northernbook Chapter 1238 Someone with this level of intelligence has survived to this day.
Chapter 1238 Someone with this level of intelligence has survived to this day.
In contrast, these people only need to endure the pain before death before they can be freed from it quickly.
She was still too tolerant and generous.
No sooner had Li Yu'an stepped into the inner room than someone, unable to withstand the pressure, knelt down and crawled to Liang Chongyue's feet.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I confess, I'll confess everything, please be merciful."
Half of Liang Chongyue's face was illuminated by the candlelight on the table, making the other half of her face appear more defined and her eyes sharp.
In those deep eyes, it seemed as if a sleeping ice phoenix lay dormant.
Just by staring at him, the oppressive feeling surged like a tidal wave, suffocating him: "Speak."
As soon as Liang Chongyue spoke, the official kneeling at her feet breathed a sigh of relief.
He had no time to consider the murderous glares from his colleagues behind him.
He began to recount, haltingly, the mistakes he had made over the years.
At first, he was thinking and speaking at the same time, hiding and speaking at the same time. When he was stammering again, he was frightened by a look from Liang Chongyue.
In a panic, he swallowed hard.
"I don't want to hear your lies. If you don't behave, go back and wait to die."
Liang Chongyue's voice remained light and airy, but her eyes were incredibly intimidating.
The official kneeling before Liang Chongyue was still giving his concluding remarks when, before he could even speak, he was pushed aside by his colleague behind him.
"Your Majesty, I confess, I confess everything."
The official who was pushed aside was about to get angry, but before he could even speak, he was pushed aside by the official who squeezed in from behind.
He was pushed down and fell to the ground.
He hit his forehead on the corner of the table, and blood flowed instantly. He raised his hand to touch it.
Upon seeing the bloodstains on his hands, his pupils trembled for a moment before he fainted.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have also confessed. I beg Your Majesty to show leniency."
Liang Chongyue raised an eyebrow slightly, her eyes as cold as ice.
She didn't want to say a word more, watching as if she were watching a joke, seeing these people vying to make fools of themselves in front of her.
Like a bunch of clowns.
Not long after, amidst a noisy commotion, Ping An saw these people fighting in front of His Majesty and quickly stepped forward to separate them from His Majesty.
Liang Chongyue toyed with the jade pendant in her hand, watching them bicker like dogs in front of her. Perhaps before she arrived in Qiyang, these people were still gathered together, toasting and chatting, having a great time.
Today they exposed each other's past misdeeds, and as they talked, it seemed that these people were ignoring her words.
She clearly said that if she confessed, she would let their fellow clansmen, who were far away from home, go. That's why they argued for only a short while.
Liang Chongyue felt that they saw revealing their secrets as their only chance of survival when their lives were hanging by a thread.
It was as if the more they talked, the more she would let them off the hook.
As Ping An listened, he would occasionally glance back at His Majesty out of the corner of his eye.
Seeing His Majesty's increasingly cold expression, I silently prayed in my heart that His Majesty wouldn't get too angry and harm his health, because it wasn't worth it for such a person.
Liang Chongyue nearly crushed the jade talisman in her hand.
Finally, after everyone finished arguing, he raised his hand and said to Ping An, "Drag them all out and beat them to death with sticks."
Ping An had been waiting for this moment for a long time; he couldn't bear to listen anymore.
At first, the things these people revealed weren't so brutal, but after a short while of mutual accusations, he heard that more than a hundred civilians had died at their hands.
What's most infuriating is their attitude; they glare at each other when they expose each other.
There was not a trace of remorse on his face.
They didn't think the lives of more than a hundred people were anything special.
They only regretted not remembering more of the other party's crimes, so that they could use them to survive at this moment.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have confessed everything! Please have mercy, Your Majesty!"
Ping An really didn't want to hear these people's voices, so he ordered his guards to cover their mouths and drag them away.
Because they were afraid of the water stains left on the ground, the guards cleaned up the mess very quickly.
The stench was already cleaned up before it could even start to linger.
The front hall finally quieted down, and Li Yu'an came out of the inner room at that moment.
After taking the damp cloth from Yunling and wiping her hands, she walked behind His Majesty and began to massage his shoulders.
"Your Majesty, don't let these people upset you and ruin your health. It's not worth it."
Liang Chongyue stared silently ahead, watching the countless floating, remnant souls.
Qiyang is not too far from the capital, and she was able to pacify the border and directly attack the northern imperial palace.
They brought peace to the Great Xia Dynasty, but caused the people of Qiyang to suffer greatly from the Xie family's harassment and torment for over a hundred years.
"I am an incompetent emperor."
Since ascending the throne, Liang Chongyue has rarely reflected on herself, and no one dares to say that she has made any mistakes.
Even she herself believed that she was the best emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty.
Liang Chongyue looked up and surveyed the entire front hall. He wondered how many people had cried and pleaded here, only to meet a bad end.
Or perhaps they can't even get in here.
"Your Majesty, please don't think like that. The Xie family has been in Qiyang for over a hundred years and has deep roots. It is precisely because of Your Majesty that the people of Qiyang have been saved."
Li Yu'an's voice was as gentle as a breeze, soothing her unhappiness.
Liang Chongyue pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "In the end, it was Father Emperor's ineffective supervision that allowed the Xie family to be so arrogant in Qiyang for so many years."
It's her scumbag father's fault; she can't really be blamed for much.
Li Yu'an had no answer to this, so he could only obediently massage His Majesty's shoulders.
Liang Chongyue closed his eyes, listening to the occasional cries of pain from the officials being beaten. After enjoying the sound for a while, he turned to look at his empty hands when he came out.
"Nothing was found out?"
Li Yu'an chuckled softly, then shook his head.
"The governor's office was very clean. I had already summarized everything I could find and presented it to His Majesty. Fortunately, His Majesty was very intelligent and forced them to confess with just one sentence."
While Li Yu'an was in the inner room, he pretended to write something for a while, making some noise that frightened the people.
Liang Chongyue raised her hand and gently patted the back of Li Yu'an's hand, which was resting on her shoulder: "It is because Yu'an and I are of one mind that these people have been brought to justice."
Upon hearing this, Li Yu'an gradually increased the pressure on his hands, helping His Majesty to relax.
Ping An did not take these people too far. He made a point of checking the distance so that the sound of almost all the officials being beaten could reach His Majesty's ears.
Ping An was originally only required to stand aside and supervise the execution, but he was so angry that these people were still blaming each other when they were brought in.
With that kind of intelligence, someone would have been scapegoated and killed in the capital long ago, yet they're thriving in Qiyang. It's infuriating.
Ping An couldn't hold back and took a board himself to do it. He hadn't been trained, but he was holding back his anger, so he beat the opponent harder than the other guards around him.