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Chapter 961
"Ahhhh...don't kill him!! You can't kill him!! You can't kill him!!" The Empress Dowager Bao knelt on the ground, begging desperately, and the whole hall was filled with her howling and crying.

Those who made people kneel couldn't stop their hearts from trembling.

The emperor is ruthless, and his companion is like a tiger. The empress dowager mother and son rely on the emperor's kindness and enjoy such honor. Who would have thought that this scene would happen today? ...It was still so sudden.

Sure enough... the emperor became cold-blooded and crueler than anyone else.

At this time, the guard came over from the outside and said:
"Your Majesty, the execution is over, and the man is dead."

The emperor looked coldly and silently at the Empress Dowager Bao.But the cries of Empress Dowager Bao stopped abruptly, and she, who was still struggling, fell down like a bag of dough.His eyes were empty and his soul was lost.

Seeing that she was not moving, the guard let go of her hand.

She swayed and stood up slowly, about to go outside.

Seeing that the emperor had no intention of obstructing her, the guard holding her did not move.

The Empress Dowager Bao walked to the door of the hall silently. From a distance, she saw a headless corpse lying beside the gutter. The head rolled in the ditch. The corpse in the pool of blood was wearing her son's clothes with broken cuffs.

She desperately clutched the piece of rag that was pulled out in her hand, the flesh on her face froze, and she passed out.

At this time, the emperor looked at the officials in the hall and said coldly:
"I will give you a chance to report your crimes. If you are honest and frank, I promise to spare his family and life, and give him a lighter punishment."

The hall was full of lowered heads and trembling bodies, like a flock of frozen chickens, no one dared to speak out.

"Don't go back and write soon?!" The emperor shouted.

All of a sudden those people trembled, and they quickly got up from the ground and went outside.

The emperor looked at the shivering maidservants who stayed behind, and said in a tired and deep voice:
"What are you still kneeling here for? Go and help the Queen Mother to rest on the couch so that she can serve her well."

"Yes... yes..." After a thin answer, the maidservants hurried outside in a group.

There were some empty tables in the hall, and there were shadows of the banquet just now.

Everyone knew that the emperor was in a bad mood, and no one dared to speak out, including Shen Liuzhen.

He was thinking about what to say now so as not to look gloating, so he heard the emperor's order and said:
"General Xie, thank you for your hard work. You took people to the barracks and racecourse, confiscated the weapons and controlled the situation to prevent chaos."

Xie Yuan hurriedly clasped his fists in answer, "Yes", turned around and left.

……

in the back room
Empress Dowager Bao was lying on the couch with a pale face.

Earlier, the two maidservants helped her unconscious and gave her medicine, and the imperial doctor also visited her and said that the problem was not serious.

At this time, the emperor sat by the bed and watched silently, looking at the Empress Dowager Bao on the couch with a desolate look, not knowing what she was thinking.

Standing behind the emperor, Shen Liuzhen looked at the Empress Dowager Bao on the bed with a cold expression, thinking only that the old woman should die of anger quickly.

Suddenly, his stomach growled, especially loud in a quiet room, with a lingering lingering sound.

Shen Liuzhen quickly covered his stomach, took a step back silently, and whispered:
"Your Majesty forgives the crime. I can't control it. It's not intentional to disturb."

Emperor Ulay turned his face slightly, looked at him out of the corner of his eye, and said:
"You go to eat first."

Shen Liuzhen hesitated for a moment, raised his wide sleeves, arched his hands and said:
"Your Majesty doesn't need food, and I dare not eat it."

The emperor seemed a little helpless, leaned sideways and sighed, and said in a weak tone:
"I have no appetite, you go, don't act like a good boy."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to lift up the quilt for the Empress Dowager Bao, and then grabbed the hand of the Empress Dowager Bao, caressing it like nostalgia.

Shen Liuzhen looked at this scene with a cold light in his eyes, watching that the Empress Dowager Bao did not move.

Suddenly, the Empress Dowager Bao opened her eyes, she was stunned when she saw the emperor, she didn't seem to remember what happened, and then she saw Shen Liuzhen's eyes looking at her, she became sober, silently took her hand from the emperor Withdrew his hand.

Emperor Ulay froze for a moment, then lowered his head very sadly.

Shen Liuzhen couldn't stand it anymore, and said to the Empress Dowager Bao:
"The crime committed by the Empress Dowager Bao is not an exaggeration to punish the three clans according to the laws of the country. Now His Majesty is extrajudicial, and only killed one person to escape the crime for the Empress Dowager Bao. Your Majesty has good intentions, and I hope the Empress Dowager Bao will know."

"Stop talking." The emperor said in pain, stopping Shen Liuzhen's defense.

Sure enough, the Empress Dowager Bao's calm expression collapsed, her face twisted, and she said in a hoarse voice:
"Thank you! Thank you for killing my son!"

Because of too much force, she had blue veins on her neck, and she lay back down after lifting her head halfway without any strength. She was so dizzy that she almost fainted again.

"Mom, I'm sorry for you, but I have to do this for the sake of the country and the country." The emperor lowered his head and said sadly.

Shen Liuzhen couldn't see Emperor Ulei's guilt and self-blame, he was resentful in his heart, opened his mouth mercilessly, and said:
"What's wrong with Your Majesty? Hua Shi's death was because he violated the national law. If he was wrong, it must be the Queen Mother Bao's fault. Who made her raise such a son without discipline?"

The Empress Dowager Bao's face turned pale when she heard that, she almost vomited blood when she stared at Shen Liuzhen.

"Okay, don't talk! You go out first!" The emperor got angry and reprimanded in a deep voice.

Shen Liuzhen raised his chin slightly towards the Empress Dowager Bao, bowed to the emperor and bid farewell, then turned and left.

The room was quiet again.

Suddenly, Empress Dowager Bao wept miserably, with a sobbing voice, and said:
"Why did you kill him? Exile is fine, why do you have to kill him? I went to the palace to take care of you, my son was raised by his Aye with gruel, he is useless, he has a weird temper, I am responsible , Isn't it because of you? Why are you so cruel? "

The emperor lowered his head, his voice choked up, and he said guiltily:
"I know... Mom, I'm sorry. Hua Shi is gone, I am your biological son. When you get better, I will go back to live in the palace with you. I will take care of you and support you until your death."

Empress Dowager Bao roared in her heart:
You are not my own son! !you are not!Why do you think you can replace Huashi? ! ! !
But she didn't say it.

She had been pretending to the emperor for so long, always saying that he loved him as much as her own, and by doing so, their family escaped from the sea of ​​suffering and enjoyed extraordinary wealth.

She was used to playing the role of a relative to the emperor, she couldn't say it, and she didn't dare to say it.

Even though she had just died of her only relative and felt extremely resentful in her heart, she subconsciously swallowed her words and became timid.

This is imperial power, this is the majesty of the emperor.

Thinking of this, the anger in her resentful heart grew wilder, almost burning herself up.

(End of this chapter)