novelaction Chapter 568 The Villainous Female Supporting Character Who Impersonated the Tyrant's Savior 23
Chapter 568 The Villainous Female Supporting Character Who Impersonated the Tyrant's Savior 23
royal palace.
Meng Chengxiu rode swiftly to the palace, took off the armor that symbolized his glory, and with disheveled hair, was led into the imperial study by Jin Fu.
Jin Fu remained hesitant to speak throughout the journey.
General Meng's return is practically suicide...
His whole family was kidnapped, so why should he come back to apologize? He should just run away with his family; maybe then he'll have a chance to survive.
But he swallowed those words; if he had dared to say them, he would have lost his head.
However, General Meng wasn't entirely innocent. Although he didn't betray his country, his wife did, and he even helped cover it up. How devoted he was...
No wonder everyone says the Meng family are all romantics.
"Your Majesty, I deserve to die!"
Upon entering the imperial study, Meng Chengxiu knelt down with a thud, speaking in a firm and resounding voice.
Junze put down the memorial in his hand, lifted his eyelids to look at Meng Chengxiu kneeling on the ground, and gave a half-smile.
"General Meng, you have quite the nerve to come to the palace to see me at this time. Do you think I won't kill you? The people outside all say that I am a dog emperor who kills innocent people indiscriminately... General Meng, you really have the support of the people. You have more prestige than I, the emperor."
Meng Chengxiu froze, unsure of what to say.
"The people have misunderstood Your Majesty; it is my fault, I am guilty. Before I die, I will write a proclamation to proclaim to the world the crimes I have committed..."
Junze raised an eyebrow slightly.
"Then tell me, General Meng, what crime has the distinguished General Meng committed?"
Meng Chengxiu gritted his teeth and listed them one by one.
"Firstly, I concealed and forged my wife's identity, which is a crime of deceiving the emperor! Thirdly, although I defeated the enemy, I failed to discover the spies, resulting in the deaths and injuries of innocent soldiers and civilians, which is a crime of dereliction of duty! Fourthly, I suspected that my wife might be a spy, but due to personal feelings, I did not investigate further and sent her back to the capital, which is a crime of harboring a spy!"
"I beg Your Majesty to execute me and publicly expose my crimes as a warning to others!"
Junze's eyes were deep and unfathomable.
"General Meng is quite well aware of the crimes he has committed..."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I am willing to die to atone for my sins! But I beg Your Majesty to consider the many victories I have won over the years and spare my son and innocent servants!"
After saying this, Meng Chengxiu was covered in sweat.
He secretly prayed that Junze would only execute him, so that the Meng family could have an heir.
But he also knew that the chances of that happening were slim.
Junze has always been decisive and ruthless.
Junze tapped his knuckles on the table, remained silent for a while, then picked up the memorials beside him and began to review them again.
Meng Chengxiu remained kneeling, not daring to speak further, his heart filled with extreme trepidation.
Junze only got up quietly after he finished reviewing the last memorial and closed the book.
"General, you've been traveling day and night, and kneeling for so long. Are your knees sore?"
Meng Chengxiu immediately said,
"Your Majesty, I am in good health. It is no problem for me to kneel for several days!"
Junze smiled.
"You're in good health? Then you should be able to withstand a hundred lashes."
As he spoke, his expression turned cold.
"Guards! Take General Meng away and give him one hundred strokes of the cane!"
"General Meng's negligence and cover-up make him unfit to be a general. Effective today, he is removed from his post as general!"
The reason he didn't send anyone to escort Meng Chengxiu, who was on his way back to the capital, back to be beheaded was to see if Meng would voluntarily confess his crimes.
If he is ambiguous or denies it outright, he will kill him.
But he admitted it today, and he did so openly, which I somewhat admire.
Keeping this person around might be useful.
"Yes!" Two guards quickly entered and dragged Meng Chengxiu into the courtyard.
Meng Chengxiu was dumbfounded.
Is Your Majesty letting him off the hook?
After realizing what had happened, his eyes turned bloodshot, and he immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for sparing my life! I will never forget it! No, I will never forget it! If Your Majesty ever needs me again, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
Just then, a figure landed beside Junze and reported in a low voice.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Xia is hanging out with You Shen, that纨绔 (playboy) from the Cheng'en Duke's family. You Shen took him to the newly opened Chunman Pavilion, where they drank, listened to music, and admired male beauties... having a great time. You Shen's intentions are impure. Does Your Majesty need me to stop him?"
Before the guard could finish speaking, Junze's expression suddenly changed upon hearing a few words.
"What did you say? What do you think he admires?"
"He admires male beauty, and not just one. You Shen arranged for more than a dozen men of various types, all shirtless. Some were trying to get him drunk, others were trying to seduce him with sword dances... It seems that Prime Minister Xia is completely infatuated and is probably about to fall into You Shen's trap."
Junze's eyes suddenly changed color. So, that little troublemaker likes men...
Saying that homosexuality is bad is just lying to him.
Junze laughed angrily, grinding his back teeth. He had said long ago that he was into men, so why had he endured not seeing him for two days!
Ever since he touched the little troublemaker's butt last time, he's been dreaming about him for the past two nights.
When reviewing memorials, all I could think of was the image of him with red lips, white teeth, and half-exposed shoulders when he fell into the hot spring pool on the bandit mountain.
He was nearly driven mad, wishing he could immediately drag him to the palace and brutally punish him...
He never imagined he would fall for a man.
But when he was applying medicine in the carriage that day, his body betrayed him, which is why he hurriedly left first, afraid of frightening him.
He felt both apprehensive and slightly excited.
During his time as a proton, he was tempted by all sorts of men and women in various ways, but he didn't react at all. For so many years, he thought he was impotent...
It turns out he just hadn't met anyone who made his heart flutter before.
I haven't dared to meet him alone these past two days, afraid that I wouldn't be able to resist taking advantage of him, so I've been forcibly suppressing my desires.
But what about him?
“He’s living quite carefree!” Junze said through gritted teeth, enunciating each word clearly.
The guard agreed, "Indeed, Prime Minister Xia is currently enjoying himself to the fullest, surrounded by beauties..."
"Even with one woman on each arm?!"
If he dares to give his virginity to just any male prostitute, he'll break his legs!
Junze changed into civilian clothes, put on a mask, and left the palace with a gloomy face, heading straight for Chunman Pavilion.
......
"What do you mean, Young Master You? This official has no interest in such things!"
Xia Xizhi looked at the scene before her and pretended to be angry.
A row of shirtless men with excellent physiques, each with a different style: aloof, puppy-like, wolf-like... whatever you want to see.
Xia Xizhi clicked her tongue inwardly. You Shen must have gone to great lengths to seduce her. Where did he find so many handsome men of all kinds?
After scanning the group, Xia Xizhi's gaze landed on the man in the far corner.
The man had a wheatish complexion, sharp features, and an expression of untamed arrogance that seemed to conceal a hidden resentment; he appeared to have been forced into this line of work...
Xia Xizhi narrowed his eyes slightly.
This person should be Xiao Chu, the Khitan prince who died tragically in the original story...