She Holds the World After Being Reborn
Chapter 447 - 446: As Expected, The Older The Bolder

Chapter 447: Chapter 446: As Expected, The Older The Bolder

"...King Zhou?" The Crown Prince spoke slowly, "Are you saying that I resemble King Zhou?"

"Crown Prince, is it right for you to massacre the innocent?"

The Crown Prince suddenly realized, "Massacre the innocent... But how come I remember it was the Minister of Public Works who asked me to put the convoy to death to give him an explanation? Why do you only call me King Zhou but do not accuse him of being a treacherous official?!"

The crowd then realized that in this short period of time, they had completely fallen into the trap set by the Crown Prince’s few words.

From the beginning confidence with flushed face and bulging neck veins, the Minister of Public Works had now become ashen-faced, sweating profusely.

It’s shooting the bird that takes flight first, how could he be so muddleheaded!

To be fooled by these old immortals with a few words and to be the first to stand out and challenge the Crown Prince.

Dawei is still ruled by the name Xiao.

Xiao Pingfeng is currently the only legitimate heir to the throne of Dawei, and the very one they had pleaded with to take the succession.

How could he dare to speak so recklessly!

"O-old minister did not mean that..." the Minister of Public Works stammered in fright.

The Crown Prince narrowed his eyes, "Then what do you mean?! If I do not order their death, you say I don’t give you old ministers an explanation, chilling the hearts of you as my subjects. If I personally see them off to their fates, you curse me as King Zhou of the Shang dynasty. The whole world’s words seem to be monopolized by you few, could it be... that what you want is my life?!"

"Your humble subject dares not! Crown Prince, please calm your anger!"

"Your humble subject dares not! Crown Prince, please calm your anger!"

"—Crown Prince, please calm your anger!"

A ripple of kneels swept across the great hall.

Xie Qun was the quickest to kneel, curling himself on the ground, hoping to go unnoticed. If possible, he even wanted to edge toward the doorway. If he could roll down the steps of the Golden Throne Hall and straight home, that would be even better.

The Crown Prince slapped his throne’s armrest sharply, and the whole hall buzzed with the resonating sound, deafening everyone.

"You dare not?! I think you dare quite a bit!" he beckoned directly to the eunuch.

Then they saw a little eunuch leading someone with a hood over their head from a side door, forcefully pressed to the ground.

"This person has confessed, and is connected to one of the nobles present. This individual attempted to assassinate me on the road—"

"That’s absolutely impossible, Crown Prince! This humble subject would never dare—" blurted out an elderly official in haste.

This was something they would not dare to do, even with ten thousand times the courage, to assassinate the Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince shot him a cold glance: "Is it I who speaks, or you? Why don’t you come sit on this Dragon Throne instead?"

"Your humble subject does not dare." Today’s Crown Prince was in a dire mood with a terrible temperament and a scowling face.

The usual image of him being gentle, polite, and considerate to his officials had vanished, causing everyone to feel the pricking on their backs, an extremely uncomfortable sensation.

"I have both the human and physical evidence, and like this man here, there are several others in my hands. According to their confessions, they come from various forces, and from their mouths, many shocking names have been spoken. Before I left the capital, I told you all these things, which you have taken as the wind beside your ears. You have been officials at court for many years, and now you dare to commit such acts of treason. Tell me, should I make this known to the world, or bury it and turn the page?"

Of course, they wanted to turn the page!

Many faces turned pale with urgency.

They had no intention of assassinating the Crown Prince, it was clearly aimed at Yan Wanqing.

To prevent the leakage of their plan, they even specifically used Dead Soldiers; who could have imagined that the Crown Prince would have the ability to capture these Dead Soldiers alive!

This matter was now beyond their capabilities, and none of the old officials knew how to handle it.

With the situation tipping so drastically, they dared not demand an explanation from the Crown Prince anymore; for him to not sentence their entire families to death was already an act of mercy beyond law!

This matter could probably only be resolved by Grand Tutor Qin himself.

Some of them had this in mind and quickly started making meaningful glances to someone outside the hall.

The man quietly left to find others, "Quickly summon Grand Tutor Qin to the palace and tell him the Crown Prince is furious and wants to kill someone!"

Inside the hall, the atmosphere was still tense.

"I really underestimated you all. In front of me, you play the part of loyal subjects, but behind my back, you secretly raise Dead Soldiers—and not just one!" The Crown Prince suddenly stood up, standing in a superior position to look down upon everyone, "What a capability you all have one after another, indeed with age comes audacity, and from the bottom of my heart, I admire each of you."

"This hood is the dignity I give you; you may not take it off here, but I hope you are clear in your hearts, that I don’t mention some matters not because I am afraid of you, but because I consider your advanced years and hope you can spend your remaining days in peace. However, if you still don’t know your place and wildly attempt to touch my people—"

The Crown Prince spoke word by word, his voice cold and sharp, "Do not say that I have chilled the hearts of the old officials; it is you who have chilled my heart first! I have not yet ascended the throne, and you are not yet my official subjects. I respect you, I tolerate you, but it is not because I am afraid of you. To put it bluntly, in all of Dawei, one more or one less of you makes no difference!"

He, Xiao Pingfeng, had conquered the world, why would he need these people to point fingers?!

Most of the people were old and only went to court as a matter of dignity. Most of them were unable to handle real affairs anymore; if it came to it, he would simply change the laws of Dawei, recruit capable people early, and replace this group of old officials!

What was there to fear?

He, Xiao Pingfeng, feared nothing!

"If you feel the rice bowl in your hand is too hot to handle, you can come and tell me directly, and I will take it away for you. If no one in Dawei can take the bowl, I will look to Zhao Kingdom, Song Kingdom. I refuse to believe that without you, I cannot manage!"

"One last word for you, use your brains when you act, and never touch someone you shouldn’t. Otherwise, you might end up with an irredeemable late life."

As soon as his words ended, Xiao Pingfeng raised his hand, and the Dead Soldier kneeling on the ground collapsed, blood seeping through the black hood and staining the floor of the Golden Throne Hall.

The courtiers were even less daring to speak now.

Xiao Pingfeng finished speaking and flung his sleeves, walking away.

He left behind a group of old officials collapsed on the ground, unable to recover for a long time.

The Minister of Public Works, who initially had an air of confidence and arrogance, sat down on the ground, his hat falling into his lap, and his Jade Token lying on the ground, looking utterly disheveled.

Xie Qun was probably the only one among the group who was lazy enough to stand up.

He first looked at the Dead Soldier on the ground.

It must be said, the Crown Prince’s move was indeed swift.

And truly ruthless.

It was likely that after this incident, no one would dare to trouble Princess Anping until the enthronement ceremony.

Only her reputation might become even more feared and regarded as almost demonic.

Every event has its good and bad sides.

Xie Qun pondered to himself.

However, for a carefree person like the Commandery Princess, she probably wouldn’t care about reputation anymore.

He swaggered out from the hall.

Meanwhile, the messenger who was spreading the word in the palace received a cold shoulder directly at the Qin Residence.

The complacency of the civil and military officials of the whole court turned into a mere facade with the fall of a Dead Soldier’s head.

Nobody dared to act presumptuously in front of Xiao Pingfeng anymore.

But their dissatisfaction with Yan Wanqing in their hearts grew more and more as time went on.

The enthronement ceremony was imminent.

The arrival of a foreign envoy disrupted the political scene in the court of the Dawei Dynasty.

The Chu Kingdom sent envoys; the King of Chu would arrive soon to personally visit and experience the culture and customs of Dawei.

It was said that he also brought along a princess of unparalleled beauty.

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