In the crowd, Feng Sanshi had been listening to the servant beside him whispering to him about the situation on the field. At this point, his face was full of disappointment. He didn't expect that this plan would fail after such a long time.
"Let's go."
King Dong Yao on the red stage remained silent, his eyes sweeping over the four people kneeling on the ground one by one, and finally landing on Bai Baozhu who was lying dejectedly on the ground.
"You all get up."
King Dong Yao finally spoke, and the stagnation in the air seemed to be broken by his words. The people below the stage finally began to whisper to each other. Gradually, more and more people spoke, and their voices became louder and louder. In turn, this also affected the civil and military officials who were also standing at the two ends of the red stage. Due to some mutual connections in the officialdom, although they had more and more complicated thoughts in their hearts, they did not dare to speak.
But now, hearing such loud discussions from the audience, they finally began to whisper to each other, adhering to the herd mentality of not punishing the majority according to the law.
Among the civil officials, some were bribed by Sheng Jicheng or had connections with him, and they were terrified whether their names would be on the petition filed by the Third Prince. However, those who had evidence in Sheng Jicheng's hands were both pleased and worried, as they thought they would no longer have to worry about being coerced by Sheng Jicheng. However, if the Third Prince exposed their evidence, then... the consequences would not be any better than being coerced now.
As for the military officers, those who were bribed by Sheng Jicheng were equally terrified, while those who were not bribed by Sheng Jicheng were gritting their teeth. No wonder they found it increasingly difficult to get their military pay in recent years, and that it was getting less and less. It turned out that it was all because of Sheng Jicheng's corruption!
The people kneeling on the ground did not move. The three people holding the petition papers stubbornly expressed their attitude that they wanted King Dong Yao to see the contents in their hands. The only person who had nothing in his hands and was wearing a bright red wedding gown and was supposed to be the protagonist of the day, had a sad and frightened look on his face, and looked pitiful, as if he wanted King Dong Yao to make the decision for him.
"Ah, you guys!"
The King of Dongyao finally gave in and took the three petitions. He had already read Xin Wu's and put it last. He opened the eldest prince's first. Inwardly, he was reluctant to read it. He knew that if he did, Dongyao's best general might be in jeopardy. Although he was furious at the accusations of the eldest and second princes, and had the urge to kill Sheng Jicheng, the sight of Sheng Jicheng's face brought him back to reality. His Dongyao military was dwindling, and he had nothing to show for it. Was he really going to get rid of this one decent general?
King Dong Yao began to read the memorial submitted by the eldest prince in extreme inner conflict. The more he read, the worse his expression became. After reading the eldest prince's, he impatiently opened the second prince's. By the time he finished reading, his face had turned as black as the bottom of a pot. His previous hesitation about how to deal with Sheng Jicheng had turned into an anger that wanted him to die immediately.
Although he himself had no talent for being a king, and although the memorials from the eldest prince and the second prince only realistically described what Sheng Jicheng had done without deliberately pointing it out, he could still tell from the contents that Sheng Jicheng did these things not out of any selfish motives, but that he intended to overthrow his own kingdom and take it with him.
King Dong Yao looked at Sheng Jicheng coldly with the eyes of a dead person. A thought flashed through Sheng Jicheng's mind: It's over!
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