CHAPTER 635 (1): PUBLIC CONDEMNATION

Officials knelt in the Imperial Audience Hall as they requested for the Emperor to issue an edict for Pei Qianhao to hand Su Xi-er over to the court. Since the prince himself hadn’t appeared in court for several days, the whereabouts of both himself and his wife were unknown.

In addition, the chaos hadn’t been limited to just Beimin either; even Dongling and Xiliu had sent letters asking Beimin to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Along with the merchants that carried news with them as they travelled to and fro, practically everyone in the four nations was aware of Beimin’s situation.

The officials implored the Emperor, “Your Majesty, we hope that you can issue an edict. This is not to go against Prince Hao, but instead a method to stall the situation.”

Situ Lin clenched his fists under his dragon robes. He then slammed the throne’s armrest and stood up, looking down at the officials who were kneeling on the floor. “Prince Hao has done so much for Beimin, and yet as court officials, you’ve immediately turned on him as soon as some malicious rumours are spread? Instead of being led around by the nose by someone trying to cause trouble, perhaps you should look into it yourselves! If I hear anything like that again, you’ll be removed from your positions!”

Situ Lin spoke loudly, and the officials trembled at his imposing tone; they couldn’t help but be reminded of Pei Qianhao’s cold demeanour!

The Second Imperial Prince, Situ Rong, then said, “Your Majesty is right. Everyone should be working together to fight the ones who are spreading these rumours instead of going against Beimin’s best interests. From this, we can clearly see that it’s not only the regulations affecting commoners that need to be reviewed, but the ones that affect the court and imperial examinations