"Your Majesty, Young Marshal Le Qi requests an audience!”
In the royal study of the palace, Ying Zheng, who was reading memorials, saw a young eunuch walk in.
"Let him in!"
Ying Zheng said without even raising his head while reading the memorial.
"Here!"
The young eunuch bowed and accepted the order. He turned around and walked out. Not long after, cries and wails came from outside...
"Your Majesty, something big has happened!"
"Your Majesty, you have to save me!”
"Wuuuu…!"
Before he even entered, he heard a burst of crying, and Ying Zheng couldn't help but frown.
The young master's manor was usually steady, but what was wrong today? Snot and tears?
"Putong!"
After a fat old man entered, he immediately knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, something big has happened!"
"The entire Zhongche Prefecture has been executed!”
"His younger brother Zhao Cheng and son-in-law Yan Le's family were also exterminated!”
"Thousands of people, but not a single one survived!”
Le Qi, who was covered in fat, kowtowed to the ground.
"Who killed him?"
Ying Zheng's expression changed, and he hurriedly asked.
The Zhongche Prefecture Magistrate was an official position under the Shao Fu in name, but in fact, his status was not below the nine ministers.
Who was so bold as to kill an important official of the Imperial Court?
"It's the dean of the supreme court, Meng Yi!"
"He claimed to be under the orders of the Ninth Prince!”
"This Ninth Highness has just taken over the power of life and death for less than a day, and he has already exterminated the entire family of important officials of the Imperial Court!”
"If you can kill Zhao Gao today, you can kill me tomorrow!”
"Your Majesty, please take back the right of the Ninth Highness to act first and report later. Please save us!”
Le Qi cried and accused Ying Ziye of his crimes.
He had just come out of Huhai's residence today when he heard that the Zhao Residence had been raided. He went over to ask around and found out that it was Meng Yi who had come under Ying Ziye's orders to exterminate Zhao Gao's entire family.
He couldn't be bothered to return to the residence and directly came to the Imperial Palace to report!
Although it was already too late to save Zhao Gao, it would be best if they could use Zhao Gao's death to pull Ying Ziye down!
Now, the residences of the officials in the imperial court were all surrounded by Ying Ziye's troops.
Not even a bird could fly out!
Moreover, that kid had even said that if they could not complete the mission in two months, he would also exterminate their entire family!
This kid was like a sharp sword hanging over the heads of the ministers. If he was not removed, they would never be able to rest in peace!
Therefore, he couldn't be bothered to go home and directly went into the palace to report Ying Ziye's situation!
"Ye 'er gave the order?"
"Do you know why the Ninth Prince wanted to exterminate Zhao Gao's entire family?”
Hearing what he said, Ying Zheng frowned at first, then asked in confusion.
"This…I don't know!"
Le Qi was stunned for a moment, then shook her head.
When he learned that the Ninth Prince had ordered the extermination of Zhao Gao's entire family, he was so happy that he forgot to ask why they had been exterminated.
In order to kill the Ninth Prince as soon as possible, he had rushed over.
At this moment, when Ying Zheng asked him about it, he was instantly dumbfounded!
"I believe that no matter the reason, killing an important official of the court without Your Majesty's approval is a capital crime!”
He suddenly remembered that Great Qin had a law that said that ministers needed the Emperor's approval before they could be executed.
So he quickly continued.
"Alright!"
"I know!"
"You can leave!"
It would have been better if he hadn't said it, but hearing him say it, Ying Zheng felt disgusted.
Great Qin's laws stated that only he, the Emperor, could kill the officials of the court!
However, he had already given Ying Ziye the right to act first and report later, which meant that it didn't violate the laws of the Great Qin Empire!
This was not what he hated the most!
What he hated the most was that a mere Shao Fu dared to instigate him to kill his own son!
This was what he could not tolerate the most!
His own son was in the wrong, and he was the only one who could discipline him. It was not up to outsiders to criticize him!
"Your Majesty, you have to save me!”
"Zhao Gao has served His Majesty for many years.”
Seeing that Ying Zheng was about to chase her away, Le Qi started crying again.
"Humph!"
Ying Zheng snorted coldly and waved his hand at the eunuch.
The little eunuch understood and immediately called a few people to drag Le Qi out and throw her outside the palace.
However, this guy was not willing to give up, and cried for help all the way, which annoyed Ying Zheng!
"Your Majesty, the Ninth Prince killed so many people on the first day. Could it be…"
The old eunuch who had been given a slap to his face said tentatively when he saw that the person had been dragged out.
He had long been bribed by Zhao Gao and was in cahoots with him!
Therefore, he was terrified when he saw Zhao Gao's entire family being exterminated!
She couldn't help but want to put in a good word for Zhao Gao.
However, as soon as he opened his mouth, Ying Zheng's icy cold eyes looked at him, scaring him so much that he shrunk his neck and shut his mouth sensibly!
Now, his cheeks were still red and swollen. He did not want to be slapped again!
"Get out!"
Ying Zheng shouted angrily, scaring the old eunuch so much that he hurriedly left the royal study.
"What the hell is this kid doing?”
After the old eunuch was driven out, Ying Zheng was no longer in the mood to read the memorials. He stood up, put his hands behind his back, and paced back and forth in the royal study, occasionally glancing outside.
Two hours later, that familiar black shadow appeared at the entrance of the hall.
"How is the situation outside?"
"Why did Ye 'er kill Zhao Gao's entire family?”
Seeing the man in black, Ying Zheng asked impatiently.
"Your Majesty, according to the information that the Black Ice Platform received, Zhao Gao sent assassins to assassinate the Ninth Hall His Highness!”
"In a fit of anger, His Highness ordered Meng Yi to kill Zhao Gao's entire family!”
The man in black bowed his head and cupped his hands, reporting truthfully.
"What?"
"This guy actually dared to send people to assassinate Ye 'er?”
Hearing this, Ying Zheng was instantly enraged, and his eyes were filled with cold killing intent!
Just now, he felt sorry for Zhao Gao's death and wondered if he should teach his son a lesson.
Now, it sounded like exterminating this fellow's entire family was a light punishment!
Only by killing his entire family could he vent the hatred in his heart!
"Fortunately, Nine Hall His Highness hid his strength well and escaped this calamity!”
Seeing the Ancestral Dragon's anger, the black-robed man hurriedly continued.
"Hidden? What do you mean?"
"What's going on? Tell me in detail?"
Ying Zheng frowned slightly, not understanding what he meant, so he asked in a loud voice, his anger still lingering.
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