Don't You Think Xu Tianran Changed Too Quickly?

After thinking this through, Jing Hongchen closed his eyes completely. Apart from breathing normally and remaining silent, he hardly spoke again.

Just then, Xu Tianran seemed to have discovered a new continent and began applauding everyone with a smile.

"Well said. Very well said."

"I have to admit that I'm an idiot. I never realized that you were all so talented, so capable that you'd even dare talk back to me."

"Heh heh, this is certainly worthy of a reward."

As soon as he finished speaking, he quietly pressed a button on the throne. In the blink of an eye, the entire Conference Hall was surrounded by the Sun Moon Soul Engineer Legion.

The person serving as this legion's commander had never been an outsider. He was a puppet personally controlled and raised by Xu Tianran.

"Carry out my order. Except for Jing Hongchen, all the old ministers present are to be escorted to the execution grounds."

"Remember, it must be the largest and most spacious Mingdu Square. Give each of them a hundred strokes, and count every single one aloud. Miss even one, and I'll have your heads."

Xu Tianran described it calmly, yet the corners of his mouth curved into an eerily unbelievable smile.

It was as if a mischievous child were quietly watching these people collapse, their faces filled with disbelief and even rage.

"Xu Tianran! Xu Tianran, you bastard! Do you even deserve to be emperor?!"

"You refuse to listen to reason, and you surrender without a fight! You don't deserve to sit on the imperial throne!"

"Open your eyes and watch. Your retribution will come soon. When it does, you'll definitely die without a complete corpse!"

The ministers laughed like madmen. At that moment, surrender and collapse had undoubtedly made them the weakest of puppets.