The dragon chariot walked slowly on the palace road. In the colorful cloud tent inside the dragon chariot, Wu Zetian's face was extremely gloomy. She never expected that all officials would put such heavy pressure on her, which made her feel depressed.

In fact, she was not determined to protect Lai Junchen, but because she killed Lai Junchen, it was equivalent to admitting the injustice of the cases handled by Lai Junchen. You should know that she had all told Lai Junchen that those cases were hers, and what she wanted to protect was actually her own face.

At this time, a palace maid whispered: "Your Majesty, the princess is here."

Wu Zetian also saw her daughter standing under the steps not far away, surrounded by a group of palace maids. She quickly ordered: "Stop driving."

The dragon chariot stopped slowly. Princess Taiping had been waiting for a while. When she saw her mother's dragon chariot stopped, she hurriedly walked forward with the help of two palace maids.

"Children meet with Mother"

"Come up"

Wu Zetian knew that her daughter was pregnant again, so she felt very pity. She ordered the palace maid to help her sit beside her and asked with a smile: "Is the reaction very serious?"

"Fortunately, I haven't responded recently. I can go out for a walk, so I want to come and see my mother."

"It's so hot, don't come out if you have nothing to do."

As the mother and daughter said, Long Yan entered Taichu Palace. When Wu Zetian saw Long Yan heading towards the Imperial Study, he quickly ordered: "Go to the Imperial Garden."

The dragon chariot turned around and headed towards the northwest Imperial Garden. Wu Zetian smiled and said, "Let's go and talk to me."

Princess Taiping was secretly happy. She just wanted to find an opportunity to talk to her mother. After a moment, Longyan came to the Imperial Garden, which was only a corner of the royal garden covering an area of ​​thousands of acres. Wu Zetian was born without a preference for traveling around, and even more so for hunting. Last year, it was because of Xue Huaiyi's repeated requests that she agreed to hold the autumn hunt.

This garden is called the Begonia Garden. It is named after two precious begonia plants planted at the door. In fact, this garden is full of Wu Zetian's favorite lotus flowers. The mother and daughter walked slowly along the cool tree-lined path with their hands behind their backs. On both sides are lotus leaves covering the sky. Among the lotus leaves, lotus flowers have appeared and are about to bloom. There are a large group of palace maids and guards far behind.

"I heard that all officials in the court meeting are asking for their orders today, and my mother must be in a bad mood," Princess Taiping asked carefully.

Wu Zetian smiled faintly, "Fortunately, I was very angry at that time. Later, I thought about it, if all the ministers were timid, such a country would not be stable, and the ministers had personalities and opinions, and the country would have vitality, so they would not be angry."

"My mother is broad-minded and her daughter is inferior to herself. If someone angers me, I will definitely hold a grudge for a long time. Sometimes, even though I know that others are doing my best, I just can't help but hate him."

Wu Zetian laughed and patted his daughter's hand gently, "I am very happy that you can be so frank. Ling Yue, everyone has a different environment and a different mindset. When you are in my position in the future, you will understand my difficulties."

Wu Zetian spoke without intention, but Princess Taiping was beating heartbroken. What does mother mean? Is she hinting at herself?

She became nervous and began to think a lot. After leaving silently for a moment, Wu Zetian sighed and said, "Ling Yue, do you think I should accept their suggestions?"

"Does mother mean the ministers' petition?"

Wu Zetian nodded. Seeing that the time was ripe, Princess Taiping said, "My mother and her father educated their daughter since childhood. A gentleman did not stand under the dangerous wall. The daughter has always remembered it. Lai Junchen is actually a dangerous wall now. There are too many people killed by him, and there are so many wronged souls everywhere. My daughter heard that he had embezzled money like a mountain, and there were countless wives and daughters. The crimes committed by her are numerous. Now all officials and the people think that her mother was deceived by Lai Junchen. But now everyone is exposing Lai Junchen's crime. Even a three-year-old child knows that her mother still turns a blind eye. I am afraid that everyone will think that Lai Junchen's crime is related to her mother--"

Wu Zetian was speechless. She heard others' words harshly, but her daughter's words touched her heart. A gentleman did not stand under a dangerous wall. Her determination to protect Lai Junchen finally began to shake.

Back at the imperial study room, Wu Zetian pondered for a moment and asked Shangguan Wan'er, "If I want to eradicate Lai Junchen, what should I do?"

