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"Let me go out. I am the son-in-law of Grand Marshal Guo. You can't keep me like this. Let me go out quickly. Is there anyone..."

In the Hu Benjun cell, Ling Changge, wearing prison clothes and handcuffs, grabbed the prison door and kept roaring, and the sound made the entire cell seem to be shaking.

After another while, a heavy footsteps came from the dark cell. Ling Changge quickly looked over and saw Huang Zheng appearing in front of him with a pot of wine, followed by Xiang Zhifei slowly.

As soon as I saw Huang Zheng, Ling Changge hurriedly said to him: "General Huang, I am really wronged. Those thirteen brothers from the Duwei Mansion were really not killed by me in collusion with thieves..."

"What are you shouting? Be quieter..."

Huang Zheng stopped Ling Changge's cry with anger, then ordered people to open the cell and walked into the cell with Xiang Zhifei.

Huang Zheng put the wine in his hand on the ground and spoke to him, "Drink this wine. The wine given by the emperor is mixed with poison and crane red. I guarantee that you will not feel any pain in your departure..."

When Ling Changge heard this, he was so scared that he roared: "What? No, no, I'm wronged! Why do you treat me like this? Take it away? I want to see my father-in-law Guo Taiwei!"

Huang Zheng shouted sternly: "Don't shout! No one will come to save you. Ling Duwei, you should drink the poisonous wine obediently, so you can go on the road earlier, so don't make us embarrassed anymore!"

Ling Changge was so scared that he quickly retreated to the corner of the wall and said tremblingly: "You are abuse of lynching, I don't believe it is the emperor's will!"

"It seems that I have to send you a ride?" Huang Zheng said with a ferocious face, then raised the wine pot and approached Ling Changge.

At this time, Xiang Zhifei (Tie Wuya) who had been silently patting Huang Zheng's shoulder and said, "General Huang, go out first, let me persuade him..."

Upon hearing this, Huang Zheng glared at Ling Changge, then handed the wine pot in his hand to Xiang Zhifei, and said to him: "General Xiang, I'm waiting for you outside..."

After saying that, Huang Zheng stepped out of the cell where Ling Changge was imprisoned.

"General Xiang, you have always been a selfless person. Please send a letter to Taiwei Guo and ask him to save me. When I go out, I will definitely thank you very much..."

Faced with Ling Changge's plea, Xiang Zhifei was unmoved. He just walked slowly to him, put the wine pot on the ground and said, "Ling Changge, have you ever regretted what you have done in your life?"

Ling Changge was stunned when he heard this, and then kept shaking his head and said, "I, Ling Changge, do you have any regrets? General Xiang, please let me go. As long as I can let me go out, I will thank you again..."

Xiang Zhifei sneered, with a look of contempt in his eyes, and continued to Ling Changge: "It seems that you have never repent for so many years. You really have no choice but to die!"

"General Xiang, I don't understand what you are talking about!" Ling Changge said to Xiang Zhifei almost crying.

"What evil people always choose to forget. I have been observing you for the past two years. I just hope you can have a little regret for what you have done. I don't want you to disappoint me too much!" Xiang Zhifei clenched his fists and his face turned extremely cold.

However, Ling Changge still looked at Xiang Zhifei with a pitiful expression, not knowing what he was talking about.

Seeing this, Xiang Zhifei said in a narrow voice: "You have been away from Longzhou for so long, can you still remember a girl from Xiang Yuqi?"

When Ling Changge heard the three words "Xiang Yuqi", he immediately showed extreme fear on his face, pointed at Xiang Zhifei and said, "How did you...you... know?"

Xiang Zhifei's face darkened and said coldly: "Because Xiang Yuqi is my sister, you bastard, she was only seventeen years old back then, you ruined her life like this, and even if you can be transferred to the Guo family in Jingji, you will be willing to kill him! People like you are simply worse than beasts!"

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault. Please let me go, General, I beg you! Xiaoqi's death was an accident. I really don't want to kill him..."

Ling Changge, who heard Xiang Zhifei's words, kept kowtowing and admitting his mistake, his face full of fear.

Xiang Zhifei walked to Ling Changge, squatted down, his eyes full of raging flames: "You bastard, do you know that when Xiaoqi died, she was still pregnant with your flesh and blood..."

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault. It's me that I'm sorry to Xiaoqi, it's me that I'm sorry to her. Please spare my life, please..."

Ling Changge was frightened that he was not possessed and would keep kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Xiang Zhifei sighed, grabbed the wine pot on the ground, suddenly grabbed Ling Changge's neck, and said viciously: "For so many years, I have been observing you in secret, and I can kill you at any time, but I just hope you can have a trace of regret, even if it is a trace, but you disappointed me too much!"

After saying that, Xiang Zhifei's neck was still a little deeper.

Ling Changge suddenly felt that breathing was extremely difficult. Just as he couldn't help but open his mouth for a moment, Xiang Zhifei poured a pot of poisoned wine into his mouth...

With the sound of the shattering of porcelain, Ling Changge covered his neck the next moment, and black blood flowed out of the seven holes. After struggling for a while, he fell heavily to the ground, and died. His face was full of fear and twisted when he died...

Xiang Zhifei glanced at the body in disgust, then strode out of the cell and said to Huang Zheng who was waiting outside the door: "Ling Changge committed suicide for fear of crime and has died suddenly from prison..."

