The Empress Kneels in Her Palace to Admit Her Mistakes After Slaying Her Ways in the Female-Oriented

Prison of Suppressing Emotions!

This is the Heavenly Prison of the Demon Suppression Division, an institution under the Demon Suppression Division, specifically for imprisoning those obsessed with love. It is equipped with unique torture methods and is designed to deal with all kinds of love-struck and infatuated individuals.

To deter those who intend to cause trouble.

Although it has just been set up, the equipment is already extremely complete, and Wei Chengye has become the first distinguished guest of this Zhenqing Prison.

Xie Changfeng, who had been promoted to the position of Envoy of the Heart-Slaying Division, was treated well, with the aim of finding out the true fate of the White-Robed Prime Minister.

If not at Chongning Temple, then where is it?

Under intense questioning, Wei Chengye exhausted his brains and revealed everything he could think of.

then……

He suddenly shouted.

"I remember now, I remember..."

"I know where the White-Robed Prime Minister is."

"Oh?" Xie Changfeng's spirits lifted.

Surprisingly, it actually worked!

Looks like we'll have to beat them up again.

Who knows, there might be even bigger news.

After all, this person knew far too much. With just a few words, he revealed all of the late Emperor Xiao Jingyuan's shameful deeds, almost stripping the royal family bare.

"Say it!"

"Hmph!" Wei Chengye snorted coldly, showing no appreciation for the situation. "Your eagerness shows how important this matter is to you."

"Such an important matter is in my hands."

"You want me to talk, and then I'll talk?"

"Hmph, unless... you kill Cai Genhua for me..."

"Snapped!"

Before he could finish speaking, Xie Changfeng slapped Wei Chengye across the face, then waved his hand, and his subordinate immediately brought over pepper spray.

Upon seeing this, Wei Chengye's eyes immediately cleared.

"I'll talk, I'll talk, I was wrong, I was wrong..."

"Haha..." Xie Changfeng laughed, knowing that Wei Chengye was a coward who couldn't withstand such ruthless methods. However, he still said, "If it were any other request, I wouldn't bother with you, but this request..."

"I can agree to that."

With a wave of his hand, he immediately ordered his subordinates to carry out the task.

A short while later, a blood-soaked head was thrown at Wei Chengye's feet.

Seeing the old woman's miserable state, Wei Chengye felt much better. Of course, he didn't dare to delay any longer and told her everything he knew.

"My lord, when His Majesty was imprisoned in the Yuchen Mansion by Tuoba Xiangtai, Lord Pei sent someone to infiltrate it and obtained three blood-written letters from His Majesty. One of these letters was to be given to the Princess, and it said that if the Princess was unsure of what to do, she could go to Chongning Nunnery for advice."

Xie Changfeng frowned.

That's basically all nonsense.

Just as he was about to get angry, Wei Chengye said again, "The blood edict also says that if it cannot be found at Chongning Temple, you can go to another place."

"However, Lord Pei only let me see it once, and since it involved the Eldest Princess, I didn't look at it carefully, so I can't remember some of it now."

"Can……"

Wei Chengye's voice suddenly grew louder: "Lord Pei must know. Even if he didn't write it down, the blood letter is still in his hands."

Pei Jingzhi?

Xie Changfeng did not doubt the meaning behind Wei Chengye's words, and dared not linger. He immediately forwarded the message to Su Jin.

The Demon Suppression Division has gradually developed into a formal organization. Although Su Jin's status and position have not changed, his title has changed from Deputy Commander of the Demon Suppression Division to Deputy Demon Suppression Envoy!

Abbreviation: Demon Suppressor!

Upon receiving the news, Su Jin dared not linger and hurried off to find Ren Tianye.

At this moment, Ren Tianye had just come out of the palace.

I went to check on Empress Xiao Mingzhao, but she was still lying in bed pretending to be dead. She had woken up twice recently, but the time she was awake was not very long.

only……

According to the imperial physician, Xiao Mingzhao is recovering very well and is getting closer and closer to returning to normal.

This made Ren Tianye very unhappy.

But I'm not too worried.

After all, given the current situation, he didn't want Xiao Mingzhao to fully recover. Could Xiao Mingzhao even recover?

After leaving the palace, they returned to the Duke of Ren's residence.

They encountered Su Jin on the way, along with the news Su Jin brought.

"Pei Jingzhi?"

"Perfect timing!" Ren Tianye said, "The time I gave him has come, and he should give me an answer now. It's a good time to resolve these matters together."

Ren Tianye was accompanied by his personal guards, with Wang Ming by his side.

