The woman was badly injured, coughing up several mouthfuls of blood and losing the ability to speak. Yet her hands still reached out toward the boy, desperately trying to grab him.
The boy wiped away a tear with the back of his hand and roared angrily, "Our Pei family has generations of loyal subjects! We fell into this plight because we were framed. Even the Emperor didn't sentence us to death, so by what right do you lot intend to behead us?"
The bailiff sneered disdainfully, "Ningguta is far from heaven and the Emperor is far away! The emperor here is Prince Ning! If Prince Ning says you live, you live; if Prince Ning tells you to die at the third watch, King Yama himself cannot keep you until the fifth!"
Chapter 71