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

The queen was disheveled and huddled in a corner, shivering.

Seeing Chu Ze, a glimmer of hope flashed in the queen's eyes: "Your Majesty..."

Chu Ze walked up to her and looked down at her: "Let me ask you, who do you belong to?"

The queen trembled her lips and uttered a few words after a long time: "I...I am from...the Great...Ming Dynasty..."

Chu Ze sneered, "Da Ming? Queen, you are such a joke. I think you are not in your right mind. Someone, take the Queen down to wash up. I will come back to question you later."

Two palace maids came forward, carried the queen away from the cold palace.

Chu Ze stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the dilapidated cold palace with deep eyes. He knew that the queen was no longer useful as a chess piece.

He turned and left, his figure disappearing into the darkness of the cold palace.

Back in the imperial study, Chu Ze called the secret guards: "Is there any movement from Shen Xue?"

"Your Majesty, Miss Shen Xue went to the Huguo Temple to burn incense early this morning and has not returned yet."

Chu Ze nodded: "Keep watching, I want to see what she is up to."

Huguo Temple was filled with incense. Shen Xue knelt in front of the Buddha statue and prayed devoutly.

"Buddha bless me, bless me with everything going well, bless me to become the master of this harem."

She opened her eyes, and a hint of ruthlessness flashed in them. The queen had fallen, and now it was time for her to take the throne.

However, she didn't know that her every move was under Chu Ze's surveillance.

Chu Ze had already set up a tight net in the Huguo Temple, waiting for Shen Xue to fall into it.

As night fell, Shen Xue left the Huguo Temple.

As soon as she walked out of the temple gate, she was surrounded by a group of men in black.

"Who are you?" Shen Xue asked in horror.

The man in black took her down without saying a word.

Shen Xue was taken to a secret room where Chu Ze was sitting waiting for her.

"Your Majesty..." Shen Xue was so frightened that her soul was about to fly away. "You...what are you doing?"

Chu Ze sneered: "Shen Xue, do you think I don't know what you did?"

Shen Xue's face was pale and she was trembling all over: "Your Majesty, I don't understand what the emperor means..."

"Don't understand?" Chu Ze took out a letter from his sleeve. "You found this letter in the Queen's bedroom. It said it was written by the Queen to Xiaolan, right?"

Shen Xue's face turned even paler.

"You forged this letter." Chu Ze said word by word, "You thought you did it perfectly, but you didn't know that I had seen through your tricks a long time ago."

Shen Xue collapsed on the ground, her eyes filled with despair.

"Why are you doing this?" Chu Ze asked.

"Because... because I hate the queen!" Shen Xue gritted her teeth and said, "She killed my father. I must avenge my father!"

"So, you are going to use me to bring down the queen?" A cold light flashed in Chu Ze's eyes.

"Yes... yes..." Shen Xue's voice trembled.

"You are so stupid!" Chu Ze sneered, "Do you think that you can become the master of the harem just by overthrowing the queen? You are too naive!"

Shen Xue raised her head, her eyes full of confusion.

"I'm telling you, the reason I banished the queen to the cold palace is not because I really believe she killed Shen Yue. I just want to take advantage of her and lure out the mastermind behind it."

A trace of fear flashed in Shen Xue's eyes.

"And you are my chess piece." Chu Ze continued, "I used your hatred to bring down the queen. Now that the queen has been banished to the cold palace, the mastermind behind the scenes will definitely let down his guard. What I have to do is wait for the right opportunity to catch the mastermind behind the scenes in one fell swoop."

Shen Xue completely collapsed. She never expected that she was actually being used by Chu Ze.

"You...you have such a cruel heart..." Shen Xue cried.

Chu Ze ignored her cries and turned to leave the secret room. He walked out of the secret room and looked up at the night sky.

He knew that this game of chess had just begun.

The next morning, Chu Ze issued an order to execute Shen Xue.

When the news came out, the whole court was in an uproar.

No one knows why Chu Ze did this, only he himself knows that he did this to completely cut off the wings of the mastermind behind the scenes.

He believed that as long as he continued to investigate, he would be able to find the mastermind behind the incident and avenge Shen Yue.

At the same time, in a secret mansion, a man in black was kneeling in front of a masked man.

"The emperor has sentenced Shen Xue to death." said the man in black.

The masked man sneered: "This Chu Ze is really cruel and ruthless."

"Master, what should we do next?" asked the man in black.

The masked man pondered for a moment and said, "Since Chu Ze likes playing games so much, let's play with him. Pass the order and let everyone get ready. It's time to act."

"Yes, sir!" The man in black took the order and left.

A bigger conspiracy is quietly unfolding...

Chu Ze stood in the imperial garden, looking at the colorful flowers all over the garden, but his heart was filled with uneasiness.

He knew that the storm was coming...

In the evening, Chu Ze was reviewing memorials when suddenly, a eunuch ran in in a panic.

"Your Majesty, something bad has happened! Outside the palace...outside the palace..." the eunuch said breathlessly.

"What happened outside the palace?" Chu Ze asked with a frown.

"Outside the palace... a group of men in black appeared outside the palace. They... they are attacking the palace!"

Chu Ze stood up suddenly, a cold light flashed in his eyes: "Finally here..."

"Finally here..." Chu Ze's voice was low and calm, but it was chilling. His eyes were gleaming, like a cheetah in the dark night, locking onto its prey.

"Pass on my order, mobilize the imperial guards to guard the imperial palace!" Chu Ze's voice was sonorous and powerful, leaving no room for doubt.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The eunuch crawled out tumbling.

Chu Ze walked to the window, opened it, and a gust of cold wind rushed in. He looked at the palace gate in the distance, which was blazing with flames, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"I want to see who is so bold as to attack my palace!"

The Imperial Guards quickly assembled and, under the leadership of the Imperial Guard commander Chang Yuchun, engaged in a fierce battle with the men in black.

The flash of swords and shadows, the shouts of killing shook the sky.

Chu Ze stood on the city wall, looking down at the fight, without a trace of emotion in his eyes.

He had long expected that this day would come, so he had been secretly accumulating strength, waiting for this day to come.

He knew that this battle was not only to defend the palace, but also to defend his country and his people.

The battle lasted all night, until dawn, when the men in black gradually retreated.

Chang Yuchun was covered in blood. He walked to Chu Ze and knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty, the men in black have been repelled, but..."

"Just what?" Chu Ze asked.

"But the men in black are numerous and well-trained. I'm worried that they will make a comeback," said Chang Yuchun.

Chu Ze nodded: "I know, you did a good job, go down and have a rest."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Chang Yuchun stood up and left.

Chu Ze looked at the devastated palace, his heart filled with anger. (End of this chapter)