Lu Xuyang writhed on the ground like a dead dog. Both his legs had been completely twisted out of shape, and his luxurious dark yellow dragon-embroidered robe was soaked through with blood.
Lu Xuan put away the Dragon Tail Whip, his gaze cold as ice.
When he turned and walked toward Heaven Prison, the Imperial Guards who had been so arrogantly overbearing all stepped aside in unison, not daring to even breathe loudly.
As for Lu Xuyang, twitching on the ground, beyond the pain in his eyes was an even greater... indescribable terror.
He had finally realized that the one he had provoked was no longer the foolish, lustful Crown Prince Big Brother from before...
"Grandmother, please rise."
Lu Xuan lightly brushed his sleeve of crimson-purple dragon robes, and a gentle golden stream of light rippled outward like soft waves.
Old Madam Peng felt a warm force gently lifting her up.
Along with all the Peng Family members behind her, she found herself rising to her feet without even realizing it.
Only then did Chen Denglou and the other soldiers snap awake as if from a dream. They hurriedly dropped to one knee, the clatter of armor rising and falling in waves. "This general pays respects to His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Their voices shook the heavens, yet Lu Xuan merely gave a casual wave of his hand.
His gaze flashed like lightning as it swept over the Imperial Guards kneeling on the ground, finally settling on the pitch-black entrance of Heaven Prison.
"Lead the way."
"I want to see..."
Lu Xuan's voice was very soft, yet it made every heart tighten. "What grave crime Grandfather committed to warrant Father making such a... grand mobilization."
The instant the final word fell, the heavy iron gates at the front of Heaven