The Xuan Emperor's brows drew together slightly. His face went cold, and he looked at Li Zhixing.

"What does Beloved Minister Li mean, that Ning Chen has no regard for the law of the realm and acts exactly as he pleases?"

Li Zhixing bowed. "Your Majesty, yesterday Marquis Ning took the prisoner Zisu out of the Ministry of Justice prison by force."

An uproar went through the ministers.

Taking a prisoner out of the prison by force was the same as breaking her out.

Here was a chance for the censors and the mouths, and they judged the moment had come to make themselves conspicuous in public.

"Your Majesty, Marquis Ning is bold beyond all bounds and treats the law of the Great Xuan as a child's game. He ought to be punished severely."

"Your Majesty, Marquis Ning has only this moment been made a marquis. This is plainly presuming on favor. He must be punished severely, or there is no telling what disorder he will raise hereafter."

"Your Majesty, taking a prisoner out of the Ministry of Justice prison by force — that was plainly Marquis Ning breaking her out. The crime is past all pardon."

The Xuan Emperor watched the censors and the mouths jumping about with a cold eye.

He was about to speak when Old General Chen said, "Your Majesty! Marquis Ning did indeed take Miss Zisu out of the prison, but there was a reason behind it."

"Marquis Ning was afraid the Tong'an Hall physician could not save Liang Jingwu's daughter-in-law. It was a difficult labor, and if it went wrong, two lives would be lost together."

"Miss Zisu is a prisoner, yes, but she is also the personally taught student of Shang Lu, the Physician Immortal, and her skill in medicine is high... Ning Chen did not take her out to break her out of prison. He took her out to save Liang Jingwu's daughter-in-law."

"And it was Miss Zisu's help that brought Liang Jingwu's daughter-in-law through it. Mother and child both well!"

The force went out of the censors at once.

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