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Zhang Rang received the edict and went straight to the Yeting Court. Empress Song had been locked up here for a few days, but she looked very calm. Apart from the missing queen's crown garment, she could not see any difference from being in the Jiaofang Hall. After Zhang Rang passed the edict, Empress Song still sat there calmly. Zhang Rang was a little surprised, his arrogant arrogance was a little restrained for a while. He was stunned for a while before asking, "Song, don't you accept the edict?"

Queen Song raised a contemptuous smile on her lips: "There is Laojun Temple in the palace. The Futu Temple has been for a long time. Your Majesty often worships the temple in person, sit quietly, and eats many people. Why do you blame me alone? I am not convinced and dare not suffer such a disaster."

Zhang Rang raised his eyebrows and shouted sternly: "Song, why are you pretending to be confused? Do you have to tell me what you did? Your Majesty has given you some face, why can't you give your Majesty some face?"

Queen Song raised her head and looked at Zhang Rang without showing any weakness. She suddenly laughed: "Shi Shi Zhang, how happy is to change her face? A few days ago, Shi Shi Zhang went to the Jiaofang Hall to ask about his well-being. When he was there, did you ever see that I had no face?"

Zhang Rang was speechless for a moment. He did show kindness to Queen Song a few days ago, but who would have thought that she had such a miserable thing with Liu Xiu? He was a little angry and embarrassed. Bai Chen's face trembled, and his pair of fish eyes narrowed to the point of only two slits left.

"Song, do you think you can escape if you don't plead guilty?"

Queen Song was neither humble nor arrogant, and her tone was as calm as ever: "I asked myself that General Wei was innocent and never had any trouble. Some people were greedy for power and trapped me in filth. I am just a weak woman. How dare I hope to escape from heaven? However, I am not willing to die, but the emperor's legitimate son is His Majesty's bloodline. If he died for the wrong time, His Majesty was in the name of killing his son. In the next hundred years, he would probably not be able to face his ancestors. You all deceive Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that Your Majesty will awaken in one day and punish you for being absent from your brothers and brothers? "

Seeing that she was righteous and ruthless, Zhang Rang became a little uneasy for a moment. Empress Song was right, the emperor was almost thirty years old this year. In recent generations, the emperor died in his thirties. The emperor was in poor health and vomited blood just now. It is hard to guarantee that he would not die young. He now has only two sons. The one he likes the most is the emperor's legitimate son Liu Xie. If there is any mistake in this matter, Liu Xie will die in vain and the emperor will find that it is an unjust case in the future. That emperor will definitely kill them to vent his anger.

However, the secret technique of combining blood is confirmed, and Liu Xie is obviously Liu Xiu's species. It has nothing to do with the emperor. Can this be wrong?

But what if you are wrong?

Zhang Rang rolled his eyes and slowed down his tone: "No matter what, as the queen, you once felt wronged and refused to accept the imperial edict, then you should tell your reasons out of your own. I can also give you the right and wrong, and your Majesty will be ruling."

Queen Song bowed slightly: "Thank you, Mr. Zhang. However, I am stupid and wronged. I don't know how to defend myself. But Your Majesty is wise and General Guard is wise. They will definitely be able to distinguish between black and white and return my reputation."

Zhang Rang silently pulled the corners of his mouth and turned around and left the ying courtyard.

"The evidence is conclusive. If this bitch doesn't plead guilty, can't I leave some face for me?" The emperor stared at the blood-red eyes and slapped the case hard: "I have to make this scandal of her public, so she gave up?"

Zhang Rang remained silent. He also felt that the matter had come to light and there would be no chance of refuting. However, he knew Empress Song's nature. Although she was not a saint, she was definitely not a traitor. The Song family was not a small family. She had a few nobles, princesses, and tutors. It was indeed a bit sensational to say that she would do such a thing. Moreover, he knew the temper of Empress Song. If she had a ghost in her heart, she could not be so calm. Even if she had achieved success in practicing Taoism, she was a woman after all. Faced with such a big thing and had reached this point, how could she not admit her guilt?

Since he had doubts, he refused to do things in a desperate situation, for fear that if there were any further setbacks and cut off his own way of retreat. If Empress Song really died, it would be fine for him to do this. He decided that it was done by the emperor. If Empress Song was really wronged, even if she died now, the emperor would not blame him when she looked back. If Empress Song did not die... then he would be well developed.

"She hopes for Liu Xiu, right? Well, I'll kill Liu Xiu first and cut off her thoughts." The emperor said gritting his teeth: "When Zhao Zhong comes back, I will show her Liu Xiu's head to see if she still wants to die."

Zhang Rang rolled his eyelids and bowed his head to obey.

Zhao Zhong took a car and came to the front door of General Wei's Mansion. Looking at the almost unchanged eaves, Zhao Zhong suddenly felt a little moved. This house is one of the few in Luoyang City. It is not only located in the best location in Luoyang City, but also has exquisite decoration. The big square in front of the door is enough to make many people envious. One-third of the place in Luoyang City is the imperial palace, one-third of the place is the official office, and only one-third are residences. Of course, those who can live in Luoyang City are not ordinary people. It is no longer a question of whether they have money or not, but they must be important in the court. Of course, their residences cannot be bad, but there are still not many such good ones.

Zhao Zhong believed that he did not have such a good house because he was not as good as Cao Jie back then, and now he was not as good as Liu Xiu.

However, he also thought that this house might be too good, so neither Cao Jie nor Liu Xiu could afford it. Cao Jie was scared to death by Liu Xiu, and Liu Xiu has now committed such a violent crime and is about to be in a different place.

