"Thank you for Your Majesty's favor, but I, Bai, am a man of the mountains and wilds. The halls of power are lofty and cold, and they are not where I long to be," Bai Yang said in a low voice.
This made three times Bai Yang had rejected Chu Tianya to his face. As the saying went, once was happenstance and twice a coincidence, but there would be no third or fourth time. Chu Tianya now understood that normal means would never bring Bai Yang to heel.
Without giving Bai Yang a chance to think, Chu Tianya flicked a glance at someone below. That person understood what to do next.
Someone in the square loudly announced, "The Tian Yin Sect has rebelled against the throne. Sect Leader Duan plotted to assassinate the emperor; her crime defies heaven and deserves death. Everyone here is a remnant of the Tian Yin Sect and cannot be spared by the laws of the land. The time has come. Execute them!"
The word "Execute!" rang through the sky, brimming with killing intent. The air hummed as a blood-red token shot upward like a crimson sun, its murderous aura spreading in every direction.
As the blood-red token hung in the sky, executioners raised their ghost-head sabers behind the tens of thousands of prisoners in the square and brought them down. In the next instant, heads would roll and blood would flood the entire square.
On the high platform, Bai Yang's head snapped up. Chu Tianya was truly ruthless. Since he couldn't win Bai Yang over with words, he was forcing him to act this way. The moment Bai Yang made a move, Chu Tianya could seize him with every justification; after that, whether he lived or died would depend on Chu Tianya's mood.
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