Chu Feiyan knew that Chu Minghao indeed deserved his punishment.
But she had already lost her father, and she was very afraid that even this elder brother would be gone too.
"Your Highness the Princess, elder brother was severely poisoned. Though fortunately treated in time by Your Highness, and his life was saved, at this moment, it's as if he's lost half his life."
Disfigurement, perhaps to a man, isn't considered a fatal wound.
But he lost his leg.
Back then, he was so deeply poisoned that even Chu Qianli was at wit's end. In the end, Chu Qianli took a risky move, forcing all the poison in his body to his leg, after which it was amputated to save his life.
His life was saved, but with a leg amputated, the man was rendered crippled.
In addition, after surviving a great ordeal, Chu Minghao's health deteriorated significantly, becoming very frail.
