The old Emperor felt a headache coming on. At such a critical time, Su Juan seemed unconcerned about the magnitude of the issue—punishing one family was already perplexing enough, let alone three families.
The courtiers debated heatedly. The civil servants expressed: The Li Family is grieving over the loss of a son; how could they be punished?
The military officers commented: Marquis Wu Yuan has only one sole grandson!
The relatives of the royal family stated: Even the Concubine's brother took his baton punishment at the first instance—fifty strokes in all. An ordinary person could die from thirty strokes, and though he's not dead, he's nearly lost half his life.
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice snorted coldly; after all, young girls will be young girls. Look at what nonsense they're spouting.
