Everyone listened quietly to the emperor's decree.
Hoping for a glimmer of hope.
The next moment, Xiao Jinxing commanded solemnly, "The hanging punishment can be spared. One hundred strokes instead!"
One hundred strokes?!
An ordinary person couldn't endure it.
Not to mention someone like Song Yanqing with such a health condition.
A hanging execution would mean an instant death, ending it all at once. But this flogging is being beaten to death alive, a naturally more brutal process.
Was the emperor aiding Song Yanqing, or was he tormenting him?!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, spare his life!" Ming Yufang, upon hearing this, was naturally anxious.
An order from the emperor was as irreversible as iron, not a trifling matter.
"Song Yanqing is only twenty-seven this year. He cannot be beaten to death like this. I plead with Your Majesty to be lenient." Ming Yufang pleaded with tears streaming down.
Song Yanqing, on the other hand, remained silent.
