Chapter 78 The Charlatan National Preceptor Was Captured by the Dark-Faced Tyrant 36
Xie Hanzhou paused in wiping Yu Sheng's hands, looking at him with a puzzled expression. "Perhaps you've misunderstood something."
"Wh-what?" Xie Weiyan seemed not to understand the meaning behind his words and stared at him blankly.
"I don't recall ever saying I would let you go, did I?" Xie Hanzhou's voice was low, a complex look flashing in his eyes. "To be honest, I really don't understand how your brain works."
"They always think they are incredibly smart and capable, but in reality they are incredibly stupid. Despite their lack of ability, they try to achieve unrealistic goals."
"Hiss—it's a miracle you haven't been beaten to death yet!"
Xie Weiyan's expression was beyond just "ugly".
He stared at Xie Hanzhou with hatred, his expression twisted and crazed, and roared at Xie Hanzhou, "Then why did you pretend to keep me here? Wasn't it for your hypocritical brotherhood?"
"Ha, you might as well have killed me and the others back then, so that I wouldn't have the delusions you're talking about."
Xie Hanzhou looked down at him and suddenly asked, "Then do you know why, out of so many people, I spared you?"
"Ha, what else could it be? It's because I saved your life when you were young, and you kept me to avoid gossip."
Xie Hanzhou sneered repeatedly, "A life-saving grace? You probably know better than I do what happened back then."
What does he mean?
Xie Weiyan suddenly looked up at him, her eyes filled with shock.
"You...you knew all along?!"
"What do you know? Did you deliberately instigate others to push me into the water, or did you orchestrate your own rescue by falling into the water and pretending to be pitiful to get out of the Cold Palace?"
"Xie Weiyan, you don't really think you've covered everything up perfectly, do you?"
"I knew it was you from beginning to end, but the palace is too cold, so it's nice to have more people around to liven things up."
"As for why I didn't kill you later? It wasn't because I was afraid of being criticized. After all, I've killed far too many people, so why would I be afraid of one more?"
"The reason I kept you around is because you're stupid and arrogant enough. You're not bad as a mascot to amuse people. Otherwise, why would you think that out of so many princes and princesses, I would keep the stupidest and most useless one like you?"
Xie Hanzhou's attack was purely a matter of killing someone by destroying their spirit. Xie Weiyan was already sitting on the ground in a daze, her eyes lifeless, as if her soul had been suddenly taken away.
Thinking back carefully, since he left the Cold Palace, those princes and princesses who bullied him back then did indeed say he was a fool.
At the time, he only felt that they were going too far, but he did not delve into the meaning of the word "idiot".
Now he suddenly realized that none of his little actions seemed to have escaped their watchful eyes.
Just like how he encouraged those princes and princesses to push Xie Hanzhou into the water, it wasn't that he successfully encouraged them, but rather that they were genuinely interested in the matter.
So much so that when he went to sow discord, they readily agreed.
Xie Weiyan only realized now that he had been living in his own world all along, and that his behavior was nothing short of clown behavior in the eyes of others.
No wonder Qin Zheng said he was mentally ill and acting inexplicably; it turns out he was wrong.
Xie Weiyan seemed unable to accept the reality, laughing maniacally. Then, seizing the opportunity, she picked up the dagger that Yu Sheng had dropped on the ground and plunged it heavily into her own heart.
Now he understands.
Xie Hanzhou will absolutely not let him go.
He would rather commit suicide than be killed by Xie Hanzhou.
"I, Xie Weiyan, would rather die than die at the hands of you, Xie Hanzhou!"
Xie Hanzhou didn't say anything, but silently added insult to injury for him.
"You missed, let me help you..."
Xie Weiyan coughed up a mouthful of blood and fell silent.
888: Oh dear, why did you provoke him? Now look what happened, you can't even die in peace.
888 shook his head and sighed as he watched.
However, it felt a little regretful that Xie Weiyan had gone offline, as it would no longer have a virtual pet.
Now that Xie Weiyan is gone, it feels that Qin Zheng can temporarily serve as its source of joy.
The officials looked at Xie Weiyan's unseeing eyes on the ground and silently turned away.
They'd seen this kind of scene many times before, so it didn't seem strange to them anymore. It was just that Xie Hanzhou had been in a good mood recently and hadn't killed anyone, which made them think that Xie Hanzhou was a normal emperor.
This immediately woke them up.
Chief Eunuch An gave the two young eunuchs a wink, and the eunuchs bowed and retreated, dragging away the corpse on the ground as they left. A few minutes later, they came in with buckets of water and rags to wipe the floor.
The entire set of movements was incredibly smooth, as if it had been rehearsed countless times.
The ministers thought to themselves: How could they not be skilled? A whole bunch of them have died, and they've dealt with a whole bunch of corpses.
Xie Hanzhou led Yu Sheng back to sit on the dragon throne, staring silently at Li Qichou on the ground.
"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong! Please spare my life for the sake of my many years of service to the country!" Li Qi was so angry that his head was almost bleeding from kowtowing. Xie Hanzhou didn't say anything, so he kept kowtowing.
The "bang bang bang" sound was so loud it made your teeth ache.
It is clear that Li Qichou showed no mercy to him whatsoever.
Xie Hanzhou quickly stopped him, saying, "Stop kowtowing, it's giving me a headache."
The courtiers: It's not you who's kowtowing, so why are you in so much pain?
Li Qichou looked up fearfully, liquid dripping from his forehead, but he didn't wipe it away, stubbornly staring at Xie Hanzhou.
"Fine, I'm not one to kill indiscriminately. You'd better watch yourself!"
The courtiers: Haven't you killed enough people already?
Li Qichou was deeply grateful and said, "Your Majesty, I thank you for sparing my life."
"Alright, go to the Imperial Hospital and get that forehead bandaged up, it looks kind of scary."
Li Qichou was extremely obedient.
They disappeared in the blink of an eye.
After he left, Xie Hanzhou said in a deep voice, "You should know that I have my reasons for killing people. As long as what you do is not too outrageous, such as hiring someone to assassinate me or oppressing the people, I can turn a blind eye."
"But if I find out... you all saw what happened to Xie Weiyan just now, and I don't want any of you to be next."
"Therefore you need not be afraid of me. I am not a man of indiscriminate killing. Most of the people I have killed were the most wicked and evil."
He was saying this to everyone.
He could accept that his ministers had all sorts of minor problems, as long as they didn't involve the common people, he could forgive them.
After all, no one is perfect, and how many truly honest officials are there?
He wouldn't dismiss or kill someone for a trivial matter; he could turn a blind eye to people who weren't truly wicked.
The ministers all expressed that they would not.
"Your Majesty's teachings will be firmly remembered!"
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