When Xu Tianze heard what the emperor said, he was surprised. It was not that he had not thought about this problem before. Serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. Since the emperor decided the fate of the Xu family, there was no reason to leave him alone.
Keeping him alive was never a favor. His survival was a mistake in the emperor's decision and a stain on his political achievements.
"I don't know." Xu Tianze murmured, with a barely perceptible glimmer of expectation in his eyes.
From beginning to end, he was unable to witness the scene of his father and brother's death.
Could it be that my father and brother were just cooperating with the emperor and pretending to be dead?
Are they actually still alive in some corner of this world? Once this thought emerged, it spread like wild weeds in Xu Tianze's mind.
If his father and brother were still alive, how could he explain the tragic deaths of his mother and sister-in-law? After all, he had seen their bodies with his own eyes.
There are also the lives of more than a hundred people in the Xu family. Can my father and brother really make such a decision?
Countless questions flooded his mind, causing Xu Tianze to fall into deep thought.
These questions that shrouded him like a fog were about to have an answer.
The emperor looked at Xu Tianze's eyes, which were complex yet full of starlight, and snorted coldly in his heart.
Was this kid expecting me to tell him the answer? Where was that determined, suicidal aura from earlier? Where was that resentful, young man's arrogance?
It was a nice thought, but he had no intention of letting it go so easily.
"If you want to know, you should first overturn the Xu family's verdict. Otherwise, I have no desire to talk to you." The emperor waved his hand and signaled the two to get out.
Xu Tianze was completely confused by the emperor's words, and he also understood that the emperor might have some concerns. He had no choice but to continue to overturn the Xu family's case as planned, and then go to the emperor to ask for answers.
Although he was confused by the emperor, he at least knew that the emperor allowed him to overturn the Xu family's verdict. Originally, he had planned to offend the emperor by overturning the verdict, and he had made countless preparations for it. Now it seems that it is no longer necessary.
Now that the most difficult part has been cleared, it will be relatively easier to collect evidence and take revenge on Jiang Xue and the Zhenguo Mansion.
After all, he and Long Musi have not really been recuperating in the past three years. They have almost made all the preparations.
After figuring it out, Xu Tianze and Long Musi left the study room one after another.
"Aze, do you have any ideas?" Long Musi and Xu Tianze walked towards the palace gate side by side.
Xu Tianze shook his head. He didn't have any good ideas, but before everything started, there was someone he might need to meet. Maybe he would get unexpected results.
"Your Highness, I need to meet someone next, and it is not convenient for Your Highness to come with me." Xu Tianze gently bumped into Long Musi to show his gratitude.
But Long Musi’s help to him was not limited to this time, and he had received more favors than just this. It would hurt his feelings if he said too much, so he just kept it in his heart and would repay him in the future.
Long Musi understood what Xu Tianze meant, but he still frowned. He didn't know who and where Xu Tianze had to greet him in advance.
The meaning of this greeting is not only to inform, but also to refuse Long Muse from secretly sending people to protect him.
However, out of trust in Xu Tianze himself and Ma Zheng's skills, he nodded to indicate that he understood.
After leaving the palace, Xu Tianze did not go back to the Third Prince's Mansion with Long Musi. Instead, he strolled around the capital city openly.
He escaped from the palace unscathed and started strolling around the streets unscrupulously. For a moment, all the forces were unsure of the intentions of the person in the palace, and they more or less restrained themselves.
For three days in a row, Xu Tianze was out and about, leaving at dawn and returning at sunset. For a while, no one bothered him, which put an end to Xu Tianze's idea of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys.
On the fourth day, Xu Tianze even more ridiculously stepped into a brothel, which was for rest during the day and had lights on at night.
Xu Tianze was originally unable to enter, but Xu Tianze simply paid money to pave the way and stayed in the brothel for a whole day.
After staying there for six consecutive days, some civil officials who originally cared about Prime Minister Xu's legacy all scolded him for not fighting for it. They felt sorry that the Xu family had produced three heroes, but none of them stayed, and instead this bastard was allowed to stay.
The old Duke Zhenguo even angrily scolded him as a little bastard in the court, saying that he was unworthy of the Xu family's glimmer of hope for his life, and also unworthy of the protection of the common people.
Just when the government and the people were cursing him, Xu Tianze finally met the person he wanted to see.
The big man with an extremely flashy name, the inexplicable Snow Butterfly.
"Young Master Xu seems to be happy, but I wonder if he can hear all the sarcasm and ridicule from everyone?" Xuedie pushed open the door and sat down in front of Xu Tianze, gently waving a folding fan.
"They can curse as they please, and I enjoy mine. There's nothing to do with each other." Xu Tianze didn't even look at Xuedie. He took the waiter's hand and drank a glass of wine. "Come on, pour a glass for my brother Xue too."
"I find it hard to accept Mr. Xu San's preferences, so forget it." Xuedie put away her fan and used it to block the wine that the waiter had just fed her.
Although this brothel is a paradise for men and is mostly populated by prostitutes, there are always some dignitaries with special fetishes. Although there are few handsome young men, there are some.
Xuedie had originally thought that if she were a woman, she would directly ridicule Xu Tianze for being unable to get the love he wanted, but instead she indulged herself wantonly. After entering, she realized that she was not even a woman, let alone a prostitute.
"Most people call me Mr. Xu now, and few people still count my ranking after my surname. Brother Xue really can't keep up with the times." Xu Tianze pinched the face of the young waiter who was leaning on him.
Then he gave each of them a silver ingot as a reward and waved his hand to let the waiters go.
Despite Xu Tianze's subtle provocation, Xuedie still wore a smiling expression and asked Xu Tianze, "Did Third Young Master really not understand what I meant?"
Xu Tianze rolled his eyes at Xuedie. He was not stupid, so of course he understood what Xuedie meant.
Isn't it just saying that he has a blood feud, yet he wants to have fun here? Do you think he is really here for fun?
Wasn't it the last time they met that Xuedie could feel that she was eager for him to take action against the Jiang family and the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, and wanted to lure Xuedie out?
It wasn't a sure thing, after just a few days, the snow butterfly couldn't resist and came to him. Although he did indulge himself a little when fishing for the snow butterfly, it was only limited to hugging and feeding him wine.
Long Musi stares at him every day, like a thief. Can't he just come out and relax?
Of course, Xu Tianze was just thinking about it in his mind and would definitely not say it out loud. Once he said it out loud and Brother Ma reported it to Long Musi, he would be in real trouble.
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