Chapter Fifty-One: Kill If Not Given Money

  Mercedes VII saw a few people stop, as if no one had just fought in the imperial court, and smiled: "When did Earl Panseng become a tenth-level Sword Saint? I only knew today! It's indeed a joyous occasion!"

  Marquis Panson glared at Zaynarde and said, "Your Majesty, I also recently promoted, originally planned to report to Your Majesty today, now it seems unnecessary."

  Recently? The aura is thick, the Tenth-Rank Sword Saint won't live for many more days!

  Mercedes VII smiled and said: "Today there are several things to announce, the first one..."

  "Your Majesty!" The Right Chancellor interrupted Mercedes VII, clasped his fists and shouted: "This madman dares to order his followers to fight in the imperial court. Today he can kill an old minister like me, tomorrow he can kill Your Majesty! Please make a decision, Your Majesty!"

  Are you coming again?

  Li Xie narrowed his eyes, he wasn't going to let it go that easily! He was just giving Mercedes VII some face and temporarily backing off.

  "It's not that serious, the evil duke was just playing with everyone, let's just drop it." Mercedes VII chuckled, but his true thoughts at this moment were impossible to discern.

  Of course, he didn't have any ideas either, just wanted to let things go and calm down, treating it as a game!

  This is mainly because Li Xie is a divine strategist in the eyes of Mercedes VII!

  Li Xie should actually be grateful that he was mistaken for a divine envoy! Otherwise, his current actions would have completely crossed the bottom line of Mercedes VII!

  Drawing a sword in the imperial court, not waiting for the emperor's order, directly issuing a kill order, having a powerful retinue, all of this is no less than contempt for the emperor, achievement surpassing the ruler! Enough to make Mercedes VII kill Li Xie! Even if he doesn't kill now, he will look for an opportunity to do so!

  However, Li Xie was a "divine warrior", even if he killed people in the imperial court, what could Mercedes VII do?

  "Your Majesty! He wants to kill your old minister just for fun? Please sentence him to death, otherwise, I, your old minister..."

  "That's enough!" Mercedes VII's face changed, and he shouted: "I said it was just a joke, it was just a joke! What just happened is over, who dares to mention it again..."

  "Your Majesty!" Li Xie bowed his fist, interrupting Mercedes VII's words: "Can't the matter just end here?"

  Li Xie wanted to give Mercedes VII some face, but unfortunately, the right minister was too greedy! Li Xie has been tolerant for a long time!

  They were originally going to frame Li Xie and put him to death, but they didn't succeed, and instead almost got killed by Li Xie. Now they still dare to be aggressive!

  Li Xie thought that if he wasn't lucky, and hadn't obtained Zein Nad as his personal bodyguard a few days earlier, or even if he hadn't brought Zein Nad with him today, he would probably have been toyed to death by the Right Prime Minister.

  Attempted murder is also murder!

  This matter will never come to a good end!

  No need to be overly aggressive, Li Xie also disagreed and that's how it was settled!

  Mercedes-Benz VII wanted to let things go, but Li Xie refused to give up!

  "This old guy..." Li Xie continued, "I don't care what his purpose is, I'm too lazy to think about it. But today, he wanted me dead, and everyone here saw that! Although he didn't succeed, the intention to kill me was there, so I won't let him off! This matter isn't over!"

  Li Xie knew that he was not giving Mercedes VII face now, and he would definitely make Mercedes VII angry. Even so, Li Xie decided to kill the Right Prime Minister! At worst, he would just fall out with Mercedes VII! Anyway, the space ring had a lot of money, and there was also Zeenard's guard, they could live anywhere! If he didn't kill the Right Prime Minister, Li Xie wouldn't be able to vent his anger, not to mention that he would have to worry about being stabbed in the back by the Right Prime Minister. Today, the Right Prime Minister dared to openly ask the Emperor to sentence Li Xie to death, how could he not dare to send someone to assassinate Li Xie behind his back?

  However, contrary to Li Xie's expectations, Mercedes VII, who was furious with a red face due to the right minister, immediately showed a smile to Li Xie: "Duke Xie thinks that this matter should be handled in what way?"

  A completely different attitude before and after, leaving many officials stunned!

  Li Ye also raised his eyebrows!

  Mercedes Seventh is so good at talking to me, even if I'm a divine body, it seems too much! Anyway, he's good at talking, and I don't need to turn my face against him!

  "Your Majesty, is there still a need to ask about this matter? He wants to kill me, then I'll kill him! Simple! The Right Prime Minister won't die now, but soon I'll have my attendants kill him too! However...” Li Xie stretched out his palm, five fingers spread open: “If he gives me 50 million gold coins, this matter will be settled. Otherwise, humph!"

  "Five million gold coins? You must be dreaming!" The right prime minister's face turned red with rage, the wound on his cheek bursting open and bleeding again. He bellowed: "You want to kill me? I'll never let you off!"

  Li Xie didn't take it to heart and said lightly: "Ze En, I'm giving you an order now. Within five days, if this Right Chancellor doesn't deliver 50 million gold coins to our dukedom, you go kill him! Also, if anything unexpected happens to me, like tripping while walking, you also go kill him! This is the highest command! Unless I call it off, it remains effective!"

  "Yes, sir! Zein acknowledges!"

  "You!" The right prime minister was so angry that he almost fainted, and shouted: "You try! You dare to try!"

  Just thinking of the tattooed man beside Li Xie, although not an eleventh-tier Sword Saint, he was obviously a more formidable tenth-tier Sword Saint than Pan Sen Hou. Such a master would be able to kill the Right Minister, and the Right Minister would have no power to resist!

  The Right Prime Minister, who had not yet fainted, could only place his hopes on Mercedes VII, the only one who could calm this matter, and saw the Right Prime Minister bowing with his fists: "Your Majesty, I am an old minister of two dynasties. For the sake of the imperial court, I have worked hard without merit, but also suffered hardships! The evil Duke ordered his followers to kill me, please Your Majesty do justice for me!"

  Mercedes VII slanted him a glance, waved his hand: "This is your private matter, the king will not ask more questions. Besides, Duke Evil has already said it, you give him money and he won't kill you! You solve this yourself! The king is tired, dismissed! Duke Evil, Left Minister, follow the king!"

  After finishing speaking, Mercedes VII ignored the Right Prime Minister's shout and quickly left, the Left Prime Minister hastily followed up. Li Xie gave the Right Prime Minister a smile with the right corner of his mouth raised before following up as well.

  The right general was shouting in vain and was taken away by the Marquis of Pan to treat his injuries. The others also dispersed. The most unfortunate one was the prince of the five countries, who was robbed of all his money and only met Mercedes VII for a moment because of this matter, without even exchanging a few words!

  However, although they dispersed, they all had the same idea in their hearts: never again offend Duke Evil!

  He has ten levels of sword sainthood, which shows that he is very powerful! He dares to kill people in the imperial court, which means he dares to do anything! He dares not to give face to Your Majesty and also dares to kill high-ranking officials of the royal family, which means he dares to kill anyone!

  Most importantly, Mercedes VII didn't blame him at all, which also means that even if you are a high-ranking official in the imperial court, being killed by Duke Evil can only be considered as bad luck!

  Apart from not offending the evil duke, many ministers also had a deeper understanding of Li Xie: this person loves money as his life, and his life can be measured with money! In the future, if he is offended unintentionally, he must be bribed!

  The study in the palace's side hall.

  Mercedes VII, Left Minister Haryo Intert, Li Xie and three people sat, Zeenat stood beside Li Xie.

  As Zayn followed her into the study, Mercedes VII only gave him a glance and nothing more.

  "Does the Duke of Evil know why the Right Minister wants to inform you of your crime today and put you to death?" Mercedes VII said.

  Li Ye shrugged: "I don't know what political purpose this is, anyway I didn't offend him, he wants to get me killed, I have the ability to definitely get him killed!"

  Mercedes VII smiled and said: "The Evil Duke doesn't know some of the inside stories of our dynasty, it's time to tell him."

