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He said sinisterly, "Master Prime Minister, I am avenging His Majesty. He knew the truth long ago, but he waited until now, so he deserves death. Our Daliang has suddenly suffered such a disaster, and the people are in panic. Zhao State has also stationed hundreds of thousands of troops on the border of our Daliang, causing the country to be in danger. If he hadn't been so afraid of death, the situation would not have developed to this point."

"If he hadn't been so afraid of death and reported the matter immediately after discovering it, Your Majesty wouldn't have suffered such a disaster! Prime Minister, you decide whether I should kill such a disloyal and unrighteous person or not!"

Xie Changan snorted coldly and sat back.

Song Yafeng put the clean Xiuchun Sword back into the scabbard with a clang, slowly wiped the blood that splashed on his face, and threw the blood-stained handkerchief on the corpse.

Then he bowed to Xie Changan and said, "Master Prime Minister, now we have both human and material evidence, plus Hong Mai's words before his death, 'Madam, I will not let you down,' which is enough to prove it."

He turned around abruptly and pointed at Empress Shu, who was still sitting at the top of the table as steady as a rock: "This person is the real murderer who killed your majesty!"

Empress Shu smiled faintly: "Oh? Then may I ask Lord Song, why did I do this? My son is the legitimate crown prince of Daliang. Your Majesty, a hundred years later, the crown prince can naturally ascend the throne as emperor. Why would I take such a big risk and force Hong Mai to kill someone?"

"If he privately tells His Majesty that I threatened him, then wouldn't I and my two sons be courting our own death?"

Empress Shu sneered, "This is a crime punishable by the execution of nine generations of the clan. If it was really done by me, how could I be so stupid as to give Hong Mai the opportunity to say such a thing before he died?"

"Since I used Hong Mai's family to force him to kill, then he said this before he died. Aren't you afraid that I will kill all his family members in anger?"

Hearing this, Chen Shouye smiled coldly and said, "Humph, Queen, have you forgotten that your son is a sickly child? He is already thirty years old this year. If you hadn't forced that eunuch Hong Mai to kill Your Majesty, it would still be unknown whether he could live to see Your Majesty's death a hundred years later!"

When Li Shuangwan heard this, his heart skipped a beat. He hurried to see Gu Xingyan, and saw that his face was ashen and his hands were clenched into fists.

Li Shuangwan was afraid that he would do something impulsive in anger, so he gently tugged at his sleeve.

Gu Xingyan turned to look at her, and the girl in front of him nodded slightly at him worriedly.

He took a deep breath and slowly unclenched his fists. If he had not been in his mother's Kunning Palace at this moment, he would have drawn his sword and killed the beast with one blow.

Empress Shu had been sitting there straight, but when she heard this, her face darkened and she shouted angrily, "Chen Shouye, you are so bold, you dare to curse my crown prince!"

"You don't need this curse from the general. When the prince was born, the imperial doctors had already predicted that he would not live past the age of thirty-five. He is already thirty this year. You saw that your son had no hope of ascending the throne through normal means, and your Majesty favored the Imperial Concubine and the Third Prince. Several ministers in the court also wrote to your Majesty to change the crown prince. You were afraid, so you reached out to harm the emperor."

"Chen Shouye, you are so outrageous!"

Chen Shouye didn't even look at Empress Shu and continued, "It's because His Majesty despises you for being old and ugly. You and His Majesty no longer have any love for each other. His Majesty doesn't even want to come to your Kunning Palace on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. So you took these two things and forced Hong Mai to kill the emperor with the lives of his entire family. After all, Hong Mai has served His Majesty for decades and trusts him very much. He has never been on guard against him."

"You saved his life before. How can he not obey you if you threaten him with these two things?"

Li Shuangwan understood that this was not the time for her to speak, so she took small steps back and moved behind Gu Xingyan.

After hearing Chen Shouye's slanderous words that turned black into white, Gu Xingyan said calmly, "If I remember correctly, Lord Song and Wu Mao never said from beginning to end that these two pieces of evidence could prove that my mother threatened Hong Mai's entire family to kill my father. They always said that they threatened his family. General Chen, Hong Mai's entire family is more than just his family."

Chen Shouye is just a good-for-nothing. He spends all day lying on women's bellies, which has hollowed out his brain. How can he think so thoroughly?

He said arrogantly, "Pah, what kind of prince are you? You are a wild boy with unknown origins, and you dare to pretend to be the prince of Daliang. Come on, get this guy out for me!"

"How dare you!" Gu Xingcheng shouted angrily, "After Grand Tutor Ou found Xiao Jiu, he immediately reported it to my father, who immediately sent people to Northern Jin to verify it. Xiao Jiu's name, Gu Xingyan, was also given by my father himself, and has been submitted to the clan office to be included in our royal family tree. Chen Shouye, you are too disrespectful to His Majesty with what you said, and you are too arrogant!"

Xie Changan also said: "General Chen, His Majesty the Ninth Prince's identity was confirmed several months ago. You are going too far."

Chen Shouye cupped his hands in dismay and apologized perfunctorily: "I am guilty of my words. Please forgive me, Your Highness the Crown Prince and Your Highness the Ninth Prince."

Xie Changan looked at Song Yafeng and said, "What kind of evidence is in the hands of Mr. Song? Please show it to the others."

Song Yafeng blamed himself for not taking out the things and showing them to everyone after they sat down. He was also angry that Chen Shouye lost his patience and almost ruined the imperial concubine's plan, so he quickly responded with a yes.

He caught a glimpse of the three people sitting at the top, and let the Jinyiwei beside him take the small rosewood box. When he lowered his head to open the thing in his hand, a barely perceptible smile slipped across the corner of his mouth.

The dark brown oil paper was folded neatly into a square, but because it had been buried in the soil for a long time, it was covered with a lot of mud. Song Yafeng took out a handkerchief from his arms and carefully wiped the mud off.

Chen Shouye was a man with a hot temper. He stepped forward and snatched the things from Song Yafeng's hand: "Why are you dithering? Is it necessary to wipe a piece of oil paper so clean? Take the things out as soon as possible so that... the emperor can..."

The rest of the words came to an abrupt end, and a face that had been hollowed out by alcohol and sex quickly changed its expression. He stuffed the oil-paper bag into Song Yafeng's hand, hurriedly took the box in the hands of the Jinyiwei beside him, opened it roughly, and when he saw what was inside, he staggered back a few steps.

At this time, a pretty female voice was heard outside: "Oh, all the adults are here. It seems that there has been great progress in your Majesty's case."

She looked at the mother and her two children sitting at the top and covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief.

"Empress, killing your husband is already a serious crime among ordinary people, let alone you killed the ruler of a country, which is a serious crime of treason. You will be sentenced to death by slow slicing, and your entire clan will be exterminated. You have both witnesses and evidence, and yet you still don't admit it? Why, do you want to be like this little eunuch and take advantage of the Jinyiwei and Dongchang's interrogation methods?"