Zhao Zhong felt that it would be good to leave some room for people. Bad things can be done, but they cannot be done at the best, otherwise there will be retribution sooner or later. Because of this, he has always refused to grab Zhang Rang and is unwilling to favor him alone. Even if he does bad things, he must have a good attitude.

Zhao Yan came up, reached out and helped Zhao Zhong out of the car, and said softly: "Did you issue an edict to take Liu Xiu's life?"

Zhao Zhong walked forward calmly, nodded while lowering his head, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter in the mansion? Is there any movement?"

"No." Zhao Yan smiled silently, "Although Liu Xiu is young, he has great mental skills and such a big thing has happened. He is not in a hurry at all. He still gets up to practice martial arts normally every morning, and plays chess and takes a walk with his pregnant concubine during the day. No wonder he is extremely expensive."

Zhao Zhong glanced at him, "That's because he doesn't know what he has done. When he knows, I'm afraid he won't be so calm."

"He's a big deal?" Zhao Yan was shocked.

"It's so big that I can ask for his head ten times." Zhao Zhong pointed to the Tiqiqi: "These people used to be held by Jinwu's hands, why are you now in charge? You can't smell the blood in it?"

Zhao Yan was shocked. He was the infantry captain of the Northern Army, but the emperor sent him an edict to urgently transfer him to take charge of the Tiqi. The Tiqi was originally a subordinate of Zhi Jinwu, and he always felt strange why he didn't send Zhi Jinwu Song Qi to perform official duties. He originally thought that it was probably to avoid suspicion, or his brother would move for him. He was about to promote him as the foundation for Zhi Jinwu, but unexpectedly, the Song family was also involved in this matter, and Song Qi was dismissed.

"I understand." Zhao Yan nodded with understanding: "I will definitely not give him any chance."

"Well, don't go too far, just don't have any contact with him. As long as he doesn't come out, he will do whatever he wants in the yard." Zhao Zhong patted Zhao Yan's hand with satisfaction and quickly walked up the steps. The tiqi guarding the gate quickly opened the door, and Zhao Zhong led two men into the mansion gate, walked through the front yard, and came to the Zhongting.

Liu Xiuzheng sat in the hall playing chess with Wang Chu. When he saw Zhao Zhong coming in, Wang Chu was a little nervous, but Liu Xiu was very calm. He waved his hand and said, "Please help your wife in and rest for a while."

The two maids responded and helped Wang Chu into the inner room. Wang Chu stopped at the door and turned around and looked at Liu Xiu worriedly. Liu Xiu smiled slightly: "Go and go, I will play this game with you later, and I will definitely beat you this time."

Wang Chu forced a smile and entered the inner room.

Zhao Zhong kept looking at Liu Xiu quietly until he couldn't hear Wang Chu's footsteps, and then he coughed: "Liu Xiu received the imperial edict."

Liu Xiu bowed to the hall and said loudly: "General of the Marquis of Liangxiang, Chen Xiu, listened to the imperial edict."

Zhao Zhong launched the edict and read aloud: "In March of the sixth year of Fu Weiguanghe, the emperor said, "Liu Xiu, General of Wei, was missing for several years, concealed and refused to report it. He was disloyal to the lord and unfilial to his parents... He was demoted to the marquis of Liangxiang, was dismissed from the position of General of Wei, and was granted to commit suicide. The emperor was loyal to the emperor and the subordinates were filial to him. I am so proud of him, don't let me down."

After reading the edict, Zhao Zhong looked at Liu Xiu condescendingly, "General Wei, please accept the edict."

Liu Xiu stood up, but did not accept the imperial edict, but stood up, patted the soil on his knee calmly, then slowly raised his head, looked at Zhao Zhong calmly, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and shook his head gently: "This is a life-threatening situation, I am sorry that I cannot accept the imperial edict."

Zhao Zhong's eyes tightened and his tone became stern: "General Wei, do you want to resist the imperial edict?"

Liu Xiu glanced at the Hu Benlang behind Zhao Zhong who was about to pull his sword and pounced on him. His sharp eyes forced them to stop involuntarily. Liu Xiu smiled disdainfully and his lips turned tilted: "The world has been chaotic for a long time, and there are more than one million refugees? There are many people leaving their hometowns, and there are no effective measures from the court. Someone cares about my parents' disappearance. I don't know if I should feel honored or sad. If I haven't seen each other for five years, even if I die? When did this be set? Why haven't I heard of this? Since I don't have this rule, I can't repay you. Since I can't repay you, how can I deceive the king?"

He paused and then turned his eyes back to Zhao Zhong's face: "Besides, even if there is such a rule, it seems that I will not commit suicide on such a crime, right?"

Zhao Zhong hesitated for a moment. Of course, he knew that concealing the crime of not reporting the crime by his parents' disappearance was not enough to cause Liu Xiu to be guilty of death. Liu Xiu refused to accept the edict because there was obviously a problem. He waved his hand, signaled the Hu Benlang and the others to retreat, and looked at Liu Xiu again. Liu Xiu frowned and looked at Zhao Zhong with a puzzled look. Zhao Zhong nodded~~.shuw.-Updated starter~~nod. Liu Xiu hesitated for a while and waved.

A rustling sound came from the corner of the wall, and the tiger soldiers lying in the dark received the order from Liu Xiu and left the courtyard one by one.

Zhao Zhong leaned over, said the real charge, and then said softly: "General Wei, Your Majesty hopes that you can take care of your face and not make things difficult for him."

Liu Xiu raised his eyebrows and sneered: "If I say that, I will not be able to accept the imperial edict." (To be continued)
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