He assumed that both Yao Ziying and the officials under his control would resist.
No, he felt they should rebel.
Even if not all of them, there should be some people with integrity among them.
After all, they all acted very aggressively in the Bai Jiaojiao incident, but unexpectedly... they were all paper tigers and couldn't withstand any trouble.
Su Wanyan chuckled upon hearing this: "Do you think they are all like you?"
"Civil officials should also have the integrity of civil officials."
"Listen, you don't seem too satisfied with their performance." Su Wanyan thought, what's wrong with them obeying orders and reducing casualties?
Do we really have to go all out and fight to the death?
After thinking it over, Su Wanyan laughed and said, "I'm still quite afraid of death. If it were me, I would be just like them, a coward."
Nothing is more important than saving your life.
"How can Yan'er be compared to them?" Yu Nanqing frowned. "You are the most cunning person I have ever met!"
"Wow!" Hearing Yu Nanqing say that, Su Wanyan couldn't help but smile: "Thank you for the compliment, for giving me such high praise."
"What I said is true." Yu Nanqing said as she tidied up the documents scattered on the table and stood up.
Su Wanyan raised her gaze as he moved: "Where are you going?"
Yu Nanqing smiled slightly: "Yan'er, aren't you hungry?"
She slept for a whole day.
Upon hearing Yu Nanqing's words, Su Wanyan's stomach immediately rumbled, and she laughed at herself: "I didn't realize it until you said it."
"Yan'er, wash up first, I'll go to the kitchen to get the food."
"By the way, I haven't asked you yet, how did you deal with the Bai family?"
She knew Yu Nanqing would target the Bai family, and the army had already been mobilized, but he hadn't explained to her in detail what exactly he was going to do.
Of course, she refrained from asking at the appropriate time.
Yu Nanqing paused slightly, a hint of unease appearing on his face as he turned away from Su Wanyan. He collected his thoughts and turned back to smile, saying, "Yan'er, don't you think it's too late to ask now?"
Su Wanyan pouted and said, "Fine, don't tell me then."
She didn't ask before because she was afraid that her ideas differed from Yu Nanqing's, and that she might say something that would interfere with the normal progress of Yu Nanqing's plan.
She held back until everything was already settled before asking.
However, seeing Yu Nanqing's expression, he seemed unwilling to say more, and added, "If you don't tell me, I'll ask Qiuye when she arrives."
"..." Yu Nanqing pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth and uttered four words: "Execute the entire family."
"..."
The room fell silent for a moment.
Yu Nanqing lowered her eyes slightly: "I'll go... bring the food over."
The fist hidden in the sleeve had clenched so tightly without anyone noticing.
Would Su Wanyan think that what he did was...too cruel?
After all... he didn't leave a single survivor in the Bai residence.
After Yu Nanqing left, Qiuye and Huangye immediately brought over hot water.
"Your Majesty?" Qiu Ye called out when she saw Su Wanyan in a daze.
Su Wanyan finally came to her senses.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
Su Wanyan shook her head: "It's nothing."
Qiu Ye handed over a sandalwood cup and a cup of fragrant tea: "But Your Highness seems a little absent-minded."
"What do you mean?" Su Wanyan chuckled. "I haven't eaten all day, I don't even have the strength to laugh."
As they were speaking, they heard slow, steady footsteps coming from outside.
In the blink of an eye, Yu Nanqing appeared at the door carrying a meal.
Autumn Leaves and Yellow Leaves wisely withdrew.
Yu Nanqing gently placed the meal on the table: "I made it right on time, according to the time you got up. It's been simmering in the small kitchen, so it's still hot. Yan'er, eat it while it's hot."
He lowered his head and fiddled with the bowls and chopsticks, his eyes seemingly deliberately avoiding Su Wanyan.
Finally, after he had even arranged the dishes, he suppressed the unease that was welling up in his heart and reached out to take Su Wanyan's hand, but when he looked up, he suddenly met her gaze.
His heart suddenly felt like it was being gripped, making him gasp for breath, and his slightly pursed lips revealed a hint of barely perceptible tension.
"Yan'er..."
"Yu Nanqing".
The two of them suddenly spoke at the same time.
Yu Nanqing immediately stopped talking and said urgently, "Yan'er, speak first!"
Su Wanyan took Yu Nanqing's hand and smiled, "Don't be so uneasy, you've done the right thing."
It was also her fault; she didn't react in time, which led him to misunderstand.
Yu Nanqing tightened his grip, but in an instant, the unease and hesitation that had been surging in his heart vanished without a trace. But in the blink of an eye, he became serious again, leaning against the edge of the bed and slowly approaching Su Wanyan: "Won't you think... this is a bit too cruel, Yan'er?"
Su Wanyan chuckled: "Just some?"
"..." Yu Nanqing's eyes, which had just calmed down, dimmed again.
Su Wanyan was speechless. She reached out and pinched his nose: "What are you thinking? Didn't I just say that everything you did was right?"
She had always known his methods, so why would she back down after spending so much time together?
Even if she didn't witness it firsthand, she knew that the bloodshed involved would be immense.
The guilty, the innocent, the innocent victims, and perhaps... even newborn babies, helpless women and children...
That scene reminded her of the battle with the East China Sea, where corpses littered the ground.
Human life is treated like it's free; people are brought in alive one moment and gone the next.
Among the dead, there must be innocent people. Yu Nanqing did nothing wrong, and as for her... it's not unreasonable to feel a little sentimental.
She didn't intend to say these things to Yu Nanqing; Yu Nanqing could just be himself.
"But... Yan'er is unhappy." Although Su Wanyan said he did the right thing, her expression clearly showed...
"Then you're mistaken." Su Wanyan stepped onto the edge of the bed, rested her elbows on her knees, and propped her chin up. "I'm not unhappy, I'm just a little sentimental. I'm a doctor, after all. A doctor's heart is benevolent. If I weren't kind, how could I have saved you in the first place, right?"
Yu Nanqing pursed his lips. He had always known that Su Wanyan was kind-hearted.
"Don't overthink it," Su Wanyan said with a smile. "In fact, I'm glad I didn't ask beforehand."
If she knew beforehand, even if she didn't say a word, her expression would betray her. Yu Nanqing might not change his mind, but it would affect his mentality, making him less decisive in his actions.
Putting the Bai family in jail, or arresting Bai Yixun, Bai Jiaojiao, and the rest of the family, would certainly have a deterrent effect, but it wouldn't be as shocking as killing the entire Bai family.
There are countless officials in Fuzhou. Yu Nanqing wants to intimidate them with just one move, and that is the right thing to do.
As she spoke, Su Wanyan suddenly reached out and lightly tapped his handsome face with her index finger: "It will probably take about a month for news of what happened in Fuzhou to reach the capital?"
"If things go smoothly, it will take half a month." Now that Yan Gongyi is an inside man, the Empress Dowager has someone specifically contacting her.
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