Chapter 1053: Forced Suppression

The entire scene was terrified.

Before they could even react, the head of the Feudatory King, Xie Sheng, had already soared into the air, trailing a gush of blood like a fountain, before hitting the ground.

Thud!

This sound slammed heavily onto the ground, and it also seemed to slam heavily into the hearts of everyone present.

On that face, the arrogance and imperiousness from just a moment ago still remained...

Death seemed to have no effect on the final moment of the Feudatory King's madness.

"This..."

"My god..."

"Vice Minister Liu!"

The people at the scene were all shocked.

A Feudatory King, a King of Equal Rank, was just killed like this by Vice Minister Liu in front of so many people!

The faces of those few Old Aristocrat Feudatory Kings all changed, and one by one they pointed angrily at Liu Zheng, cursing loudly: "Vice Minister Liu, what are you doing!"

"Preposterous!"

"You are committing treason against your superiors!"

"Seize him!"

Although they also looked down on this Feudatory King Xie Sheng, with his daily arrogance and imperiousness—during this period, Xie Sheng had clearly become unable to restrain his own ambition, styling himself as the representative figure of the Old Aristocrats, so he spoke and acted quite domineeringly. Regarding these things, although the other members of the Old Aristocrats grumbled, they also knew that the current situation in Longyan indeed required such a person to be the vanguard, to stand up for them, and preferably to stir up some trouble to throw Longyan into chaos, so that they would have the opportunity to rise amidst the chaos...

However...

No matter how arrogant he was, he still represented their line of Old Aristocrats!

How could a mere Vice Minister kill him just because he wanted to?

Yet.

After seeing this situation, Zhu Zhen's brows also trembled. He suddenly felt a bit of admiration for this Vice Minister Liu; decisive in killing, a King of Equal Rank, he cut him down as soon as he said he would—this was not the kind of courage an ordinary person could possess!

Moreover...

Looking at this situation...

It seemed that the Emperor was truly...

At the very least, they could confirm this one point.

"Bind him for this Mandarin!"

"Vice Minister Liu, what do you want to do! Do you know who you killed?"

"Preposterous! Treason against your superiors!"

These Old Aristocrats were certainly not going to stand for it, and the several hundred guards beside them also began to stir restlessly.

People like Zhu Zhen naturally watched the spectacle again.

Liu Zheng, however, had a cold look in his eyes; he scanned the circle and sneered coldly: "What do you lords mean by this? I already said just now that the Emperor is already resting, and before he rested, he gave an order that no one is to disturb him! Grand Eunuch Zhou?"

He glanced at Grand Eunuch Zhou.

Grand Eunuch Zhou naturally nodded busily in agreement: "The Emperor has been in a foul mood lately, and it was hard for him to finally be happy and get some rest; what are you all trying to do?"

He glanced at Xie Sheng's corpse and shouted fiercely: "Whoever dares to cross the warning line, no matter who they are, dies!"

The entire scene was in an uproar.

The group of Old Aristocrats also snorted in reply: "Bullshit, you eunuch, I think it's that you saw the situation was not right and imprisoned the Emperor! Everyone, do not believe them!"

"Right!"

"We want to see the Emperor!"

Liu Zheng shouted angrily: "Audacious!"

With a wave of his large hand, three Tiger Tallies appeared in his hand, which were clearly the Tiger Tallies for the Imperial Guard, the Duqi, and the Duwei.

When everyone saw this, their expressions changed one after another.

No one had expected that the Tiger Tallies of the Imperial Guard would also fall into Liu Zheng's hands. One must know that the Imperial Guard was the final line of defense for the royal family; in Longyan, the Imperial Guard existed specifically to protect the Imperial Palace, and ordinary people could not command the Imperial Guard. Even if the entire country had fallen, the Imperial Guard would sacrifice their lives to protect the royal family! What they had received since childhood was such education and brainwashing!

Xie Tianyao had actually given the command of the Imperial Guard to Liu Zheng as well!

"This..."

"You..."

"No, this isn't right! It must be you all..."

Another Old Aristocrat walked out, his face full of anger.

At this moment, they had already concluded that the Emperor must have already passed away! And after the passing, these Tiger Tallies naturally came into Liu Zheng's hands; who didn't know that the relationship between Liu Zheng and Grand Eunuch Zhou could be considered as being birds of a feather... If the two of them really had some collusion, then such a situation was not impossible.

"You dare!"

Grand Eunuch Zhou glared at this Feudatory King.

The Feudatory King did not care.

Who would have known.

Another blade fell.

This Feudatory King, likewise, had his head fall to the ground.

"This..."

"Vice Minister Liu!"

"Grand Eunuch Zhou!"

Following this strike, the Duqi, the Duwei, and the Imperial Guard all tightened their defensive circle. Suddenly, everyone felt their pressure increase tenfold, and the killing intent was chilling!

"This..."

"You all..."

These Old Aristocrats no longer possessed their earlier arrogance.

Liu Zheng sneered coldly: "Today is the Crown Prince's grand funeral; the Emperor is already in a foul mood... Gentlemen, you had best not test the law!"

At this.

Who would dare move!

Two Feudatory Kings had just died like that!

This Vice Minister Liu was absolutely not human!

He felt none of that fear toward the Noble! That kind of fear that a Longyan should be born with!

Following Liu Zheng, he waved his hand again!

The Duqi, Duwei, and Imperial Guards all drew their weapons, as if they might launch an attack on this group at any moment!

"Depart!"

"Depart!"

The procession set off once more.

Only then did Liu Zheng heave a sigh of relief.

Although the Old Aristocrats still looked at him with venomous eyes, and although the atmosphere in the procession had begun to change again, at least for now, these Imperial Guards, Duqi, and Duwei were still in his hands. For the time being, these people could not stir up any trouble...

"Preposterous!"

"He..."

At this moment.

No one noticed.

Over by Dong Guifei's carriage, a eunuch whose face had turned livid was trembling with rage! This person was Xie Chen!

He had not expected...

His own father to be so easily executed by this Vice Minister Liu!

Fury!

Sorrow!

Hatred!

But what could he do now?

He could do nothing!

He could only continue to lie in wait here!

"Little Chen, what is wrong with you?"

Dong Shuyu also noticed his strange behavior.

"Nothing, Your Ladyship, I, I, I am a bit faint at the sight of blood..."

Xie Chen hurriedly lowered his head and replied timidly.

Dong Shuyu also let out a cold snort; she had seen everything that happened just now.

"This Vice Minister Liu... he must have truly gotten the Emperor drunk!"

"Once he returns to Jinghua, he will get what is coming to him!"

Xie Chen, head lowered, a flash of ruthlessness crossed his eyes.

"Did Lord Zhu not say anything?"

The weather was sweltering, and Dong Shuyu asked impatiently.

Even with several palace maids fanning her respectfully nearby, she still felt irritable.

"Your Ladyship, Lord Zhu said we should wait and see how things develop..."

Xie Chen said from the side.

"What?"

Dong Shuyu spat: "Wait and see? Wait and see? This Vice Minister Liu has already

caused such a stir, and we are still to wait and see! That old fellow is truly becoming more and more useless, he has lost all his edge!"

Listening to this, Xie Chen laughed coldly in his heart.

He did not know how a woman with such short-sighted vision had managed to sit in that position...

No...

He must send the news that his father had died back to Youzhou.