Seeing that he was unrepentant, Helian Rong was even more furious: "You can say that you killed people from the surrounding tribes as a contribution to Northern Wei, but you showed no mercy when you slaughtered the people of Northern Wei!"

Upon hearing Helian Rong's words, Helian Zheng panicked instantly.

Helian Qin and Helian Jun both looked at Helian Zheng with curiosity.

What other stupid things did the second son do?

Helian Rong glared at Helian Zheng and said, "Eight years ago, when you were on a business trip to the capital, you passed through a fishing village and took a fancy to a fish girl. She refused to be with you, so you slaughtered the entire village because of a woman! You think you can hide these things from me? I just don't want to talk about them, and I have no face to talk about them!"

Helian Rong slapped his face hard, as if punishing Helian Zheng, then glared at him with exasperation: "These are the people of Northern Wei! As a ruler, is this how you serve the country and its people? All you do is kill, kill, kill! If I really let someone as tyrannical as you become the emperor of Northern Wei, wouldn't all the people of Northern Wei be slaughtered by you sooner or later!"

Neither Helian Qin nor Helian Jun expected Helian Zheng to be so ruthless. How many massacres had he secretly committed?

Those exposed by the Emperor are one thing, but what about those who weren't exposed? Who knows how much they did in secret!

If someone like him were to rise to power, would the two of them still be alive?

Helian Qin was especially terrified. His father had said that Helian Zheng wouldn't take his and the fourth prince's lives after he ascended the throne. He felt that the second prince was even more terrifying than the fourth prince!

The second brother is openly violent, while the fourth brother is stabbing people in the back in the dark. Both of them are ruthless characters!

Now, Helian Qin thought about it again and suddenly felt that it was good for Helian Ci to sit on the throne. At least Helian Ci didn't seem as ruthless as Helian Zheng and Helian Jun.

Anyway, the Emperor said that the throne would never be his, so it would be better to let Helian Ci sit on it. I believe that even if he, as a grandson of the Emperor, becomes the Emperor of Northern Wei, he would not kill his uncle.

Helian Zheng was completely unable to refute this.

He had been drinking a bit and got carried away when he saw a woman. But who knew that the woman would dare to resist him? Even after he revealed his identity and said that he could take her back to the capital and let her enjoy wealth and luxury, she still refused to submit to him and even scratched him.

As a prince, whatever woman he wanted in the capital, they would all obediently submit to him. Which woman would dare to treat him like that?

He was so enraged that he killed the woman on the spot. Afterwards, the woman's family came and made a huge scene, wanting to fight him to the death, but he killed them all as well. Eventually, the matter escalated, and the entire village came out, so he simply slaughtered the whole village.

Anyway, it's just a remote fishing village. Even if he slaughtered their entire village, no one would dare to say a word!

He had originally ordered all the guards and soldiers who had come with him to keep quiet, but who knew that his father would eventually find out about it.

Moreover, his father already knew about these things, yet he never mentioned them to him. What was he trying to do?

It's not that Helian Rong didn't want to mention it, but every time Helian Zheng killed someone, he would either kill an entire family, slaughter an entire clan, or wipe out an entire village.

Even if he wanted to pursue the matter, he felt it was pointless. He wanted to compensate the other party, but there was no one to compensate him. He wanted to question Helian Zheng's crimes, but he had already lost one of his sons, and he was somewhat reluctant to do so. In addition, Helian Zheng held military power, and he was worried that he might rebel in desperation. At that time, he had not yet found Ci'er, so he did not want to give Helian Zheng any opportunity or excuse to rebel. Therefore, he never brought up these matters.

Although he didn't mention it, he knew perfectly well that Helian Zheng was a tyrannical man, and someone of his character was not worthy of succeeding to the throne of Northern Wei!

Seeing that Helian Zheng hadn't uttered a sound even after disappearing, Helian Rong was too lazy to say anything more. He glanced at the three of them and said, "Your military power was given to you by me. If there is a next time, I can take it back just the same way! Get out of here!"

The old man was furious, and the three of them, including Helian Zheng, dared not utter a sound.

Helian Zheng didn't say a word and turned to leave.

Helian Jun bowed to Helian Rong before leaving.

Helian Qin glanced at Helian Rong with a complicated expression before leaving quietly.

As soon as the three left, Helian Rong seemed to have lost all his strength and collapsed onto the dragon throne.

"Your Majesty," Yuan Xian hurriedly stepped forward to support Helian Rong, asking worriedly, "Are you alright?"

Helian Rong, pulling Yuan Xian along, gasped for breath and said, "Yuan Xian, I am truly old. I am no longer able to deal with these three rebellious sons."

Yuan Xian looked at Helian Rong with heartache: "Your Majesty, please don't say that. You were already very impressive!"

The three princes were just reprimanded by the Emperor and couldn't utter a single word, which shows that the Emperor hasn't aged and is still as formidable as ever!

Yuan Xian then worriedly said, "This old servant thinks that the Third Prince seems to have some remorse, but the Second Prince and the Fourth Prince are probably still not giving up. Now that Your Majesty has lost your temper so much, I wonder if they will do something else."

They dared to send assassins into the palace; who knows if they might do something else desperate?

Helian Rong scoffed disdainfully, "You don't understand. I prepared this whole thing today to force them into a corner. I can't find any evidence about the assassin, but if they make another mistake, or even rebel, then I won't hold back anymore!"

He is old and doesn't have many days left to live.

Even if that girl helps him recover, it will probably only take three years.

Yun'an is not even ten years old. Even if he really lived for three years, Yun'an is only thirteen years old and still very young!

How could he feel at ease leaving these wolves and tigers around Yun'an? So before that, he had to deal with these three!

If they don't make mistakes, he won't find a reason to withdraw their troops. He wants to force them to make mistakes, especially Helian Zheng!

Helian Zheng and the other two left Changshou Palace, each with their own thoughts.

Helian Jun quickly caught up with Helian Zheng: "Second brother, don't take what Father said before to heart. He was probably afraid that we would unite as one, so he came up with these words to divide us. Please don't believe him."

Helian Zheng gave Helian Jun a deep look, then suddenly curled his lips into a smile: "You're right. Father Emperor said all that just to sow discord between us. We can't trust him."

The eerie smile on Helian Zheng's lips sent chills down Helian Jun's spine.

Ever since he learned what he had done, he had been somewhat intimidated by the man, but now that they were in the same boat, he seemed to have no way out.

Helian Qin, however, seemed lost in his own world. Suddenly, he rushed up to Helian Zheng and reached out his hand, saying, "Give me back my military tally!"