After hearing this, Yue Lingshan's eyes widened in shock, her face filled with disbelief.
"This... this is too unbelievable.
But I heard that back then, Great General Yue Hua led a massive army, swept across north and south, and wiped out all the treacherous ministers and traitors!
It even made many people curse him openly.
But later, things changed.
He went from being a bloody butcher to a wise ruler embraced by the people.
So you were the one behind that, Little Brother?"
Yue Lingzhu smiled and nodded.
"There was no helping it. The situation back then was simply too dangerous.
It was only after I returned to the Capital City that time that I discovered the root of the problem.
The emperor at the time had already been poisoned and was on the verge of death. I happened to find him, so after I saved him...
The emperor trusted me and discussed how this matter should be handled.
At first, he wanted to deal with it bit by bit.
But I felt that things had already reached that point.
After all, they had already resorted to poisoning. If we still handled things slowly like before,
it would only embolden them further.
And the risks were simply too great. I directly advised the emperor to launch a massive purge.
If he was worried that no one would be left to use, he could follow the Grand Ancestor's example and have guilty officials continue handling affairs while awaiting punishment.
The emperor agreed with me.
So the two of us discussed it, and then I used the Civil Official Group's attempt to poison the emperor as an opportunity.
I directly led the Eight Thousand Iron Cavalry and carried out an unprecedented purge throughout the entire Capital City.
Because of that unprecedented purge,