The Little Demon Queen's resounding voice echoed in the Demon King's Hall, and everyone's faces suddenly turned extremely ugly. The Little Demon Queen's voice only mentioned King Xuan...which meant that she did not intend to deal with these criminals kneeling in the hall together, but would summon them one by one!
Everyone's heart beat faster. When they faced the Little Demon Queen together, they finally felt a little bit of support in their hearts, but when they were summoned individually... everyone would confess all the crimes they knew about others in order to atone for their crimes. In order to survive, they would show their loyalty at all costs...
Besides, apart from herself and the Little Demon Queen, no one knew what he said, what he promised, or who he betrayed...
If anyone says too little, or fails to show enough loyalty, he or she will most likely be used as an example to scare the monkeys by the Little Demon Queen.
With the Little Demon Queen's current strength, killing anyone is as easy as killing a chicken.
For a moment, they were sweating profusely, thinking hard about what they should say later. During these seven days, the "united front" they had discussed and the "agreement" to conceal each other's ugly crimes also quietly collapsed in this cold and panic atmosphere.
The first summoned King Xuan stood up tremblingly, and walked towards the stone chamber step by step under the gazes of everyone. It was only a distance of 200 steps, and he almost fell to the ground at least three times. Every step seemed to be approaching the abyss of death.
Yun Che had the impression that Prince Xuan was short, fat, and had a sweet smile. But after only seven days, he had lost a lot of weight. As soon as Prince Xuan entered the stone chamber, he fell to his knees with a plop, his whole body shaking like a sieve: "My little prince... I have seen... I have seen the Little Demon Queen... I know my crime... but it is my fault alone... My wife and children have advised me not to have anything to do with Prince Huai, but my little prince is obsessed... It really has nothing to do with the other people in the palace."
“I beg the Little Demon Queen to only kill me. The rest of the people in the palace were completely unaware of the situation and were only implicated by me…I beg the Little Demon Queen to show mercy and spare my family…After I am executed, I will be grateful in my grave…I beg the Little Demon Queen to show mercy…”
Prince Xuan was shaking all over, crying bitterly, his face full of regret and fear. After begging for a while, he kowtowed to the Little Demon Queen seven or eight times in a row, and his forehead was covered in blood.
“Did I ever say I would kill you? Do you want to die so badly?” The Little Demon Queen said coldly.
King Xuan raised his head suddenly, his face stunned, and he couldn't believe his ears for a moment.
“Hmph!” The Little Demon Queen snorted coldly and said in a deep voice: “Although your Xuan Palace has not made any great achievements in the past hundred years, it has also not made any mistakes. What is rare is that, while I have been in decline in recent years, most of the palaces have secretly surrendered to the Huai Prince, but your Xuan Palace has never betrayed me. Even if they surrendered to the Huai Prince’s Palace in the end, it was only because they thought I was dead and had to do so in order to protect the safety of the palace.”
"You, the King Xuan, are wrong, but I am also wrong. I was wrong in that I was too weak in the past, so weak that those who were loyal to me were constantly oppressed and bullied by the rebels. You have never thought of betraying me during the hundred years when I was weak, which is enough to show your loyalty and cover up your mistakes in the past four months... Get up."
Prince Xuan looked dazed, his eyes filled with tears, he could not believe every word he heard. Ever since the return of the Little Demon Queen, every look of hers made people feel as if they were falling into an icy cave, every word of hers was full of murderous intent, every order of hers would cause the Demon King City to flow like a river of blood... As a criminal, he could not sleep for seven days, trembling with fear every day, even preparing his coffin, his greatest hope was to be able to keep his wife and children in the palace... But he never expected that when the Little Demon Queen judged him, she had no murderous intent at all, not only did she not punish him, but she even praised him.
