Gu Mu looked at Meng Ting with a half-smile: "I heard I can't call you by your name? Then what should I call you?"
This...this king?
Meng Yi suddenly looked up at Gu Mu's face.
His father's behavior, as well as Gu Mu's self-proclaimed identity, proved that the man in front of him, whom he thought was an ordinary citizen, was actually the ruler of the court.
An extremely young regent.
A deep fear filled Meng Yi's face.
Looking at Gu Mu's seemingly ambiguous and calm face, he felt as if he were a demon reincarnated.
"Father! Father! Save me! Your Highness! Please, I was wrong, I don't want to die!" Meng Yi suddenly lowered his head and kowtowed to Gu Mu.
At this moment, he only hoped that Gu Mu would spare his life.
Because the man before him could decide his life or death with a single word.
Meng Ting originally wanted to say that Meng Yi deserved to die to show his loyalty, but when he glanced at the pitiful Meng Yi out of the corner of his eye, he ultimately didn't say it.
She just lowered her head and pretended to be stupid... What if His Highness... What if His Highness doesn't love the Princess enough and just beats Meng Yi up?
Gu Mu looked at Meng Yi in front of him.
He's nowhere near as arrogant as he used to be.
At this moment, kneeling on the ground, tears streaming down his face, begging for mercy in agony, he is worse than a dog.
Gu Mu lowered his head, his tone cold: "You don't want to die? What about the ordinary people you killed? Did they want to die?"
As soon as Gu Mu finished speaking,
Then he heard the long-awaited beep from the system.
"Achievement +1"
Meanwhile, the onlookers were still worried about Gu Mu, thinking that he had offended the powerful and would not get away with it.
Unexpectedly, Gu Mu is actually the most powerful person in the current dynasty.
He is someone no one can afford to offend.
No wonder he dared to openly bring such a beautiful girl out for a spring outing by the river.
Just as they breathed a sigh of relief, they also felt a secret thrill when they saw Meng Yi, the notorious bully of the capital, lying on the ground.
They believed that the regent would surely execute Meng Yi for his treason.
But they didn't expect that the regent's words were for the sake of the common people.
In an instant, everyone turned their respectful gaze toward Gu Mu.
After Gu Mu became regent, the Southern Dynasty overcame several crises and is steadily moving forward.
They were well aware of Gu Mu's abilities.
Unexpectedly, even though Gu Mu was in a position of power, he still knew how to care about ordinary people like them.
Gu Mu's political achievement increased by 1 point, which was that his tone implied that he wanted to get rid of Meng Yi, this tyrant, on behalf of the people, thus winning the hearts of the people in the capital.
"I...I...I was wrong, I'll never do it again!!"
"Your Highness, spare my life! Please, spare my life!" Meng Yi knelt before Gu Mu, imitating the way he had killed people before, begging for mercy in fear.
Those he had killed were now kneeling before him in the same way.
And at this moment, he knelt before Gu Mu in the same way.
"Those who do many evil deeds will surely perish. If you weren't used to committing evil, how could you have provoked me today?" Gu Mu's tone was calm, but he exuded an aura of dominance. Perhaps he had just transmigrated to this world and was not yet used to fighting and killing, but after experiencing so many things and personally killing so many people, he already knew that he should not let a person who deserved to die go: "Just as Meng Ting said, lock you up and subject you to the torture of skinning you alive."
"No! No! Father, save me! Father, save me!" Meng Yi clung to Meng Ting's sleeve, pleading in a low voice.
Unexpectedly, Meng Ting simply shoved him away and said in a weary and sorrowful tone, "Your subject obeys the decree. This boy deserves to die a thousand deaths!"
He now only regrets that if he had known Gu Mu intended to kill Meng Yi, he should have let Meng Yi die when he begged for mercy, so as to show his loyalty to Gu Mu.
It's too late to regret it now.
When the common people heard that the notorious tyrant of the capital was to be subjected to the cruel torture of skinning, they cheered in their hearts.
Meng Yiqiang's abduction of women and his public humiliation and murder had long instilled fear and unease in them.
Because he was protected by the Minister of War, he acted recklessly and lawlessly.
In their opinion, although the Minister of War appeared loyal and devoted to His Highness, even to the point of sacrificing family for the greater good, he was actually not a good person.
"Meng Ting, you have failed to properly educate your son. What punishment do you deserve?" Gu Mu asked lazily.
Under the sunlight,
Meng Ting knelt on the ground, a few drops of sweat appearing on his forehead and falling into the soil.
What crime should he be charged with...?
"Your Highness... Your subject... is utterly loyal to Your Highness, and hopes Your Highness will give this old subject another chance!" Meng Ting said somewhat hesitantly.
"Loyal and devoted? Loyal and devoted, and you've raised such a son, allowing him to bully the people on my own territory? And today, he even dared to publicly harass my queen? Does he have no respect for me at all?"
Gu Mu asked a series of questions, though he spoke very softly.
But to Meng Ting, every sentence sounded like a deadly barrage of questions.
“Your Majesty…” Meng Ting wiped away a bead of cold sweat.
But he didn't say anything.
Then I felt everything go black.
Because he heard Gu Mu say: "The son of Meng Ting, the Minister of War, has committed treason and is suspected of having rebellious intentions. His entire family will be executed, and he will be beheaded on a chosen day. Meng Yi will be subjected to the cruel punishment of skinning him alive."
This is an order.
When Meng Ting heard Gu Mu's words, she felt as if her heart had been struck hard, and then she couldn't catch her breath and fainted.
Exterminate... nine generations of your family...
Who told them to offend His Highness?
Who told him to have the wrong opinion of himself before?
Meng Ting recalled that he had deliberately commissioned an artist to paint several portraits of powerful figures in the capital, so that Meng Yi could recognize them and understand who he should and should not offend.
But Meng Yi only glanced at it before impatiently throwing it away.
Meng Ting didn't take it too seriously. Anyway, he had people watching him, and there weren't many people in the capital he couldn't afford to offend.
Unexpectedly, this wishful thinking led to Meng Ting's execution of his entire family.
"My beloved concubine, let's go back to the manor." Gu Mu could feel the admiring gazes of the people around him.
This feeling is great.
But as the regent, he had to maintain his dignity, so he pretended to ignore the admiring gazes and smiled slightly at the queen beside him.
Shen Ling handed the kite and string to Youyou, then took Gu Mu's hand and looked up at Gu Mu with a smile: "Okay."
The two boarded the carriage and sat side by side inside.
The carriage continued to move forward, the road surface was somewhat uneven.
So the carriage would occasionally sway.
When the wheel rolled over a pebble, the car body jolted violently.
Shen Ling, who was already very close to Gu Mu, unconsciously leaned towards Gu Mu and rested her head on his shoulder.
She quickly realized what was happening and looked up.
His face remained expressionless.
Her ears were slightly red.
She tightened her grip on the handkerchief, gritting her teeth and thinking, "Chenling, oh Chenling... although His Highness is different from his past life... he still harmed you! You can't be so spineless..."
While Shen Ling was struggling internally,
She felt a warmth on the top of her head.
Gu Mu naturally pulled her to his other side and pressed her head onto his shoulder.
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