Li Li stepped forward and stood beside his father, saying, "Father! How long are you going to pretend to be confused now?"

Li Linfeng sighed and said, "Ah! Lian'er! I'm sorry, the Li family is sorry, but you can't do such a rebellious thing. Don't you know whether what she said is true or not? Do you think I really don't know anything? I just never believed that you did it!"

Seeing that her relatives were overwhelmingly siding with Tian Yu, Consort Li couldn't sit still any longer. She stood up and said loudly, "You're talking nonsense! I didn't hurt anyone. It was Zhao Zhongyi who betrayed me first. He actually preferred to marry Liu Wanyu rather than me. What do I lack compared to her? Why do you all like her but not me? We were childhood sweethearts and should have been together, but why did she suddenly appear and ruin everything for me?"

“Lian’er, stop talking! Don’t you know you’re wrong? We shouldn’t have let you leave in the first place. Look at the state you’ve become! What have you done? My Li family is full of loyal martyrs. How can I face our ancestors?” Li Linfeng said.

"Why would you want to sacrifice me to protect the Li family?" said Consort Li. Li Linfeng shook his head.

Li Li stepped forward and said, "Aunt! Please stop! Our Li family can't afford this!"

"The Li family!? Without me, where would the Li family be! Back then, you were suppressed and ostracized, almost driven out of the capital. If I hadn't become the late emperor's concubine, the Li family would have been finished long ago!"

The Li family father and son knelt down, and Li Linfeng said, "Your Majesty! The Li family has failed the Wu Kingdom and Your Majesty, for producing such an unfilial daughter. We beg Your Majesty to punish us!"