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This man is none other than Duke Chu, the leader of the western desert!
While all the ministers of Andu were terrified and uncertain about what lay ahead, he had indeed already foreseen everything that was to come that night.
Standing atop the high city tower, Ren Ruyi looked down at the noisy ministers of Anguo and slashed the rope on the Anyang Bell with a dart thrown from her left hand.
As the heavy steed crashed to the ground with a tremendous roar that echoed throughout the area, the ministers below the city walls fell silent.
"Gentlemen!" Ren Ruyi turned to look at the powerful figures below. Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, he nodded in satisfaction, then channeled his inner strength and said, "I am Ren Xin, the former Left Envoy of the Crimson Guard!"
The sound generated by internal force was like a loudspeaker, and even the elderly and hard-of-hearing ministers below could hear it clearly!
"Ren Xin, Left Envoy of the Vermilion Guard?"
"Wasn't she already dead?"
"How could she have taken the Emperor hostage?"
Upon hearing this, the ministers of Anguo all wore expressions of disbelief! They then began to discuss among themselves, as this matter had indeed had a significant impact on them!
"Where is the historian?!" Ren Ruyi nodded in satisfaction after seeing that these ministers basically knew who he was, and then asked.
"I am Prime Minister Wang Donglai! And now I am the head of the Imperial History Academy!" At this moment, an elderly minister next to the Duke of Chu looked at Ren Ruyi on the balcony and cried out loudly, "Ren Xin! Do you know? Kidnapping the Emperor is one of the seven heinous crimes!"
"This is a serious crime! Don't act impulsively!"
"Yes! Ren Xin, stop right now!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding ministers echoed his sentiments, all of them looking worried about Emperor An.
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Only Duke Chu, standing in the crowd, let out a cold laugh. These people were unaware that the world of Anguo was about to undergo a major change today!
"Back then, Li Jun also falsely accused me of plotting to murder the late Empress!" Ren Ruyi naturally didn't care about the grumbling of these guys, and directly sneered and said, "That was also one of the seven heinous crimes! I wasn't afraid five years ago, so why would I be afraid now?"
Upon hearing Ruyi's words, the ministers below panicked. If even such a threat was ineffective, then they were truly out of options!
Only the Duke of Chu enjoyed watching the spectacle. Of course, he had long harbored resentment towards Emperor An, this cruel tyrant, and now he felt extremely pleased!
"Ren Xin! This is a dead end; you can't escape!" Emperor An sighed inwardly, then forced himself to remain calm and turned to Ren Ruyi, saying, "But if you can repent now, you might pull back from the brink..."
But before he could finish speaking, Ren Ruyi thrust her sword forward and instantly slashed a bloody gash across his neck.
As the pain shot through him, Andi immediately shut his mouth, a look of agony appearing on his face, and even his legs began to tremble involuntarily.
If he hadn't been holding onto the railing on the city wall with both hands to support himself, he probably would have collapsed to the ground by now!
"Ren Xin, no!" Deng Hui was startled when he saw this and quickly shouted.
However, he and the guards around him could only worry helplessly, since Ren Ruyi had once again demonstrated her determination through her actions.
These people are even less willing to take the gamble now!
Upon seeing this scene, the ministers below were so frightened that they cried out, and many of them even collapsed to the ground with their legs giving way.
"Li Jun!" Seeing Emperor An's cowardly appearance, Ren Ruyi sneered inwardly, then said, "I want you to say it in front of the historians and all the ministers!"
"What exactly caused Empress Zhaojie's death?!"
Ren Ruyi's words shocked everyone present! None of the ministers had expected that she had staged such a grand drama today because of the matter of Empress Zhaojie from back then.
Emperor An certainly didn't want to, but the moment he looked up and met Ren Ruyi's gaze, he immediately chickened out.
Because at this moment, the other party's gaze had clearly told him that if he dared to disobey, he would absolutely not show any mercy!
"The Empress...died in the fire!" Upon hearing Emperor An's loud shout, all the ministers below were dumbfounded.
Why is this different from what was said before?
Previously, the royal family had stated that Empress Zhaojie was deposed due to madness and then committed suicide by self-immolation.
But this "died in a fire" clearly does not mean self-immolation!
Could there be some hidden secret in the palace regarding the death of Empress Zhaojie back then?
"Was there something suspicious about the late empress's death?"
"In the end what happened?"
Some ministers looked around, bewildered, trying to find out if anyone knew the inside story. Others stared in shock at Emperor An on the city wall, their eyes filled with disbelief.
"Everyone! Do you think His Majesty was forced to say this because his life was in someone else's hands?" However, Ren Ruyi had long anticipated how Li Sun would make amends, so she directly cut off his escape route.
As he spoke, he took out a stack of documents and scattered them with a whoosh to the ministers below the city gate.
"Take a good look!" Ren Ruyi said as she watched the ministers pick up the documents and examine them. "These are the original records of the Inner Court's daily life and the coroner's examination reports from the Imperial Hospital!"
"It is clearly written above! The late Empress died of asphyxiation due to fire!"
The moment this evidence was presented, even Duke Chu, who had come with the intention of watching the spectacle, couldn't help but widen his eyes in astonishment.
