I'm a villain, not a devil

Bai Youming walked towards us step by step, and with every step forward, everyone present felt their breathing become heavier.

When he came in front of Sean, everyone except Cheryl who was holding Sean had already knelt on the ground.

Unimaginable pressure filled the entire area. Bai Youming's face seemed calm, but everyone knew that the prince was angry.

After just one look, Bai Youming let out a long sigh.

There was no trace of life, and the blood was filled with the smell of decay.

Sean...is dead.

Bai Youming's eyelids drooped a little, and after a moment, he finally asked, "What happened?"

Cheryl, who had originally had some expectations, took a half step back stubbornly after noticing Bai Youming's expression, and the disappointment in her eyes was visible to the naked eye.

At this moment, Ake, who was in a state of dismay, walked out and fell to his knees with a thud.

"I am... incompetent... His Highness..."

After Ake described what happened in a bitter voice, Bai Youming lowered his head and closed his eyes, which was rare.

It was Cheryl who interrupted him: "Can you save Big Brother?"

Bai Youming shook his head slightly: "He is already dead, the shackled python... that man is the snake king... that kind of poison corrodes the soul."

Cheryl's huge body staggered, then he took a deep breath and walked around Bai Youming and his group, then rushed onto a flying vehicle and threw the pilot out.

The aircraft took off crookedly and rushed towards the imperial capital.

The Red Angel Zora helped the thrown out pilot up, and after hesitating for a moment, she said to Bai Youming: "Your Highness... do you want to bring him back?"

Bai Youming raised his head and stretched his neck. His voice remained calm, but the anger in it was overwhelming.

"He wants to try to save Sean... Let him try." Bai Youming paused. The aura around him made Zhuola feel cold behind his back. "I said, I want to seek some justice for Sean."

His sharp eyes swept over the distraught Ake: "Will kneeling help?"

Ak's voice was full of bitterness and self-blame: "It's all my fault... Your Highness, I am willing to be buried with His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Idiot!" Bai Youming's voice finally contained anger.

The air was compressed invisibly, and the surrounding ground actually sank halfway!

Zora's eyes were filled with horror. His Highness... has become even more powerful!

Ake looked up in confusion and saw Bai Youming's cold and calm face.

"Instead of kneeling down to be buried with you, it's better to go kill more people..." Bai Youming waved his hand gently, "Get up, where are the others?"

Ake woke up as if from a dream. He rubbed his eyes hard and then threw a person out.

It was the seriously injured man in black. She was lying unconscious on the spot, and the mask on her face had been taken off.

Elisa Lam’s wet nurse.

Bai Youming twitched the corner of his mouth: "Very good...very good!"

……

The night was getting darker, and tonight's curfew was unusually early.

People returned to their houses early, and His Majesty's movements during the day also made officials and nobles dare not go out.

Although they didn't know why, people living in the imperial capital all felt that there was an inexplicable sense of solemnity in the air.

In the bedroom, Elisa Lam, who had driven out all the maids, was feeling uneasy. She paced around the room constantly. Even in the hot weather, she felt a chill on her back.

I haven't received any news from the wet nurse yet... Why is there such a big commotion at His Majesty's place today... What on earth happened...

Elisa Lam felt like her heart was about to jump out of her chest, and she had many bad premonitions in her mind.

Suddenly, an ornament in a hidden corner of the room moved.

That is... Bai Si's secret method of contacting me...

Elisa Lam walked over nervously and picked up the ornament, and a piece of white paper came out of it with a line of words written on it.

"The nanny was captured alive by the prince. Mother, please distance yourself from him immediately!"

Elisa Lam was struck by lightning!

After taking back the white paper, she staggered a few steps and was about to sit down on the ground, but the anxious voice of the maid outside was already heard.

"Master, His Royal Highness the Prince asks you to go to the side hall!"

Elisa Lam's breathing suddenly stopped.

She hurriedly found a box of tranquilizers, and although she was afraid of pain, she quickly inserted the needle into her body.

Under the effect of the drug, she calmed down a lot. Various thoughts flashed through her mind, and finally she frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"

This time, it was not the maid's voice that rang out.

"Princess Lan, I am Zhuola, the captain of Unit 0. I have something important to tell you. Please go to the side hall immediately."

Lan Fei took a deep breath, trying to make the medicine work faster. After a moment, she stood up and opened the door.

"What's going on?"

Zhuola looked at Lan Fei and just held out her hand: "Please."

When she arrived at the side hall, it was already filled with a row of people.

All four princes were present. Not only that, his father Lan Youshan, Grand Duke Wenqie and his eldest son also came here. In addition, some military generals, many important officials, and bishops of the Golden Dawn were all present.

