After I died, the scumbag prince cried down the city wall

Chapter 291 Severe punishment without mercy

After a long silence, he slowly asked, "Who told you what you just mentioned?"

Although the tone remained gentle, there was an invisible pressure hidden inside that made the air suddenly become heavy.

Faced with such direct questioning, the instigator Cao Man had no choice but to stand up and say, "I learned all this from my sister..." When she spoke the last part, her voice was so trembling that it was as soft as a mosquito and she didn't dare to look up.

Song Yanyi continued to ask: "Excuse me, which lady is this?"

At this moment, everyone including King Xuan held their breath and waited for the next development.

Although he appeared to remain calm and restrained on the surface, in fact, danger warning messages were flashing deep in his eyes, foreshadowing the eve of an approaching storm.

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting more and more wrong, Cao Man was so scared that she stood up and tried to reduce the punishment to ease the tension. She said: "Her name is Yao Guichang and she is the governor..."

Before he could finish, Song Yanyi retorted calmly with a hint of sarcasm from the other side: "It turns out that a local official does not serve the people properly but is keen on making up rumors to defame others in private..." As the words came out of his mouth, although his tone was calm and calm, it was like an extremely sharp knife piercing the other person's heart, making people feel a chill to the bone.

"not like this!"

Hearing this, he defended himself anxiously.

Seeing the situation getting worse, as a father, he naturally couldn't just stand by and watch, so he quickly spoke up to smooth things over, saying, "It's all because of my family's lack of education that the child made such reckless remarks. I beg Master Song to be tolerant and forgive us..."

"Oh? I think it's more like you guys are deliberately condoning and covering up for them."

Song Yanyi suddenly raised his eyes, his sharp gaze seemed to be able to see through all the truth and get to the core of the problem...

Lord Cao turned pale instantly, as if a basin of ice water had been poured over his head, and he stood there at a loss as to what to do.

Dense beads of cold sweat oozed from his forehead, his hands were shaking slightly, and his whole body seemed to have lost support in an instant and was on the verge of falling.

King Xuan, who was watching quietly from the side, instantly understood where the situation was going. He knocked heavily on the table and shouted in a deep voice, "Absurd! How dare you make up stories and slander me so wantonly! Do you think that Lord Song and this palace are unpopular?"

His voice was as shocking as thunder. The entire hall was shrouded in this power, and the air seemed to be filled with a heavy pressure.

Hearing these words, Lord Cao felt dizzy and fell to his knees on the cold ground with a plop, his forehead aching so much that cold sweat broke out.

Immediately afterwards, other female relatives of the Cao family also knelt down in panic, with a look of fear on their faces, fearing that even more severe punishment would befall them.

"I dare not. This is all my daughter's nonsense. I will discipline her strictly when I get home! I promise she won't make the same mistake again!"

Lord Cao begged for mercy quickly, his voice trembling slightly.

He was almost begging these powerful figures in front of him to show leniency and give the Cao family a chance to survive.

However, in the face of Lord Cao's constant requests for forgiveness, Song Yanyi remained silent from beginning to end.

He sat quietly in the chair, his eyes cold as ice, without any emotion, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

Such silence makes people feel an indescribable pressure.

Seeing this, Lord Cao became even more anxious, and in a rage he suddenly slapped his daughter next to him in the face.

"You beast! How dare you speak nonsense! You don't even know how to respect people? You make up things that don't exist to slander others. I think you really have no sense of propriety! Admit your mistake now!"

A bright red handmark was immediately left on Cao Man's face, and her cheeks became swollen.

The slap made her fall to the ground, and the pain made her burst into tears.

After being knocked to the ground, Cao Man knelt down and apologized as if she had just woken up from a dream: "It was indeed me who spread rumors and slandered me. I beg Madam Xie to be tolerant and Lord Song to be magnanimous!"

Her voice was filled with obvious crying, her body curled up into a ball, and she kept kowtowing to everyone to apologize.

Jiang Xuejun saw this scene from the side, and her already nervous face became even more grim: How could she use her power to suppress rumors just because of that vixen?

King Xuan said sternly: "How dare you apologize? I think your Cao family is becoming more and more unruly! Where are the guards? Get them all out immediately! I will not tolerate any malicious slanderers appearing in front of me!"

Following King Xuan's order, several tall guards quickly rushed forward and dragged Lord Cao and his family, who were still begging, out of the hall. The scene was extremely embarrassing.

Jiang Xuejun, who witnessed all this, turned pale with fear and murmured, "Your Majesty..." She wanted to fight for the last bit of dignity for herself, but before she could finish her words,

"Shut up!" King Xuan slapped her again in anger. "Women should behave themselves, but you have learned how to stir up trouble. I hate people like you the most! Get out of here right now!" Jiang Xuejun felt that the intense pain on her cheek was far less than the blow she suffered in her heart.

Especially since this kind of humiliation happened in front of so many eyes, she wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into and never come out.

She looked up and stared at Song Yanyi with her red eyes, hoping to get a little sympathy or understanding, or even just a look of encouragement.

However, he found that there was only indifference in the other person's eyes, and he could even say that there was a look of indifference.

Only then did she realize that she had completely fallen out of favor.

"Why don't you leave quickly?"

King Xuan urged again.

Jiang Xuejun lowered his head and trembled as he answered, "Yes, sir." Then he struggled to get up from the ground and staggered away from the scene in a hurry.

After this day, I'm afraid the whole capital will be filled with jokes about her.

The woman named Xu Cui Rongrong was not affected at all and escaped safely.

King Xuan gave a cold smile as a warning: "If a similar incident occurs again in the future, I will definitely punish you severely!"

After hearing this, everyone agreed: "Your Highness is absolutely right. A smart person will never be influenced by groundless rumors. How can we allow those insignificant words to tarnish the reputation of Madam Xie and the prestige of Master Xiao Song? This Cao family really has ulterior motives!"

From then on, no one dared to mention the relevant matters anymore. No matter whether it was true or not, it all depended on the attitudes of the big guys above. Who would be willing to risk their own future to verify an insignificant matter?

The palace soon returned to its former atmosphere of laughter and joy, as if the previous embarrassing situation had never happened.

Cui Rong secretly glanced at the expression of Song Yanyi next to her. Although outsiders thought that Lord Song was as calm as a still pond at the moment, she knew in her heart that he was definitely in a bad mood at the moment.

Because there was a hint of hidden gloom in his eyes, which indicated that some potential danger was about to come.