Chapter 10 (2/2)

The whole event took place at a lightning-fast speed; Ling Tian was already in Ling Ran's bosom before everyone even got to react to the situation. However, everyone clearly saw that the empress was the one who let go of the child all of a sudden. Her action simply looked like it was premeditated. Furthermore, the emperor and royal uncle Yang KongQun actually did not have any reaction when the child fell down. Instead, the one who caught the child was Ling Ran who was slightly further away.

The next moment, everyone was dumbfounded and the place was filled with pin drop silence! Everyone all thought, Sh*t just got real. Things probably won't end so easily! Everyone present is extremely worried. This matter can be big or small. If it is small, the emperor will just suppress the matter and ensure that everything is status quo on the surface. If things get blown up big, it wouldn't be impossible for both the families to fight. If something like that happens, the winds in the Sky Bearing Empire are going to change for sure!

However, what everyone did not see was the delightful smile on Ling Tian's face. The 20 to 30 strands of hair on his right hand silently fell and left no trace on him. As for his left hand, he rubbed his index finger and thumb together as he wore an evil smile on his face, reminiscing something.

”Empress, what is the meaning of that? How can you bear to harm such a small child?” Ling Ran, who was hugging Ling Tian, still had a lingering fear as her body trembled slightly. The moment she composed herself, she began to roar like a lioness. Following which, Chu Ting'er clumsily sprinted over with a face full of tears. She hugged Ling Tian's small body tightly in her arms as her body trembled and she began to whimper.

Ling Zhan's beaming face turned ashen as his eyes turned red. He glared at the empress who was in panic with a killing intent rising in the atmosphere! Even though he was in front of the emperor, he did not conceal it in the slightest! Ling Xiao's face was completely dull without any expression, with his hands holding on to the hilt of his sword!

Facing Ling Ran's interrogation, the empress's face turned pale as panic filled her eyes. She then stuttered, ”No no no, it wasn't on purpose. I... just now, that child... He… pulled my hair. He... pinched my… He... I... I really didn't do it on purpose, emperor!”

A wave of killing intent towards the empress filled the place and the atmosphere became deadly. All around, everyone from the Ling family was filled with a killing intent as they grabbed the hilt of their swords. The empress couldn't bear with the pressure and broke out into tears.

The emperor's face turned ashen and he shouted out with a wave of his sleeves, ”Men, send the empress back to the palace!” At this moment, the emperor was already certain that this was definitely a conspiracy between the empress and her father. However, this conspiracy was just too brainless; she actually enacted such a lousy act in front of the emperor! Did they really think that the many officials and generals present were idiots? Now that they created such a huge trouble, how would he be able to settle the matter easily? A chill flashed past as he looked at Yang KongQun! It seemed that he had given them too much leeway!

”Wait!” Ling Zhan squeezed his way out of the crowd and said, ”The empress is going to leave like that? Don't tell me you are not going to give this old man here an explanation?” The chill in his tone was like the chilly winds blowing from h.e.l.l.

Duke Ling was enraged!

This was something intolerable! The Ling family had a single descendant for three generations and his son had no activity for five to six years after they got married. After waiting for so long, his daughter-in-law's stomach finally rose up as she gave the Ling family a new child. Everyone in the family was extremely careful when taking care of him, caring for him as though he was tofu. But never would he have expected that on such a joyous occasion, Ling Tian would be almost killed by this woman under the watchful eyes of everyone! Too bold! So what if you're from the Yang family? Don't tell me this old man here would not dare to kill you!

Yang KongQun also became fl.u.s.tered as he stepped forward and anxiously replied, ”Duke Ling, everyone saw that it was a misunderstanding!” Knowing that they were in the wrong, Yang KongQun had already lost the pride his displayed earlier. How could he still be concerned about his face at such a moment? Thus, he lowered his pride.

Ling Zhan laughed out loud as his voice became solemn, ”Misunderstanding? HAHAHA, misunderstanding? Yang KongQun, you old b.a.s.t.a.r.d! You dare say that such a thing was a misunderstanding? My grandson was almost killed in the hands of your daughter and you dare brush it off as a misunderstanding?”

Yang KongQun was enraged by the fact that he was called an old b.a.s.t.a.r.d. However, he could not do anything about it. As sweat filled his whole face, Yang KongQun held on to the arm of Ling Zhan and said, ”Old Ling, listen to me, this was indeed a misunderstanding. This, this, sometimes, people's hands would slip…”

Ling Zhan's face changed, ”Slip of hand? Yang KongQun, what if this old man has a slip of hand too?” A chilly voice sounded. The killing intent within it was not concealed at all. ”This old man's hand will slip towards the three grandson of yours. Yang KongQun, what do you think about that?!”

[1]: In China, the emperor likes to address himself as ”we” instead of ”I”.

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