I Wanna Be An Online Celebrity Chapter 64 Death Penalty

After Chu Tiankuo dealt with affairs of state the next day, the scene of last night played back continuously in his mind.

Chu Tiankuo became angrier and angrier, so he decided to vent his anger!

"Little Orange, deliver my decree: Helian Jue will be punished."

After hearing Chu Tiankuo's words, Little Orange was so afraid that he knelt on the ground and said in a loud voice,

"Your Majesty, please think twice! As Helian Jue is the emperor of the former dynasty, some remaining evils haven't claimed the allegiance and some secrets are still unknown. You shouldn't kill Helian Jue now!"

Little Orange knew that Chu Tiankuo wanted to kill Helian Jue because of the empress. However, troubles would definitely arise from the former dynasty if Helian Jue was dead!

It was not worth letting troubles arise from the former dynasty and hiding the unknown secrets just for a woman! Moreover, the empress would definitely fall out with the emperor if Helian Jue was killed.

Chu Tiankuo wore an insidious sneer and said in a cold voice, "Helian Jue seduced my beloved woman, why can't I say something?! He is my prisoner now! I can do anything I want to him!"

Little Orange became terrified again but appealed to the emperor at the risk of his life,

"Your Majesty! Please think twice! It won't be late to kill Helian Jue after all the secrets are asked out!"

"But I want to kill him right now! What should I do!" Chu Tiankuo said in a fury.

Little Orange trembled his body more fiercely but insisted that Chu Tiankuo should withdraw his decree.

"Your Majesty, please calm down and think it over. Killing Helian Jue may vent your anger for a moment, but what could you get from it?

You can only get relieved for a while at the expense of the entire burial of secrets, the chaos of the country and resentment of your empress! Your Majesty, please think twice!"

"You desire to keep Helian Jue alive so much. Are you the enemy agent sent out by Helian Jue?" Chu Tiankuo asked in a fierce voice.

As Little Orange's body trembled harder, he said with reverence and awe, "Your Majesty! My loyalty to you is proved by heaven and seen by the sun! Your Majesty!"

Little Orange said in a tearful voice.

Chu Tiankuo remained silent and became less angry after quarrelling with Little Orange for so long. But he needed to vent his anger anyway.

As Little Orange knelt on the floor trembling, Chu Tiankuo was in deep thought ma.s.saging his temple in the hall.

When he opened his mouth again, Chu Tiankuo totally calmed down and said in a calm voice, "Deliver my decree: bring Helian Jue to trial. Punish him if he does not say out those secrets. But make sure he is alive."

Little Orange took over the imperial edict silently, knowing that Helian Jue would be dead if he said more.

Chu Tiankuo's voice in the dim hall was as cold as the devil in h.e.l.l.

"Helian Jue, I will let you know what will happen if you badger with my beloved woman!"

After Tang Xia heard the decree, she stood up from the chair immediately and wanted to beg for Chu Tiankuo's mercy. She knew that Chu Tiankuo would kill Helian Jue sooner or later but not now and that he wanted to kill Helian Jue probably because of her.

Although the decree said people should make sure Helian Jue was alive, Tang Xia was worried that accident might happen during the criminal penalty.

When Helian Jue died 'by accident', it would be no use to punish those involved as one only lived once. Chu Tiankuo's plan was so cruel.

In Tang Xia's opinion, she did not care how Helian Jue died. But he could not die because of her, otherwise she would be condemned by her conscience all her life.

When Tang Xia walked to the doorway, she was stopped by Lyuyou and Anran.

Lyuyou and Anran looked at each other and made up their minds. Then they both knelt on the ground in front of Tang Xia.

Tang Xia's two maids said in chorus,

"Please think twice, Your Grace."

Tang Xia was stunned by their behaviors. "When did they know what I am going to do? Why do they ask me to think twice?"

Anran glanced at Tang Xia and said tamely, "We can tell from your face what you are going to do, Your Grace."

When they got the decree, Lyuyou told her that the empress would definitely appeal to His Majesty to show mercy for Helian Jue. As expected, the empress did want to do that. Luckily, they stopped her.

Lyuyou knelt on the ground and said dignifiedly and orderly,

"Your Grace, for one thing, you are the wife of His Majesty while Helian Jue is the enemy of His majesty. You have to accept the heads.h.i.+p of your husband. So you cannot appeal to His Majesty to show his mercy for Helian Jue.

For another, you are the empress of the present dynasty while Helian Jue is the emperor of the former dynasty. What's more, you were Helian Jue's imperial concubine. What will His Majesty and all officials think if you appeal to His Majesty to show his mercy for Helian Jue now?"

What Lyuyou said was reasonable from two angles and both excellent in voice and affection.

An ordinary woman would be convinced by Lyuyou's words as women in ancient times were required to act according to the three obediences and four virtues and to accept the heads.h.i.+p of the husband. However, Tang Xia was a human who made a time-travel here from the 21st century.

