Rongxi Hall.
The atmosphere was uncannily strange.
The sudden news was truly staggering!
Wang Xifeng's eyes widened as she repeated one sentence over and over:
"He didn't just kneel. He's going to die..."
They could scarcely believe that a scion of the Imperial Nobility had knelt, much less that he was about to lose his life!
"Brother Huan saved me. I don't have to obey the decree anymore." Color returned to Lin Daiyu's pale face, and she suddenly burst into tears of joy.
She had returned from a dark, icy abyss of despair to a world of clear blue skies. What made her happier still was that Brother Huan remained as towering and indomitable as ever. No desperate predicament could break him!
"The decree?" Jia Zheng's face glowed, though he put on an air of sorrow:
"The Duke's Estate must prepare everything for the funeral as soon as possible. We must not neglect the proper rites."
Precisely because the Empress doted so excessively on the Second Prince, her decree had become a death warrant!
She had pushed Huan'er too far!
This is the son I take such pride in!
Watching her usually cautious, restrained father speak so outrageously, Jia Tanchun's eyes brimmed with delight. Her icy heart burned with fire. She could not contain the excitement of escaping certain doom, and even the hand clasping Sister-in-law Wan's trembled slightly.
Her younger brother had wrought a miracle that shook heaven and earth!
Tears filled Jia Tanchun's eyes, blurring her vision. In her daze, she seemed to see a towering figure standing quietly before her, shielding her.
Rongxi Hall remained silent for a long time, everyone's emotions surging. Jia Mu was the first to regain her reason and asked in a lowered voice:
"Zheng'er, won't the Central Court suspect Brother Huan of