Please stop imagining things, I'm such a good person

"go on!"

Jin Tianci's tone was flat, and no emotion could be detected in his voice, but everyone knew that the angrier His Majesty was, the calmer he appeared.

Ten years ago, some rebels rose up in rebellion. Your Majesty sent troops to suppress them, but later learned that the so-called rebels were nothing more than ordinary people who were forced to live without any chance of survival by the government.

Your Majesty was as calm then as he is now.

But soon after, the night watchman uncovered a series of major cases, from the county magistrate who forced the people to rebel to the right prime minister of the dynasty.

They confiscated homes and exterminated families along the way, killing many people, and no one involved escaped.

When the emperor is angry, blood will flow for thousands of miles. The officials who had experienced the major case ten years ago all lowered their heads in horror, and at the same time began to think about all the connections between themselves and the five... no, six major families.

Li Rixin trembled even more violently, "Your Majesty, Kong Dongliu drowned his young son last night, and he invited us to the Kong Mansion in the name of mourning."

"He said... he said he had already contacted the Western Liao Dynasty and asked us to bring our young and strong men with him to join him in the Western Liao Dynasty."

"Those few people agreed as soon as they heard it. They have evil intentions, but I am loyal to His Majesty and the Great Jin. How could I possibly betray the country with them?"

"I wanted to report to His Majesty at that time, but I was trapped in the Confucius Mansion."

"After escaping from the trap in the early morning, I came to ask for forgiveness immediately. Your Majesty! I know that my sins are grave and cannot be redeemed even by death. Please spare the lives of my people!"

Jin Tianci said, "You said... they fled with the young and strong? What about the women and children? What about the branches of the ancestral home? And what about the huge industry? Did they just abandon it so easily?"

Li Rixin wailed, "Your Majesty, Kong Dongliu is crazy, no...they are all crazy!"

"Kong Dongliu said that a little sacrifice was worth it. The five great families together had hundreds of thousands of heads, which were given to His Majesty to vent his anger."

"If your majesty has no place to vent his anger, you can just kill them all."

Jin Tianci's pupils shrank slightly, what a cruel heart, what a vicious plan!

One hundred thousand people! Just abandon them like that? These are not one hundred thousand pigs!

Among them were the old, the young, women and children. Even if he was the emperor, if he got angry, he would really order them to be beheaded.

If any evil person takes the opportunity to spread rumors, the entire Dajin will fall into turmoil.

As for the officials in the court, Jin Tianci naturally knew their moral character.

If all those who had any connection with the five great families were beheaded or dismissed, then at least half of the people in the court would be missing.

Vacant positions are huge pieces of fat meat and will lead to greater fighting.

There are more than just those six noble families in the Great Jin Dynasty.

But if you just lightly expose it, it would be treason!

If we let them go, where will the dignity of the Great Jin be?

What’s more serious is…if other noble families follow suit, the consequences will be disastrous!

For a moment, Jin Tianci felt the situation was a little tricky.

Kong Dongliu! What a great Kong Dongliu! I underestimated you!

Jin Tianci looked at Li Rixin who was lying on the ground. "The Kong family suddenly took action. What news did they get?"

Li Rixin immediately said, "Your Majesty, I heard that it was the night watchman who found the evidence of the murder, so Kong Dongliu took this risky move."

"Yang Aiqing!"

Yang Zhao immediately said, "Your Majesty, I was just guessing before, without any evidence, so I boldly devised a plan to defraud the Yang family."

"I originally thought that the Yang family would attack Shengdu Mansion at night and take back the evidence, but I didn't know that these families were so bold. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me!"

No evidence? Fraud against the Yang family?

Li Rixin was shocked. He really thought that the night watchman had found some clues.

And there was Yang Zhao. He thought he was a fool who stopped Zuo Hong from entering the palace just for the sake of merit, which gave them the opportunity to act.

Now everything is clear, they are actually the stupid ones.

This is Yang Ke, he is more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything!

And there was Kong Dongliu, who thought himself to be smart, but he was still fooled by the night watchman.

No! Not necessarily.

Kong Dongliu might not be unaware that it is fake!

Li Rixin's thoughts turned to other things.

Because they were dissatisfied with Jin Tianci's suppression, they did have contact with Western Liao and turned against it at a critical moment. After the Jin Dynasty was destroyed, Western Liao promised to cede a state to them.

Kong Dongliu is very ambitious and may not be satisfied. Even though he knew that this matter was false, he did not expose it. Instead, he cooperated with it with all his strength.

The purpose is only to tie several major families tightly to his chariot!

Thinking of this, Li Rixin felt even more regretful. He shouldn't have gotten involved with Kong Dongliu in the first place.

"Is King Xuan involved in this matter?" Jin Tianci suddenly asked.

The court was silent. Could it be that the Seventh Prince...?

For a moment, Li Rixin thought about dragging the Seventh Prince into the water in order to try to save himself.

But soon, he gave up. Once his plan was exposed, the Li family's last chance of survival would be cut off by him. He...didn't dare to take the risk!

"Your Majesty, King Xuan has nothing to do with this matter."

"Kong Dongliu is cunning and has given the Seventh Prince a lot of gifts these days. He wants to take advantage of the Seventh Prince who knows nothing."

"But I heard that many experts have entered and left the palace and never came out again!"

Li Rixin replied, "Your Majesty, your birthday will be coming soon. The Seventh Prince was bewitched by Kong Dongliu and sought out masters just to liven up the birthday party."

"I guess Kong Dongliu deliberately exposed this matter to the night watchman in order to make His Majesty focus on the Seventh Prince and ignore him."

After listening to Li Rixin's explanation, Jin Tianci felt relieved.

"Somebody come!"

"Put him in the prison first and wait for his fate!"

Four burly guards immediately grabbed Li Rixin and dragged him out of the hall.

Li Rixin said nothing. He had said everything he needed to say. Now the life and death of the Li family depended on the emperor's decision.

My death is not a pity, I just hope the emperor can give the Li family a chance to live.

Li Rixin was dragged away, and Jin Tianci looked at Cui Haonan who was lying on the ground.

Cui Haonan trembled violently, then immediately fell to his knees, banging his head on the ground with a loud bang.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life. The Yang family is so heartless and greedy that they have become traitors to the country. I was bewitched by them and I am speaking for them."

"I have now recognized the true face of the Yang family. From now on, I will ruthlessly spurn them!"

Jin Tianci snorted coldly, "If I had believed your slander and punished Yang Zhao, that would have chilled the hearts of loyal people!"

"The Great Jin Dynasty recruits capable officials who serve the people, not people like you who only know how to curry favor with the weak!"

"Come here, take off his official uniform and hat, and punish him with eighty strokes of the cane!"

Cui Haonan was shitting and pissing all over the place, he was so scared that he was stunned. He would be beaten to death with eighty strokes of the cane.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life. Your Majesty, please spare my life! I know I was wrong!"

A look of disgust flashed across Jin Tianci's face, "Why don't you drag him away quickly!"

Several guards dragged Cui Haonan away forcefully, and soon his screams were heard outside the hall.

The officials who were originally angry with Cui Haonan couldn't help but feel relieved.

Good job! If Cui Haonan hadn't gotten there first, I would be the one being caned!

Jin Tianci whispered a few words to Zhang Ju, then turned to the officials.

"The court meeting continues. The five great families have committed treason. What do you think?!"