After Imperial Censor Chen was dragged away, Su Juan ordered people to tidy up, and soon the hall returned to its original state, neat and clean, as if nothing had happened, as if everything that just transpired was just an illusion.
However, many present were quite shocked, especially Mei Ying, whose face turned white as she gripped her handkerchief tightly, her legs trembling in fear.
For merely cursing Su Juan a few times, he was punished with forty strokes by the Emperor, a full forty strokes, even if by chance he survived, he would be paralyzed on one side, his life ruined.
Thinking of the words she had spoken in the palace that day, she suddenly looked at Liu Miaoying, afraid that Liu Miaoying would reveal what she had said that day.
Feeling someone looking at her, Liu Miaoying gazed back, and at the moment their eyes met, Mei Ying turned her head guiltily.