Then, following Deputy Demon Suppressor Su Jin and Xie Changfeng, Commander of the Heartbreak Division, they headed towards the Pei residence in a grand procession.

……

Pei Residence!

Pei Jingzhi sat in the front hall, with accounts on his desk.

Before him stood all the servants and attendants of the Pei household, each holding a wad of silver taken from the accounting office.

Pei Jingzhi's life wasn't exactly poor, thanks to the help of the Liu family of Hedong, but it wasn't luxurious either. However, the salaries he paid to these maids and servants were quite high.

After settling the debts with everyone, he stood up and said, "I will have my steward return the indentures to you one by one. Keep the money safe."

"After all, we were master and servant."

"This is all I can give you."

"Now……"

"You should all run for your lives!"

"Remember, after you take the things, leave the Pei residence immediately. If there are no troubles in the future, that's best. If there are troubles, then go into hiding and never mention the name of the Pei residence again."

"These years spent in the Pei residence, let's just consider it as..."

"It was all a dream!"

Pei Jingzhi had always been very kind to the servants in his household; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to raise someone as talented as Hongxiu. Now, he was making a move to dismiss everyone, which immediately caused the servants to kneel down.

Some people even kowtowed to show they didn't want to leave.

Seeing this scene, Pei Jingzhi felt a pang of sadness.

If they weren't already at their wits' end, why would they need to do this?

He waved his hand, dismissing everyone, and then went to deal with his relatives and clansmen. In the past day or two, they had been settled separately, and his trusted confidants had been sent to escort them to distant places. He had also destroyed all correspondence, and he believed that they had now mostly left the capital.

That leaves only the last, and most important, thing.

His closest person.

a son.

Two daughters.

And then there's... the Liu family, whom I really don't want to deal with.

But now, he has no confidence in the Great Yu, no confidence in himself, and no hope in Ren Tianye. He only wants to die to prove his point and use his old bones to burn the last flame of the Great Yu kingdom.

These must be dealt with.

He returned to his study, and soon his son and two women arrived.

Liu Shi was following behind the three sons, but they didn't dare to come in.

Pei Jingzhi suppressed the turmoil in his heart, concealing the despair and sorrow in his eyes, and said in the calmest voice and with the most composed demeanor possible, "You've come?"

"I have written a divorce agreement, which you will give to your mother in a little while."

"From now on, she and I will have no further entanglement."

Pei Jingzhi said these words calmly, intending to resolve everything, but he didn't expect that his three children would object as soon as he finished speaking.

"Father, how cruel you are! Mother only made a small mistake, why are you so fixated on it? Now you want to divorce her. Do you know how old she is? If you divorce her, how much gossip will she face?"

"Father, Mother listened to us and sent those eighteen people away. Everyone has a past. You can't condemn Mother just because of her past!"

"Father, even the sages said, 'To err is human, to forgive divine.' Mother will change. How can you divorce her?"

……

Pei Jingzhi looked at his three children, and his heart was filled with turmoil once again.

Over the years, I have truly neglected to discipline them. I entrusted them all to the Liu family for upbringing, but I never expected them to be so unreasonable.

They didn't understand his good intentions at all.

Given his current situation, he either has to rely on Ren Tianye and be used by him, or he will die.

He receives the emperor's bounty; how could he betray the Great Yu?

He would rather be dead.

Only if he dies can his three children be saved.

Only if he dies and leaves behind this divorce agreement will his three children be able to avoid losing their mother after losing their father.

Even after he did all that, his three children still couldn't understand and stood on Liu's side without distinguishing right from wrong, criticizing him in various ways.

Pei Jingzhi's gaze swept over the faces of his three children, and suddenly he couldn't help but feel a tightness in his throat, but he couldn't utter a sound.

Now that things had come to this, he couldn't even show his grief to others.

He simply stared intently at the quiet courtyard outside the door, sitting behind his desk, preparing to face the impending doom!

"alright……"

After a long pause, Pei Jingzhi said, "Take the divorce papers and leave. Give them to Madam Liu."

"Then, leave the Pei residence."

Despite his three children's lengthy attempts to persuade him, Pei Jingzhi showed no remorse whatsoever and remained resolute, instantly enraging his children.

"I never imagined you were this kind of father. I was so wrong about you. I thought you truly loved Mom, but it turns out you're no different from anyone else!"

"Father, with your actions, don't blame us for disowning you from now on. From now on, we only have Mother, not Father!"

"Yes, we don't acknowledge him anymore. Mother only made a mistake that all women make, it's not like she can't correct it, but he insists on holding onto it. It's better to disown a father like that!"

