Chapter 128: This Is Truly a Huge Humiliation

Chapter 128: This Is Truly a Huge Humiliation

"Your Majesty, this person is close to the owner of Ten Thousand Red House, Huang Yuanyuan. This matter is known throughout the border cities!"

"Your Majesty, Princess Royal, this person was especially close to Zhao Huiqi in the past, but they recently fell out, also because of that Huang Yuanyuan!"

The soldiers had heard about Huang Yuanyuan's fate—dead, turned into a pool of blood.

As they discussed Huang Yuanyuan's end, they were genuinely fearful of the new emperor's methods.

However, considering that the person was from the Seven Colors Palace and a branch leader, having caused plenty of harm in the border city, they felt that the emperor's methods weren't cruel, and such people shouldn't have been allowed to die so easily.

In a chaotic world, the rule is survival of the fittest.

So, the crueller you are, the more stable your position will be!

"For now, let's keep his head. In a few days, I will head north, and he might still be useful," the emperor said.

"Your Majesty, that's not certain," Hu Zi shook his head and said, "This person is considered a discarded son of Beiling. He has no foundation within the Beiling royal family and is just a good-for-nothing who frequents brothels and taverns. Even when he came to our border city, he mostly ate and took things. There was even a time when he lost all his money gambling, and in his hunger, stole steamed buns from the military camp."

"A prince, to fall so low, truly a useless discarded son," Xiao Yue nodded and said, "In that case, Royal Brother, let's hand him over to Third Brother for handling. I'm sure Third Brother will have many effective methods."

Xiao Yue then turned and smiled at Song Lao San, who was standing to the side.

Song Lao San immediately nodded, "Princess, please rest assured, we will keep a close watch on him and thoroughly interrogate him about the Seven Colors Palace."

"Hmm, I've heard that there are many punitive methods in First Line Sky. The bandits' methods should be quite interesting!"

Xiao Yue really wanted to tap this girl on the head and scold her: "What a curious naughty girl!"

The Beiling Second Prince, Bei Di, was caged and hung on the city wall, with only some black steamed buns thrown in each day.

"Humiliation, this is a huge humiliation!"

Bei Di cursed angrily in the cage.

Although he was a discarded son of the Beiling royal family, he was still a prince. Even a casual visit to one of the imperial concubines' palaces would yield plenty of gold and silver jewelry, which he could exchange for a period of carefree indulgence.

Brothels and gambling houses were his favorite haunts.

The Beiling royal family, finding him disgraceful, sent him to the border as a supervising officer, which was why he frequently visited the Great Wei border cities, still heading to gambling houses and brothels.

Now, both inside and outside the city walls were crowds—people from Great Wei, those from Dongling, common folk, soldiers, and merchants passing by.

Bei Di felt he had no face left to live.

"Food!" Several hard black steamed buns were thrown down, hitting Bei Di on the head and immediately forming a large bump.

Bei Di held his head and swallowed, the thought of starving himself to death gone, as he quickly grabbed the buns and started gnawing on them.

"Wuu, when the Beiling soldiers come south, I'll make sure they kill you all to the last man!"

"Isn't it said that the newly appointed general was once a fierce bandit from First Line Sky with ruthless methods? Hanging a person on the city wall doesn't seem too cruel!" At night, the guards on duty whispered.

"Maybe he's turning over a new leaf, no longer a bandit, so he can't be as brutal!"

The soldiers discussed for a while, then looked up at the cage in the northeast corner of the city wall, hearing the dripping sound as they moved away, afraid of getting splashed by the person's urine.

"Swish!"

Suddenly, shadows appeared in the distance, and several sharp arrows flew through the air.

"Aaaah!" The Second Prince Bei Di, who had some martial skills, screamed in fear as the arrows flew towards him.

On the city wall, cowhide suddenly dropped down, blocking the arrows, while the Black Armor Guard moved out.

In just a few exchanges, those who had come to assassinate Bei Di were all dead before him.

Inside the city, on the high platform of the training ground, Emperor Xiao Yin held a child.

Ruo Xi Baby woke up, startled by the cold wind.

She remembered falling asleep after drinking milk at night, but now, when she opened her eyes, the sky was full of stars.

Especially since the soldiers hadn't lit the torches yet, everything was dark.

Fortunately, the moonlight was good, allowing her to see the densely packed rows of the training ground.

"Uncle, what is this? Oh, is it a northern expedition? Well done, it seems there's been some activity on the city wall."

"Hmm, I wonder if that person is freaking out. Their mental state should be collapsing by now!"

As Ruo Xi Baby thought, her uncle spoke.

"Beiling has sent a declaration of war. I ask you, do you have the courage to head north and directly enter their capital city!" Xiao Yin had waited for his niece to wake up before speaking.

During military reorganizations, everything was quiet. Xiao Yue had said that Xier would wake up after sleeping for two or three hours, and indeed!

"Your Majesty, this person says he has something to say." The iron cage was dragged over by a carriage, with the panicked Bei Di inside.

Before he was caged, he had been shouting that the Beiling royal family wouldn't abandon him, that they would come to rescue him, and when they did, the Great Wei border city would be doomed.

Bei Di had believed that as long as he didn't die, Beiling would come to save him.

After all, it was a matter of Beiling's pride.

Thinking back, he had always lived a carefree life, yet the Beiling royal family had always indulged him.

After all, he was raised in the royal family. Even if he's fallen on hard times and is considered a pawn to be discarded, he knows that as long as he doesn't reveal the crucial secret, the royal family would still come to rescue him, if they care about their reputation.

Besides, in recent years, the border has been managed so chaotically by Zhao Huiqi that Beiling has long wanted to expand southward. Beiling even moved its border thirty li southward, and Great Wei didn't say a word.

So, this time, using him as an excuse, perhaps Beiling would move south, and he might even become a meritorious official for expanding Beiling's territory.

Little did he know, Beiling wanted to kill him!

"Go and attack Beiling. As long as you don't kill me and promise me a carefree life, go ahead!" Beidi spent an hour drawing all the defensive maps of Beiling, including the layout and defenses of the Beiling palace. He dropped his brush, his expression dejected.

"Aren't you afraid that after we use you, we'll kill you?" Song Lao San said, looking at the large sheet of paper.

"I don't trust you; you're a ruthless bandit. But I trust the emperor!" Beidi looked over at Xiao Yin, who was feeding a milk cake to his child, and said, "I trust the Emperor of Great Wei to let me live out my old age in peace!"