Your Majesty will do it indiscriminately."
If Ma Xiaoquan is to be sentenced, where is the law?"
"Bold!" Wei Zhongxian stood up and shouted, "The Emperor is the Nine-fifth Emperor of the Real Dragon Emperor. How dare you, a common woman, insult the Emperor? Are you going to die?"
Li Qinghan snorted and said: "Daughter of the people? Wei Zhongxian, are you out of your mind? I, Li Qinghan, am the late emperor's concubine. Of course, the emperor has issued an imperial edict allowing me to remarry and re-elect. Furthermore, my grandfather Li Chengliang
, my father, uncle Li Rusong and Li Rubai are all heroes of the Ming Dynasty. In terms of status, I, Li Qinghan, am much better than an eunuch like you!"
"You!" Wei Zhongxian was choked by Li Qinghan and was speechless.
"Haha..." All the commentators laughed when they saw Wei Zhongxian being embarrassed. Although everyone was temporarily on the same side regarding Ma Xiaoquan's matter, it did not mean that they were all in the same group. Wei Zhongxian was embarrassed.
The officials are still happy to see it.
"Huh, my father-in-law doesn't care about you!" Wei Zhongxian suppressed his anger and said slowly.
Li Qinghan snorted, raised his head and said to King Xin Zhu Youjian: "Your Majesty, you know best what kind of person Ma Xiaoquan is. I hope that Your Majesty will tell the Emperor."
Zhu Youjian's expression looked very complicated. In Li Qinghan's eyes, his expression seemed to be the kind of frustrated one who wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.
"Okay, okay, stop making trouble and go down!" Zhu Youjian cleared his throat and said.
"Your Majesty?" Li Qinghan was stunned.
Zhu Youxiao said: "Okay, you are a woman and don't make trouble. Well, stand aside, the torture instruments will come up soon. You can watch them for me. Remember, you are not allowed to blindfold your eyes, otherwise I will
You’re welcome!”
After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, two guards in Jinyi stepped forward and held Li Qinghan's arms on the left and right to prevent her from moving.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Li Qinghan shouted unwillingly, but no matter how much she shouted, it was of no avail. Although her martial arts was no worse than the two imperial guards holding her, imperial power was imperial power after all.
In front of the emperor, if you resist too much, you may implicate the Ma family.
Li Qinghan gritted his teeth and finally lowered his head unwillingly.
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Seeing this, the Zhang brothers and sisters looked at each other. Zhang Yi stepped forward, knelt in front of Zhu Youxiao, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the grassroots and Ma Xiaoquan have sworn hatred. The grassroots hope to see Ma Xiaoquan die."
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Zhang Jing also came up and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the same goes for civilian girls!"
The corners of Zhu Youxiao's mouth suddenly raised slightly and he asked: "Do you two really want to?"
The two were stunned, looked at each other, and turned to look at Lu Zhan.
Lu Zhan stepped forward and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I also want this, I absolutely want it!"
Lu Zhan opened his mouth, and the Zhang brothers and sisters quickly expressed their opinions.
"Okay" Zhu Youxiao suddenly laughed, turned to Zhu Youjian and said, "Brother Huang, it seems that your investigation is correct?"
Zhu Youjian bowed and said: "My brother dare not, this is the emperor's clear warning."
"Come here, bring me pen, ink, paper and inkstone!" Zhu Youxiao suddenly ordered.
"Pen, ink, paper and inkstone?" As soon as the emperor asked, everyone was talking about it. Why does this good guy need pen, ink, paper and inkstone?
Wei Zhongxian cleverly gathered among the ministers and whispered: "You don't understand why the emperor wants pen, ink, paper and inkstone to ask Ma Xiaoquan to write down the evidence of his crime."
Wei Zhongxian reminded him, and all the ministers nodded.
"Yes, yes, the emperor is wise, the emperor is wise."
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When the pen, ink, paper and inkstone arrived, Zhu Youxiao nodded to Zhu Youjian. The latter stepped forward, picked up the brush, and said to the ministers: "Everyone, the emperor saw that everyone is very enthusiastic, um, so I need everyone to write down their names.
Well, it’s not mandatory. Anyone who has a problem with Ma Xiaoquan or doesn’t like him can write it.”
As soon as Zhu Youjian finished speaking, the ministers started talking again.
Some of the more seasoned officials noticed something was wrong, but did not say anything. These people rolled up their sleeves, shrank their hands, neither signed nor spoke. And those "enthusiastic" guys, such as Wei Zhongxian and Zhang
The brother and sister picked up their brushes and wrote their names grandly.
Since Wei Zhongxian could not read or write, he entrusted the Zhang brothers and sisters to write his name for him.
After the names were written, the instruments of torture also arrived.
Lu Zhan was so happy that if the emperor and King Xin were not present, he would have jumped up and immediately used the torture device on Ma Xiaoquan, making Ma Xiaoquan miserable.
"Your Majesty, the instruments of torture have arrived. Please forgive me!" Lu Zhan knelt on the ground, his face full of piety.
"Your Majesty, please apologize!" The officials who had just signed their names also knelt down one after another, while those who had not signed stood still and did not move or speak.
Zhang Yi and Zhang Jing held hands together and immediately saw Ma Xiaoquan being tortured. The two brothers and sisters were very excited.
"No, don't." Li Qinghan struggled like crazy, "Emperor Dog, if you dare to touch a hair of Ma Xiaoquan, we will fight to the death!"
Li Qinghan's words were shocking. He insulted the emperor on the spot. If the emperor took it seriously, it would be a death penalty.
Everyone was stunned, and then turned their attention to Zhu Youxiao.
Zhu Youxiao didn't seem angry, as if he knew in advance that Li Qinghan scolded him.
"Come here, slap me!" Wei Zhongxian ordered on his own initiative.
An eunuch was about to step forward when Zhu Youxiao suddenly burst into laughter.
Everyone was very surprised that the emperor could still laugh after being scolded, and he even laughed in an exaggerated way.
Indeed, Zhu Youxiao's smile was exaggerated at this moment.