Chapter 1083: The Emperor Arrives

If they still refused to release Volt Williams, the outcome was clear: they would offend more than half the heavyweights at court. Yet if they let him go and the Empress held them to account, what then? In an instant, the Minister of Justice felt caught between a rock and a hard place. His expression kept changing; he went pale, then flushed, then pale again. "Well?" Chen Changli narrowed his eyes. The three ministers and the two princes exchanged looks, their eyes glinting. A crushing, mountain-like...