From his truthful confession, the truth behind the extermination of the Su family more than ten years ago clearly surfaced for the first time.

It turned out that Ye Baijiang was greedy and not satisfied with his position as a third-rank official. He wanted to step up and become the prime minister, but the position of prime minister was already occupied.

Relying on his sister's favor in the palace, he often made slanderous remarks in the court to disrupt the government. The upright Prime Minister Su Boyuan could not stand this and opposed him in everything. He even joined forces with other officials to petition the late emperor to remove him from office.

This aroused Ye Baijiang's resentment towards Su Boyuan. After several plans, the old thief came up with a vicious idea.

He found Tao Fengzheng who was in the same camp. After some discussion, the two of them imitated the dragon robe, jade seal, city defense map and other items. Tao Fengzheng bribed the servants of the Su family and secretly placed them in Su Boyuan's study.

What's even more outrageous is that the two of them also trained a group of troops, and then put documents containing the troops' locations and related information into the Su family.

Therefore, after the incident was exposed, the people sent by the late emperor not only found those treasonous things in the Su family, but also discovered the army based on the documents.

The troops confessed without being fought and easily admitted that they were trained by Su Boyuan and were preparing to rebel when the time was right.

With both witnesses and evidence in hand, Su Boyuan had no way of defending himself, which led to his fate.

After explaining everything in detail, Tao Feng's heart was pounding. He knelt in front of the statue of Zhong Kui, kowtowed again and again, and begged in fear and trepidation.

"Master Zhong Kui, I have told you the whole story. Please show your spirit and help me drive away those evil spirits!"

As he spoke, he seemed to feel that he was in the wrong, and he tried to shirk responsibility aggrievedly, "Although I was involved in what happened back then, it was all Ye Baijiang's idea, and he instigated me.

"He also said that once Su Boyuan was eliminated, he would speak well of me in front of the emperor and let me be promoted three levels. I was confused for a moment and listened to him. I beg Lord Zhong Kui to forgive me."

After he finished speaking, he began to kowtow again, as if he wanted to break his head to show his sincerity.

"Since you want to atone your sins, I will send you to Prime Minister Su!"

Along with the loud sound of the door opening, a majestic and cold voice suddenly came from behind Tao Feng.

Tao Feng was shivering all over and turned his head quickly to look.

He was stunned by the sight, his face turned pale in an instant, and he looked as if struck by lightning. A chill that penetrated the depths of his heart quickly swept through his whole body.

There was a large group of people standing outside the door, led by Lu Shian, who was wearing a purple and gold dragon robe!

Beside Lu Shian were Lu Xiuyuan and his wife, the eldest princess, and... Su Boyuan's grandson who survived the disaster.

Behind them stood dozens of first-rank ministers from the court!

The people he brought with him to guard the door had all been knocked down by the Royal Guards, and it was unknown whether they were dead or alive.

Seeing this scene, Tao Feng's eyes were bloodshot and he slumped to the ground. He looked at the scene in horror and despair, his whole body shaking like a sieve.

"You scum, you have such a vicious heart!" Before Lu Shian could say anything else, some officials who were on good terms with Su Boyuan in the past could not help but pointed at him and cursed.

"Prime Minister Su has worked hard for the country and the people for more than ten years, but in the end he was defeated by a sinister villain like you. You are not worthy of being human!"

"If you hadn't revealed everything today, the world would have been deceived for who knows how long, and Prime Minister Su would have been misunderstood for who knows how many years. You and Ye Baijiang, you two beasts, aren't you afraid of retribution?"

"Prime Minister Su died unjustly, with a heart of a wolf and a dog's lungs!"

When the truth of the wrongful case that had lasted for many years came to light, the officials were filled with hatred and anger. Some people kept cursing Tao Fengzheng, and many people felt heartbroken for the family of Su Boyuan who had died unjustly.

What's worse, regardless of the presence of Lu Shian, he even complained about the confusion and ignorance of the late emperor.

Su Yu also came. He didn't say anything, but stared at the trembling Tao Fengzheng, his eyes bloodshot.

Tao Feng was shocked by his eyes. He sat on the ground and felt his scalp tingling.

He had never seen such eyes before, full of resentment, malice and hatred, like sharp knives, cutting him wantonly.

Lu Xiuyuan patted Su Yu's shoulder and said to Lu Shian with a frosty face: "Your Majesty, you and the ministers heard what he said just now, right? This is the most favorable evidence. How to deal with it, I believe you have your own decision."

"Your Majesty, we ask you to execute Tao Fengzheng and announce to the world that Prime Minister Su's family has been cleared of all charges." The ministers also knelt down to petition.

Lu Shian also had no objection and nodded, saying: "Tomorrow morning, I will make the truth of that year public, clear the injustice of Prime Minister Su's family, and restore Prime Minister Su's reputation."

"Your Majesty is wise!" The ministers cheered and stood up.

Su Yu choked up, no one could understand his feelings at the moment.

The goal he had been striving for for many years was finally achieved today, and his family can now rest in peace.

Lu Yanluo who was standing next to him kept her eyes on him. Seeing him crying, she quickly picked up a handkerchief and wiped his eyes, her eyes full of heartache.

"Then how should he deal with it?" Xia Younan pointed at Tao Fengzheng and asked.

Tao Fengzheng was so frightened when he heard this that he crawled to Lu Shian like a dog and begged for mercy in panic: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please spare my life! I know I was wrong. It was Ye Baijiang who instructed me to frame Su Boyuan. Your Majesty, I am innocent!"

Lu Shian snorted coldly, not wanting to argue with him, and directly ordered: "Come here, take Tao Fengzheng away, and behead him at the Meridian Gate at noon tomorrow."

After a pause, he continued: "When the Su family was implicated, it was Tao Feng who was the legitimate supervisor of the execution.

"God has his own way. Tomorrow, Prime Minister Su's descendant Su Yanzhi will supervise the execution of Tao Fengzheng. Let him witness the killing of his enemy. If he wants, he can also take action himself to avenge his family."

"Your Majesty is wise." The ministers had no objection.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Su Yu clasped his fists to express his gratitude, and looked at Tao Fengzheng, whose face looked as pale as death, with a resentful look, as if he had already thought of how to torture him.

"Your Majesty!" Tao Feng was so terrified that he howled for mercy like a pig being slaughtered, but he was dragged away mercilessly by the imperial guards who came forward.

When he was dragged outside the door, he just saw the monk who gave him the advice coming towards him.

His eyes widened in shock, and he immediately understood everything. His old body could not withstand the stimulation and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

After dealing with Tao Fengzheng, Lu Shian turned and looked at Su Yu with a hint of guilt in his eyes.

"Feel sorry."

He, the supreme ruler, bowed his head to a subject.

He said this apology on behalf of his father, who was the emperor who failed to distinguish between loyalty and treachery and believed in slander, causing the founding father and loyal minister to lose his family and die, and chilling the hearts of the meritorious officials.

Although he was still young when the incident happened, the son should pay for the father's debts, and he was his father's successor, so he should atone for his father's sins.

Su Yu didn't expect that he would apologize to him. The most noble head in the world actually bowed down in front of him.

For a moment he didn't know how to react. He had always regarded him as the son of his enemy and even thought about killing him for revenge...

"Your Majesty...you are too polite." After a while, he said this.

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