Save the tragic villain in progress!

Changsun De's words were like a blow to the head, which not only made Emperor Zhou and the courtiers dizzy, but also made Zhao Su's heart drop to the bottom of the valley.She remained motionless in her kneeling position, like a statue, her hands and feet were so cold to the bone.At that moment, many thoughts flashed through my mind, but I didn't grasp anything.

The main hall was so quiet that you could hear a needle falling to the ground.

After a dead silence, Zhao Su finally made a move.Everyone saw that she slowly raised her eyes to look at Changsun De. If her eyes could be condensed into reality, they must be the coldest ice in the world. She uttered two words coldly: "Ridiculous——!"

Her volume was suddenly raised, shaking the court and frightening Changsun De.

All the ministers saw Zhao Su suddenly get up from the ground, looked at Changsun De with eyes like torches, and approached him step by step: "I am impeaching you for making false accounts in the hall today, and accusing you of disloyalty! You have disregarded the lives of the victims and corrupted you!" Accepting bribes is inhumane! Such an unfaithful and unkind person, even when he dies, he will not repent, but he will still feel resentful, slander and deceive the emperor out of thin air, and even the nine clans will not be worthy of your crime of death!"

Zhao Su has always been calm and polite to the outside world, so it is hard to avoid being surprised to suddenly show such awe-inspiring posture.She took a step forward every time she said a word, and forced Changsun De to the corner of the steps: "You said that Gu Zai disguised himself as a man, did you mean to satirize the father's blind eyes, and mistaken women for men for many years?! You said Gu Zai Women disguised as men, don’t you mean to say that the whole hospital is full of corpses and vegetarians, and you can’t tell the difference between men and women every day to check the pulse of Gu?! You said that Gu is disguised as a man, is it because you want to slander the mother and deceive the king, so that people can hear The whole family of the clan was copied and killed?! You said that the lonely woman disguised herself as a man, did you mean that the courtiers were absurd, and they actually embraced a woman as the crown prince, making Da Zhou a laughing stock among the nations?!"

Every time Zhao Su said something, Emperor Zhou's face became gloomy.He watched the farce with cold eyes, sitting in a high position without saying a word, which only made people feel that the mountains and rains were about to come.

The empress's mother family, the Wen family, also had someone who was an official in the court, and Wen Yan was the first to come out to reprimand Chang Sun De: "I want to report to your Majesty, the minister, Sun De, is insane. He is clearly dying, and deliberately gnawed and bitten him. I implore Your Majesty to punish him severely! "

One person takes the lead, and others can only follow and second.These courtiers are not like Changsun De, who stuffed shit in his head, and killed him saying that the prince is a woman disguised as a man. Isn't this blatantly scolding the emperor for being blind, and the son who has been raised for more than 20 years can't even tell the difference between men and women.

Taking a step back, even if the crown prince really disguises himself as a man, it is still the emperor's own business, and it is not up to foreign ministers to expose it.Whoever dares to stand up at this time will undoubtedly set himself on fire, didn't you see that even the Eighth Prince and the others dared not speak out.

Only Changsun De was ready to go all out, and was determined to drag Zhao Su into the water.He scrambled to get up, like a bereaved dog, pointing at Zhao Su incoherently said: "Do you dare to take off your clothes for a body check?! Zhao Su! Do you dare to take off your clothes for a body check in front of civil and military officials?! I heard that you have been born Since then, she has been raised by the empress herself, and even the nanny is useless. She has already reached the age of marriage, but she refuses to marry in every possible way. How dare you say that you are not a woman disguised as a man?!"

The more Changsun De thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, and the more he talked, the more he felt that he was justified. He finally took off the official hat he was wearing crookedly on the head, threw it heavily on the ground, and said desperately: "Zhao Su! How dare you stand in front of all civil and military officials?" Do you want to take off your clothes for a body check?!"

Zhao Su didn't say a word, but stepped back slowly step by step, and stood in the middle of the hall.Just when Changsun De thought she was timid, Zhao Su suddenly opened his arms, shook his sleeves heavily, and asked sharply in front of civil and military officials, "Why don't you dare?!"

Zhao Su stared directly at the ministers, and said every word: "Gu is standing here today. If anyone doesn't believe it, you can ask your majesty to have someone undress for a body check to see if Gu is a man or a woman!"

