Of course Zhao Xin knew that Zhao Hu was Cui Cen's man, but he actually didn't understand why.
If it was someone else, it would be fine, but as a member of the Zhao family and a royal clan leader, he actually colluded with a foreign official and a corrupt official. What was he trying to achieve?
in law?
What is that?
Even if the Cui family really succeeded in usurping power, as a member of the royal family of the previous dynasty, could they still hold real power?
So when Zhao Xin said that he was mentally ill, he was not just saying it casually.
The reason I called this person here today was to take this opportunity to get rid of him.
Before dealing with the Cui family, he must clean up the clan.
He absolutely did not want to have any members of the royal family interfere when he took action against the Cui family. That would be too embarrassing.
Besides, he also wanted to see if this person would be stubborn to the end.
If possible, he didn't want to take action against the royal family. In this era, taking action against the royal family, even as an emperor, would never be a good reputation.
In the original novel, the reason why the foolish emperor was defeated so easily in the end was that all the royal family members were killed.
result……
It is still the same.
That being the case, there is nothing more to say.
Zhao Xin sneered and didn't bother to say anything more.
With a wave of his hand, Cao Xiong immediately understood and turned around to wave to the eunuch, who immediately hurried into the back hall.
However, Zhao Hu seemed not to have grasped the key point of his words. He actually straightened up suddenly, pretending to be a loyal minister who was willing to risk his life to make a direct remonstration, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, although you are the emperor, as a member of the imperial clan and a minister of the Great Qin Dynasty, I still have to say what I should say.
Is it possible that Your Majesty cannot even listen to frank words?"
Zhao Xin sneered, "Straightforward, what do you mean by straightforward?
Zhao Hu, I am not speaking to you as the emperor now, but as the patriarch of the Zhao family.
You don’t even know what this means?”
Upon hearing these words, not only Zhao Hu, but everyone in the Xuanshi Hall couldn't help but change their expression.
If other court officials are to be dealt with, laws, court meetings, and a joint trial by the three courts are required.
But as the patriarch, he didn't need any of these to deal with a member of the Zhao clan.
Moreover, for people of this era, clan law is more terrifying than national law.
Because national laws can only destroy you physically at best, but clan laws can destroy you from your surname and your soul.
Once you are expelled from the clan, you will not be able to rest in peace even after death. You cannot be enshrined in the ancestral hall, cannot be included in the family tree, and cannot receive incense.
In a sense, you literally cease to exist.
For people of this era, this is far more terrifying than death.
This is also the reason why the power of aristocratic families and clans in this era is so strong.
There are traitors in this era, but there are very few who betray their clan.
Zhao Hu's expression also changed in shock.
But he still said unconvincedly: "So what? I am also the Grand Master."
"You're not anymore!"
Just as Zhao Hu finished speaking, an old voice sounded from behind the screen.
Hearing this voice, Zhao Hu's face suddenly changed.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of crutches hitting the ground was heard, and a group of old men with white hair and beards filed out from the back hall.
There are more than ten of them in total, all of them are as old as rotten wood, and the youngest one is probably no less than seventy or eighty years old.
The old man leading the group was as thin as a piece of dry firewood. Although his face was still handsome, the age spots on his face were almost overlapping.
The hand holding the top of the crutch is like a chicken claw.
But as soon as this person came out, everyone in the Xuanshi Hall, including Zhao Xin, stood up together.
When Zhao Hu saw this person, his face changed drastically.
"Great uncle, clan elders...you?!"
"snort!"
The leading old man glanced at him and snorted coldly, but ignored him. Instead, he trembled as he tried to salute the emperor.
Seeing this, Zhao Xin rushed forward and supported the old man, "Uncle, please don't do this."
As he said this, he personally helped the old man to his seat and asked him to sit down.
But the old man refused to accept it.
"Your Majesty, you must not do this. Your Majesty is not only the Emperor of Great Qin, but also the head of our Zhao clan. Although I am older than you, I cannot abandon the rules of propriety."
He then waved his hand to stop Zhao Xin from arranging seats, and shook his head, saying, "I and the others are already about to be buried, and we shouldn't be involved in these mundane matters.
I just heard that my Zhao family has a traitorous traitor!"
As the old man spoke, his angry eyes turned to glare at Zhao Hu.
When the latter heard the old man's words, his expression changed drastically.
"No, I didn't. Prime Minister Cui is a pillar of the Qin Dynasty. As the head of the imperial clan, I made friends with him for the sake of the Zhao family. Moreover, my marriage to the Cui family was arranged by the Empress Dowager..."
"Humph, what Empress Dowager?!"
Before Zhao Hu could finish his words, one of the elders snorted angrily, "What Grand Empress Dowager? After all, she's just a daughter-in-law of our Zhao family, someone from an outsider family! If she dares to take action, I and others will risk our lives to remove her from our Zhao family tree. Does she dare?"
The other old men also snorted coldly.
Everyone present changed color slightly again.
Zhao Hu was inconsolable, mumbling incoherently, "No, this, this is impossible, uncle, you..."
But no one paid any attention to him anymore.
The old men glanced at him and then said to Zhao Xin again, "Chief, can you hand this scum over to me and others to take back and deal with him?
Such scum has never existed in our Zhao family since the ancient times when we followed the Divine Emperor to build great achievements, and were granted titles and established a country in the Middle Ages, and until Emperor Taizu unified the Qin Dynasty!
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