The Imperial Court fell silent.
Qi Xiuyuan glared at his brother.
The ministers also looked at Qi Haoran in shock. How could Prince Rong suggest such a thing just as he was about to be conferred a fief? Shouldn't the ministers be the ones who were kneeling on the ground crying and begging the Emperor not to confer a fief, and Prince Rong confronting them about their opposition?
Why was it the other way around now? Now that they had agreed, Prince Rong was objecting to it?
Qi Haoran did not know that the people behind him were shocked. Seeing that his brother was stunned, he righteously said what Ah Ling had advised him last night.
