The uncle borrowed some merits, and the princess drew the talisman fiercely

After hearing this, the emperor was shocked.

Putting aside other things, how could Lu Ming's daughter, who was raised in the countryside, have such ability?

Prime Minister Shen also secretly reminded the emperor -

The Prince of Jin requested an imperial decree for marriage on the day he returned to the capital. Did he really not know Lu Zhaoling's abilities, or did he ask for her hand in marriage just for her abilities?

Lord Bi also felt a lot more relaxed.

That’s right, just this point alone would be difficult for the King of Jin to explain clearly.

The emperor would probably be suspicious of him.

"Prince Jin, what do you have to say?" the emperor asked in a deep voice.

Hearing the emperor's tone, Prime Minister Shen knelt there with a sneer on his face.

His daughter had admired Prince Jin for many years, and he originally thought that by fulfilling his daughter's wish and helping Prince Jin to ascend to the throne, he could have the best of both worlds.

But King Jin didn't know what was good for him.

How could he tolerate marrying Lu Zhaoling, who might ruin his plans?

If the King of Jin had known that Lu Zhaoling was practicing the mystical arts, then his purpose of marrying Lu Zhaoling would not be simple. His purpose of taking Lu Zhaoling to Weiming Mountain and Lishan Mountain would not be simple either.

Even if the King of Jin had already written about Lu Zhaoling's abilities in the letter, it would be useless.

Zhou Shiyue only spoke at this time.

He sighed.

"Think it over carefully. If you continue to talk nonsense and fool me, I will not let you off easily." The emperor looked at him with oppression.

"How can you talk nonsense?"

Prince Jin said, "If I say that I didn't know she was from Xuanmen at first, my brother would definitely not believe me, right?"

"It's hard for me to believe."

"So, I have to think carefully about how to make my brother believe what I say."

"What King Jin means is that we should think carefully about how to make up a lie?" Lord Bi taunted.

As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Shiyue kicked him over.

Not only did Mr. Bi roll around, but his head also hit the leg of a chair with a thud.

He was in pain and dazed, and for a moment he forgot to get up while lying there.

"Brother, look at him! He is just a mere fourth-rank official, yet he dares to slander me and accuse me of deceiving the emperor!"

A big hat was immediately put on Zhou Shiyue.

Slandering the prince for deceiving the emperor is a serious crime!

Isn't lying the same as deceiving the king?

Even if the Prince of Jin really did not tell the truth to the Emperor, before there was evidence and before the Emperor himself opened his mouth, it was definitely not the turn of a small official like him to comment.

Lord Bi made a mistake because he was too impatient.

The emperor's expression changed and his mouth opened.

He wanted to side with Lord Bi, but he couldn't.

Because he knew rationally that Lord Bi was absolutely wrong! He was also not happy to see an outsider making random comments about the royal family.

"Anyway, he has told us what he knows, so the rest is none of his business!"

Zhou Shiyue put his hands in his sleeves, and said in a dandy manner, "It won't be a waste if we kill him!"

hiss.

Prime Minister Shen suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck.

No, you want to behead him now?

Lord Bi was so frightened that he immediately got up, not caring about his still aching head, and knelt down, kowtowed quickly.

"Your Majesty, I know I am wrong, please spare my life!"

"This is just a mistake? You know it's a mistake? You know the heads of all the Bi family members!" Zhou Shiyue sneered, "You are committing a serious crime!"

He looked at the emperor and said, "Brother, he has thrown such a big bucket of dirty water on me and accused me of such a serious crime! If I don't kill him, what dignity will I have in the future? Anyone can slander me? Anyone can say that what I said to you is deceiving the emperor?"

"Then what else can I say? No matter what, it is deceiving the king."

"The crime of deceiving the emperor must be punished. Brother Emperor, then you should execute this minister."

The emperor's temple was throbbing.

How did it come to this? Which sentence just now was wrong?

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I absolutely did not slander the King of Jin..."

"So you're saying that I did deceive you? Come on, show me the evidence. I haven't even said a word yet, how did I deceive you?"

"Your humble servant, I did not say that the King of Jin was deceiving the emperor!"

"You said that I lied to my brother. You know everything about me? You even know what I want to say?"

"I don't know..."

"If you don't know, how do you know it's a lie?"

"Your humble servant, your humble servant..." Lord Bi began to tremble.

"Father!"

Zhou Shiyue suddenly covered his face and cried out miserably.

"Come to my dream tonight. After you die, Ayue will be all alone and helpless. Even a mere fourth-rank Bi Douzi can bully him..."

The emperor's mind reappeared the scene in his dream where the retired emperor pointed at his head and scolded him, and he shuddered.

He really does dream!

Moreover, the dream is quite real!

The emperor blurted out, "Come here, drag Bi Shiwu out! He slandered the prince, take off his official hat and give him fifty strokes of the cane!"

It would not be good to just behead him like this. Give him fifty lashes and spare his life. We will talk about it later.

"emperor!"

Lord Bi turned pale and started howling.

But he was soon dragged out.

Zhou Shiyue glanced at Eunuch Qin.

Eunuch Qin took a step back and gave a look to the person guarding outside the door.

The people outside understood what he meant.

These fifty lashes can only be heavy, not light.

Soon, sounds of beatings and screams were heard outside.

The sound of flesh banging and the screams made Prime Minister Shen's face turn pale.

He also didn't understand how he could be so careless and let it come to this. He had to go back and review it. This was not right.

"Prince Jin, are you satisfied?"

The emperor also felt a little regretful at this moment.

What is he afraid of?

His father came to him in a dream. Although in the dream he was still young and was very scared and out of control when being scolded by his father, it was still a dream!

Could my father really come back to life and beat him?

Even if my father were alive, he is now the emperor of the Great Zhou, so it is useless for him to be the emperor emeritus!

Fortunately, he did not listen to Zhou Shiyue and did not execute Bi Shiwu, but only beat him with a stick.

"Royal brother, I have been slandered like this, what can I be satisfied with? I can't get over this anger."

The emperor was so angry with him that he almost threw an inkstone at him.

"You really don't want to tell a lie? Then tell me what you think about what they said!"

"Don't try to stall for time and fool around!"

Zhou Shiyue said seriously, "First of all, to tell you the truth, my brother can send someone to investigate as many times as he wants. Just investigate where Lu Zhaoling came from, who she met, and how she got on my carriage on the day I returned to Beijing."

"This can be clearly checked. In fact, there were already several confessions when Zhu Minghao and his men were interrogated."

"Where did she come from, who brought her, where did she pass, who saw her, and how she was chased and beaten by Zhu Minghao's lackeys. There are many witnesses."

"As long as we check, we can prove whether I have met, talked, or conspired with her before that."

The emperor paused.

indeed.

"Also, we can check whether she was seriously injured and almost died at that time."

indeed.