……

The three muttered to themselves for a moment, then one by one turned and left, pulling Liu Shi, who was standing outside the door, along with them.

The study finally quieted down.

The silence was almost eerie.

Pei Jingzhi's heart calmed down. He put on his neat court robes, tied his jade belt properly, and walked step by step to the bookshelf. His fingertips slowly brushed over the bookshelf, and his eyes became more and more serene.

My family is safe and sound, my old subordinates have dispersed, and I have no more worries. My only wish is to die to preserve my honor.

Pei Jingzhi moved a wooden chair over and placed it steadily in the middle of the study.

The sunlight outside was blinding; it was daytime, yet it couldn't penetrate the deathly stillness in his heart, which was like a frozen pool.

He stood on the chair and tied the white silk to the beam.

His fingers were clearly defined, and his hand was so steady it didn't look like he was about to die.

Finally, he looked out the window, at the distant palace, and at the people of the world.

"I have done my best!"

With his eyes closed, Pei Jingzhi resolutely put the white silk around his neck.

Just as he was about to kick the wooden chair away, a sudden commotion broke out outside.

"The Duke has arrived! Pei Jingzhi, why don't you come out to greet him?"

The sound was like a thunderclap, crashing down on Pei Jingzhi's head.

All silence vanished instantly, stirred up by the sudden outburst.

Pei Jingzhi burst out laughing, but it was a bitter laugh.

"Ren Tianye, you won't even let me go in death!"

Pei Jingzhi was determined to die, so he got off the chair and took a dagger from the bookshelf.

He drew his dagger, its blade sharp and gleaming.

Just as he was about to commit suicide, the study door was kicked open, and Wang Ming rushed in, kicking him so hard he was completely disoriented.

"Luckily, I saw the men you dismissed. I know you're courting death. Heh, I haven't even dealt with you yet, and you already want to die?"

"You'll die if the Duke agrees?"

"Guards! Tie Pei Jingzhi up and bring him before the Duke."

Several guards rushed in and immediately pinned Pei Jingzhi down like a chicken, dragging him to Ren Tianye.

Ren Tianye looked at him coldly.

She was quite disappointed in Pei Jingzhi.

I've given you a chance!

They gave it to me more than once!

You're useless yourself.

So what if you have great talent?

Those great talents who cannot be used by me should be killed by me.

Besides, you want to lay a hand on me?

Therefore, Ren Tianye stopped wasting words and directly read out the charges.

"Pei Jingzhi, the Grand Master of Ceremonies, has obvious evidence of his crimes."

"He secretly formed a faction to wreak havoc on the court, using the pretense of saving the emperor to actually control him, taking advantage of the political turmoil to revive the old order and consolidate his power. After his conspiracy was exposed, he dismissed his family and fled to avoid punishment."

"He deserves to die, when..."

Ren Tianye paused, then shouted, "Exterminate their entire clan!"

The words "extermination of three generations" resounded like thunder throughout the heavens and earth.

Even Pei Jingzhi, whose heart was filled with despair, was startled and his whole body trembled.

Ren Tianye, is it that they won't let his family off the hook?

Isn't his death enough?

Pei Jingzhi struggled to lift his head and suddenly saw Ren Tianye's eyes, instantly understanding Ren Tianye's intention.

Ren Tianye, this is making an example of someone!

He gave himself chances time and again, but not only did he ignore them, he also did such a thing. Ren Tianye was worried that people with backbone in the world would follow suit, so...

Use him to establish authority!

Pei Jing's death is nothing to me!

But must his three children also die?

Just then, a guard came to report: "Reporting, Your Excellency, we just caught four people outside the Pei residence. They are Pei Jingzhi's wife, Lady Liu, and his three children."

Ren Tianye said calmly, "Bring it."

"Kill them along with Pei Jingzhi!"

"Yes."

The guards immediately went to fetch the people, and a moment later brought Liu Shi and Pei Jingzhi's three children, all of whom were imprisoned there. Upon seeing them, Pei Jingzhi felt an overwhelming sense of sorrow.

It is no pity that Lady Liu died.

But his three children are innocent!

Pei Jingzhi, a loyal minister of the Great Yu Dynasty, has implicated his family. How ashamed he must be to his ancestors in the afterlife!

"Drag him out and have him chopped off!"

Ren Tianye's voice rang out coldly.

The executioners immediately took their positions, grabbed Pei Jingzhi's son, and tried to pull him aside.

The son turned pale instantly and cried out in despair, "Father, Mother, save me! Save me! I don't want to die! Wanqing hasn't agreed to marry me yet! I can't die! What will happen to her all alone?"

……