Evil of all ages

Chapter 212 Don’t offend the river
South City Prison
Huang Taichu stood at the entrance of the Heavenly Prison and saw the Imperial Guards bringing over the First Prince and the Third Prince, along with their protectors, Elder He and Elder Huo.

He greeted them with a smile; these were all his collections, so a smile wasn't too much to ask.

"Chief Prisoner Huang, all three of them have had their collarbones nailed in and have been given medication."

"But these two are half-step Grandmasters, so maybe the curse in the Heavenly Prison has no effect on them."

The one who spoke was Lu Wenming, who had been newly promoted to deputy commander of the Imperial Guards.

Normally, the two princes and their subordinates were imprisoned separately in different prisons.

He assumed that the protectors of the two princes and Ye Huaming would be imprisoned in the central courtyard prison.

Let Old Shi take care of it.

Who would have thought that there were instructions from above, and they were all imprisoned in the Southern City Prison.

Although the rumors about the Ghost King in the Southern City Prison were outrageous, he was in the deep palace and held a skeptical attitude towards them.

They were worried that the two half-step Grandmasters might escape from the South City Prison.

Upon hearing this, Huang Taichu smiled and led them inside to take a look.

When the people were taken into the prison, Lu Wenming saw that the two half-step Grandmasters had collapsed to the ground, looking sickly and weak.

His worries disappeared, and he became even more in awe of the Southern City Prison.

He then readily handed over the man, saying that a eunuch would come to execute the eldest prince later, and left with his men.

Huang Taichu ordered the jailers to remove the pipa nail hooks from the two guards and Ye Huaming.

People are already here; all these superfluous things are completely unnecessary.

After removing the hooks from the pipa, Huang Taichu ordered the jailers to send the three of them to the second and third floors for imprisonment.

Ye Huaming is on the second floor.

Two half-step Grandmasters are on the third level.

The two princes, like the sixth and seventh princes, were on the first floor.

Huang Taichu liked to stay on the first floor, so naturally all his collections were placed on the first floor.

The sixth prince saw the first and third princes being brought in and locked up in separate rooms.

With mixed feelings, they truly became the Ghost King's collection.

I wonder who the next familiar face will be when they come in?
Huang Taichu not only had the jailers, who were skilled in martial arts, release the pressure points of the two princes, but also temporarily stopped the Greedy World-Devouring Gu, which was parasitizing their bodies, from plundering their life energy.

Give them the strength to stand up and speak.

"Your Highnesses, do you believe me now? If you continue, your fate will certainly be to be imprisoned in my Heavenly Prison."

Huang Taichu chuckled.

"Let me out. As long as I escape, I can gather strength outside and surely take back everything."

When Li Wukong saw himself recover from his limp state, he knew that the Ghost King's son must have mastered the power of the curse.

If the son of the Ghost King helps him, he will definitely be able to escape the capital.

If we don't help him, when the eunuchs come, they will cut him inch by inch and turn him into a eunuch.

This is absolutely unacceptable to him.

"Save me! Your Ghost King father can heal Di Qingtian and will surely restore my sight."

"As long as I can see the light again and escape, once I sit on that throne, I will definitely make you a king of a different surname."

Li Yanliang pleaded in the same way.

When the Sixth Prince Li Wenyi heard what the First Prince and the Third Prince said, he felt that the two were really pitiful. They were both prisoners and were still struggling.

Do you really think the Ghost King needs these things?
"You are so naive and foolish, no wonder you lost to women."

Huang Taichu didn't want to listen to their nonsense. With a thought, they collapsed to the ground, too weak to even speak.

At this moment, the palace eunuch arrived.

Huang Taichu put the eunuch into the eldest prince's cell.

When the eldest prince saw the eunuch pull out a knife, his eyes were full of pleading, begging Huang Taichu to save him.

Huang Taichu did not offer any assistance, but instead observed the situation for a while.

The eunuch pulled down the eldest prince's pants.

Take a look

So small
If you cut off one inch a day, it will probably be cleaned up in a few days.

With the prince's eyes filled with despair, the eunuch swiftly and decisively drew his knife.

Exactly one inch

Not too many, not too few.

