Li Hua looked at his beloved father in disbelief. He could not believe to his death that his father would actually kill him with his own hands.

After killing his son with his own hands, Li Guozhu knelt tremblingly in front of Yue Yang to plead guilty:

"My lord, I have already killed the evil son. I hope your Majesty will tell you, please forgive the entire Li family..."

When Li Guozhu spoke, he banged his head desperately, and blood soon dripped from his forehead.

It looks like he is kowtowing to Yue Yang, but in fact he is kowtowing to Emperor Shenwu beside Yue Yang to apologize.

Princess Zhu Weinuo of Kunxing and Princess Li Yun of Baiyun knew it very well, and Zhu Cixiang certainly knew better.

Only Shen Yunyin and the literati didn't understand. They all thought that Shuntian Fu Yi was confused.

Zhu Cixi also had to admire Li Guozhu. He was so cruel. In order to save the entire Li family, he actually killed his own son with his own hands.

How could Zhu Cixi not know what Li Guozhu meant, so he lost his pawn to save his chariot...

He was also hesitating in his heart now, not of course whether to kill the Li family or not, but the literati.

Thousands of people have gathered in the capital. Many people are complaining that the scientific examination is unfair. We can't kill them all.

Zhu Cixiang was still on the Mongolian prairie during this imperial examination. Although he was not here, the imperial examination still had to go on.

Zhu Cixiang's request was to cancel the eight-part essay, and then add some questions such as "A Gentleman's Attention", and finally leave the first 300 people to wait for his imperial examination.

This resulted in a large number of candidates who were ignorant of what was happening outside the window and failed. In order to vent their dissatisfaction, they attacked the reforms that they were already extremely dissatisfied with.

Of course, most of the literati who caused trouble came from the south, and few literati from the north participated in the imperial examination. They were still very satisfied with the results of the emperor's reforms.

Just when Zhu Cixiang was thinking about how to deal with Li Guozhu and these troublemaking scholars, Li Ruolian arrived with a large number of royal guards.

Seeing Emperor Shenwu standing next to Yue Yang in casual clothes, the experienced Li Ruolian did not step forward to salute, but just nodded to Zhu Cixiang, and then asked Yue Yang:

"Master Yue, what happened here?"

Yue Yang cupped his hands at Li Ruolian and said:

"Sir, this group of literati caused trouble in the restaurant, personally attacked the plainclothes guards, and openly attacked Emperor Shenwu's reforms. This is an unforgivable crime."

Li Ruolian was furious, waved his hand and shouted:

"If you dare to attack the Holy Spirit's reform, come and capture them all..."

"Here!"

Li Ruolian gave an order, and a group of wolves and tigers in uniform immediately stepped forward and pushed dozens of literati to the ground.

Those literati were originally hypocrites who bullied the weak and feared the strong, and they had always been aloof and superior in Jiangnan.

They had never seen such a posture before. After being pinned down by Jin Yiwei, they were so frightened that they cried and kowtowed desperately for mercy.

What to do with them?

Li Ruolian and Yue Yang looked at Emperor Shenwu standing aside from the corner of their eyes. Zhu Cixiang quietly pointed at the troublemaking scholars and made a motion of slitting Li Ruolian's throat.

Li Ruolian immediately understood what Emperor Shenwu meant and waved to his subordinates:

"If we are so noisy, we will all go out and behead them in public. Anyone who dares to cause trouble in the capital from now on will be killed without mercy!"

After giving the order, the Jin Yiwei immediately dragged the troublemaking scholars out. No matter how they cried and begged for mercy, the Jin Yiwei remained indifferent and raised their Xiuchun Dao to chop off their heads.

Dozens of literati were not even tried, but were killed at will. The little emperor was really a little evil star. Li Guozhu lay on the ground shaking.

He knew that his life could not be saved, and his only hope was that Emperor Shenwu could give his people a way to survive.

Because of fear, he temporarily forgot that the emperor did not want to reveal his identity, knelt and crawled a few steps to Zhu Cihong's feet, hugged Zhu Cihong's legs and begged:

"Your Majesty, the guilty son has been killed by the guilty minister himself. The guilty minister does not dare to pray for life. He only hopes to give his family a way to survive. The guilty minister's family are all innocent..."

Princess Kunxing, Princess Baiyun, Li Ruolian and Yue Yang, who were present, of course knew that Zhu Cixiang was Emperor Shenwu, only some government officials and Shen Yunyin did not know.

Seeing the elder hugging a young boy's legs without letting go, and calling him "Your Majesty" repeatedly, Shen Yunyin opened his mouth in shock, and the Shuntian Mansion officials even knelt down together...

If there weren't so many people present, Zhu Cixiang would have kicked Li Guozhu away, and the old man would have revealed his identity before he died.

The emperor's waistcoat could no longer be hidden now. Zhu Cixiang immediately stretched out his hand to touch his forehead in embarrassment, while Princess Kunxing and the others covered their mouths and snickered secretly.

"Let go!"

Zhu Cixiang shouted lowly, and then Li Guozhu reacted and hurriedly released his hands holding the emperor's legs...

He had killed so many corrupt officials, but there were still officials who dared to do so. Zhu Cihong decided to check this person's family background. If the corruption was not excessive, his family would not be implicated.

"My good mood has been completely ruined by you. You should surrender yourself to the Ministry of Punishment and confess all your crimes since you became an official. If you behave well enough, your people will not be punished."

