The appearance of the emperor changed things again.
After all, Lord Four was one of the emperor's sons. He had been beaten to this condition, which would force the emperor to act accordingly.
Before coming out, the emperor had known how it all started. The master of Death Valley was indeed a big shot, but the royal family was not so weak to be bullied casually.
Just as the emperor was about to get angry, Qing Chen suddenly stood on the back of the stone lion. His height became higher than the average all at once, which successfully attracted the attention of everyone.
The crowd began to hear some faint oohs and ahhs.
Qing Chen could always amaze the public whenever and wherever possible.
Like a kaleidoscope, he would show different kinds of beauty each time.
Qing Chen was very satisfied with this and smiled. "Your Majesty, I have something to report."
The emperor unhappily frowned. How was the master of Drunken Flower Pavilion also here?
Just now, Qing Chen had been lying on the stone lion. The emperor only noticed Ming Shu and didn't see him at all.
"What is it?" The emperor asked unhurriedly.
Death Valley, Drunken Flower Pavilion... neither were easy to deal with.
Qing Chen's glittering eyes swept across all the people present, and his following words were clear and sweet. "Lord Four gathers his own soldiers in secret and intends to rebel."
The crowd went into an uproar the minute Qing Chen finished his sentence.
Although the emperor didn't change expression, his eyes revealed a frightening light.
The last thing an emperor would allow to happen was rebellion.
"Qing Chen, what are you talking about?" Lord Four took the lead to get angry, but he was restrained by Ming Shu and couldn't move. He could only yell at Qing Chen, "I had nothing against you, why are you slandering me? Father, I'm 100% loyal to the family, he's talking nonsense, don't listen to an outsider!"
The emperor looked at Lord Four with a gloomy gaze, but his words were said to Qing Chen with deterrence, "Master Qing Chen, do you know what you are talking about?"
This old guy dares to deter me!
Qing Chen held back the urge to swear at the emperor and continued: "Of course, if Your Majesty wants to see evidence, our Drunken Flower Pavilion can provide it."
The emperor gave a look to the escorts. Taking the order, the escorts immediately began to drive the crowd out.
Lord Bai, with his daughter Bai Yanran still in bad condition, didn't know whether they should go or not. He meant to seek justice for Bai Yanran, but how did the situation finally develop into Lord Four's rebellion?
This change was so... so fast.
"Lord Bai and Lord Xiao, you stay." The emperor opened his mouth.
Lord Bai and Lord Xiao looked at each other but then quickly moved their eyes away. Lord Bai ordered his people to take Bai Yanran back for treatment first, then he stood aside together with Lord Xiao.
Soon the crowd was cleared out, leaving only a few involved parties.
"Lord Four, do you have anything to say?" The emperor looked at his fourth child, who was in quite an awkward situation now, and asked this. It was hard to discern the emperor's real emotions through his majestic voice.
