"If I succeed, the first person I'll kill is you!"

Wu Zuo's facial muscles twitched, but he ultimately remained silent.

In any case, Jiang Sheng was already doomed.

Jiang Chen waved his hand. "Wu Zuo, you may withdraw."

Wu Zuo first brought over a stool, then retreated backward, taking all the prison guards with him.

Jiang Chen sat down and calmly looked at Jiang Sheng. "I heard you wanted to see me. I'm here."

Jiang Sheng glared at Jiang Chen, his eyes almost spitting fire.

He should have been the one standing outside!

But he had fallen for Jiang Chen's trick!

"Jiang Chen, you're nothing but a despicable villain!" Jiang Sheng cursed.

Jiang Chen smiled faintly. "Jiang Sheng, aren't you mistaken? The despicable one is you, isn't it?"

"Nonsense!"

Jiang Sheng would certainly not admit it. From the beginning, he had felt that he should have been the one to inherit the throne, but the Mei family had chosen Jiang Chen.

As for the assassination attempts against Jiang Chen, he felt they were normal tactics.

"Heh."

Jiang Chen had nothing to say to the completely twisted Jiang Sheng.

He stood up and said indifferently, "If you only wanted to see me to hurl insults, then I should be going."

"Wait!"

Jiang Sheng quickly called out to Jiang Chen. "I heard you're going to kill our families too?"

Jiang Chen nodded. "That's right."

Jiang Sheng's eyes widened, and he roared, "Jiang Chen, are you insane?"

Jiang Chen looked at Jiang Sheng strangely. "Am I insane? Aren't you the ones who are insane?"

Jiang Sheng certainly wouldn't admit it. He shouted fiercely, "Jiang Chen, don't forget, the Great Wei law states that if a vassal king rebels, only the rebel is to be executed, and the family is to be exiled! Do you want to violate the ancestral teachings?"

He was now a prisoner and had no means to negotiate with Jiang Chen, so he could only bring out the ancestral teachings, trying to use them to deal with Jiang Chen.

However, Jiang Chen smiled coldly.

"You speak of ancestral teachings? Then I ask you, what requirements do the ancestral teachings place on vassal kings?"

Jiang Sheng's face instantly froze.

The Great Wei law stated that vassal kings should assist His Majesty in governing the world and must not harbor rebellious intentions.

Jiang Chen sneered. "You were the first to disobey the Great Wei law. Now you turn around and accuse me?"

"Jiang Sheng, are you still not awake?"

Jiang Sheng's face became extremely unsightly.

He hadn't expected that Jiang Chen would turn around and use the Great Wei law against him.

He argued sophistically, "We disobeyed the Great Wei law, so we received punishment! You cannot disobey the Great Wei law! Otherwise, you will also be punished!"

Jiang Chen was utterly speechless at such a person as Jiang Sheng.

Wasn't this blatant hypocrisy?

Originally, Jiang Chen just wanted to kill him and be done with it, but now he wanted to thoroughly infuriate Jiang Sheng.

"You're right."

Jiang Chen put away the smile on his face. "If I disobey the Great Wei law, then I should be punished."

Jiang Sheng's eyes widened, his expression somewhat surprised.

Jiang Chen had actually admitted his words?

He watched as Jiang Chen walked to the door, asked the prison guard outside for a knife, and then walked back in.

Jiang Sheng retreated in fright, thinking Jiang Chen was going to attack him.

But Jiang Chen smiled faintly. "Don't be afraid. I just said that I violated the Great Wei law, so I must be punished."

Jiang Sheng looked at Jiang Chen with a strange gaze.

He must have misheard, right?

Jiang Chen was actually going to go through with it?

But he also felt a sense of anticipation, wishing he could rush over to snatch the knife and let him punish Jiang Chen.

Many thoughts flashed through Jiang Sheng's mind in an instant, wondering how Jiang Chen would punish himself.

Would he cut off a finger, or what?

Just as he was thinking, Jiang Sheng saw Jiang Chen pinch a small tuft of hair from his shoulder and chuckle. "I shall cut off my hair in place of my head."

As he spoke, Jiang Chen cut off that small tuft of hair and, under Jiang Sheng's dumbfounded gaze, threw it in front of him.

"Alright, I've been punished, so it's no problem to kill your families now."

Jiang Sheng snapped back to his senses, his eyes filled with resentment.

He finally understood that Jiang Chen was just toying with him!

"Jiang Chen, may you die a horrible death! May you die a horrible death!"

Jiang Sheng could only curse Jiang Chen with the most vicious curses he could think of.

Jiang Chen laughed heartily and strode away.

He felt great after having played Jiang Sheng!

Three days later, the two vassal kings who had escaped were also captured back to the capital with the help of the Dark Guards.

At the same time, the Ministry of Justice tried the rebellion and announced the verdict.

All rebels would be executed without exception!

Even the vassal kings were no exception!

Even the families of the vassal kings were the same!

This ruthless measure directly shocked everyone in the world.

His Majesty was truly ruthless!

The other vassal kings instantly became well-behaved.

Having met an emperor like Jiang Chen, it was enough to live a peaceful life.

It took nearly a month just to behead the more than ten thousand rebel soldiers.

By the time the rebellion case was settled, it was already March.

At the same time, many parts of Great Wei welcomed a spring rain.

Jiang Chen stood outside the Hall of Diligent Governance, watching the weather return to normal, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the great disaster only lasted a year.

Otherwise, with the productivity of this era, it would have been hard to say.

Feng Jin, who was holding an umbrella for Jiang Chen, said in a loud voice, "May Your Majesty be blessed with good fortune and peace. Finally, the weather is good."

Jiang Chen smiled and nodded, then stepped back into the Hall of Diligent Governance to continue reviewing the memorials.

Although everything was now on track, after the previous harsh measures, memorials from various places had also gradually increased.

This also included some memorials from the court ministers.

Jiang Chen was very satisfied with this.

In this era, it would be a problem if there were no memorials.

However, when he saw one of the memorials, Jiang Chen's relaxed expression instantly turned cold.

Feng Jin, who was beside him, clearly felt the cold air emanating from Jiang Chen and couldn't help but shiver.

Which ignorant minister had made His Majesty so unhappy?

Jiang Chen closed the memorial and handed it to Feng Jin.

"Throw it into the brazier," Jiang Chen ordered.

"Ah?"

Feng Jin was taken aback. In the past, when His Majesty was displeased with a memorial, he would just throw it on the ground.

But this time, he actually told him to burn it directly.

What was written inside?

Feng Jin was curious, but he didn't dare to open it to read. He just glanced at the cover, which had the words "Your Servant Lü Xiao Reports."

Although Feng Jin was a eunuch, he was more familiar with the names and appearances of the court ministers than Jiang Chen.

He instantly matched the name with the person, a principal in the Ministry of Rites.

But Feng Jin was very puzzled.

Although this Lü Xiao didn't have a high position, he was considered to be relatively upright, a smaller version of Yuan Buyi.

What did he write that made His Majesty so unhappy?

After watching the memorial burn to ashes in the brazier, Feng Jin returned to Jiang Chen's side with a belly full of questions.

Jiang Chen was looking out of the hall, somewhat lost in thought.