After I killed him for 9,000 years, he was reborn.

"Your Majesty!

How could you be so cruel as to lock my Yue'er and my son up in that horrible Dali Temple?

How can Dali Temple be considered a good place to go? I heard that it is a scary place where you can walk in but can only lie down to get out!

Yue'er has always been delicate and frail, like a willow in the wind, while Wencai has never experienced any pain since he was a child.

If you do this, aren't you forcing them into a dead end?"

Whenever he thought of the suffering that his beloved concubine Li Yue'er and his beloved son Tong Wencai might have endured in the Dali Temple, Tong Guoan felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife and he could not bear the pain.

"Humph! If the emperor breaks the law, he will be punished just like the common people, let alone you high-ranking officials and royal relatives.

Li Yue'er and Tong Wencai relied on you, the Duke of Yue, as their backer, to act recklessly and do whatever they want. Not only did they disregard human life, they treated other people's lives as if they were ants; they also openly bought and sold official positions, disrupting the government and the law. Such heinous and unforgivable people, even if they were cut into pieces, it would be difficult to offset their sins, and they all deserved to die!"

Emperor Jiade frowned slightly and glared angrily at Tong Guoan, the man he once trusted but now made him deeply disappointed, and rebuked him bitterly.

"It's unfair, Your Majesty!

This is pure slander, total slander!

Your Majesty, you clearly want to take advantage of this situation and use me as a discarded pawn. First, you arrested my wife and children on trumped-up charges, and then you fabricated various excuses to abolish my title of Duke of Yue and remove me from my position as the governor of the Nine Gates.

Now, I have nothing left. Apart from trying every possible way to protect myself, there is really no other way to go...

Your Majesty, please don't blame me! This matter is really beyond my control! The Third Prince promised me personally that once he successfully ascended the supreme throne, he would not only let me continue to serve as the governor of the Nine Gates, but also marry my beloved daughter Tong Wenyu to become the queen of the country!

As the saying goes, "People die for money, and birds die for food." For a matter like this that concerns wealth and honor, and the rise and fall of a family, Your Majesty will surely understand my difficulties..."

"That's enough! Stop talking nonsense! The most urgent thing right now is to get the job done, so as to avoid more complications."

Although the dawn of victory was within reach, the cautious Third Prince did not dare to be lazy or arrogant. After all, only by firmly grasping the crucial edict of succession in his hands as soon as possible could he ensure that nothing would go wrong.

"Master Tong, Master Tong, you are such a simple-minded, reckless person!

Haven't you heard?

The third prince had already lost two princesses before, and both of them died within a year of marrying into the third prince's mansion.

Given this situation, how can you expect your beloved daughter, Tong Wenyu, to live long after becoming the queen?

For the Third Prince, such things as crossing the river and destroying the bridge, and killing the donkey after it has done its job are simply his specialty! "

A clearly sarcastic voice suddenly sounded, and everyone looked in the direction of the voice, only to see that Eunuch Nanyang Yao, who had been standing aside and watching the farce coldly, suddenly spoke.