Prince Xiang remained silent, a pensive look crossing his face. Prefect Ouyang and the others looked not only to Prince Xiang, but even more so to Fang Chen; since Prince Xiang said nothing, naturally none of them dared to speak out of turn.
The purge of the nine prefectures in the south not long ago was still fresh in their minds. How many of their colleagues had been arrested, how many beheaded? They certainly had no desire to see such a fate befall themselves one day!
After a silence of several breaths, Yu Zhang, who stood behind Master Chen, suddenly turned to look at Fang Chen, cupped his fists, and said, "Duke Fang, I am Yu Zhang of Nanshan Academy, and I hope to say a few words regarding this case."
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