"Father-in-law Su, you don't have to get excited. I won't speak nonsense. There is evidence for everything." At this point, Chu Yun no longer concealed his identity as the mastermind behind the scenes.
From the moment he used Prince Lin to sideline Emperor Mingde, there was no turning back.
"Your Majesty the Regent are joking. A clean person will be innocent, and my Su family has no regrets. Besides, the late Crown Prince was intelligent and benevolent, and even if my Su family forgets its roots, we will never commit regicide." The father-in-law of the Su family bowed in the direction of Emperor Mingde, his face full of righteousness.
"Father-in-law Su, there is no need to panic. I should say something that I shouldn't say, politics is written by the winner. At this moment, Father-in-law Su, you'd better listen to me." Chu Yun shook his clothes, and a soft sword wrapped around his waist came into view, but no one dared to stop him.
"Your Majesty, my brother, I will never forget your kindness in helping me. But right is right, wrong is wrong. Even if you are the emperor, you have to pay the price for your mistakes. The dead are above, and the injustice has not been redressed. Your Majesty, do you never have nightmares?"
Chu Yun dragged his sword and climbed the stairs.
"Your Majesty!" An old minister had already rushed over and blocked Emperor Mingde's way. "Chu Yun, are you planning a rebellion and regicide?"
"Get out of the way." During the stalemate, Emperor Mingde spoke, his voice a little older, "Chu Yun, I was wrong. You and my brother really look alike. I remember my brother once accepted a disciple who kept writing letters to me to show off. It turned out to be you."
"Your Majesty, I only want an answer."
"The answer? They are all crazy. Chu Yun, you and Ye Qi are both crazy, don't you know? Being ahead of the times is destined to be overthrown. Equality, freedom, the right to go to school, you have touched the interests of the aristocratic families, and you will only be swallowed up by the aristocratic families. How can I watch the Ye Dynasty die here?
At the end of the previous emperor's reign, the imperial power fell into the hands of others, and the power of the aristocratic families was overwhelming. I have been deposing you for so many years, and I have allowed you to pluck out the aristocratic families one by one. Tell me, why?" Emperor Mingde stood up, and there was a faint trace of youthful brilliance between his eyebrows.
"So, today you allow me to fight against the aristocratic families, and in the past you also allowed the aristocratic families to interfere with the imperial power and attack your brother?" The tip of the sword slowly raised and pointed at the emperor.
"Bold." A scolding sounded, and Chu Yun and Emperor Mingde looked at each other across the sword ridge.
"In the final analysis, it is because that location is too attractive. So we have to slaughter the entire former prince's mansion, and not even spare the Qiao family. Now that all obstacles have been removed, are you really relieved?"
Emperor Mingde sat back in his chair, his face livid, his fingers unconsciously stroking the box handed over by the little Taoist priest:
"So, I killed 300,000 people because the poisonous miasma in southern Fujian had not been eliminated. They praised my brother till their death and cursed me for not having a good death. What was so good about him? He was just a madman. Twenty years later, there are still people who remember him!"
"His Majesty!"
"Shut up." Emperor Mingde closed his eyes, as if he was back in an endless bloody nightmare. "I have been having nightmares for twenty years, and there is no way to get rid of them."
"But." Emperor Mingde's eyes suddenly opened, with a hint of stubbornness in his cloudy eyes, "I am the Son of Heaven. Come, capture him!"
The smashing of cups was the order, the sound of swords and weapons rang out, and countless black-armored knights rushed in. The imperial guards were immediately surrounded and blocked, and were helpless.
"Chu Yun, you are very good. But I am the emperor. I ascended to the supreme throne step by step by step stepping on the blood of countless people. I know best that I cannot allow others to sleep soundly beside my bed. I have hidden this elite army for a long time, but I never thought that one day it would come in handy."
"So, Your Majesty, have you admitted it?" Information came one after another, and those who knew and those who didn't were all silent. But then another voice was heard.
"It's the male lead." System 101 exclaimed. It turned around and saw Gu Junwen secretly hiding the silver knife for cutting meat. "Host? What are you doing? Now is not the time to eat."
"Didn't you see? I'm hiding a knife. If the situation gets bad later, I'll send the hero out. By the way, can this increase the plot value?" Gu Junwen glanced around calmly, observing the best escape route.
"Good job, I 101 was right. Come on, the host will definitely go home soon like this." System 101 was so moved that he pretended to wipe away tears, although systems cannot shed tears.
"Go back? Don't lie to me, I know I can't go back." Gu Junwen remained calm, secretly ate another crystal grape, and continued to search for weapons.
"Host..." System 101's voice lowered, and its light dimmed a few degrees.
"Forget it, life and death are irreversible. I should have thought of it earlier. I am happy to meet so many people here. I am just, just doing what I think is right." Gu Junwen tapped System 101 for the first time and his gaze returned to the front of the hall.
"Nan Yi, I almost raised you. I have never treated you and your son unfairly. If you leave, I will pretend that nothing happened." Emperor Mingde looked gloomy. He waved his hand and turned his back, indicating that he would not care.
"Your Majesty, I know I have no right to blame you. All I ask for is to restore the reputation of the Qiao family. The Qiao family's merits and achievements should not be buried by unfounded charges. This is also what my mother wants." Ye Nan performed his greetings one by one.
"You want me to issue an edict of repentance? Do you know how history books will evaluate me thousands of years from now?! Nan Yi, I am very disappointed in you. Come, take King Nan away." Emperor Mingde gritted his teeth. The continuous betrayals had made his face livid.
"Your Majesty, the historian's pen is in the hands of the people. In addition to the imperial power, there is another supreme judge, that is the people's heart. If a hundred people are wronged, you can kill a hundred people; if a thousand people are angry, you can kill a thousand people. But you can't cover up the truth."
The knife that was stretched out to Ye Nanyi was kicked away, and a silver knife blocked the hidden arrow and nailed into the wall. The ministers who were close could see clearly that he was still holding the same knife in his hand, which was the knife for cutting meat.
"What are you doing here? Go back." Without words, Gu Junwen and Ye Nanyiyi had already talked thousands of words in their hearts.
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