Tearing the Prince's Clothes after Withdrawing Marriage
Chapter 59: For Her, Even Life is Expendable

Chapter 59: Chapter 59: For Her, Even Life is Expendable

If it were merely a matter of stealing Yu Linglong’s prescription.

Then once Yu Linglong cured Prince Xuan and the Emperor’s anger subsided, Chu Qianli would at most be reprimanded.

At most, she would receive several dozen beatings with a stick.

But she actually dared to escape from prison!

An escape from the Imperial Family’s Sky Prison, no less!

That was absolute contempt for the Imperial Family, an open provocation!

If anything unforeseen happened to Prince Xuan, Chu Qianli would definitely not escape the death penalty.

No wonder even Duke Chu Buqu and the Marquess of Dingbei had to personally come and beg for mercy.

The Empress Dowager, anxious over Prince Xuan’s condition, had no mood to attend to this matter.

The Emperor was already too angry for words!

In the past, he had held a measure of respect for these two old men, but now, all that was left in his heart was anger!

"If it really were Xuanxuan... If..."

The Emperor, seething with anger, slapped the Jade Chair, and through gritted teeth, said, "I will not let Chu Qianli off easily! I will have her torn apart by five horses!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Outside, the eunuch rushed in again, his face full of urgency.

"Princess Xuan has been brought back!"

...Chu Qianli was brought back.

The one who brought her back was actually Feng Jinrui.

"Guards! Seize this enchantress and beat her to death with random sticks!"

At this moment, the Emperor’s hatred for Chu Qianli had seeped into his bones.

He didn’t care who had brought her back or why she had been brought to this place.

His worries were about to make him ill; if he didn’t vent on something soon, even he would be infuriated to the point of collapse!

"Spare me, Your Majesty!"

Upon hearing this, Long Ye slammed his head onto the floor with a thud.

"Your Majesty, Lili is still a child; her youth and ignorance led her to make such a grave mistake!"

"I am willing to take full responsibility for her actions. Please, Your Majesty, retract your order!"

When Chu Qianli entered the room, she saw her grandfather’s forehead with a large contusion from knocking his head.

Her heart was suddenly shaken.

Her recollections of her real grandfather were mostly of his helplessness and sighs.

It was because the original owner was indeed a good-for-nothing who couldn’t be helped up, uneducated, and behaved badly.

She heard that the original owner’s mother, Long Qianyue, was once known as the number one talented lady of the Imperial City.

Skilled in military and literary arts, in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, she excelled in everything.

In the Imperial City, she had a significant reputation.

But her daughter, born amidst such radiance, was worlds apart from her mother.

Her grandfather had always wanted to teach her well, but she not only rejected his kindness, but also responded with cruelty and malice.

The original owner’s relationship with her grandfather had always been very poor.

Later on, she would not even visit him during holidays and festivals.

Chu Qianli thought her grandfather’s affection for her must have long since faded.

But, at a life-and-death moment, her grandfather was willing to bear such great humiliation for her.

Her grandfather was already over sixty.

With his illustrious military achievements, when had he ever bowed and kneeled like this before the Emperor?

Duke Chu Buqu also knelt upright, turned his head to glare at her, and angrily said, "You reprobate! Why won’t you kneel quickly and beg for the Emperor’s forgiveness?"

Chu Qianli did not kneel.

The cold voice of her grandfather Chu Buqu was still so clear in the original owner’s memory.

He had always liked to reprimand the original owner, his resentment towards her was akin to hating iron for not becoming steel.

But Chu Qianli did not expect that after reprimanding her, Chu Buqu would also kowtow heavily to the Emperor.

"Your Majesty, Xiaoqi is young and ignorant, to blame is this old subject for not teaching her well."

"The crime committed by Xiaoqi today is all this old subject’s fault! If Your Majesty wishes to decree a death sentence for Xiaoqi, then let this old subject take her place!"

A sudden pang struck Chu Qianli’s heart!

Her grandfather and great-grandfather always seemed not to care for her.

Yet, at the crucial moment between life and death, they were both willing to give up their lives for her.

In the past, the original owner really did not know how to cherish what she had!

She truly lived in blessing without knowing it!

She took a step forward, and without kneeling, simply bowed deeply and calmly said:

"Without distinguishing right from wrong, Your Majesty intends to punish me, I do not accept this punishment!"