Chapter 873: The Injustice Is Redressed and the Main Mission Is Completed

Jamel Xiao looked at Zhou Chen approaching and asked, "Why don't you stop him? If it were you, you should be able to convince him."

Facing the prince Jamel Xiao, Zhou Chen didn't show any restraint.

"Do you have a better choice? Xiao Shu just doesn't want you to be charged with forcing the baby to have a baby, so he chooses to do this. Trust him."

In fact, Zhou Chen did not object because he knew Mei Changsu's thoughts, and at the same time he wanted to clear up all the charges in the Chi Yan case and Lin's case, and pave the way for Xiao Baolin in the future.

As for his main mission, redressing injustice, he was only asked to complete it when Emperor Liang Xiaoxuan was in office. There was no stipulation on what method or process to use, as long as it was completed.

After hearing Zhou Chen's words, Jamel Xiao had a complicated expression and didn't know how to answer.

Although he had made up his mind and refused to give in at the Golden Palace just now, if Emperor Liang really fought to the end, he would really be in trouble.

Mei Changsu's mouth evasion skills were quite good. He entered the back of Emperor Liang's residence and stayed for more than half an hour before finally walking out with a relaxed expression.

Today's grievance in the Golden Palace was carried out in front of hundreds of officials, but it did not spread afterward.

Because this is a matter related to the face of the royal family and the emperor, they don't dare to discuss it even in private, let alone spread it deliberately.

But soon Emperor Liang issued an order for the Third Division to retry the Chi Yan case.

Su Mansion!

Everyone gathered together, but their expressions were not so happy, but rather solemn.

Meng Zhi couldn't help complaining: "Xiao Shu, you shouldn't agree to His Majesty's request. Why won't you reveal your identity? Once Chi Yan's case is overturned, you should regain your freedom and restore Lin Shu's identity."

Mei Changsu did not show any regret, but said with a smile: "This is already the best choice. Our Majesty was forced to have no choice but to agree to retry the Chi Yan case. But if he had the intention to It is indeed a very troublesome thing to get stuck. It is not a loss for me to keep my identity secret in exchange for a retrial."

At this point, he suddenly changed the subject.

"What's more, I only promised myself that I would not reveal my identity as Lin Shu, but I did not promise him to sever the Lin family. I still have Xiaobao, and our Majesty will not be around for long. After Jingyan takes the throne, He will not treat Lin badly, nor will he treat Xiaobao badly."

"So it doesn't matter whether I can regain my identity or not."

Mei Changsu was very open-minded. He felt that he didn't have much time left. What he was thinking about now was not himself, but the Lin family and his most important son, Xiao Baolinxin.

Paving the way for Lin Xin is his priority.

Meng Zhi looked unhappy: "But in this case, you can only continue to live under the identity of Mei Changsu."

"What's wrong with Mei Changsu's identity? I've been using it for ten years and I'm used to it. If you ask me to resume my identity as Lin Shu, I won't be used to it."

He didn't say this to comfort Meng Zhi, but he really thought so.

Lin Shu was so dazzling and heroic more than ten years ago, but now he is like a waning old man with no strength to restrain a chicken.

Therefore, whether Lin Shu's identity can be restored is no longer that important to him.

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Meng Zhi also knew that he could not change Mei Changsu's mind, so he could only sigh heavily.

Mu Nihuang said with a worried look on his face: "Brother, although His Majesty has promised to retry the Chi Yan case, I think we still can't be careless. He is too cunning. If he is allowed to regain power again, I'm afraid..."

She didn't finish her words, but everyone understood what she meant.

Xia Dong agreed and said: "Yes, what Nihuang said makes sense. Our Majesty, we really can't believe it."

Well, Emperor Liang was really a failure when he thought of it like this.

Mei Changsu said: "Don't worry about this. Jingyan and I have already thought of this and will not relax our care of him. Aunt Jing is watching over him in the harem, Jingyan is in the front court, Brother Meng is in the imperial army, and there is also the Imperial Guard. , is also loyal to Jingyan now, so his current orders can no longer be spread out of the imperial city."

Mu Nihuang said solemnly: "There are also King Yu and Queen. Although they have little power now, they still have to be careful."

Mei Changsu said: "We have also considered that the Queen is being watched by Aunt Jing, and Marquis Yan is also here. He will not let the Queen have any objections; as for King Yu, he should not be able to achieve anything in this life."

Prince Yu's fate was already doomed. Jamel Xiao showed no mercy and directly convicted him of several major crimes and imprisoned him in Prince Yu's Mansion, where he was not allowed to leave the house again.

