Chapter 134: Ruthless Slaughter

ot up, feeling a salty, fishy taste in his mouth. He didn't need to look to know that Zhao Qinglan had bitten him and drawn blood.Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Li Chen said, “Is the Empress so eag...Chapter 134: Ruthless Killing

“Imperial Scholar Wang Tenghuan of Jianjidian has been disrespectful to the Crown Prince, uncaring towards the common people, and unworthy of both saints and scholars. He has failed to live up to the court's expectations. Judging by his abilities, he is unfit for a high official position. Considering his character, he should not hold a position in the Cabinet. However, considering his age and past service, though lacking merit to the nation, he has also toiled with hardship. In light of the boundless grace of heaven, this palace, under the Imperial mandate for regency, hereby decrees that Wang Tenghuan be removed from his post as Cabinet Minister and demoted to the position of City Magistrate of the Capital.”

Li Chen's eyes were calm and indifferent as he said, "Remove Wang Tenghuan's official hat of Imperial Scholar from the Jianjidian University, strip him of his minister's robe, and execute him."

Being unable to take advantage of the opportunity to kill Wang Tenghuan, Su Pingbei felt a slight disappointment.

He didn't know what his younger sister had said to the Crown Prince, that it made the usually unwavering Crown Prince change his mind. He had clearly seen the Crown Prince furious before, determined to execute Wang Tenghuan no matter what.

But none of that was any concern of his. Upon hearing this, he immediately replied in a loud voice, "This subordinate shall obey!"

After finishing his words, Su Pingbei personally ordered two members of the Imperial Guards to restrain Wang Tenghuan.

Wang Tenghuan's bodyguards stirred in agitation.

A murderous glint flashed in Li Chen's eyes.

Su Pingbei's eyes lit up, and at this moment, a sudden realization struck him. He seemed to understand what the prince was thinking.

He didn't even care if those assassins would actually resist, he drew his battle sword and chopped down two of them with a single stroke each.

Seeing this, the Imperial Guards beside him drew their swords without hesitation and struck.

Several assassins were just as suddenly and unexpectedly slaughtered on the spot.

The blood was like a pool, the bodies of the dead soldiers still warm.

Wang Tenghuan's eyes widened, and his aged face was pale with terror to the extreme.

He clearly saw a death soldier staring at him with wide eyes, his gaze still holding a glimmer of unquenched spirit, but one that would never move again.

This was Wang Teng'huan's first time coming into such close contact with death.

He could even feel the restrained anger reaching its limit in Li Chen, just waiting for him to push it further.

Given a chance, Li Chen would definitely strike mercilessly.

And in front of Su Zhen's son, Su Pingbei, was absolutely a restless person who wouldn't mind taking his own head off with his own hands.

Under the pervasive fear, Wang Tenghuan felt like a flickering candle in the wind,隨時 ready to be snuffed out.

Until two Imperial Guards pressed him into the snow, the biting cold jolting him back to consciousness.

"Wang Tenghuan, do you have anything else to say" Li Chen said coldly.

Wang Tenghuan moved his lips, thinking to himself that as long as the green hills remained, there would be no shortage of firewood. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Your Majesty, this old minister has nothing more to say!"

His answer fell, and Su Pingbei had already forcibly ripped off the hat representing his authority and stripped him of his official robes.

Poor Wang Tenghuan, despite his age, was only wearing underwear and shivering in the snow. He looked miserable and helpless.

At this moment, Li Chen's gaze fell on Jiang Zhou once more.

And Jiang Zhou trembled.

Wang Tenghuan was demoted to the position of magistrate of the capital, so what about his own position as magistrate of the capital

Seemingly seeing his own doom, Jiang Zhou frantically shouted: "Your Highness! I'm willing to tell you everything!"

“It was me. I worked with two officials from the Ministry of Revenue who were responsible for inspecting and reviewing the grain being shipped out. We took out the good grain meant for disaster relief from the Ministry of Revenue. Then, together with my colleagues in the Beijing government office, we found a wealthy landowner named Tian from Zhili Prefecture. We exchanged one stone of good grain for six stones of moldy, sand-mixed grain through a scheme. The profits were divided as follows: three shares for me, and three shares for the two officials from the Ministry of Revenue. The remaining four shares were shared by Tian's family and my colleagues in the Beijing government office!”

Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!m scared to death.”"So, now please offer me a way out, Uncle Wang. Let's go through with this ceremony properly, and then everything will be as if it never happened. Don't force your impetuous nephew...