Chapter 211 As you wish
"Your Majesty, do you think that since there is no evidence, no one will know what you have done?"
Huo Zheng stood up and walked to the center of the hall and looked at the emperor who was high above.
They were once close friends and playmates who grew up together.
However, for the sake of supreme power, he single-handedly caused the tragedy of the Huo family. For sixteen years, he had no regrets at all.
When he wakes up in the middle of the night, isn’t he afraid that the wronged ghosts will come to seek revenge on him?
"What a pity! I'm still alive."
Huo Zheng reached out and took off the mask on his face, then looked up at Emperor Hui and asked, "It's been sixteen years since we last met. Your Majesty, do you still remember me?"
Emperor Hui looked at his weathered face and vaguely recalled the high-spirited young man who had once been ambitious and said he would defend the kingdom of Nanli for him.
Later, the young general died on the battlefield and his body was never found, and the great worry in his heart was also resolved.
Now the dead man stood in front of him again. Emperor Hui was extremely shocked, but he soon calmed down and stared at the man who was no longer young and said, "Huo Zheng, you are not dead!"
Huo Zheng said: "I am not dead. Is your Majesty disappointed?"
Emperor Hui thought of his identity and immediately reacted: "You are now Bei Ming's consort?"
He snorted coldly and angrily scolded: “You still dare to say that the Huo family did not collude with Bei Ming?
I guess you were deceived by the witch of Bei Ming sixteen years ago and committed treason and yet you still have the nerve to come back."
When all the officials heard that Bei Ming's son-in-law was actually the major general of the Huo family who died in the battlefield sixteen years ago, they were immediately shocked and started talking.
Song Shiwei, however, was secretly worried about Huo Zheng.
It has to be said that an emperor is an emperor. He made a big fuss about Huo Zheng's identity as the prince consort of Bei Ming and pinned the blame for what happened that year on Huo Zheng.
But this speculation is well-founded and it is hard not to be suspicious.
Huo Zheng had long expected that His Majesty would use his current identity to attack him.
Facing the doubts of the court officials, he remained calm and just sneered, "Your Majesty really didn't disappoint me."
He looked around at the court officials and said in a cold voice: "Don't you want to know the truth of the matter?"
Huo Zheng pointed at Emperor Hui and said, “Your Majesty planned everything back then.
He learned from Wen Zixu that I was the orphan of Prince Li, and was afraid that the Huo family would support me as the rightful heir to the throne.
Therefore, he instructed the Sun family to murder the Huo family's army on the battlefield to create the illusion that the Huo family was colluding with Bei Ming.
Afterwards, he used Yongning Hou to get rid of the Sun family father and son, letting them die on the battlefield. "
As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.
Emperor Hui was already a little impatient on the throne. He shouted, "Nonsense! This is all his one-sided words. It's slander."
Huo Zheng said: "The Sun family father and son are dead, and the Marquis of Yongning is also dead, but I have captured the Duke of Zhenguo Wen Zixu.
He is also an insider of the truth of the past. Would Your Majesty like to meet him?"
He looked at Emperor Hui's ugly face and smiled, "You are afraid that my identity will be exposed and will threaten your throne, but from the beginning to the end I have never thought of competing with you for it.
Your Majesty knows exactly who framed Prince Li back then.
If you had nothing to hide, why would you be so impatient to kill me and even bury hundreds of thousands of Huo's soldiers with me?
I came back not to compete with you for the throne, but to seek justice for the Huo family soldiers who died unjustly.
If your Majesty still has any regrets in his heart, please make your crimes known to the world and give up your position as regent."
Emperor Hui's face became more gloomy as he listened to his request. He looked at Xiao Jingheng and asked, "Heng'er, is this what you meant too?
If you want the throne, just say so. Why did you join forces with this traitor to force me to revolt and let me bear this eternal infamy?"
"enough!"
Xiao Jingheng interrupted him in a stern voice, "Father, I already knew this a long time ago, and I also remembered what you said when you quarreled with mother.
It was because my mother knew that you were the one who killed the Huo family army that she was so sad and angry that she wanted to commit suicide and abandoned her son.
The crown prince has behaved immorally many times, but you have no intention of deposing him because you feel guilty towards the Sun family.
I am also afraid that I will keep harping on the Huo family's affairs, and that if I find out the truth, it will damage your virtue as an emperor.
At this point, there is no point in continuing to hide it.
If you still care about the relationship between father and son, please issue an order to make your crime known to the world, clear the name of the Huo family army, and comfort the spirit of my mother in heaven."
"Hahaha."
Emperor Hui laughed loudly. He looked at Xiao Jingheng and kept saying, "Okay, okay, you are really my good son!"
He asked everyone in the hall: "Do you all think that I should admit this crime?"
All the officials have become cowards. Ever since the Crown Prince's rebellion, His Majesty has handed over all state affairs to the Regent.
Now that Your Majesty is sitting there, his power has actually been hollowed out.
They didn't care what the truth was. What they cared about was who sat in that position in the end, obviously the regent.
So no one dared to say anything.
Seeing that no one among the officials stood up to speak up for him, Emperor Hui wanted to chop off their heads, but he had now been sidelined and controlled by others.
He could only endure it.
Emperor Hui closed his eyes, took a deep breath and said, "If that's the case, then I will do as you wish!"
He stood up tremblingly and left the hall under the escort of Cui Xingjian.
A palace banquet ended so abruptly.
All the officials had left, but Song Shiwei sat there without moving.
Qin Yueyao gently touched her arm and lowered her voice and asked, "You already knew this?"
Song Shiwei said: "Not long either."
Qin Yueyao couldn't help feeling a little emotional. Although she also believed that the Huo family was wronged, she never thought that it was His Majesty who wanted to put the Huo family to death.
She sighed and said, "No wonder I feel that the prince has been depressed recently. He must be feeling bad, right?"
Song Shiwei looked at Xiao Jingheng who was chatting with Huo Zheng. She wondered how history books would describe him in the end.
She only knew that he upheld the justice in his heart and he was not wrong.
She walked over, stood beside Jamel Xiao, and knelt down to salute Huo Zheng.
Huo Zheng looked at her and asked Xiao Jingheng, "Is this the famous female champion in Nanli?"
Xiao Jingheng nodded slightly and said to him: "She is also your niece."
The word "niece" made Huo Zheng slightly stunned, and he almost couldn't react.
Princess Chengyang on the side was overjoyed and pulled Song Shiwei's hand and said, "Let me see it quickly.
Xun Er just told me yesterday that he found his biological sister. I didn’t expect that there is such a hidden gem in our Bei Ming.”
Song Shiwei called out generously, "Aunt."
Princess Chengyang was overjoyed, she touched Song Shiwei's head and said, "Good child, I'm sorry for making you suffer.
When this matter is settled, we will take you back to Beiming to see your father. If he sees you, he will definitely be very happy. "
She had a lot to say to Song Shiwei, so she pulled her out of the hall.
After they left, Huo Zheng asked Xiao Jingheng: "Do you think your father will give in so easily?"