The next morning, after breakfast, Ding Yun had the bodyguard robots summon all the stewards and informed them of what had happened the previous day.
It was Emperor Minghui's decree.
After listening, although everyone looked grief-stricken, no one regretted it or blamed Ding Yun for rescuing them. After all, the lives of the collateral branches, and even distant relatives, were certainly not as important as their own.
Who would want to die if they could live?
Moreover, their most important relatives were by their sides. The remaining relationships were not that close. While it was regrettable and they felt guilty about dying for them, at that time, they didn't know Ding Yun's attitude, so it was difficult to make any requests. They could only remain silent.
And they fixed their gazes on the remaining Ji family members.
As dependents, there were certain things they found difficult to bring up themselves. However, the Ji family members were also captured.
Therefore, they could only wait to see what their own family would say.
"A Yue, can you... can you save them again? After all, they were implicated because of us.
If we abandon them.
It truly makes one uneasy to eat and sleep..."
"However, if there is danger, then forget it. Ensuring one's own safety is more important."
Although the original body's mother didn't know how her daughter had survived, she had indeed tried to strangle her daughter, so she was in the wrong. She didn't dare to say anything now.
Therefore, after a long silence in the hall, her father, Ji Linyu, hesitantly spoke.
However, he was also afraid of troubling his daughter.
So he specifically left room for maneuver at the end.
"Father, there's no need to worry.
The reason I invited you over and told you about this is not to discuss whether or not to save them. We will definitely save them.
What we need to discuss is how to save them.
It's easy to rescue them. Even if the capital is filled with all sorts of traps, I am confident I can rescue them all as smoothly as I did today. But after rescuing them, how should I arrange for them?
So many people, just their household registration is a problem.
Not to mention that there might be spies and secret agents mixed in, perhaps specifically to find out where we are and prepare to act as guides.
And even if I save them this time.
What about next time?
This time it's three generations, what if next time it's nine generations? Nine generations down the line, it might be their friends and family, who doesn't have relatives, who doesn't have friends? Where will this lead?"
First, Ding Yun set the tone: they would definitely save them. But after saying this, she immediately talked about the difficulties.
And the difficulties she spoke of.
Were indeed true.
Everyone present felt there was no solution after listening.
Because such a thing was very likely to happen.
Was it that easy to defy a ruler? Moreover, this ruler now seemed to have grasped their weakness. She could save one person, a hundred people, but how could she save ten thousand, a hundred thousand people? If this place was exposed and attacked by the army, what would they do? Fight to the death or flee?
"Then... we won't bother with them..."
Although they found it hard to accept, someone still said with hesitation and trembling.
Many others closed their eyes helplessly.
It seemed they had to admit that perhaps this was the most beneficial course of action for them, ensuring their own safety.
However, Ding Yun suddenly chuckled:
"Hehe, you probably all misunderstood my meaning. I never said that we wouldn't save them because of these difficulties. I'm not complaining to you about these difficulties, but to tell you that if the root problem isn't solved, there will probably be no peace in the future.
And the root problem is undoubtedly Emperor Minghui.
That old thing, Qi Ming.
He is old and should die. I didn't do anything major, just bought some things, saved a few people. As long as he stops pursuing, we can all be safe. But since he is unwilling to let it go, I don't want to leave any hidden dangers.
What do you think? If I kill him, can this matter be resolved? Can it be pacified? If not, I will eliminate the entire royal family and become emperor myself.
What do you think? Will the local areas rebel?
Can this matter be resolved?"
Ding Yun knew she was a bit arrogant and didn't care much about Emperor Minghui's face when doing things.
But she couldn't be blamed for this.
If Emperor Minghui had left some room for maneuver and hadn't directly wanted to annihilate her entire family out of anger, Ding Yun wouldn't have been forced to storm the execution ground and prison with no other option.
The matter has escalated to this point, which only means that Emperor Minghui did not realize who he was targeting and offending. Ding Yun also did not fully realize how angry a ruler who had held absolute power for decades would be when faced with those unknown and defiant of his will, how much he would want to destroy such beings.
Both sides' understanding was incomplete, and both believed themselves to be invincible. It was normal for such a clash to occur.
As of today, Ding Yun felt she had endured twice. The first was when she bought some things, and Emperor Minghui relentlessly pursued and investigated her. She endured. The second was the confiscation of her property and beheading. She only saved the people and did nothing else, which could also be considered enduring.
But now, they were about to exterminate three generations.
This was one offense after another.
She was no longer willing to endure.
That's why she was now directly talking about eliminating Emperor Minghui and even wiping out the royal family to become emperor herself.
This was not her having a delusion and talking nonsense.
This was Ding Yun's true inner thought.
However, among the people present, including her parents, even though they had witnessed Ding Yun's ability to fly through the sky and move underground, their instinctive fear of imperial power still made them not believe that Ding Yun's words could come true. Some were even so scared they trembled and immediately said that she must not do anything foolish.
Her father, Ji Linyu, quickly persuaded her:
"Daughter, why don't we just not save those distant relatives? Please don't make trouble. How can regicide and overthrowing a nation be so easy? You can't be so reckless just because you have a little ability."
"We are fine as we are now. Living in seclusion in these deep mountains and old forests is very good. There's no need to meddle in outside affairs, right? Let's just live like this."
"I know you don't believe me, but I actually have the ability. However, I don't know much about the court affairs here. How about this, let's just assume for a moment, assume that I can do what I just said.
If Emperor Minghui is dead, all other royals are under my control, and even the entire capital is under my control, do you think I can usurp the throne successfully?
And add this: if there's a rebellion in the provinces, I can eliminate the rebel leaders in a very short time. If I can do all this, do you think I can eliminate Jingguo in a very short time and stabilize the domestic situation, avoiding major turmoil?"
