Sword Tomb wields his sword a billion times, to marry Li Hanyi!

"We urge Your Majesty to issue an edict of self-reproach?"

Originally, everyone only suspected that Emperor Mingde might have been behind it, but the words of Prefect Zhou and Governor Liu immediately dispelled this idea.

Instead, he firmly believed that all of this was at the behest of Emperor Mingde.

"Prefect Zhou, Governor Liu, is this how I ordered you to investigate the case of the Prince of Langya and General Lei?!"

Emperor Mingde felt a sense of confusion upon seeing Prefect Zhou and Governor Liu.

He might have left a flaw, but he definitely didn't leave such an obvious one.

The flaw he left behind was that when everyone struggled to find the reason for Lei Mengsha and Xiao Ruofeng's deaths, they could only suspect that there was a problem within Beili.

But even if there are problems within Beili, there's no reason to directly suspect Emperor Mingde, is there?

Because there is absolutely no evidence!

Then, with just a little maneuvering, Emperor Mingde could find a few scapegoats to cover up the whole thing.

So, who are Prefect Zhou and Governor Liu these days?

Does he really want to be a troublemaker and challenge the emperor's authority?!

"Your Majesty, this is how we investigated!" Seeing Emperor Mingde's imposing presence without anger, Prefect Zhou and Governor Liu were still somewhat frightened, but knowing that Li Jianyi and Xiao Ruofeng were backing them up, they were not afraid of anything.

"Very well! Then Prefect Zhou and Governor Liu, tell me where I went wrong? Should I issue an edict of self-reproach?!" Seeing that Prince Li Su and a group of people from Prince Langya's faction were present, Emperor Mingde could not bring himself to attack the two hotheads in front of him.

After all, by taking action, he confirmed that he had framed Lei Mengsha and Xiao Ruofeng.

"Your Majesty's mistake was that you should not have joined forces with the Northern Barbarians and the Southern Jue to ambush General Lei and the Prince of Langya!"

Moreover, in the three armies, military orders are as solid as mountains!

The Prince of Langya and General Lei were the highest-ranking officials!

However, Wang Yi, the General of the Cavalry under the Prince of Langya, was a martial arts master whom Emperor Mingde had recruited in the martial arts world. He was a retainer of Emperor Mingde and Prince Jingyu.

According to our investigation, before General Lei and the Prince of Langya were ambushed, this person left the army without permission and had contact with the Northern Barbarians and the Southern Barbarians, working day and night!

Therefore, Wang Yi was a retainer of Emperor Mingde! He was also a key figure in the Northern Barbarians' and Southern Expedition's ambush of General Lei and the Prince of Langya!

"That means that you, Emperor Mingde, are in the central government!" Governor Liu and Prefect Zhou, in order to get revenge on that damned Emperor Mingde, put in all their effort to investigate the case.

And they actually did uncover some things.

Li Jianyi was simply giving them the final answer, making them believe that their investigation was correct.

Therefore, these two are quite capable.

"Your Majesty, are the words of Prefect Zhou and Governor Liu true?!" Prince Li Su stared intently at Emperor Mingde!

He's no longer afraid of Emperor Mingde, because the Sword Heart Tomb has someone comparable to Mr. Li from back in the day!

Therefore, if Emperor Mingde dared to secretly plot against his son-in-law, he might just point his finger at Emperor Mingde.

"Hehe, Wang Yi was indeed my former retainer, but Wang Yi is not me!"

"How would I know what he's going to do?!" Emperor Mingde sneered, but inwardly he frowned. Shouldn't Wang Yi have been taken care of by the people of the Dark River?

Why was this matter still uncovered?

"This..." Governor Liu and Prefect Zhou were speechless when they saw Emperor Mingde suddenly resorting to shamelessness.

"What is this? If you don't follow up, and dare to frame me, you will be executed along with your entire family!" Emperor Mingde made no attempt to conceal his killing intent. These two hotheads actually dared to investigate. They'll die whether they want to or not!

