Li Tianming raised his brows slightly, somewhat surprised.
This had originally been a label the Young Emperor had wanted to pin on Li Tianming, something meant only to disgust him for a while. Basically, no one would have believed it. Yet he had not expected anyone to truly use those words to pressure him.
With an indifferent expression, he said to the girl beside him, "Senior Sister Annihilation, someone first slandered the current Grand Border Governor by claiming he had an improper relationship with you, then slandered the Grand Border Governor by claiming he intended to rebel. How should these two acts of defamation be punished?"
Annihilation was stunned for a moment and did not immediately react, but Fu Yi and Fu Ling became anxious.
"Whether you have a guilty conscience, you know that yourself!" Fu Yi snapped, her willow brows standing on end as she glared.
"Yes, of course I know I have nothing to hide." Li Tianming gave a half-smile. "So now I have proof that you slandered the Grand Governor. You'd best be able to produce evidence of my improper relationship and my rebellion too. Otherwise..."
As he spoke, he took out an image sphere. The scene from moments ago played continuously within it; every word they had said had already been recorded.
"You...!"
Fu Yi and Fu Ling both looked rather unsightly now, their lips twitching as they did not know what to say.
Yet at that moment—
Crack!
Li Tianming raised the image sphere himself and crushed it outright!
The shattered images drifted down like fragments, no longer recognizable in their original form.
This sudden scene left all of them somewhat dumbfounded.
He had clearly held the evidence in his hand, yet had taken the initiative to destroy it himself. Anyone who knew him understood