The moment the man entered, he declared with reddened eyes that he wanted to kill Marquis Jing'an.
"Marquis Jing'an, do you recognize these two men?" the emperor asked sternly, his face grim.
"I... I do not know who they are!" Marquis Jing'an hastily lowered his head.
"You don't know? You slaughtered my family to make them take the blame for Xu Bo's family, and you say you don't know who I am?" Xu Daniu's eyes were red. Had the man beside him not held him back with all his strength, he would have already charged forward and killed Marquis Jing'an.
"Your Majesty, I have suffered a grave injustice! I accuse Marquis Jing'an of deceiving his sovereign! I accuse him of treating human lives like grass, of murdering three members of my family to make them take the blame for Xu Bo!"
"I was only three then. I had been out playing, and when I came home, I found my whole family dead. The man who killed them and led his soldiers out of the village was none other than Marquis Jing'an! No one in our village dared help me. I took the ashes of my father, little brother, and little sister to lodge a complaint, but the Government Office said our family had kidnapped the Princess and deserved to die!"
"My father and I had only each other to depend on. We could barely feed my little brother and sister. How could we have kidnapped a princess? Only later did I learn that it was Xu Bo's family who had kidnapped the Princess. The pretty lady they had kept locked in that dark little room was the Princess!"
"Those three members of my family took the blame for them!"
"I had nowhere to seek justice. Your Majesty, please give me