As if he had ascended from the edge of hell to heaven, Prince Xuan burst into tears in an instant. He did not stand up, but instead prostrated himself on the ground, crying, "My little prince...thank you for the grace of the Little Demon Queen! My little prince has received the emperor's grace throughout his life, but he teamed up with the rebels. This is a crime that deserves death...The Little Demon Queen's grace is like heaven, and my little prince has no way to repay her. I can only be loyal to her for the rest of my life, and will never change until my death...If you dare to rebel again, I am willing to be punished by heaven and earth..."
"No need to say more, get up." The Little Demon Queen waved her hand gently: "Your wife and children must be worried about you in the mansion. Go back early to let them feel at ease. Leave now."
"Thank you, Little Demon Queen, for your grace... Thank you, Little Demon Queen, for your grace..." King Xuan stood up trembling... This time, he was trembling with excitement. He backed away, hunched forward, and kept thanking her until he stepped out of the barrier with both feet, and he still didn't stop.
“Thank you, Little Demon Queen, for your grace… Thank you, Little Demon Queen, for your grace…”
The people kneeling in the hall watched as Prince Xuan came out so quickly, unharmed, their faces flushed with excitement, and they kept expressing their gratitude...
"Prince Xuan..."
Some people tried to talk to him, but King Xuan ignored them all, turned around, and left in a hurry. But everyone could see clearly that he looked relieved... and even a little happy.
"this……"
"Could it be that the Little Demon Queen actually pardoned him directly?"
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, but the fact that Prince Xuan was safe and sound, with a look of surprise on his face, relieved everyone's inner pressure several times. The tragic end of Prince Huai's mansion had made them live in fear these days. Every breath they took when facing the Little Demon Queen was filled with endless panic, and in their minds, they could not control themselves from picturing all kinds of tragic scenes. However, Prince Xuan had only been inside for a few dozen breaths, but what he got was clearly a pardon.
They began to feel that their panic was unnecessary... That's right, after all, they belonged to the Guardian Family, the Royal Palace, and were the pillars of the Illusory Demon Realm! The Illusory Demon Realm had just undergone such a huge change, and its foundation and pillars could not be moved!
Prince Xuan's power among the other princes' palaces is very weak, and it is even more incomparable to the guardian family. They are all safe and sound... As long as I sincerely repent and show my loyalty, the Little Demon Queen will certainly go along with it and pardon me. At most, she will give me a warning...
Thinking of this, everyone's hearts suddenly calmed down a lot, and even the atmosphere in the hall was no longer so oppressive.
"Helian Kuang, come in."
The Little Demon Queen's voice passed through the barrier and came from the stone chamber. The person summoned this time was the head of the Helian Family, Helian Kuang.
"Patriarch..." Several core elders of the Helian family looked at Helian Kuang with concern.
"Don't worry, I'm the guardian of the family after all, nothing will happen." Helian Kuang took a deep breath and walked towards the stone chamber.
As soon as he entered the stone chamber, a piercing coldness hit him, making his whole body suddenly cold and shivering uncontrollably. Helian Kuang did not dare to look into the eyes of the Little Demon Queen, and knelt down quickly: "The sinner Helian Kuang, pays homage to the Little Demon Queen."
"Stand up." The Little Demon Queen's voice was extremely calm, without any emotion. She pointed to a stone chair on the right with her eyes and said, "Take a seat."
There was no murderous intent, no anger, and no sense of oppression. He didn't have to kneel all the time. Helian Kuangxin calmed down a little, slowly stood up, and carefully moved to sit on the stone chair.
The Little Demon Queen stretched out her hand, and a small white jade teacup appeared in her palm. She waved her hand, and the teacup was lifted up by the breeze and landed lightly on the stone table in front of Helian Kuang: "Master Helian, have some tea."
The teacup was flawless white jade, but it was empty, without a drop of tea. But Helian Kuang dared not raise any objection in front of the Little Demon Queen. Even if the Little Demon Queen said that his true form was a dog, he would bark in agreement. He held the teacup with both hands, put it to his mouth, carefully raised his head, and pretended to drink slowly. After a while, he carefully put the teacup down.