She stood on top of the hall with her back straight, motionless, showing no sign of retreating.When everyone heard the words, they subconsciously looked at Emperor Zhou on the high seat, but they saw that he walked down step by step without knowing when, and the pendant beads on the crown clattered, covering the bright or dark expressions in their eyes.

Seeing Emperor Zhou approaching, Zhao Su raised his arms up a little without changing his face, and said in a solemn voice, "Father, please examine yourself!"

she is betting...

She bet that Emperor Zhou would not dare to do this...

If she is a man, that's fine. If she is a woman, the body test in the hall will not only embarrass the royal family, but also make Da Zhou a laughing stock of all countries.

Emperor Zhou would never do this in consideration of the face of the royal family, even if he really had doubts in his heart.

Zhao Su's heart was a bit more ruthless than a man's. Seeing that Emperor Zhou didn't move, she repeated in a deep voice: "Please have a physical examination, Father!"

"Wow—!"

There was a sharp sound of a sword being unsheathed, and Emperor Zhou pulled out the sword of the guard beside him without warning. This action caused the courtiers to scream in surprise, and stepped forward to stop him: "Your Majesty! No!"

They didn't know what Emperor Zhou was going to do, they just instinctively sensed the danger.In the corner, some palace servants had already turned and left, hurrying to report to the harem.

"Go back!"

Emperor Zhou kicked away the nearest minister, his face was ugly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.He pointed the icy long sword straight at the prince, but the prince did not change his face.Emperor Zhou turned to point the long sword at Changsun De. Changsun De was so frightened that he scrambled forward and hugged Emperor Zhou's leg: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! You trust me! Take off your clothes quickly, Zhao Su must be a woman, Zhao Su must be a woman..."

Before he finished speaking, Emperor Zhou suddenly raised his sword high, and pierced his back without warning under the horrified eyes of all the ministers, and blood spattered all over his face.

Changsun De froze suddenly, his face twisted in pain, he raised his eyes to look at Emperor Zhou in disbelief, but he could only see the gloomy and fierce eyes under the emperor's crown.

The air was deadly still.

Emperor Zhou drew out his long sword with a whoosh, and kicked Changsun De's body down the steps. His voice was deep and his anger could not be concealed: "I have passed on my will, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Sun De, who is corrupt and accepts bribes. Punish the three clans! The three generations of their descendants are not allowed to enter the court as officials. Those who are under eighteen, the men will be stabbed in the face, and the women will be sent to the teaching workshop. They will not be pardoned within a hundred years! Donglinhou will be sent to prison, and the case will be held by the three divisions. Judgment, Liu Jianlai has committed many atrocities, greedy for money and grabbing land, and will be executed by the Queen of Autumn!"

Emperor Zhou was obsessed with the art of seeking immortals and asking questions, and he had not killed for many years. Today, he personally killed his elder Sun De in front of the palace, which shows that his anger has reached the extreme.

Donglin Hou heard that before he had time to complain, he was directly dragged down by the guards outside the hall covering his mouth.All civil and military officials were silent, and they all knelt down and dared not speak out.

Emperor Zhou still couldn't get rid of his anger, his chest heaved and fluctuated.Everyone saw that he threw the long sword on the hall with a clang, then turned around and left with a flick of his sleeves, only saying coldly: "The prince comes to see me in the bedroom!"

Today's court farce seems to have finally come to an end, but only Zhao Su knows that she killed a thousand enemies and damaged herself by eight hundred.

Although Emperor Zhou hadn't set foot in the harem for many years, his mind was not dull.He thought about it carefully, from the moment the prince was born, he had never hugged the child with his own hands.Countless doubts weighed on his mind, and finally he piled up an extremely absurd guess.

Hundreds of officials finally receded like a tide, walking out of the hall in twos and threes, only Zhao Su stood where he was, never took a step forward.She slowly lowered her numb arms, and for some reason, her heart felt unprecedentedly peaceful.He raised his eyes inadvertently, and found that the guards were going to take Zhen He away, and finally said in a hoarse voice, "What are you going to do?"

The guard clasped his fists and said, "His Royal Highness, this person is a wanted criminal by the imperial court, and the general will put him in prison now to await the verdict."

Zhao Su frowned fiercely when she heard that, Zhen He was the one she announced calmly to come, if she was taken to the prison today, how would she explain?

