Crossing the Nongmen: The Space of Doctor Women is on fire!

Chapter 523 Why Won't They Let Them Go?

Yang Jinfan gave him a sly smile and glanced at him sharply. Qiao Boqian felt a chill run down his spine and his expression became slightly flustered.

Why are you looking at him? He didn't name anyone!

Yang Jinfan withdrew his gaze and immediately knelt down: "It was I who was guilty first, and should not have disobeyed Your Majesty's decree! If I had not taken the lead first, the Sixth Prince would not have acted against you. I deserve to die, and I beg Your Majesty to punish me!"

She kowtowed deeply, the floor of the hall reverberating with a hollow sound. General Yin hurriedly got up, leaning on his cane, and came to her side, throwing the cane aside before kneeling down as well.

"Your Majesty, since punishment is to be imposed, this old minister humbly requests to be punished the same as Her Highness the Princess!"

Qi Lang followed closely in his benefactor's footsteps: "Your Majesty, I am guilty, please punish me!"

Fan Zizheng followed closely behind: "Your Majesty, I deserve to die ten thousand times over!"

The two Tang brothers had just eaten the other person's pastries, so it wouldn't be right for them not to help plead for mercy. Tang Shixuan knelt down readily, and Tang Shiwen followed suit, saying, "We beg Your Majesty to have mercy!"

There was also a group of people in the court who were Qi Lang and Fan Zizheng's own people. They all spoke in unison: "Your Majesty, we humbly beg you to show mercy!"

Who can be spared?
Naturally, it is the eldest princess.

The eldest princess also pleaded for the sixth prince, implying that he should also be given a lighter punishment!

Emperor Jingde suddenly laughed, a laugh that was chillingly cold. Did these people think that he had earned his reputation as a tyrant for nothing?
"Very well, if that's how it is, then I'll grant your wish! Guards, take the Sixth Prince, the Eldest Princess, Lord Qi, and Lord Fan to the Imperial Prison for execution at a later date!"

Yang Jinfan looked up abruptly, utterly surprised. What was wrong with Emperor Jingde today? He was even going to kill the loyal ministers he had personally cultivated, and with wolves and tigers relentlessly pursuing him from the outside, he wasn't planning to leave himself a way out.
"What, does the Princess have any objections to this?"

"No, Your Majesty, I thank you for your great kindness!"

Yang Jinfan quickly lowered her head to hide her emotions. To her, the news that the emperor wanted to kill her was like a fart.

It wasn't trust in him, but confidence in my own abilities.

General Yin felt as if struck by lightning, and his eyes were filled with disbelief as he looked at Emperor Jingde.

How did things suddenly escalate from punishment to beheading?
He wanted to persuade him again, but was stopped by Emperor Jingde's warning look. The Lu family father and son were also heartbroken, but dared not persuade him again. The emperor's temperament was as violent as ever, and today's events had exceeded his limit of tolerance.

The entire court was silent, except for Feng Yijin and Shen Caian, who were also in the main hall, and the He brothers, who were gloating.

Hmph, if we're going to die, let's all die together! It'll be good to have company on the road to the underworld!

"Wait!"

Feng Yiyao stopped the rows of imperial guards who rushed into the hall, his neck stiffened as he glared angrily at Emperor Jingde above him. His eyes were bloodshot as he recalled a hazy yet clear memory from many years ago. His knuckles turned white as he gripped the wheel, and a dull pain throbbed in his heart.

"Since I'm going to die, I want to die knowing why! Why did you set fire to the Cold Palace back then? You've already ordered the execution of the entire Song family, why won't you let my mother go? She was about to give birth at the time. Even if the Song family was really wrong, what about my mother?"

"What did she do wrong that you treated her like that?! She's carrying your child... my unborn sister! You've allowed me to live for over a decade, so why won't you let them go?"

"Have you forgotten that you personally promised to protect my mother for life, yet you killed her with your own hands! You didn't even leave her remains. How heartbroken she must have been in the underworld if she knew she was disfigured and had no body left!"

"Why won't you even spare your own child? Why?!"

Feng Yiyao's voice was filled with sobs, his grief, suppressed for sixteen years, finally erupted at this moment. His mother's desperate tears were as hot as lava, burning straight to his heart, a burning sensation that had lasted for sixteen years! The roar pierced through the hearts of everyone in the hall. Yang Jinfan frowned, feeling a surge of discomfort in her heart, as if there was an unbreakable bond between her and the woman who perished in the fire.

Whenever she is mentioned, I either lose myself in thought or my heart races, and I can't control it.

A wave of grief washed over her, and Yang Jinfan came to her senses only to find a cool sensation brushing against her cheek. She wiped it away casually.

It's tears.

Emperor Jingde remained silent, his entire body frozen in place. Recalling the look of hatred in his beloved's eyes, he didn't know how to respond.

Silence is like a thousand sharp swords, piercing Feng Yiyao's already riddled heart.

He hated that he had the blood of his mother's killer flowing in his veins, and he hated that the cold-blooded beast was his own father!
He hates it!
"You have no right to interfere in the matters between me and her."

A seemingly casual remark weighed heavily on Feng Yiyao, making it hard for him to breathe.

"And what about the Song family? You say the Song family formed cliques, engaged in corruption and bribery, and plotted a rebellion. What evidence do you have? It's laughable that my two uncles worked so hard for your empire and treated the people well, yet they ended up with their reputations ruined!"

"My maternal grandfather was a man of high moral character and integrity, self-disciplined and respectful of propriety. He always lived frugally and never even held a birthday banquet, let alone engaged in corruption or bribery. Yet he died in the cold hall, in full view of everyone!"

"How innocent is the Song family? How innocent are the hundreds of lives of the entire Song clan!"

Emperor Jingde remained silent for a long time before finally raising his deep, cold eyes to look at him with disdain, as if the person in front of him was not his son, but an insignificant ant trying to get an answer from him.

How ridiculous!

"The matter of the Song family has already been settled and there is no need to mention it again."

A profound despair, like an inescapable cage, enveloped Feng Yiyao, until it completely obscured the blue sky of his mind that he had painstakingly built up over the years. He felt as if his soul had been ripped out, carelessly cast aside in the upheaval of sixteen years ago.

Yang Jinfan was very worried about his condition and impatiently scolded, "Do whatever you want with him, stop talking nonsense!"

This was the first time she had publicly challenged Emperor Jingde since arriving in the capital. She pushed Feng Yiyao's wheelchair and left directly. The imperial guards waiting nearby were at a loss. Since the emperor had not given any orders, they could only obediently make way for her.

It's just a prison, let them go to jail. If this continues, she's really afraid that the little white rabbit she's raised with such difficulty will turn back into that gloomy boy who wants to die overnight.

With Yang Jinfan and Feng Yiyao gone, the court could no longer proceed. Qi Lang, who had originally intended to take the opportunity to reveal the truth about the Song family's wrongful conviction, swallowed his words.

Emperor Jingde's gaze followed the departing figures of the two men, who remained aloof and unapproachable. He coldly ordered that Feng Yijin and Shen Cai'an each be given fifty strokes of the cane and imprisoned in the imperial jail before announcing the end of the court session.

When he returned to the Imperial Study, he noticed the pain between his eyebrows and unconsciously rubbed it.

"Cao Fulu, where did they go?"

"Your Majesty, the Eldest Princess has taken the Sixth Prince to the Imperial Prison."

"Oh, then let them stay for a few days to calm down!"

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