After a moment of silence, Zhang Erhe finally asked, "Grand Commandant, is His Majesty aware of this matter?"
"I don't know yet!" The wicked man said calmly. "Feng Jie's report naturally reached me first. Even if the King knew about this, he would not be soft-hearted, much less stop it."
Zhang Erhe nodded silently. Although Ying Zheng and his wicked husband were young, they had always preferred to use ruthless methods to intimidate the world. Now, they would show no mercy to these treacherous individuals in Qi.
Thinking of this, he said in a low voice, "Then this humble general will not say any more. Grand Commandant, please have your supper first, I will go and arrange other miscellaneous matters."
"Go on, you've had a hard time." The wicked man waved his hand lightly, and after Zhang Erhe left, he slowly picked up the bowl of white porridge and took a few sips casually.
The night wind blew through the windowpane, and his expression was inscrutable in the candlelight, yet it carried a chilling and desolate air.
After a long pause, he placed the porridge back on the table and muttered to himself, "Eight thousand... this is just the beginning. With this vigorous push for new policies, there will likely be even more undercurrents. The various schools of thought... it's time to... weed out the dross..."
He glanced once more at the list of "over eight thousand people," his fingertips tapping lightly on the table, each tap like the drumbeat of death.
"You may hold high positions in the government, or you may flaunt your talents, but in my eyes, you are nothing but weeds. Since you intend to interfere with the future of the world, I will uproot you all at once, so that the world can be a little more peaceful."
The stars shone brightly outside the window, yet they seemed unable to dispel the chill that permeated the study. The wicked husband sat upright, continuing to peruse the documents, like a cold-blooded judge, silently deciding the life and death of countless people in the darkness.
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