  After a pause, Mercedes VII said: "Actually, there are great hidden dangers within and outside the imperial court! Outside, there is the powerful Dajin Empire eyeing us covetously, while inside, it's the Right Chancellor and the Panseng family! The Right Chancellor is an elder statesman of two dynasties with many followers; as for the Panseng family, they control 200,000 Leopard Troops and secretly collude with the Dajin Empire to rebel and usurp the throne. Today, the Right Chancellor informed you of this because your actions at the Imperial Hotel happened to be used by him to express his determination. He wants to join forces with the five princes and let the Dajin Empire launch an attack soon! When that happens, the imperial court will be attacked from both inside and out, and the Tudor Dynasty won't be saved!"

  "Haha……" The left prime minister smiled and said: "Unfortunately, he did not expect the duke's subordinates to be so strong, nor did he expect the duke to dare to kill him openly! He also completely did not expect that Your Majesty would remain unmoved about this! He not only lost face but also let his party members see his incompetence, letting the Taiyi dynasty see his incompetence! Unfortunately, the evil duke didn't kill him on the spot!"

  Li furrowed his brow: "Now that you mention it, did the old man from the Pan family also betray the country? It seems like Your Majesty is clear about this, so why not just kill them? The talk of having many followers is nonsense, once the main culprit dies, they will all scatter!"

  Mercedes VII nodded: "The Evil Duke is right, the so-called party wings are just a group of wall grass. I don't care about it, so the Left Prime Minister would pity you for not killing the Right Prime Minister on the spot! What I care about is the Panseng family! If you had killed the Right Prime Minister on the spot, the Panseng family would have known it was your doing and wouldn't have startled the snake. Now, please ask the Evil Duke to wait before killing the Right Prime Minister, lest the Panseng family think it's my intention and force them to rebel immediately!"

  "Oh? The Pansens have only 200,000 troops and their house is in the imperial capital. Why doesn't Your Majesty just kill them all off? With Right Minister dead and his followers scattered, if the Pansen family is exterminated, can their legions still rebel? After all, they are the imperial legions; if the Pansens are wiped out cleanly, won't the soldiers all have to obey Your Majesty?"

  Mercedes VII sighed and said, "If only it were that simple! They dare to collude with the Great Day Empire, they must have something to rely on. The problem lies in the military power! Although Marquis Pansen, the commander of the Hunting Leopard Army, has been living in the imperial capital for a long time, he has two sons and some family members who have been stationed in the army camp for a long time. If I were to move against the Pansen family, they would immediately rebel! Even if I knew they wanted to rebel, I wouldn't dare to touch them!"

  "Heh heh, Your Majesty can tell me these things, but I don't understand them anyway. My orders have already been given, and Zein will only act according to those orders. If the Right Minister doesn't hand over the money, my attendants will still go and kill him. After all, it's an order from the imperial court, everyone knows about it, they won't suspect Your Majesty, and it won't alarm anyone, letting the Pan Sen family rebel." 50 million gold coins, Li Xie didn't think the Right Minister had that much money, if he couldn't take it out, then let Zein go kill him! Li Xie was determined not to let the Right Minister off, lest he secretly plot against him.

  The Left Prime Minister smiled and said, "The 50 million for the Evil Duke has been settled! Over the years, the Right Prime Minister's embezzled wealth is probably not much less than the national treasury! A mere 50 million, I reckon, will be delivered to the Evil Duke's mansion by tomorrow!"

  "You're so rich? Come on, why didn't you say so earlier? If you'd said so earlier, I would've added a few more times!"

  Uh...

  Left Prime Minister bitter smile: Who knows you will suddenly become a rebel!

  "Alright, now that the Right Minister's matter has been settled, he will calm down and definitely produce the 50 million. Duke Ye, I have a favor to ask of you."

  Li Xie gave Mercedes VII a strange look.

  This emperor calls him Duke Evil, but the tone and words used are not like those when speaking to a duke of his own dynasty! It's simply as if he were speaking to an equal!

  This made Li Xie feel somewhat strange, but he didn't think too much about it.

  "Your Majesty, is there something I can help with? Just say it, as long as the reward is generous enough." Li Xie seemed to have smelled the scent of gold coins.