However, before Zhao Su could say anything, Zhen He suddenly stepped forward on his knees, and kowtowed heavily to her: "Thank you, His Royal Highness, for redressing Lord Zhen's grievances. The humble people have a life, and death is not a pity."

Without a trace of movement, he stuffed a very small note into Zhao Su's hand, took another deep look at her, and signaled that there is no need to intercede, then got up and left with the escorting guards.

Zhao Su hesitated to speak.She saw Zhen He's back disappear before her eyes, opened the note without a trace, and saw a line written on it——

The empress dowager passed away, and the world pardoned her.

There has always been a rule in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Whenever a new emperor ascends the throne, and the empress dies, he must be pardoned for three years to show his kindness.The time of the Empress Dowager is numbered, everyone in the world knows, and the Emperor of Zhou believes in the gods, so in order to accumulate virtue, he will inevitably issue an edict of amnesty.

It will take three days at the earliest, or ten days at the slowest. As soon as the Empress Dowager dies, Zhen He can be released from prison.

In Amnesty Under Heaven, there are also ten evils that cannot be forgiven: one is treason, two is treason, three is treason, four is evil, five is immorality, six is ​​disrespect, seven is filial piety, eight is corruption, nine is civil strife, and ten is injustice.

Donglinhou's Mansion and Changsunde's criminals were all included in the unpardonable list.

Zhao Su walked out of the hall facing the setting sun, and quietly tore the note into pieces.She twitched the corners of her mouth, Rong Xuan was really bold, he dared to write such taboo words on paper, but he had no omissions, there was always a way to put them to death and live later.

What about yourself?

Can he put himself to death and survive?

Before Zhao Su's eyes, there was a woman about 40 years old.She was wearing a Qingluan female official uniform bestowed by the imperial court, holding a sword in her arms, her eyes were clear, and her temperament was as unfathomable as the deep sea. She was the only female sword sect Zhou Xiqiong in the world.

Zhou Xiqiong has been enshrined by the royal family of the state of Zhou, and she walks in front of the imperial court every day to escort her. It must be a big deal for her to come here.Her unwavering gaze fell on Zhao Su, hiding a bit of pity: "His Royal Highness, His Majesty has a summons, and I order you to enter the inner hall as soon as possible."

Zhao Su knew that Emperor Zhou was about to undergo a physical examination.There was no way she could avoid it, but she became calmer, straightened her clothes and said, "Thank you, Mr. Zhou, please lead the way."

When the news reached the harem, Queen Wen was shocked and horrified, she was so frightened that she vomited blood.Regardless of her illness, she rushed to the emperor's bedroom with her people, but saw the palace servants undressing the prince for a physical examination through a screen.And Emperor Zhou was sitting outside, his brows were heavy, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry.

Empress Wen didn't care about saluting, and rushed directly behind the screen, only to see the maid undo Zhao Su's belt.Unexpectedly, he didn't know where the strength came from. He stepped forward and pushed those people away, stopped Zhao Su behind him, and sternly reprimanded: "You bastard! You can touch the body of the prince Wanjin, why don't you back down?" !"

The palace servants were so frightened that they all knelt down and pleaded guilty: "The empress, servants and servants are also ordered by His Majesty."

When Emperor Zhou heard the movement, he walked in from behind the screen with an ugly expression.Seeing the queen standing in front of Zhao Su, he yelled angrily at the surrounding maidservants: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you pull the queen away!"

But the queen pulled out the phoenix hairpin from her hair under the eyes of everyone, and waved it wildly to force everyone to retreat: "Which of you dare to step forward!"

Emperor Zhou was furious: "Master Wen, are you going to rebel?!"

The queen's face was like gold paper, she looked directly at Emperor Zhou with the courage she didn't know where she came from, she forced a breath and gritted her teeth and said, "The crown prince is the crown prince, the crown prince you personally enshrined back then, how can you believe it now just because others say a few words? !"

Seeing her behavior, Zhou Di didn't understand anything, he was shocked and angry: "Mr. Wen, you are a criminal who deceived the emperor, you deserve to die!"

Emperor Zhou was already convinced that Zhao Su was a woman, but he still wanted to confirm it.Seeing the queen standing in front of him, he kicked her to the ground in desperation. With the exclamation of the palace people, the queen accidentally knocked on the corner of the table, and her head turned red immediately.

Zhao Su's complexion changed drastically, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help her up: "Mother's queen!"

