Chapter 2036: Hard-mouthed

"Hou... Lord Hou! I have nothing to say, and I don't know about the will." Doctor Liu looked up at Hou Zhong with difficulty, still insisting on his attitude.

"Doctor Liu, are you pretending to be stupid, or do you think I am stupid?" Hou Zhong sneered: "Since I have arrested you, I naturally have evidence. Your quibbling now will only bring pain to yourself."

"Evidence? Where is the evidence?" Doctor Liu asked back.

Hou Zhong smiled coldly, took out a prescription written by Doctor Liu, and said: "This is the evidence!"

"It's just a... a prescription. What kind of evidence is this? Lord Hou wants to frame me, please... please show the real evidence." The long conversation consumed a lot of Doctor Liu's energy. He was already extremely weak, and it was even more difficult for him to speak at this moment.

"Of course a prescription is nothing." Hou Zhong said, "But the problem is that the handwriting on this prescription is exactly the same as the handwriting on the will in the hands of His Royal Highness the Third Prince. Doctor Liu, please explain to me why this is the case?"

Hearing Hou Zhong's words, Doctor Liu's heart skipped a beat, but his bloodstained face did not show any expression change. He said calmly, "I don't... don't know what you are talking about... about the will."

"It's already this time, Doctor Liu, you still want to lie to me with your eyes open?" Hou Zhong stood up and walked to Doctor Liu. In front of the doctor: "Since you don't understand, then I will tell you clearly that the edict in the hands of His Royal Highness the Third Prince is fake! And the person who forged the edict is you, Doctor Liu!"

Speaking of this, Hou Zhong's face was a little surprised, and he continued: "I really didn't expect that you, a small doctor, would dare to do such a thing. It really surprised me and many people."

Hou Zhong really didn't expect that a doctor would dare to forge an imperial edict. He only thought that this was done by His Royal Highness the Third Prince, but now it seems that it is very likely that the Third Prince and Doctor Liu conspired to do this.

Hou Zhong never thought that the forged edict was taken by Doctor Liu to find the Third Prince Zhao Lun. Before Zhao Lun saw the edict, he didn't even know that there was such a thing. Hou Zhong couldn't think of this, and other people wouldn't think of this situation either. They only thought that Doctor Liu did this under the instructions of Zhao Lun, and Doctor Liu became the breakthrough point to defeat Zhao Lun.

Although the facts were exposed by Hou Zhong, Doctor Liu was not too panicked, but said lightly: "Master Hou, what evidence do you have for saying this? Just a prescription? I have been in the Imperial Hospital for many years, and I have written countless prescriptions. It is not difficult for someone to read my prescriptions and imitate my handwriting. Do you want to convict me based on my handwriting?"

When Doctor Liu forged the will, he had thought about the possibility of being exposed. The current situation was also within his expectations, so he was not too panicked when facing Hou Zhong's interrogation.

Hou Zhong frowned slightly. He did not expect that Doctor Liu was more difficult than he thought. He thought that Doctor Liu was just an ordinary doctor, and it was not difficult to get him to talk, but he did not expect that Doctor Liu was so strong.

In fact, not only did Hou Zhong not expect that Doctor Liu would be so stubborn, but even the third prince Zhao Lun did not expect this. Therefore, after Doctor Liu was arrested, he was anxious to ascend the throne as soon as possible, fearing that Doctor Liu would give him up, but he never thought that Doctor Liu could be so stubborn.

"Doctor Liu, are you going to hold on to the end?" Hou Zhong said unhappily.

"It's not holding on to the end. Why should I admit to something I haven't done?" Doctor Liu said.

"Torture! Keep torturing me!" Hou Zhong, who had been calm all the time, finally got angry: "No matter what method, we must make him open his mouth!"

"Yes!"

Hou Zhong's men were no strangers to all kinds of torture. Although they had used a lot of torture on Doctor Liu, they had not used more. Now that they had Hou Zhong's order, they would naturally use all the means of interrogation.

Hou Zhong glanced at Doctor Liu gloomily, then turned and left. He didn't believe that anyone he caught and interrogated could not get enough of him to talk, and he couldn't make Doctor Liu confess!

Doctor Liu looked at the man who tortured him again, and there was no fear on his face, but a smile:

As long as he could kill Yuan Ji, he could accept a little suffering. He was even ready to die. His sister was robbed, and his heart had died a long time ago. The hatred in his heart had supported him all these years.

And now, it was finally time for him to take revenge!

Hou Zhong left the courtyard in a depressed mood and went to meet Yuan Ji and Hou Yi. However, he heard worse news from Yuan Ji and Hou Yi:

The third prince Zhao Lun had asked the Ministry of Rites to keep the enthronement ceremony simple and asked to ascend the throne tomorrow!

"How could this happen?" Hou Zhong was shocked and asked, "Why is Zhao Lun so anxious all of a sudden?"

"I don't know either." Hou Yi shook his head and said, "This is the news from the Ministry of Rites. The Ministry of Rites has already notified the ministers in the imperial capital to prepare for the coronation ceremony tomorrow. This cannot be false. As for why Zhao Lun is so anxious to ascend the throne, there is no explanation."

Hearing this, Hou Zhong felt terrible. The reason why he had his current status and power was all due to the support and trust of the old emperor. Without the emperor's trust and support, he could not sit firmly in his current position.

And he had offended the third prince Zhao Lun, and he had offended him badly. Once the third prince ascended the throne, would he let him go?

Obviously impossible!

Hou Zhong panicked. He knew very well that once Zhao Lun ascended the throne, it would mean that his doomsday would come.

"I guess it has something to do with you taking Doctor Liu away." Yuan Ji said, "That Doctor Liu is most likely the one who forged the imperial edict. Moreover, as the full-time doctor beside the late emperor, it is very likely that he knows where the late emperor's jade seal is hidden. In addition, the handwriting on the edict shows that Doctor Liu is most likely the one who forged the imperial edict. Now that you have taken him away, Zhao Lun must be panicking. Once Doctor Liu confesses, his forging of the imperial edict will be exposed. By then, not only will he not be able to sit on the throne, he will also become a criminal. I guess it is because of this concern that Zhao Lun is so anxious to ascend the throne and become emperor tomorrow. Once he becomes emperor, the matter of the edict will be over, and he won't have to worry anymore."