Chapter 116: Company

Qi Chen asked Jun Huang to come up with a good plan. Jun Huang wasn’t going to let Sir Wei escape his punishment. She talked around the issues and discreetly deterred Qi Chen with what terrible things could have happened.

In the end, Qi Chen asked, “Why don’t I just ask Royal Father to be merciful?”

Jun Huang blinked, her eyebrows knitted closely together. “Is Your Highness truly willing to lose the emperor’s respect for an unimportant official? This gentleman thinks that stepping aside and letting Sir Wei burn may not be a bad thing in this case. At least the fire won’t spread to Your Highness.”

Qi Chen stared at her, giving her words some thoughts. She posed some valid arguments.

In came the man he had sent to the Court of Judicial Review. “The court has found evidence proving that Sir Wei has been exploiting the people,” he said. “The evidence was submitted to the emperor. He declared that Sir Wei is to be executed in autumn.”

Qi Chen motioned at him to leave. There was nothing else he could do. He told Jun Huang she was free to go as well.

That was the end to Sir Wei’s story. According to Rou’er, Wei Lanying had fallen ill when she heard...