Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Qi Fang frowned. ‘Yu"er is indeed spoiled, but how did Yu"er get dragged away by the leopard?"

“Continue!” Qi Fang"s eyes sunk slightly as he sternly shouted.

Lianyi"s eyes were filled with anger and hatred. “But she held a grudge and took advantage of Brother Feng"s inattention to hit the little prince from the guard"s back, causing the little prince to land right in front of the leopard.

“The leopard"s speed was too fast. Before we could make any move, it had already s.n.a.t.c.hed the little prince with its mouth and took him away. Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with Big Brother Feng. It"s all my fault. I shouldn"t have pitied her. I beg Your Majesty and the empress for the general"s sake don"t blame Big Brother Feng.”

Lianyi"s voice cracked. She was indeed sincere to Feng Lianqing. They had been friends since childhood, and in her eyes, he was like her older brother.

She did not want anything to happen to him, so she could only put all the blame on Feng Ruqing.

“Your Majesty!” The empress grasped Qi Fang"s hand tighter as she cried, “I will make the person who harmed Yu"er pay for it!”

Qi Fang was considered much calmer than the empress, and even though he had anger in his heart, he held it back.

“Lianyi, is it true?”

Lianyi nodded. “The guards of the general manor can attest to this incident that it was all done on purpose. She held a grudge and wanted to kill the little prince. Besides, the general taught me not to lie since I was a child. The general raised me. How could I do something to frame others?”

If it was only Lianyi who said these things, Qi Fang might have remained hesitant.

But Lianyi… Was a member of the general manor.

He trusted Tian Ya.

Because of Tian Ya, he chose to trust Lianyi.

“Describe those people"s faces to me, and I"ll ask the guards to search for them! No one can harm my prince!”

A murderous intent flashed in Qi Fang"s eyes, making him look even more domineering.

The empress could no longer bear the blow of the bad news and fainted in Qi Fang"s arms in tears.

Qi Fang could not care about anything else and hurriedly picked up the empress and headed toward the harem.

When all of them had disappeared, Lianyi slowly stood up from the ground, gazing in the direction where they had left. A dark light flashed in her eyes.

“Feng Ruqing, don"t blame me. If it weren"t for you, Big Brother Feng wouldn"t have beaten that guard, and the little prince wouldn"t have been taken away by a leopard. It"s all your fault, besides… I need to sacrifice someone to save Big Brother Feng…”

Fortunately, she had just specifically mentioned the general"s name so that the emperor would no longer be suspicious of her! Otherwise, she would not be able to make the emperor trust her easily.

She took one last look in the direction in which the emperor and the empress had disappeared and turned around to leave the palace.

The spirit beast mountain.

The morning light covered the entire mountain range, casting dappled light on their bodies through the leaves.

Feng Ruqing stopped in her tracks…

In front of her, a group of spirit beasts swarmed and surrounded her and Nan Xian.

These spirit beasts were different from the leopards.

The leopard clan was still sane, but these spirit beasts seemed to have lost all their mind, leaving only a monstrous killing intent.

“State Preceptor…” Feng Ruqing frowned.

Nan Xian lifted his hand and pulled Feng Ruqing behind him. His cold gaze fell on the group of spirit beasts. “They should be under control.”