The Heroines Can Read My Secret Diary

Three days passed in a flash. Li Dingguo led a group of people into the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

Qin Liangyu looked at Hakuto lying on a lounge chair, reading a book, and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, all the people on the list are here. Not one is missing."

Hakuto looked up at those people for a moment, then turned his attention back to the book in his hands and said calmly, "You know what you've done. Commit suicide. Then this matter ends here."

Looking at Hakuto's youthful face, these people looked at each other. Then one person stepped forward and looked at Hakuto.

"What if we are unwilling?"

Hakuto didn't even lift his head. "If you are unwilling to be dignified, then I will help you be dignified. If I give you respect, you have to accept it."

He gave them respect by letting them be dignified. If they were unwilling to be dignified, then Hakuto would have to personally help them be dignified.

Li Dingguo, standing to the side, looked at those present and said, "Don't implicate your families. Given what you did back then, regardless of the purpose, having no involvement with your families now is already the best outcome."

Qin Liangyu didn't even want to bother with these people. As a woman, Qin Liangyu most empathized with this kind of matter.

What these people had done was nauseating. And Hakuto only wanted their lives. That was already exceptionally merciful. If it were during Emperor Shengzong's time...

None of these people before them would have had it easy. The best outcome for these people would be for the whole family, young and old, to go to the afterlife together.

But even that was the best outcome. If Hakuto didn't want these people to die too quickly, then these people would truly be at the end of their rope.

Then it would be truly worse than death. Now, Hakuto was willing to give them dignity by letting them commit suicide. So these people should go to their deaths with gratitude.

As for a way for them to live?

There was none. As old ministers who had followed Emperor Shengzong for many years, Li Dingguo and Qin Liangyu knew very well what kind of person Emperor Shengzong was.

These people had been involved in the matter concerning Hakuto's mother. Not wiping out all their clans was already Hakuto giving them a lot of respect.

If these people still dared to grumble, then Hakuto would have no choice but to help them be dignified. Then, more people would die than just these.

These people looked at each other, all understanding that they had no hope. But they were still a little unwilling. They wanted to know what exactly they were dying for.

"Then before we die, can you tell us the reason? Why did it require Prince Jin and Loyal Marquis to personally come and arrest us?"

These people stared fixedly at Hakuto. They couldn't understand why Hakuto could command Li Dingguo and Qin Liangyu, making them personally come to arrest people.

Even the Ming emperor and the head of the cabinet did not have the authority to command these two people. Yet these two had personally come to arrest them!

Qin Liangyu said nothing.

Li Dingguo's gaze, however, turned to a spirit tablet inside the Imperial Ancestral Temple. The others followed Li Dingguo's gaze. Then they recalled what Li Dingguo and Qin Liangyu had called Hakuto earlier. Expressions of disbelief appeared on their faces.

In the end, they understood that the only path before them was to comply with Hakuto's request. They had probably already guessed what consequences and endings would follow if they disobeyed.

Emperor Shengzong had another title in historical records: Mass Murderer.

Historical records stated that Emperor Shengzong had killed over 100 million people. But that was just what was written in official history. According to unofficial records, he had killed at least 300 million people.

Later, people wanted to beautify Emperor Shengzong, so they deleted some of the records that could be removed.

These people had all been cabinet ministers. They knew very well how great this Emperor Shengzong's desire to kill was. So now, they suddenly felt somewhat fortunate that they were the only ones dying.

Otherwise, given Emperor Shengzong's nature, not wiping out their entire clans would already be too merciful.

In the end, all these people committed suicide in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Hakuto did not touch their families. This matter ended there. Apart from the Liu Family, all the other participants from back then were now dead.

As for the Ming imperial family's involvement, it had been the previous emperor's doing. He had died a few years ago.

Hakuto got up from the lounge chair and stretched lazily.

"Your Majesty!"

Li Dingguo looked at Hakuto and called out respectfully. But Hakuto waved his hand and said, "Let's go. I'll buy you a drink."

Hakuto drank with Li Dingguo and Qin Liangyu for a day and a night. Then Bai Yuekui came to find them and dragged Hakuto away.

Watching Hakuto leave, Li Dingguo said to Qin Liangyu, "Loyal Marquis, although His Majesty is still the same, he now has a touch more mercy."

Qin Liangyu glanced faintly at Li Dingguo and said, "Regardless, His Majesty is still His Majesty."

Li Dingguo said helplessly, "I didn't say anything bad. I just think that His Majesty now seems a bit more like a human being. Don't you think His Majesty before was like a god? In the past, would you have dared to drink with His Majesty like that?"

Qin Liangyu was silent. After a long time, she finally spoke. "Perhaps it's because His Majesty now has people he cares about in his heart."

"That's true. I heard His Majesty has quite a few women over in Japan. What do you say, should we..."

Before he could finish, Qin Liangyu interrupted Li Dingguo, "Shut up. His Majesty decides for himself. Where do you get off saying anything?"

But then Qin Liangyu said, "However, His Majesty has no one to serve him. That won't do. We can indeed find a few girls to attend to His Majesty."

Li Dingguo suddenly muttered to himself, "In this life, His Majesty is a descendant of the princess from back then. He does have the Zhu Family's bloodline!"

Qin Liangyu looked at Li Dingguo. "What do you mean by that?"

Li Dingguo said to Qin Liangyu, "I was just wondering what His Majesty's expression would be if Zhu Xianhe abdicated the throne to him."

Qin Liangyu looked at Li Dingguo speechlessly, then turned and left directly.

On the other side, Bai Yuekui dragged Hakuto to her home.

Then she kissed him directly. Today, Bai Yuekui was going to have Hakuto. No one who came could stop her.