Her appearance alone—one hand pressing down—made the boiling crowd temporarily fall silent. Upon hearing that she was the revered imperial consort responsible for investigating the Blood Sacrifice Society, the citizens of the Chaos Prefecture all bowed to her in reverence.
"As you have all seen, Si Dao Cangsheng and Yue Li Jun conspired with one another, joining forces with the Tai Yu Temple and portions of the Chaos Army Manor to commit the vile act of holding Blood Sacrifice Societies. Now, the evidence is irrefutable and the truth has come to light. These two and their followers have already been judged by the Tai Yu Imperial Court and blood-sacrificed in turn. Their deaths were miserable beyond measure. Does this quell the people's rage?"
"Yes!"
Hearing that the villains had been blood-sacrificed in return, the masses felt incomparably satisfied. The anger lodged in their hearts had finally dispersed. Before the revered imperial consort spoke, after all, they had not known how that group had died. The image sphere displayed by the Seventeenth Prince had only recorded the moment he appeared and began fighting.
"In this capture of the villains, the Seventeenth Prince rendered great merit and should serve as a model for all imperial princes. His courage and wisdom are witnessed by Heaven and Earth!" The revered imperial consort smiled at the Seventeenth Prince. "Little Seventeen, your mother consort will surely be proud of you! Our Tai Yu imperial clan is proud of you as well!"
With her looking at him so warmly, the Seventeenth Prince was still somewhat unaccustomed to it.
What he was even less accustomed to was that, in his memories, this revered imperial consort had clearly been the one who had bullied his mother consort since childhood. She was the person he hated most. Yet now, he