Chapter 645
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"This old official pleads guilty!" Cao Zhengwei's iron-made knees finally collapsed. Along with his bent knees was his once insufferably arrogant self.
Now that things had come to this, it was too late to take back the spilled water. Whether it was one person or the entire Cao Family, both the Empress and Cao Zheng Wei had made their final decision.
Cao Zheng Wei cried, "That hundred thousand taels of forged silver is indeed related to this old official. This old official cannot absolve himself from the blame! This old official has let down His Majesty, let down Your Highness, and even more so, let down all my colleagues and the people here. This old official no longer has the face to live in this world. Please, Your Highness, on behalf of His Majesty, grant this old official the death penalty! I only ask that Your Highness allow this old official to plead before you cut off this old official's head. Although this old official was involved in the forging of the silver, this old official was too busy to pay attention to it due to the relapse of my old injuries. I was deceived by a scoundrel and only found out about the twists and turns today. If this old official had known about this earlier, how could I have let Lord Zhao cry out injustice and die … "
His forehead hit the ground with a bang, and soon, a patch of red blood appeared. The thick liquid dripped down his wrinkled face and onto his body that was full of scars. It was as if the old wounds had come back to life, and it was incomparably dazzling.
Soon, an official stepped forward to plead guilty, "Reporting to Your Highness, this was this humble official's doing! It was this humble official who dared to take advantage of the Imperial Uncle's trust in this humble official to do this despicable thing in secret. Later, I was afraid that the case would be exposed, so I killed Lord Zhao. The Imperial Uncle was kept in the dark from beginning to end and had no idea at all. This humble official has been suffering from inner torment these past few years and has not been able to eat or sleep well. This humble official does not dare to hide this any longer and will atone for his crimes with death today! "
After he finished speaking, he actually took the sword from the guard's waist and placed it horizontally in front of his neck. In front of the tens of thousands of people, the scarlet red sword fell to the ground. Blood splattered everywhere as he spat out a mouthful of blood. His body twitched as he breathed his last.
Empress Cao sighed and said with grief and indignation, "So that's what happened. Imperial Uncle, oh Imperial Uncle, how could you be so foolish and let this subordinate deceive you until now! Now that the main culprit is dead, the case is closed. However, Imperial Uncle's negligence cannot be refuted. Even if you are this consort's elder brother, this consort cannot forgive you. Today, this Gong will place righteousness above family, strip you of your position as Deputy Prime Minister, and remove you from your position as a relative of the Emperor. From now on, you will be demoted to a commoner and exiled to Jingzhou, never to return to the capital again. Do you have any objections? "
Tears streamed down Cao Zheng Wei's face. "This old official thanks Your Highness for your mercy!"
Cao Huayu's eyes were red and he was about to rush out to plead for mercy, but Cao Zhengwei gave him a sharp look and shook his head to persuade him to stay back. He clenched his fists unwillingly and stepped back to his original position.
As Empress Cao raised her hand, several Dragon City Guards stepped forward and took off Cao Zheng Wei's official hat, stripped off his official robe, cut them all in half, and threw them into the crowd, which led to a burst of cheers.
Seeing Cao Zheng Wei unharmed being taken away by Yongchengwei and about to be exiled, Ning Shu's eyes widened in shock. She couldn't believe this fake farce, and her stomach churned.
A scapegoat that came out of nowhere, and with a few words of demotion, and a few drops of crocodile tears in front of tens of thousands of people, it was actually so easy to resolve this grievance that even the heavens had been wronged? From now on, the coffin was closed and there was no more talk about it?
Even the place of exile was deliberately chosen to be the place where the Cao Family had risen to power a hundred years ago. This kind of perfunctory, this kind of shamelessness, was this world's justice, in the eyes of this group of people, just a joke?! What did the hundreds of lives of the Zhao Family count for? What did Zhao Mingzhen's lifetime of integrity and integrity count for? What did Yuan Wanting's ten years of waiting and generously dying count for?!
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