Daming: After self-explosive time travel, Lao Zhu's mentality collapsed

"Your Majesty, please forgive me! Shen Rong didn't know that Your Majesty was still alive, and he dared to trespass into Wudang! This is my fault!"

"Humph!" Chu Ze snorted coldly, looking down at Shen Rong, "You bastard, if you know you are wrong, why do you still help Hong Chengchou to commit atrocities? You even let your sister sacrifice herself to win Hong Chengchou's favor?"

"This, this." Shen Rong's forehead was sweating and he spoke incoherently, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Shen Rong, Shen Rong, had no choice but to do this!"

"When His Majesty was unconscious, Hong Chengchou ascended the throne. Shen Rong is just a military man, how dare he disobey the imperial decree?"

"Besides, that bitch is just a commoner. Your Majesty, why should you worry about her?"

"presumptuous!"

A roar of anger sounded like thunder.

Chu Ze strode forward, grabbed Shen Rong by the collar and lifted him into the air.

"You may not be unaware of what happened in the palace. Now that His Majesty is asking you, you still dare to hide it?"

"The Queen and the Crown Prince died suddenly. Don't you know anything about this?"

“This, this.” Shen Rong’s face was ashen, and his whole body was trembling. “Your Majesty, please forgive me. Shen Rong, Shen Rong, I really don’t know!”

"If Shen Rong is disloyal in the slightest, he will be struck by lightning and die without a burial place!"

Chu Ze became even more furious when he heard this.

He flicked his sleeves and threw Shen Rong heavily to the ground.

"You bastard! You still dare to quibble after all this?"

"Come here, capture him for me!"

Before he finished speaking, countless Wudang disciples rushed forward and tied up Shen Rong.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life! Shen Rong is truly wronged!"

Shen Rong wailed, tears streaming down his face.

However, at this moment, how could Chu Ze still have any mercy?

"Come here, give me eighty lashes of the cane! Beat him until he confesses!"

"promise!"

The ruthless beating fell on Shen Rong.

Once, twice, three times.
Soon, he was covered in blood and bruises.

Shen Rong was in so much pain that he almost fainted.

"Your Majesty, please spare Shen Rong's life. Shen Rong knows he is wrong."

"Then tell me, what do you know about the affairs in the palace?"

Chu Ze asked coldly, his eyes as sharp as knives.

"Your Majesty, the death of the Queen and the Crown Prince has nothing to do with Shen Rong. It has nothing to do with Shen Rong." Shen Rong said tremblingly, tears streaming down his face. "That day, that day Shen Rong went to the palace to meet the Emperor but ran into... Ran into Hong Chengchou favoring Shen's sister."

"Asshole! How dare you be so licentious, you tyrant!" Chu Ze was furious and punched the table, veins popping out. "Hong Chengchou is such a disrespectful person, he is worse than a beast!"

"He also said that as long as Shen Mei serves him well, he will grant Shen Rong the power over the world." Shen Rong was incoherent and burst into tears. "Shen Rong was confused for a moment. That's why..."

"You are such a heartless person!" Chu Ze was so angry that he was shaking all over. He kicked Shen Rong in the stomach, "For the sake of power, you even spared my own sister!"

"You also had a hand in the death of the Queen and the Crown Prince! Stop trying to make excuses!"

"Your Majesty, please spare my life. Shen Rong really didn't know the truth."

"Asshole! You still dare to quibble?" Chu Ze was furious and shouted, "Come here, beat him up! Beat him until he confesses!"

"Your Majesty, please spare my life!"

The shrill screams echoed across Wudang Mountain.

Chu Ze turned a deaf ear and just watched coldly as Shen Rong was dragged away.

"Master Zhang, it seems that there is indeed something else going on here." Chu Ze said in a sad tone, "During the time when I was away, so many absurd things happened in the capital!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Sanfeng couldn't help but sigh.

"Your Majesty, those who do evil will eventually perish. Since Hong Chengchou dared to usurp the throne, he will surely be punished!" He said earnestly, "The most urgent task now is to return to Beijing as soon as possible to quell the rebellion, investigate the truth, and purge the treacherous officials."

