The demon monk in the second dimension

He was even flirting with the beauty in his arms.

"Oh dear, His Majesty may have come across something interesting and wants to share it with me."

After ten years of Ernest's manipulation, the young emperor almost always listened to him and consulted him before doing anything.

However, any accusations of Ernest's corruption or other misconduct were taken by the young emperor as attacks on his ministers and were simply disbelieved.

Some officials even risked their lives to pay homage to the emperor in the middle of the night, pleading with him like cuckoos weeping blood, revealing the various crimes of the ministers, hoping that the young emperor would suddenly realize his mistakes.

But the young emperor immediately summoned his ministers and sent the official and his entire family to their deaths.

Thinking of this, Minister Ernest's face revealed a murderous intent.

"Hopefully, this time it won't be some tactless person reporting him again."

He pinched the beauty in his arms so hard it hurt, but she didn't dare to cry out. Instead, she had to keep smiling and fawn over the minister.

Even after arriving at the palace, the ministers did not dismount from their carriages.

He was granted the privilege of not disembarking from his carriage upon entering the palace, a favor he had "begged" from the young emperor.

Arriving at the palace gates, Ernest followed the maid into the young emperor's study, his eyes never leaving her.

Feeling the aggressive gaze from behind, the palace maid's hair stood on end, but she dared not have any objection to this most powerful minister in the empire. She could only pray in her heart that he would not ask the emperor to allow her to serve him.

I heard that he had taken many women before, played with them, and then given them to his subordinates, where they died soon after.

Arriving at the study, Ernest casually pushed open the door, and before he even entered, his smiling, tiger-like voice rang out.

"Your Majesty, why summon this old minister so late..."

Crack!

The minister had just opened the door when a golden bolt of lightning shot towards him!

Although the minister was quite powerful when he was young, his years of indulgence in wine and women had greatly reduced his strength, making it impossible for him to dodge the lightning bolt.

The golden lightning struck him squarely, and the next moment a burnt smell wafted out.

General Bude, fearing the minister might not be dead, raised his hand and shot out two more bolts of lightning, whipping the corpse.

The four experts from the Imperial Fist Temple, responsible for protecting the minister's safety, were taken aback and turned to flee.

Behind them, Xia Zhi's voice slowly drifted over.

"Four Rakshasa Demons, do you want to rebel?"

The four demons of Rakshasa immediately stopped in their tracks.

They exchanged a glance and knelt down before Xia Zhi, who was being protected by General Bude as she emerged from the study.

"Wei Chen doesn't dare!"

The Four Demon Rakshasa were also part of the Imperial Guard.

Chapter 249 Esdeath Returns

"General, summon the Imperial Guards and kill the minister's cronies. Tomorrow I want to see a brand new court."

After giving the orders, Xia Zhi looked down at the four demons of the Rakshasa.

"Four Rakshasa demons, if you can expose the minister's accomplices and lead the Imperial Guard to atone for your crimes, I will forgive your past offenses. But from now on, you must obey my orders and not commit indiscriminate killing."

The four Rakshasa demons breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

They survived!

They bowed to the summer solstice.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

General Bude was even more satisfied with Xia Zhi's order.

The four demons were important subordinates of the minister, doing many dirty jobs for him and knowing many of his secrets.

But in reality, these four people are just tools; they can be used again by changing owners.

It doesn't matter if we discard it after we've finished using it.

Watching Xia Zhi issue orders in an orderly manner, General Bude's thinking began to change.

It seems that His Majesty has been biding his time, waiting for the opportune moment to strike swiftly and eliminate the ministers' power in one fell swoop!

The future of the empire is promising!

……

General Bude guarded the palace all night long.

He feared that the ministers had planted eunuchs and palace maids as assassins within the palace, who might try to kill Xia Zhi.

Bloodshed ensued throughout the capital.

One minister after another's cronies were killed, countless dens of iniquity were investigated and shut down, and shouts of killing echoed everywhere.

Throughout the night, the capital was covered in blood, causing widespread fear and unease as many people wondered what had happened.

Time quickly came to the next day.

Esdeath, who had just defeated the northern barbarians, led her army back to the capital, only to find it covered in blood and reeking of blood.

Large numbers of imperial soldiers ransacked homes and sealed off doors, and cries could be heard every few steps, which greatly surprised her.

"What did the ministers do while I was away?"

When Esdeath went to see Minister Ernest at the Summer Solstice, she was surprised to find him nowhere in the main hall.

At the same time, even the ministers' allies were much fewer in the main hall.

This made her realize that the minister might have gone too far and been executed.

Sitting on the highest throne, Xia Zhi held the scepter representing the emperor's position and bowed to Esdeath.

"General Esdeath, you have returned from your campaign against the northern barbarians and have rendered meritorious service. I have prepared ten thousand taels of gold as a reward for you."

