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Chapter 150 Prince is Very Sickly Sweet 74

Chapter 150: Chapter 150 Prince is Very Sickly Sweet 74

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Outside the door, Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang and General Lin Liqiang together request an audience.

After cleaning up the Imperial Study Room, it took a while before the two were allowed in.

"Your servant, Zhao Ziyang, greets Your Highness."

"Your servant, Lin Liqiang, greets Your Highness."

Although the titles remained the same, the etiquette was completely that of treating an Emperor with utmost respect.

Now, Xuanyuan Yonghao holds great power; he only lacks the ceremony of ascending to the throne.

Xuanyuan Yonghao’s gaze is lowered, the oppressive air around him palpable even from several meters away.

His eyelids twitch, glancing at the person kneeling on the ground.

His cool lips parted slightly, his voice slowly

"Is there a matter?"

Lin Liqiang, unable to contain matters, clasped his hands and couldn’t help saying

"Your Highness, admittedly, palace matters are not for someone crude like me to interfere with, but..."

Lin Liqiang paused,

"However, in the courtyard of the Second Prince, one hundred and thirteen people were executed, and in the courtyard of the Eldest Prince, one hundred and twenty-five people were subjected to flagellation. May Your Highness reconsider?"

The two of them came here for the nearly three hundred lives in question.

Xuanyuan Yonghao raised his eyelids, his black eyes looking at Lin Liqiang, his cool lips curling slightly

"You want to save them?"

Lin Liqiang, for some reason, shuddered under that stare.

He, who had battled on the fields for many years, afraid of whom?!

Only his own prince—it seems hardly a burden shouldering weak scholar at a glance, but with such a look, even Lin Liqiang felt unsure.

Should he say to save them? Or not?

After all, the execution is scheduled for tomorrow.

By then, won’t it be a bloodbath, causing everyone in the palace to fear for their lives?

Lin Liqiang glanced at the Prime Minister, noticing he remained silent the whole time.

Lin’s heart beat even more anxiously.

This, this...

In the end, decided to speak the truth

"Your servant believes that upon Your Highness’s ascension, excessive killing should not be pursued so. Should this matter leak out, people might be thrown into panic."

It is known that a few days ago, all the eunuchs and palace maids who had served the late Emperor were put to death to accompany him in the afterlife,

And the concubines were sent to the nunnery.

At first, the high-ranking officials in the court had repeatedly submitted memorials urging Your Highness to reconsider, believing his actions too decisive and bloody.

Later, finding the memorials ineffective, they directly kneeled in front of the Imperial Study Room, bashing their heads on the ground to show their determination.

Latterly... those staunch senior officials were truly sentenced to death by Your Highness.

And then, the officials suddenly became subdued.

Each one dared to be angry but not speak.

At this moment, only the consistently loyal Prime Minister Zhao and General Lin were able to step forward to speak a few words.

Who else would dare?

Xuanyuan Yonghao played with a delicate brush in hand, his gaze lowered

"To save people, it is not impossible."

He spoke softly and slowly.

Lin Liqiang, sensing a chance, was about to express his gratitude.

But then heard Xuanyuan Yonghao say

"Life for life, this palace won’t say anything further. General Lin, which one do you wish to save?"

Lin Liqiang was suddenly choked up.

"Your servant, ...your servant...,"

Lin Liqiang, always battling on the field, where could he play such games?

In the end, it was Prime Minister Zhao who spoke

"Your Highness, General Lin didn’t mean that, every decision should follow Your Highness’s will."

"Yes, yes, your servant will listen to everything Your Highness decides."

Lin Liqiang clasped his hands and quickly chimed in.

Xuanyuan Yonghao’s dark eyes swept over the two of them, his appearance gentle, he leaned back in his chair, a hand supporting his forehead

"My beloved officials, anything else to report?"

"No, nothing more, your servant will take his leave!"

Lin Liqiang’s brain couldn’t process anything at this point; he needed to get some fresh air.

So much so that he hastily grabbed the Prime Minister and hurried out.