After saving the Empress, I became the top scholar in the imperial examination.

The woman rode a tall horse, a sword hanging at her waist, standing with her hands on the reins.

Her voice was clear and crisp, but her tone was indifferent, making the moonlight seem even colder.

The autumn grass was turning yellow, and the chestnut horse beneath him stared at the yellow grass on the slope with its big, dark eyes, snorting twice.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two soldiers on horseback each kicked Ge Jianhong, forcing him to his knees. They cursed viciously, "The general is asking you a question, are you deaf?"

Ge Jianhong's knees buckled, sinking into the cold mud. He looked miserable, his brown shirt covered in cuts and bloodstains, a disheveled and wretched sight.

At this moment, he chuckled coldly twice, looked up and glanced sideways at the woman in light green on horseback, and said:

"We've already fried your husband's heart and liver; they taste delicious."

"Snapped!"

With a flash of black shadow, Liu Xinghan gripped the scabbard and slapped Ge Jianhong hard across the left cheek!

A scabbard knocked out half of his teeth, and blood and saliva mixed together and dripped into the grass on the slope.

Liu Xinghan frowned, his thick eyebrows furrowing.

"Master Ge, don't talk nonsense now. You've colluded with the prince, attempting to overthrow the Great Liang dynasty. Even being slowly sliced ​​to death would be too lenient. Tell me quickly, and I, Liu, guarantee you a quick death."

Ge Jianhong's cheeks twitched, and the veins on his temples bulged.

"Pah!" He spat out a mouthful of blood, along with broken teeth and fresh blood, and said arrogantly:

"His Highness Prince Qi is ordained by Heaven! You are the treacherous officials who have usurped the throne!"

Liu Xinghan's eyes were filled with complex emotions. He shook his head and said:

"King Qi..."

Before the bearded man could finish speaking, he was calmly interrupted by the woman on horseback.

"Liu Tongzhi," Zhu Cuiwei said calmly, "since he mentioned the Prince of Qi, there must be a reason for it."

Liu Xinghan paused, his pupils contracted slightly, then he understood and nodded:

"Your Majesty is absolutely right. The King of Qi and the King of Wu are very close friends. The King of Wu has always admired the King of Qi and regarded the emperor as an emperor. He often speaks out for the King of Qi and has rebellious intentions. The two kings are secretly raising assassins and colluding with the Heavenly Principle Sect to rebel in order to seize the throne."

"The evidence is irrefutable, clear as day, and verifiable by the sun and moon, that he plotted to murder the daughter of the Prince of Tang, a vassal king of Daliang, and to murder a loyal minister of Daliang."

"To protect the ancestral temples and the state, His Majesty endured the pain of uncle and nephew, personally braved arrows, led troops to quell the rebellion, rescued the princes, members of the royal family, and officials from peril, and slaughtered all the traitors. He can be said to have turned the tide and restored the sun and moon to the land..."

Liu Xinghan had a slight sweat on his forehead, clasped his hands respectfully, and spoke in a deep but steady voice.

He didn't know the situation in the capital, or whether the Prince of Qi had restrained himself or betrayed the king.

However, with Yan Yuqing and Fan Shiwei around, and with these traitors accusing him, regardless of whether he actually betrayed the king, he was a traitor.

Upon hearing the words of the bearded commander of the Imperial Guard, Ge Jianhong, kneeling on the ground, felt his last hope of protecting the Prince of Wu vanish. He collapsed, a deep sorrow filling his heart; years of scheming had ultimately amounted to nothing more than a mirage.

Ge Jianhong felt a pang of sorrow. It was pointless to pin the blame on the King of Qi; the King of Wu had ultimately lost.

As Liu Xinghan pondered the memorial, he was filled with lingering fear. He had thought he was well-prepared, having brought so many people out of the city, but he hadn't expected that the King of Wu not only had two hundred bandits under the command of the Heavenly Principle Sect, but also a full hundred elite cavalry!

If His Highness hadn't given them the new gunpowder and muskets newly developed by the Ministry of Works, with each person carrying three muskets so they wouldn't need to refill them, they would have been in serious trouble if these bandits had surrounded them. Although many of the muskets had misfired, most were still intact, and after several volleys, the bandits collapsed.

