At Suotu's command, two soldiers of the Imperial Guards entered from outside.
They handed the Memorial they were carrying to Suotu, then withdrew.
Suotu turned and presented it to Chu Jinghui.
"Your Majesty, please take a look!"
Chu Jinghui glanced at Suotu in puzzlement. "What is this?"
"Your Majesty, this contains intelligence I gathered about those Shadow Guards when I came here earlier to investigate."
"Oh? Let me have a look."
Chu Jinghui reached out, took the Memorial, and opened it to examine it carefully.
As he read through the Memorial's contents, he occasionally glanced at Suotu and Wei Sizhong.
Those glances sent towering waves crashing through Wei Sizhong's heart.
After finishing the Memorial, Chu Jinghui remained silent for a long time.
Suotu and Eunuch Zhang, attending at his side, scarcely dared to breathe.
They merely cast occasional glances at Wei Sizhong.
"Minister Wei, as you said earlier, this is the base of a unit of Shadow Guards you established for me?"
Wei Sizhong replied, "It is!"
"Then let me ask you: did you truly not know that these men harbored disloyal intentions?"
"Well..."
Startled by the question, Wei Sizhong abruptly raised his head. "Your Majesty, why would you say such a thing?"
"It seems to me that these men acknowledge only the prime minister, not their emperor..."
"Your Majesty, I have been wronged..."
At Chu Jinghui's words, Wei Sizhong's knees gave way. He dropped to the ground before Chu Jinghui with a thud and kowtowed incessantly.
Even when his forehead quickly became a bloody mess, Wei Sizhong showed no sign of stopping.
Over and over, he repeated only one plea. "Your Majesty, please believe me. I truly have been wronged..."
"If you insist you have been wronged, then tell me: how do you explain what is written here?"
Chu