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So it turned out that when Xue Duan Sheng had just left the room, his father-in-law came from behind and escorted the Zhao Clan over.

"Doctor Xuan." Mu Zheng ignored her and gave her an order.

Very soon, the imperial physician arrived.

"Quickly diagnose the condition of this Zhao family."

"Yes."

The imperial physician accepted the order and hurried forward to diagnose Madame Zhao's illness.

"Reporting to your majesty, Lady Xue is mentally stable and clear-minded. It's just that he has a deficiency of the spleen. " The imperial physician finished his report and stood to one side.

"Alright." After Mu Zheng finished speaking, he glanced at Xue Duan Sheng. His meaning was self-evident.

"Zhao Clan, let me ask you. Many years ago, you worked with Yang Er, and Xue Duan Sheng poisoned the Han Clan. Is this true?" Mu Zheng was dignified and his words were ruthless. When Mrs Zhao heard this, her heart jumped in fear.

She glanced at Xue Duan Sheng, not knowing how to reply. Xue Duan Sheng was about to signal to him when Mu Zheng saw all of this.

"Hurry up and report this to me. If you say anything false, pull out your tongue on the spot."

"Your majesty, spare me, your majesty, spare me, I will speak, I will speak." Mrs Zhao was so frightened that she trembled. She kept nodding her head with a slurred voice, afraid that she would lose her life.

"Speak!"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, chenqie did not cause the Han Family's death, nor did he cause Yang Er's death. Later on, Master said that he was depressed and wanted to take me in as his concubine. I didn't want to be his concubine, so Master said that if Lady Han died, I could be her wife. I agreed to him on the spur of the moment. After that, Master said that the Han Family's health isn't good and often takes tonics, and I also know another distant relative, Yang Er, who is currently sitting as an apprentice in the medicine shop. Old master gave me a type of medicine and told me to give it to Yang Er. Every time a Han Family maidservant came to seize the medicine, it would be mixed in.

Mrs Zhao blurted out everything that had happened that year in one breath. These things had been repeated in her mind for a long time, and she wanted to vomit.

Mu Zheng was so angry that his lips were trembling as he tightly clenched his fists.

"Shut up, you crazy woman." Xue Duan Sheng shouted angrily, shocking the Zhao Clan to the point they trembled.

"How dare you! How can we allow such a ruckus in the imperial court?!" Eunuch Wei shouted and flung his whisk.

Xue Duan Sheng knew that he had misbehaved and hurriedly shut his mouth.

"Go on." Mu Zheng glanced at Xue Duan Sheng in dissatisfaction, as he didn't want to bother with him for the time being.

"After that, I told Yang Er to leave and never come back. Who would have thought that after so many years, he would come back with such an open mouth and continuously use the events of that year as a threat. He was insatiable, even shouting and threatening to spread the news. In a fit of rage, I took up the vase and hit him with it, and he ran away in a panic. " Madame Zhao didn't dare to defy the imperial edict, and continued speaking.

"But Yang Er is clearly dead." Xue Ruyun stood up to confront her.

"I don't know. He wasn't dead when I left." Mrs Zhao rolled her eyes at Xue Ruyun, and resentfully looked at her. She knew it was definitely because she came to sue, causing so many things.

"Indeed, report to your majesty. Yang Er wasn't killed by Madame Zhao, but was killed by someone with a thin blade. The murderer is someone else. " As he spoke, Xue Ruyun walked in front of Xue Duan Sheng and stared at him. Xue Duan Sheng didn't dare meet her gaze, and he lowered his head.

"Is that true?" Mu Zheng was puzzled.

"According to the coroner's examination, after Yang Er was knocked out, someone inserted a blade into his head, which was the cause of his death."

"Recently, I haven't been able to figure out who attacked Yang Er because he went missing for a few years. This time, he sneakily came back, and other than the Zhao Family, no one knew about his return. But I overlooked one person, and that's my father, Xue Duan Sheng! "

Xue Ruoyun was vexed. "I should have thought of that a long time ago. But I completely ignored it, because I never imagined that Xue Duan Sheng would actually collude with the Zhao Clan to frame her wife. "Now that I think about it, everything makes sense."

"If the Zhao Clan and Xue Duan Sheng are conspiring, then the Zhao Clan will surely tell Xue Duan Sheng about Second Yang threatening the Zhao Clan.

The reason why Xue Duan Sheng went through so many twists and turns to kill the Han Family was because he didn't want to reveal his identity. This time, he took advantage of the dispute between the Zhao Family and Second Yang, and secretly ordered people to secretly kill Second Yang, and blame it on the Zhao Family. Not only did it resolve the abuse from back then, it also made others suspicious of it. Even if we do, we might as well take care of Mrs Zhao. "

Xue Li Sheng was astounded. Xue Ruyun's speculations weren't wrong in the slightest, it was simply like seeing it with his own eyes.

"Old master, I didn't expect you to be so heartless and unintentional …" When Mrs Zhao heard Xue Luoyun's words, he was incomparably heartbroken. He didn't expect that Xue Duan Sheng would trust him so much, and in the end he actually pushed him out after crossing the river. He even wanted to blame this crime on him.

"I was doing all this for you just now. I wanted to hide it from you, but I didn't expect you to treat me like this. You really have no conscience." The more Mrs Zhao thought about it, the more heartbroken she became. She couldn't help but burst into tears, completely disregarding her image. It was simply too elegant a place to be.

