Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

Chapter 99: I spared his life just to see who was behind him
At the court meeting, the confessions of the Blood Cloud Tower killer submitted by the Ministry of Justice were basically related to King Xiaoyao.

The main reason why Peng Tao, the deputy leader of the Blood Cloud Tower, was arrested was because of Lu Ming, the King of Freedom.

The Zhang family would naturally suspect that all this was a trap set by the Xiaoyao Palace and the Queen.

The Zhang family escaped this time, but next they will most likely take revenge on King Xiaoyao. After all, the queen is in the palace and they can't do anything to her, but King Xiaoyao is outside the palace.

This is also the reason why Wu Wanrong took the initiative to write a letter to remind Lu Ming.

Lu Ming didn't care much about this. If the Zhang family really wanted to take revenge on the Xiaoyao Palace, the Zhang family would be destroyed soon.

……

At this moment.

Zhang family, meeting hall.

The atmosphere tonight was even more solemn, and no one spoke for a long time.

Zhang Hanwen's face was extremely gloomy. He never thought that the queen would actually join forces with the other four Tianshu.

If it weren't for the other four Tianshu including Zheng Hongyun, the evidence of collusion between the Zhang family and the Xueyun Tower collected by the Queen would not have posed any threat to him at all.

When the four Tianshus join forces, they can mobilize too much power. Take the Ministry of Justice for example. Without Wang Zhe's approval, the officials of the Ministry of Justice would never be able to produce the evidence.

Politics is about being humble and modest. When there is no conflict of interest, even if you know that the other party has a problem, you will not take the initiative to point it out.

The fact that the Queen was able to unite Zheng Hongyun and others to drive the Zhang family out of the court proves that the Queen had promised the four Tianshu huge benefits, otherwise they would not necessarily break the convention.

Once the practice of Tianshu being punished began, there would be a second one after the first one.

Zhang Hanwen sneered at this time. He wanted to see when Zheng Hongyun and the others would be brought down. How many people in the officialdom have clean hands?

The Zhang family has a golden medal of immunity from death. Even if they withdraw from the court, they can still live a good life relying on the wealth accumulated by the Zhang family over the years, but these families do not have it.

At this time, Zhang Yunyi said, "I was wondering why the Queen would go to visit Prince Xiaoyao. It turns out she is using Prince Xiaoyao's mansion to lure out Blood Cloud Tower!"

"Dad, we can't just let this go!"

Zhang Hanwen frowned and didn't say anything, as if he was thinking about something.

At this time, an elder of the Zhang family said to Zhang Yunyi, "Master, I'm afraid we have to put the matter of Xiaoyao Palace aside for now. In order to protect the Zhang family, the clan leader told the court everything about the Blood Cloud Tower. We are likely to suffer retaliation from the Blood Cloud Tower next."

Another elder said, "Yes, even those few masters in the imperial court can't catch Zheng Kun at all."

Although the Zhang family has a golden medal of immunity from death, in order to exonerate the Zhang family, Zhang Hanwen still chose to abandon the Blood Cloud Tower as a chess piece.

However, Xueyun Tower is not an ordinary chess piece. It is a chess piece that will bite. The Zhang family abandoned Xueyun Tower, which is a betrayal from the perspective of Xueyun Tower. It is impossible for Xueyun Tower to have no expression at all.

The Zhang family is still somewhat wary of the Blood Cloud Tower.

At this moment, Zhang Hanwen, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up, "With Peng Tao now captured, Zheng Kun is the only Grandmaster left in the Blood Cloud Tower. Now that he's wanted by the entire city, he'll only think about fleeing the capital and won't cause any trouble."

"As for the Xiaoyao Palace..."

Having said that, Zhang Hanwen paused for a moment.

King Xiaoyao was just a dying man, and he really didn't want to waste his energy on a dying man.

At this time, Zhang Hanwen suddenly thought of something and continued, "I have just been dismissed from office. I am afraid that the Zhang family has been targeted. For the time being, please do not cause any more trouble."

Hearing what Zhang Hanwen said, Zhang Yunyi felt a little uncomfortable. He was tricked by the Xiaoyao Palace and the Queen. If he just let it go, he would feel depressed.

This time, all of the Zhang family's power in the court had been purged. From now on, it would be harder than ascending to heaven for the Zhang family to enter the court. This was a heavy blow to the Zhang family, a prominent family. How could they just let it go like this? Zhang Hanwen knew that the Zhang family members present were very upset, so he continued, "You don't have to worry about anything. Sooner or later, the Zhang family will return to the court."

Hearing this, everyone was slightly stunned and confused.

Their clan leader was not kidding them, right? This time the Queen's purge of Zhang family officials was very thorough, and the other four Tianshu all sided with the Queen. If the Zhang family wanted to return to the court, not to mention the Queen's disagreement, the four Tianshu and the officials of the four Tianshu factions would not agree.

Zhang Hanwen continued, "There are some things I shouldn't say too much about. You just need to remember that the Zhang family also has backers."

After hearing what Zhang Hanwen said, the Zhang family members present felt much more relaxed. Although they didn't know who the backer Zhang Hanwen was talking about, anyone who could become the Zhang family's backer must not be an ordinary person.

Zhang Hanwen continued, "Okay, that's all for today."

After Zhang Hanwen finished speaking, he stood up and left the conference hall. He had to meet someone else tonight, someone who could help the Zhang family return to the court again.

……

Half an hour later.

Lu Mansion.

In the outer courtyard, a man wearing a purple python robe and a ghost king mask stood by the lotus pond, looking at the moonlight reflected in the lotus pond.

Standing not far behind the man was Zhang Hanwen.

The masked man said, "It looks like Zhang Tianshu has figured it out."

Zhang Hanwen said respectfully, "Your Majesty, you are joking. I am no longer Tianshu."

The masked man said calmly, "As long as you can live another ten years, the position of Tianshu will still be yours."

At this time, Zhang Hanwen said: "The disaster that the Zhang family encountered this time was largely due to the Xiaoyao Palace."

The masked man said, "You want me to help you destroy the Xiaoyao Palace?"

Zhang Hanwen said, "If possible, please excuse me, Your Majesty."

It is impossible to say that Zhang Hanwen has no resentment towards Xiaoyao Palace. He has been an official for decades, and he has always been the only one who schemes against others.

Although the Zhang family is not suitable for causing trouble at this time, if the person in front of them wants to destroy the current Xiaoyao Palace, it would probably only take a word.

The masked man sneered and said, "You may not know yet, but that little bastard's body has recovered now."

Hearing this, Zhang Hanwen was stunned.

back to normal?
Didn’t even the imperial physician say that he didn’t have much time left? How did he recover?

The masked man continued, "This prince wants to get rid of him even more than your Zhang family does. I spared his life just to see who else is behind him."

He still felt that it was impossible for Lu Ming to have simply obtained an elixir.

Of course, he didn't think Dongfang Liyue would dare to lie to him.

Perhaps there are means in the Xiaoyao Palace that can resist the magic of enchantment, so Dongfang Liyue was unable to find out about the elixirs and magic from Lu Ming.

Now he has changed his strategy. Since the charm technique may not work on Lu Ming, let Dongfang Liyue sacrifice herself voluntarily.

As long as the poison in Dongfang Liyue's body is still there, she will not be able to betray Baihua Tower even if she falls in love with Lu Ming.

(End of this chapter)