Upon hearing the Queen's words, Lady Jin was terrified and begged for mercy like a pig being slaughtered, but she was still mercilessly dragged away by the warriors...
Political struggles are that brutal!
Not only are historical records embellishing the image, but TV dramas also portray the characters as 'respectful, virtuous, gentle, frugal, and modest'...
As a newly established ruler, there are only two ways to firmly grasp the power of discourse: either make others fear you or make others submit to you!
In short: either establish authority or establish virtue!
For a woman, establishing virtue is extremely difficult; establishing authority is the most effective way to achieve this!
This is also why the Queen of Yan wanted to execute ministers who did not obey her in the court, as well as the Jin family!
Only in this way can we create enough psychological trauma for the court officials!
The kind of approach that involves being kind to prevent others from speaking ill of you and silencing the gossips of your subjects is not suitable for the Queen of Yan, nor can she do it! At least not right now!
In fact, historically successful conquerors all used this cruel method when they first obtained the "peaches"!
For example, Emperor Yongle (Zhu Di) of the Ming Dynasty, who fried Tie Xuan in oil and killed ten generations of Fang Xiaoru's family, and the Heavenly Khan who executed all his brothers' and his sons, were all like this...
Showing off is for later!
Only an idiot would pretend right now!
Empress Yan was a relatively mature politician, and she was not unaware of this principle!
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After being dragged down from the main hall, Jin Shi had lost her soul and became a living dead.
Thinking of her miserable death, Jin didn't even have the strength to cry... At this moment, she truly regretted that her own mother had given birth to her and made her suffer like this!
However, to her bewilderment, the soldiers did not send her to the death row cell, but instead took her to a side hall!
Upon entering the side hall, Jin Shi, who was already so dazed she could barely stand, looked up and found Jiang Ming smiling at her...
"Mr. Jiang...?"
"Hehe... Your Majesty has been frightened!"
Jiang Ming quickly helped Jin up with a smile...
Jin was unable to stand and could only be supported by Jiang Ming, who was half-carrying her...
In a daze, she felt as if she had been reborn into another world, and she couldn't figure out what had happened.
"Mr. Jiang? This? You're not dead? I thought the fire had killed you..."
"Heh... How could I die? I'm a god!"
Jiang Ming smiled and brushed the dirt off Jin's skirt, saying, "Your Majesty, you'd better tidy yourself up quickly, otherwise it won't be good if the King sees you're not pretty when he comes..."
Jin's head was buzzing. Although he was full of suspicion, he calmed down when he saw that all the soldiers around him were very respectful to Jiang Ming.
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