As Lu Qian fell to the ground with a bang, the already demoralized members of the Cui Party seemed to have lost their souls and looked at the corpse lying on the ground in panic.
"Brother~!"
Tong Guanyue was stunned for a long time before he suddenly came to his senses. He let out a loud roar and wanted to rush forward, but was held back by several other core members of Cui's party.
"Guanyue, we can't do anything about it, let's go!"
"Let's go, where to go?"
Tong Guanyue turned his head and glanced at the man with a ferocious look.
The man was startled, but had to say: "Let's escape first. The tyrant emperor has the support of these famous officials and scholars in the capital, so he can act recklessly.
If you stay here, you will either die or be thrown into prison and tortured by those barbarians!"
Another person also said: "Yes, as long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood to burn. Let's leave the palace first!"
Tong Guanyue was still a little hesitant when he heard this.
Those people were anxious, and when they looked around, they saw that there were obviously a large number of Dongchang men and palace guards ready for action.
She pulled him into the crowd, trying to leave the palace quickly while no one was paying attention.
In fact, it was not just them. The smarter ones among the officials on the periphery and the students also began to retreat tacitly after looking at each other.
Although this servant was just cursing those children from aristocratic families who were called away by their elders, thinking that these people were not worthy of being scholars.
But at this moment, I saw that someone was really dead.
Everyone realized that this was no joke.
Don't joke about leaving your name in history.
In this situation, what name can I leave behind?
The nature of the matter has completely changed now. Before, it could be said that we were speaking for the country.
But after a conversation between the emperor and Lu Qian, even Lu Qian, the core of the Cui Party, directly admitted that he was just being loyal to Prime Minister Cui Cen, let alone these blind followers.
Their only legitimacy no longer exists.
At first, he just quietly moved back a little, but when there were so many people around, he could no longer hide.
What's more, Zhao Xin and others can see clearly from their high vantage point.
Seeing that these people were so useless, I couldn't help but shake my head.
"Haha, are you guys planning to leave just like this?"
Cao Xiong slowly put away the account book in his hand and sneered, "What do you think this palace is, a vegetable garden?"
The crowd that was about to retreat froze when they heard his words.
A few young men who were still standing in a daze in front of them looked back and their faces turned pale.
They were originally just standing slightly forward, but now a sparse space had appeared behind them without them noticing.
"You, how can you be so immoral? We came here to knock on the palace gate to make a death-defying appeal. Now that Imperial Household Officer Lu is still going to face the national crisis, we should die for our country!"
The group of "smart people" whose whereabouts were exposed looked a little ugly when they heard Cao Xiong's ridicule and these people's scolding.
But now that the truth has been revealed, these people just want to fall out.
One of them, who was originally a member of Cui's party, started cursing, "Bullshit morality, die for loyalty! We were deceived by you, the traitors of Cui's party, and only came here to break into the palace."
Upon hearing this, others also echoed it.
"That's right. You previously said that the chaos and corruption in the government were all due to Your Majesty's stupidity. But after meeting Your Majesty today, I realized that Your Majesty is benevolent and virtuous, and that you care about the people. It's you, the Cui Party, who control the government but do nothing and only care about power and profit."
"You're right. It's you, the Cui Party, who are responsible for the cholera outbreak. And what's with all that talk of sacrificing your life for the nation? Shouldn't you be confessing your crimes and accepting punishment?"
"Your Majesty, we are guilty. We were bewitched by the treacherous thieves and lost sight of right and wrong, leading to the grave offense of offending the Emperor. Please forgive us, Your Majesty!"
These people are not stupid. They can see at first glance that it is impossible for them to escape.
Just retreat to advance.
The students also knelt and cried out, "Your Majesty, we are innocent. We have no idea what the truth is. We were deceived by Cui's party, Lu Qian, Tong Guanyue and others. Please forgive us, Your Majesty!"
When those stubborn and honest people heard this, they were so angry that their mouths were twisted.
Looking at those people, they kept calling each other "you Cui party."
I couldn't help but grit my teeth and said, "You shameless people, aren't you all members of Cui's party?"
Unexpectedly, the other party replied righteously, "Of course not. We are officials of the Great Qin, receiving salaries and titles from the Great Qin. How could we possibly be part of the Cui Party?"
Someone else sneered, "Don't talk about us. Look at the core members of your Cui Party, and that Tong Guanyue. Are they there?"
When everyone looked, they found that Tong Guanyue and those core members were not there.
His face changed drastically.
I was so miserable and dejected that I didn't know what to do.
Zhao Xin was speechless when he saw how ugly these people were.
I don't bother to pay attention to these people.
He just glanced at Lu Qian's body and said, "Constrain yourself."
Then he turned around and went back to the hall.
The kneeling members of the Cui party and the students saw that the emperor ignored them and turned to leave.
The guards from the Eastern Depot and the palace had already surrounded them silently, and they were terrified.
They all shouted for mercy.
Others shouted, "This is unfair! Why can the children of the noble families in the capital be exempted from punishment, but we cannot be forgiven? Aren't we His Majesty's subjects?"
Someone also shouted, "Your Majesty, we students are also from noble families."
But Zhao Xin didn't even turn around. He just whispered to Wan Chao, "Tell Cao Xiong to hand over all these people to him and lock them up in the East Factory. But don't kill those students. I may need them later!"
When Wan Chao heard that the emperor had actually handed over the disposal of these people to the East Factory, he felt a little jealous.
It feels like their Western Factory's Rain Supervisor is working hard outside, but all the benefits are taken away by that old dog Cao Xiong.
What benefits can you say?
Nonsense. As a cruel official, if he can't start a big prison, how can he make people tremble in fear? How can a cruel official who can't make people tremble in fear have power?
If time goes on for a long time, Your Majesty might start to think that the claws and teeth of these henchmen are not sharp enough?
But he naturally did not dare to question Zhao Xin's order, and quickly agreed in a low voice.
Zhao Xin then continued, "Also, send someone to summon Prime Minister Cui Cen and have him come into the palace to answer questions. I want to ask him in person. I entrust the affairs of state to him.
It's bad enough that he's messed up my country, but he's actually trying to force me to abdicate. I want to ask him how he's going to explain this to me."
He did not lower his voice when he said this, but spoke it directly in a normal tone.
Everyone then remembered that up to now, Cui Cen had not made any movement on this matter.
Seeing Wan Chao respond and turn away, everyone was very curious about how Prime Minister Cui Cen would react.
Zhao Xin suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Everyone, it will be a while before Prime Minister Cui arrives. I wonder if you would be interested in joining me to visit the Jiahe plantation."
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