"That's true... but..."
Just as Chen Liang was about to continue speaking, someone outside the hall suddenly came to report:
"Master! Something terrible has happened! The Northern Camp has arrived!"
"Northern Camp?"
Mu Xianke suddenly stood up, flicked his sleeve, and said, "Does His Majesty really intend to attack us?"
“It shouldn’t be,” Chen Liang said. “Maliciously killing a minister would bring eternal infamy. It must be something else. Let’s go and take a look!”
Mu Xianke led the group out of the reception hall, only to see Xiao Yun and Xiao Yue already leading armored soldiers to the front of the reception hall.
Xiao Yue's cold eyes swept across the faces of the people on the steps, exuding a chilling murderous aura. After a cold snort, she abruptly spoke:
"His Majesty has decreed that Mu Xianke shall receive the decree!"
Mu Xianke and the others knelt down one after another. Now that they saw people from the Dali Temple and the Northern Camp coming together, they knew that nothing good was coming and they all trembled with fear.
Xiao Yue unfolded the imperial edict and read aloud:
"By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees:"
"Mu Xianke served as Left Chancellor for twenty years, but his official conduct was corrupt. He embezzled 18,046 hectares of farmland belonging to good people, accepted bribes of 2.74 million taels of silver, and embezzled as much as 1.17 million taels of public funds. His crimes are unforgivable! His home shall be confiscated immediately, and he shall be expelled from the capital. If he resists, he shall be killed without exception!"
Upon hearing this imperial edict, Mu Xianke felt as if he had been struck by lightning; his vision went black, and he immediately fainted.
"Left Prime Minister! Left Prime Minister!"
Those former ministers who were still dreaming of being reinstated suddenly felt utterly hopeless, their eyes seemed to lose their vitality, and they all burst into tears.
"Oh no! Oh no! What are we going to do?!"
"Your Majesty! I need to see Your Majesty!"
"It must have been that monster Qin Chuan who came up with this idea for His Majesty! The court is broke, so to solve the problem of the displaced people, they're using us as scapegoats!"
These former ministers were crying and shouting, and even Mu Xianke couldn't control them. It was his family members who came over to pour water on them and pinch their philtrum...
"Master! Master!"
Mu Xianke's family shouted.
The scene immediately descended into chaos.
Xiao Yue looked at these people with a cold gaze, a cruel smile curling at the corner of her lips: "None of you... can escape either. Go home and wait!"
Upon hearing this, all the former ministers were greatly shocked.
Immediately, a chorus of wails and lamentations erupted!
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