Chapter 217

In the past, those officials loyal to the Crown Prince would have stepped forward to plead his case.

But now, the former Crown Prince's faction had long since scattered like frightened monkeys from a fallen tree. The Crown Prince himself still lay in the Eastern Palace, barely clinging to life.

Moreover, when the crimes of Yun Houxing and Wang Sheng were exposed, many had already suspected that the wrongful case against the Zhen Guo Marquis family was connected to the Crown Prince.

Thus, the entire hall remained deathly silent—no one dared to speak on behalf of the Crown Prince.

The old emperor then announced the final matter: