With a bang, Emperor Jing slammed the table and said through gritted teeth: "Investigate, investigate for me! I want to see who is so audacious!"

The imperial edict had been issued, and that same night, the two women were brought to the Ministry of Justice, where they were tried by Vice Minister Gu Xiuyi.

After hearing the whole story, Gu Xiuyi hated these two people deeply.

At this time, he looked at the two most experienced criminals in the Ministry of Justice and said, "No matter what method you use, you must pry open the mouths of these two people."

Then he pulled out a medicine bottle from his sleeve and said, "This is the life-saving medicine given by the Imperial Master. If you are about to die, just pour it in."

The two executioners looked at each other, then took the medicine bottle with great fear and trepidation.

Early in the morning, Gu Lingze and Zhao Chengmo came to the imperial prison.

After passing through a narrow passage, we arrived at the torture room, which was filled with various torture instruments.

The two women were hung on the rack, covered in blood, and looked half dead.

The criminal officer hurriedly saluted when he saw them. After Gu Lingze called out, he looked at Gu Xiuyi.

"Brother, what's the situation?"

Gu Xiuyi shook his head solemnly, "These two people insisted on it, and they didn't say anything even after being tortured all night."

A cold light flashed in Gu Lingze's eyes, and he turned and walked to the rack.

"I'll give you two one last chance, whether to tell it or not." His tone was filled with absolute solemnity and coldness.

The lower jaws of the two had been removed to prevent them from biting their tongues to commit suicide.

The woman in red raised her head little by little and sneered from her throat, with the sarcasm very obvious.

Gu Lingze narrowed his eyes slightly, and a bloodthirsty arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"These punishments are indeed boring. Why don't I tell you about an interesting one for your reference?"

He took out a piece of talisman paper from his sleeve and said, "This is a soul-refining talisman. When the two of you are about to die, I will extract your living souls and imprison them in this talisman, and refine them day and night."

Gu Lingze raised his eyes, his expression as dark as lacquer was filled with coldness, "I will let you suffer the punishment of burning in flames for a hundred years, until your body and soul are annihilated, and you will never be reincarnated again."

As soon as he finished speaking, the two executioners beside him shuddered violently. Just hearing these words made their hair stand on end.

At this time, the woman in red seemed to have something to say and made a ugh sound. Zhao Chengmo stepped forward, pinched her cheeks, and restored her jaw to its original position.

She kept breathing heavily, and after a long while she raised her head and looked at Gu Lingze sinisterly.

"You... you are an orthodox Heavenly Master. If you use such a sinister method as Soul Binding... you will suffer backlash..."

Zhao Chengmo and Gu Xiuyi immediately looked at Gu Lingze, with worry in their eyes.

He just sneered, "At most, my merits and demerits can be offset. I will give up half of my cultivation and use it to torture you and your master. It's a good deal."

At this time, the woman next to her could no longer hold on and burst into tears.

The woman in red also looked ashen and lowered her head.

Gu Lingze asked Gu Xiuyi to take the woman to another cell and interrogate the two separately. If the testimonies were inconsistent, he would immediately stick the soul-refining talisman on their foreheads.

They were still interrogating, but the court officials could not wait any longer.

"Your Majesty, the destruction of the Shen and Zheng families is a fact. The Imperial Master is so violent and wanton based on his own likes and dislikes. He is truly unworthy of his position."

As soon as he finished speaking, another censor stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the Zhao family is the main family of the Xuanyi Marquis, and they were also brutally murdered by the imperial master. This is really frightening."

"Your Majesty, regarding the beauty pills..."

"emperor……"

Even though Gu Tianhua knew the truth of the whole matter, he clenched his fists and could no longer endure it.

"Shut up, everyone!" Qi Yuanjing roared.

Unexpectedly, the ministers in the court were so angry that they even drowned out the emperor's voice.

The remaining few ministers looked at what was happening before their eyes, each of them in a daze.

They really couldn't understand why everyone became so angry and angry, as if the national teacher had really done something unforgivable.

Even if the impeachment of the imperial teacher is true, it is up to the emperor to decide. Why is he so aggressive in front of the emperor?

Even some generals who had previously participated in the Northern Campaign stood up to denounce the imperial teacher, which was truly jaw-dropping.

Just as the Left Censor-in-Chief was about to bang his head against the pillar to protest, Dai Zhengqi strode in with hundreds of imperial guards.

"Tie them all up for me!"

"yes!"

The imperial guards immediately took action, tied up all the ministers who were still grumbling with ropes prepared in advance, and gagged them with cloth.

“Hmm…Hmm…”

Even so, these people continued to struggle on the ground.

At this time, the ministers standing aside also came to their senses. After all, before their mouths were stuffed, these people even cursed out words like "tyrannical monarch" and "treacherous ministers".

Even if they want to die, they will not risk the lives of their entire clan.

Emperor Jing stood there gasping for breath, obviously very angry.

"Your Majesty, calm down."

At this time, Eunuch Gao came running in with small steps, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Master is waiting outside the palace for a summons."

"Hurry up and announce it!"

When Gu Lingze walked into the hall, everyone's eyes were on him.

"emperor."

Qi Yuanjing raised his right hand slightly, "How did the Imperial Master investigate?"

Gu Lingze nodded and said, "The matter of the Purple Essence Pill has been solved."

Emperor Jing then breathed a sigh of relief and felt temporarily relieved.

"I have asked someone to prepare the antidote." He looked around, then looked at Emperor Jing, "I have something to ask for your approval."

"Go ahead."

"I ask the Queen to summon the wives of these ministers to the palace. I have something to ask you."

Qi Yuanjing looked at Eunuch Gao on the right, who immediately understood what he meant and walked out quickly.

The rest of the ministers looked at each other, wondering why the Imperial Master wanted to summon his family members into the palace, but no one dared to ask, so they just waited.

After waiting for about an hour, the sound of carriage wheels turning was heard outside the hall.

During this period, Gu Lingze also examined the necks of several ministers, but it was unknown why he did so.

Dai Zhengqi ordered the imperial guards to lift the large barrels from the back of the three carriages and move them to the palace.

"Your Majesty, this bucket contains the antidote to the Purple Essence Pill."

Emperor Jing walked down the jade steps and was about to go forward to check, but was stopped by Gu Lingze.

"Your Majesty, this thing is harmful to your eyesight, so it is better not to look at it."

Qi Yuanjing cleared his throat and said, "Since the Imperial Master said so, then I won't read it."

By the time the king and queen brought the ministers' families to the palace, it was already afternoon and the other ministers' legs were numb from standing.

After hearing Eunuch Gao's report, Emperor Jing looked at Gu Lingze.

"Your Majesty, please summon Mrs. Jiang, the wife of the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, into the palace."

Eunuch Gao immediately ran out of the hall to pass on the message, and soon Jiang followed in with quick steps.

"Fourth-rank lady Jiang Shuyan pays respect to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress."