Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 851 - 17: Peace Returns to the Borderlands, the Regent King Is Executed (Part 3)

Chapter 851: Chapter 17: Peace Returns to the Borderlands, the Regent King Is Executed (Part 3)

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When the Regent King was waiting for news of troop deployment from Zhao Country, Ling Yuezi brought people back to counterattack.

Ling Yuezi raised her arm and shouted, reading out the Emperor’s decree written by Ling Xingyun in advance, "The Emperor orders the arrest of the traitorous Regent King!"

Ah Qing and Ah Lan held up the secret letter written by the Regent King to the military officer of Zhao Country, "This is evidence. If you persist in siding with the Regent King, you will all be considered traitors!"

Led by Ling Yuezi, accompanied by Ah Qing, Ah Lan, a group of maids, and five hundred defected soldiers, they surrounded the Regent King.

Ling Yuezi’s dual swords pressed on the Regent King step by step. With so many people around, the Regent King had nowhere to escape and was pinned to the ground by Ah Qing and Ah Lan.

This sudden change astonished the other Nanyue soldiers, and they all looked toward the Regent King.

The Regent King was shocked and angry. Just as he was about to defend himself, Li Xingsheng came over with the military officer from Zhao Country and the Nanyue merchant who delivered the letter.

"There are two more witnesses, Regent King!" Li Xingsheng sneered, "You set up a trap, intending to capture Princess Yue and seize the General’s Order, then proceed to regicide, is it not?"

The Regent King, captured and unable to move, squinted at Li Xingsheng, who wore a fake beard, "Who are you?" This voice, why does it sound a bit familiar?

Li Xingsheng chuckled, "I am the Princess Yue’s Prince Consort."

Ling Yuezi glared at him.

Li Xingsheng glared back at her, "Princess, we’ve already bowed in a ceremony and exchanged vows. You said before, if I still live after helping you capture the Regent King, you would give me a title!"

His sudden move took Ling Yuezi off guard, and she didn’t know how to respond.

Ling Yuezi looked embarrassed and whispered, "We’ll talk about it when we get back!"

Li Xingsheng said, "Alright, we’ll talk about it when we get back!"

The soldiers exchanged glances; when did Princess Yue gain a Prince Consort?

Does this mean there’s no hope for the rest of us?

"Hmph, the victor becomes king while the defeated are the villains; I have nothing more to say!" The Regent King sneered, "However, I pity the princess, choosing a man from the countryside, and he’s an old man too!"

Li Xingsheng plucked off his beard, wiped the potion off his face, and flicked his sleeve, sneering, "Open your dog eyes wide; do I, the noble son, look old?"

Everyone turned their eyes to Li Xingsheng’s face, collectively gasping.

Forget it, better give up completely.

Among the thousands of men present, not one is as handsome as this gentleman.

The Regent King, seeing Li Xingsheng’s face, felt somewhat disheartened, realizing why Ling Yuezi never regarded him and dared not ask for more; what more could he want?

Li Xingsheng walked up to the Regent King, pointed to his own face, and asked with a half-smile, "Regent King, I’m twenty-two years this year. Am I old?"

In terms of age, the thirty-something-year-old Regent King is the old man, feeling inferior next to the handsome Li Xingsheng.

Yet, his heart was unconvinced and he continued to sneer, "Besides your appearance, what else do you have? It’s inconceivable that the honorable Nanyue Princess only values a man’s face, disregarding his background and skill, or examining abilities before selecting a Prince Consort. Hehe, how is this different from the past Hu Yang Princess of the former dynasty?"

Mentioning the Hu Yang Princess of the former Nanyue dynasty, Ling Yuezi’s face turned displeased.

Li Xingsheng had extensively read the history of Nanyue while working in Zhen An Prefecture and had come across the biography of Princess Hu Yang.

She was an extraordinary woman who, being a princess, seized any man of good looks to be her concubine, for her pleasure.

Her criteria for selecting a Prince Consort were not based on talent and family background, only on whether he was proficient in the art of romance, whether he was handsome, a princess of questionable character, always despised by posterity.

Li Xingsheng approached a soldier, drew his sword, and suddenly slashed at the Regent King.

The Regent King screamed in terror.

Li Xingsheng sneered, "It’s only your hair that fell, not your head. Why scream?"

The Regent King was stunned, then realized that his top knot had been slashed off, and his hair fell messily.

Li Xingsheng’s sword technique was extremely fast, no one saw how he slashed off the Regent King’s hair.

His sword was clearly swinging down; how did it turn into a horizontal slash?

The bystanders couldn’t see how he wielded the sword, collectively gasping.

Since they were all martial artists, they all began to admire Li Xingsheng.

Li Xingsheng brandished the sword over the Regent King’s face, "Do I have no skills? Still want to try my other abilities?"

Regent King stared at the sword, feeling unsettled within.

He still spoke insubordinately, sneering, "No matter how skilled, you’re just a village boy, unworthy of my Nanyue Princess."

Ling Yuezi didn’t want the Regent King to continue insulting Li Xingsheng with his nonsense here and ordered the people around, "Escort the Regent King back to Luocheng, follow my command, sound the gong to end the war, return to Luocheng!"

Li Xingsheng needed to handle the mess left by the military officer from Zhao Country, unable to follow Ling Yuezi back to Nanyue. After saying goodbye to Ling Yuezi, he took Lou Chengye and that military officer back to Zhao Country.

Watching his departing figure, Ling Yuezi pressed her lips, turned her horse’s head, and headed towards Nanyue.

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Li Xingsheng returned to Zhen An Prefecture and reported everything to Prefect Lou.

Prefect Lou was greatly relieved to hear that the Nanyue Regent King was captured, "That man is a scourge! For years, the border between Zhao Country and Nanyue has been troubled by his machinations! With Nanyue’s invasions, we could only defend. Eliminating the Regent King equates to rooting out the calamity."

With Li Xingsheng vouching, the military officer was only dismissed, and his salary penalized without being convicted.

The military officer was deeply grateful to Li Xingsheng.

Li Xingsheng sneered, "Don’t thank me. Just learn from this lesson! If you commit the same crime again, even if Prefect Lou protects you, I won’t be lenient!"

The military officer chuckled, "I won’t, I won’t. From now on, I’ll be an honest man."

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The matters in Zhao Country were resolved, but Nanyue’s were not yet finished, so Li Xingsheng took the military officer to Nanyue.

All the evidence and witnesses were complete.

Given the Regent King’s long-term abuse of power and unpopularity, the ministers in court had long been bitterly opposed to him.

Now, the situation was like a wall being pushed down by everyone.

The Little Emperor, Ling Xingyun, ordered the confiscation of all the Regent King’s property, exiling his entire family to a deserted island at sea, and sentenced the Regent King to hanging.

To announce his misdeeds, Ling Xingyun ordered a public execution in front of the busiest market in Luocheng.

On this day, after receiving the news, everyone went to the execution ground to watch the spectacle.

Ling Yuezi personally went to supervise.

Li Xingsheng also went to the execution ground with Lou Chengye.

When the executioner placed the noose over the Regent King’s head, the Regent King looked at Ling Yuezi and sneered, "Don’t get complacent too soon. Someone will avenge me, Princess Yue, just wait and see."

Li Xingsheng sneered, "I am right here; who dares to seek revenge?"

The Regent King laughed towards the sky, "You? A mere mortal dares to claim protection? Don’t make me laugh to death. Hahahaha, ignorant brat!"

Ling Yuezi squinted her eyes, "Oh? Who dares to seek revenge against me?"

The Regent King laughed, "Release me, and I will tell."

Ling Yuezi sneered, "Then you can go ahead and die! Proceed with the execution!"