Helian Rong remained silent for a long while before looking at Helian Jun below and saying, "Fourth Prince, I'm giving you one last chance. Will you surrender?"
Helian Jun, who had collapsed to the ground as if he had lost his mind, finally seemed to have heard Helian Rong's words and scrambled to his knees: "Your subject surrenders, please spare your subject's life, Father Emperor!"
As if afraid Helian Rong would refuse, Helian Jun pointed at Helian Zheng's corpse and shouted, "Actually, I was forced by Helian Zheng. He stole my military tally and forced me to help him rebel. I only reluctantly agreed to join him because of his threats. But in reality, it was Helian Zheng who commanded the army. I was just his follower. Everything was orchestrated by Helian Zheng. I beg Father Emperor to see the truth!"
Although Helian Jun was pointing at Helian Zheng's corpse when he said these words, he didn't dare to look at the body even once, as if he was afraid that it would jump out and bite people.
Although Helian Rong's eyesight was failing, his mind was still sharp. He could easily see through Helian Jun's little trick and sneered, "Whether you are the principal offender or an accomplice, starting a rebellion is a capital offense!"
Helian Jun was terrified and opened his mouth to defend himself, but then Helian Rong said, "However, out of consideration for our blood ties, I will spare your life. Fourth Prince, go and guard the imperial mausoleum!"
Helian Jun suddenly raised his eyes, looking at Helian Rong in disbelief, and hurriedly said, "Father, I was really forced by Helian Zheng. I did not voluntarily raise an army to rebel! Father, I do not want to guard the imperial tombs. Please be lenient with me!"
Helian Jun knelt on the ground, sobbing and kowtowing repeatedly to Helian Rong.
But Helian Rong remained unmoved: "I have already given a lenient sentence. If I do not consider the bond between father and son, you will suffer the same fate as Helian Zheng, with only death as your option. You choose whether you want to guard the imperial mausoleum or sleep in it!"
The mere mention of sleeping in the imperial mausoleum silenced Helian Jun completely.
What choice did he have? He had absolutely no choice!
Helian Qin, standing beside Helian Rong, couldn't help but twitch his eye when he heard the phrase "sleeping in the imperial tomb."
I must say, Father Emperor really punished me severely this time.
Helian Jun was sent to guard the imperial tombs, which meant he would never have another chance to turn his life around!
Unless Helian Ci and his son have nothing better to do in the future and release him!
However, Helian Ci's son seems quite shrewd, and now that he is being personally raised by the old man, he is probably not a fool and will certainly not let Helian Jun out easily.
Moreover, if Helian Jun is released again in ten or eight years, everything will be set in stone by then. Even if Helian Jun still has military power, let alone if he doesn't, he won't be able to cause any more trouble.
Seeing Helian Zheng die tragically, and Helian Jun still wanting to guard the imperial tomb, Helian Qin was once again thankful that he had pulled back from the brink in time.
The old man is right. Luckily, he realized it in time, otherwise even if he didn't die, he would have had to guard the imperial tomb like Helian Jun!
After Helian Jun was punished, Helian Rong looked at the other soldiers below and said, "Why don't you surrender quickly? Do you want to suffer the divine punishment of the Azure Dragon Beast?"
Helian Rong's shout snapped the soldiers out of their daze, and they knelt down, shouting, "We surrender! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Azure Dragon Divine Beast!"
They were nothing more than insignificant soldiers, manipulated by others.
Even if their commander survives, they wouldn't dare to act rashly in front of the Azure Dragon Divine Beast; they would definitely surrender.
Moreover, now that their commander is dead, they are even less likely to rebel!
In fact, the surrender of these soldiers was exactly what Helian Rong had expected.
He knew that even if Helian Zheng didn't die, these people would definitely surrender as soon as the Azure Dragon Divine Beast appeared.
Moreover, Helian Zheng has now died under the giant tail of the Azure Dragon Beast, which is so shocking that how could these people not surrender?
Helian Rong's scoundrelly gaze swept over everyone present, and his deep voice once again resounded throughout the city tower: "From this day forward, the military tallies in the hands of Helian Zheng, Helian Qin, and Helian Jun shall be confiscated. All the troops of Northern Wei shall be under the command of the Crown Prince, and all military tallies shall be under the control of the Crown Prince. You soldiers shall also obey the orders of the Crown Prince!"
The soldiers dared not disobey and rose to their feet, shouting, "We obey your command! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Crown Prince!"
Upon hearing Helian Rong's orders, Helian Jun closed his eyes in despair.
The old man has forced him to have no chance to turn things around at all!
Without the military tally, he is nothing!
Helian Qin's mindset was clearly much better than Helian Jun's.
Knowing he had no chance of succeeding to the throne, the military tally was merely a means of survival for him.
Now that his life is spared, whether he has the military tally or not is no big deal to him.
Moreover, the military tally originally fell into Helian Zheng's hands, and if Helian Zheng hadn't died, he would never have returned it to him.
He no longer cared about what was no longer his to begin with, now that his father had taken it back.
After announcing these orders, Helian Rong seemed exhausted and turned to Wu Shou, instructing, "You personally take a few men and escort the fourth prince to the imperial mausoleum. As for the second prince's body, send it there for burial as well!"
"Yes," Wu Shou replied hastily.
Helian Rong then looked at Su Renzhong: "You take charge of confiscating the military tally and counting the troops. I'm tired and will head back now."
"I'll go back with my great-grandfather." Su Yun'an quickly helped Su Renzhong down the city wall.
As soon as Su Yun'an left, the Azure Dragon Divine Beast also disappeared.
Only when the Azure Dragon mythical beast that had been hovering above the city walls disappeared did the soldiers kneeling on the ground finally give up.
They're finally gone! That Azure Dragon was terrifying!
"We'll head back now." Su Xuening didn't want to stay on the city wall any longer, so she went back to the palace with Duanmu Junyu and Xuanyuan Zhan.
"Wait for me, I'm leaving too." Seeing that they had all left, Helian Qin hurried after them.
Alright, everyone's gone, leaving Su Renzhong to clean up the mess all by himself.
Fortunately, Wu Liping, Yun Songquan, and Li Jinyuan helped.
Wu Shou, following Helian Rong's orders, went down from the city wall to deal with Helian Zheng and Helian Jun: "Your Highness, I am acting on His Majesty's orders to escort you to the imperial mausoleum today. Please, Your Highness!"
Although Helian Jun was full of resentment, when he saw Helian Zheng's gruesome corpse and then looked at himself, he realized that at least he had survived. In the end, he relented and got up.
Helian Jun raised his eyes and looked at Su Renzhong, who was in full armor on the city wall. His eyes still showed resentment and unwillingness.
Who would have thought that these princes of the Northern Wei Dynasty would ultimately be defeated by a grandson of the emperor who had been abandoned among the common people!
Even though he was unwilling, Helian Jun had no choice but to leave with Wu Shou and the Azure Dragon Guard.
What awaits him is that he will spend the rest of his life in the imperial mausoleum!
Su Renzhong watched Helian Jun walk away and silently breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, these two people have been dealt with. The Northern Wei Dynasty will be very peaceful from now on!
In that way, he can go to Xiliang with Ayu!
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