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"You want me to let the king go?"

Wyon respectfully replied, "Please forgive this old servant for his bluntness. As far as I'm concerned, the king deserves to die. But if His Majesty can help us out, I believe everyone in the world will praise His Majesty for his benevolence!"

After a long period of silence, he slowly said, "Just as you've said, even though he's at fault, he's still my big brother. I can't just ignore all of your sentiments."

Hearing this, Dongfang Shou knew that the messenger king's life had been saved, and a large stone fell from his heart. "This subject thanks Your Majesty on behalf of Big Brother, long live and long live!"

After indicating for the two of them to rise, Dong Fang sighed and said, "Although death penalty can be avoided, it's hard to escape from a crime of living. Big brother will not be able to return to Jinling City from now on. I hope you can understand this point."

"I, your servant, understand. Your majesty, is willing to let big brother live. This is already the limit of benevolence and righteousness. I believe that big brother will remember your kindness for the rest of his life."

Dongfang Ru shook his head and said, "You've all seen what big brother did just now. If you want him to think about me, it'll be even harder than ascending to the heavens."

Dongfang Ze raised his eyebrows and said, "As long as you have a clear conscience, you don't need to care about the feelings of others."

His words caused Dongfang Xi to laugh. He nodded and said, "What a great saying that is completely worthy of the heart. That is the truth."

Three days later, the imperial declaration was posted outside the palace: "The King of Letters has colluded with Dong Ling, assassinated the kings, and killed Wang Liang, the Imperial Tutor of the Kingdom, and committed a heinous crime." Three days later, the imperial declaration was posted outside the palace: The King of Letters has colluded with Dong Ling, assassinated the kings, and killed Wang Liang, and committed a heinous crime, and should have been sentenced to death.

The Jin'ling Assassination case finally came to an end. The Jing Zhao Prefecture and the Patrol Battalion withdrew their troops, and the four-sided gates that had been closed for many days were opened once again. Everything was back to normal.

The only flaw was that the group of easterners had not been found, even though Lu Yi had sent people to track them down several times.

As for the Pavilion of Emerald, it was reopened after closing for a month. It was still one of the few brothels in Nanjing, and the only difference was that the Brothel Keeper had replaced a woman named Yin Mei. Not only was she as charming and charming as she was, but she was also skillful in dancing and doing business with the Pavilion of Emerald for one day.

The messenger who was sent to the border had accidentally slipped and fell into the river when he was collecting rocks by the river. When others found him, he was already drowned in the river, which happened to be the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar new year. The border was very far away, and when the news came back, it was already the end of September.

On the night that he received the news, for the first time in his life, Dongfang Nian was drunk and unconscious. Others might not know this, but he knew that the messenger king was skilled in swimming, that he had swam alone in the high tide, and that he would definitely not drown. Now that the messenger king was dead, the only possibility was that someone wanted his life, and this person … Other than Dongfang Ru, he could not think of a second one!

From beginning to end, Dongfang Cong had never planned to let off the messenger king. He had only pretended to let the messenger king go in order to maintain his title of 'benevolent ruler', and then had sent men to assassinate him at the border.

He had spent more than 20 years getting to know her … It had always been a mask on his face, but sadly … Alas...

The death of the messenger king did not cause much of a stir in Jinling City, and people were more interested in discussing the marriage of the two noble daughters in the capital. One was the Changrong School of the Pingyang Mansion, the other was the daughter of Minister Zhao of the Department of Revenue, two months ago, after the inauguration of the emperor in the East, the two noble ladies were also among the beautiful ladies, but they were not kept there. They heard that the empress dowager had intended to marry the two noble daughters of appropriate age, but after a long period of not giving them any marriage, it became the topic of discussion among the commoners in Jinling city.

Since September, the weather had cooled down. Especially after the rain, many people had changed into autumn clothes. The Zhaoming Palace was filled with osmanthus flowers, and the fragrance of them could be smelled everywhere.

The reason was that after the palace maid served the empress dowager well and forgot to close the windows, the empress dowager caught a chill and spent the next few days cooped up in her sickbed, powerless to get up.

Dongfang Ru, on the other hand, was filial. Every time he went to the palace, he would pay respects and personally attend to Empress Dowager Wei. On this day, he was no exception, after taking the last of the medicine, he would sign a plum offered by Yi Qiu and deliver it to the empress dowager's mouth.

While Empress Dowager Wei was harboring plum seeds to relieve her bitterness, he asked Yin Qiu, "Has the imperial physician come today?"

"I've been here for a while, and said that it was much better than a few days ago. But after all, extraneous evil has invaded and damaged the lung meridian. I still have to recuperate for a while longer, and I can't stop the medicine."

Dongfang Shao nodded and said coldly, "Where is that palace maid?"

Yi Qiu said respectfully, "Your servant has already sent her to the Youlan Court. There are heavy workload in there. Almost every month, there will be people dying. I believe that she won't be able to hold on for long. Your Majesty, please be at ease!"

Empress Dowager Wei spat out the small plum core. "Actually, it's not a serious matter. It's fine to just reprimand them. The punishment of sending them to Youlan Court is a little too severe."

"She had harmed her mother, causing her to suffer an unforgivable sin. To live for so long is already a form of mercy on her part. Why would she have the word 'heavy'?" With that, he continued, "This matter has been settled. Imperial Mother need not pity that sinful slave."

"How could I sympathize with her? I was worried about you." Empress Dowager Wei patted Dong Fang Qian's hand and said, "It's not easy to gain a reputation of being virtuous and virtuous. This Dowager doesn't want you to be a little palace maid and give someone else a handle."

Yi Qiu interrupted, "When this servant inspected her room afterwards, she found out that she had the habit of stealing things. It wouldn't be excessive for her to act in such a manner." With that, she lowered her eyes and said, "Your servant is also blaming his carelessness in allowing such a person to enter the inner palace to serve the empress dowager. I beg your forgiveness, empress dowager."

"Forget it." After saying this, Empress Dowager Wei's gaze once again fell on Dong Fang Qian. "How's the current situation?"

"Imperial Mother, don't worry. Everything is fine, but …" Dong Fang Rou hesitated for a moment before saying: "Your son has some matters that he is unsure of. I would like to ask Imperial Mother to help him think about them, but I am afraid that Imperial Mother might have to put in some effort."

"This Dowager is fine, just say it."

After hearing Empress Dowager Wei's words, Dong Fang Rou slowly said, "Previously, the Queen Mother had her son send someone to investigate Mu Qianxue's background. Two days ago, she sent a spy from the West Chu to report that he had formed a relationship with a Heaven's Secrets Guard and obtained some information from him."

"It is indeed true that the Heavenly Mystery Realm is formed by the Chu Emperor, and it has nothing to do with Mu Qianxue. However, I don't know why, but back then, the head of the Heavenly Mystery Realm, Yan Zhongshan, had always been very respectful towards Mu Qianxue."