Shang Xiye quickly reached out to shield the little bandit from the high-flying Buddhist prayer bead, preventing it from injuring her face. He was also furious and questioned in a deep voice, "May I ask Your Majesty, what crime has Princess Chonghe committed!"

"Leaving the capital without authorization is one crime; poisoning the Crown Prince, causing serious damage to his health and affecting the continuation of the royal line, is another crime! Doesn't the Ninth Prince have many spies in the court? Do I need to tell you these things?" Shang Xiche changed his usual roundabout style, his words were unusually sharp and tough, and he actually confronted the issue head-on.

The entire court of officials: "!!!"

The Emperor's brain has indeed been damaged by those two assassins.

To actually confront the Ninth Prince head-on after his triumphant return and at the height of his fame, even if he had just won, would have damaged his reputation!

Wait a minute.

The Crown Prince's health is damaged, which could affect the continuation of the royal line.

All the civil and military officials turned their gossipy and inquisitive gazes toward Shang Dongyang:

Is that what they meant?

Shang Dongyang: "!!!"

Holy crap!

If you've been beaten to a pulp, don't come to court!

That old tyrant!

To actually bring this up in front of the entire court of officials—he's definitely trying to ruin him!

Ji Fengyao didn't care about Shang Dongyang, who was about to vomit blood. She raised her head and said without restraint, "Your Majesty, you are being too arbitrary in your words. This matter is the Crown Prince's fault, how can you blame me? If I hadn't run away, the Crown Prince would have already pinned me down in the royal ancestral hall and ruined my reputation. The royal family would have lost face in front of our ancestors!"

How could such words be spoken openly in the imperial court!

Suddenly, with a "buzz," the entire court was set ablaze.

No matter how composed the civil and military officials were, and even if some officials had heard about the matter, they could not withstand the immediate bombardment of this earth-shattering bomb.

Shang Dongyang was furious and immediately denied it three times: "I didn't! I didn't do it, don't make false accusations!"

Shang Xiche frowned deeply, clearly not expecting the little bandit to be so "reckless," disregarding her own reputation and openly saying such things in the imperial court!

Shang Xiye made no attempt to stop him.

Ji Fengyao was still angry about the Crown Prince's matter, and she had no intention of letting it go. She immediately turned around and confronted the Crown Prince, saying, "You didn't, you didn't do anything to me in the ancestral hall or my resting place. Did I invite you there?"

"It was you who seduced me, but who knew you had ulterior motives..." Shang Dongyang was furious and, no longer caring about the Empress's plans, began to falsely accuse the little bandit.

Ji Fengyao sneered: "Although I come from a bandit background, I am extremely picky about men. May I ask you, in terms of your literary and martial arts skills, talent and appearance, how can you compare to even one ten-thousandth of my prince, so that I would be so eager to seduce you?"

Even if you urinate frequently, urgently, and in small amounts, you still can't clearly see your round face in the mirror;

Is Xiaoqing Lake big enough?

You spent most of the day soaking in Xiaoqing Lake, swimming back and forth more than ten times. Don't you have any self-awareness about your own condition?

Oh my god, these bandits...

What kind of outrageous and inhumane words are these?

All the civil and military officials, as well as the eunuchs and palace maids serving in the court, could not bear to look directly at it.

These bandits are really good at cursing! If they were the crown prince, they would all be driven to hang themselves!

"Enough!" Shang Xiche couldn't listen anymore either.

His original intention was to vent the anger of the Crown Prince and, incidentally, suppress the Ninth Prince;

Who would have thought that this bandit was so fierce, he silenced the prince with just a few words, leaving him speechless and powerless to retaliate!