The great hall was deathly silent.
The assembled court officials all wore varying expressions.
Guo Yingru's brow twitched, his face filled with bitterness.
'What was bound to happen has finally happened.'
Bai Yuan had been acting far too arrogantly lately. The memorials impeaching him were too numerous to count, but the Emperor, Li Chengyuan, had suppressed them all.
But now that the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Liu Zhou, had publicly impeached him during the court session, the matter could no longer be ignored.
No matter how much the Emperor favored Bai Yuan, he couldn't simply disregard the issue in the middle of the Imperial Court.
Li Chengyuan sat upon the Dragon Throne, his expression unchanged.
"Bai Aiqing, do you have anything to say?"
Bai Yuan stepped out from the ranks of the Civil Servants.
