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不一会，武后却下诏赦免了二张，并令他们向宋瞡谢罪。宋瞡不见，说： 公事在公开场合说，如果私下会见，王法是无私的！ 
俄诏原之，敕二张诣璟谢，璟不见，曰： 公事公言之，若私见，法无私也。 
However, in a short while, the Empress Dowager issued an edict pardoning the two Zhang brothers and ordering them to apologize to Song Hao. Song Hao did not meet them, saying : "Public matters should be discussed in the public sphere, and if we met privately, the law would be biased!"