Chapter 66 (1/2)

Gao Lang was anxious to immediately kill Qi Xiujie, but the imperial edicts stated that he should be executed the next day, if he killed him early, he’d be charged with non-compliance. But yesterday, he deliberately went to the prison and told the prison official that Qi Xiujie should be killed early tomorrow morning. The prison official knew the height of his position, so they didn’t dare disobey.

The next morning, when the sun had yet to rise, the prison official made the two executioners bring Zhou Yun Sheng to the execution gate.

“The day has not yet brightened, the yang sheng is less than the yin sheng. If you two do the execution at this time, when I go to the spring, I will come back to interfere with you two.” Zhou Yun Sheng kneeled on the slab but wasn’t panicked.

The reason the ancients beheaded at noon to three was because the yang sheng was strong, when the prisoners turned into devils at that time, their spirit would be scattered by the yang and they would not be able to retaliate against the executioners. Currently, the sun was down and the temperature was cold, the atmosphere was inexplicably gloomy.

The ancients believed in these spirits, they really feared that killing him at this time will attract a devil, so the two executioners glanced at each other and decided to wait till the sun rose.

Zhou Yun Sheng looked up to the sky, it was quickly brightening. Li Jin Tian had rough dreams, he should now be awake. Yes, those two dreams were an illusion implanted in Li Jin Tian’s brain by him. Gao Min was a straight-laced, blunt person; rebellion, adultery, betrayal and other scandals were against his nature.

But what about it? Gao Lang had murdered hundreds of his family members, and Gao Min also secretly poisoned Qi Xiujie, destroying his body. Qi Xiujie had such ​​deep hatred for Gao Jia that could only be satisfied by equal destruction. Zhou Yun Sheng has always said that if the protagonist didn’t provoke him, he wouldn’t take the initiative to provoke them, but if the protagonist attacked him, he could only pay them back a hundredfold.

Not only will he not die by Gao Jia’s hands- Li Jin Tian, Gao Min, and their son, the future Emperor, Li Xu Yan, will all be ruined by his hands. Since he’s occupying Qi Xiujie’s body, he will achieve Qi Xiujie’s wishes perfectly.

Zhou Yun Sheng was lazy, he enjoyed slacking, but he was very professional and dedicated when it came to perusing revenge.

The sun slowly rose and broke through the clouds, the two executioners saw the hour and opened the jar of liquor, then drenched the blade in it. They raised it up high….

“Wait! Wait! Hold the knife!” An anxious voice stopped the steel knife in the nick of time, the two executioners turned to look at the voice’s owner and kneeled down, trembling.

“Slave see the Emperor, the Emperor, long live, long live!”

“Get away, it’s not yet the time, who told you to execute?” Li Jin Tian was furious, he kicked at the two people on the ground.

“Please Emperor, this was Lord Gao Lang’s order, we slaves had no say!” The executioner kowtowed.

Gao Lang? Li Jin’s face sank for a moment, he was getting an ominous feeling. If they could even openly defy his orders, what else could Gao Jia do? Qi Jia was known as the most prestigious family in Da Yanguo before they were uprooted, yet Qi home was always cautious and respectful in front of him. Gao Lang was not nearly as humble as they were.

Not to mention the way Gao Min treated him. When he’s happy, he’d maybe give him two nice sentences, when he’s unhappy, he’d directly drive him away. He never gave him the respect the Emperor should have.

Too much favor is really not a good thing, now, Gao Jia basically had more power that the royal family. And Gao Min and Huang Di…. are they really having an affair? When did they start?

Li Jin Tian was really disturbed by that dream, but after three years of being together, his feelings for Gao Min had morphed from gratefulness into true, deep love, it was difficult for him to give up on him.

He decided to observe for a while, it was just a dream, his suspicions were unwarranted. As he comforted himself, he let the attendants free Qi Xiujie.

Zhou Yun Sheng kneeled on the stand and bowed his head, “Thank you, Emperor, for being lenient on this villain, when villain isn’t worthy of this mercy. The Qi family was loyal to the Emperor and the country, my father was especially loyal, but the Emperor killed him. I do not know why we fell to this end…But since even my loyal father was killed, I knew that I would have to die. I didn’t expect to obtain pardon. Villain now only has one wish, please Emperor, can you listen.”

His eyes were sad, but he showed no resentment, even while wearing bloodstained prison clothes, his noble grace was not demised, his noble pride remained. Seeing Qi Xiujie like this reminded the Emperor of the dream, where Qi Xiujie had suffered in Xuan Wang’s harem but never gave in. Li Jin Tian heated up in guilt, he looked away and numbly asked, “What wish do you have?”

That dream was too real, his nerves were too strained.

“Villain just wants to ask, what did villain’s family do wrong to displease the Emperor? Also, please let villain die with his family.” After he said this, Zhou Yun Sheng forcefully knocked his head on the ground, then straightened and looked directly at the Emperor’s eyes, a taboo.

Li Jin Tian was asked this difficult question and didn’t answer for a long time. Qi home had always been very cautious and respectful, the tribe was very strictly controlled. If he had not experienced the first world, Li Jin Tian would’ve never doubted their loyalty. When he was reborn, he was deeply angered and made Gao Lang and Li Wang lay hundreds of unwarranted charges on Qi home.

Now that Qi Xiujie asked him for a clear reason, he really couldn’t say anything. That dream once again surfaced in his mind, causing his already guilty heart to severely shake.

If after he died the first time, Qi family had really stayed loyal to him and even protected his last descendant, then didn’t he murder all his most loyal servants? Li Wang had brought him out of the palace to safety, but he was holding Gao Min’s hand, and when they were killed, Li Wang’s gaze never left Gao Min’s face. Did they have an affair in the first world?

When he was reborn, he had a lot of trust in Gao Jia and gave Li Wang the highest power. Under Gao Min’s suggestion, he also prematurely destroyed the Qi family and the other betraying families. Now, Gao Lang, Li Wang, and Gao Min were all highly respected, they could even subvert his imperial power, and he’d lost Qi family and the other families’ support. If they rebelled, he had no power to fight back.