I was imprisoned by the Empress at the beginning, and I was secretly invincible

"What's going on? Why is it snowing all of a sudden?"

"Yeah, it was sunny just now, but it snowed heavily in a blink of an eye. This weather is too strange."

"Snow in June must be caused by injustice... In my opinion, this is probably related to the imprisonment of Duke Weiguo."

"It must be the reason. Looking at the Great Zhou, everyone knows that Duke Weiguo is selfless and dedicated to the country. How could a man like him rebel? He was 100% slandered by villains and suffered an injustice. Now even God can't stand it!"

"Be careful with what you say, be careful of what you say. Duke Weiguo was imprisoned, that was the order personally issued by Her Majesty the Empress."

"Humph, why can't we say it? The treacherous ministers are in power, the Empress is incompetent, and even a wise minister like Duke Weiguo dares to persecute. It seems that the good days of ordinary people like us are coming to an end..."

Countless people in restaurants and teahouses of all sizes in the imperial capital were talking about it.

After all, snow in June is a rare sight in many years.

In addition, this strange scene happened just after the Duke of Wei was imprisoned.

No matter how you look at it, the two are inseparable.

Loyal ministers are wronged, and the heavens are giving a warning!

This statement quickly became popular and spread throughout the imperial capital at an alarming speed, and it became more and more intense and continued to spread to surrounding areas.

Not to mention ordinary people, even those court officials couldn't help but wonder in their hearts.

This time is too coincidental. Could it be that... it is really a warning from heaven?

If so, shouldn't they express their attitude?

Under such influence, memorials for the Duke of Wei's grievances were soon sent to the empress's desk like snowflakes.

...

"How unreasonable!"

"How unreasonable!"

In the palace, the empress Ji Luoyao was furious.

Looking at the pile of memorials scattered on the ground, she was still furious, and felt as if there was a fire burning in her heart.

Although she had expected that imprisoning Jiang Hao might cause some waves, she never expected that the waves would be so big.

However, this not only failed to change Ji Luoyao's mind, but made her feel more and more that she was right to take down Jiang Hao.

Because Jiang Hao's influence was obviously much greater than she expected.

There is a saying that goes, a man is innocent, but he is guilty of possessing a treasure!

Even if Jiang Hao himself is not guilty, this unparalleled influence alone is his biggest sin!

"Humph, loyal ministers are wronged, and the heavens are warning?"

"Jiang Hao is a loyal minister, then what am I? An unjust and incompetent monarch?"

"What do you think?"

While speaking, Ji Luoyao stared coldly at Cao Shaobing, the commander of the Jinyiwei of His Highness.

As the confidant of the empress, Cao Shaobing was a smiling tiger that everyone was afraid of outside, but at this moment, facing Ji Luoyao's cold eyes, he couldn't help but feel terrified.

Swallowing hard, wiping the non-existent sweat on his forehead, Cao Shaobing replied nervously:

"This is just the nonsense of those ordinary people. Your Majesty's wisdom and bravery, and the mountains and valleys in his heart, how can those ignorant common people understand it."

"Besides, there may be some scoundrels fanning the flames here to take advantage of the opportunity to make a profit."

"If your majesty is angry about this, maybe it will fulfill their wish."

After hearing this, Ji Luoyao's mood calmed down a little, and she also felt that there was something strange in it.

After all, it would be abnormal for anyone to suddenly snow when it was fine.

But she would never believe the saying that "snow in June is a warning from the sky".

She quickly ordered in a cold voice:

"If that's the case, then you should immediately arrange for someone to investigate."

"Find out who is behind this and kill all nine clans!"

The words were filled with murderous intent.

Cao Shaobing's eyelids twitched when he heard this, and he didn't dare to hesitate for a moment. He immediately bowed and promised: "As ordered!"

However, at this moment, a little eunuch ran over quickly.

"Report!"

"Your Majesty, the old master led three thousand students to kneel outside the Taiji Hall, requesting Your Majesty to release Duke of Wei, Jiang Hao, claiming that Duke of Wei had made great contributions to the court and should not be imprisoned, and that only with Duke of Wei in charge of the court can the world be peaceful, otherwise the world will be in chaos!"

"Old Master? Why is he here to join in the fun?"

"Only with Duke of Wei in charge of the court can the world be peaceful, otherwise the world will be in chaos?"

"Hmph, I think he has become stupid from reading too much. If Jiang Hao is really so important, what do I need to do? It's a joke!"

Ji Luoyao's face suddenly looked bad.

The old master is the chief wine of the Imperial College. Although he is pedantic and stubborn, he is highly respected.

And if Ji Luoyao remembered correctly, this old man never cared about government affairs, nor did he interfere in worldly affairs. He was devoted toHe only taught and educated people, but he didn't expect that he would take the initiative to come forward for Jiang Hao this time.

"Report!"

Before Ji Luoyao could figure out how to deal with this matter, another eunuch rushed over.

"Your Majesty, Prince Duan sent a message, claiming that Duke Weiguo was his best friend, and was willing to guarantee him with his life and property, guaranteeing that Duke Weiguo had no intention of rebelling. I beg Your Majesty to look at his face and thoroughly investigate this matter again to clear Duke Weiguo's name."

"Prince Duan?"

Ji Luoyao's face sank again.

Unlike the old master, Prince Duan was her uncle, and he had been close to her since childhood. He was one of the important supports for her to ascend the throne smoothly.

Moreover, Prince Duan has always served as the chief of the clan affairs office, and has a very high prestige among the royal family.

But what she never expected was that as a royal family member, Prince Duan did not stand on her side in this matter, but spoke for Jiang Hao instead.

"Report!"

Just at this moment, another young eunuch knelt on the ground.

Ji Luoyao was immediately furious.

"Tell me! Who else is pleading for Jiang Hao?"

The young eunuch was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "No, it was the envoy of the Golden Horde who asked to see him, claiming that the Golden Horde Khan admired the Duke of Weiguo and was willing to follow the allusion of the ancient Central Plains country exchanging sheepskin for prime ministers and exchange the Duke of Weiguo with Your Majesty."

"Sheepskin for prime ministers?"

Ji Luoyao was so angry that she laughed.

"These grassland barbarians actually came to join in the fun. They really dare to have wild ideas. Do they think I need their little melons and two dates? Tell me, what do they plan to exchange with me?"

"Two hundred thousand war horses!"

"What?"

Ji Luoyao's expression froze.

The young eunuch raised his head, thinking that the empress had not heard clearly, and immediately repeated carefully: "They said that they are willing to exchange 200,000 war horses for the Duke of Weiguo."

"200,000 war horses!"

Hearing this offer, even though Ji Luoyao was the lord of the Great Zhou, he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air for a moment.

Although the Great Zhou was vast and rich, it had always been a shortcoming in cavalry. The main reason was the lack of horses, the lack of good war horses!

If there were 200,000 grassland war horses, how many cavalry could they train?

This attraction was too great!

At this moment, even Ji Luoyao couldn't help but feel a little moved in her heart.

But soon she forced herself to suppress this little move and chose to refuse without hesitation.

On the one hand, she couldn't afford to lose this person.

On the other hand, the Golden Horde was willing to exchange 200,000 war horses for Jiang Hao, which meant that Jiang Hao was more valuable to them than these 200,000 war horses.

"Jiang Hao, even if I lock you up in the prison, you still can't stop?"

Ji Luoyao gritted her teeth.

"The people think you are a loyal minister."

"Civil and military officials regard you as a pillar."

"The respected old master is running for you."

"Even my uncle is on your side."

"And these grassland barbarians are willing to spend 200,000 war horses for you."

"Could it be... I am wrong?"

This series of events made Ji Luoyao couldn't help but have a little doubt in her heart.

But soon, her eyes became firm again.

"No, I am not wrong!"

"I am the master of the Great Zhou, the only master!"

"I can never be wrong!"

She took a deep breath, then stood up and said word by word:

"Pass on my order, Jiang Hao's case has been concluded, whoever dares to write a letter to plead for him, no matter who it is... will be punished with the same crime!"