At this moment, a Jinyiwei (Imperial Guard) rode up from afar to report. Liu Xinghan turned around and saw the Jinyiwei rein in his horse, dismount, and report excitedly:

"Reporting to the General! Commander Shangguan Xiu of the Embroidered Uniform Guard has arrived! Young Master Ning has been rescued! He and Commander Qin have located the whereabouts of Princess Tang and the officials of the Eastern Palace. Furthermore, Commander Shangguan, together with Commander Chen Mu of the Shence Gate, have captured the King of Wu alive in one fell swoop!"

Chen Mu! ... Ge Jianhong's already bloodshot eyes suddenly became even more bloodshot, his eyeballs almost bulging out. After a few breaths, he closed his eyes and sighed deeply, "Chen Mu... Chen Kan... Damn it, you dog..."

The soft moonlight made the woman's black hair look like a shiny, smooth piece of black satin.

She tossed her black hair, turned her head to look at the scout, and the veins on her hand holding the reins bulged.

"Where is Young Master Ning?" she asked.

The scout reported, "Young Master Ning is safe and sound, currently at Xiaoyan Mountain in the northwest."

Zhu Cuiwei turned her horse around, gave a shout, and spurred it on, heading northwest.

Liu Xinghan immediately mounted his horse and roared, "Go and give the order: leave three flag bearers to clean up the battlefield, the rest of you, mount your horses!"

"Yes!" The scout clasped his hands in a respectful gesture, then spurred his horse and rode away.

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"Clang!"

The cell was filled with the light of a few oil lamps.

Hao Yuheng grinned and yanked open the iron gate.

He was wearing a blue robe over a white shirt.

Hao Yuheng chuckled and threw his blue robe outside.

In the other three cells, the female officers' eyes were bloodshot, but their hands and feet were bound with ropes and their mouths were gagged. At this moment, they could only move their bodies to the iron bars and bang their heads against them, making a loud banging sound. Their eyes were red and tears were falling, and they were whimpering.

But this naturally did nothing to stop the man who had already broken into the cell.

"Princess, don't underestimate your brother Hao. Even in the capital, your brother Hao is a regular at brothels. Every girl in the brothel praises him."

Hao Yuheng looked at Princess Tang, whose face had turned deathly pale, and laughed.

"You're scared like this now, but you'll be calling me 'good brother' nonstop in a minute."

"How dare you!" The maid, Green Bamboo, looked grief-stricken and indignant. She stood up abruptly and blocked Hao Yuheng's path.

Hao Yuheng glanced at her. The woman had a delicate face, fair skin, and a pretty appearance, but compared to the high and mighty Princess Tang, she naturally paled in comparison.

Hao Yuheng reached out to push the woman's shoulder away. The woman gritted her teeth, clenched her fist, and threw a punch. Hao Yuheng chuckled and dodged it, then kicked out with her right foot!

Green Bamboo raised its left foot to block.

Although Hao Yuheng's strength was far inferior to that of the Kitchen God, it was still greater than that of Green Bamboo, causing Green Bamboo's body to sway.

Hao Yuheng reached out with her left hand, her five fingers forming a claw, and grabbed Lüzhu's neck. Lüzhu's face was filled with rage, and she raised her right foot to kick out, but the other party was as fast as lightning, kicking her straight in the calf. In an instant, her right calf felt as if it had been broken in two, and Lüzhu bit her lip, tears streaming down her face from the pain.

Hao Yuheng smiled and looked at Lüzhu's face, saying, "You're not bad either. I'll talk to the King of Wu about it later and ask him to take you too." The King of Wu wanted them to die for him, but whether his daughter was willing to give him up was unknown. Of course, he was willing to give her up.

He glanced at Princess Tang again. He didn't know if Xing Kaiyang really liked this woman. Anyway, after they were done having fun, whether it was her or any other woman, they would all say that they had bullied her. They would not say anything in detail. They would just say that if the other party shouted and yelled, he would tie them up with ropes and let them sow discord.

Hao Yuheng became happier the more she thought about it.

With a forceful tug, he threw Green Bamboo to the ground. Green Bamboo cried out "Ouch!" as its waist slammed against the couch.

As Green Bamboo fell to the ground, Zhu Jiamu's face turned ashen. She tore off her crown, and her long black hair fell loose.

"Bang!"

The woman slammed her head into the iron fence!