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Chapter 250 The truth back then

"Back then, my brother was the Minister of Rites. He was conscientious and responsible. But he met your father, who was the Minister of Rites at the time. He was unstable and wanted to seize the position of Minister, so my brother made a big mistake in the sacrifice and was demoted by the emperor at the time. He wanted to appeal, but the family's money shop had problems, which delayed him for a while. In addition, he had health problems at this time, so he simply retired and returned home."

Wen Heng said so much that his mouth became dry, but Zhou Chaoyang, who was listening to him, remained silent.

"What's with your attitude? Am I wrong?" Wen Heng was a little angry. These were clearly the scars of their Wen family, but now that they were being revealed one by one, the real murderer was indifferent to them.

Zhou Chaoyang stared at him and suddenly burst into laughter.

"What are you laughing at? You prisoner!"

"I'm laughing at you. You still don't know the truth at this time. Well, I estimate that I won't live much longer, so I might as well do a good deed and tell you the truth of that year." Zhou Chaoyang laughed so hard that tears came out.

"You know your brother's talent very well. How can he be worthy of the position of Minister of Rites? Even if you have been the Minister of Rites for five years, if you were asked to be the Minister now, would you be worthy of it? I won't say more about this.

The Empress Dowager at that time was the favorite concubine of the previous emperor and was from your Wen family, so she found a position for your brother. But your brother was really incapable of handling this matter. Not only did he fail to handle it well, he also colluded with other officials. He used his position to kill all the officials who were not loyal to the Wen family. This matter was discovered by my father, and he told the emperor.

The emperor was furious when he heard this, but your brother was the concubine's man after all, so the two of them had a quarrel. It was at that time that my father had to stop helping your brother. Without the help of the minister, your brother, a half-baked minister, would soon run into problems. "

Wen Heng hadn't expected this. He even thought Zhou Chaoyang was lying to him before he died: "What nonsense are you talking about? The relationship between the Concubine Dowager and the late Emperor was so good. My brother is a relative of the Concubine Dowager. How could he not be the Minister of Rites? And with my brother's talent... he would never be so foolish as to make a mistake at such an important sacrificial ceremony."

Seeing that he still refused to believe that the murderer was the late emperor, not his father, Zhou Chaoyang said, "You still don't believe that this was the late emperor's will? Well, let me ask you, your brother has been bedridden for so many years, and you have invited so many doctors, but none of them can cure him. Aren't you curious why?"

Wen Heng has begun to waver.

"That's because the poison that kept your brother sick came from the palace. Any doctor with a bit of skill in the folks has heard of this poison, so how could they dare to treat your brother?"

Wen Heng couldn't listen any longer at this point. He had been plotting against the Zhou family for so many years, but in the end the disaster came from his own brother and the late emperor. How could he accept this?

Seeing his unhappy expression, Zhou Chaoyang said anxiously: "So you know now, right? Even though I have hurt you twice, you have always been lucky and alive. Can you go and ask the emperor to release me? I am his only son! Even my sister married the emperor! Minister Wen! Go and ask for mercy for me!"

Zhou Chaoyang's voice gradually became weaker, and Wen Heng staggered out of the prison. The first thing he did when he came out was to go back to the Wen Mansion and ask his elder brother whether all this was true.