Wearing the Face Mask, She Zhuyin slowly stopped, took out cleaning supplies from the trolley, and skillfully began to clean.
She was ostensibly quite far from the entangled couple on the corner sofa.
But inadvertently, a wisp of spray from her cleaning pot landed precisely in the couple's drinks.
The two of them cried and made a fuss for a while. The woman felt thirsty, picked up the half-finished drink, took a sip, and then fed the man a sip.
By the time She Zhuyin pushed the trolley around and came back, the couple was motionless, rolling on the floor.
The entire dance floor was still noisy and chaotic, and they were at the very edge of the dance floor.
She Zhuyin's trolley passed by them, and the man was "pushed" into the lower level of the trolley.
The trolley's curtain fell, and no one could see a man unconscious inside.
...
In a dark basement, a man nicknamed Raccoon slowly woke up.
He felt his head was splitting, and he wanted to rub it with his hand.
But as soon as he tried to reach out, he found his arms were tied up by something, and he couldn't move.
He couldn't help but shout, "Who?! Who tied up your grandpa!"
The next second, his head hurt even more, as if someone was using a high-pressure water jet to cut his brain and soul.
That kind of bone-deep pressure completely made him lose his self-control.
It was like someone was talking to him in the depths of his soul.
"Who is the Noble Lady that Brother Leopard wants to kidnap?"
"...Don't know, Brother Leopard didn't say."
"Where is Brother Leopard going to kidnap the Noble Lady?"
"Guiyuan Star."
"Guiyuan Star is so big, where specifically?"
"...Don't know, Brother Leopard didn't say."
"Then how does Brother Leopard know that the person he wants to kidnap is on Guiyuan Star?"
"Brother Leopard said that before he left, the Divine Calculator of Chongwu Hall calculated the coordinates and time when the Noble Lady would appear."
"Who is the Divine Calculator of Chongwu Hall? How does he know the coordinates and time when the Noble Lady will appear?"
"...Don't know, Brother Leopard didn't say."
"Have you been to Chongwu Hall?"
"Been there."
"Where is Chongwu Hall?"
"...In... Ah...!"
With a scream, a small chip in the man's brain suddenly self-destructed.
His head exploded like a watermelon in an instant.
She Zhuyin watched the monitor in front of her expressionlessly, and thought thoughtfully: "...They even installed a Brain-Computer Interface. This Judge organization is all mystical, but they still believe in science..."
...
At the same moment, as Emperor Tantai Hongyuan, wearing civilian clothes and a Face Mask, quietly arrived at the Royal Hunting Ground outside the Imperial City, Quan Jiuyi was already telling him the hot searches on the Star Network as a joke.
Tantai Hongyuan smiled and specifically asked about the hot search that said the imperial power was yielding again and again, saying, "...Jiuyi, can you find out who initiated this hot search?"
Quan Jiuyi looked at the background data of the social media platform and said, "The initiator of the topic is a small account with no information. After the topic became a hot search, he deleted the account and quit."
Tantai Hongyuan was a little disappointed: "Even if the account is deleted, you can still find out his Quantum Optical Brain model, right? All the Quantum Optical Brains in the Empire are registered with real names, as long as you log in to the platform, the model will be recorded."
Quan Jiuyi said with a smile, "You are really knowledgeable, but this small account uses a Smart Bracelet."
Smart Bracelets can also access the Internet and play games, but Smart Bracelets are not registered with real names.
This shows that this person has hidden their identity extremely well.
Quan Jiuyi saw the Emperor's displeased expression and immediately said, "I suggested before that Smart Bracelets should also require real-name authentication, but you didn't agree..."
Tantai Hongyuan came back to his senses and said with a smile, "There's no need, and the cost is too high. Besides, even if I agree, the Cabinet and the Senate wouldn't agree. Especially the Senate..."
Because the two were traveling incognito, Tantai Hongyuan did not refer to himself as "I (imperial)" (zhen, 'I', imperial use), and Quan Jiuyi was also more casual.
"You have good intentions, but people below may think you are too kind..." Quan Jiuyi said softly.
Kindness means being easy to bully.
