Chapter 766 (Dragged Out for Beheading)
The subordinates were slightly taken aback. It was indeed a strong-willed girl. She had dared to confront His Majesty directly. Her courage was truly extraordinary!
"What is it? Do you have any objections to this Emperor?" Ye Hua asked softly, placing his hands on the dragon armrest.
Mu Ran, pinned to the ground, spoke in a sweet voice, "It's not about objections, it's about disappointment."
Ye Hua: "..."
Qing Ya and Donghuang Baizhi were struggling to hold back their laughter. You wanted to show off in front of others, but now you can't back down.
The subordinates remained silent. The script seemed to have deviated a bit. They didn't expect Mu Ran to be this outspoken.
"Lift your head." Ye Hua waved his hand, instructing Luo Hu to release the pressure on Mu Ran.
Mu Ran felt her body relax, yet she maintained her posture stubbornly, as if she were still resisting.
"I ordered you to lift your head! Can't you hear me?" Ye Hua said in a stern voice. Mu Ran was indeed a girl with a strong personality. She didn't fear him at all. If it were someone else, they would have been scared stiff.
This time, Mu Ran didn't resist. She slowly raised her head and caught sight of the curious emperor.
Ye Hua's first impression on Mu Ran was...
Sinister.
Describing this man's appearance was difficult. It could be said to be stunning. His face seemed like it had been meticulously carved, handsome yet uniquely captivating. And he was quite young!
This was different from the emperor she had imagined.
She also saw the empress! Although she didn't know which one of them was the empress, Mu Ran felt that these were the most beautiful women she had ever seen. Their beauty couldn't be described with words; there shouldn't be such perfect women.
The three of them sat there, incredibly harmonious...
Mu Ran also looked around using her peripheral vision, noticing no courtiers...
In the group, she saw the three girls— one she had seen at the city gate yesterday, one from last night, and the one who had just brought her in. While they were beautiful, they paled in comparison to the two women on the stage.
And these people... there were even two children among them.
Mu Ran should have seen Ye Zizi and Kai Yun. Their statures were no different from those of children.
There was even Red and Green Brothers... and a straw man! And undead creatures!!!
There were so many beautiful women!!!
What kind of kingdom was this? There were no courtiers; there was just this group of people. It was so strange...
"Speak up. Where are you disappointed with this Emperor?" Ye Hua asked again.
Mu Ran let out a slight sigh of relief. "Your Majesty, when I entered the city, I admired you greatly. Your system has made this place perfect. I thought that the emperor here would be a wise ruler."
"From your tone, am I not a wise ruler?" Ye Hua replied.
"Yes, perhaps you are a tyrant," Mu Ran responded.
The subordinates drew in a cold breath. Mu Ran's boldness knew no bounds. She had actually called His Majesty a tyrant!
Qing Ya and Donghuang Baizhi were a bit surprised. They had called Ye Hua a tyrant last night. They didn't expect Mu Ran to see through Ye Hua's nature so quickly.
At this point, Ye Hua chuckled. This Mu Ran, she had quite the insight.
For other emperors, they might be greatly angered by such words. "Tyrant" carried a negative connotation. However, Ye Hua felt...
This was a compliment.
Because what she said was true. He had always been a tyrant from the very beginning; he had never aspired to be a benevolent ruler.
As Wei Chang had said, Mu Ran was both courageous and intelligent.
"Your name is Mu Ran?" Ye Hua asked casually.
"Yes." Mu Ran responded calmly without subservience.
"Do you know that you have committed a capital offence?"
"I'm aware."
"Then why did you speak?"
"I was just expressing my thoughts." Mu Ran said softly, seemingly devoid of any inner turmoil.
Ye Hua chuckled lightly, his expression suddenly changed, and he ordered, "Guards!"
Two black-armoured warriors entered from the door, kneeling respectfully as they spoke, "Your Majesty!"
"Take her out and execute her." Ye Hua waved his hand and said in a low voice.
The subordinates were taken aback. The situation had already deviated significantly from the script. This part wasn't supposed to happen.
Even Qing Ya and Donghuang Baizhi looked at Ye Hua with confusion, as if they were saying, "After waiting so long, are you just going to execute her?"
"Yes!" The black-armoured warriors were absolutely obedient.
Meanwhile, Mu Ran, who was kneeling on the ground, remained calm. She seemed to have anticipated this outcome.
The two black-armoured warriors walked to either side of Mu Ran and lifted her up.
"Your Majesty, my young miss didn't intend any offence. I implore Your Majesty to show mercy!" Tang Wei quickly pleaded, thinking that this might be part of His Majesty's act.
Ye Hua spoke calmly, "Execute them all as well."
Upon hearing this, Mu Ran finally reacted. Excitement surged within her, and she cried out, "Your Majesty! It was my fault, and they have nothing to do with it!"
"Your plea, what meaning does it hold? By what right do you, the Saintess of the Divine Steppes, plead for them? That's just a joke." Ye Hua asked lightly, his expression indifferent, no different from a tyrant.
Mu Ran couldn't consider all of that at the moment; she directly knelt down and cried out, "Your Majesty, they are innocent! If I offended you in any way just now, I beg for punishment to be directed solely at me!"
"The Saintess? Then why didn't you think about them when you spoke earlier? Don't you know what the consequences are of angering me? They will also be implicated by you. While you only cared about indulging yourself in your own talk, did you consider their feelings? You have disappointed me greatly!"
As Ye Hua uttered these words, it seemed like they made perfect sense to everyone.
As Mu Ran knelt there, she stared blankly at Ye Hua on the imperial throne. Herself... her own actions just now did indeed ignore Tang Wei and the others...
What he said was all true; she hadn't considered their feelings, only thinking about herself.
In fact, this was human nature. Mu Ran wasn't a true Saintess, and she hadn't thought that much. However, Ye Hua seized upon her slip of the tongue, breaking through her psychological defences.
Ye Hua was now a thinking person; he was no longer the skeletal figure who only knew how to fight and kill.
A single sentence had shattered Mu Ran's resolve and even made her doubt her own behaviour.
"Saintess Mu Ran, over the past month, I have heard of your deeds. You've governed the country since you were young, and you're known as a prodigy. You've led troops in battle, protecting against enemies, and you're seen as a Saintess in the eyes of the common people. But today, after meeting you, I feel that those are all rumours. You're very selfish, indifferent to the life and death of others. Am I wrong?"
Mu Ran's face was full of bewilderment. She couldn't refute, and she couldn't even look at Tang Wei and the others. She felt guilty and couldn't bear to face them.
"Death is a form of liberation for you," Ye Hua raised his hand slightly. The two black-armoured warriors lifted Mu Ran again.
In an instant!
A surge of fighting energy radiated out. The two black-armoured warriors were actually pushed back by Cang Konghong, and the towering figure stood in front of Mu Ran, like an insurmountable barrier.
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