Ying Zheng clenched his hands tightly in his sleeves.
There was a little bit of bright red blood on the palm of his hand, flowing down between his fingers.
Qi Pan, who was standing behind Ying Zheng, looked at the blood dripping onto his sleeves.
Is Brother Zheng cruel?
No, not cruel enough.
If Zheng Ge was a little more cruel, he could have had Hu Hai skinned alive just like he did to Xu Fu.
Whether it's being torn apart by a chariot, being beheaded, or being boiled in water... none of them is less cruel than being sentenced to death by drinking a cup of poisoned wine.
But he didn't.
He simply gave him a poisoned drink.
Leaving his body intact.
Let him die less painfully.
And saved his face.
In history, Ying Yinman died a miserable death, being brutally tortured and dismembered by Hu Hai.
Now that Hu Hai died cleanly and his body was left intact, it was already a sign of Zheng Ge's kindness, okay?!
"Drag him away."
Ying Zheng gritted his teeth, withdrew his gaze from Hu Hai's corpse, and turned to Zhao Gao and Li Si.
Zhao Gao and Li Si trembled all over!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
Zhao Gao prostrated himself on the ground.
Li Si knelt on the ground in fear, "Your Majesty, please consider my dedication to you and give me a chance to redeem myself and make meritorious contributions!"
Li Si didn't dare to refute and could only try his best to find a glimmer of hope!
His Majesty could even sentence the Eighteenth Prince, whom he had always favored, to death.
If he didn't try his best, demonstrate his abilities, and let His Majesty know that he was still useful, wouldn't he end up like the Thirteenth Young Master, who drank a glass of poisoned wine?
Ying Zheng's gaze moved back and forth between Zhao Gao and Li Si.
He even ordered the death of Hu Hai, and Zhao Gao...could not be spared either.
Although Ying Zheng felt reluctant, he still gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice.
"Zhao Gao... was sentenced to death."
"Your Majesty? Your Majesty!!!"
"Your Majesty, please spare my life! I have been serving you since the time of Zhao!"
"Your Majesty, please spare my life for the sake of our past friendship!"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!!!"
Zhao Gao was pinned to the ground by two soldiers. One of them pried open his mouth and poured a cup of poisoned wine into his mouth.
"Your Majesty, Ugh! Ugh! Your Majesty..."
Li Si, who was standing next to him, felt cold all over, as if he was in an ice cave!
The body kneeling on the ground was shaking like a sieve.
Your Majesty actually ordered Zhao Gao to be executed?!
What about him?
Does he still have a chance to survive?
Is he going to die here?
Li Si felt that he was already in high spirits, just waiting for Ying Zheng to order his death and then force him to drink poisoned wine.
One more step and he would fall from the clouds and be smashed to pieces!
A cup of poisoned wine was drunk.
Zhao Gao lay on the ground with a pale face, his lips trembling, "Your Majesty, please spare my life..."
He could clearly feel the poison wine entering his throat, causing a burning sensation.
It goes all the way down to the abdomen, and then the abdomen feels like there is a fire burning.
The burning pain spread to the lungs and limbs bit by bit.
Until a sharp pain came.
"puff!"
Zhao Gao spat out a mouthful of blood!
He looked at Ying Zheng with complicated eyes, and his hands covering his abdomen fell down weakly.
Since he was a child in Zhao State, he followed His Majesty, who was still a hostage in Qin State at that time.
Serving him, being bullied, looked down upon, ridiculed and humiliated...
That period of time was the most unbearable memory in his life.
He followed His Majesty all the way back from Zhao State, watched His Majesty being named King of Qin, and watched His Majesty plan and layout step by step.
He took control of the court, drove Lu Buwei out of Qin, and took power alone.
Watching His Majesty attack the six kingdoms and unify the world...
He had accompanied His Majesty for countless days and nights, and now His Majesty had personally sentenced him to death...
Zhao Gao had indescribable feelings in his heart. He didn't know whether the person recorded in history was him, or whether he did those things.
He only knew that His Majesty had abandoned him and no longer wanted him...
"Your Majesty... If there is an afterlife, I will still follow you..."
Ying Zheng, who had been holding back, almost couldn't help but rush forward and hold Zhao Gao's hand when he heard this.
Reason made him stop and not move at all.
Watching Zhao Gao's eyes gradually lose their luster, Ying Zheng choked up.
"Li Si was taken to prison to await his fate."
"Drag Hu Hai and Zhao Gao away and give them a grand burial."
Li Si felt relieved when he heard this.
There is help!
He allowed the soldiers to take him away and put him in jail.
The bodies of Hu Hai and Zhao Gao were carried away.
Xu Fu's skull fragments and flesh were also shoveled into a bucket and taken away.
The blood on the ground was washed and wiped away by the palace servants.
If it weren't for the thick smell of blood lingering in the air, reminding Fusu and several ministers of what happened today, they would have thought it was just a nightmare.
First, Xu Fu was skinned alive, then the eighteenth prince Hu Hai, and then Zhao Gao.
Three people died at once.
They are all the most trusted and closest people to His Majesty.
Although Li Si escaped the disaster and survived, his end was definitely not good.
Is the world of the Qin Dynasty about to change?
Ying Zheng suppressed his emotions, arranged accommodation for Qi Pan, and asked Fusu and a group of ministers to leave first.
Qi Pan looked at the increasingly darker spot on Ying Zheng's sleeve, bowed, and left with Eleven and Twelve.
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