The emperor's guard of honor cleared the way, and the empress rode a green horse and wore a phoenix robe, followed by a shadow phoenix and personal guards.
The empress has been riding a horse outside the palace to show the world that she is using force.
When the empress entered the scene, the people watching bowed their heads and saluted. The noisy market suddenly became quiet, and all the civil and military officials stood up to greet her.
The empress rode into the square. Yingfeng helped her get off the horse, and then sat on the phoenix chair in front of her.
Di Yuwei, the three princesses stood up, Jing Tianlie also stood up respectfully, and the ministers on both sides worshiped together: "I pay my respects to the Holy One, who may live forever."
The empress glanced at the ministers, nodded slightly and said, "Get on your feet."
The ministers thanked each other and sat down.
The empress glanced at Jing Tianlie and Long Chen, and then at Di Luoxi and the others.
Suddenly, the empress raised her head slightly and looked at Banyue Tower.
Upstairs, Ji Ba, the president of Tianxiahui, quickly looked away and whispered: "I actually discovered it."
Just now, Ji Ba wanted to see clearly the Empress's cultivation level. He also heard that the Empress was injured in the battle with Long Ye, but he felt that the Empress' cultivation level had not decreased at all.
He just tried to peek and was discovered by the empress.
Hong Qi couldn't help but ask: "President, the empress's cultivation level..."
Ji Ba pondered for a moment and said, "It's unfathomable."
Hong Qi was secretly frightened and couldn't help but look at the empress in the field.
The empress is dressed in a phoenix robe, with a majestic and luxurious temperament. Her voice is not loud, but it can be heard throughout the audience: "Dear ladies, I am gathering here today. I believe you all know why."
"The case of General Shui Han is complicated and confusing. The fourth princess and Long Chengen said that General Shui Han died for his country due to injuries in the battle, but the general and the Ministry of War thought there was another hidden story."
"In order to set the record straight, I am here today to publicly interrogate the case of General Shui Han. My dear friends and all the people are witnesses."
"Yu Shi Bai, you are the presiding judge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so it is up to you to speak."
Bai Anning, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, stood up, bowed to the empress and said, "I obey the decree."
After paying homage to the empress, Bai Anning bowed to the ministers and people.
"In the battle of Linjiang City, General Shui Han was killed. This was our loss to Great Zhou."
"According to the Fourth Princess and Master Long, General Shui Han was injured by Shangguan Wei in the battle. He later died of serious injuries and died loyal to his country."
"According to the statement of the General and the Ministry of War, the cause of General Shui Han's death was fishy. We request a retrial."
"Just yesterday, the general sent someone to bring General Shui Han's body back to the capital from Linjiang City, and opened the coffin for autopsy at the Metropolitan Procuratorate."
Speaking of this, the unknown ministers in the court were very surprised. They did not expect that Jing Tianlie actually dug Shui Han's grave.
"The dead are laid to rest in their graves, so how can they dig graves?"
"This is also to clear General Shuihan's name."
"The general is really... courageous in what he does."
The people around him were also very surprised. They had a stronger concept of placing the dead in their graves, and they criticized Jing Tianlie's behavior of digging graves.
"Aren't Jing Tianlie afraid of divine punishment for doing this?"
“What’s the difference between digging someone’s grave and killing someone?”
"Why don't General Shuihan's family come out to object?"
"Shui Han is an orphan and grew up in the army."
After hearing the discussion of the ministers and the people, Jing Tianlie frowned slightly. Seeing Jing Tianlie's bad expression, Bai Qiulian immediately stood up and said: "Everyone, the general is doing this to give an explanation to General Shui Han and find the one who killed Shui Han."
The general’s murderer did not intend to dig his grave.”
"General Shui Han has knowledge under the spring, and he will also thank the general."
Bai Qiulian came out to explain, but it did not shut up the officials and the people. Instead, it aroused even greater discussion, especially the people, who began to turn the topic to the adultery between Bai Qiulian and Jing Tianlie, talking about it with gusto.
