"Bring Zhang Biwu and the others up."
As soon as Li Chen's words came to light, the guards who had been prepared escorted Zhang Biwu and more than a dozen officials up.
At this time, they had all changed into prison uniforms, had taken off their official hats, and their hair was disheveled.
But it seemed that he didn't suffer too much. Although he was a little depressed, he at least walked up on his own and didn't have any injuries on his body.
Zhang Biwu is the leader in terms of importance and representativeness, so he is naturally the first.
Two guards with big muscles and round waists on the left and right clamped him tightly to prevent him from messing around in this situation.
Zhang Biwu didn't have any random thoughts. Even after his affair was exposed, Zhang Biwu slept well for the first time in six months. It seemed that all the pressure had been completely relieved. Zhang Biwu himself felt more relaxed than ever before.
He walked past Zhao Xuanji.
The two looked at each other.
Zhao Xuanji looked indifferently as he watched Zhang Biwu being escorted past him.
Zhang Biwu looked at Zhao Xuanji and smiled softly. This smile had an inexplicable meaning, and then he was taken away.
From beginning to end, the two of them did not speak.
Maybe there is nothing more to say.
Among the more than ten prisoners, one day ago they were senior officials with real power in the Great Qin Empire, and none were below the third rank. But now, they are all prisoners.
The dozen or so prisoners stood in front of the queue, neatly arranged, and were forced to kneel down facing Li Chen.
Li Chen's tone was indifferent, and he said: "What you have committed is a crime of rebellion, which cannot be forgiven. Today, I want everyone in the world to take a look at your face and your fate, so as to serve as a warning to others!"
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Among the more than ten officials, some with poor psychological quality cried bitterly on the spot, and some even collapsed on the ground, but they were all immediately lifted up and knelt down again by the guards next to them.
Li Chen's eyes fell on Zhang Biwu and said indifferently: "Zhang Biwu, do you have anything to say?"
Zhang Biwu shook his head and said: "There is nothing more to say. I just wish His Highness the Crown Prince a long and prosperous life."
All the officials looked at Zhang Biwu, some were indifferent, some were gloating about his misfortune, some felt sorry for him, but most of all, they were afraid.
It's not the fear of Zhang Biwu, but the fear of Li Chen.
Only a few days after the prince returned to Beijing, Zhang Biwu and his gang were quietly wiped out. This shows how powerful the prince's authority is now.
With Zhang Biwu's qualifications and prestige, he has fallen to the current situation where no one can even say a word for him.
Is it because Zhang Biwu is not popular?
no.
It's because Dong Palace is too strong.
No one dares.
Some officials subconsciously turned their attention to Zhao Xuanji.
Everyone knows that Zhang Biwu was a member of the original cabinet and the right-hand man of Zhao Xuanji. Now that the prince wants to chop off his arm, doesn’t the provincial minister have any objection at all?
And Zhao Xuanji's response to everyone was just a motionless and extremely silent back.
Zhao Xuanji's silence meant that Zhang Biwu had completely lost his last hope.
This is the information gap brought about by status.
For Li Chen and Zhao Xuanji, their tacit understanding had already sentenced Zhang Biwu to death. Even from the moment Zhang Biwu stepped into Fengxi Palace and Li Chen entered the capital, Zhang Biwu was already doomed to his current fate.
Chapter completed!