"promise!"
Before long, both of Li Shouguo's sons were captured by Xue Shisan.
"Father, save me..."
"Father, I don't want to be a eunuch, sob sob sob..."
Li Weilun and Li Weijia shouted themselves hoarse, fearing that Li Jue would castrate them and make them eunuchs.
Upon seeing this, a hint of hesitation flashed in Li Shouguo's eyes.
"Li Jue, you are the Crown Prince, you cannot do such a heinous thing!"
"Furthermore, I am a member of the Li Tang imperial family. Even if a member of the imperial family commits a serious crime, it must be handled by the Court of Imperial Clan Affairs. You have no right to punish me!"
Li Jue snorted coldly upon hearing this, too lazy to waste words with him.
"Uncle Zhang, summon the old palace officials and let them personally execute Li Shouguo's two sons!"
Upon hearing this, a hint of unease flashed in Zhang Anan's eyes.
"Crown Prince, this..."
"Uncle Zhang, don't you want to bury me next to my grandfather anymore?"
Upon hearing this, a fierce glint flashed in Zhang Anan's eyes. He then turned and returned to the palace to request offerings without looking back.
The so-called "offering" refers to the old eunuchs who were specifically responsible for castration.
These people were the palace's technical staff. They were not only responsible for the castration of each eunuch, but also had to conduct a physical examination of all the eunuchs in the palace every three to five years to ensure that they were all genuine eunuchs.
Before long, Zhang Anan arrived with three grim-faced old eunuchs.
As soon as the three men entered, they each took out a cloth bag from their sleeves and placed a series of strangely shaped knives on the table. One of them even took out a whetstone and began sharpening the knives right in front of Li Shouguo.
"His Majesty is benevolent and has not recruited any new eunuchs for many years, which has made this old servant's sword rust..."
"Yours are rusted too, aren't they? Why don't you take them out and polish them?"
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