Chapter 944 - 946 Visiting the Parents-in-law (1)
The Prince and Jin Zhong had fled, and when the leader of the Imperial Guard discovered this, his soul nearly left his body in fear. He had risked committing the grave crime of treason to pledge loyalty to The Prince, but now that he had fled, wasn’t he destined to die without a place to be buried!
Just as he was struck with terror, Nangong Yi suddenly thrust his sword, piercing him through and sending a chill to his heart. Looking down at the treasured blade that ran through his body, he collapsed weakly to the ground.
The coveted position of the Great General to protect the nation, promised to him by The Prince, would never be his!
Even his life was no longer his own!
Such is the fate of those who betray their master out of greed—he knew it now, but alas, it was too late!
Seeing their leader slain, the Imperial Guard were disinclined to fight any longer, and one by one, they raised their hands to surrender and lay down their weapons.
Considering they had been misled by the leader of the Imperial Guard, Emperor Jin Ming did not overly punish them. He simply stripped them of their positions in the Imperial Guard and expelled them from the Capital, never to set foot there again.
But those ministers who rebelled alongside The Prince were not so fortunate. Led by Wuchang Duke Jin Dapeng, the King of Guangling, Earl of Ling’an, Duke An, and other remnants, all were thrown into the Heavenly Prison.
The Emperor decreed that these traitorous ministers and villainous characters be demoted to commoners, with all men in their families over fifteen years of age to be executed, while the women and those under fifteen were to be sold by the state into slavery, forbidden from ever redeeming their freedom!