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A collective gasp filled the Zheng Hua Hall.

Sun Rong flashed into Cheng Yi's sight, her bloodshot eyes fixed on her, and suddenly two streams of thick, black tears streamed down her face.

"Over the years, Her Highness has not aged at all; instead, she has gained a touch of mature charm..."

But what about me? What about me! I've been a wandering ghost for eighteen years, unjustly imprisoned. Look at what I've become!

Gu Jinyan remained calm and used his body to shield his mother.

Cheng Yi was so frightened that her face turned pale.

She screamed and buried her face in his arms, not daring to look at him for even a second.

"You, you get away! Don't come near me!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Sun Rong let out a desolate laugh, a laugh filled with unspeakable sorrow.

"I never expected Your Highness to be afraid! Where has that arrogant demeanor gone from when you humiliated and harmed this commoner's daughter?"

"Yan'er, chase it away! Chase it away..."

Cheng Yi gripped Gu Jinyan's sleeve tightly, trembling.

Sun Rong was about to say something when she suddenly noticed that the black aura surrounding her was becoming chaotic.

A look of pain flashed across its face, and it stumbled a few steps before looking to Yin Liuli for help.

The palace was situated on a dragon vein, and with the emperor present, the dragon energy effectively suppressed the malevolent energy surrounding it.

With a flick of her fingers, a pure black oiled paper umbrella appeared in Yin Liuli's hand, a flash of light appearing at her fingertips.

"This is the Soul-Protecting Umbrella. Only by standing under it can you avoid being overwhelmed by His Majesty's overwhelming imperial might."

"Thank you..."

The moment Sun Rong tremblingly reached out and sheltered herself under the black umbrella, the intense pressure finally subsided.

Yin Liuli said solemnly,

"I have brought you before the Emperor; now it is up to you."

Sun Rong smiled gratefully.

A cold, stern expression appeared on the Emperor's majestic face.

"Who is below? What matter do you have to report before me?"

Sun Rong slowly walked to the Emperor's feet and knelt down with a thud.

"This commoner, Sun Rong, was the daughter of Sun Shengrong, the Vice Minister of War, eighteen years ago."

The plaintiff is now suing Princess Chengyi for fabricating rumors and spreading falsehoods back then.

She also intercepted Gu Fanghan's letter to the woman and replaced it with a string of insults to humiliate her.

Even worse, she abducted a woman to her residence and humiliated her in front of everyone...

"She ruined my reputation and shunned my family. I was heartbroken and took my own life..."

As she spoke, lines of bloody tears streamed down her cheeks.

"Is that so?"

The Emperor frowned and said angrily, "Yi'er, do you confess your crime?"

Cheng Yi knelt down with a thud, and said in a trembling voice,

"Father, I was young and ignorant at the time, I didn't mean to do that to her..."

"You're lying! What do you mean by 'young and ignorant'? You're clearly just resentful that Fang Han and I grew up together, so you deliberately kidnapped me to humiliate me!"

"I begged you for forgiveness and swore I would never see Gu Fanghan again. What did you do?"

With a sharp shout, Sun Rong's dark blue face bulged out with black veins, looking fierce and intimidating.

"This Empress, this Empress..."

Cheng Yi was so frightened by that roar that she couldn't speak.

"You ordered your maid to press me down at your feet, ignoring my cries and pleas for mercy, and then stepped on my back while laughing wildly."

You told me yourself that you would ruin my reputation and make me have no face to live in this world anymore!

Brother Fang Han, remembering the kindness we shared back then, visits my grave every year to pay his respects. But when you found out, you cut off my family's lineage and even had my grave dug up..."

Sun Rong was surrounded by a black, malevolent aura, burning fiercely like flames.

"Yi'er, is what she said true? It's outrageous!"

A cold glint flashed across the Emperor's broad brows as he rebuked him.

"I know you are arrogant and willful, and it's one thing for you to act childishly, but how can you be so arrogant as to treat human lives as worthless!"

You've completely disgraced the royal family!

"Father, please calm your anger. Your son knows his mistake..."

Cheng Yi knew that further sophistry was futile, so he prostrated himself on the ground and sobbed, "Your subject will never dare to do it again. Your subject truly knows he was wrong."

I'll admit it then.

From childhood to adulthood, whenever she did something wrong, as long as she cried in front of her father, he would never be able to punish her.

The Emperor's voice was cold and angry.

"You really need to know you're wrong! You've done such a terrible thing; I've truly wasted all my love and care on you before!"

Sun Rong, the princess is bullying you by abusing her power. I will seek justice for you.

"I now ask you, how should I deal with Cheng Yi to quell your resentment?"

"If His Majesty were to question my daughter, I would naturally order her death..."

Sun Rong exuded a fierce aura, and her chilling voice echoed throughout the Zheng Hua Hall.

"I'm not reconciled. She made me lose everything. Eighteen years have passed, and she still won't let me go. She dug up my grave and left my bones exposed in the wilderness!"

I was filled with resentment; I wanted her to taste the bitterness I had endured for the past eighteen years, as a wandering ghost!

His Majesty clenched his fists tightly, his imperial face darkening as he spoke.

"Sun Rong, if it weren't for Envoy Yin pleading for you, do you think I would have allowed you to file a complaint before the Emperor?"

"I have compassion for you; do not push your luck! Yi'er was wrong, but she did not kill you with her own hands; your resentment is excessive!"

Tears of blood welled in Sun Rong's crimson eyes as she spoke with a heart-wrenching voice.

"She didn't kill me with her own hands, but it was more painful than if she had killed me! I'm just a girl, and just because I fell in love with the man the princess loved, I have to endure gossip and bear a bad reputation!"

Who could bear such suffering, Your Majesty! Though I come from humble origins, I was once a beloved daughter of my parents!

Because of her, I've become a shameless person, unwanted even if I offered myself! If His Majesty's princess were in such a situation, what would His Majesty do?

The Emperor's face twitched with anger, and he gritted his teeth, saying...

"I will kill him!"

Chengyi was his first child with the Empress. At that time, he was at a disadvantage among the many princes vying for the throne.

Ever since the Empress gave birth to Yi'er, he seemed to have divine assistance, carving out a bloody path and successfully seizing the throne.

From then on, he felt that Yi'er was sent by God to help him!

The vengeful ghost before him was trying to take Yi'er's life because of an old incident from eighteen years ago.

How is that possible!

A look of desolation appeared on Sun Rong's ghostly face as she pointed at Cheng Yi and said...

"This humble woman dares not presume to compare herself to a princess, but the resentment in my heart cannot be dispelled unless she dies!"

The emperor's hands were clenched so tightly that several veins bulged out.

The Empress said with a heavy heart,

"Sun Rong, Yi'er is sorry, but she doesn't deserve to die!"

Is there anything else we can discuss to help you resolve your inner conflict? Just tell me!

"Your Majesty and I will certainly do our utmost to fulfill your wishes!"

Sun Rong stared at her with her crimson eyes, a cold, sinister smile playing on her lips. "I just want her dead!"

Gu Jinyan's heart was in his throat, and he desperately tried to signal to Yin Liuli with his eyes.

Yin Liuli merely glanced at him indifferently, remaining silent.

Suddenly, a voice appeared beside Gu Jinyan's ear, complaining.

"Wah-ah-ah... Master told me to tell you, just watch and don't say a word!"

Gu Jinyan, "..."

His Majesty, after a long silence, said with a stern face,

"Sun Rong, the Empress and I have tried our best to reason with you. If you continue to be so aggressive, you will go too far!"

The air instantly became oppressive and solemn.