At this moment, Yuan Xingzhou's rebellious attitude was aroused by her resistance. He was not a good-tempered person to begin with, and had only been putting on a show in front of her. He had not thought deeply about the reason for his posture, but subconsciously wanted her to be close to him and not let her be afraid of or avoid him.
He had gone to great lengths and painstaking efforts to finally gain her trust and make her willing to get along with him, but now everything... is ruined.
He saw that familiar yet repulsive coldness in her eyes again, and she was thinking about how to escape and get away from him once more.
Zheng Quchi: "...Why?"
"Why? Right now, the people in Yixiu Palace are either secretly colluding with Empress Ye to commit treason and murder the late king, or they are traitors and rebels who have surrendered to the enemy, as well as these filthy descendants of the Yuan clan. Don't you think this palace should eliminate these rotten parasites that are hindering the revival of Ye Kingdom?"
Seeing that he could at least give a legitimate reason for killing, Zheng Quchi understood why these people had been gathered here.
But must his approach to problems be so extreme? If every issue is resolved by killing to stop killing, regardless of its size, without rigorous investigation and review at each level, and without issuing warnings to the public, then what is the point of national laws and regulations?
As the future ruler of Ye, she truly did not want him to resort to violent means to solve problems in everything. People can be controlled by their desires and become unable to extricate themselves by constantly indulging in them, and the same applies to indulging in the killing within one's heart.
"You promised me, and I thought we had reached a consensus. You can avenge your mother, but you cannot do anything that would harm the foundation of the Ye Kingdom. You killed so many court officials and members of the Yuan family for a moment of pleasure, which will inevitably cause turmoil in the court and shock and fear throughout the country. Do you want to make the already precarious situation of the Ye Kingdom even worse?" she patiently advised.
“They must all die.” Yuan Xingzhou did not intend to accept her persuasion. His world had never been about mercy or gray areas. Why not exchange a bloody purge of the court for a brand new one that he could control completely?
"If you wish for the Ye Kingdom to prosper forever, I will grant your wish, but you need not concern yourself with the lives of these people."
Zheng Quchi was also somewhat angry at this point: "If they are guilty, the national laws will determine it. I will not protect them. You only need to transfer them to the Ministry of Justice for trial and sentencing. They will be punished according to their crimes. In this way, it will be reasonable, justified and in accordance with the law."
She refused to believe that all the court officials gathered here deserved to die, so why was Duke Liu among them?
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