Since she no longer wanted to endure, Ding Yun was too lazy to grind with them slowly. It was better to simply flip the table decisively. The reason she asked this now was primarily because the original body didn't understand the officialdom of this world, and she didn't know if her assumptions could succeed.
Therefore, she wanted to consult these officials.
If possible, Ding Yun naturally hoped that the whole process would involve less bloodshed and have a smaller impact on the country, minimizing civilian casualties.
This was the core reason for her asking.
Ji Linyu and a few of his former colleagues exchanged glances, gave a bitter smile, and could only say helplessly:
"A Yue, what you said is theoretically feasible.
But the premise is that you have the ability. And if you do this, most people will probably only outwardly obey but inwardly resist, procrastinate, or even go on strike.
At that time, the court might fall into paralysis."
"Procrastination, strike...
Father, you're talking about officials, right? In that case, you guys go back first. I'll think about it carefully. Also, don't worry about your collateral relatives. No matter what, I will definitely save them!"
At this moment, Ding Yun already had a plan in mind, but she needed to sort it out carefully.
So she quickly sent everyone away.
Then she immediately opened the two-world free shuttle gate and went to the level two technological plane to search online for things she wanted to buy that would be beneficial for her to rule the world after assassinating the emperor and seizing the throne.
For example, a global satellite communication network.
Robots that can act as officials to handle political affairs.
Or a sky net system to monitor the entire world.
In short, as a precautionary measure, Ding Yun wanted to prepare in advance. Even if all the officials in the world went on strike, she could build a complete ruling system that obeyed only her in a very short time.
A high-tech intelligent ruling system.
This system didn't need to be maintained for a long time, as long as it could be maintained for a few years, she believed that those officials and scholars who were unwilling would eventually have to compromise.
After all, they probably couldn't bear to.
To truly become commoners.
Although the combined price of all these things would be very expensive, consuming more than half of her current savings, Ding Yun felt it was worth it when she thought about how much more convenient and free it would be to do many things once she became emperor, and she wouldn't have to mine minerals furtively anymore.
As for the money spent, she probably wouldn't be able to save enough to buy a space exploration vessel in the short term. Ding Yun felt a bit regretful, but she didn't care too much.
This was because she didn't have a particular obsession with space exploration vessels. If it wasn't for the fact that this was the most technologically advanced and most expensive item sold in the level two technological plane, Ding Yun probably wouldn't have noticed it.
Previously, she thought that owning a space exploration vessel would allow her to easily crush all countries on this planet, mainly because only by purchasing a space exploration vessel could she buy some advanced weapons and equipment.
But in reality, she had underestimated the technological level of the level two technological plane. Even if she couldn't buy the most advanced weapons, just buying some conventional weapons.
Or even without buying weapons, just buying some industrial equipment would be enough to easily crush this place.
So whether she bought the exploration vessel early or late.
It was no longer that important.
However, after buying these things, Ding Yun thought that since the remaining money was not enough to buy a space exploration vessel, waiting half a year or a year was the same, so it didn't matter. She then spent a lot of her remaining money and bought out all the display mechs available on the market.
The so-called display mechs were mechs that were not equipped with any weapons and were only used for display.
Their price was relatively low.
And there were no purchase restrictions or requirements.
If these mechs were to cause trouble in the level two technological plane, they would be seeking death. But if they were brought to Ding Yun's plane, they would be indestructible, terrifying behemoths of war.
Jokingly, a mech entirely made of various high-strength alloys, even without any weapons, was invincible with its impenetrable defense and a volume of nearly a hundred tons.
Even if it did nothing, didn't attack actively, just lying on the ground and rolling a few times could easily eliminate a troop of soldiers.
And Ding Yun didn't just buy one.
She bought more than a hundred. If there weren't only over a hundred available for sale, she would have bought more.
With these mechs as a deterrent.
Ding Yun truly had nothing to worry about anymore.
As soon as the items arrived, she quickly transported them all back to the ancient plane and began to systematically modify the purchased items. Comprehensive modifications.
For example, some items had backdoors.
Backdoors left by the seller or the government.
All of them were sealed and locked by Ding Yun.
Some clauses in the law robot chips were inappropriate or did not conform to the era, so they were also restricted or modified by Ding Yun.
Most other items were similar.
They were all modified by Ding Yun to be more suitable for the era.
To make these modifications, Ding Yun did not need to possess knowledge in these areas herself. She only needed to use the free shuttle gate between the two worlds to seize the highest authority of these machines and intelligences, and then she could change them at will.
Initially, Ding Yun did not know that the free shuttle gate between the two worlds had this function. To ensure that the purchased robots would not backfire, she secretly cheated and used her consciousness chip to seize the highest authority of the robots, thereby achieving complete control over their life and death.
It wasn't until later, when she brought a robot with a backdoor through the free shuttle gate between the two worlds, that the free shuttle gate actively reminded her, asking if she wanted to seize the highest authority and seal the backdoor. Ding Yun then realized that this free shuttle gate was more reliable and safer than she had imagined.
Because of this, she became even more unscrupulous afterward and bought a large number of machines without worry.
However, although these matters were relatively simple due to Ding Yun's successful seizure of the highest authority of various machines and intelligences, she had bought too many things, and some items could not be processed in batches.
So by the time she finished modifying the items.
Three days had already passed.
In another hour or so, many members of the three generations of former imperial guards would be executed at the Meridian Gate.
Although the personal light-speed flight device was very fast, Ding Yun still rushed to depart.
She brought all the bodyguard robots and all the weapons, mechs, and other items she had brought for the journey.