Chapter 678: Imperial Edict

, "This concerns the Crown Prince's consort... this servant dare not speak rashly...""Hurry up and speak, or I'll have you sent to the Jingshi Hall to be an ordinary eunuch who serves tea and water!"...one leg dragging. He was hunched over and bowed deeply as he begged for alms. At his feet lay a dirty four or five-year-old child, dressed in rags like a skinny monkey, clinging tightly to the old man...