That was Commandery Princess Yan'er's favorite color. She could not possibly have remembered it wrong!
"Hmph! Do you take me for a three-year-old? You might fool someone else with that excuse, but although you are not subjects of the Great Xia Dynasty, committing crimes on our soil only compounds your guilt!"
"Abducting a princess and deceiving a sovereign! Is this how your Nanmei Kingdom conducts itself? Do you know that these are capital offenses in the Great Xia Dynasty?"
The emperor grabbed a writing brush and hurled it hard at Commandery Princess Yan'er's face.
Every palace servant and guard in the hall immediately dropped to their knees.
An overwhelming pressure bore down on them, leaving no one daring to raise their heads.
They all knew that the Son of Heaven was furious.
The Eldest Princess and Commandery Princess Yan'er looked even worse. Though they had no respect for the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty, this was his territory, after all.
Killing them would be all too easy.
Now, the Nanmei Kingdom was their only backing.
The Eldest Princess said, "Your Majesty, we were in the wrong, but Princess Ximing destroyed the spirit tablets of our Founding Emperor and Empress and stole quite a few things from us. In light of the friendship between our nations, why not call it even?"
She thought that was more than fair.
Yet the emperor's expression only darkened.
The Eldest Princess spoke as though she had come to negotiate, not to stand trial.
He sneered. "Hmph, fair? Princess Ximing is only a one-year-old child. How could she destroy your ancestors' spirit tablets? Do you have any evidence?"
The Eldest Princess secretly gritted her teeth. "No, but when she came out with the stolen goods, I clearly saw the broken tablets!"
Even now, she could