Feng Shun hurriedly greeted him, and the chamberlain whispered a few words in Feng Shun's ear. Feng Shun's expression changed and he turned to look at the emperor.
The emperor said calmly: "What happened?"
Feng Shun hesitated whether he should say it in front of Xu Qinghuan.
"Say." The emperor's voice was full of anger.
"Your Majesty," Feng Shun said cautiously, "something happened in the place where the clan was imprisoned. Firearms were suddenly thrown into the courtyard, and the whole house was on fire. There was a fight between the guards of the palace and the guards of the capital."
"What?" The emperor already knew that something must have happened, but he did not expect this outcome.
"Your Majesty, this is his plan," Xu Qinghuan raised his eyes, "The imperial court gathered the clan together, and suddenly firearms exploded. The clan will think that the emperor ordered people to get rid of all the royal family members who may rebel.
The emperor does not trust his daughter. Even if he gets the clues presented by her, he still suspects that she has other plans, so he will not let any of the royal family members off easily. If there is anyone among them who colludes with King Cheng, it will be very serious.
Zhou was bound to fall into greater turmoil, so the emperor gathered all the clan members together. He would rather arrest the wrong person than let one go. He imprisoned them and screened them one by one. It seemed that this approach was very safe, but
Once something big happens, the royal family members will think that the emperor is going to attack them, and they will have to fight if they want to survive, and chaos will soon break out in Beijing."
The emperor looked at the girl standing in the main hall. The girl was calm and confident, her clear eyes seemed to have seen through everything. She said such words without any fear on her face.
No one had ever dared to say this in front of him.
"No one has ever said this in front of the emperor, because they dare not," Xu Qinghuan said, "I said it because this is my duty. The emperor summoned me to come to ask about the case, and I said everything I knew.
All."
The emperor said coldly: "It's a good thing to tell everything you know."
Under the emperor's sharp gaze, Xu Qinghuan nodded slowly: "He knows that as a monarch, what you are most worried about is political instability, so he uses all means to disrupt it.
This is the case for everyone. The more you care about something, the more you have to find ways to maintain it. This is everyone's biggest weakness, and he is good at exploiting this weakness."
The emperor's weakness was the throne. The late emperor killed his two brothers successively for this throne, and the royal family members were already frightened by this.
If it were said that the emperor was attacking all the clans in order to stabilize his political power, the clans would definitely believe it.
From ancient times to the present, there have been many royal families who have rebelled, but there has never been a situation where the entire royal family has rebelled. If the clan members are forced to do this, I don't know what kind of chaos the Great Zhou Dynasty will look like.
The emperor can't really kill the descendants of the Qi clan, otherwise foreign enemies may take advantage of it.
The emperor ordered Feng Shun: "Send an order to the capital guards not to conflict with the clan guards, and to have all clan members return to the palace."
The queen looked at Xu Qinghuan after hearing this. It might be too late for the emperor to do this. The emperor would bring a war to the Zhou Dynasty because of his suspicion, and no one knew how many people would die in it.
"This is not enough." Xu Qinghuan's crisp voice sounded again.
The Queen said: "Is there any other good way?"
Xu Qinghuan raised his head: "As long as the emperor tells the clan members that King Cheng was wronged, the previous King of Wei may have been wronged as well. Someone is secretly controlling everything and pitting the clan against the court. The clan members of the royal family should not be fooled by this again. The court will arrest them.
After arriving at this person, we will carefully examine this case, including the case of King Wei fourteen years ago... to clear the wronged person, the court will not let go of the rebels, nor will it arbitrarily wrong anyone.
In this way, the royal family members will have more confidence in the emperor and the court."
The emperor's eyes were filled with a sinister look: "Your Anyi Marquis Mansion is not clearly connected with the Wei Prince's Mansion. You are bent on overturning the case for the Wei Prince. You are clearly part of the Wei Prince's party."
Xu Qinghuan looked calm: "The Anyi Marquis Mansion has good relations with the Prince of Wei, so it is not too unfair to be regarded as a party of the Prince of Wei." She slowly took out a stack of paper from her sleeves, "There are many people who even
They were executed as members of the Wei royal family without even seeing them. These people were originally the emperor's ministers, and they could fight for the country and benefit the people, but they became wronged souls."
The paper was unfolded, and a dense list of names appeared in front of the emperor.
Queen Yu couldn't help but feel shocked when she looked over. She knew that the court had to deal with many members of the Wei royal family every year, but she didn't know that there would be so many in total.
Every name on the paper is a life.
"Everyone is a party to the king of Wei, and everyone is a party to the king. Even if you are loyal to the king and the country, you may become a traitor overnight, so what is the point of being loyal to the king and the country?
The country of Dazhou is originally indestructible, but if we continue to destroy ourselves, one day..."
Before Xu Qinghuan could say anything, the emperor stared at her with a pair of blood-red eyes.
Xu Qinghuan opened his lips: "The building is about to collapse, and it cannot be supported by a single tree. The emperor has no one he can trust, and no ministers he can trust. If he insists on going his own way, the country will become someone else's."
"I'm going to kill you." The emperor suddenly stood up, pulled out the long sword from the shelf, and strode towards Xu Qinghuan.
"Your Majesty." Queen Yu's expression changed drastically, and she immediately stood up to stop her. She was already weak, so how could she stop the furious emperor? She was pushed by the emperor and immediately fell to the ground.
The sharp sword immediately stabbed Xu Qinghuan's neck.
"No one can be trusted, no minister can be trusted."
The girl's delicate neck is under his long sword. With just one move, a life will be lost in his hands. But what happens next?
Anyihou, Song family...
The capital is in chaos, the clan cannot be trusted, the nobles cannot be trusted, and all the generals cannot be trusted...
The sword in the emperor's hand began to shake.
The chamberlain at the door came to deliver the message again. Seeing such a scene, he subconsciously wanted to retreat out of the palace.
"What happened?" Queen Yu said immediately upon seeing this, "Say quickly..."
The chamberlain trembled and said: "All the royal family members were escorted out of the city."
"Your Majesty," Queen Yu's eyes were full of eagerness, "Are you really going to go on a killing spree? You have to harm yourself before killing the enemy. Miss Xu is just a teenage female family member, but you want to kill her with your own hands.
, are you really so violent? If you kill Miss Xu, Prince Ning, several county princes and the eldest princess, who will still believe the emperor?"
The emperor lowered his sword.
Queen Yu breathed a sigh of relief, but her eyes couldn't help but darken. The servants and palace attendants immediately stepped forward to help the queen.
"Go," the emperor looked at Feng Shun, "tell the clan that I will not wrongly accuse them and ask them not to be fooled. I will investigate the case thoroughly. If there are any doubts about the case of King Wei fourteen years ago, I will also investigate it."
Feng Shun responded and stepped back quickly.
The emperor looked at Xu Qinghuan: "I will investigate the case. If the Anyi Houfu colludes with the King of Wei to rebel, I will not be lenient."
Xu Qinghuan said: "If there is any rebellion in the Xu family, the Xu family will be executed."
After saying this, Xu Qinghuan knelt down and saluted: "My emperor is wise."
