Listening to the answers of those officials, Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua finally showed a smile on their faces, and a wordless tacit understanding spread between the two.

Looking at their heart-to-heart connection, a sarcastic smile rose at the corner of Baili Jinchuan's lips.

The two of them are really willing, the matter is revealed by Baili Junyi, even if Shen Ninghua proposes a way to ease, those officials will still hate the two of them to the core, but for the emperor, as long as he relaxes the standards a little and spares most people's lives, these officials will be grateful to the emperor, plus the emperor still has their standards in his hands, and he is not afraid that they will not work hard.

With such a big favor, Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua gave it to their father. If they don't poke out the matter, but use it to blackmail those officials, he can be sure that with the means of the two of them, they can easily entrap most of the officials, and even if they want that position, it will be easy at that time.

Don't they have the slightest interest in the throne? He didn't believe it, he didn't believe it!

Baili Jinchuan can think of this, and Baili Qingcang naturally understands it too.

Looking at the smiling appearance of the two, he only felt a feeling in his heart: "Jun Yi, Ning Hua, don't mention it again if you leave, you ...... today"

"Father." Baili Junyi interrupted Baili Qingcang's words, and the expression on his face was extremely firm, "Father, Erchen understands what you mean, but although Erchen uncovered the Hualou incident, it is also a fact that there is no reason to prevent fire." The mistakes made by the sons and daughters will be borne by the sons themselves, and the father and emperor will be punished. ”

"You...... Why is your temperament so stubborn, Ninghua, you say, do you want to leave Kyoto too? Ning Hua has always understood things better than Jun Yi, she will definitely not choose to leave, he was sure in his heart, but he heard Shen Ninghua's refusal.

"Father, the son of the son marries Prince Yi as his wife, so naturally the husband should sing with the wife, and the son of the son is also involved in this matter, so he should naturally be punished together."

"You ...... Are you determined to leave? Baili Qingcang frowned, and the emotions in his eyes were complicated.

Baili Jun smiled and said: "Father, Erchen and Ning Hua have offended the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and they will stay and wait for revenge?" ”

"Who dares to take revenge on you?" Baili Qingcang swept everyone around coldly, and said in a stern tone.

"Don't dare on the surface, who is right in private, my father and son are crowned princes, and they should also have their own fiefdoms, so let's go to our own fiefdoms, and we will take it as a way to observe the people's feelings for our father."

"You ......" Baili Qingcang sighed deeply, his eyes swept over the three princes and others with ugly faces, and he only felt irritated in his heart, the third and others regarded power more than anything else, and did whatever it took to fight for power, but Jun Yi gave him credit and didn't want it, such a comparison made him more and more reluctant to let the two leave.

"I don't agree, don't think about leaving."

Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua knelt on the ground and did not continue to speak, but their figures were stubborn and stubborn.

"You ...... Are you forcing me? Okay, I give you a choice, you can leave Kyoto, but as a prince, you don't have the right to leave Kyoto. Either I remove Jun Yi from the position of prince and leave with nothing, or stay in Jinggui as the prince, you choose? ”

Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua glanced at each other, Shen Ninghua nodded at him, and the support in his eyes was self-evident.

"Father, we choose to leave."

Baili Qingcang's body was stunned, with a trace of disbelief in his eyes, but he felt sour in his heart, how could these two children be so stubborn!

Baili Jinchuan pinched the fragment of the wine glass in his hand hard, and the fragment pierced into the palm of his hand, and it hurt terribly:

"Father, whether the fifth brother wants to leave or let it be discussed later, isn't the most important thing now to deal with the account books of Hualou first?"

Baili Qingcang nodded: "Yes, that's right, what Jinchuan said is reasonable." ”

Baili Junyi wanted to say something, but Baili Qingcang waved his hand impatiently: "You two get up, if there is anything to discuss." ”

Seeing Baili Qingcang's resolute attitude, the two of them just got up and stood aside.

Seeing the courtiers below who had no image at all, the gentleness in Baili Qingcang's eyes disappeared without a trace, and his eyes were as cold as swords:

"You have made a mistake, I will not pursue it for the time being, Princess Zhaohua's opinion is very appropriate, I will take five thousand taels and two thousand taels as the boundary, less than two thousand taels, I will not pursue it, and I will not confiscate your family property, but I will keep this evidence, if anyone does anything again, I will not tolerate it."

"Thank you for your grace." About one-third of the officials immediately stood up, with the happiness of the rest of their lives on their faces, and bowed respectfully to Baili Qingcang in thanks.

"Between two thousand taels and five thousand taels, all the family property will be confiscated, and the official position will be demoted by two levels, if you can make achievements, I can not only not pursue it, but also reinstate your official position."

"Thank the emperor for his grace, and the ministers will repay the emperor!" Another group of officials were pointed out, kneeling on the ground and trembling, no matter what, their lives were saved, if they behaved well, they could be reinstated, they were all thanking God, full of gratitude to Baili Qingcang.

Baili Qingcang glanced at the remaining kneeling officials, and asked the shadow guards to check how many silver taels they had spent.

