Yu Jingchen felt sorry for Nan Zhiyun, but he couldn't keep these people around. He never liked keeping people who could become trouble for him.
"If Yun'er can't stand it, why don't you go inside?" Yu Jingchen said.
"No, Your Majesty, we won't go in. They're just two children; they won't pose a threat," Nan Zhiyun tried to persuade them.
Yu Jingchen looked at Nan Zhiyun without saying anything. The Empress Dowager also looked over, seemingly curious about Yu Jingchen's actions.
"Even if Yun'er keeps them, what good will it do? They have no relatives or friends, and are descendants of disgraced officials. It might not be a good thing for them." Yu Jingchen still did not let go.
Nan Zhiyun couldn't answer, but in the next moment, she seemed to have thought of something and took out the gold medal that Yu Jingchen had given her earlier: "Your Majesty... this is what you gave me. You said that with this, you would agree to anything. So... please spare these two children, okay? It's just these two children." Nan Zhiyun said.
Yu Jingchen wasn't too surprised by Nan Zhiyun's actions. His Yun'er was still too kind-hearted. Oh well, he had to keep his promise to her.
"Take these two children away," Yu Jingchen relented.
Nan Zhiyun was overjoyed to hear this answer and breathed a sigh of relief after watching the child being taken away.
"Send it to He'an Palace and let Chunhua and Dongwan watch over it," Nan Zhiyun added. The person holding the child glanced at Yu Jingchen, and seeing that he didn't object, they sent the child to He'an Palace as Nan Zhiyun had instructed.
The child's mother, with tears in her eyes, kowtowed repeatedly to Nan Zhiyun. There were quite a few children among them, but Nan Zhiyun was powerless to help. She buried her head in Yu Jingchen's arms and refused to look at them anymore.
"Take him away." Yu Jingchen's voice was as cold as ever, as if he were devoid of emotion. At this moment, Nan Zhiyun seemed to have gained a deeper understanding of Yu Jingchen. Yu Jingchen was a qualified emperor, but never a benevolent ruler, nor a good person. He was cold-blooded, ruthless, and cruel; no wonder everyone feared him…
After all the officials' families were taken away, only the ministers and Yu Jing'an remained. Yu Jing'an was already slumped on the ground, but it was clear that Yu Jingchen didn't intend to punish him now. After all, the main character should be saved for last, right?
Moreover, besides treason, in her previous life, Nan Zhiyun died by his sword.
"Then let's do it one by one. After today, tomorrow I will have people compile this into a storybook, and then let those storytellers tell it to the world, to tell what kind of person I am, and what the consequences of treason are..." As soon as Yu Jingchen finished speaking, the guards randomly pulled out a minister from the crowd.
"For the first one... let's impose the punishment of combing and washing." Yu Jingchen seemed to have actually thought about it.
No sooner had he finished speaking than someone brought out the instruments of torture. The minister was stripped naked and pressed onto the torture bench. A comb with a sharp iron handle, covered in blades, began scraping upwards from his ankles. If it got dirty, it was simply washed with salt water from a bucket—how convenient!
The screams were incessant, but... Yu Jingchen was enjoying it. Nan Zhiyun trembled with fear at the sound of the screams, and Yu Jingchen stopped talking about taking her back. Instead, he hugged her tightly and covered her ears. Even though this didn't have much effect.
The first person had already seen the bones and died.
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