Chapter 191: Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire! (2 / 2)
Two days later.
Having already impeached someone once before, Xu Yanmiao confidently stepped forward for his second attempt. “Your Majesty! I impeach Prince Fu for harboring malicious intentions, endangering the state, disregarding the welfare of the people, and jeopardizing the Da Xia dynasty by plunging it into chaos!”
The court officials collectively winced, their teeth aching at the audacity of the statement.
Although exaggeration in impeachment memorials was nothing new—everyone was used to slapping labels and throwing accusations, regardless of their basis or truth—when it came from Xu Yanmiao, they all felt a strange and subtle emotion.
Who is it? Who corrupted the innocent Xu Lang?!
—That was the prevailing sentiment.
The old emperor asked sincerely, “He only had the dancers in his residence bind their feet. How does that lead to plunging the Da Xia dynasty into chaos?”
It wasn’t that he wanted to shield his son—he was genuinely curious. How could these two things possibly be connected? Did Xu Yanmiao discover through some divine artifact that Prince Fu had done something else?
Xu Yanmiao wasn’t surprised in the slightest that the old emperor knew about the foot-binding incident.