waiting for him to push it further.Given a chance, Li Chen would definitely strike mercilessly.And in front of Su Zhen's son, Su Pingbei, was absolutely a restless person who wouldn't mind taking his...Chapter 85: Human Life is the Least Valuable
Witnessing with my own eyes, countless bodies frozen stiff and lifeless, being discarded into pits like trash. When one pit was nearly full, soldiers would take shovels to fill it up.
This shocking scene gave Zhao Rui a huge shock.
Despite her tumultuous life, being displaced several times as a child and eventually finding refuge with her distant relative Zhao Xuanji, who used her to gain entry into the Eastern Palace, Zhao Rui grew up in luxury and comfort. She had never experienced the hardships of the common people.
She said, incredulously, "Thousands! Just like that!"
"In this world, human life is the cheapest."
Li Chen looked at Zhao Rui and said, "This palace kills people, always only killing those who deserve it. But some people, who have held a brush for a lifetime and read the scriptures of the sages for a lifetime, because of them, the innocent people who died are like mountains and seas."
Zhao Rui pursed her lips, too afraid to answer.
She could feel the suppressed anger in Li Chen's chest, directed at Zhao Xuanji and also at herself.
Whether it was the cold or fear, Zhao Rui's body trembled slightly.
At this very moment, a large company of soldiers clad in the armor of the Imperial Guard came running from afar.
The one at the beginning, marked by "reated out of the Xizheng Hall.But at this moment, Li Yinhǔ was unaware of everything that had happened in Xizheng Hall. He was lost in the greatest glory and halo of his life.Barefoot and clad in pla...