Wen's eyes were scarlet, she pushed Zhao Su behind her, looked at Emperor Zhou with difficulty, and said intermittently: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Su'er is your crown prince... your crown prince ...If you force a body test today, wouldn't you trample her face on the ground, and your concubine will never agree..."

At this time, the queen didn't know if she was regretting that in order to consolidate her position, she forced Zhao Su to pretend to be a man.Now that the Dongchuang incident has occurred, it has involved the lives of countless people.

Seeing that she still refused to let her go, Emperor Zhou drew out the long sword hanging on the wall with a clang, pointed the sword point directly at Queen Wen, and said angrily, "If you don't move away, believe it or not, I will cut you off! "

As soon as he finished speaking, Jian Feng was suddenly grasped by a hand, and he looked subconsciously, but saw Zhao Su stopped in front of the queen at some point.As if she was not afraid of pain, she lowered her eyes and tightly grasped the long sword. Emperor Zhou pulled it hard twice, but it didn't come out, and the sticky blood dripped down.

Emperor Zhou laughed back angrily: "Good! Good! What a queen! What a prince! Zhao Su, you disguised yourself as a man to bully the king, are you trying to rebel?!"

Zhao Su raised his eyes and looked directly at him, and asked word by word: "What about men? What about women? They are both of Zhao's blood, why must they be classified into high and low?!"

Emperor Zhou's chest was heaving and heaving: "You still don't know what's wrong?!"

Zhao Su silently clenched the blade of the sword, the pain made his brain more awake, and he tried his best to lift his head: "My son has been practicing literature and martial arts since childhood, so he can not be inferior to the brothers and brothers of the emperor. At the age of sixteen, he entered the Juxian Pavilion to debate the scriptures Wen, who is full of talented people, punished corrupt officials at the age of seventeen, and went to Liaodong for disaster relief at the age of eighteen. All the sons and ministers have set foot in the barren land of Dazhou. I really don’t know what is wrong! Is it because I am In the body of a woman, can the emperor abandon his blood for many years and disregard his family affection, and even confront his wife with swords?!"

Zhao Su gritted her teeth tightly, and loosened the long sword bit by bit: "Today, if the emperor wants to kill, he will kill me alone, and don't hurt the innocent. The only fault is that in this world, men are in power, and women, even if they are talented, seek the way. No way!"

Zhou Di was shocked by her rebellious words for a long time and couldn't regain his senses. He only felt that the sword in his hand was as heavy as a thousand weights. He staggered back a few steps, and finally fell to the ground with a clang.

"you you……"

Seeing this, Zhou Xiqiong stepped forward to support Emperor Zhou without a trace, and said in a calm voice: "Your Majesty, the envoy of Yan Kingdom has entered Beijing and is sending an order to see him outside the palace. You should go and meet him first."

She passed a step, but Emperor Zhou didn't object when he was in a daze, and was carefully helped out of the hall by the palace servants.

Seeing Emperor Zhou leave, Zhao Su's face was dead silent, and he didn't know what he was thinking.She regained her senses and looked at the queen, only to see that the latter had fainted at some point. She was exhaling too much and breathing in too little, so she hugged the queen and sniffed her breath, with an extremely ugly expression: "Quickly send the imperial doctor! Go! "

The palace people were frightened by the scene in front of them, and they reacted and ran out of the hall to ask for the imperial doctor, but they were pushed back by the imperial army left behind by Emperor Zhou: "No one is allowed to step outside the hall without His Majesty's decree." !"

Emperor Zhou took his face into consideration, fearing that the news would leak out, he directly sealed off the hall.

The palace man looked anxious: "The empress is seriously ill, so please honor your hand and let the slaves go to the imperial physician!"

The Imperial Forest Army frowned upon hearing this, and immediately ordered a soldier to pass the message to the Tai Hospital.But he still guarded the palace gate firmly, not allowing anyone to enter or leave.

It was already midnight when the news reached Prince Yan's residence.

Ji Fan was bathing in the pool, when he heard the news, he opened his eyes suddenly: "What did you say? Zhao Su's female body was discovered?!"

The attendant stood behind the screen and said: "Emperor Zhou sealed his mouth tightly. We only found out the news after a spy who had been in ambush for many years. We only know that the queen is seriously ill now, and I am afraid she will die. The prince is under house arrest in the palace and cannot go out easily. .”