Huang Zheng nodded and bowed to Xiang Zhifei and said, "General Xiang, Xiao Qi knows that he should be able to rest in peace!"

Xiang Zhifei remained silent, and a look of pain appeared on his face. He patted Huang Zheng on the shoulder and said, "This place will be left to General Huang. I will go to the palace to report my life. I will say goodbye first!"

As he said that, Xiang Zhifei dragged his exhausted body out of the prison.

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Inside the Imperial Study Room...

"Crown Prince, there is no one here. I want to hear you tell the truth. Did Zuo Hengnian tell me what he said to me in Yulongxuan that day?"

But Wei Zhen was pacing back and forth in the imperial study room, pointing at the prince Wei Ran who was kneeling on the ground and asked sternly.

Wei Ran smiled bitterly and said, "Nothing can be hidden from my father. Yes, I secretly colluded with Mo Ni to stop my father and death. The rebellion killed by the Xiaowei Army on Zhuque Street was also an agreement between me and Mo Ni. King Jing was just a medium for my contact with the Mo family..."

"You, why do you do this?" Wei Zhen was furious when he heard this, "I am your father, why do you harm me? As the crown prince of a country, the great Zhou dynasty belongs to you sooner or later, why do you still kill me and death?"

"Because my father is not dead, my country and country in the Great Zhou Dynasty will be really over!" Wei Ran shouted loudly, "Father, look at what you have made the country left by the emperor and grandfather over the years? The civil and military officials in the court are flattering people, and the powerful families in the capital are also ill-behaved, and the beacons everywhere on the border are endless, which is full of suffering. Shouldn't the father abdicate and give way to the wise!"

"Bastard!" Wei Zhen shouted angrily when he heard this, "Do you know what you are talking about?"

"Of course I know!" Wei Ran roared heart-wrenchingly, "As long as I, Wei Ran, inherited the Great Principal, I can save the great Zhou Dynasty and the waters. As long as my father is gone, I will have enough confidence to protect the country and will surely revive the Great Zhou Dynasty and recreate the glory of our ancestors!"

"Disappointed son, how could I raise you such a nerd son!" Wei Zhen's chest was so angry that he kept undulating, "Didn't you see that I'm trying hard to save the dilemma?"

Wei Ran said: "But it is precisely because of your efforts by your father that the situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty has worsened. Now the Great Zhou is already ill and it is time to get the next dose of strong medicine! As long as the son sits on the dragon throne, he will definitely be able to recreate the prosperous Central Plains!

But my father is in his prime, and my son is afraid that the country of the Great Zhou will collapse before that time! For the country of the Great Zhou and the country of the suffering people, my son has to take risks and take this worst strategy!”

"Shut up, do you think you will definitely do better than me if you are in power?" Wei Zhen was furious, "You are too naive! There are so many ministers in the court, and the forces behind them are complicated, how much do you know?"

"At least my ministers will come to power, and there will be no corruption in the treasury and ignorance without knowing it! They will issue an order to rob the capital, and the whole world is watching the jokes of my Wei royal family!" Wei Ran also took the initiative and began to confront Wei Zhen directly.

Wei Zhen was speechless for a moment and pointed at Wei Ran but couldn't say a word.

But Wei Ran continued, "Father, I know that after this incident, the position of the Lord of the Eastern Palace cannot be preserved, but everything I do is for the country and the country. Now that I have fallen into such a land, it is God's will to do anything. Just let my father punish you, my son has nothing to say..."

The imperial study room soon fell silent. After about a quarter of an hour, Wei Zhen calmed down and said to Wei Ran: "Get up, don't kneel down. You can continue to sit down in the position of the Eastern Palace. I will also cook for you.

In addition, clean up the land of Lingwu quickly. Your princess has taken the blame for you. If you continue to let her stay in the palace, it will inevitably be detrimental to your brother and sister. So, let him leave the palace and go to the Far East County to avoid it. When the limelight passes, he will find an opportunity to summon her back to Beijing..."

Wei Ran was stunned and looked at Wei Zhen with an incredible look on his face: "Father, are you?"

Wei Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "Son, do you know, I never thought of deposing you from beginning to end, because I know that you can save the country of Great Zhou. What I have to do now is to pave the way for you to become the throne in the future,

Why do I ask your emperor Ying'er to go to the Far East instead of the Yongliang border? Because I can't trust the father and son of the Li family, and I also use Ying'er to hold Liu Ce, the new force to serve you, which can also be regarded as a bridge for you to get in touch with Liu Ce.

It can be regarded as a way to avoid the covetousness of aristocratic families in the court, and then criticize you, do you understand what I mean..."

Wei Ranzhong nodded in a key position and bowed his hand and said, "Father, I am ashamed of my son. I should not have such an unfilial thought to you..."

Wei Zhen said, "Okay, this matter has come to an end, and no one is allowed to mention it again! It's getting late, so you should go back to the East Palace to rest early..."

Wei Ran responded, stood up and said to Wei Zhen, "Father, my son is leaving, don't be too busy..."

After saying that, Wei Ran slowly retreated out of the imperial study room.

Looking at Wei Ran's leaving figure, Wei Zhen sighed heavily, leaned on the table with one hand and closed his eyes and began to ponder.

"I must leave you a perfect country. I will do my best to pave the way for your throne, I swear!"
Chapter completed!