When Ji Yang heard the words spoken by Liu Dong Ming he was stunned. He never thought that Liu Dong Ming would dare say such a heartless and ruthless thing in front of the Emperor.
He instinctively took a step back and then turned to look at Zhai Tianyu before exclaiming dramatically, " Do you see this, your majesty? Lord Dong Ming is threatening me in the court! This is hight unacceptable." As he spoke his face could not help but turn red in anger but there was also a trace of fear as Ji Yang looked at Liu Dong Ming who did not have the slightest bit of fear on his face.
He was steady and calm while looking at Zhai Tianyu. It was as if he was not the one who just threatened someone in the court where officials were sitting and watching the show along with the concubines.
When Grand Dowager Empress heard the chilling words of Liu Dong Ming, she could not help but sneer, " You are really worthy of being called the guard dog of the Liu family. For the sake of protecting your family, you are willing to spit nonsense in front of the imperial family."
" I do not think that my cousin is spitting nonsense, Your Majesty," Dowager Empress Liu smiled at the old lady who was making things difficult for their family. She calmly picked up the cup of tea in front of her and then stated coldly, " My cousin is only stating facts.
The Liu family is known for their ruthlessness as you are already aware, not only are we infamous for our actions, but we are also rather famous for taking responsibility for our actions. We do not lie if we kill as we have the guts of a leopard instead of a stinky dog playing in the ditch while trying to act friendly on the surface."
Though she did not say anything directly Grand Dowager Empress knew that Dowager Empress was calling their family a stinky dog.
Her expression turned dark and so did Ji Yang who turned to look at Zhai Tianyu and then stated, " Your majesty, I am feeling rather unsafe. If this goes on then won't the Liu family be no different from a tyrant? How can they be left at ease like this?"
Zhai Tianyu rubbed the space between his brows, he could not understand why his mother and uncle could not restrain their arrogance for a short while. Did they not understand what kind of situation were they in? But then again the Liu family was like this even Liu Yu Yan whose legs were broken had a sort of pride as he knelt on the floor with support.
This was what the Liu family was like even when his mother was blamed for the death of his father, she had faced the criticism with her head held high. When his grandmother brought the guards to bring his mother to the prison, his mother had not knelt in front of her.
Instead, she looked at his grandmother in the eyes and then said, " If you want to bring me to the prison then so be it. But you need to remember the consequences of doing so."
" I... I have grasped the important clues of the matter. I want to speak my findings in front of his majesty, am I allowed to?" Liu Hui Ying said loudly while panting. Dear heavens, she nearly lost her life while rushing to the palace. She almost thought that she was going to lose everything if not for her superpowers.
"...I know who stole the gold taels please let me put my view in front of the court. I was hired by Lord Liu," Her tone was confident and forceful. With her eyes brimming with confidence, she turned to look at Zhai Tianyu and slowly said, " Please let me clear this matter, Your Majesty."
Ji Yang hadn't expected something like this to happen. He turned to look at Liu Dong Ming who was smiling slightly and knew where his confidence was coming from at once. No wonder he was willing to quibble with him when he often found him useless and good for nothing. It was because he was bidding time!
He was trying to delay the hearing until this young man came rushing to save the Liu Family!
How could he allow such a well-thought-out scheme to be ruined? He turned to look at Liu Hui Ying and then said, " Who are you? Who allowed you to enter? Guards take him away! This is not a child's play,"
" Your majesty! Even a rabbit has a chance to defend itself. When hunted you often release the rabbit before aiming at it. Isn't it because you want to give it a chance to live? Then at least let the Liu family have that chance! I was appointed by Lord Liu to gather the evidence and I have gathered them!
Please let me show you!" Liu Hui Ying hated how she had to beg in front of others but she kept reminding herself that this was the era where she could not barge inside and beat that jerk who was finding trouble with her.
" Your majesty——"
" Your majesty, Lord Ji is trying to ignore the law of the heavens and the imperial family," Liu Dong Ming stated coldly as he took a step forward. " We, the Liu family did not fight back when they blamed us for something that we did not do and we did not say anything when they pushed the hearing a day ahead of the predetermined time.
But now Lord Ji is refusing to even let the Liu family show the evidence that we have collected."
" I want to ask him if he is doing this for the commoners or for his own personal gains. As he finds my family a thorn in his eyes?" Liu Dong Ming questioned as he turned to look at Ji Yang whose lips were pursed tightly while he tried to say something.
However, even if he wanted to say something Liu Dong Ming's aura was too fierce. It was so terrifying that Ji Yang's face turned purple!