She would never accept the three obediences and four virtues any more. If Chu Tiankuo was the ancient native people, Tang Xia would take more of his feelings into consideration.

But Chu Tiankuo was also a human who made time-travel from the 21st century. What he believed was that men and women were equal so that Tang Xia would disregard Lyuyou's words.

Tang Xia wore a faint smile,

"Lyuyou, Anran, thank you. I appreciate your concerns. But if Helian Jue is killed by Chu Tiankuo when he is useless, I won't say anything about it.

But in this situation now, Helian Jue is sentenced to death by Chu Tiankuo suddenly. Hence, it must be relevant to what happened last night. I cannot stand back in silence, or I will be condemned by my conscience."

Lyuyou remained silent for a while, but she still knelt on the ground. As Lyuyou did not make a move, neither would Anran.

"Your Grace, how many people are waiting for you to make mistakes? If you appeal to His Majesty to show his mercy for Helian Jue now,

your status will be on the hazard. Anyone who connects to Helian Jue now will be regarded as the remaining evils of the former dynasty. It is not sure whether His Majesty will protect you or not then."

"Your Grace, you should think more of yourself as the empress," Lyuyou said sincerely and earnestly.

Tang Xia remained silent for a while and wore a calm smile. "Lyuyou, how can I not understand your concern? But I cannot act against my conscience. Don't say anything further, Lyuyou. Just let me go."

Both Lyuyou and Anran became silent for a moment and stood up simultaneously. Lyuyou wore a faint smile and said, "As it is your decision, let's go with you. We will be together, whether live or die."

Tang Xia nodded and acquiesced in their acts. But she would definitely protect them if something happened.

Then Tang Xia together with Lyuyou and Anran walked towards Chu Tiankuo's palace.

In fact, Tang Xia knew clearly about the rule of living in the palace harem—everyone should be worldly-wise and stay out of trouble if it was none of their business. But Tang Xia was not willing to learn the rule.

Take the matter of Helian Jue as an example, it would be better for Tang Xia to stay out of this. Although she was quite aware of the consequence, she still chose to get involved as she adhered to her principles.

When they arrived at the outside of Chu Tiankuo's palace, Tang Xia was stopped by a palace maid, who said in a serious tone, "Your Grace, His Majesty says he will not see anyone now."

Tang Xia said in a cold voice, "Please ask him if I'm included."

The palace maid just repeated the words. "His Majesty says he will not see anyone now!"

Lyuyou said harshly, "See clearly who is standing in front of you!"

That palace maid did not look at Tang Xia as she thought the empress was no longer favored by His Majesty, so what she did was definitely right.

The hubbub outside attracted Chu Tiankuo's attention. When he heard that Tang Xia came, he was happy at first, but his face immediately fell as he knew it was more than likely that Tang Xia came because she wanted to beg him to show his mercy for Helian Jue.

But Chu Tiankuo asked Tang Xia to come in with a glimmer of hope that Tang Xia came just for him.

After Tang Xia together with her two maids came into the hall, Tang Xia said in a calm voice, "Please withdraw the order about Helian Jue, Your Majesty."

Tang Xia's words made Chu Tiankuo be in a violent rage. Then he said in a cold voice while restraining his fury, "All of you go out!"

Little Orange, Lyuyou and Anran were all hesitant.

Chu Tiankuo said sarcastically, "Are you acting against my order?"

Little Orange, Lyuyou and Anran were all terrified, looked worriedly at each other and left.

As Chu Tiankuo commanded them to leave, Tang Xia remained silent.

After they all left, Tang Xia said her second sentence still in a calm voice, "Please withdraw your order, Your Majesty."

Chu Tiankuo said in a cold voice, "Good! Good! Good for you, Tang Xia! You call me 'Your Majesty' for the first time just because of Helian Jue! The first sentence you said after you came in was for appealing to me to show my mercy for Helian Jue!"

Chu Tiankuo was so green with envy as Tang Xia's words stoked his jealousy.

Tang Xia did not tell his jealousy from Chu Tiankuo's words and a.n.a.lyzed for him calmly, "It will do no good to you to kill Helian Jue now. How about releasing Helian Jue so that those secrets may be revealed to the world?"

It was one thing for Chu Tiankuo to hear Little Orange's a.n.a.lysis of killing Helian Jue, but it was another story for him to hear Tang Xia's a.n.a.lysis of this.

The start point of Little Orange's a.n.a.lysis was to gain more benefits for Chu Tiankuo while Tang Xia's start point was to set Helian Jue free.

Chu Tiankuo said sarcastically, "You are playing the field."

Hearing this, Tang Xia still insisted on her request. "Chu Tiankuo, release Helian Jue."

Chu Tiankuo fixed his cold eyes on Tang Xia. He had intended to keep Helian Jue alive, but it seemed that there was no need now!

Looking directly at Tang Xia, Chu Tiankuo said word by word, "Deliver my decree: sentence the former emperor Helian Jue to death and execute him tomorrow."