Chapter 115 - The Latest Autopsy Results (1/2)

The governor looked at the evidence provided, then solemnly asked Feng Xiupei, “Feng Xiupei, witnesses and hard evidence have proved that you unintentionally caused the death of a man. Would you still like to defend yourself?”

“No. I plead guilty.” Feng Xiupei clenched her fists tightly and gritted her teeth as she admitted her guilt. The image she had crafted during her ten years away at the Flying Frost Pavilion had fallen apart the moment she’d come home, and she was not going to let this continue.

She would rather be found guilty of murder than allow her reputation to take a hit. The murder case could be overturned later, but it was hard to regain a reputation once lost or damaged.

“Your Honor, I am willing to take the rap for her. Please, spare Pei’er. She is South Winds Nation’s first female genius, and I can’t let her fall from grace like this,” Xu Jiayi cried as she pleaded.

Feng Xiang thought about it for a while, then he came out and said, “I am also willing to take the fall.”

The governor looked at them and thought about how the Fengs had sent someone earlier to tell him that he must find Feng Tianlan guilty no matter what, and he couldn’t believe how hypocritical they were. He looked at them with a nasty expression and said, “You are guilty, too, so don’t be in such a hurry to take the blame for others!”

Feng Xiang and Xu Jiayi’s faces turned pale. Was the governor serious about finding them guilty?

This was not what they had expected.

“A life for a life! No one can take her place!”

Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted this. Then, one after another, people started shouting the same thing. They were all hell-bent on making sure that Feng Xiupei received the death penalty.

Feng Xiupei and the rest instantly turned pale. At first, they’d wanted to use the Feng family’s influence to pressure the governor into letting them go, but it was difficult for the governor when the crowd was so determined to see Feng Xiupei sentenced to death.

The governor was also in a tight spot. He couldn’t sentence her to death because she was from the Feng family, and she was indeed the first female genius of the nation as well as a disciple from Flying Frost Pavilion. He couldn’t get her killed.