In the great hall, the First Prince loudly accused a Peerless Genius of the age!
Li Fei stood where he was, his face calm and unchanged.
That sheer composure alone made many ministers present see him in a new light.
No matter how much of a Peerless Genius he was, he was only eighteen, and this was his first time ascending the hall to meet the emperor. Yet he could remain so steady—simply astonishing! The ministers could not help recalling their own first audiences with the emperor. Even without doing anything, merely standing there had been enough to make their hands and feet go weak with tension.
If they had been subjected to such accusations from the First Prince, they probably would have been so frightened that they knelt on the spot, utterly losing their heads. "What does Imperial Brother mean by that?"
The Crown Prince spoke first.
The First Prince turned toward the Crown Prince and retorted, "Before recommending talents to Father Emperor, does the Crown Prince not first investigate them properly?"
The Crown Prince gave a cold laugh. "Then what did Imperial Brother find?"
The First Prince looked toward the emperor seated above the Imperial Dais.
"Father Emperor, as I understand it, this Li Fei has a teacher. His teacher is named Hao Yi, who once publicly raided an execution ground and rescued a traitor guilty of colluding with the enemy and selling out the country! That rescued traitor was also connected to Li Fei—she is his martial aunt.
"Not only that, but the accomplice who raided the execution ground together with Hao Yi later hijacked a Special Train, killing more than a dozen court officials and dozens of guards!"
At those words, the great hall instantly erupted in whispers.
Colluding with the enemy and selling out the