The civil and military officials who had just attended the funeral of Empress Dowager Ashina dared not appear too "outspoken" or too indomitable.
If I anger Helian Jue, well, I might die, but what if I implicate my family or even my clan?
If such a thick family genealogy were to be lost because of him, he would be a sinner to the entire clan.
The courtiers turned their attention to the nobles and members of the imperial family—
You have countless connections with the royal family. Even if you anger the emperor, at most you will die, but it will never implicate your entire clan.
After all, they are either related by marriage or from the same clan, so they can at least protect their families.
nobles and members of the royal family: ...
So what if they are related by marriage or from the same clan?
Helian Jue was such a ruthless person.
This time, under the guise of avenging Empress Dowager Ashina, a thorough investigation into the "smallpox incident" was launched.
Apart from Ashina Xue, the Turkic delegation and the Embroidered Uniform Guards ran rampant in the capital like mad dogs.
All of the Turkic strongholds in the capital were wiped out.
Intelligence networks run by powerful families or relatives of the emperor were also wiped out.
Fang Dafu, the old eunuch who had already retired from the palace, and Helian Cong, the fifth prince who was sent to Fayuan Temple to pray for blessings, were both implicated.
...It can be said that Helian Jue launched a swift and decisive operation.
Regardless of their identity or background, those arrested will be convicted according to the law.
Those who committed capital crimes, such as Fang Dafu and Turkic spies, were all beheaded or cut in half at the waist.
Those whose crimes did not warrant death, such as the fifth prince and several members of the imperial clan, were demoted to commoners and stripped of their imperial status.
Such a ruthless emperor, your aristocratic families dare not offend him, so you want us members of the imperial family to be cannon fodder? What are you thinking!
Saints can do whatever they want; they just obediently follow orders!
The nobles and members of the imperial family, terrified, were indeed "pragmatic".
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