Afterwards, the eldest prince stared at Huang Taichu with hatred in his eyes.

It was as if he transferred all his hatred to Huang Taichu because Huang Taichu didn't save him.

Huang Taichu liked this kind of person the most, and planned to have the eunuch cleaned up before returning to the palace to report back.

He then allowed the eldest prince to grow back, and then had the jailers castrate him.

Castrate it, let it grow back. Let it grow back, then castrate it again.

repeatedly
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Hall of Supreme Harmony

Apart from the carefree prince and the old prime minister who was "recuperating at home," no one else came.

Everyone else who was supposed to come, came.

Ye Wuji and Li Tianwu stood to one side with their eyes closed, barely speaking.

The Empress asked them to do things, and if they were useful to the country, they would do them.

As for the others, they decide based on their mood; some will just give a perfunctory response.

Xu Yunxue didn't expect Ye Wuji and Li Tianwu to listen to her in everything; she would be content if they could be managed to be commanded.

In the imperial court, Xu Yushu and Shen Zhonghe spoke the most.

Di Qingtian and the old prime minister's many disciples remained quiet, which surprised Xu Yunxue.

She thought that a good official like Di Qingtian, who loved his country and its people, would be most unable to tolerate her, this "wicked empress," controlling the government and bringing disaster to the country and its people.

But Di Qingtian didn't care at all.

Di Qing would only stand up to oppose her policies if they were wrong or harmful to the people.

That's fine too. It would be a waste not to use someone as capable as Di Qingtian.

Moreover, her elder brother's power is growing.

She did not want her elder brother to control the court. Shen Zhonghe alone could not stand up to her elder brother, so she needed Di Qingtian's help.

In addition, there were the old prime minister's many disciples. She thought these people would collectively rebel against her, but to her surprise, they were all as obedient as cats.

The old prime minister must have spoken to them before they became so obedient.

This left her wondering what big move the old prime minister was planning.

But that’s fine too.

The court assembly went smoothly, and everything proceeded according to their plan.

Finally, it was decided that the tenth day would be the young emperor's coronation ceremony.

The meeting ends
Only Xu Yushu and his two siblings remained in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

"What does the old prime minister mean by this? Is he bowing down to us, or is he plotting something bad?"

Xu Ming knew that nearly half of the people in the court were the old prime minister's protégés. He didn't think the old prime minister would bow down to the three siblings.

"He outlived four emperors; the trials and tribulations he experienced are beyond our comprehension."

"Old foxes like him are the most difficult to deal with."

"Moreover, the situation we are in control of at this stage is not stable, so we cannot provoke him."

"I'll pay him a visit in a couple of days and see what he thinks."

"If he doesn't cause trouble, we'll keep to ourselves and not bother him."

Xu Yushu said.

"He is a veteran of four reigns. Once the young emperor ascends the throne, he will be a veteran of five reigns."

"Given that he has many students, it's understandable that he would choose to keep to himself and not interfere with each other's affairs."

"But what about the Carefree Prince?"

"Isn't he just a lazy, good-for-nothing prince?"

"Big brother, why won't you let us touch him?"

“He is His Majesty’s own brother. If he has any ideas, I don’t know how many people will support him.”

“Even if we can’t touch him, we can’t keep him in the capital; we should send him out to his fief.”

Xu Ming didn't understand why his elder brother wouldn't let them touch the Carefree King.

Upon hearing this, Xu Yushu felt a headache coming on, knowing that her younger brother was fixated on this issue.

There was no other way but to take out a document from my pocket and show it to my younger siblings.

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Xu Ming and Xu Yunxue's eyes were filled with disbelief.

"Brother, is this true?"

Xu Ming and Xu Yunxue both knew that their older brother wouldn't joke about something like this.

But if this information is true, then in the eyes of the Carefree King, they are nothing but a joke.

"I also hope it's fake, but..."

"In short, don't mess with him. What he wants is to reach the pinnacle of martial arts. Until he achieves that, he is harmless to us."

"But if we provoke him, you should know what awaits us."

Xu Yushu sighed and said.

Xu Ming was glad he hadn't made a rash decision, otherwise all three of his siblings would have died.

(End of this chapter)