Xianyang City, Ceremonial Hall!
"Prince Consort, do you see that? These are the great scholars who have enjoyed an eternal reputation and taught the world how to behave."
Looking at the great scholars who desperately slandered Xiao Zhongyuan and his son and tried their best to shirk their responsibilities in order to protect their own lives, Meng Zhengkai's tone was full of disdain and sarcasm.
"In fact, they are a group of sinister villains who speak of benevolence, righteousness, and morality. This is also why His Majesty wants to use the bloody method of burning books and burying scholars to weaken their influence on the Empire."
Nodding his head, Yu Haoran did not say anything more.
This was because the reason why he had patiently retorted Xiao Zhongyuan's various doubts was to give Emperor Qin a reasonable excuse to eliminate the parasites in the Confucian Way.
In fact, Confucianism was indeed the holy way of governing a country. It was just that many great scholars who were blinded by greed had read it astray and gone astray.
"Prince Consort, fortunately, Xiao Zhongyuan died in a fit of anger!"
Hearing the conversation between Meng Zhengkai and Yu Haoran, Prince Yi Feng hurriedly came over and sighed.
"Otherwise, after seeing the faces of my colleagues and friends, I'm afraid I'll be so angry that I'll vomit blood and die."
"No!"
Facing Prince Yi Feng's sigh, Yu Haoran shook his head and said.
"In fact, Xiao Zhongyuan was a very smart person. He had long seen through the hearts and faces of these people. He would not be angry because of their slander and betrayal."
After hearing Yu Haoran's evaluation of Xiao Zhongyuan, Prince Yi Feng and Meng Zhengkai could not help but feel surprised.
Turning his head to look at the Yan Family Ancestor, Yu Haoran chuckled and did not say anything more.
Yu Haoran's inexplicable attention to the Yan Family Ancestor's actions made the astute Prince Yi Feng realize something. He raised his head and looked at Xiao Zhongyuan, who was standing in the main hall with his eyes wide open, with a trace of admiration in his eyes.
Looking at these old men who had been officials for dozens of years, most of them had white hair. In order to live a few more days, they gave up the strength of character that the Confucian Way had always maintained and trampled on the last bit of human conscience, the coldness in Emperor Qin's eyes became sharper and the disgust in his heart became stronger.
"Steward Jiang!" Emperor Qin ordered in a hoarse voice.
"This old servant is here!" Steward Jiang kneeled on the ground with a trace of excitement.
"Order people to hang Xiao Zhongyuan's corpse on the city wall. let it be blown by the wind, drenched by the rain, struck by lightning, and spittle, never to be buried!"
"This old servant obeys!"
After receiving the order, Steward Jiang did not immediately get up. He knew that the Emperor still had an imperial edict to issue.
"In addition, write the facts in the memory crystal in detail and also post them on the city wall. Let the world know what kind of person the famous Xiao Jiufa was, and let all the scholars in the world know how sad and angry I am."
"This old servant obeys!"
After dealing with Xiao Zhongyuan's matter, Emperor Qin looked at the 137 great scholars kneeling on the ground and did not hide the strong murderous intent in his eyes.
"Old Prime Minister, for the sake of our friendship as colleagues and schoolmates, please plead on behalf of us pitiful people who have lost our way!" After seeing Emperor Qin's murderous eyes, a great scholar who had a good relationship with the Yan Family Ancestor immediately moved his knees and knelt in front of him, kowtowing desperately and begging.
And this great scholar's action also gave the other great scholars hope to save their lives. They all pleaded with the people who had a good relationship with them.
"Old General Meng, …!"
"Prince Yi Feng, …!"
"General Gu, …!"
"…!"
In this regard, Emperor Qin did not order anyone to stop them. He just continued to watch these people's ugly behavior coldly. At the same time, he also wanted to see who would dare to plead for them in the face of universal condemnation.
Fortunately, Emperor Qin was very satisfied with the result. Even Gu Chang, who had expressed dissatisfaction with Yu Haoran, chose to remain silent.
"Out of the nine crimes you listed, every single one of them will put the prince consort on the path to death, and every single one of them will implicate the prince consort's nine generations."
Slowly standing up from the dragon throne, Emperor Qin said condescendingly.
"Now, I will fulfill your wishes. Not only will I sentence you to death, but I will also implicate your nine generations."
After hearing the final punishment issued by Emperor Qin, some of the great scholars with poor psychological quality immediately fell to the ground in tears.
Some of the vicious great scholars wanted to break out of the encirclement with the strength of the Martial King and Martial Royal Realm.
However, when he saw Chief Steward Jiang, who had somehow left the main hall, leading five hundred imperial guards who were Martial Emperors and Martial Sages into the hall, he finally chose to give up resisting in despair and allowed the imperial guards to take him out of the hall.
…!
On the ninth day of the eleventh lunar month, he went on a long journey and married someone else!
Yu Haoran, who had not slept all night, changed into a sky-blue robe early. There was a jade pendant with a cloud dragon on his waist and a gorgeous red flower on his chest. He stood in the front hall of the Prince's Mansion with a gloomy face. He looked helplessly at Yu Siqi, who was full of excitement as she commanded the palace maids and eunuchs back and forth.
"Yu Haoran, I warn you, if you dare to take off the red flower on your chest, I will spank you in front of everyone." Seeing Yu Haoran secretly pinch the red flower ribbon with his left hand, intending to take off the red flower, Yu Siqi immediately turned around and threatened him furiously.
In response, Yu Haoran was so gloomy that he wanted to call out his second clone and ask him to get married for him and embarrass himself.
"Ninth Junior Brother!"
Just as Yu Haoran was so gloomy that he wanted to vomit blood, he suddenly heard Eldest Senior Brother Chu Zhongyu's voice. He could not help but feel happy.
"Elder Sister, the Senior Brothers and Junior Brothers from Qingyun Peak are here. I will go and welcome them."
Without giving Yu Siqi a chance to respond, Yu Haoran immediately rushed out of the front hall and took off the flower on his chest.
"Eldest Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother … Junior Brother Gongsun, Junior Sister Gongsun!" Yu Haoran greeted Chu Zhongyu and the others with a smile, who were still in shock.
However, when he saw that the person he had hoped to see did not come with Chu Zhongyu and the others, a trace of disappointment flashed across his eyes.
"Ninth Junior Brother, I wish you and Princess Ling Fei a hundred years of bliss and eternal love!"
As Yu Haoran became stronger and stronger, his status and influence increased, and the pressure he brought to Chu Zhongyu and the others also increased.
When they saw Yu Haoran, who was full of smiles and took the initiative to welcome him, they could not say the words they had prepared along the way. In the end, they could only say a few words of congratulations.
In response, Yu Haoran asked casually.
"Eldest Senior Brother, is Master not back yet?"
Nodding, Chu Zhongyu wanted to say something, but in the end, he could not say anything.
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