Shangguan Wan'er knew that the emperor could no longer bear the pressure and decided to attack Lai Junchen. However, she knew Wu Zetian's thoughts very well, so she said cautiously: "Your Majesty must separate what Lai Junchen did in the past from his current crimes. Although he had excessive means in the past, the result was not wrong, and his sins had nothing to do with the case he handled.

Shangguan Wan'er's words reached Wu Zetian's heart. This is what she wanted. The crime Lai Junchen committed had nothing to do with her. She smiled with relief and said, "Wan'er said it very well, then what?"

"Wan'er feels that Lai Junchen cannot be executed vaguely. He must find his specific crimes. He must judge his crimes based on specific crimes. He cannot say who he killed in the past? He confiscated his home. Such a vague conviction is not possible."

"Speak well and keep talking."

Shangguan Wan'er thought for a while and said, "Two days ago, Wan'er heard that Li Zhen talked about something about Lai Junchen forcibly occupying the minister's wife. It seems that Li Zhen has some evidence, so Your Majesty might as well ask him."

Wu Zetian thought about it and immediately issued an order: "Transfer my order, and send the inner guard Li Zhen to see me quickly."

The decree was passed on, and Wu Zetian looked through Liu Guangye's memorial and exposing Lai Junchen's corruption and stolen goods. Her phoenix eyes gradually narrowed into a slit. Hundreds of thousands of coins of money, the military expenditure of Liaodong, which had been causing her to be frustrated, wasn't it solved?

Not long after, the eunuch reported outside: "Your Majesty, Commander Li is waiting to see you outside."

"Supreme him in"

"Your Majesty has an order to Xuan Neiwei Li Zhen meets with you"

Li Zhen hurried into the imperial study room. He was waiting at the Imperial Guard Office today. There was a fierce ministerial call for orders in the court today. He knew that the time was ripe. He stepped forward and bowed, "Miscellaneous Li Zhen, please see Your Majesty,"

"Commander Li, I heard from Shangsheren Guan, you have evidence of Lai Junchen's crime, but is it true?"

"Report to Your Majesty, I accidentally learned that Lai Junchen forced the wife of Qiao Zhizhi, the doctor of the Right Secretary, and learned that Lai Junchen failed, he had killed Qiao's wife and buried the body in the garden."

"Can you be sure?"

Li Zhen nodded, "On the night when Lai Junchen went to capture King Yifeng, Weichen had sent him to sneak into Lai Mansion to search, and he found the female corpse, but Weichen did not alarm the snake. If His Majesty needs it, Weichen can provide necessary evidence."

Wu Zetian showed a knowing smile on his face. Whatever he wanted, what Li Zhen could provide, it was very considerate.

She nodded and said, "The ministers all asked me to execute Lai Junchen, but I feel that Lai Junchen has made contributions to the country. Killing him like this will not convince the public. However, if he did commit a death sentence, I will not tolerate it. Commander Li, I will give you two things, you must do it for me."

"Please give me instructions"

Wu Zetian took a few steps behind his hands and said slowly: "First, to have conclusive evidence of Lai Junchen's crime, both human and physical evidence are needed, and the plaintiff also needs it; Second, I need Lai Junchen's entire property as military expenses, and this matter cannot be made public, and it must be completed in secret."

"The weak minister follows the order"

After pausing, Li Zhen said again: "When dealing with Lai Junchen's black officials, the inner guards are insufficient. I beg your Majesty to support you."

Wu Zetian took out the gold medal for transferring troops and handed it to Li Zhen and said with a smile: "You should know how to use this gold medal, I will write another handwriting."

In the Internal Security and Outer Office Deliberation Hall, Li Zhen, eight lieutenants, Chief Secretary Yang Xin, and the new lord Bo Zhang Zhiping and others were discussing the action tonight. In fact, night had already quietly arrived, and they had to take action after an hour at the latest.

Because of the serious consequences, Li Zhen was afraid that the news would be leaked and delayed it until the operation began.

"The action tonight was arranged by the Lord himself and is a top secret operation. I hope everyone here will be more polite and not disclose it at all."

Li Zhen glanced at Jiuzhi with a stern look and continued: "Tonight, Qianqi Battalion will assist us. We will divide our troops into two groups, and we will attack Luming Villa with Qianqi Battalion. According to reliable information, Lai Junchen and hundreds of his black officials live there now. There will be a fierce battle there tonight, and the inner guard warriors will be led by me in person."

