Garse stared at Kangxi with burning eyes.
"Why did the Emperor order the massacre of the Manchu people?"
He actually wanted to use the word "massacre", but when the words came to his lips, he changed it to "execute".
"If you make a mistake, you must bear the corresponding consequences."
"Then I'm a little curious. What kind of mistake could have caused the Emperor to risk offending hundreds of thousands of Manchurians and order the execution of those forty-one people?"
Garsai pressed forward step by step.
Kangxi sneered,
"Then I am even more curious. When did the Zong Ling alone become able to represent hundreds of thousands of Manchu people?"
Garsai frowned.
"Your Majesty, please answer my question directly."
"What if I don't..."
Kangxi's face also turned completely gloomy.
Garse narrowed his eyes into slits. He had never expected Kangxi's tough attitude.
"Your Majesty, please don't forget how you came to sit on this throne! If it weren't for the recommendation of tens of thousands of Manchus, do you think you could have sat securely in this position?"
"Since the Manchus were able to push you to this position, they naturally have the ability to pull you down!"
"Ha ha!"
Kangxi laughed out loud as if he had heard a huge joke.
Upon seeing this, Prince Kang Chuntai took a small step forward and stood together with Zong Ling Garse.
"What is your Majesty laughing at?"
Seeing this, the rest of the people also moved forward and supported the two men in their actions.
Kangxi looked at this scene and his laughter stopped abruptly.
"I laugh at you for not recognizing reality!"
He glanced coldly at the people in front of him, and in a trance, he remembered the scene he had seen in his dream.
The people in the dream also used such an aggressive attitude to force him to deal with the prince and forced him to send poisoned wine to Yinreng.
"Do you still think I'm the same little emperor who was at the mercy of others thirty years ago?!"
"Ji Heng!"
As soon as Kangxi finished speaking, the guard at the door responded by carrying the musket on his shoulder.
The crisp sounds of muskets being loaded echoed throughout the hall.
At this moment, everyone's expressions began to become extremely interesting.
Malhun and others who were hiding behind the crowd were frightened when they saw this.
They dared to follow Zong Ling and Prince Kang here today because they wanted to use their power to test Kangxi's bottom line.
If they could get Kangxi to compromise today and depose the crown prince as they wished, that would naturally be a good thing.
But if things cannot be done, at least Kangxi should give up some of his interests.
The current tense situation was beyond their imagination.
Garse and Chuntai had not expected that Kangxi's attitude would be so tough.
"What does the Emperor want to do? Kill me?!"
Prince Kang Chuntai's eyes were sharp.
"Isn't the Emperor afraid of causing a riot?!"
Chuntai's father was Prince Kang Jieshu, one of the three regent princes during the Shunzhi period.
Although he is only eighteen years old this year, he is the second generation Prince Kang and the head of the fifth generation Prince Li family. He is one of the people with the most say in the royal family.
His status is even higher than that of the Zong Ling.
"Prince Kang, there's no need to scare me."
Kangxi snorted coldly.
He's just a little kid, he didn't realize he was being used as a knife, what a fool!
"You guys are so used to being so arrogant and domineering outside that you don't recognize your own status. You've forgotten that your status and power were given by me! Now you want to shit on my head, but you don't even consider your own weight."
Garsai's face was full of frost. It was not a pleasant feeling to be pointed at with a musket.
"Our power and position were earned by our ancestors through military merit. Your Majesty, please think carefully before you speak!"
"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that this will chill the hearts of the nobles in the city?"
Kangxi: "You, who spend your days teasing cats and dogs, are worthy of representing the nobles of the capital?"
"Your Majesty, the Manchu people are so rare compared to the Han people. You shouldn't order their extermination so easily!"
Kangxi: "Why didn't you think about this when you were seizing the land of the Manchu people?"
"We didn't kill them!"
Kangxi: "Destroying someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. From this perspective, you will never be able to repay the blood debt in your next life!"
"Is the Emperor determined to massacre the Manchus?!"
Looking at the group of royal nobles below who were filled with panic and anger, Kangxi chuckled.
"Is the purpose of your coming to the Ganqing Palace today really because of those Manchus who were killed?"
Chuntai's brows raised. What does the emperor mean by this? !
Suspect they have ulterior motives?
"What else? Your Majesty is really judging others by your own standards!"
Kangxi raised his eyelids, ignored Chuntai, looked at Zongling Garse, and asked again,
"Are you really here at the Palace of Heavenly Purity today just for those forty-one Manchus?"
Seeing this, Chuntai's face turned red with anger.
Garse was silent.
In other words, everyone except Chuntai was silent.
The hall was plunged into a strange atmosphere.
"Oh!"
Kangxi sneered, his expression full of sarcasm.
After a moment's reaction, Chuntai looked at everyone around him in disbelief.
"Semafa...Brother En, you...you guys..."
Under Chuntai's gaze, everyone's faces were a little distorted, but they did not forget to avoid Chuntai's sight.
The anger on Chuntai's face dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a moment, only paleness remained.
He thought that Zong Ling and others really came to avenge the forty-one wronged souls, but the facts gave him a loud slap in the face.
If Chuntai doesn't realize that he is the one who sticks out in front of this group of people, he might as well go find a pillar and bang his head against it to death!
Kangxi ignored Chuntai who was doubting his life and shouted directly to the guards,
"Ji Heng, put away the musket!"
“Hey!”
At Kangxi's command, the guards took a few breaths to put away the muskets.
Kangxi was a little dissatisfied when he noticed that some of them were not moving quickly enough.
They had been training for such a long time, but they were still no match for the firearms battalion led by Yinzhi.
Looks like I need more practice!
"Tell me, what are your demands? If they are reasonable, I don't mind meeting your requests."
Kangxi said expressionlessly.
Seeing that Kangxi's attitude had finally softened, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Given the atmosphere just now, they were really afraid that Kangxi would not be able to control his anger and would directly order their execution.
Why didn't they realize Kangxi's terrifying side before?!
Some of the timid princes began to back down in their hearts.
If they had known the situation would be like this today, they would never have followed us!
Thinking of this, several people secretly glared at Prince Ping and others who came to act as lobbyists.
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