Chapter 450: The Brutal Little Emperor vs. the Beauty Killer (56)
Time flies, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
The drought and locust plague have been completely brought under control, and the popularity of deer tea among the people has reached an unprecedented level.
After all, in the hearts of the people, whoever can feed them is a good emperor.
Especially during this period, Shen Yi ran around, delivering food to various disaster areas, and rescuing the victims in the name of Lu Cha, successfully reversing her reputation as a tyrant and cruel.
This day.
Morning.
Lu Cha, who had collected all the evidence, ordered people to summon Gu Guifan into the palace.
When he saw the man walking in, with a gloomy and fierce look between his brows, completely devoid of his usual gentleness, Lu Cha blinked.
Ugh~
Is the hero's halo gone?
The temperament has changed!
[There's still a little, but it's almost broken.] The system is in awe of its host.
It indirectly broke up the CP and forced the male protagonist to become a pervert who likes to kill to vent his anger.
It's really like a little cow going to the South Pole - it's extremely awesome.
"Your humble servant pays respect to Your Majesty."
Gu Guifan knelt in the center of the hall and bowed his head, feeling unwilling.
In the past, he stood at the head of all officials, second only to the emperor and above everyone else. But in less than a month, he could only kneel here when he went to court.
How could he accept this?!
"Prime Minister Gu, do you know why I summoned you to the palace?"
Hearing Lu Cha's question, Gu Guifan pretended to be confused, "I don't know."
"Could it be that Your Majesty is forging the imperial edict for Lord Zheng..."
Bang——!
A stack of letters fell heavily on Gu Guifan, interrupting him before he could finish his words.
"As the current Prime Minister, my most trusted minister, you took advantage of the drought in Jinchang and deliberately released locusts, causing the disaster. You then bribed wealthy merchants to drive up grain prices in the disaster-stricken areas and hoarded grain, causing thousands of people to starve to death!"
"The evidence is irrefutable. I wanted to give you a chance to admit your mistake and leave you with an intact body, but you refused to repent!"
The little emperor took a deep breath, seemingly unable to hide his disappointment.
After a moment, he said word by word:
"I hereby decree that Prime Minister Gu Guifan be dismissed from his position. He will be publicly executed by slow slicing at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow, and his entire clan will be exterminated!"
No one in the court, civil or military, pleaded for Gu Guifan.
Simply because all of his followers were completely wiped out.
All the officials nowadays are the little emperor's men.
Gu Guifan stared at the letter on the ground.
These are the confessions of Lord Feng and others, as well as wealthy businessmen in the disaster area.
The evidence was irrefutable. Gu Guifan knew that it was useless to argue. A fierce look flashed across his eyes, and he spoke loudly:
"I have done something wrong and must be punished by lingchi. But what about your majesty's deception of the world?!"
Imperial Tutor Li glared at Gu Guifan with disdain: "What did your Majesty do?"
Gu Guifan did not answer Master Li, but looked at Lu Cha who was sitting in a high position:
"Your Majesty, do you dare to invite Queen Mother Rong over?!"
As early as half a month ago, Shen Qiuxi stopped listening to his orders and delivering messages.
Shen Yi disappeared again, and he was tricked once again.
He had no way of finding out what was happening in the palace, so he thought of starting from the Cining Palace, where the guards were the weakest, and planting a spy there.
Unexpectedly, his people heard a shocking secret.
Helian Lu turned out to be a woman!
Unexpectedly, Lu Cha did not panic at all. Instead, he smiled strangely and said, "Why wouldn't I dare?"
Gu Guifan frowned, feeling that something was wrong.
But this was his only chance and he couldn't afford to hesitate.
Otherwise, he would not have gone to court today to confront the little emperor face to face, just to have a legitimate reason to get rid of these charges and bring down the other party!
Helian Lu was just pretending to be calm.
Gu Guifan consoled himself and said, "Please allow the Queen Mother to enter the palace!"
Not long.
With Lu Cha's permission, Gu Guifan's confidant pushed Empress Dowager Rong in, who was sitting in a wheelchair.
Empress Dowager Rong's condition was even worse than the last time Lu Cha saw her. Her eyes were so ulcerated that they could only be covered with a white cloth. Her haggard face had the greenish color of a dying person.
The body, which had not been washed for a long time, gave off a sour smell.
Gu Guifan suppressed his nausea and said, "Empress Dowager, is the current emperor a man or a woman?"
He fed Empress Dowager Rong a special secret medicine that could ensure that she would answer all questions and tell only the truth within a short period of time.
Empress Dowager Rong stammered with her dry lips, as if she was resisting answering Gu Guifan's question.
After a moment, he managed to squeeze out a sentence: "Your Majesty is a girl."
All the officials were shocked and could hardly believe what they heard.
Lu Cha's eyes flickered.
Empress Dowager Rong's reaction was wrong.
If she had reached a cooperation with the male lead, why was she hesitant in her words?
Lu Cha widened her eyes slightly, pretending to be shocked and testing Empress Dowager Rong: "Mother, why did you lie?"
"I am obviously a man, but you say I am a woman."
"Is it because Mother dislikes me and hates me that she said this?"
Empress Dowager Rong seemed to be provoked and suddenly became excited: "I didn't lie! I bribed the midwife to conceal your gender!"
"I don't hate you, I just want to eat your flesh! Drink your blood! Grind your bones and turn you into ashes!"
"You're a damn bitch!"
Empress Dowager Rong expressed her hatred for Lu Cha ferociously.
Lu Cha suddenly realized that every word Queen Mother Rong said was true, completely disregarding her image and not caring whether she could keep the position of Queen Mother that she valued most.
It seems that the male protagonist did something to force Empress Dowager Rong to tell the truth.
Isn't this helping her?
The cunning in Lu Cha's eyes disappeared in an instant, and his voice was choked with sobs when he spoke again:
"Mother..."
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