Su Jin covered her ears and gave a signal to the guards behind her. The guards immediately entered the hall, subdued Xiang Wei, and covered her mouth.
Su Jin watched this scene with a sense of utter dismay.
She actually wanted to come earlier, but the palace guards didn't recognize her, let alone the secret guards.
These guards were actually trained by Zhou Chen on short notice and were sent by Yue Ziqi to Liuli Mountain to find Su Jin. They didn't even have a token to prove their identity.
So, Su Jin spent a long time dealing with the guards before finally entering.
Fortunately, they arrived in time, and Zhou Chen's innocence was finally preserved.
Zhou Chen finally came to his senses. He was furious, his chest heaving as he stared at Xiang Wei with disgust. "Drag him away and beat him to death!"
Xiangwei's eyes widened in fright, and she shook her head frantically, but the guards covered her mouth, and she couldn't say anything.
Su Jinxia walked into the room and said rationally, "Let's suppress her and interrogate her for now. We must make her reveal the deal between her and the mastermind before the morning court session tomorrow!"
Upon hearing this, Xiangwei stared at Su Jinxia in shock, her eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
Zhou Chen was equally shocked. There was a mastermind behind this?
The guard turned his gaze to Zhou Chen, seeking his opinion.
Zhou Chen nodded, and the guards took the man away.
Zhou Chen's body went limp, and he slumped to the ground, feeling somewhat dejected. He now understood that Xiang Wei was acting under someone else's orders, her purpose being nothing more than to place people around him in order to indirectly control him.
Su Jin dismissed everyone else and closed the door. She stared at Zhou Chen with a hint of disappointment, wondering how an emperor could lack such vigilance. But seeing how distressed Zhou Chen looked, she couldn't bring herself to say it.
She had no choice but to put aside her emotions and change the subject to business. "Xiangwei's mastermind is from the Prime Minister's residence. If I'm not mistaken, it should be the Prime Minister himself. I heard that the Prime Minister hasn't changed; it's still the same one from the previous dynasty."
"Although I don't know much about the previous dynasty, if he were a good person, the previous dynasty wouldn't have become so corrupt. Why don't you replace him?"
"These people don't think about how to benefit the people or how to make the country prosperous. All they think about is how to control the emperor. With such parasites around, how long can you hold the throne?"
As Su Jin spoke, he became angry again, and what angered him even more was that Zhou Chen remained silent!
"you!"
Su Jin turned to look at Zhou Chen, who was slumped on the ground, and noticed that something was wrong with him.
Zhou Chen looked up at Su Jinxia, his cheeks flushed an unusual red, his eyes brimming with tears, "Sister, I feel unwell..."
Su Jin down...
In a fit of anger, he forgot that Zhou Chen had also done *that*.
Su Jin asked awkwardly, "Then what should we do? Do you have any favorite maids? I'll find you one!"
Zhou Chen gritted his teeth in annoyance, his bright rabbit eyes wide open, and said defiantly, "I only like my older sister."
Su Jin down...
Get lost!
"Then you should go to sleep," Su Jin suggested again.
"How can I possibly sleep like this?" Zhou Chen was somewhat speechless.
Su Jin sighed, then walked to the bedside in the bedroom and said, "Come here."
Zhou Chen's fingers curled involuntarily, his heart pounding. He had a bold guess...
He propped himself up and walked over step by step, feeling as if the desire in his heart was about to break free of its cage and he could no longer control it!
He walked up to Su Jinxia, lowered his head shyly, and softly called out, "Sister, I..."
The words abruptly stopped!
Su Jin delivered a swift chop, and Zhou Chen fell steadily onto the bed.
Didn't he fall asleep?
Su Jinxia thoughtfully took off his shoes, then covered him with a blanket, clapped her hands, and left!
The next day, Zhou Chen dragged his tired body to court.
In the imperial court, Prime Minister Luo Hong and Prince Zhou Lin stood at the forefront, the most influential people. Behind them were some veteran officials and some newly promoted officials, such as Zhang Qi.
Originally, Han Qing was supposed to have a place here, after all, Han Qing commanded a million soldiers, but Han Qing has been missing for many days and has not been seen.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
As was customary, some court officials came out to present their memorials.
Zhou Chen raised his hand to stop him from speaking, then said to the attendant beside him, "Bring the person up."
The court officials were all puzzled. Who was this person?
A short while later, a woman dressed in thin clothes was dragged up.
Everyone was completely baffled. Not only was the woman dressed in thin clothes, but she also had injuries on her body, as if she had been subjected to severe torture.
"Your Majesty, what is going on? What crime has this woman committed that she must be dragged to the court? Her attire is far too indecent!"
Zhou Chen stared at Xiang Wei with dark eyes, his words filled with chilling killing intent, "Speak for yourself!"
Xiangwei shrank back, and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, please spare me. I was wrong. I shouldn't have drugged you last night and tried to seduce you, hoping to become a noble lady."
Upon hearing this, everyone frowned and looked away in disgust.
One of them said, "Your Majesty, you can handle such an indecent matter privately. There's no need to bring it up in court!"
The speaker's tone was gentle, and he didn't say anything particularly offensive, but his words sounded extremely harsh and disgusting, as if Zhou Chen were someone who didn't know his place.
Zhou Chen gritted his teeth and ignored the person. He had suffered countless humiliations every day, and sometimes he was too lazy to argue with these people.
"Go on!" Zhou Chen raised his voice, which made Xiang Wei tremble even more violently.
Apart from Zhou Chen, no one noticed that the Prime Minister's expression was extremely unpleasant at this moment.
Xiangwei had already been disciplined yesterday and dared not disobey in the slightest. She honestly confessed, "This servant did this under the orders of the Prime Minister. He said that as long as I climbed into the Emperor's bed, he would be my backer and support me. I was tempted and made a grave mistake. Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
These words shocked the court, and all eyes turned to Prime Minister Luo Hong, some with deep concern and others with schadenfreude.
Since Zhou Chen ascended the throne, countless court officials have wanted to send their daughters into the harem in order to gain the emperor's favor and rise to prominence.
However, Zhou Chen absolutely refused to take a concubine.
The court officials did put pressure on Zhou Chen, but Zhou Chen didn't play by the rules. If you didn't let him have his way, he would kill people!
After cutting down a few, everyone became much more obedient and dared not act recklessly.
But to everyone's surprise, the Prime Minister, who was too stubborn to come, resorted to such despicable means to send someone to the Emperor's side. It was so shameful that it would be embarrassing to talk about it!
Luo Hong's face was ashen as he glared at Xiang Wei. "Nonsense! When did I ever order you to do such a thing? Tell me, who sent you to frame me!"
Xiangwei was just a maidservant and had never seen such a scene before. She was so frightened that she lay prostrate on the ground, not daring to utter a single word.
Seeing that Xiangwei was useless, and that Xiangwei had not directly contacted Luo Hong, Zhou Chen had no evidence to prove that Luo Hong had instructed her to do this.
"Bring the guards up here!" Zhou Chen ordered.
A moment later, the man who had given the order ran back in a panic and reported, "Your Majesty, the guard who contacted Xiangwei has bitten his tongue and committed suicide!"
Zhou Chen and everyone else's hearts skipped a beat.
It seems he's a suicide squad member; if something goes wrong, he'll choose to commit suicide to cut off all leads.
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