"Back to the emperor, his subordinates have checked it clearly, and the remaining eighteen officials have all spent more than 5,000 taels of silver in Hualou, and the largest one has spent 98,000 taels and 20 taels."

"The emperor spares his life, please ask the emperor to spare the life of Weichen."

"Your Majesty, the slaves don't dare, they don't dare anymore, I beg the emperor to spare my life."

Baili Qingcang's expression was as cold as an iceberg, and the air pressure around him was suffocating, he didn't say a word of nonsense, and directly ordered: "Drag these people out of the Chengqian Palace...... Rod! Everyone else went out to watch the execution as an example! ”

"Yes!"

"The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life!"

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die......"

The wailing sound was practiced, but Baili Qingcang did not order people to gag their mouths.

The officials who were lucky enough to escape only felt that the cries for mercy were like a curse, and they were so frightened that they did not dare to look at them with their eyes closed.

Baili Qingcang personally sat in the town and sat on the steps outside the hall. None of the other officials and female dependents were spared, and the dragon scale army held eighteen officials with a court staff in their hands, their faces cold and ruthless.

Baili Qingcang narrowed his eyes slightly, and shouted coldly: "Execution!" ”

The arm-thick red staff was raised high and then fell heavily.

"The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life."

"The sinner is wrong, and the sinner will never dare again."

Some of those officials are in the first rank, some have been officials in the court for more than ten years, and some are just greedy for temporary pleasure, and they have just taken up their careers and have not had time to show their ambitions.

Baili Qingcang had no scruples at all, no matter how they shouted for mercy, their eyes did not even change.

The female dependents who came with the officials stood aside, their faces pale and trembling, but they gritted their teeth vigorously and did not dare to cry or beg for mercy, and they did not dare to raise their heads with their heads bowed. I was originally happy to come to the banquet, but I didn't want to, but this banquet turned into a Hongmen banquet.

However, there was still a young lady who couldn't help but cry: "Father ......" before she cried, and the woman on the side covered her mouth and knelt on the ground.

Shen Ninghua stood beside Baili Junyi, lowered his eyes slightly, there is one more corrupt official in the court, and I don't know how many people are trapped in fire and water, so it is good to kill all such people, and they do not deserve anyone's sympathy, because when they reach out to the people, they should think of this day!

Gradually, the staff was stained with blood, and the strong smell of blood came out, causing many people to cover their mouths in pain to prevent themselves from spitting out.

Most of the people present had unclean hands and were more or less contaminated with human life, but they were rich and powerful, and most of them were ordered, so naturally someone did it for them. I just think that when I think of today's scene in the future, they will never dare to take an extra cent of money that they shouldn't have taken!

"Back to the emperor, eighteen criminals have all been killed."

Baili Qingcang raised his eyes: "Drag it down, send it back to their respective mansions, let their families be buried, and let the Dragon Scale Army work together to confiscate the family property by the way." ”

"Yes, my subordinates."

The dragon scale army quickly dragged the corpses down, some of the corpses had been broken, and the flesh and blood were blurred, and everyone couldn't help but turn their heads and not look at the terrifying scene in front of them.

Baili Qingcang snorted coldly: "You are afraid of just watching the punishment now, if you make any more mistakes and let me grab the pigtails, then the one who will be punished will become you!" ”

"Weichen doesn't dare, the emperor is angry."

Those courtiers were colorless, trembling like quails, and Baili Qingcang suddenly had a feeling in his heart that everything was under control, such a feeling was felt all the time when he was in his prime, but after he was old, he hadn't experienced it for a long time, and he was more powerless in his heart.

He narrowed his eyes, smelled the smell of blood on the tip of his nose, and ordered in a cold voice: "Clean the front of the palace, don't dirty my place." ”

He is the monarch of the world, the king of all peoples, these officials rely on him to survive, give him advice to govern the world, he holds the power of life and death, he should be invincible, before he was too merciful, always thinking about leaving a good name for himself, if everything is under control, who dares to say that he is violent and impermanent?

Thinking about it, the question that was still entangled in his heart was suddenly solved, and he turned his head to look at the third prince, the fourth prince and the sixth prince: "Third, fourth, sixth, you ......"

Before Baili Qingcang finished his sentence, the three princes knelt on the ground one after another.

The three princes burst into tears, and they couldn't care about cherishing their image: "Father, the son is wronged, the son is really wronged." ”

Baili Qingcang's eyes flashed with anger, and he hated being interrupted by his words: "My treasury has been empty for a long time, you can think of a way for me, if the treasury is full, the anger in my heart may be able to disappear." ”

"Yes, yes, Erchen will definitely do his best to find a way." The four princes hurriedly agreed that as long as they can save their lives, everything else is nothing, not silver, as long as there is a life, nothing else matters.

Baili Qingcang nodded with satisfaction: "However, there is one thing you should know, I don't want to hear anything about harassing the people and absorbing the people's fat and ointment, do you understand?" ”

"Yes, Erchen and the others understand."

This is for fear that their dogs will jump off the wall in a hurry, and in order to survive, they will make ideas from the people. After today's events, where do they dare?