I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon-Chapter 1044 - 387: Carrying a Blade Without an Umbrella on a Rainy Night (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)

Just as she was about to leave the hall, she turned her head, looking at the varied expressions on the faces of the officials present, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in her eyes, she said sharply:

"Wait!"

"Apart from Tang Xingbang, there are other officials from the State Mansion involved in this matter, and they are right here in this room!"

"Oh?"

Chu Yanli raised a hand to signal the Mystic Armor Guard to stop, and said with interest, "Then why don't you tell us, who else is involved here?"

Hua Yinglan took a deep breath and said solemnly, "Assistant of the Grain Bureau Ke Jingning, Changhe Xuan, Assistant Judge Ji Jin... these people have all been bribed by Tang Xingbang, giving the green light to goods approvals, Ke Jingning even prepared a warehouse specifically for temporarily storing Barbarian Slaves!"

"Every year, the silver they receive for their shares amounts to tens of thousands of taels, all real silver, impossible to fake, Your Highness can easily verify this!"

"You are spouting nonsense!"

"Talking recklessly, daring to slander me!"

"Slander, blatant slander! Your Highness must not listen to the words of petty people!"

The few who were named couldn't sit still anymore, they stood up and loudly rebuked.

Chu Yanli ignored them, looked up at Hua Yinglan, and said, "You should know in your heart that no matter how you confess your sins, you are still going to die."

"I understand."

Outside came heart-wrenching wails, Ming Yuchun had already been set on fire, the flames reflected on Hua Yinglan's face, her eyelids slightly lowered, she said in a low voice, "I just want a quick end."

"Granted."

Chu Yanli extended her slender hand, pointing through the air.

A dazzling golden light flashed, and Hua Yinglan's forehead was pierced through with a loud bang.

Her eyes turned hollow, and she collapsed to the ground, blood flowed wantonly beneath her, yet her face bore a trace of a relieved smile.

The wails outside gradually subsided, and the burnt smell in the air grew more intense.

The sound of a pin drop could be heard around, the pressure in the air was immensely low.

The officials present drooped their heads, their cold sweat had already soaked through their clothes.

"Now, everyone should understand why I put Gu in the wine, right?" Chu Yanli leaned back in her chair, legs crossed, speaking lazily, "Bailu City is rotten to the core, there's no way to clean it up, rather than that, it's better to just scrape the bones to cure the poison, and completely remove the rotten flesh."

"I have reported to the court, and the additional imperial envoy will arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest, to take over all the affairs of the State Mansion."

"So, rather than saying this banquet is to welcome me, it's more like a farewell for you all."

With this, the faces of the crowd turned even more deathly pale.

"However..."

Chu Yanli changed the tone, saying, "But don't accuse me of being heartless, I still left an opportunity for you."

The Female Officer next to her stepped forward, placing a white porcelain bottle on the table.

"Inside here is the antidote to the Seven Absolute Gu, with a total of fifteen pills, meaning that today only fifteen people will leave here alive."

"The requirement is simple, I want you to report each other, whoever provides more detailed evidence and exposes more colleagues, that person gets an antidote... however, time is limited, in another hour, when the poison fully takes effect, then even an Immortal can't save you."

Chu Yanli said with a smiling squint.

"You want us to report on each other?"

The crowd exchanged glances, hesitating for a moment.

"Uh... ah!" 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

At this time, another official of the State Mansion turned ashen and fell to the ground.

As if the last straw that broke the camel's back, the atmosphere became restless and uneasy, under the fear of death, their mental defenses were gradually collapsing.

The Assistant of the Grain Bureau Ke Jingning, who had been named by Hua Yinglan earlier, suddenly stood up, loudly saying, "I accuse Investigation Officer Lan Mingda of secretly colluding with the Gu God Sect, facilitating their recruitment of followers in Nantu State!"

Since he was already exposed, he'd rather stir the waters, if he was to die, let everyone die together!

Lan Mingda's cheeks flushed red with anger, rebuking, "You want to drag me down with you? Yesterday who was bragging to me about the estates you had just extorted, causing how many families to be destroyed, and you dare to accuse me?"

A stone stirred up a thousand waves, others jumped out one after another:

"I want to report the Assistant Military Officer Liu Jinnian, he has large amounts of property with unclear origins, there's definitely something fishy going on!"

"Heh, you abused your power, secretly used the State Treasury's silver to repair the main hall of the Purple Cloud Temple, did you think I didn't know?!"

"The Household Department's Huang Zhongqian has a Barbarian Slave hidden in his backyard, I saw it with my own eyes!"

"Nonsense! Before you said you wanted to trade three concubines with me, and now you're pretending to be proper?"

The scene was extremely chaotic.

The officials of the State Mansion, in order to protect themselves, started biting at each other regardless of friend or foe, after all, there were limited antidotes, they all feared they would be too late with their revelations and be preempted by others.

The Female Officer next to them recorded everything they said word for word.

This was exactly the effect Chu Yanli wanted.

If these people were to band together, with one unified story, it would truly be troublesome.

In the end, it would only lead to a few small fry being pushed out as scapegoats, neither painful nor itchy, and the situation wouldn't change at all after she left.

Only by first dismantling from within, cutting through the mess quickly, can the real huge worms be ferreted out!

As for the so-called Seven Absolute Gu, it was naturally fake, just regular medicinal wine.

The officials who died miserably at the start, were all suspects exposed by Wang Kui, once confirmed to have collusion with the Barbarian Tribe, they were given poison wrapped in wax balls in advance, and then the True Yuan was used to break the outer shell, creating the illusion of poison onset and death.

"Chen Mo's method, though a bit sinister, was quite effective." Chu Yanli's eyes were full of smiles.