"Petty villains disrupting the government?"
Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long's gloomy gaze swept over Minister of War Ban Di, who was kneeling on the ground. "Even petty villains disrupting the government have emerged. It seems your War Ministry needs a thorough cleansing!"
The moment those words fell, the War Ministry's bigwigs were so frightened that they scarcely dared to breathe.
Under the current circumstances, Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long could deal with them however he pleased.
However, most of them had already concluded that since the Grand Supervisor of the Inner Palace had sealed Ren Xinsu's mouth and stopped him from biting wildly at others, it showed Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long's stance—he intended to keep the matter within certain bounds.
"Pass down my decree: Ren Xinsu, Junior Officer of the Armaments Department under the War Ministry, abused public authority for private vengeance, disrupted the government and issued disorderly commands, shaking the foundations of the state. Confiscate his household and exterminate his clan!"
The four short words, "confiscate his household and exterminate his clan," struck Ren Xinsu's head like a thunderbolt. His eyes rolled back, and he fainted on the spot.
Before this, not even in his dreams had he imagined that Ye Zhen would answer his provocation this way, or that he would end up like this!
"Beloved Minister Ban, within the War Ministry, who oversees the Armaments Department?" Benevolent Sovereign suddenly asked.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Armaments Department... is overseen by Right Assistant Minister Wang Zizhen."
The moment those words came out, Wang Zizhen, the Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War who had confronted Ye Zhen earlier, immediately crawled forward and repeatedly cried that he was guilty. In the span of a few breaths, his heavy robes were drenched in sweat.
"Poor judgment of men, lax control over