"We also need to find out who caused the sudden deaths of the Queen and the Crown Prince." Chu Ze frowned and said coldly, "There is definitely something fishy about this matter. How can we let it go!"

"Master Zhang, you and I will leave immediately and return to Beijing as soon as possible!"

"promise!"

In a blink of an eye, a group of people set out on the road back to Beijing. Countless cavalrymen were like mountains, with flags flying and magnificent momentum.

The capital city is right before our eyes, but we don’t know how many waves of trouble are yet to be resolved!

At the same time, in the imperial palace of Beijing, Hong Chengchou sat upright on the dragon throne. He was wearing a dragon robe and looked coldly at the kneeling civil and military officials of the prince.

"My dear ministers, do you know now that supporting me to ascend the throne is the right choice?" Hong Chengchou sneered, his eyes like a torch, "If it weren't for my thunderous means, I'm afraid Shen Rong would have led his troops into the palace and slaughtered the court with blood!"

When the officials heard this, they looked at each other in bewilderment. Although they all had their own thoughts, no one dared to refute.

"Although Chu Ze is dead, his followers are still preparing to make a move in secret!" Hong Chengchou slapped the dragon throne and said sternly, "I, Linghu Wei, will conduct a thorough investigation and must find out the mastermind behind the scenes and kill him!"

"Yes!" Linghu Wei accepted the order, clasped his fists and left.

Hong Chengchou looked around again, his eyes falling on the ministers: "As for you, you must also be on guard and not be arrogant! If anyone dares to have other intentions, don't blame me for being rude!"

The implication is clearly a naked threat.

"Yes, long live our emperor!" The ministers trembled in fear and shouted in unison.

Only then did Hong Chengchou nod with satisfaction and waved his hand for all the officials to leave.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a palace maid ran in in a panic. She fell to her knees with a plop, sobbing:

"Your Majesty, it's bad! That bitch from the Shen family, she...she committed suicide by taking poison!"

"What?" Hong Chengchou was horrified and stood up suddenly. "What a bitch! How dare you be so presumptuous!"

He pulled the maid up and asked fiercely, "Where is the person? Can she be saved?"

"Behind the rockery in the imperial garden," the maid replied sobbingly, her legs weak and she almost knelt down, "When I found her, she had already died."

"Bastard!"

Hong Chengchou flew into a rage and kicked the maid to the ground. He threw on his clothes, rushed out of the door, and ran quickly towards the imperial garden.

The garden is full of spring colors, colorful and beautiful. The lake is sparkling, and willows are swaying beside the rockery.

However, in this beautiful scene, there was a cold corpse lying quietly.

The young lady of the Shen family was wearing a pink dress, with her black hair disheveled. She closed her eyes tightly, her face was as pale as paper, and there was still a trace of strange black at the corner of her mouth.

Hong Chengchou stretched out his hand tremblingly, wanting to touch her face. Unexpectedly, as soon as he touched her, Shen's body fell limply.

At that moment, Hong Chengchou felt dizzy. He staggered back a step, his legs weakened, and he almost fell.

"What the hell is going on?" Hong Chengchou muttered to himself, his eyes wide open in disbelief, "How could she... How could she die?"

"Your Majesty, this woman committed suicide out of fear of crime, I'm afraid it was because of that," the palace maid beside her said cautiously, her eyes dodging, as if she was hesitant to speak.

When Hong Chengchou heard this, his face turned pale. An idea flashed through his mind.

Could it be because of that incident?

He stretched out his hand to pick up Ms. Shen's body, but the touch was cold, and he shivered.

After a while, Hong Chengchou suddenly woke up. He ordered in a trembling voice: "Come here, cremate Miss Shen's body in Jingyang Palace!"

"Your Majesty, this..." The palace servants looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment.

You know, if such a ridiculous thing were to spread out, the emperor would be completely disgraced!
"Why don't you hurry up? If you keep on dawdling, I'll kill you!" Hong Chengchou shouted angrily, his face livid. (End of this chapter)