Sky Curtain: The opening scene explains the four major cases of the Ming Dynasty plus the early Ming

The official's question was like a boulder crashing into the still lake.

Instantly, the entire Fengtian Hall Square erupted in chaos!

Hundreds of gazes, no longer probing and intrigued, transformed into tangible swords, all aimed at Yu Qian, Chen Xun, and Wang Wen!

Yu Qian's body was as stiff as iron.

Chen Xun's face was ashen, as if he were dead.

Wang Wen's bloodshot eyes, like those of a wild beast completely engulfed in flames, were fixed on the official who stepped forward.

silence.

A deathly silence.

This silence, in the eyes of the officials, was tacit agreement!

"Hahaha……"

A strange, sarcastic laugh suddenly rang out from the crowd.

Xu Youzhen, Right Vice Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate!

He pushed through the crowd and walked out slowly, a gleam of satisfaction in his narrow eyes. He and Yu Qian had long harbored resentment due to their differing political views.

Today is the perfect opportunity for him to take revenge!

Xu Youzhen walked to the center of the square, first bowed to the empty throne in the Fengtian Hall, then suddenly turned around and pointed his tablet directly at Yu Qian, his voice and expression stern!

"Yu Shaobao! Yu Qian!"

"How dare you!"

His voice was sharp and high-pitched, like a blade slicing through the sky, each word carrying a bloody accusation!

"In the Tumu Crisis, the retired emperor was exiled to the northern deserts! It was you who, against all odds, installed a new emperor, seized military power, and purged the court!"

"We respect your loyalty to the country and will not hold it against you!"

"However, four years later! The Emperor Emeritus returned to court, His Majesty took charge of the government, and you, with your immense power, were still not satisfied!"

"A huge fire broke out in Nangong last night, and the cause of the fire remains unclear!"

"His Majesty has disappeared! The Emperor Emeritus has disappeared! Even our Great Ming's Crown Prince, the five-year-old Prince, has disappeared!"

With each sentence Xu Youzhen spoke, he took a step closer, his momentum unstoppable!

His spittle almost landed on Yu Qian's face!

"Yu Qian! Chen Xun! Wang Wen!"

"The three of you, colluding with the Sun family, have wreaked havoc in the palace! Now you've gone even further, committing such a beastly act!"

"What exactly do you want to do?! Are you going to imitate Zhao Gao, pointing at a deer and calling it a horse? Or are you going to follow Sima Zhao's example and commit treason?!"

"How dare you! How dare you murder the emperor! And three of you at that!!"

boom!

The words "killing the emperor" exploded in everyone's minds like a thunderbolt from the heavens!

The court officials could no longer remain calm, and an uproar erupted!

Everyone subconsciously moved a few steps away from Yu Qian and his group of five, as if they had been infected with some ominous plague.

No one present was a fool!

After the Tumu Crisis, Yu Qian, Chen Xun, Wang Wen, and others, taking advantage of their role in supporting the new emperor, gained increasing power and influence, and were gradually becoming too powerful to control.

They purged the emperor's confidants, suppressed the Wu Xun clique, weakened imperial power, and promoted their own factions.

Everyone knows the truth about this.

Within the civil service, there was a consensus that all factions wanted to weaken imperial power.

But no one expected that Yu Qian and his Jiangxi gang would dare to go to such extremes! So blatantly!

Last night, under the cover of darkness and high winds, they dared to set fire to the palace and burn the Emperor, the Retired Emperor, and the Crown Prince to death.

What will they dare to do tomorrow?

Isn't it their turn to be "disobedient" colleagues?

A bone-chilling coldness shot from the soles of each official's feet straight to the top of their head!

"Xu Youzhen! You...you're spouting nonsense!"

Wang Wen finally broke down, roaring at Xu Youzhen like a mad tiger.

But his explanation seemed so pale and powerless at this moment.

Yu Qian's body was trembling violently.

He suddenly opened his eyes, his bloodshot eyes staring intently at the faces before him, faces filled with fear, suspicion, or anger.

He knew he could no longer remain silent!

"I don't!"

Yu Qian's voice was hoarse, like a broken gong. He roared at everyone with all his might.

"I, Yu Qian, have been loyal and upright throughout my life; the sun and moon bear witness to my loyalty!"

"We didn't do it! It was them! It was the brothers Zhu Qiyu and Zhu Qizhen. They set the fire themselves, staged the scene, and then...then they escaped!"

"It was them! They framed us, the loyal subjects of the Ming Dynasty!"

These words were spoken.

The entire Fengtian Hall Square fell into an eerie silence in an instant.

Everyone looked at Yu Qian as if he were crazy or an idiot.

Did they set the fire themselves?

Fake scene?

Escape?

Yu Shaobao, are you treating us all like three-year-old children?

What is the Southern Palace? It's a prison where the retired emperor is held! It's even more heavily guarded than the Imperial Palace itself!

A sickly emperor, a retired emperor who had been under house arrest for four years, and a blind and lame empress with a five-year-old child.

How could they possibly disappear without the notice of thousands of imperial guards during a raging fire?

What kind of divine power is this?

This is even more absurd and ridiculous than tyranny itself!

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Xu Youzhen burst into laughter again, laughing so hard she almost cried.

"What a 'framing loyal officials' nonsense! Yu Shaobao, do you even believe such a lie yourself?!"

His laughter stopped abruptly, and his face instantly turned incredibly ferocious.

"Further discussion is pointless!"

"Then, may I ask, Junior Protector Yu?"

"Your Majesty, where are you?!"

"Where is the Emperor Emeritus?!"

"Where is His Highness the Crown Prince?!"

"Give me a word: life or death!"

"We, your colleagues, also need to give us an answer tomorrow: whether we live or die!"

Each question was like a heavy hammer blow, striking Yu Qian's heart!

"puff--"

Yu Qian could no longer suppress his anger, and another mouthful of blood gushed out, staining the bluestone slab in front of him red.

Looking at those cold and distant faces, Yu Qian and the other two felt a chill in their hearts.

They understood completely.

He had already lost from the moment that fire started.

No matter what they say or do, they cannot wash away the crime of "traitor to the emperor and state".

His lifelong reputation as Yu Qian, and his achievements in "turning the tide," were all burned to ashes in this fire.

All that remains is an infamy recorded in history books, a stain that will never be lifted.

Beyond the backdrop, the live stream room was already a sea of ​​joy.

["Hahahaha! No, I didn't, don't talk nonsense! Yu Qian's three-part response!"]

"‘They set the fire and ran away!’ — The funniest joke of the year has been born! Yu Shaobao, even if you had said aliens abducted them, it would have been more believable!"

"To kill someone is to destroy their spirit! To kill someone is to destroy their spirit! Brother Jun's move has completely shattered Yu Qian's lifelong beliefs!"

[Yu Qian: I have been loyal and righteous all my life! Officials: We know you are in a hurry, but please don't rush.]

["Why do I feel like laughing so much when I see Yu Qian coughing up blood? Sorry, Yu Shaobao, it's not that I'm disrespectful, it's just that Brother Jun's move was too outrageous!"]