Bai Rumei spat on the ground and laughed, "Only a vulgar bandit like you would say such a thing. I am a person appointed by the Emperor, and you have no right to punish me. Even if I am sentenced to death, it should be the Prince who pronounces the sentence."

"Hehe, tsk tsk..."

Ji Fengyao smiled and shook her head, reaching out to pick and eat the fruit from the fruit bowl with great satisfaction, without saying a word.

After a long while, he looked up at the sun that had already risen in the sky.

She spat out the fruit pit from her mouth and said with great concern to the two guards holding Bai Rumei, "Just find something to tie her up. It's so sunny, don't let her get sunburned. The prince will be worried about her."

The two guards immediately blushed.

They tried to defend themselves: "Your Highness, we're not that delicate. We've been through everything during our military campaigns." But this was clearly not the time for idle gossip, so they had to shut up and go find the racks to tie them up.

Ji Fengyao craned her neck and saw many people peeking out from the outer courtyard, some from her courtyard and some from others. She quickly waved to them and called out, "Xique, Linshuang, bring out a few more chairs and put them under the shade of the trees. Let those who like to join in the fun sit comfortably and watch."

Lin Shuang: "...Your Highness, is this alright?"

As the saying goes, family scandals should not be aired in public; who doesn't keep their punishments behind closed doors, and if someone is caught peeping, they'll be thrown out? But she's different; she opens the door wide and lets people in as they please, and even brings them chairs to sit on!

"Oh, what's wrong with that? Even if they're beheaded, they'll still be dragged to the market to be seen by everyone." Ji Fengyao stuffed a piece of fruit into her mouth and waved her hand dismissively. "If it were me, I'd love to watch this spectacle too. Go get some chairs!"

Seeing her insistence, Lin Shuang had no choice but to bow her head and accept the order.

Just then, Xique came out with a smile, carrying four chairs in both hands. She tossed them under the shade of a tree by the courtyard wall and waved to the maids outside the courtyard: "My young lady invites you to come in and sit down. Please come in!"

Lin Shuang: "..."

Granny Cui, who had been hiding inside, followed him out: "..."

Bai Rumei was already anxious about how Ji Fengyao would torture her. Hearing that Ji Fengyao wanted these lowly servants to witness the execution, she was filled with shame and anger: "Ji Fengyao, how vicious you are! No matter what, I am still the Prince's woman, someone the world has seen. By letting these lowly maids witness my execution, you are humiliating me in this way. It is equivalent to disgracing the Emperor and the Prince. Aren't you afraid of offending the Emperor and the Prince?!"

Her words made some of the girls outside, who were about to come in and were overjoyed, immediately stop.

"Hmm..." Ji Fengyao drawled out her words as she looked at Bai Rumei for a while, seemingly deep in thought.

Bai Rumei smiled smugly; indeed, she did have some weight to her name.

To everyone's surprise, Ji Fengyao raised an eyebrow and asked in astonishment, "Do you have some misunderstanding about the words 'the prince's woman'? Has the prince ever touched even half a finger of yours?"

"Also, your looks seem a bit disappointing. Are you sure the Emperor would want to use your face as his official face?"

Bai Rumei was stunned, as if she had been struck on an acupoint.

She had been in the palace for six years, and Shang Xiye had never touched her, which was her greatest pain. Her features were not delicate and her appearance was mediocre. In the palace where beauties were everywhere, she was only of average appearance, and among the seven concubines in the Prince's mansion, she was at the very bottom. This was her greatest and most helpless regret.

Now that Ji Fengyao has laid these two points out in the open, it's even more painful than killing her!