I just want to rob you of your luck

Duke Zhao's face changed drastically, and he suddenly understood what had happened.

This bastard was just pretending to join him.

Zhu Heng patted Wang Wu's shoulder with relief: "It's okay, it's not too late! Get up, have you dealt with the things outside?"

Wang Wu stood up and said, "Yes, the rebellious guards outside have been wiped out. I also sent a team to the Duke of Zhao's mansion to arrest people."

"You did a good job. I will reward you later!"

Zhu Heng walked to the center of the hall and looked at these ministers with mixed feelings. He estimated that after today, the Sky Prison would be overcrowded.

At this time, a young man dressed as a scholar walked in.

Zhu Heng saw a smile in his eyes.

The ministers were all a little curious. Most of them did not know this scholar, and only very few remembered that he was this year's new top scholar Lin Xingzhi.

He walked up to Zhu Heng, knelt down and handed him a stack of information with both hands.

"Your Majesty, I have fulfilled your mission. These are all evidence of Duke Zhao's crimes, as well as evidence of the crimes of the traitors who have colluded with Duke Zhao to murder loyal officials over the years. Please review them, Your Majesty!"

When Duke Zhao heard this, his face turned pale. He realized that His Majesty had already started investigating Duke Zhao's mansion. It was over, all over.

The court officials panicked when they heard this, especially those who were close to the Duke of Zhao, who were trembling with fear.

Concubine Zhao hugged the Second Prince tightly, as if she wanted to draw some strength from her son.

Otherwise she would have lost her balance and fallen down.

Zhu Heng read out the names of the ministers one by one according to the list recorded in the documents.

Every time you recite a word, two soldiers will come forward, take the person away and put him in prison.

By the time the reading was finished, one-third of the people in the court had disappeared.

Zhu Heng finally looked at Duke Zhao and said, "Duke Zhao is the culprit of this heinous crime. I hereby decree that all Duke Zhao's positions and titles be removed and he be demoted to a commoner. Now that the evidence is conclusive, he will be hanged at the city gate in three days."

At this time, two soldiers came up and were about to take Duke Zhao away.

Concubine Zhao and the Second Prince shouted in unison: "No."

Concubine Zhao rushed to Zhu Heng, knelt down and kowtowed frantically, and did not stop until her forehead became red and swollen and blood flowed out.

"Your Majesty, please spare his life for the fact that my father has supported you to ascend to the throne and has made many contributions to the court over the years?"

The second prince also knelt before Zhu Heng and kowtowed repeatedly, begging for mercy: "Father, please spare my grandfather's life!"

Zhu Heng looked at Concubine Zhao with a cold expression, then looked at Zhu Zhi, both of whose faces were filled with disappointment.

The second prince was completely useless. At such a young age, he could not distinguish right from wrong and poisoned his own father with his own hands, while pleading for mercy for his ambitious grandfather.

How could such a prince possibly inherit the Zhu family's kingdom? If he were to become the crown prince, it would be hard to say what the kingdom would be like in the future.

"Don't worry, you two. Now it's your turn."

Zhu Heng waved his hand and two people came up from behind. When Concubine Zhao saw these two people, she collapsed to the ground in despair.

"I think Concubine Zhao should remember these two people. One is Imperial Physician Wen and the other is Imperial Physician He."

"Fushun, tell us what Concubine Zhao did?"

Fu Shun stepped forward and loudly told the story of how Concubine Zhao used her unstable fetus to frame Concubine Shu, and how she asked Imperial Physician He to find herbs to poison His Majesty.

Both imperial doctors confessed.

Zhu Heng looked at Concubine Zhao coldly and said, "I have ordered that Concubine Zhao and Duke Zhao have conspired to usurp the throne and poisoned the emperor. This is a heinous crime. She will be demoted to a commoner and sent to the cold palace."

"The second prince Zhu Zhi plotted to murder the emperor, was demoted to a commoner, and banished from the imperial city. He is not allowed to set foot in the imperial city for the rest of his life."

Immediately, soldiers came forward and took Zhao Shuren and her son away.

Zhu Heng promoted some of his confidants to fill those important positions on the spot.

He also conferred the title of Marquis of Yong'an on Wang Wu and the title of Earl of Anshun on Lin Xingzhi, and also rewarded them with mansions and silver.

This time, Zhu Heng acted swiftly and decisively and wiped out all the forces of the Duke of Zhao's Mansion in one fell swoop. Even if there were some fish that slipped through the net, they were just small fish and shrimps, and now they are hiding outside and dare not show up again.

All the men in the Duke of Zhao's mansion were executed after three days, and all the women were sent to the Jiaofangsi.

A number of officials who followed the Duke of Zhao were also executed according to the severity of their crimes.

Without Duke Zhao, the court became more united, and those neutral ministers actually leaned towards Zhu Heng in their hearts.

In the past, everyone was forced to protect themselves due to the pressure from Duke Zhao and did not take sides. Now, everyone is wholeheartedly assisting His Majesty, and the court quickly stabilized.

Everyone discovered that His Majesty's previous appearance of weakness and incompetence was all an act, and that the court had long been under His Majesty's control.

At the same time, the concubines in the harem were also shocked. It turned out that His Majesty’s favor for Concubine Zhao for so many years was all fake?

Everyone thought that now that Concubine Zhao was gone, they finally had a chance.

It turned out that His Majesty has been going to Changle Palace every night recently.

Everyone was speechless and felt extremely unbalanced. Isn't His Majesty afraid of favoring another Concubine Zhao?

Lin Jiuer was also speechless. After the fall of Duke Zhao and Concubine Zhao, she couldn't wait to open the system task panel.

It turned out that the task stopped at 95%.

She didn't expect that even though Concubine Zhao had poisoned Zhu Heng to death, he still couldn't bear to execute her.

Now she was in no mood to serve Zhu Heng. She just wanted to complete the task and leave here as soon as possible.

She admitted that Zhu Heng was very good to her, especially after her detoxification pill saved Zhu Heng this time, he treated her even better.

He doted on her almost exclusively and once revealed that he would make her a royal concubine in the future and let her manage the harem.

But she didn't want to stay in the harem. Perhaps it was because of her modern thinking that she just didn't like this kind of harem environment.

She still can't accept sharing a man with multiple women.

Zhu Heng is a qualified emperor. He will weigh the pros and cons before doing anything. Maybe he likes her now, but who can guarantee that he will not fall in love with someone else in a few years?

Or maybe he needed a minister and would favor the minister's daughter.

The former dynasty and the harem can never be separated.

What Lin Jiuer is worried about now is how to make Zhu Heng take the initiative to sentence Zhao Ronger to death.

Zhu Heng did not come that night, and Lin Jiuer planned to go to the cold palace to see Zhao Ronger.

She took Yuling to the cold palace. Yuling really couldn't understand why her master wanted to go see Zhao.

The two of them entered the cold palace smoothly. As soon as they entered, they felt that the cold palace was indeed worthy of its name, as it was eerie and chilly inside.

Not only were the buildings in a state of disrepair, there were few people inside, and one could often hear strange cries.

It just feels a bit creepy.

Lin Jiuer is not afraid of these things. She has one foot in the ground, so why would she be afraid of these things?

When she walked to the door of a dilapidated house, Lin Jiuer saw the master and servant sitting at the door.

It was Nanny Cai and the commoner Zhao. Lin Jiuer walked up to Zhao.

The master and servant discovered Lin Jiuer. Zhao glared at Lin Jiuer, while Nanny Cai had a complicated look on her face.

"Are you feeling proud now? Why? Did you come here specially to see me laugh at your joke?"