Song Yaoyao could not help marveling:
*[Without Zhuo Qingge and Zeng Bifu to support him, and with the Seventh Prince's Manor confiscated, the Seventh Prince really will be left utterly alone.*
The Seventh Prince-no, he isn't the Seventh Prince anymore. We should just call him Chen Haoran.
They aren't leaving Chen Haoran even a shred of hope!
Even surviving will be a problem now. How could he ever turn his fortunes around?
But Chen Haoran was far too vicious, scheming against and ruining those women like that. His crimes really are unforgivable!
Ruan Xining deserved what she got too. She deserved to die!
*His Majesty is wise indeed!]*
Guagua: [Chen Haoran really played with fire this time and threw himself into the flames too.]
Song Yaoyao: [Mm, he lost everything through his own remarkable talent for self-destruction!]
Chen Haoran knelt on the ground, kowtowing over and over:
"Father, I know I was wrong! I'll never dare do it again!
Please spare me this once, Father!"
The emperor glanced at Chen Haoran and said:
"The imperial edict has already been issued. It cannot be withdrawn.
Take him away!"
Chen Haoran was dragged away amid his pleas for mercy.
Now that Chen Haoran had nothing left, the people he had offended before would not let him off.
Zhuo Weikang and Zeng Shenbin, for a start, would never spare him!
His hellish life was about to begin!
After court was dismissed, everyone looked sympathetically at Zhuo Weikang and Zeng Shenbin, unsure how to comfort them.
Someone patted their shoulders and said:
"There must be a way. Your daughters will surely be all right."
Zhuo Weikang and Zeng Shenbin could only nod.
Of everyone caught up in this affair, the Zhuo Residence and the Zeng Residence had suffered the most.
After court was dismissed,