Chapter 226 - 224. Punishment (1/2)

Third-person POV

Wei Yunru widened his eyes in shock. Before he could even utter a word, Qiyi and Qier appeared behind him and grabbed both of his arms. The corner of his lips arched into a gentle smile.

”If this official may ask, what am I guilty of?” Wei Yunru inquired.

Weisheng arched his brows and threw Wei Yunru's crime reports to the floor in front of him. Wei Yunru's face paled but he still maintained his smile.

”That is what you are guilty of,” Weisheng said with a stern voice.

”My apologies Your Majesty Emperor. It seems like you misunderstood the whole situation.” Wei Yunru explained with a calm expression.

”Speak,” Weisheng took the teacup beside him and sipped the tea.

Wei Yunru stared at the papers in front of him and his mind was in a chaotic jumble. The date, the place, and the names that were written on the papers are so detail and precise that he didn't know how to object.

Seeing that Wei Yunru froze in his spot, Weisheng glanced at Lu Deng Xin and gave him a meaningful gaze. Lu Deng Xin bowed to Weisheng and snapped his fingers. Several eunuchs came into the hall with piles of papers.

They placed it in front of Wei Yunru and retreated to the side to wait for the next instruction from Weisheng or Lu Deng Xin. Lu Deng Xin gracefully walked to Wei Yunru's side and picked a paper from the piles.

”Wei Gongzi, if the reports that His Majesty Emperor show you are not sufficient, I think this proves you are indeed guilty.” Lu Deng Xin calmly spoke.

Wei Yunru gritted his teeth in frustration, his whole family were too lenient and careless about what they did when they clearly aware that it was strictly prohibited. Just because he was a close aide of the emperor, they became big-headed and relied on Wei Yunru to clean up after them. They thought that by having Wei Yunru talk to Weisheng, they would be forgiven.

'Those morons!' Wei Yunru shouted in his heart.

”But…” Weisheng started.

Weisheng placed down his teacup and stared at Wei Yunru with dead eyes. Wei Yunru looked up to Weisheng and gulped down his saliva.

”…that is not your biggest crime…” Weisheng continued.

Black flames suddenly ignited around Weisheng.

”I had thought of you as my friend but you decided to betray me,” Weisheng growled.

The teacup beside him shattered and the tea spilled instantly evaporated into the air from the heat of Weisheng's black flames. Wei Yunru was silent, he knew that it was futile to lie to Weisheng now.

”I never asked you to think of me as your friend.” Wei Yunru smirked.

”You finally revealed your true self.” Weisheng swiped his finger then a black flame shoot towards Wei Yunru's knee and crushing it to dust.

Wei Yunru screamed in agony.

”With this many crimes that your family involved themselves in, I have no choice but execute them,” Weisheng said emotionlessly and swiped his finger again to destroy Wei Yunru's other knee.

”Kill them! I don't even care about them! If I'm going to die, they will follow me to hell!” Wei Yunru yelled with his eyes bloodshot red.

”Fine, you will see them soon.” Weisheng's shadow expanded and caught Wei Yunru's every limb.

”Wh-what are you doing?!” Wei Yunru paled as the shadow that bind his arms and legs got tighter and tighter every second passes by.

”At first, I want to give you a quick and painless death…” Weisheng paused.

Then he took out Hong er's earrings and stared at it with crestfallen eyes.

”…you took the most important person in my life. You will suffer until better dead than alive.” Weisheng growled and his shadow around Wei Yunru tightened to its limits.