The standoff lasted for a moment.
Gu Xiangzhu waved her hand. "You may go. Don't let anyone within a ten-li radius."
Ten li.
This was the range within which the ruin's entrance had appeared, and where the giant eye's light normally flashed.
Zhao Qing's expression flickered. "Your Highness, you..."
"Am I not allowed to wait here and kill the one who murdered my son?" Gu Xiangzhu's voice was frigid. "What? Am I to believe only you are permitted to collect my son's body?"
Zhao Qing fell silent.
'Methods capable of influencing the Black Fog Space are exceedingly rare in this world,' he thought. 'If Gu Xiangzhu truly just wants to kill the one who harmed her son, then her request is indeed reasonable.'
But he still said, "I have no reason to refuse Your Highness's request. However, I hope Your Highness will remain rational and not break the rules of the Imperial Clan Court!"
"Of course I won't!"
