Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 122

After seeing the hesitation in the agent’s face, Wang Wei said: "You just need to inform me of the information you have gathered. You do not need to think about anything else."

After hearing this, the agent sighed in relief before answering:

"According to the information sent back from the frontier, General 2 and his legion had already conquered the majority of the Barbarian Wolf Kingdom, with the exception of the capital."

"However, as soon they were about to breach the city, 5 unknown and powerful Divine Altar Realm cultivators appeared and prevented them from succeeding."

"Immediately afterwards, we sent some of our elite agents from the Fate’s Shadow to investigate the origin or source of these people. Our findings was that they are most likely from the Noble Alliance of our Dynasty."

After the agent said this, the room immediately became silent. All the ministers had their eyes wide open, with some having fear in their eyes.

The cunning ones could tell that something major was about to happen.

"Most likely?" asked Wang Ju with a frown on her face.

The agent lowered his head before answering:

"We can confirm that they are indeed responsible for this. However, before we could gather enough evidence, the other party seemed to have noticed and destroyed all links that tied them with the people of the Barbarian Wolf Kingdom."

After hearing this, many officials realized that things become complicated. Without evidence, his majesty cannot just randomly kill these nobles.

After all, this dynasty is one that runs with rules and laws. There needs to be some sort of order or process when doing things.

After pondering for a while, Wang Wei said, "Go give my order to the Royal Guard Captain to imprison all the nobles of the Capital."

All the officials were shocked, then many of them knelt on the ground and said together, "Your Majesty, you cannot!"

"Why?" replied Wang Wei with a calm look on his face.

"According to the laws of the dynasty, all people need a reasonable crime for them to be arrested," replied one of the ministers kneeling on the ground.

"From what I remember, my words were the law in this dynasty," replied Wang Wei with a nonchalant look on his face.

After hearing this, cold sweat started to fall down these ministers’ backs. Despite not releasing any aura, all the ministers in the room suddenly felt a heavy pressure pressing on them coming from Wang Wei. This was his natural aura cultivated as person in high position, as ruler of an entire dynasty, in charge of the lives of billions of people.

The room became quiet. Over the years, these officials have grown accustomed to his majesty’s calm, collected, and relaxed demeanor.

Unlike the majority of Emperors of this world, his majesty Wang Wei was truly a Wise Sage as he allowed his officials to express their opinions, to criticize his actions when necessary and to point out his shortcomings.

However, as a result of this, many of the officials forgot the fact that his majesty was in fact a very powerful cultivator who forged his throne with iron and blood.

And in the Great Xia Dynasty, his words are still absolute.

After realizing this, all the officials remained silent and dare not say anything again.

After a few minutes of silence, Empress Dong Lifen opened her mouth and said, "Your majesty, you are right in saying that your words are absolute. However, it is better to use a softer method dealing with this situation."

After all, you still have a reputation to uphold. Your majesty might not care about reputation, but a good reputation can be of great use when dealing with newly conquered territories--especially to calm down and reassure the people."

Wang Wei had a pensive look on his face after hearing this, then he nodded. Afterwards, he looked at Wang Ju and asked, "Do you still have the evidence of all the crimes these nobles committed before the dynasty was established?"

"Yes, your majesty,’ replied Grand Censorate Wang Ju.

"In that case, use these evidences as an excuse to capture and imprison these nobles."

Many of the officials secretly nodded in relief. As long as his majesty does things according to the law, then, they are relieved.

These officials do not actually care about the lives of these fallen nobilities. As long as the sanctity of the law remains untouched and undamaged, they are more than satisfied--even if it is just on the surface.

Suddenly, one of the officials that was still standing stepped up and said, "Your majesty, what should we do about the Transcending Mortality Realm cultivator?"

"Don’t worry about this," replied Wang Wei. Then he gazed at the Commander of the Royal Guard--which was an army designated solely to protect the royal family and the capital.

"Tell the Captain to leave the Zheng, Leng, and Chang as the very last noble family to capture."

The Commander of the Royal Guard bowed then left the palace to do as his majesty ordered.

Meanwhile, in the Former Duke Sheng Residence.

Patriarch Zheng Yong was crazily destroying everything in his room. He threw tea pots and cups at the walls, he punched through all the tables and ravaged all the books around.