Handan: Three Hundred Years, Toppled in a Single Day, This Merit is World-Shaking!

The ministers spoke one after another, constructing a staircase of thousands of steps for Ying Zheng to descend.

Lord Changping hurriedly struck his head against the floor, "I only pray Your Majesty remembers that although I am dull-witted, my heart has always been with Great Qin. Please allow me to atone for my crimes through service."

"You may send me to Handan to reward the army, where I shall hold the whip and stirrup for General Zhao; or punish me by sending me to Yingchuan to investigate, so that I may proclaim to the world that General Zhao's 'self-abandonment' was in fact a brilliant stratagem."

"If I harbor even a shred of selfish intent, I am willing to suffer the punishment of being torn apart by chariots!"

Ying Zheng looked down at Lord Changping in the hall.

Although Lord Changping was of the Chu royal house, he had grown up in Qin and served the state for a long time. He had participated in suppressing the rebellion of Lao Ai and had been heavily relied upon for his contributions.

Over the years, he had rendered countless services, and as Chancellor, he could be considered competent.

While Ying Zheng did have the intention to weaken the Chu faction, the matter of Lord Changping impeaching Zhao Cheng was backed by that secret letter from the enemy state. If one were to scrutinize it, it would at most be considered being misled by an enemy, which did not constitute a capital crime. Executing him directly on these grounds was unrealistic.

It would not only violate the laws, but the officials in the hall would not stand for it either.

However, since he had offered himself up, it would be a waste of his good intentions not to take a slice out of him.