Now that he was in a high position, he could certainly guess that Emperor An must have played a very dishonorable role in this.
Even his expression when he looked up at Emperor Andi was somewhat angry!
And it wasn't just him; many ministers were looking at Emperor An with the same feeling. The positive image that this emperor had maintained in the hearts of many suddenly collapsed at this moment.
"Li Sun clearly knew the cause of the late Empress's death!" This was exactly the effect Ren Ruyi had hoped for, so she continued, "But why did you insist on framing me for assassinating the Empress back then?"
The ministers below were all seasoned political veterans. Although they were not entirely clear about the reasons behind this, they all understood that there must be something fishy going on.
"Don't pretend to be so surprised!" Ren Ruyi continued after noticing the change in the expressions on the faces of the ministers below: "Back then, he secretly colluded with Bei Pan, but the Empress discovered it, which led him to set fire to the palace and kill the Empress!"
"I don't believe that not a single official in the entire court knew!"
"The Empress went to her death because she hated him for colluding with foreign enemies, and she no longer wanted to be the Empress, nor was she ashamed to be the wife of such a shameless man!"
Sure enough, as soon as Ren Ruyi finished speaking, the ministers below all showed expressions of shame. Some even subconsciously looked away, no longer daring to watch the scene unfolding on the stage.
These ministers were undoubtedly trusted advisors of Emperor An.
Upon seeing this situation, Duke Chu, standing in the crowd, understood immediately. It seemed that Ren Ruyi was right after all! The Empress's death back then was indeed closely related to Emperor An!
Most importantly, the Duke of Chu himself was unaware of these palace secrets.
It seems that although Andy maintains a harmonious relationship with the western part of Saudi Arabia on the surface, he is actually doing his best to guard against him!
"My lords, do you think I'm only doing this to defend myself?" Ren Ruyi saw the various expressions on the faces of the Anguo officials below, and immediately sneered before shouting, "You're all wrong!"
After saying that, he kicked a box that he had prepared earlier off the city wall.
As the box crashed heavily to the ground, the surrounding ministers gathered around in astonishment.
"What is this?" They now knew that Ren Ruyi was up to something one thing after another, and she wouldn't stop, so they were all curious about what she had suddenly thrown out.
“Li Jun not only skillfully altered history books, concealing the truth of his murder of his first wife from the world!” Ren Ruyi said slowly as she saw everyone gathered around the box, “he also erased all the deeds of the Zhu Yiwei for the country over the years from the history books!”
"This box of case files records the achievements of generations of Zhuyiwei, earned with their blood and lives!"
"For all these years, he has never seen the light of day and has been locked in the Crimson Guard's appointment room!"
Upon hearing these words, not only were the ministers below astonished, but even the guards surrounding Ren Ruyi exchanged bewildered glances.
At this moment, they also had doubts in their hearts, but the eyes of many people had already changed.
Emperor An was furious that Ren Ruyi had actually played the trick of undermining him, exposing all his secrets. His face turned ashen with rage.
He turned his head coldly and glanced at Deng Hui beside him, his eyes filled with anger that seemed capable of devouring the other man alive.
"Deng Hui!" As Emperor An's angry and muffled voice erupted, Deng Hui was immediately terrified.
"I have never colluded with Ren Xin!" Faced with Emperor An's suspicion, Deng Hui could only bite the bullet and explain, no matter how wronged he felt.
"Why did His Majesty dare to strangle the Zhuyiwei guards without cause outside the palace gates, yet dare not announce these achievements to the world?" Ren Ruyi looked at the two emperors and ministers who were now suspicious of each other, as well as the gazes of the people around them, and knew that he had basically achieved his goal.
Of course, we need to escalate things further! So she spoke up without hesitation: "Because since the late emperor, the Crimson Guards have been regarded as lowly slaves who deserve no respect!"
"Even though the Zhu Yiwei (Crimson Guards) risked their lives to solve the Prince Xun's treason case!"
"We suffered a great defeat against the Jiannan army, losing 160 men in the process!"
"Even if he kills the military governors of Fengxiang, Dingnan, and Baosheng of other countries!"
"Eliminate the Prince of Nanping and Empress Dowager Yuan of Chu for the sake of Da'an!"
"They don't even deserve to leave a trace in the history books!"
"Even if the Zhu Yiwei do all the dirty work, are they not worthy of contributing to Da'an?"
"Did you know about these things?"
As Ren Ruyi recounted the astonishing feats of the Zhu Yiwei one by one, everyone present was shocked.
Because they knew many things about this, but they didn't know that it was the work of Anguo's Zhuyiwei!
If Ren Ruyi is telling the truth, then Zhu Yiwei's contributions are absolutely worthy of being called the pillars of Anguo!
However, just as Ren Ruyi said, no one knew about these things before!
Meanwhile, in a blind spot on the city wall, out of sight of everyone else, a person sat cross-legged, a sinister smile playing on his lips.
This person is none other than Wei Tingyu!
He certainly couldn't let Ren Ruyi take the risk of assassinating Emperor An alone! Moreover, avenging the late Empress and clearing the name of the Zhu Yiwei were dreams that Ren Ruyi had always wanted to fulfill herself, so he only followed behind and protected her secretly.