GBP Chapter 47 The Heart of the Emperor
Chapter 47 The Heart of the Emperor
Tap tap tap~~
Footsteps echoed from inside the Imperial Study.
Upon hearing the footsteps, Consort Qi stopped what she was doing and looked toward the Imperial Study.
Li Min, Wu Yuande, and the others came out from inside and, seeing the scene outside, nodded slightly to Consort Qi.
Consort Qi dared not presume and quickly returned the courtesy with a slight bow.
These people are the pillars of the Qin Dynasty. Even if she is a concubine of the Qin Emperor, she cannot be disrespectful to them.
After they left, a eunuch came out of the imperial study, approached Consort Qi, and said, "Consort Qi, His Majesty requests your presence."
Consort Qi tidied her clothes and followed the eunuch into the Imperial Study.
"Your Majesty! I beg you to do justice for me! All three thousand five hundred and sixty-eight members of the Qi family have been murdered by these wicked people. They are so heartless that they didn't even spare infants in their swaddling clothes. Now, whenever I close my eyes, I can hear my loved ones' cries before they die..."
As soon as she entered the imperial study, Consort Qi suddenly knelt down and tearfully accused those people of their crimes.
"Get up and talk!"
The Emperor Qin looked down at Consort Qi, a hint of impatience flashing across his face, and said in a deep voice.
Consort Qi trembled slightly as she knelt on the ground. She sensed that the Emperor Qin's tone of voice was different from usual, as if he had become distant.
She dared not disobey the Emperor's order, and slowly stood up, but was still sobbing softly.
"I will give you an explanation regarding the Qi family's matter. If there's nothing else, you may return home!"
The Emperor Qin looked at his concubine and said in a cold voice.
Consort Qi was slightly taken aback when she heard Emperor Qin's words.
It shouldn't be like this!
Shouldn't he come and comfort me?
I'm already in such a terrible state; I've lost my son and my family.
"His Majesty!"
Consort Qi's face turned anxious, and she called out in a hurry.
"I want you to go back first."
The Emperor Qin's words were like ice that had stood for millennia, piercing her heart and chilling her to the bone.
Consort Qi dared not disobey the Emperor Qin's words, so she could only give a slight bow and then, supported by a palace maid, returned to her own palace.
As Qin Shi Huang watched Consort Qi's departing figure, his face darkened, and a barely perceptible look of disgust flashed in his eyes.
He knew everything the Qi family had done over the years, but due to the strength of the Qi family and the other two major families, he did not take action against them.
However, his lack of action did not mean he had any goodwill towards the Qi family; on the contrary, he was filled with disgust for them.
Back when he was still a prince, in order to compete for the throne, he married women from three major families, making them his allies.
But after he actually sat on the throne, he discovered the scourge of the three great families.
They not only seized control of the region by virtue of their relationship with him, but also plundered resources on a large scale and wantonly killed officials sent by the imperial court to the local areas.
The Qin Emperor was fully aware of all this, but he could not punish them. Firstly, they had helped him in his struggle for the throne, and secondly, their own strength was not to be underestimated. If he broke off relations with them, the Qin Dynasty would definitely fall into chaos.
Therefore, he was still somewhat grateful to the mysterious people who wiped out the Qi family, as they had helped him get rid of a troublesome person.
As for Consort Qi!
With her son gone, she had no one to rely on in the palace, and the Qi family had been wiped out. Her greatest support was gone, and she no longer needed to feign politeness towards her as before.
and many more!
The Emperor Qin seemed to have thought of something!
The Second Prince is dead!
The Qi family is gone too!
Gradually, he connected the two things.
An idea popped into his mind, and he became increasingly certain that the person was fully capable of wiping out the Qi family!
After all, he had killed the Blood Barbarian Dynasty's five million-strong army and four Nascent Soul experts, so what was the Qi family compared to him?
But all of this was just his speculation, since the people he sent to Liangzhou to investigate had not yet returned.
However, he felt that this guess was probably very accurate.
"Somebody come!"
The Emperor Qin shouted.
A eunuch then trotted in.
"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
The eunuch spoke cautiously.
"Pass down the order: spare no effort to track down the murderer in the Qi family massacre..."
The Emperor Qin gave the order in a deep voice.
"Yes, sir!" The eunuch received the order and immediately went to relay it.
The Emperor Qin's eyes were dark, and it was unclear what he was thinking.
It was located in a medium-sized city of the Qin Dynasty, some distance from the Qin Emperor, and could be considered a remote area.
"Hey! Have you heard?"
Inside a restaurant in the city, a young man and the people at the same table were talking mysteriously.
"What did you hear? Explain yourself!"
One of the people next to him spoke up.
"The Qi family has been wiped out!"
The young man lowered his voice and whispered.
"The Qi family? Which Qi family?"
The person next to him said in confusion.
"Which Qi family could it be? Of course, it's the Qi family, one of the three great families of our Great Qin!"
The young man said with a speechless expression.
"What? The Qi family has been wiped out?"
The man screamed in surprise.
His shout drew all eyes to him in the restaurant.
He realized he had lost his composure and quickly leaned over the table, whispering, "Is the information accurate? I heard that the Qi family has a Nascent Soul expert! Who could possibly destroy them?"
His face showed curiosity.
Everyone else in the restaurant was also listening intently, after all, it would be a shame to miss out on such a juicy story.
"The news is absolutely true! Rumor has it that a great battle broke out within the Qi family that day, and everyone in Tianqi City heard it. The entire Qi family was covered in blood that day, and when everything was over, the Qi family had been wiped out by a giant hand that fell from the sky."
The young man spoke with great enthusiasm, gesturing wildly.
"Hmph! Did you see it with your own eyes? You're just bragging without thinking. If the Qi family knew you were slandering them like this, you'd probably be tortured to death, and your soul would be burned to ashes..."
At this moment, a person next to him spoke up with a disdainful expression, questioning the situation.
"Yes! Did you see it with your own eyes? If you didn't see it with your own eyes, then it's just empty talk."
"......"
The moment that person opened his mouth to question it, he was immediately met with a chorus of agreement; the matter was simply too unbelievable.
The Qi family is one of the three great families of the Qin Dynasty! They are second only to the royal family, the rulers of Qin. How could they be wiped out so easily? This person must be talking big!
"Hey! Do you dare to swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao with me?!"
Upon hearing their questions, the young man stood up and spoke.
After he finished speaking, no one in the entire restaurant spoke.
They dared not swear an oath to Heaven.