The Jia family took the hardest blow. Three of its members served in the Prince's Residence, and Jia Lerong's blood surged upward with a boom.
Looking around, he saw people nearby scatter several paces away as if they had caught the stench of something foul. The Jia family was instantly isolated.
"Idiots." Jia Lerong did not know how else to describe it. By rights, Granny Jia had once been a palace woman. Before the Crown Prince met with disaster, she had been released from the palace and became Jia Wuyou's second wife. Then the Crown Prince fell, and Jia Wuyou, being only a minor official, was cast out. Before long, he died in depression.
His children fought over the inheritance and showed no regard for her as their stepmother. Granny Jia had supported herself by washing clothes, and it could be said that she had endured bitter days because of it.
Yet once Prince Dai returned to the capital, not only had the Jia family received Prince Dai's favor, but she herself had also received no small share of his grace.
More importantly, no one would tolerate such a thing. Even if it truly succeeded, those who gave the orders would immediately silence her forever.
Jia Lerong looked at Granny Jia, bound and kneeling on the platform. He had initially felt sorry for her, but now, when he looked at her again, hatred nearly burst from his eyes!
She dared harm the Princess Consort and the heir? How stupid could she be?
"She dared harm the heir and the Princess Consort—such utterly heartless madness! Send her to the authorities for punishment!"
"Exile her three thousand li! Slice her with a thousand cuts!"
The people below immediately erupted into clamor, voices flung out one after another.
Anyone serving in the Prince's