"The rest of the story? Of course we have it. Although Wang Yi is dead, according to our investigation, the person who killed him was from the Dark River!"

The Dark River was originally the Shadow Sect, which was commissioned by His Majesty!

In other words, it's hard not to think that His Majesty discarded them after they had served their purpose. After Wang Yi used his position as a link to the Northern Barbarians and the Southern Jue, His Majesty sent the people of the Dark River to kill them!

"So that there would be no way to prove it when they die, right?!" Governor Liu and Prefect Zhou stared directly at Emperor Mingde.

"Produce evidence!" Emperor Mingde was too lazy to explain further.

"evidence……"

To hell with your evidence!

Governor Liu and Prefect Zhou are practically trying to kill Emperor Mingde with their words!

You've destroyed all the evidence! Where the hell am I supposed to find direct evidence?!

unless……

"Your Majesty, there is evidence, too." Governor Liu and Prefect Zhou suddenly looked at Emperor Mingde with renewed confidence.

"What evidence?" Emperor Mingde narrowed his eyes.

"The evidence is that Young Master Li from the Sword Heart Tomb watched the whole thing when His Majesty was doing all of this!"

Moreover, General Lei Mengsha and the Prince of Langya did not die!

The ones who died were the 100,000-strong army of the Northern Barbarians and Southern Generals who had tried to ambush Lei Meng to kill the Great General, the Prince of Langya, and others!

In other words, the news from the front lines that Your Majesty is receiving now is only what Young Master Li wants you to know.

Perhaps His Majesty did a perfect job!

But Your Majesty, you probably didn't expect that when you were sidelining Emperor Langya, Young Master Li was watching you all along, didn't you?" Governor Liu and Prefect Zhou had no choice but to bring up Li Jianyi since they didn't have direct evidence.

"Nonsense! Young Master Li has been staring at me the whole time? Doesn't he have anything better to do?"

"Besides, I am in Tianqi City, what reason does he have to keep an eye on me?!" Emperor Mingde still wanted to argue.

But at this very moment, Li Jianyi led the Prince of Langya into the Mingde Hall.

The Prince of Langya looked at Emperor Mingde with a pained expression: "Brother, I have treated you well! Why have you treated me like this? Why have you treated my good brother like this?"

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Emperor Mingde felt a sudden panic when he saw the Queen of Langya.

Because the expression on the face of the Prince of Langya confirmed that what Governor Liu and Prefect Zhou said was true!

It's likely that Li Jianyi wasn't the only one watching him at the time; even the Prince of Langya was watching along with him.

"Don't call me Imperial Brother! You're not worthy to call me Imperial Brother!"

You want the throne? I'll give you the throne! You want power? I'll give you power!

But why, after getting all this, did you still try to kill my good brother?! Kill me?!

Perhaps my humility itself was a heinous mistake?! The Prince of Langya looked at his elder brother before him, feeling only a sense of absurdity and regret!

Upon hearing this, Li Suwang, Li Xinyue, and the others couldn't help but look coldly at Emperor Mingde: "It seems you really did it!"

"Hmph! So what if I did it?!"

The Marquis of Zhenxi was already giving me a headache. If another general like the Prince of Langya or Lei Mengsha were to take command of the three armies, my power would truly be usurped!

Therefore, the fault does not lie with me!

Rather, Your Majesty, since you have already humbly relinquished the throne, you should also step down from your position as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces!

"Now this is truly what I want!" Emperor Mingde, seeing that he could no longer hide it, revealed the reason why he did what he did.

"So you've stepped down from the position of Commander-in-Chief?! You think I'd fight you for the throne again?"

That throne should have been mine!

Since I'm going to fight for it, why should I give it to you?!

So, my brother, perhaps you really are just as Young Master Li said, choosing death with a clear conscience! Seeing that Emperor Mingde had no regrets whatsoever, Xiao Ruofeng felt that he no longer had the chance to plead with Li Jianyi on his behalf.

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