The emperor didn't speak, he looked at Du Ruo silently, with an unpredictable expression on his face, making it difficult to guess what he was thinking at this time.

After a long time, just when King Rui was about to hold back his mouth, the emperor finally opened his mouth, and he waved his hand at the Praetorian Guard on the side, and the Praetorian Guard immediately turned around and retreated, and after a while, he escorted another person back.

Du Ruo looked up and found that it was none other than his father who had been taken away before.

"Du Aiqing, I am very disappointed and chilled by your words and deeds." The emperor looked at Du Ruo in a low and slow voice, and every word seemed to be knocking on Du Ruo's heart, "Someone reported to me that your father opened a academy and ran a school in the township, but in the name of preaching and receiving karma to solve doubts, he incited the scholars to resent their thoughts, saying that your grandfather Du Zhishan had close contacts with foreign races and was entangled in the name of traveling around to practice medicine.

You were a woman at the beginning, but you pretended to be a man to get the men's department, which was also a move to corrupt the dynasty, and I took the risk of shaking people's hearts in the spirit of cherishing talents, and I did not pursue it, and gave you the title of official.

Others say that you are in cahoots with Ye Yuanzhou, but I don't believe it, give you the opportunity to testify against his sins in front of me, but what about you?

Even if what you said and did disappointed me, I still gave you one last chance.

If you are willing to stand up and testify that Ye Yuanzhou gathered troops with the intention of besieging the capital and plotting a rebellion, then your father, as well as your grandfather, who has passed away for many years, and the reputation of your Du family for generations will be preserved.

I can also be regarded as a meritorious service for you, a powerless civil official, who was bewitched and coerced by Ye Yuanzhou to forgive you and your father for all their previous mistakes. ”

"Those who are clear will clear themselves!" Without waiting for Du Ruo to speak, Du Zhong, who was escorted by the Praetorian Guard, suddenly opened his mouth, he looked at Du Ruo, and said loudly, "If you want to slander another innocent person in order to keep yourself from being wronged, you will let yourself fall into the quagmire and become a sinner who has been stinking for thousands of years!"

As a father, you have never been burdened by the eyes of the world, otherwise you would not have supported you to take the male department as a daughter! Because the father knows that both men and women, as long as they are open-minded, they can make a difference!

But if you slander others today in order to make a living, then your father is really shameless to live in the world, and our Du family is really discredited! ”

Du Ruo's eyes were full of tears, trembling all over, as if she was pressed into the biting ice water, she only felt a chill to the bone, as if there were countless cow hair needles tightly piercing her heart, so painful that she didn't even dare to breathe.

And Du Zhong, after saying that, smiled faintly at Du Ruo, nodded encouragingly, and then closed his eyes slightly and stopped talking.

"Du Ruo, what do you say?" The emperor's majestic voice came from above, with a faint threat in his tone.

Du Ruo took a deep breath and tried to raise her head, she glanced at her father not far away, and gritted her teeth.

"Ye Duwei is an upright person, loyal to the monarch and the people, he is a rare good general, and he has never had the intention of rebellion, please see it from Your Majesty!" She opened her mouth, in the loudest voice of her life, word by word, word by word, and almost exhausted all her strength.

The emperor's face was gloomy, and he stared at Du Ruo without speaking.

Prince Rui on the side was a little anxious, he snorted heavily, and his beard shook with him: "Your Majesty, such a stubborn person, Your Majesty should not be merciful to her anymore!"

Come! Drag both father and daughter down and cut them down! ”

"Wait." Just when the Praetorian Guards were about to step forward to arrest Du Ruo, the emperor, who was silent, suddenly spoke, "After all, Du Zhong is a famous Confucian, although he has always refused to be used by me, refused to go out of office, and served the imperial court, but it can be regarded as cultivating many pillars of students for my Da Yin."

If such a person is beheaded, it will be too cruel.

Come, bring the poisoned wine. ”

Du Ruo clenched her fists in both hands, her nails were almost digging into the flesh of her palms, she clenched her teeth tightly, her eyes were blood-red as she stared at the waiter who came up step by step with wine, and felt that the blood all over her body was pouring up on the top of her head.

The chamberlain brought the wine to Du Zhong and stood still.

Du Zhong turned his head to look at his daughter, and saw Du Ruo's face sad and angry, struggling desperately, trying to break free from the shackles of the inner servant, and rushed forward to stop all this.

Du Zhong shook his head at her, reached out and picked up the poisoned wine in front of him, and drank it all without hesitation, as if it was not some intestinal poison, but elixir and jade dew.

"Daddy——!" Du Ruo felt as if his chest had exploded at this moment, and he roared hoarsely and wanted to rush over.

The wine glass in Du Zhong's hand fell to the ground, and the clear broken jade splashed and spread out in all directions, and Du Zhong's body fell to the ground along with these sparse jade dregs.

Du Zhong was lying on the ground, red blood flowing from the corners of his mouth, and his head was tilted to the side lifelessly.

Du Ruo's eyes turned black for a while, her body was weak, and the whole person collapsed, and the two chamberlains couldn't pull it, so they had to let go of their hands and let her crawl on the ground.

King Rui glanced at a Praetorian Guard on the side, and the Praetorian Guard immediately stepped forward, reached out to Du Zhong's mouth and nose, made sure that there was no snort at all, and lay on the ground again, put his ear on Du Zhong's chest, and found that there was no heartbeat, so he got up again, first nodded slightly at King Rui, and then hugged his fist at the emperor: "Your Majesty, the sinner Du Zhong is dead!" ”

"All right," the Emperor waved at the Praetorian Guard, motioning for him to step away, and then told the chamberlain, who had come up with the wine, "carry the man down!" Don't be here, look at the bad luck! ”

"Your Majesty, what should we do with this person?" King Rui pointed at Du Ruo and asked.

"Du Ruo, I'll give you another chance, if you don't want to meet your father under the Yellow Spring, whether you want to tell the truth or not, you think about it yourself." The emperor said to Du Ruo, and then the other party escorted her Praetorian Guard and said, "Put her in prison!" It's right next to Ye Yuanzhou!

If she is still stubborn, I will take her life in front of Ye Yuanzhou. ”

Du Ruo no longer had any anger at this moment, it was like losing the shell of her soul, allowing the Praetorian Guards to pull her up from the ground and drag her out.

The inside of the prison was cold and gloomy, exuding a damp smell, and there seemed to be a faint rancid stench inside, as if it was not in the same world as the golden palace outside.

Ye Yuanzhou heard the sound of footsteps coming from Suosuo outside, and the movement of someone talking, and the whole person immediately became vigilant and paid attention to the movement outside.

I saw two Praetorian Guards dragging a man who seemed to have lost his soul, opened the door of the next cell, and threw the man rudely inside.