Chapter 19

The attitudes of Li Si, Wang Jian, and the others are especially crucial!

In other words, this matter has nothing to do with them, so naturally, they need not speak a word!

And looking at Li Si, Wang Jian, and those like them, even until now, they have not uttered a single sentence.

Facing Ying Su watched all this unfold; suddenly, he laughed:

"Very well, since no one is speaking, it means the matter is concluded. Since your affairs are all finished, now it is my turn to speak!"

"Guards, kill Chunyu Yue to liven things up for me!"

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"What?"

"Kill Chunyu Yue to liven things up for you?"

The moment these words were spoken, instantly, everyone in the entire court was stunned.

Everyone looked at Facing Ying Su on the imperial throne in disbelief!

This... wasn't it agreed that no one would be killed?

Just now, the Director of the Lesser Treasury, Si Linglu, was not killed; the Director of Guests, Yu Jin, was not killed; and even Liao Yuan, the commander of the garrison army guarding Outside Xianyanggong, was not killed.

So why exactly must Chunyu Yue be killed?

Is it because... he is Prince Prince Fusu's teacher?

Is this an attempt to exclude dissidents and consolidate the imperial throne?

In that instant, everyone trembled; everyone was afraid!

Chunyu Yue himself was terrified; in that moment, he was at a loss, unsure whether stepping forward to speak was right or whether staying silent was right!

And sharp-minded individuals like Li Si and Wang Jian were even more terrified!

Because, from Facing Ying Su's order to kill Chunyu Yue, they also detected the meaning of striking the mountain to shake the tiger!

Ostensibly, he was killing Chunyu Yue, but in reality, he was warning them.

So... what should they do now?

Should they declare their stance?

But... what comes after declaring their stance?

Especially since they knew all too well in their hearts what declaring their stance represented!

After all, although on the surface the First Emperor had abdicated in favor of the Sixth Young Master!

Yet... given this situation, who could not see that the Sixth Young Master had usurped power and seized the throne, and that the First Emperor had merely been forced to abdicate against his will?

And under such circumstances, the First Emperor, Seeing Ying Zheng, would naturally not resign himself to this!

He would definitely return!

Not for any other reason, but simply because he is the First Emperor!

He pacified Lao Ai, toppled Lu Buwei, swept across the six states, and unified the world.

He founded a unified empire against enemy states such as had never been seen in a thousand years!

With a figure like this, do you really think he would willingly abdicate?

Li Si did not believe it, and Wang Jian believed it even less!

No one close to the First Emperor, Seeing Ying Zheng, believed it!

Everyone understood that the First Emperor would definitely return!

A person like him, with such a great desire for power, would never leave Likaichaotang in such a humiliating manner under any circumstances!

And once he returns, how will they face the First Emperor?

Will they have betrayed the First Emperor when Facing Ying Su rebelled?

At this moment, everyone felt their scalps go numb!

However, regardless of what they thought, Chunyu Yue, after pondering for a long time, still stepped forward, bowed before Facing Ying Su, and said: "I dare ask the Sixth Young Master, what crime has Chunyu Yue committed that warrants my execution?"

He shouted out his inquiry.

In that moment, many people were alarmed by his form of address!

Sixth Young Master!

And not Your Majesty, the Emperor!

Just based on this form of address, Facing Ying Su had reason to kill him.

Why?

You are dissatisfied!

A new emperor ascends the throne, and you are dissatisfied; if we do not kill you, who should we kill?

Furthermore, you are Prince Prince Fusu's teacher, a die-hard ally of Prince Prince Fusu; if we do not kill you, who should we kill?

Everyone knew this clearly, yet at the same time, they were trembling with fear!

Because, in this court, apart from a mere handful of individuals, almost everyone had some connection, great or small, with Prince Prince Fusu!

There was no help for it!

The Eldest Young Master, Prince Prince Fusu, had too great a reputation, and moreover, as the eldest son, he did not need to do anything; his very birth represented extraordinariness!

Merely the title of Eldest Young Master would attract everyone to come and pledge their allegiance!

There was no help for it!

Who made him the First Emperor's eldest son?

Was it not that he naturally possessed priority rights to inherit the imperial throne?

"Your Majesty, if Chunyu Yue is to be killed merely because he is Prince Prince Fusu's teacher, then this subject refuses to accept it!"

"Your subject also refuses to submit!"

"Your subject also refuses to submit!"

"Your subject also refuses to submit!"

At that moment, many people stood up, and they all knelt down and shouted!

Indeed, today Facing Ying Su could kill Kill Chunyu Yue simply because Kill Chunyu Yue was Prince Prince Fusu's teacher; what about tomorrow? The day after?

Everyone was panicked!

And to avoid all this, the only option was to unite against Facing Ying Su.

And Kill Chunyu Yue, looking at everything before him, began to laugh!

He couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief!

I told you so; how could the court possibly be harmonious and peaceful?

Indeed!

Just now, he saw so many people in the court reporting matters to Facing Ying Su, and he panicked on the spot.

Could it be... that all these people had betrayed Prince Prince Fusu?

As soon as the new emperor ascended the throne, did they immediately come running to welcome him?

Could it be... that Facing Ying Su, merely by granting a general amnesty to the world and giving everyone promotions and doubled salaries, could truly make so many people submit?

But now it seems that is not the case!

These people simply did not want to stir up trouble out of thin air or invite trouble recklessly!

If it truly concerned themselves, they would still speak up!

Now, this is a very good example!

And facing the inquiries of so many people, Facing Ying Su directly waved his hand and said:

"I intend to kill him not because of Prince Prince Fusu; as for Prince Prince Fusu's teacher, that is even more baseless talk!"

"As for the reason, I will kill him first, and after the killing, I will tell you!"

"Yu Yu Huatian!"

Facing Ying Su called out!

Instantly, Yu Yu Huatian, who was below the court, moved, directly covering Kill Chunyu Yue's mouth and dragging him out!

In a short while, the agonized screams of Kill Chunyu Yue were heard outside the hall!

And this scene left everyone utterly stunned.

The former Grand Tutor!