Tantai Hongyuan smiled without saying a word.
How could someone who can sit firmly on the Emperor's throne be kind? The two talked and laughed, and soon arrived at the highest viewing platform of the Royal Hunting Ground's palace.
From here, the execution ground was in the best position.
It was a green meadow, surrounded by a circle of low black pine trees that had been growing for who knows how many years.
This land had belonged to the Royal Family for ten thousand years, and somehow, it was more fertile than other places.
Tantai Hongyuan and Quan Jiuyi sat on the terrace surrounded by gauze curtains, drinking freshly squeezed juice while waiting for the execution to begin.
At this time, more than three thousand members of the Imperial Clan and their families who were implicated had been escorted in, but the Imperial Clan members from the Forbidden Mansion who had been ordered to "observe the ceremony" had not yet arrived.
Huo Yushen's subordinate came over and asked him in a low voice, "Inspector Huo, the time is approaching, and there are still one hundred and eighty-three Imperial Clan members belonging to the Forbidden Mansion who have not arrived."
Huo Yushen said lightly, "Notify them that if they don't arrive within five minutes, they don't have to go to work at the Forbidden Mansion. They can just wait at home for the Special Security Bureau to come and confiscate their property."
"Yes, Inspector." The man stood at attention and saluted, then, according to Huo Yushen's original words, notified those who had not yet arrived.
When these people knew that the order came from Huo Yushen, one by one, even those Imperial Clan members who had already gone to the hospital to feign illness, hurriedly rushed over in Flying Vehicles.
They all knew that although these words were spoken by Huo Yushen, they were actually the Emperor's meaning.
Huo Yushen was just the Emperor's killing tool.
Within five minutes, these people did arrive.
Huo Yushen even ordered people to take the Forbidden Mansion's roster and call out their names there, and also had them sign in electronically.
After confirming that all the Imperial Clan members who needed to "observe the ceremony" had arrived, Huo Yushen issued the order.
"Execute."
The Royal Hunting Ground is usually open to the public.
At this time, there were no restrictions in order to build momentum, and even vagrants on the street could come in and wander around.
And everyone in the Imperial City who could come out had run over to watch the excitement.
When the three thousand people were pushed onto the green meadow, the clamor of human sentiment finally quieted down.
Rows of Special Security Bureau executioners wearing top hats, Face Masks, and sunglasses walked out of the lounge near the meadow, carrying Assault Rifles.
They walked in rows of one hundred, very neatly, and the air of solemnity and killing intent swept over them, suppressing everyone.
To be honest, in this era, the Empire's fighter planes can carry out space jumps through small wormholes.
Large interstellar battleships are cruising in the Empire's space.
High-level Gene Evolvers can cause mass casualties with a single thought.
But the method of execution is still so primitive and ancient.
That is, a straightforward shooting, and the people being shot have to pay for the bullets themselves.
The harm is great, and the insult is also great.
Tantai Hongyuan especially liked watching the execution scene.
This time, he sat on the terrace, watching rows of Assault Rifles fire crisp shots from a straight line distance of one thousand meters.
The kneeling crowd in front was harvested like leeks, falling to the ground.
That feeling of physical and mental pleasure was simply worth drinking a large cup of wine.
Thinking so, he also ordered someone to fetch a bottle of aged white wine, poured himself a cup, and took a light sip.
After the three cups of wine were finished, the three thousand-plus people had finally been completely executed.
At this time, the executioners were walking among the fallen, holding guns and life detectors.
If they found any signs of life, they would immediately fire another shot until all signs of life disappeared.
This execution shocked all the Imperial Clan members.
Since the Constitutional Monarchy, the ones who had benefited the most were actually these Imperial Clan members.
They were courted by the Cabinet, the military, and the Senate, becoming a means to check and balance the Emperor.
Similarly, they also received huge benefits from both sides of the game.
For example, the Forbidden Mansion, which managed the Imperial Clan, was no longer dominated by Royal Family members, but by Imperial Clan members.
Also, the Noble status of Imperial Clan members was extended from three generations to five generations.
Moreover, they could receive an annuity from both the national treasury and the Emperor's private treasury.
