"It has nothing to do with Qilin. He was just playing a prank on me. You've misunderstood, Little Sister." Pei Shangling persisted, bowing and continuing to plead with the Emperor: "I beg Your Majesty to allow me to take the punishment in place of my mother and younger sister!"
Pei Yunxi nearly passed out. Pei Shangling must have truly knocked his brains loose! Or perhaps his marrow had been eaten away by some parasite!
Mu Yuanzhi couldn't help wondering at this point: how could it come to this, yet Pei Shangling still refused to expose Qilin?
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