Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 971 - 771: Don’t Want to Enter the Palace

Chapter 971: Chapter 771: Don’t Want to Enter the Palace

Therefore, he was determined that Nangong Ye must die, for Nan Feng to regret it for a lifetime!

Therefore, the letters to the Dajin were drafted by him.

Despite both nations being utterly exhausted from the battle, Tuoba Lie was betting that Dajin was now too weary to fight, fearing warfare. Moreover, once Nangong Ye was no longer General, Shangzhi City would be easy to break through.

Although there was still Lu Jianxi, after all, she was just a woman, and Tuoba Lie believed she wouldn’t last long?

Right, there was also the one who released the poisonous snake, he was going to kill him as well.

...

Nan Feng was watching Fengfeng practice swordplay when, without warning, the door was kicked open, and a troop of Imperial Guards stormed in, surrounding him and his wife without a word.

The man in the lead was Mao Zhen, whom both Fengfeng and Nan Feng knew.

"Mao Zhen, what is the meaning of this?" Fengfeng asked sternly.

Upon entering, Mao Zhen first paid his respects to Fengfeng, then spoke, "General Nangong, the Dashun side is accusing you of injuring their Second Prince. The Emperor has ordered a thorough investigation of this matter. Please, General Nangong and your wife, accompany me to the Palace. However, General Nangong, rest assured, the Emperor has decreed that until the truth is fully uncovered, you both shall not be mistreated. Please, this way."

Fengfeng looked at Nan Feng, and Nan Feng likewise looked at him; they could easily read each other’s eyes.

If they defied the imperial edict now, they would not be able to escape Capital City.

"Fengfeng, I don’t want to go to the Palace," Nan Feng truly loathed the Imperial Palace.

She knew very well what kind of person the Emperor was. Moreover, the laws of Dajin were not strict; everything was for power. If the matter really affected interests, then perhaps the Emperor would sacrifice him as he had sacrificed Fengfeng’s adoptive father years ago.

Fengfeng, supporting Nan Feng’s shoulders, said, "Fengfeng, don’t be afraid. This is not our fault. I believe the Emperor will uncover the truth. We won’t have to stay long. Let’s go."

"Fengfeng, I..." Nan Feng wanted to say more, but looking at the forces around them, escape was impossible. The Emperor had no intention of letting them go.

...

Nan Feng and Fengfeng were brought before the court.

Nan Feng had a deep impression of this place; it was here that they were forced to separate after a single visit to the Palace, therefore she had lingering fears and deep aversion to it.

Now seeing the Emperor high above once again, Nan Feng did not look away, but rather stared directly at him, her gaze filled with an indescribable complexity, with sympathy, resistance, and even anger.

The ministers on both sides were already aware of the situation and were in heated discussion, but the majority stood with Fengfeng, believing he was too prudent to act rashly. However, a minority believed that with his high position and significant power, Fengfeng, in his arrogance, might have struck the Second Prince.

The Emperor looked down at the two below.

One was a loyal subject who had once helped him overthrow Qin Kun and had pacified the north; the other, a woman he desired but could not have.

The former remained honorable and upright; the latter seemed to have grown in character.

"Nangong Ye, take a look at the documents from Dajin first, and after you have read them, please recount the details of the situation," instructed the Emperor, directing a eunuch to hand the documents to Fengfeng.

After reading through them, Fengfeng was clearly livid, "Your Majesty, this is a case of the perpetrator accusing the victim first. On that day, the Second Prince captured civilians from Dajin below the city and threatened my wife. If I did not hand over my wife, he threatened to slaughter the innocent. My friend and I used a poisonous snake to drive off the Second Prince and we rescued the civilians of Dajin from his subordinates. That’s exactly how things happened."

"But why would he threaten your wife?" the Emperor asked.