Hibiscus Tent: The Prime Minister’s palm is reborn

The person who had just been crying out for injustice suddenly fell silent, staring blankly at the dust-covered head, unable to utter another sound.

They had seen what happened when the emperor went crazy.

But now, killing people so recklessly is like destroying themselves along with them.

Even if they really risked their lives to rebel now, they would probably not even be able to stand up before the sword hanging over their heads would be swung down mercilessly.

Which is faster, the sword or they run faster? The answer is beyond doubt.

The best plan for now is to stabilize...

When the empress dowager saw that everyone was silent, she looked at the emperor standing in front of the crowd with sword in hand, without making any further move. She thought that he was using one person to warn the rest, killing a chicken to scare the monkeys.

Now that things have come to this, it’s okay to use both soft and hard tactics.

She was about to step forward and say a few words to comfort everyone, but she saw someone coming towards her with a whip in hand.

The sound of horse hooves clattering is pleasing to the ears.

Martial law has already been declared throughout the city. Who dares to ride a horse in the street at this time?

Everyone held their breath and turned their heads to look over quietly.

Even from a few streets away, Liang Qian saw billowing black smoke rising in the air.

Along the way, all the intersections were heavily guarded.

If the secret guards hadn't held the token, they wouldn't have been able to pass smoothly.

It was not until we got closer that we realized that the place burning raging fire was Tongle Hall.

This was not what surprised her most.

The most surprising thing was that there were crowds of people kneeling on the street, and the empress dowager was being carried aside in a miserable state.

The man standing in front of the crowd with his back to the fire was dressed in black, his face was completely white, except for the sword in his hand which was stained with a glaring red.

That was the only life in the entire lifeless picture, and also the only color from head to toe.

The bleeding head and corpse at his feet seemed to still have some warmth left and had not yet completely cooled down.

Is he going to... massacre the city?

Liang Qian dismounted from the horse amid the crowd's suspicious and timid gazes.

He walked through the wall of people kneeling on the ground and went straight to the man who was standing with a sword in his hand.

Someone stepped forward to stop her, but when he saw the token in her hand, he quickly stepped aside.

Gao Qian raised his eyes when he heard the voice and saw her walking towards him step by step.

His inky black eyes looked at her calmly, without any surprise at all.

It was as if he had known she was coming back and had been waiting here for a long time.

How can you not know?

A few drugs, a pass token...

It's all his selfishness.

Even so, the corners of his lips couldn't help but curl up.

Gao Qian pursed his lips and said, "You're back."

Then, he smiled softly: "Liang Qian, you are so stupid."

Liang Qian stopped one step away from him. She was originally looking for revenge with anger, but now she was afraid that she couldn't do that in public.

She frowned slowly and said in a low voice: "Gao Qian, I didn't come back for you."

Gao Qian smiled indifferently: "I know, it's not important."

It was not until she discovered that his left arm was injured and bleeding that she understood why he looked worse than usual.

Liang Qian wanted to go forward to help him deal with it, but he held her hand and stopped her.

She glanced at the wound and asked, "Why did you send me away?"

Gao Qian looked at her quietly for a while and sighed: "I'll give you a chance to regret it."

This statement is misleading.

Liang Qian was about to correct it when she heard someone calling her coldly from the other side.

It's the Queen Mother.

As everyone knows, although the queen survived the fire, she was seriously injured and could not see anyone, so she has been recuperating in the palace.

Of course, there are also many rumors that the queen once appeared openly before the two armies...

There are so many words and phrases that it is hard to tell the truth from the false.

Liang Qian felt that she had to pay her respects to the Queen Mother no matter what, as she was in public.

Gao Qian held her hand tightly. She glanced at the empress dowager quickly with an ugly expression. It was obvious that the emperor was disrespecting the empress dowager in public.

Liang Qian looked at Gao Qian in surprise, only to see him holding a sword, pointing at a row of people kneeling in front of him, and smiling sarcastically.

"Didn't you all just now protest for yourselves? Claiming that you were instigated and deceived by Gao Yi, and that you were deceived and blinded by your subordinates?

And you, and you, didn’t you guys question that Gu was greedy and afraid of death, and abandoned the soldiers in the front and fled back to Jinye alone?

Oh, and you, too, are you asking me what I want to do, just like him?"

He pointed at them one by one and asked about them one by one.

The row of people kneeling on the ground no longer had the righteous words they had earlier. They stared at the bloody sword tip in horror, and were extremely alert. They did not dare to relax at all, fearing that if they were not careful, the sword would swing down and they would lose their heads.

Liang Qian frowned, a little confused. This was completely different from the plan she and Gao Qian had discussed before.

After Gao Qian finished speaking, someone came over here carrying a wooden box, followed by Zhou Situ and his group.

Wang Tingyue opened the small wooden box in public, and inside was a lot of evidence of Prince Guangping's cliquey activities with court officials over the years. He said that they were searched out from the secret room of Tongle Pavilion.

The imperial guards brought forward a woman with a tear-stained face. She claimed that she had been secretly working for Prince Guangping, and immediately identified the accomplices in the rebellion. Most of their information matched the records that were found.

Liang Qian raised her eyebrows and looked at Gao Qian. The woman was Li Yizhu.

But as far as she knew, it was Sang Chan who had always been working for Prince Guangping.

Meeting her gaze, Gao Qian's eyes revealed a hint of amusement.

Liang Qian looked at the box again and couldn't help but narrow her eyes. If her guess was correct, he should have killed Gao Yi...

After Li Yi finished speaking, Zhou Situ took out Zhou Yun's last letter, pointing out that the Qi army fell into the Zhou army's trap that day because Guangping Wang Gao Yu colluded with Zhou Yuwen Ke for his own selfish interests, and found the treasures given by Zhou in the cellar of Guangping Wang's palace...

In addition, they also set fire to Zixiao Temple and kidnapped the queen in an attempt to threaten the emperor.

Liang Qian carefully observed the expressions of these so-called remnants. Some of them were true, while others were extremely puzzled. In this way, she understood about 70% of the facts.

When he looked over again, even the Queen Mother had a gloomy face and asked the eunuch to help her go forward to examine the evidence.

Gao Qian didn't give them any chance to question. He let go of Liang Qian's hand, raised his sword and questioned coldly.

"You have deceived your superiors and subordinates, colluded secretly, and you still have the guts to cry out for injustice and the face to say you are ignorant? How can I not come back to kill you pests and scum to comfort the souls of the innocent heroes who died in vain on the front line?"

After saying that, he swung his sword down fiercely.

Before everyone could recover from the pile of evidence and testimonies, they saw the emperor raising his sword and killing with bloodshot eyes.

After all, one person's strength is limited. He raised his sword and glanced coldly at the imperial guards beside him.

"Are you still waiting for me to take action one by one?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the sharp sound of swords being drawn was heard.

The long swords fell down in unison, and in an instant, the people in the first two rows were beheaded and bleeding.

"emperor!"

The Queen Mother could no longer remain calm. With such a cruel act, there was no guarantee that others would not feel that they were in the same boat and might rebel.

Just then, a familiar face came forward, supporting a limping man, bowed to Gao Qian, and presented something.

Liang Qian was stunned. She knew both of them.

Gao Qian narrowed his eyes slightly, and Wei Yue mouthed, "This is a gift from Zhou Jun to Qi Jun."