"Don't touch her with your dirty hands, you are not worthy." Zhan Chi spoke harshly, as if he was venting all his dissatisfaction with Emperor Beili on him.

In his eyes, all members of the royal family are the same!

Gu Shuo's eyes were cold.

Sang Zhi trembled, not daring to move forward: "I... it's all my fault... I'm the one who deserves to die, it's me... it's all my fault..."

Emperor Beili followed closely behind, and upon seeing this, he flew into a rage: "Zhan Chi, you are so bold! How dare you be so rude to the Eighth Prince?"

Sang Zhi staggered and fell to the ground, as if he had lost his mind: "It's all my fault. I want to accompany her. Kill me. I want to accompany her..."

"Old Eight, what are you talking about?"

"Kill me, I want to go with her, kill me..." Sang Zhi screamed.

Emperor Beili was surprised.

"Your Majesty, the Eighth Prince may have been stimulated and his mind seems to be not normal." Eunuch Li saw the clue.

"Come, escort the Eighth Prince back to the palace and ask the best imperial physician to treat him."

"yes."

The royal guards stepped forward to stop the unconscious Sang Zhi.

A team of royal guards escorted the eighth prince onto the carriage.

"Go back to the palace." Emperor Beili turned around.

"Your Majesty, did my daughter die in vain?" Zhan Chi blocked Emperor Beili's way.

“Bold…”

"Your Majesty, Zhan Chi did not mean to contradict you. He was just angry because he suffered a great injustice." Zhan Yi loudly interrupted the angry rebuke that Emperor Beili was about to utter.

"Grievances? What grievances have you suffered?"

"My Zhan family's granddaughter died at the hands of Yuan Yintang. I beg the emperor to give the Zhan family justice."

Emperor Beili's gaze fell on the dead Ye Qianning. "Justice? What kind of justice do you want? Ye Qianning secretly abducted the Eighth Prince from the palace, putting him in danger. She deserves the death of her entire clan. However, considering Marquis Xiang Ming's meritorious service and her status, I will not pursue this matter, even if she dies alone."

When these words were spoken, the Zhan family, the Qian family, and the Gu family were all stunned.

Should all nine clans be executed?

No pursuit?

"Your Majesty, it was not my granddaughter who took the Eighth Prince out of the palace. My granddaughter died while saving the Eighth Prince. Your Majesty is blaming my granddaughter for the crime?" Zhan Yi was the first to react and couldn't help but get angry.

"The Eighth Prince would never leave the palace without permission. On that day, they left the palace and then the city at the same time. Besides her, who else could have allowed the Eighth Prince to leave the city?"

"It's a false accusation to conclude that my granddaughter abducted the Eighth Prince without even any investigation. I watched helplessly as my granddaughter died while shielding herself from an arrow for the Eighth Prince. She saved someone, yet was framed instead. My Zhan family refuses to accept this." Zhan Yi was grief-stricken, and his heart sank.

"Even if she had the intention to save him, if she hadn't abducted the Eighth Prince to Sifang Mountain, the Eighth Prince wouldn't have been in danger. Since the Eighth Prince is fine, I don't want to delve into this matter." Emperor Beili paused and glanced at Qianfanji, Gu Shuo and the others. "Forty or fifty soldiers from the Military Affairs Camp died. If I were to investigate, you'd have enough heads to chop off."

"The Grand Council camp was besieged first. If they hadn't resisted, they would have been the ones to die. How could the emperor be so clueless about right and wrong?" Zhan Yi was shocked.

"How dare you! I am already showing the utmost mercy by not pursuing you. Zhan Yi, if you dare to speak so outrageously again, even if the Imperial Concubine pleads for mercy, I will still charge the Zhan family with treason."

"Your Majesty, this is a great injustice. Have you investigated it? Have you investigated the incident of Sifang Mountain? Have you investigated why the Eighth Prince left the palace? Do you know who set fire to the mountain?" Gu Shuo suddenly raised his head and spoke word by word, each word sounding strong and powerful.

Emperor Beili's eyes flashed: "How outrageous."