Esdeath took off her hat, knelt down on one knee in front of Xia Zhi, and smiled.

"I am very grateful for Your Majesty's generous gift. I will distribute this gold to the soldiers returning from the north, and I believe they will be very pleased."

"Is that so? Since General Esdeath does not like gold, then I will bestow upon you another reward."

Xia Zhi placed the scepter horizontally on her lap and asked Esdeath.

"Is there anything the general desires?"

Esdeath laughed with great pleasure.

"I hope to obtain the power to interrogate the minister and help His Majesty extract more secrets from him."

"Then I'm afraid the general will be disappointed."

Xia Zhi was not surprised that Esdeath had guessed that the minister had fallen from power, and shook her head.

"He has been killed by General Bude, and his body has been torn to pieces."

Upon hearing this, Esdeath said with some regret.

"Is that so? The minister has a lot of fat, which allows me to try several new forms of punishment."

"Since General Esdeath's wish cannot be fulfilled, then report to me again later."

Xia Zhi skipped over the matter and continued speaking.

"General Esdeath, you have just finished a great battle with the northern barbarians, and I should not let you continue to work so hard. But as you must have seen when you came, the minister has just been executed, and I am short of manpower. I need General Esdeath to continue to work hard to capture the minister's remaining followers."

"Your Majesty, this is what I should do."

Esdeath would be more than happy to do something like this.

"If there is a need for torture, please feel free to hand it over to me."

"Alright, then we'll leave it to General Esdeath."

Xia Zhi turned her head and looked at Bude.

"General Bud, many Imperial Arms were taken from the Imperial Palace's treasury by former Minister Honest. We must find a way to retrieve them. Also, Honest's son, Sheila, you must personally hunt him down. I want to see his head and the Imperial Arm [Dimensional Array: Shangri-La]."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

General Bude first accepted the order, then hesitated before speaking to Xia Zhi.

"But what about His Majesty's safety when I'm not here..."

Xia Zhi waved her hand.

"Please have General Esdeath stay in the palace during this time to protect my safety."

Esdeath frowned slightly, nodded in agreement, and then spoke to Xia Zhi.

“Protecting His Majesty’s safety is of course my duty, but I will not offer to serve him in bed.”

Summer Solstice smiled.

"General Esdeath is my right-hand man. The general's work is far more important than serving the emperor."

……

During the summer solstice, when he met Esdeath, Night Raid also learned that the minister had been summoned to the palace by the emperor at night and was subsequently killed by General Bud. The empire was searching for and hunting down the remnants of former minister Ernest.

"What? The minister was killed by the young emperor?"

Leone was taken aback when she heard Najendan say that.

"Wasn't that young emperor supposed to listen to his ministers at all times? Why would he suddenly be killed?"

"I don't know the details either."

The leader of the night raid, Najendan, crossed her arms and looked grave.

"After the minister dies, I wonder what will become of the empire."

Seeing everyone's serious expressions, Tatsumi was somewhat puzzled.

"Isn't the minister a supervillain? Wouldn't it be better if he were dead?"

"You're too naive, Tatsumi."

Brand shook his head and explained to him.

"If the young emperor works diligently after the ministers' deaths, appoints excellent civil officials, changes the harsh tax rates and laws, and makes the empire better, then our situation and that of the revolutionary army will be very awkward."

As a mixed-race individual of Imperial and Western ethnicities, Mine added.

"The revolutionary army was originally formed by gathering people who could not survive to rebel. If the empire improved and everyone could survive, they would not have joined the revolutionary army."

"Now that the minister has fallen, if the empire truly recovers, what will the revolutionary army do? Will they continue to resist the empire or surrender?"

Lubbock narrowed his eyes and looked at Najenda.

“We’ve killed corrupt officials and unscrupulous businessmen before, and Night Raids have a good reputation among the people of the capital. But if the Revolutionary Army chooses to continue fighting against the Empire, the targets for assassination next may be different.”

Tatsumi never expected that the death of a villain that everyone could applaud would involve so many things.

The capital city is too complicated, I want to go back to the countryside!

……

Inside the palace, Xia Zhi summoned all the eunuchs and palace maids, and under Esdeath's protection, they determined which faction they belonged to.

With her experience and identity as the Blood God Child, Xia Zhi can sense the blood flow rate in an ordinary person's body and detect thousands of micro-expressions, making her even more effective than a lie detector.

Chapter 250 The Great Purge of the Imperial Palace

The result was very interesting.

After interrogation, it was discovered that some of those present were ministers, other civil officials, and members of the revolutionary army.

But few of them were his people, the emperor.

These people even implicated a significant number of the Imperial Guards under General Bude, causing Bude, who had just yesterday solemnly pledged his loyalty to Xia Zhi, to lose face.

It made Xia Zhi laugh.

It seems the young emperor was truly fooled by Ernest!