2001, Breaking the Old Order
As they watched Tang Xiao's impassioned speech, the eight remaining members of the Chiss Cabinet were all ashen-faced!
They understood that Tang Xiao's words were truly cutting the ground out from beneath them, completely erasing the political space their families needed to survive!
"You won't succeed! Tang Xiao! You have no idea what the foundation of the Chiss territory's statehood is!" the Nuruodo family member shouted fiercely, though he was inwardly weak.
Since all pretense had been torn away anyway, he directly called Tang Xiao by name.
Tang Xiao, who had finished his speech, merely looked at him with a cold smile. "On the contrary, Nuruodo. You have no idea what the foundation of the Chiss territory's statehood is. You placed the people of the Chiss territory before me as bargaining chips. You thought you were giving me a choice between the Duchy of Dawn and the Chiss Cabinet, but you failed to realize that I had a third option— the people. You have stood above everyone else for too long, so long that you think all of this is only natural."
He waved a hand, and more than a dozen B-2 super battle droids immediately stepped forward, grabbing the eight people as easily as one would seize chicks.
"Play your final role. I need to... borrow your heads." Tang Xiao made another gesture, and Adele, Ulan, and the other wives and daughters rose to follow behind him.
The Chiss Cabinet members began struggling desperately, finally exposing every ugly side of themselves. Some wept bitterly, some endlessly repented, some begged loudly for mercy, some promised enormous rewards, and some cursed wildly. But it was useless. Their fates had already been decided.
The Csapla family woman's elaborate hairstyle had been torn apart. With her hair hanging