Long Chen listened quietly and thought to himself: It turns out that the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the empress's servant.
Just now, Bai Anning seemed to be talking about the case impartially, but in fact, he told the story about Jing Tianlie's grave digging, which caused dissatisfaction among the ministers and the people.
Seeing that everyone's attention was wandering, Bai Anning quickly said loudly: "The results of the autopsy have come out, please have a look at them!"
With that said, Bai Anning took out a volume of documents from his sleeve and presented it to the empress.
Yingfeng accepted it and then forwarded it to the Empress.
After opening the autopsy document, the empress's expression suddenly changed and she turned to look at Di Luoxi and Long Chen.
Seeing the empress's unkind expression, Jing Tianlie and Bai Qiulian were overjoyed, thinking that the matter had been revealed.
In addition to joy, Jing Tianlie was also a little surprised. He originally thought that the empress had instructed Emperor Luo Xi to eradicate Shui Han, but now it seems that this was not the empress' intention.
But if it wasn't the empress's instruction, why would Di Luoxi target Shui Han?
Could it be that Di Luoxi himself wants to target the General's Mansion?
Several thoughts flashed through Jing Tianlie's mind.
Bai Qiulian stood up impatiently and bowed: "Your Majesty, please publish the autopsy documents from the Metropolitan Procuratorate so that everyone can know how General Shui Han died."
The empress held the document in her hand, her expression a little hesitant. Hu Chengfu, the Minister of Punishment, knew the result last night. He glanced at Jing Tianlie, then stood up and worshiped: "Please announce it, Your Majesty."
The ministers and people all realized that something was wrong, and they all waited for the empress to make an announcement.
Di Yuwei and Di Xingwan turned to look at Di Luoxi. They thought something big had happened and were very anxious.
They usually have conflicts and have argued over Long Chen, but in the end they are still a family.
If Di Luoxi gets into a big disaster, the royal family will be the one who suffers.
Di Luoxi stood up and said, "I object and request an end to the public trial."
Long Chen also stood up and bowed: "This case is of great importance, and I request a closed-door trial."
The two people opposed it together, which aroused even more suspicion among officials and people.
Everyone thought there was something evil in it.
Upstairs in Banyue, Ji Ba took his hand out of Mei Ji's arms, smelled the body fragrance on his hand, and said with a smile: "Long Chengen and the fourth princess' acting skills are good, they play hard to get."
Ji Ba likes to use people to warm his hands in winter, but doesn't like to warm his hands by the fire.
He raised several beauties with large breasts, and in winter he put his hands inside them, calling them hand beauties.
Hong Qi asked: "Are they pretending?"
Ji Ba smiled slightly: "Be careful when doing business with Long Chengen."
Hong Qi laughed awkwardly, which meant that Hong Qi was not smart enough and was being tricked by Long Chen.
Di Luoxi and Long Chen objected at the same time. Bai Qiulian was ecstatic and said loudly: "Fourth princess, you are so opposed. Could it be that the death of General Shui Han has something to do with you? Or is it that you were the one who killed General Shui Han?"
As soon as this statement came out, the whole place was in an uproar!
The discussion between the officials and the people became more intense, and they began to talk about the scandal between Di Luoxi and Long Chen.
Long Chen said loudly: "I am doing this for the imperial court, not for myself."
Bai Qiulian sneered: "It's rare to see such a loyal eunuch serving the country for the sake of the imperial court."
Hu Chengfu said: "It is for the sake of the imperial court to give General Shui Han a clear explanation."
Bai Qiulian echoed: "Yes, General Shui Han was killed by thieves. This is the truth. Please announce it, Your Majesty!"
Bai Qiulian had already told the result. While everyone was shocked, their eyes turned towards the empress.
The empress held the autopsy document with a solemn expression, and then sighed after a long time: "Announce it!"
