bullyxtreme Chapter 192 - Death of Shen Junyang
Chapter 192 - Death of Shen Junyang
"Dad, go with peace of mind. Without you, Jinhuan won't have restless nights." After he finished speaking, he took out a thick silk handkerchief from his arms and covered Shen Junyang's mouth and nose tightly, wishing he could use all his strength.
"Um... Um..." Shen Junyang struggled desperately and almost knocked Feng Jinhuan to the ground several times. In the end, he could not resist the spread of the toxins in his body. His limbs slowly stiffened and he died with his eyes wide open.
Feng Jinhuan picked up a flint, lit the handkerchief and threw it into the brazier. The flames kept jumping in his eyes. There was no fear and regret after killing his father on his childish face, which was so indifferent that it was suffocating.
When the brocade handkerchief in the brazier was completely burned out, Feng Jinhuan slowly walked to the side of Shen Junyang's body, stretched out his little hand expressionlessly to cover it, closed his wide-open eyes, and whispered, "Dad, now you won't be tired, you can go and accompany mom with peace of mind!"
An hour later, Feng Jinhuan announced Shen Junyang's death to the world, specially conferred him the title of first-class loyal and brave marquis, and rewarded 2,000 taels of gold to the descendants of the Shen family.
"Eunuch Fang, did the Shen family accept those rewards?" Feng Jinhuan asked in a cold voice with a stern face.
"Your Majesty, the head of the Shen family did not dare to accept the reward. He said that he had devoted all his life to your Majesty and did not ask for any reward." Fang Ming knelt in front of Feng Jinhuan, trembling. He did not even dare to raise his head. His voice was so soft that he could hardly hear it clearly.
"Didn't you say anything else?" Feng Jinhuan asked with a frown.
“No!”
"Eunuch Fang, do you know why you can live so long?"
"I am an old and stupid servant. Please enlighten me, Your Majesty!" Fang Ming knelt on the ground and kowtowed. After a few kowtows, blood came out.
Feng Jinhuan slowly stood up and walked to Fang Ming's side. He extended his hand to support him and said, "Eunuch Fang, please stand up quickly. I admire people like you who know how to handle current affairs the most. I hope you won't let me down in the future."
"I will do my best to serve the emperor until my death!"
"Then the task of searching the Shen family is given to you. Take the imperial edict with you, otherwise it will be too late and all the people in the Shen family will escape." After he finished speaking, he handed the imperial edict that had been prepared long ago to Fang Ming, flicked his sleeves, turned around and left quickly.
When Fang Ming was the only one left in the hall, he dared to slowly get up and stared at the imperial edict in his hand with red eyes. If humans had an afterlife, he would rather be a pig that didn't have to think about anything than be a human being again!
On this day, some were happy while others were sad, but there were more happy ones. Shen Junyang, a powerful official who was once a force to be reckoned with in the court, died of illness inexplicably in Longxing Palace. The court instantly lost its loyal official. Shen Junyang had no successor, and all the military and financial power fell into the hands of the young emperor. For a while, the situation in the court changed drastically and people were in panic.
Within half a day, the Ministry of Justice found evidence of the Shen family's collusion with the enemy. The young emperor, without caring about his family's reputation, immediately sent the eunuch chief with two teams of guards to quickly search the Shen family's main residence. All the direct descendants of the Shen family were detained and prepared to be executed, while the Shen family's collateral relatives were exiled far away to the bitter and cold northwest.
The once prosperous Shen family collapsed in an instant, catching many people off guard. Some ministers in the court also left without saying goodbye, taking their families with them.
The people in Prince Mu's mansion looked at each other in silence. Everything was ready and they were just waiting for the right opportunity. However, they didn't expect that Shen Junyang suddenly died strangely, which disrupted all their plans for a while. How could Shen Junyang die suddenly?
Feng Muyan stared at the map of Nanyue on the round table in a daze, constantly thinking of strategies in his mind. If Shen Junyang was dead, Nanyue's military command would only fall into Feng Jinhuan's hands. Being less than eight years old, he would certainly not rashly modify the troop deployment of Nanyue Kyoto. Sitting firmly on the empire built for him by Shen Junyang was his best choice at the moment.