Li Zhen's eyes fell on Zhao Qiuniang again, "There are not many people in Lai Junchen's residence in the capital, and Zhao Xiaowei and Jiuzhi were responsible for taking it down."

Zhao Qiuniang stood up suddenly. Seeing this, Jiuzhi hurriedly stood up. Li Zhen instructed the two of them: "Tonight, Dali Temple will handle the case with you, mainly to dig up the bodies and control the witness. Remember my words. The excavation of the bodies will be done by Dali Temple. They have special coroners. We should not interfere. We are only responsible for controlling witnesses and protecting the safety of Dali Temple."

Zhao Qiuniang nodded silently, "I understand."

Li Zhen said to Jiuzhi again: "You have another task. Starting tomorrow, to promote the case of Qiao Zhizhi's wife, everyone in the city must know about Lai Junchen's murder, and apply to Yang Changshi."

Everyone knew that tonight would be the last blow to Lai Junchen, and they were ready to try. Seeing that the time was almost over, Li Zhen immediately ordered: "Everyone, prepare for it in a quarter of an hour. Zhao Xiaowei and Jiuzhi must wait until the hour of Hai before they can take action."

Li Zhen made arrangements one by one, and everyone went to find their own team and prepared to take action.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Zhen led 400 inner guard warriors to leave Luoyang City on horseback and gathered with two thousand cavalrymen outside the East City. The large group of people walked on another Beim official road and detoured towards Lai Junchen's Luming Villa. In terms of time, they would arrive at the villa before the hour of Hai.

Time passed little by little, and it was almost time for the hour of Hai. A large group of black-clothed warriors appeared around Lai Junchen's mansion. In addition to the hundred elite inner guard warriors led by Zhao Qiuniang and Jiuzhi, there were also fifty Dali Temple masters led by Sun Li and Gao Jian, and even Qiao Zhizhi, the doctor of the Right Secretariat, was among them.

Qiao Zhizhi had officially submitted a lawsuit to Dali Temple as Li Zhen's instructions, and Sun Li also filed a case for his wife's disappearance. Tonight, he needed to find evidence and witnesses.

Seeing Qiao Zhizhi's expression was gloomy, Gao Jian knew that he was very sad, so he patted his shoulder and whispered to comfort him: "A person cannot be resurrected by death. As long as we avenge our brothers and sisters, she can rest in peace in the underworld."

Qiao Zhizhi sighed, "I'm afraid that the emperor will not execute him. Today, all officials from the court meeting are willing to kill Lai Junchen, but she ignored her. I'm really worried."

Gao Jian smiled slightly, "Don't worry, Commander Li is just executing the orders of the Lord, otherwise how could they act?"

Qiao Zhizhi suddenly realized that the inner guard belonged to the emperor. If the emperor had not agreed, how could the inner guard be dispatched to arrest Lai Junchen? Another glimmer of hope arose in his heart, hoping that his wife would be revenge for great revenge.

At this time, an inner guard warrior ran over and whispered: "The time has arrived, and Dali Temple can enter the mansion through the back door."

Sun Li immediately ordered: "Come with me."

Fifty Dali Temple runners followed Sun Li to Lai Junchen's mansion. At this time, a hundred inner guard warriors flipped into Lai Junchen's mansion from all directions. A scream came from the mansion. Lai Junchen was not in the mansion. There were only a dozen black warriors in the mansion to protect his father, wife and children.

The inner guard warrior first controlled the back garden and then rushed into the inner house and the front yard. Several black warriors rose up to resist, but were soon hacked to death by a large group of inner guard warriors and corpses were scattered on the ground. In just a moment, Lai Junchen's father and wife Wang were both caught by the wolf-like inner guard warriors and dragged them into the yard to tie them up.

In the backyard, Sun Li led dozens of Dali Temple yamen runners to carefully excavate the bodies. The kitchen manager and several families involved in burying the bodies gave them some guidance. Several coroners had rich experience. They quickly found the bodies and excavated them together with the surrounding soil blocks.

Qiao Zhizhi didn't dare to face his wife's body. When Sun Li asked him to identify a golden phoenix hairpin placed in a copper plate, he burst into tears. It was the jewelry he bought for his wife.

A coroner stepped forward and said to Sun Li: "Qi Bin Temple Master, the deceased is about twenty years old, and his clothes are basically intact and he can determine his identity."
Chapter completed!