"You crazy woman, why aren't you shut up?" Xue Duan Sheng glared at him, then lowered his head and didn't speak.

"Xue Duan Sheng, do you still have anything else to say?" Mu Zheng berated Xue Duan Sheng.

"Your Majesty, your subject … your subject … your subject … wrongly accused …" This was all their one-sided talk, and there was no evidence. There is no basis for words. The Emperor cannot, because of this, convict this subject. " Xue Duan Sheng was still denying it in the face of their accusations.

"At this point, you can still say such words. If you have even the slightest bit of regret, I will also have a little kinship towards you. But who would have thought that you would have the guts to hurt my mother with such an attitude. " Xue Luoyun was simply extremely disappointed in him.

"How do you expect your husband to admit it?" Xue Duan Sheng glanced at her with a face full of resentment.

"You want evidence, right? I'll make you give up today." As he said that, he unfolded a picture of her. Astonishingly, there was a shoe print on it.

"Your majesty, this was found at the scene by the coroner. It was the shoe print of the murderer who escaped from the window." Xue Ruyun passed the evidence to Eunuch Wei, and Eunuch Wei handed it over.

"This matter is so secretive that you have always been afraid of others finding out. As a result, if you don't trust others, you will definitely personally act." This shoe is exactly the same size as yours. In addition, you knew that Second Yang had returned, and also that Lady Zhao had gone to see Second Yang. If not for you, could there really be such a coincidence in the world? " Xue Luoyun's words were reasonable and well-founded.

"Hmph, there are plenty of people with the same shoe size in this world, how can you be sure that it's me?" Xue Duan Sheng was calm and unperturbed. He wouldn't admit it no matter what.

"I knew you wouldn't admit it, but you never thought of it. Since Yang Er dared to go up and threaten him, he must know that he might be killed, so how could he not leave behind evidence? He has written it all down on paper and given it to his wife. " Xue Luoyun handed over a piece of paper. Mu Zheng opened it and saw that there was nothing on it.

Mu Zheng and Xue Ruoyun looked at each other, immediately understanding her intentions. This matter had been going on for a long time, so Xue Li Sheng would definitely make excuses. Xue Ruoyun had only used a trick to defeat Xue Duan Sheng's confidence.

"You sent men to kill his wife, but fortunately his wife was saved by us. To thank me for saving her life, she told me the secret and gave me the evidence. What happened to you all back then is clearly written on there. And I also left a bit of the medicine you gave him back then. "

"Xue Duan Sheng, there's evidence and evidence. In addition to the fact that the Zhao Clan has pointed it out to you, you're still not admitting to it?" Mu Zheng looked awe-inspiring as he stared fixedly at Xue Duan Sheng.

Xue Duan Sheng completely had no way of admitting defeat when faced with conclusive evidence. He instantly went limp, and his voice lost the confidence from before. "This subject knows his guilt."

"In those days, this official was momentarily muddled. In addition, the empress dowager had repeatedly told this official that the Han Family's identity was unknown and that they feared that it would harm the Western Lion Country. For the sake of the nation, this old official had no choice but to do so. After Second Yang came back, he used it as a threat many times. It was really despicable. Furthermore, he has committed many evil deeds and his death is not worthy of lament. It was only because this official was angry that I took his life. " Xue Duan Sheng was truly brilliant. Although he admitted his crimes, he still said it out loud that he would eliminate his relatives for the sake of the country. Even Yang Er's death was stated in such a righteous manner.

"You, as a nation, regard human life as grass, yet you actually disregarded family relationships to harm your own wife. Your crimes are unforgivable." When Mu Zheng heard how nasty he had made Xiao Die sound, coupled with the fact that he had killed Xiao Die, he really wanted to tear him into a thousand pieces.

Mu Zheng knew of the empress dowager's personality and knew that she must have instructed him to do so in private, which was why Xue Duan Sheng acted so recklessly.

However, this matter was Xue Duan Sheng's family's business after all. Little Butterfly was his wife, and a large country couldn't control a small family. Moreover, Xue Duan Sheng was the Prime Minister of a country who had put in great effort. When he and Her Majesty had helped support Mu Zheng into the throne, Her Majesty had promised to keep him safe.

After that, he became prime minister and worked diligently for so many years. If not for this matter, no one would have thought that he had such a sinister side to him.

Mu Zheng's heart was tangled. On one hand, he hated Xue Duan Sheng to the extreme, and couldn't wait to kill him. But the other side killed him for this little thing, and there was no such rule.

Although Mu Zheng was the Ninth Paragon, he still had to act according to the law. He was an enlightened ruler, and he could not go against the law.

He hated them to the point that his teeth itched. Clenching his fists tightly, he could only say, "Xue Duan Sheng disregards human life and his methods are despicable. From today onwards, he would resign from the position of Prime Minister and be demoted to the position of County Magistrate. Tomorrow, he would set out on his journey to take up his post. His two daughters from the Zhao Family, Xue Lianhe and Xue Shaolei, are the daughters of sinners. The marriage between them, the crown prince and the third prince, is completely annulled. "

After Mu Zheng finished speaking, he glanced at Xue Ruyun, only to see that both she and Mu Ying were anxiously staring at him. Mu Zheng sighed. He knew that Mu Sheng had paid a lot for Xue Ruoyun. The marriage between her and Xue Ruyun had been made in exchange for military authority, so he couldn't break it up.