As Zhang Chong finished speaking, the rest of the officials chimed in one after another.
"Indeed, Your Highness! The truth of this assassination attempt has yet to be investigated, yet you took it upon yourself to slaughter all the Beidi people at Shanghe Mansion. Such an act is utterly cold-blooded and ruthless!"
He had originally wanted to say "inhuman," but out of lingering fear for the imperial majesty, he changed the four words to "cold-blooded and ruthless" at the last moment.
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