"Yes, Your Majesty is wise and mighty. The people live in peace and prosperity, the nation's strength flourishes by the day, and the entire Anxuan Realm belongs to our Great Wild Goose Dynasty. Where would any Demon Beasts come from?"
"Indeed, Your Majesty. This lowborn wretch is clearly a fraud, cut from the same cloth as that earlier fraud named Qi. Her purpose is to deceive Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, I suggest we execute this woman at once and hang her head high upon the city walls, so all under heaven may see the consequences of deceiving Your Majesty, the consequences of spouting demonic lies to befuddle the masses, and the consequences of shaking the very foundations of the Great Wild Goose Dynasty."
The ministers around them submitted their memorials one after another.
Wang Xinyue remained kneeling in the great hall, staring blankly around her.
At that moment, the faith in her heart crumbled.
This was the Great Wild Goose Dynasty?
Demon Beasts—what a fine claim, that there were no Demon Beasts.
Countless soldiers had died on the frontier, yet with a single sentence from their mouths, the deaths of all those soldiers were brushed away.
Great Wild Goose Dynasty... was this still the Great Wild Goose Dynasty she knew?
At that moment, those ministers no longer seemed like people, but beasts draped in human skin. They were Demon Beasts. Every one of them was a Demon Beast.
They were not human.
"My beloved ministers speak with good reason. Guards, drag this lowborn wretch away and behead her. Hang her head upon the city walls, that all under heaven may take a good look at the fate of anyone who deceives me."
The young king seated above swept out a hand as he spoke.
Two soldiers clad in golden armor