Wei Zheng couldn't help but sigh at this time: "Thirteen years, nearly fourteen years of planning, finally achieved the goal. Thinking about this process, it is really tortured."

Yes, for many people, more than ten years is equivalent to one-third of a lifetime. Working hard for one thing is indeed torture.

Zhou Chen said: "No matter how hard it is, it's over. Don't think about this in the future. Xiao Shu, you should take good care of your body from now on. Take care of Xiaobao when you have time and watch the growth of new life. What does this mean to you?" But it’s a good thing.”

After hearing this, Mei Changsu also had a smile on his face.

"What you said makes me feel like I have entered retirement life."

A few days later, Lin Chen came to the capital after hearing the news.

"Tsk, tsk, I really didn't expect that you two actually accomplished this without asking for my help. It's amazing, it's amazing."

When Lin Chen saw Zhou Chen and Mei Changsu, he immediately gave them a thumbs up.

Then he saw Mei Changsu's face and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Looking at your face, you look pretty good. When I came here, I was worried whether you would suddenly feel relieved because of the completion of this matter, which would affect your body. But now it seems that the last time I went with you, It’s almost time, so I feel relieved.”

Zhou Chen said: "Your worries are unnecessary. Xiao Shu is living a life of ease now. He goes to my place to take care of Xiao Bao early in the morning every day. This father is several times more active than me, my biological father."

Lin Chen smiled and said: "You are still smart and adopted a son for Chang Su, so that he can't relax even if he wants to. Even if it is for his son, he will probably have to hold on for a long time. This is what we all want to see. .”

"It's enough for you two. You know how to plot against me every day. I'm in good health, but it's getting bad if you talk about it every day like this. Now I take medicine on time every day, and every now and then, Xiaochen helps me with internal energy treatment. There’s no need to think about anything else, let alone use your brain, life is so boring, what else can you do without taking care of your children?”

To say that it is not relaxed, in fact it is relaxed a lot. At least the tight string is loosened a lot.

Without the new existence of Xiao Baolin, his mind and body would definitely be affected, but now his body is not only much better than in the original plot, but he also has one more concern, so his mental aspect is also very good.

Zhou Chen clapped his hands and said, "Okay, don't talk about this. It's rare for the three of us to get together. Let's celebrate today and have two drinks."

Lin Chen: "The two of us drink and let him watch."

"You two are really..."

In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed, and the retrial of Chi Yan's case has finally been completed.

In fact, the truth of this case is very clear, but too many people died at the beginning. Since there is a retrial, everyone must be cleared of their grievances. It will naturally take a long time to keep such statistics.

During this period of time, Emperor Liang never showed up. Even during the morning court, Prince Xiao Jingyan presided over it.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Jamel Xiao, the prince, is not much different from the emperor, and he only needs to ascend the throne.

Although Emperor Liang is gone, the court is much more stable, because now it is Jamel Xiao's Yiyantang, and there are no other factions, so it is naturally easier to manage.

This is also the most relaxed time for officials in the past ten years.

In the past, when Emperor Liang was in power, although everyone lived a good life, they often did not do practical things. The court affairs were also fought between various factions. Almost every court meeting was full of quarrels and chaos, which made those who were single-minded Officials who want to do practical things are unwilling to do so.

What Jamel Xiao needs now are officials who do practical things, and naturally he has received the full support of many officials. As for those who don't like Jamel Xiao, they don't dare to stand up.

On this day, an eunuch from the palace came to Zhou Chen's residence, saying that Emperor Liang had summoned him and asked him to go to the palace immediately.

Although Zhou Chen was confused as to why Emperor Liang summoned him, he did not delay and followed the eunuch to the palace.

Seeing Emperor Liang again, Zhou Chen could clearly feel the changes in Emperor Liang. There were more white hairs on his head and more wrinkles on his face. He looked older than a few months ago, at least older. After several years, his energy and energy have declined a lot.

In the palace, besides Emperor Liang and the eunuch Gao Zhan, there was another person, the prince Xiao Jingyan.

"Greetings to Your Majesty."

Zhou Chen saluted, but unlike before, this time he did not kneel down to salute.

Emperor Liang's expression changed slightly and he didn't speak, just looking at Zhou Chen.

"I haven't seen Xiaochen for more than ten years. I didn't expect that Xiaochen would turn out like this."

Zhou Chen replied indifferently: "Everyone will change, let alone after experiencing such life and death. If I were still the same as before, I would have died long ago."

