Everyone in the hall was shocked when they heard this, and everyone was dumbfounded. There was silence all around for a while, and only the angry Yuan Hao shouted: "Kill him, kill him!"
The guards did not dare to disobey orders and were about to take action, but someone was one step ahead of them. They saw Xiao Chengyi holding a long sword and stabbing Shen Chi in the chest. He said in a cold voice: "You deserve to die, the bold maniac! "
Shen Chi stiffened. He looked at the long sword that had penetrated his chest, and then at Xiao Chengyi who was standing in front of him. He opened his mouth and blood kept spitting out from his mouth, and then he fell to the ground.
Xiao Chengyi turned around and knelt on one knee: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the assassin has been executed."
Yuan Hao walked over with someone helping him, and he glanced at Zhou Quan, the eunuch beside him.
Zhou Quan knew it and went to check Shen Chi's body in person. After confirming that it was correct, he stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, the assassin has expired."
Yuan Hao narrowed his eyes. He covered his injured abdomen, feeling furious. He didn't expect Shen Chi to be so bold as to assassinate him in public, and he almost succeeded.
He looked at the corpse on the ground and said in a cold and stern voice: "Let me cut him into pieces!"
"His Majesty."
Xiao Chengyi raised his head and looked at Yuan Hao and said, "Your Majesty, please leave this assassin's whole body intact!"
Only then did Yuan Hao notice Xiao Chengyi. At first glance, he felt that this young man was extraordinary, especially his eyes, which seemed a bit familiar.
He couldn't help but look at it a few more times and asked curiously: "Who are you?"
Xiao Chengyi clasped his hands and lowered his head and said: "I am the eldest son of the General's Mansion, Xiao Chengyi."
Yuan Hao suddenly realized: "It's you!"
He had only heard Xiao Chengyi's name before and knew that he was Xin Ruyi's son who was taken into the residence by Mu Rufeng and made the eldest son of the general's residence.
It's just that Xiao Chengyi has not entered the Mu family ancestral hall and is not considered a Mu family member, so he doesn't pay much attention to it. Now when he sees him, he feels that this young man is not simple.
Just now, he killed Shen Chi with a sword, killing him quickly and cruelly, and now he begged for Shen Chi to save his whole body, which made people suspicious.
Yuan Hao supported his injured body and asked him: "Why do you want me to keep his whole body?"
Xiao Chengyi said: "For the sake of His Majesty's innocence."
Yuan Hao was stunned for a moment and seemed a little confused: "What do you mean by this?"
Xiao Chengyi replied: "Everyone knows that Shen Chi assassinated His Majesty because the wife he had divorced wanted to enter the palace as a concubine. He did such a move out of love and hatred.
It is true that Shen Chi deserves to die for assassinating His Majesty, but if Your Majesty does not even leave him with a whole body, the world will inevitably think that His Majesty's move was a vent of hatred out of embarrassment and anger."
"You are brave!"
Zhou Quan saw Xiao Chengyi saying such rebellious words and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't listen to the arrogance of this ignorant junior. You are the Nine-Five Supreme Being. How..."
Yuan Hao stretched out his hand to interrupt him. It must be said that Xiao Chengyi's words just now made him wake up from his dream. He was indeed venting his hatred just now.
But I didn't know that there were so many people in this hall. If he didn't even let go of a corpse, how would the ministers and the people view him?
Yuan Hao also felt that he had been too impulsive. He was the king of a country, and his words and deeds would be recorded in history. In anger, he had Chen Chi killed, but he had actually made a big mistake.
But if Chen Chi's corpse is not even spared, then he will not be able to wash away the charges mentioned by Chen Chi.
Yuan Hao thought about it, laughed loudly, stretched out his hand to help Xiao Chengyi up and said: "You are a brave boy, I like it very much.
I was also very angry just now. I thought that I had never treated Shen Chi badly, but it really chilled my heart that he treated me like this. After all, he was also a poor man. I will not pursue the matter of the assassination. Someone come and give him a good burial. .”
After receiving the order, the guards dragged Shen Chi's body out.