Ji Fan lowered his eyes thoughtfully: "Understood, step back."

The attendant said one more thing in a low voice: "Your Highness, General Han and the right minister Yue Yuanting have arrived at the post with a team of envoys, and come to pay their respects tonight."

After speaking, he quietly left.

When Rong Xuan heard the sound of closing the door, he subconsciously looked at Ji Fan, and his tone couldn't hide his surprise: "How did Zhao Su's identity be discovered?"

Ji Fan said in the lingering mist: "It seems that your magic calculation sometimes guessed wrong. Changsun De exposed Zhao Su's identity in front of the palace today, and was stabbed to death by Emperor Zhou. Zhao Su is now under house arrest in the palace." , It’s hard to get out. I’m afraid that your phrase ‘the empress dowager passed away’ will be changed to ‘the empress died’.”

After all his calculations, Rong Xuan didn't expect that there would be such a variable as Changsun De, so he couldn't help but fell into deep thought: "Her body as a woman has been exposed, and Emperor Zhou will never make her the heir apparent."

Ji Fan swam up to him silently, his black hair was wet on his shoulders, his lips were as red as blood, like a water monster: "It's not necessarily true, it just depends on whether Zhao Su can be ruthless. Emperor Zhou wanted to save his face." , he will definitely not expose her disguise as a man, on the contrary, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the courtiers, he will let Zhao Suan sit safely on the crown prince, but..."

Rong Xuan sighed and said, "It's just hard to say how long this position can be held. When the incident subsides, Emperor Zhou will either let Zhao Su die suddenly due to illness, or choose the wrong place to dismiss her as the crown prince. It’s really a dilemma.”

Unless... Zhao Su embarks on the path of rebellion.

Ji Fan was not necessarily happy when he heard the news.Zhao Su still endured a lot of criticism as a woman as a prince. If he proclaims himself emperor as a Qingzi in the future, he will encounter more resistance than Zhao Su.

Ji Fan scooped up a handful of water, gurgling from between his fingers and falling on Rong Xuan's shoulders, his interest suddenly faded: "Those old ministers are so boring, they themselves are incompetent and can't be emperors, but they don't allow people who are both talented and capable." Take power."

Rong Xuan pulled him into his arms, stuck him tightly, and said with a low laugh: "Those old ministers have half of their bodies in the coffin, and they can only show off their prestige for the rest of the day. This world has always been won by the capable." , why bother with them."

After Rong Xuan finished talking, he suddenly remembered something: "The envoy of the Yan State came to Beijing, why did Han Xiaoyun follow him? He is the general of the Yan State, isn't he afraid of being discovered by the Zhou Emperor?"

Ji Fan lazily leaned on Rong Xuan's shoulder, with some after-the-fact satisfaction in the corners of his eyes and brows. Hearing this, he lightly tapped Rong Xuan's cheek with his fingertips, his voice hoarse: "Say you are stupid, you are really stupid, Naturally, Han Xiaoyun would not enter the capital blatantly, he pretended to be the right minister's entourage, disguised, so no one would recognize him."

Rong Xuan caressed his back for a while: "They came this time to escort you back to the country of Yan?"

Ji Fan paused slightly when he heard the words: "...they have asked Gu to return to Yan many times, but Emperor Zhou has repeatedly refused to go back. Now that the situation in Yan Kingdom is chaotic, and the Queen Mother is alone and weak, Gu has to go back and fight for it." Let's fight for that position. Otherwise, when the third son ascends the throne and send troops to attack the state of Zhou to recover the lost land, Shengjing and the three thousand cavalry will all be killed."

Zhao Su is in prison, and he is walking on thin ice.

Ji Fan unconsciously clenched Rongxuan's shoulders, and said in a low voice, "No matter what this time, Gu must find a way to leave Dazhou, even if we meet with swords."

Ji Fan has [-] cavalry in the territory of Dazhou. This is a force not to be underestimated, and his every move is being followed.If he wanted to take these people away from Shengjing from under Emperor Zhou's nose, it would be even more difficult.

Rong Xuan stretched out his hands to hold Ji Fan's face, and kissed the wound on the side of his face: "I'll help you."

He said seriously, "I'll help you leave Zhou."

Although this road is difficult, it is not impossible. As long as you find an ally, you can get twice the result with half the effort.