"It's been two years since you and Xiao Shu came to the capital, and I didn't recognize you. I'm really old."

Emperor Liang sighed. Although he was unwilling to be ignored these days, he could only recognize the reality.

Lin Shu was still alive, which gave him a huge shock, but Zhou Chen was still alive. Although he was also shocked, the shock was much smaller than that of Lin Shu.

"I never thought about punishing you for what happened back then. You are Zhou Kuang's son and my nephew. But Xia Jiang and Xie Yu misled me and made me mistakenly think that you were also involved in the rebellion. It was Xia Jiang and Xie Yu who missed me."

Watching Emperor Liang's performance, Zhou Chen sneered in his heart and acted with him, so what?

"I wonder what your Majesty's orders are for calling the common people here?"

Emperor Liang opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but after hesitating for a long time, he still didn't say anything.

At this time, Jamel Xiao came out and said: "Zhou Chen, my father called you here because he wanted to tell you that the Chi Yan case has been retried, your guilt has been cleared, and your Zhou family has been a member of the Zhou family for generations." Dear Zhongliang of Daliang, my father is ready to issue an order to restore your identity and title."

Zhou Chen's face changed slightly. Unlike Mei Changsu, he actually didn't have much pursuit of regaining his identity and title.

But if he could recover and live openly as Zhou Chen, he would not refuse.

"I thank your Majesty."

Emperor Liang showed dissatisfaction on his face, but he still said: "You are Zhou Kuang's son and my nephew. I am very pleased to see that you are so promising now. You are the eldest son of the Zhou family, Marquis Wu Cheng The lineage still needs you to pass on, and I hope you will not disappoint me and the prince’s expectations.”

"I will definitely live up to the expectations of His Majesty and the Crown Prince."

Soon, Emperor Liang set up a spiritual altar in the Taiyi Royal Temple and led hundreds of officials to offer sacrifices in person to appease the souls of the dead.

Shortly afterwards, a decree was issued to restore Zhou Chen's identity and title, and the former Zhou Mansion was given to Zhou Chen again. He also allocated funds for reconstruction and rewarded him with a lot of gold and silver.

Jamel Xiao even gave Zhou Chen the military title of general in order to make up for it.

Wuchenghou Zhou Chen regained his identity, which shocked countless people in the capital. Some new officials did not know the title of Wuchenghou, but those old officials knew what Wuchenghou represented.

But no one expected that Gong Ziyu's true identity would be Wuchenghou Zhou Chen.

However, although everyone was shocked, they quickly accepted it. After all, Zhou Chen was different from Mei Changsu. Although he had been staying in the capital, he had not participated in too many incidents. It was easier for people to accept his restoration of his identity.

After Zhou Chen restored his title, he no longer had to hide and took Gong Yu directly back to his mother Xiao Zhihan's princess mansion.

The original Zhou Mansion, because it had been abandoned for so long, required a long period of reconstruction before it could be inhabited again.

Lin Shu was also quite busy during this period. Because his identity could not be made public, Jamel Xiao privately built a Lin family ancestral hall for Lin Shu to worship.

Lin Chen stayed in the capital for a month and felt bored.

"You two are really not going to go out and play with me?"

He originally wanted to invite Zhou Chen and Mei Changsu to travel around the world with him, but both Zhou Chen and Mei Changsu refused, which made him very depressed.

Zhou Chen said: "Do you think we are all alone like you, and can go wherever we want? We are all people with families now, so how can we have time to go out with you?"

"Hey, junior brother, are you laughing at me?" Lin Chen glared at Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen said disdainfully: "I'm just telling the truth. When I asked you to travel with me, you didn't go with me. Now that you invite me, can't I refuse?"

Looking at Lin Chen who was furious, Mei Changsu chuckled and said, "I would like to go with you, but Xiaobao is still young and I really can't bear to let him go. If you don't mind, just wait until Xiaobao grows up." At one o'clock, I will go play with you again."

Lin Chen snorted unhappily: "You two are so boring. I won't talk nonsense to you anymore. If you don't go, I will go alone."

"Senior brother, please wait a little longer."

Zhou Chen remembered that in the original plot, it seemed that shortly after the Chi Yan case was vindicated, Daliang was besieged by several other countries. This was a big deal, and he naturally would not let go of this opportunity to complete the mission.

Lin Chen: "Wait, what are you waiting for?"

Zhou Chen said: "It will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days, so we can wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival is over before leaving."

Lin Chen thought for a while and didn't object anymore.

"That's okay too."