However, just when Guo Dongbing was about to ask the inner court guards to take Nalan Junxue away, Ouyang Yuming, who was outside the imperial study, broke free from the eunuchs at the door and pushed open the door and rushed in.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please have mercy!" Ouyang Yuming knelt down and begged for mercy tearfully to Nalan Yunzhi, who was sitting in front of the imperial desk.

"Your Majesty, a husband's love for his wife is as great as his love for his wife for a hundred days. I have been with you since Your Majesty was still a princess, and have served Your Majesty wholeheartedly for more than twenty years. Even though Your Majesty later broke his promise to me and fell in love with the eldest son of the Feng family, I have no complaints and have always fulfilled my duties. Even though the eldest son of the Feng family is a few years younger than me, I still respect him as a brother, simply because I love him and love his family..."

Ouyang Yuming's voice was filled with tears as he continued, "Junxue is the Emperor's eldest daughter. She was raised in your arms. When she was young, you personally taught her how to read and write. Junxue also paid her respects to the Emperor morning and evening, and was extremely filial to you. Is the Emperor really so cruel as to confine her to the clan residence for life?"

"Yuming..." Nalan Yunzhi looked at Ouyang Yuming, who was kneeling and crying under the imperial desk, and recalled the warm moments of motherly love and filial piety that she and Nalan Junxue had experienced. Her heart couldn't help but move slightly.

"Your Majesty! Please think twice! The crime committed by the eldest princess is not an ordinary matter, but a crime of treason. If this precedent is set, I am afraid that all the princesses will follow suit, which will cause endless troubles!" General Feng Cailan, who was standing aside, reminded him at the right time.

As expected, after hearing Feng Cailan's words, Nalan Yunzhi's eyes suddenly became fierce again, "Yuming, it's not that I'm cruel, but Junxue really made an outrageous mistake this time. Perhaps you should be thankful that she is a princess. Otherwise, if she were an ordinary citizen, I'm afraid all the heads of her nine clans would be chopped off!"

"Come here, send Lord Ouyang back to the palace. Old Guo, have someone escort the eldest princess to the clan house." Nalan Yunzhi ordered coldly.

"I obey your command!"

Guo Dongbing immediately summoned two inner court guards and took Nalan Junxue with him to leave.

"Father, I don't want to go to the clan house! Father..." Nalan Junxue turned around and shouted desperately at Ouyang Yuming.

"No! No! Your Majesty, Junxue cannot go to the clan residence..." Seeing that his daughter was about to be taken away, Ouyang Yuming hurriedly chased forward and grabbed Nalan Junxue's arm tightly.

"Old Guo, pull Ouyang Guijun away!" Nalan Yunzhi ordered coldly.

"No! You old bastard, let me go!" Ouyang Yuming immediately started pushing Guo Dongbing.

However, how could Ouyang Yuming, a delicate and frail man, be a match for Guo Dongbing, a martial arts expert? Guo Dongbing quietly exerted force, and with a loud bang, Ouyang Yuming fell to the ground.

"Ouch..." Ouyang Yuming suddenly felt a sharp pain in his lower abdomen. His handsome face turned pale and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Mother Queen, Lord Ouyang... he is injured!" Hua Qingcheng looked at the pool of blood flowing from under Ouyang Yuming and shouted loudly.

Nalan Yunzhi's gaze then fell on Ouyang Yuming again, "Someone, quickly call the imperial physician!"