Traveling through the world's first

"Very good, Wang Hao, you have a very high level of ideological awareness."

Zhu Houzhao stood up happily and said to Wang Hao: "Don't worry, I will keep it a secret for you."

What made him happy was not that Wang Hao donated five million taels to the national treasury. Although five million taels was a lot, it was equivalent to one-tenth of the national treasury's annual income.

But what made Zhu Houzhao happy was Wang Hao's words. The Wan family has always been the emperor's vanguard!

Wan Jia, as the emperor, knew very well how powerful he was.

Among the people, it is the most powerful family!

Zhu Houzhao came to Wang Hao, patted him on the shoulder and said kindly.

"Then I will always call you Wang Hao. Tell me what reward you want, and I will see if I can fulfill it."

Wang Hao asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, what you said last night about making me a king and a prime minister, does it still count?"

"Of course you count. You saved my life and the Queen Mother's life. You deserve to be crowned a king."

"Then thank you first, Your Majesty. Um, can I be named the King of Freedom? Because I am a lazy person and don't want to work. I want to live my life freely in the martial arts world and don't want to be restricted to a small world."

Wang Hao's words were also a tactful way of telling Zhu Houzhao that his dream was to live a free and unrestrained life.

He is not interested in power and poses no threat to the throne!

After hearing these words, Zhu Houzhao was very satisfied.

"Okay, I promise you. Go to the main hall and wait."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"My little sister has a wild temper. Please help me discipline her."

Zhu Houzhao's words floated over lightly.

Wang Hao paused, turned around and said, "As you wish."

When he arrived at the main hall, Wang Hao saw Zhu Wusi, Duan Tianya and others.

Wang Hao nodded at them, but Zhu ignored them.

Here, there are so many people and it is not convenient for them to talk.

This is a side hall, a place specially used to entertain individual ministers.

It is slightly smaller than the Golden Palace where court meetings are held.

Wang Hao looked around the side hall. The buildings were decorated with carvings of dragons and paintings of phoenixes, and the main colors were yellow and red.

The whole hall gives people a sense of magnificence and grandeur.

After a while, Zhu Houzhao came out with the Empress Dowager, Yunluo and others.

Zhu Houzhao was in the front, Yunluo was supporting the empress dowager, and Cao Zhengchun and Eunuch Sun were on both sides.

When they reached the steps, Zhu Houzhao was sitting on the dragon throne, the empress dowager, who was wearing gorgeous red clothes, was sitting at the lower right corner of the emperor, and Yunluo was sitting next to the empress dowager.

Standing on the right is Cao Zhengchun, and in front of Cao Zhengchun stands Eunuch Sun.

When everyone saw the emperor coming, they all bowed.

Zhu Wusi stood in front with his hands clasped and bent over.

Wang Hao and Haitang are on Zhu Wusi’s left, Gui Hai Yidao and Duan Tianya are on the right.

The four of them knelt on one knee.

The five people said together.

"Common people."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

"May our emperor live long and long."

"Stand up." Zhu Houzhao raised his hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Everyone stood up.

Eunuch Sun at the side read out in a shrill voice.

"In compliance with the Emperor's order, Gui Hai Yidao, Duan Tianya, and Shangguan Haitang have been rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold for their meritorious service in protecting the Emperor."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Gui Hai Yidao, Duan Tianya and Shangguan Haitang bowed and accepted the order.

"Wang Hao rescued the emperor and the queen mother, killed the assassin from Izumo, and was granted the title of king, the title of Xiaoyao, and a palace!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wang Hao bowed and accepted the order.

This reward shocked everyone.

You know, the title of king is not conferred casually.

However, Wang Hao saved the lives of the emperor and the empress dowager, and his grace of saving lives was greater than heaven. Although everyone was shocked, they did not object.

Yunluo, who was sitting on top, looked at Wang Hao and held the Queen Mother's arm, with a happy look on her face.

In the end, Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhu Wusi, who had misunderstood the Hulong Villa because of Duan Tianya's incident.

This would be a bit too hurtful to the feelings of his loyal ministers, so in order to win them back, he spoke up.

"Uncle Emperor."

"The minister is here."

"In order to show my trust in the emperor's uncle and the people of Hulong Villa, I specially grant the emperor's uncle a sword that can execute first and report later."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Wusi bowed and accepted the reward. You know, the Imperial Sword can even kill princes.

This reward can be said to be extremely high.

Zhu Wusi remained calm on the surface and showed no signs of joy.

But he was very satisfied in his heart because this was one step closer to his plan.

Cao Zhengchun, who was standing aside, looked at Zhu Wusi with a squint.

This time, his fight with Zhu Wusi ended in failure.

......

three days later.

late at night.

Shangguan Haitang saw that the light was still on in Zhu Wusi's study, so she knocked on the door.

But there was no response.

Shangguan Haitang said: "Foster father, I'm coming in."

When I opened the door, I saw Zhu Wusi sitting at the desk, writing furiously, but I had no idea what he was writing.

"Godfather, it's late, why don't you rest?"

Zhu Wusi sat astride a stool, wearing black royal robes and a golden crown on his head.

His inverted s-shaped eyebrows were wrinkled into a "川" shape in the middle, and his face looked solemn and dignified.

Zhu Wusi did not answer Shangguan Haitang's question, but continued with his actions.

He took a brush and wrote some people's names on each vermilion wooden tablet.

Finish writing the two words "Li Mu".

He snorted coldly and put down the brush.

Then he waved his hand, and a strong airflow swept the wooden sign on the table and flew out.

Finally, he was nailed to the wall.

"Li Mu, the Left Deputy Imperial Censor, is charged with forming a clique for personal gain and shall be executed immediately."

"Lu Ji, a sixth-rank official, a sword-bearing guard in front of the emperor, charged with the crime of attempting to kill the emperor, to be executed immediately..."

"Zhou Chu, deputy commander of the Cavalry Battalion, is charged with privately operating salt and iron. He shall be executed immediately!"

As Zhu Wusi spoke, anger flashed in his eyes, and then he stood up.

"Guan Dahai, Junior Secretary of the Honglu Temple, is charged with colluding with foreign enemies and will be executed immediately."

After saying that, Zhu Wusi left the spot and came to Shangguan Haitang.

"Within three days, four more loyal souls will be added. On the surface, their crimes are different and punishable by death, but in fact, they only have one crime, which is a trumped-up one!"

Shangguan Haitang finally understood why her adoptive father was so angry. She was also very angry and stepped forward and said.

"Cao Zhengchun is a treacherous minister. He will do everything he can to frame and harm anyone he dislikes, and will kill them all!"

"This is what is called finding a pretext to accuse someone of a crime."

Zhu Wusi turned around and looked at Shangguan Haitang.

"So, my godfather often reminds himself that he cannot make any mistakes, otherwise Cao Zhengchun will have an opportunity to take advantage of him. Failure to protect Hulong Villa is a small matter, but failure to protect the loyal and good people will threaten the country and the people of Ming Dynasty!"

What Zhu Wusi said makes sense, but many of these people are his people!

Moreover, his goal is to get rid of Cao Zhengchun and become the only one in power!

However, Shangguan Haitang couldn't see it.

She asked, "Doesn't the emperor know all this, and allow Cao Zhengchun to persecute loyal officials?"

"The Emperor is very busy. He is not a detective and will not investigate cases. He only looks at the results."

"And the result is what Cao Zhengchun presented, including the so-called evidence."

"So, in the emperor's opinion, they all deserve to die."

Zhu Wusi said in a deep voice.