As long as they retained their Imperial Clan status, they could receive this money forever.
Before this, Imperial Clan members who lost their Noble status were no longer considered part of the Imperial Clan, but just ordinary citizens who had to fend for themselves, and of course, they wouldn't receive any annuity.
It was conceivable that after the Constitutional Monarchy, the Royal Family's Imperial Clan members were the group that benefited the most.
Therefore, their reverence for the Royal Family became less and less, and they even regarded themselves as part of the power-sharing arrangement of the Constitutional Monarchy, feeling that they could run the Empire as co-owners with the Emperor.
Today, Emperor Tantai Hongyuan used his bloody slaughter to show these Imperial Clan members that they were nothing, just pigs waiting to be slaughtered in his pigpen.
...
In the early morning, Xia Chujian woke up from her sleep, reluctantly rubbing herself in the quilt.
Today was the first day of the new semester, and also the day she had to end her two weeks of "painful but happy" vacation and go to school.
In these two weeks, besides working as a bodyguard for Quan Yuxun for two days and going out with Ping Qiong once to look at a house, she hadn't had any rest.
She had been spending her time doing practice questions.
And Xia Yuanfang had been running around while giving her practice papers.
Although Aunt Chen could help take care of the matter of building a wall around the land over there, many things required the employer to make decisions, which Aunt Chen couldn't do.
Xia Yuanfang was the one who handled everything.
Xia Chujian didn't have to worry about these things.
She only needed to do practice questions during the day, and she could still move freely in the evening, such as watching TV, teasing Wu Fu and Si Xi, and bullying the Housekeeping Robot Liu Shun.
She was having a very easy and comfortable life.
Now that she finally had to go to school, it meant that she would not only be doing practice papers at school during the day, but also doing practice papers when she came back in the evening.
This painful state would continue until the National Higher Education Entrance Examination in early July.
And it was only mid-January now.
Xia Chujian suddenly felt like there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
She covered her head with a pillow and almost groaned in pain.
Wu Fu and Si Xi, who were sleeping soundly, were awakened by Xia Chujian.
Wu Fu looked at her with great concern, trying to lift her pillow, "Sister... Sister... Sister sleeping... No pain, no pain... Don't cry, don't cry..."
Si Xi crawled out of its small doghouse, squatted in front of her bed, and barked softly, "Wu Er Fu, Wu Er Fu," with a sad expression on its little dog face.
Liu Shun, the robot, pushed open the door of Xia Chujian's bedroom, slid in from outside, and asked politely, "Excuse me, Master, do you need Liu Shun to wash the pillow?"
Xia Chujian: "..."
Of course, Xia Chujian wouldn't let Liu Shun wash her pillow.
She lifted the pillow and first saw Si Xi's sad little expression under the bed.
Then she turned her head and saw Wu Fu, whose little face, which had just gained some weight, was full of worry.
Xia Chujian chuckled, put her arm around Wu Fu, and kissed her hard.
She then reached under the bed to scoop up Small Dog Si Xi, nuzzling it head to head to show affection.
Si Xi was overjoyed, constantly pressing its little dog head against her, which caused the red light in Liu Shun's eyes to flash continuously as it issued a warning: "Attention, attention, dog hair shedding reaching critical point, dog hair shedding reaching critical point, cleaning mode activated, cleaning mode activated."
Xia Chujian had no choice but to put Si Xi down.
Liu Shun took out cleaning tools from its cylindrical body and began to vacuum, mainly to suck up dog hair.
The vacuuming sound was particularly loud, scaring Small Dog Si Xi so much that it jumped three feet high, then yelped and ran to Xia Yuanfang's bedroom with its tail between its legs.
Wu Fu also covered its ears, protesting, "Noisy! Too noisy! Liu Shun, bad! Bad Liu Shun!"
Xia Chujian hugged it and said, "Yes, that's right, Liu Shun is so annoying! Who vacuums so early in the morning? It's simply disturbing people's dreams!"
The second update will be at 1 p.m.
For those of you reading on QQ Reading, could you please give it a full score? I heard that the rating for my book on QQ Reading isn't very high o(╥﹏╥)o.
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