In Li Guozhu's understanding, Emperor Shenwu killed corrupt officials only to confiscate their homes. When he heard that there was not much corruption, he would never kill his family. Li Guozhu excitedly kowtowed to Emperor Shenwu:

"Thank you, Your Majesty. The guilty minister has been an official for many years. Although he is not very clean, he is definitely not a corrupt official. The guilty minister will surrender immediately..."

After thanking him, Li Guozhu immediately got up and went back to write a confession, preparing to surrender to the Ministry of Punishment. He hated it, he hated himself for doting on his son...

Seeing Li Guozhu staggering away, Zhu Cixiang said to Li Ruolian:

"Go check Li Guozhu. If he is not a very corrupt official, exile him and all his people to Mongolia to civilize the nomads!"

"According to the order!"

Li Ruolian received the order and immediately led his Jin Yiwei to leave.

It was only then that Shen Yunyin, who was shocked, hurriedly walked up to Zhu Cihong and prostrated:

"The ordinary people paid homage to Emperor Shenwu. They did not know this before and were rude to His Majesty. Please be punished by His Majesty!"

Zhu Cixiang originally asked Shen Yunyin to skip the ceremony, but in order to confirm his suspicion, he reached out and grabbed Shen Yunyin's hand and pulled him up:

"You've done a great job. You have such sentiments at such a young age. I'm very happy. I hope you can get away with it as soon as possible!"

As Zhu Cixiang spoke, he looked at Shen Yunyin's hands. They were as white as jade and soft and boneless. They were definitely the hands of a woman. But Zhu Cixiang didn't understand why martial arts practitioners didn't have calluses on their hands?

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Shen Yunyin was grabbed by Emperor Shenwu's hands and his heart almost jumped out of his chest. He wanted to pull it back but didn't dare. His pretty face turned red. , it looks very charming.

"Many...thank you, Your Majesty..."

Seeing Shen Yun's pretty appearance, Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly and said:

"Young Master Shen, you are so majestic when you are chatting with other scholars in a restaurant, why do you act like a shy girl in front of me..."

Chen Yunyin's face turned even scarlet, and he quickly withdrew his little hand and bowed and said:

"Your Majesty has given you a great award. When you were eight years old, you oversaw the country, killed corrupt officials and beheaded the powerful. You personally led the army to kill the invading slaves, and reformed the land to save the people in the north. You are truly a king in a prosperous age. The common people are just talking fast..."

Zhu Cixiang stopped teasing Shen Yunyin and smiled slightly:

"I am very satisfied with your performance today. I will give you wine as a reward. Let's go!"

How dare Shen Yunyin not obey the emperor's reward, and quickly thanked him:

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. The common people are flattered!"

Li Yun and Zhu Weiluo both looked at the eldest emperor brother and Mr. Shen in surprise, always feeling that these two people were talking a little strangely.

Princess Kunxing reached out and grabbed Zhu Cihong's arm and said with a smile:

"Okay, let's go to the restaurant to talk about something. My stomach is protesting!"

The two princesses found it strange that Zhu Cihong and Master Shen were talking to each other. Now Shen Yunyin suddenly noticed that Master Zhu was acting coquettish again. He could also guess the identity of Princess Kunxing...

The four people were about the same age. They were all dressed in young men's attire. They were talking and laughing all the way out of Shuntian Mansion. Outside, Yue Yang had ordered people to prepare war horses.

Seeing Emperor Shenwu and three young men coming out, he hurriedly ordered people to hand over three war horses to Princess Kunxing Li Yun and Shen Yunyin. He personally handed the reins of a war horse to Emperor Shenwu.

Princess Kunxing didn't know how to ride a horse. She just looked at Zhu Cixiang and wanted to ride a war horse with her eldest brother. Li Yun had already picked her up on the horse's back and then flew onto the horse. Princess Kunxing had no choice but to reach out and hug Li Yun's slim waist.

Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly, then flew onto his horse, and then looked at Shen Yunyin. If she was the heroine of the late Ming Dynasty that he guessed, Shen Yunyin would definitely be a good horseman.

Sure enough, after seeing the four people getting on the horse, Shen Yunyin flew onto the horse without hesitation. His movements were very steady and elegant, and it looked like he often rode horses.

Five plainclothes guards led the way, Li Yun followed closely behind, Zhu Cixiang was in the middle, Shen Yunyin came behind, Yue Yang and Zhu Cixi walked side by side, and five more guards followed behind to protect them.

Several people came to the restaurant and found that there was a sign on the door of the restaurant that it was closed today. There were only a few plainclothes Jinyiwei and restaurant waiters in the lobby.

Zhu Cixiang looked at Li Yun, who smiled sweetly and said:

"Your Majesty, you haven't been to the restaurant for a year. Today, the imperial sister specifically informed Fangyuan to suspend business to welcome you."

Zhu Cixi nodded:

"Because of Chen Yuanyuan's existence, the restaurant's business must be booming, right?"

Li Yun smiled and nodded:

"Hmm, business is booming. The food and drinks have tripled compared to before, but the seats are still packed. Many scholars and gentlemen just want to see Yuanyuan's beauty!"

When Li Yun said this, he suddenly remembered something and asked hurriedly:

"Your Majesty, have you ever heard of Yuanyuan's name?"

Zhu Cixiang was stunned for a moment when he was asked, and then coughed twice:

"Ahem, I've heard it before. I heard some scholars say it during a private interview..."

While the two were talking, Chen Yuanyuan stepped forward and bowed slightly, saying Wanfu:

"I have met His Highness and Young Master, please follow me to the private room upstairs!"
To be continued...