Everyone standing here is a well-known figure in the empire. It can be said that even the most inconspicuous person in the corner has the final say in the area under his jurisdiction.

Seeing Lan Fei walk in, everyone turned their eyes over.

She swallowed her saliva involuntarily. Bai Si and Bai You stood aside for some reason, with strange looks in their eyes. The expressions of the others were even weirder, except for her father, Lan Youshan, who shook his head at her imperceptibly.

After taking two more steps, Elisa Lam finally saw the person in the crowd clearly.

With an old face, a slightly heaving chest, and a body covered with scars, she floated helplessly in the air like a wild dog waiting to be slaughtered.

Nanny...a feeling of sadness welled up in my heart.

However, Elisa Lam, who had never been very smart, finally realized what she should do now.

She opened her eyes wide in disbelief: "What...what are you doing?"

She even looked at the high-ranking Bai Youming with a questioning look, and then, as if suppressing her anger, she said, "Your Highness, what are you doing?"

Can't this woman see the current situation clearly? Many people present looked at her with disdain.

But almost everyone had a thought: it seemed that Concubine Lan had nothing to do with this matter...

Bai Youming slowly walked down the steps and came in front of Lan Fei.

Everyone silently took a half step back, and Lan Fei was so overwhelmed by the terrifying aura that she lowered her head.

"Your people murdered the prince."

Everyone present gasped. No wonder, no wonder the prince asked them to come here in the middle of the night... no wonder he was so scary...

Elisa Lam trembled in horror: "This... How is this possible..."

Bai Youming raised his chin slightly: "So, do you think that I am lying?"

The others were shocked. When Bai Youming called himself the king, he was probably going to kill someone...

"I, I don't know..." Elisa Lam shrank her head and her voice became tearful.

Lan Youshan hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, I can guarantee that Concubine Lan definitely did not instigate this... Where did she get the courage and manpower?"

Bai Youming turned his head slightly, and Lan Youshan was so scared that he immediately lowered his head.

"So it was you, Lan Youshan, who ordered this?"

"I absolutely wouldn't dare. Although this person is from my Lan family and raised Concubine Lan, Lan Youshan dares to guarantee with the lives of his entire family that this matter has nothing to do with my Lan family!"

"Oh?" Bai Youming suddenly chuckled, and Lan Youshan's face immediately turned red, as if his neck was strangled by the air.

Bai Youming took one last glance at the shivering Lan father and daughter, then glanced at the people around them.

No one dared to look at each other.

He took out a candle, lit it and placed it on top of Lan Youshan's head.

Not knowing what material the candle was made of, Lan Youshan only felt that the dripping wax was extremely hot, almost burning his scalp.

But at this moment, he could only endure the severe pain and dared not move.

He had been through that time, so he knew better what it would be like when this usually casual prince got angry.

Bai Youming sat back in the first seat, looking down at everyone.

Until everyone held their breath, the side hall became eerily quiet.

Bai Youming picked up a booklet and started flipping through it.

After a moment, he tapped the booklet with his finger without even raising his head.

"Chief of the Security Bureau?"

"My subordinate is here." The trembling chief of the security bureau hurried out.

The second prince frowned slightly.

"The city's security is not good enough," he paused and waved his hand casually, "We should be responsible."

"Your subordinates know..."

Before he could even utter the word "sin", he felt a light chill, his vision turned upside down, and the tops of everyone's heads appeared before him.

The head jumped high, and the blood spurted out to the roof and splashed on everyone's head.

Zora slowly withdrew her knife.

The violent heartbeats almost merged into a long river of fear. No one expected that Bai Youming would dare to take action directly!

The Director of the Security Bureau is a high-ranking official, and officials of this level must go through numerous procedures before they can be convicted and removed from office.

But Bai had ordered it, without even asking the Emperor for permission, right here in the side hall of the palace, in full view of everyone...

This time, even Grand Duke Wenqie, Cardinal Karado, Lan Youshan, and even several princes felt the bone-chilling chill.

Bai Youming gently flipped through the booklet, and the rustling sound of the papers was like the scythe of the god of death sliding across the ground.

"The one in charge of surveillance in the city... Let me see, the director of the public opinion department." Bai Youming gave another name.

"Your Highness! Your Highness, spare your life!"

Another head flew high.

Bai Youming continued to call out names.

"Intelligence, which general is in charge of this?"

"Your Highness, Your Highness, I was yours back then..."

The Red Angel Zora did not hesitate at all.

"Oh, right, the person in charge of the Poison City area..."

"and this……"

"Almost forgot……"

Names were called out one after another, and those who used to be high and mighty did not even dare to escape, but just begged for mercy frantically.

However, Zora's knife did not hesitate at all.