“Did you finish drinking?” The Little Demon Queen narrowed her eyes and spoke calmly.
Helian Kuang quickly bowed and said, "Yes... This tea is so mellow and fragrant that it can only be found in heaven... Thank you, Little Demon Queen, for the tea."
"Since you've already drunk the tea," the Little Demon Queen narrowed her eyes slightly, "You can now go on your journey with peace of mind!"
As the last word fell, the Little Demon Queen's body had already crossed the space and appeared in front of Helian Kuang like a ghost. A delicate hand made of snow jade, carrying a flame like from hell, slammed heavily on Helian Kuang's chest. The violent Golden Crow flame power rushed into his body frantically, and in an instant, his internal organs were completely burned.
“Hmm…” Helian Kuang’s eyes widened as the world in front of him spun around.
Boom! !
With a deafening roar, Helian Kuang's body flew out of the stone chamber and slammed heavily into the kneeling crowd. When he landed on the ground, his eyes were wide open and he was silent. On his chest, there was a shocking charred black mark.
"Patriarch...Patriarch!" The core elders of the Helian family rushed up with screams of shock, but there was no trace of life left in Helian Kuang's body. His whole body exuded a strong and pungent smell of burning, and he died completely.
"Patriarch..." Looking at the corpse in front of them, the core elders of the Helian family were all terrified and trembling. At this time, the cold voice of the Little Demon Queen came from the stone chamber: "Helian Kuang, as the guardian of the family, colluded with Prince Huai and intended to rebel. He deserves death. The entire Helian family should be implicated! But considering that the Helian family has been guarding for ten thousand years, I will let you off the hook and give you a chance to reform... Helian Tu!"
The second elder of the Helian family was shocked when his name was called, and he turned around and knelt in panic.
"From today on, you are the new head of the Helian Family! I order you to quickly drag Helian Kuang's body down and hang it above the north city gate within an hour for seven days! During these seven days, anyone who dares to let him go, anyone who dares to beg for mercy, or anyone who dares to offer condolences will be executed on the spot!"
"If anyone from your Helian clan says anything dissenting, I will kill them if I know of them! If the whole clan dares to disobey my orders, or has even the slightest rebellious intention, I will make sure that the Helian clan no longer exists in this world!"
With every word the Little Demon Queen said, the fear in the hearts of the Helian elders grew. Helian Kuang was already dead, but if his death could save the Helian clan, who would be so foolish as to be angry over a dead person? Helian Tu said in a trembling voice, "I will obey the Little Demon Queen's orders... Thank you for your grace. From now on, the Helian clan will be loyal to the Little Demon Queen and will die for her..."
"Also, you owe the Yun family the Purple Vein Divine Crystal. Don't forget it."
"Yes... yes..." Helian Tu dragged Helian Kuang's body, nodded in fear, and walked away backwards. His trembling steps were as if he was walking on the tip of a knife.
Fear spread like a plague in the Demon King's Palace. Their hearts, which had been relieved by the fact that King Xuan was unharmed, suddenly grew tens of times more anxious. Everyone's face was pale and bloodless... For thousands of years, the Helian Family's status as a guardian family was second only to the Yun Family, but its head, Helian Kuang, was killed by the Little Demon Queen... Not to mention the other guardian families and the royal palace.
"Jiufang Kui, come in."
His sight turned to the Jiufang family. Jiufang Kui stood up trembling, but just as he stood up, his legs softened and he knelt down. His pupils were greatly dilated, showing the endless fear in his heart. The tragic death of Helian Kuang was like planting a demon in his heart... Because he knew clearly that among the twelve families, the Helian family was the first to surrender to the Huaiwang Mansion, and his Jiufang family was the second! They and the Helian family were of similar race, and they had been relatives for generations...
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