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Chapter 247: Chapter 95 Something’s Not Right, Even Small Gestures Don’t Work (Please Subscribe)_2
“Your Majesty, this old servant is truly happy to see that Your Majesty is unharmed,”
Emperor Zhou of Great Zhou responded indifferently. “Happy?”
“Not disappointed?”
Wen Shouren quickly wailed, “How dare this old servant feel disappointed? Everything was driven by circumstances. When this old servant saw the Devil Emperor suddenly attack Your Majesty, my heart, it shattered in that moment, Your Majesty, you have no idea…”
Wen Shouren meant to continue with his sob story, but Emperor Zhou had lost interest in listening to his nonsense. He frowned slightly and turned his head to look at Cheng Zhihai beside him.
“He’s involved with the crown prince, isn’t he?”
Cheng Zhihai nodded subtly in response to Emperor Zhou’s words.
Emperor Zhou nodded indifferently and looked at the kneeling officials who had betrayed him. Among them were many familiar faces. After a moment of silence, he said,
“Then execute them. Execute all of these people.”
As Emperor Zhou finished speaking, the treacherous officials kneeling on the ground felt a chilling coldness throughout their bodies.
They had not anticipated that Emperor Zhou would actually have the heart to order the execution of all these officials, who represented a significant part of the court’s power and were backed by numerous prestigious families.
Several officials trembled as they tried to plead for mercy, but the constables of the Bureau of the Lamp gave them no chance to beg.
If it weren’t for Emperor Zhou’s sudden appearance, they would have been prostrate on the ground, fearing that they would have already turned into fresh corpses by now.
The executioner’s blade fell swiftly, and a swath of heads hit the ground.
Blood soaked into the earth, and the chill cut like a blade.
As numerous officials were executed around him, Wen Shouren let out an ironic laugh. His once erect stature hunched over a bit, and he pleaded,
“Your Majesty, I am prepared to die, but my son, my son knows nothing.”
“May I ask Your Majesty to spare my young son’s life?”
Emperor Zhou did not respond.
Wen Shouren understood Emperor Zhou’s intention. He laughed bitterly, looking at his son beside him, still naive, full of regret, and self-blame.
In a flash, Wen Shouren, who once stood at the pinnacle of royal power as one of the six ministers, the Minister of Rites, fell into a pool of blood.
Wen Qinghe stood dumbfounded as if he had not come to grasp what had happened, but the next moment, he too felt a jolt of pain, eyes widening as he fell beside Wen Shouren.
“Dad, what in the world are you doing?”
The rebel officials were executed on the spot, and the sacred Shenyue Mountain had turned into an execution ground.
Even the officials who had not rebelled felt a heavy chill and shivered, instinctively turning into shrinking turtles in this atmosphere.
They dared not make a sound.
Emperor Zhou turned his gaze to King of South Ming beside him.
King of South Ming timely showed an expression of anxiety and concern, “It’s good that Your Majesty is unharmed. Just now, I thought that Your Majesty had… so I…”
“It seems it was my fault after all.”
Emperor Zhou listened indifferently to King of South Ming’s words, his imperious gaze sweeping over King of South Ming, “All these years, I have been kept in the dark by your good tactics, brother. You truly have good methods.”
King of South Ming slowly twirled the Jade Bead in his hand, the speed of the bead subtly increasing. The anxiety and concern on his face faded, replaced by a trace of bewilderment.
“What do you mean by this, Your Majesty?”
By now, King of South Ming had run out of options.
He could only gamble that the Queen of the South Ming, this Demon Emperor, would not betray him, and he was also betting that Emperor Zhou would still retain some fraternal feelings for him as King of South Ming.
Whether he was King of South Ming or the crown prince, Emperor Zhou’s only brother now was none but him alone.
In King of South Ming’s view, given Emperor Zhou’s character that highly valued familial bonds, even if he realized who he truly was, as long as he wore the identity of King of South Ming, Emperor Zhou would not bear to lay a hand on him.
Emperor Zhou looked impassively at King of South Ming.
As the court officials heard Emperor Zhou’s words, they could not help but cast their gaze on King of South Ming, their expressions filled with shock and uncertainty.
“From His Majesty’s tone, it seems that King of South Ming is truly the crown prince.”
“No one knows how the crown prince changed his appearance to look like King of South Ming.”
“But then, if the true identity of King of South Ming is the crown prince, where is the real King of South Ming…”
As the court officials murmured among themselves, they realized that King of South Ming might have already been dead.
As the court officials discussed, Emperor Zhou evidently had already grasped this fact. His stern and cold visage lingered on King of South Ming, a tinge of sorrow flickering in his eyes before he concealed it again.
Emperor Zhou’s eyes turned to Cheng Zhihai, “Can you change his appearance back?”
Cheng Zhai nodded and replied, “Yes.”
Having said this, Cheng Zhihai looked towards Cheng Guang, pride and arrogance surfacing on his face, giving him a knowing look.
“Guanger.”
Emperor Zhou noticed Cheng Zhihai’s action and was slightly taken aback, not understanding why Cheng Zhihai had suddenly called for Cheng Guang, the Town-Nation Duke’s Heir.
The rest of the officials also did not understand and felt a little lost.
Upon hearing Cheng Zhihai invoking Cheng Guang’s name, King of South Ming’s complexion darkened slightly, as he clenched the Jade Bead in his hand tighter and glanced at Cheng Guang, the Town-Nation Duke’s Heir, then turned to look at the Queen of the South Ming beside him.
He had a bad premonition.
Taking into account the Queen of the South Ming’s recent behavior towards Cheng Guang, combined with the current actions of Cheng Zhihai calling out to Cheng Guang.