"Oh, and this, the Cardinal of the Golden Dawn..."

Karado looked up in astonishment, and the heads of his trusted men were already flying off.

Why...what does it have to do with me, the Golden Dawn...

He didn't dare to ask, but Bai Youming seemed to guess what he was thinking.

The prince waved his hand casually: "The speed of handing over the territory is too slow. If it were faster, maybe Sean wouldn't leave the city?"

Karado almost fainted, but at this moment he could only raise his head.

The ground was soaked with blood. Headless corpses were lying across the hall. Heads of all sizes rolled to the corners, to the doorsteps, and to the feet of the living.

Is Bai Youming crazy... Even if he is a prince, he cannot just kill so many powerful people!

However, everyone only dared to think so, and no one dared to speak, because their hair had been dyed blood red.

By the time Bai Youming closed the book, a quarter of the people in the side hall had died, and the smell of blood had even spread outside the hall.

Bai Youming stood up and tapped the old nanny's temple.

The latter woke up twitching all over, and looked around in confusion and horror.

Bai Youming asked calmly, "Who ordered you to do that?"

"No...no..." said the old nanny trembling.

A black spot of light from Bai Youming's fingertips sank into her head. After a moment of daze, she screamed wildly.

The pain in that voice made everyone shudder, as if someone had pierced her body with thousands of burning needles.

She screamed, but couldn't even faint.

Her eyes rolled back, and all her blood vessels were sticking out and trembling on her ugly skin. She even screamed so loudly that her jaw was dislocated.

Bai Youming helped her fix her jaw and said calmly, "Who ordered you to do that?"

Elisa Lam found that even tranquilizers could not suppress her trembling.

She fainted quite simply.

Bai Youming didn't even look at it. Another black light appeared from his fingertips: "Three, two, one..."

The light spot disappeared again.

This time, the old nanny couldn't even utter a scream. She was in so much pain that her vocal cords broke and even her hair fell out one by one.

The third light spot came out from Bai Youming's fingertips.

The old nurse turned her head tremblingly.

Then stop in front of the unbelievable man.

"W-what are you doing?!"

Bai Youming narrowed his eyes slightly: "Bai You..."

Not only Bai You, but also Grand Duke Wenqie, his eldest son Earl Simon, Lan Youshan and others all looked pale.

The Third Prince found that he could not clench his hands. He gritted his teeth and said, "Uncle, I definitely did not instruct her! She is framing me! This is a naked frame-up!"

Bai Youming's intimidation was so terrifying that Bai You's face was distorted.

Bai Youming raised his head slightly, and Bai You knelt on the ground with tears streaming down his face: "Uncle, please believe me!"

"White worry..."

Bai Youming had just opened his mouth when anxious footsteps were heard from outside.

It was the Palace Chancellor, Covens.

He pursed his lips tightly, stepped over the blood on the ground, and came to Bai Youming.

"Your Highness...that's enough..." Covens said tremblingly.

Bai Youming took a deep breath of the bloody smell that filled the room: "I have just begun to seek justice..."

"Your Highness, that's enough..."

Bai Youming chuckled: "Does he think that's enough?"

"Enough, enough..."

"Is it enough?!"

Bai Youming shouted angrily, and everyone knelt down.

A long sigh was heard in the palace.

The sound was not loud, but it seemed to echo in the ears of everyone in the side hall.

"Deprive Bai You of his title of prince, throw him into the Black Pigeon Prison, and thoroughly investigate Grand Duke Wen Qie and Speaker Lan Youshan... Let's leave it at that for now. I have your orders."

It was the emperor. Everyone lowered their heads even lower.

Only Bai You's limbs were trembling.

Not only did Bai Youming not kneel down, he also glanced at Covens with disgust, whose eyes suddenly rolled back.

He sneered: "Brother Huang, you are worthy of it."

The emperor paused, then spoke with dignity: "That's it."

"What if I say no?" Bai Youming did not give in at all.

"I have an order!" the emperor said in a louder voice.

Everyone present was sweating profusely. Could it be that the prince was going to turn against the emperor?

At this moment, a hurried figure rushed into the side hall, came to Bai Youming and whispered something.

Bai Youming's eyes lit up slightly, and then he sneered: "This matter is not over yet."

His figure flashed straight ahead and disappeared into the side hall.

Zora grabbed the unconscious old nanny and followed immediately.

Covens' body shuddered and returned to normal. He looked around but didn't know what to say. In the end, he just said, "Everyone, please wait."

After saying that, he quickly left the place.

In the side hall, the only people left were those who looked like they had survived a disaster, and Bai You, who looked like a fool.

The other three princes had different expressions, except for Bai Si, who had a gleam of light flashing in his eyes.