Feng Changye only wet his lips and put the teacup back on the table.
He then asked Zhu Wuhuan, "The dagger is right within your reach. Why don't you use it to force me to issue an order to spare your entire Zhu family?"
Zhu Wuhuan looked up in surprise and met Feng Changye's beautiful eyes.
At this moment, she finally understood where the strange feeling she had just had in her heart came from.
It turns out that Feng Changye deliberately asked Xiao Yuanzi to put this dagger in the tea room and show it to her!
[Oh my god, what a black-hearted and treacherous dog tyrant! ]
[Luckily, I'm not the former queen! If the former queen were here, she, who hated the tyrant to the core, had seen a dagger nearby, even if she knew it was a trap, she would have fought to save the lives of the entire Zhu family!]
[In this way, she has fallen into the tyrant's trap, hasn't she?]
Zhu Wuhuan only spoke to the system in his mind for a few seconds.
She looked up to meet the treacherous and black-hearted tyrant's gaze and answered the tyrant's question frankly.
"Your Majesty, what you said is truly ridiculous. My Zhu family is full of loyal and patriotic people. How could we commit such a crime and threaten the emperor with a dagger?"
Feng Changye, who had just been called a black-hearted, treacherous, and tyrannical tyrant, was very indifferent and cooperated perfunctorily, "Oh? Even if I have to kill your entire family?"
"yes!"
Zhu Wuhuan expressed the thoughts of the loyal Zhu family members.
"The Emperor is now trying to unjustly kill our Zhu family. Even if we die, history books will eventually clear our name! But if our Zhu family rebels, even if we flee the capital and live in shame, we will not be able to escape the condemnation of history books. Therefore, we, the Zhu family, would rather die under the Emperor's sword than commit regicide!"
After saying this, she sighed softly in her heart.
The Zhu family is truly loyal, but this kind of loyalty seems too foolish.
What could be more important than life?
She stepped back and saluted respectfully.
"Your Majesty, the loyalty of the Zhu family is known to heaven and earth. Please give the Zhu family a chance to clear their name!"
Feng Changye felt a little better.
He was very satisfied with Zhu Wuhuan's cooperation.
He deliberately placed a dagger in the tea room today.
He wanted to test this time-traveling girl to see if she would kill him, the emperor, with weapons in hand.
If she didn't take action, he could take this opportunity to pardon the death penalty for the entire Zhu family.
The current trend is almost exactly what he imagined.
Although this time-traveling girl possessed a heaven-defying system that promised "Kill the tyrant and we will become the queen," at least for now, she had no intention of killing him.
He raised the corners of his mouth slightly, with a hint of joy in his eyes.
"Even though there was an opportunity to coerce me, the Queen didn't even bother. I truly see the Zhu family's loyalty in you, Queen."
He went with the flow, holding the brush with his slender fingers, and wrote an imperial edict with flowing strokes, handing it to Zhu Wuhuan.
"Take it, and I will pardon the death penalty for your entire Zhu family."
"Although the death penalty can be avoided, the living crime cannot be escaped."
"Zhu Huaining's betrayal has not yet been clearly established. Your family will be imprisoned in the General's Mansion as hostages."
"If Zhu Huaining really surrenders to the enemy and leads the Xiyuan tribe to invade my Daning territory, I will sacrifice the entire Zhu family!"
Zhu Wuhuan raised his hands and respectfully took the imperial edict handed to him by Feng Changye.
"On behalf of the entire Zhu family, I bow to thank the Emperor for His Grace!"
Feng Changye nodded.
"Return to Changle Palace and pack up. I have ordered the Imperial Guards to escort you back to the General's Mansion to announce the decree. You must return to the palace before dark."
When Zhu Wuhuan heard that he could leave the palace, his eyes suddenly lit up.
But when she heard that she had to return to the palace before dark, she became disappointed again.
well.
This dog tyrant said nicely that he wanted the imperial guards to escort the queen, but in fact, he was just monitoring her!
With so many people watching her, how could she escape from the capital?
After expressing his gratitude, Zhu Wuhuan stood up, holding the imperial edict and left Taiji Hall to return to Changle Palace.
Feng Changye looked at her back, his thin lips slightly curled.
Still thinking about escaping from the capital?
Don’t you want to kill me, the tyrant, and become the queen, huh?
…
Zhu Wuhuan returned to Changle Palace in the imperial carriage.
Along the way, she played with the imperial edict, looking a little dazed.
She asked in her heart, [System, I haven't done anything yet, and I've already completed the mission of saving the entire Zhu family?]
A hint of joy shone through the system's usually cold voice. [Yes, congratulations to the host for completing the task. Ten points have been credited!]
Zhu Wuhuan turned around and looked in the direction of Taiji Hall.
"This tyrant is so cooperative, isn't he? He just casually pardoned the Zhu family? Don't the history books say he was brutal, cruel, and self-willed? Why do I feel like... he's not so bad?"
The system also remained silent.
Yes, it seems like there is something wrong with this tyrant.
Judging from his words and actions, he doesn't look like a tyrant at all!
Everyone returned to Changle Palace with doubts and confusion in their hearts.
The palace, which was empty before, now had a beautiful little palace maid kneeling at the door to greet her.
"Empress!"
"..." Zhu Wuhuan looked up at the little girl who was so excited that she was in tears, and suddenly clenched his fingers. His leisurely mood disappeared in an instant!
It's over!
She has no memory of the original owner and has no idea who this is!
It's not just this little girl. When she returns to the Zhu family, she won't recognize any of Queen Zhu's parents, brothers, sisters, or even their parents!
How does she get along with those "relatives"?
She quickly called the system in her mind!
[System, is there any way for me to have my original body's memories? Quick, urgent!]
The system is calm and composed.
[The host can spend fifty points to purchase a retracing pill, which will allow him to retrace the original owner's first half of his life in the blink of an eye and possess all of the original owner's memories.]
Zhu Wuhuan cursed it subconsciously.
"I only get ten points for completing a task, and you're actually deducting fifty from me! You wicked bastard, why don't you just go and rob me?"
The system remains calm.
[Products from the system are bound to be top-notch. This Retracement Pill is incredibly powerful. From the various military strategies learned by Empress Zhu, down to her friendships and grudges, the host can clearly know everything. Even things that Empress Zhu herself has forgotten, the host can clearly know them. So, do you want it?]
What else can Zhu Wuhuan do?
No matter how expensive it is, you have to bite the bullet and buy it!
Otherwise, when she returns to the general's mansion, and sees her calling her eldest sister-in-law "second sister-in-law" and hugging her second brother "eldest brother", won't the Zhu family think she has lost her mind?
She gritted her teeth, [Yes!]
The system happily sold a retrospective pill worth twenty points to Zhu Wuhuan for fifty points.
[The host currently has only ten points in his account. After purchasing this Backtracking Pill, the host still owes the system forty points. Please complete more tasks and pay off your debt as soon as possible!]
【Oh your head! 】
Zhu Wuhuan felt so much pain in his flesh that he squeezed the little ball that appeared out of thin air in his palm and looked at the little palace maid at the door.
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