But even though Qiong Qi could be quite impulsive at times, once Yan Ye had announced the sentence, he could only lower his head to his chest, not daring to utter even half a word in his defense.
And the Great Elder didn't feel unjustly treated; on the contrary, he regretted his own impulsiveness, which ended up implicating Qiong Qi and the others. The Great Elder licked his lips and, digging his hands into the tile grooves, spoke with a bit more fluency after the sentencing, "My lord, I am guilty! It was seeing the special relationship between Your Excellency Beiting Jing and the son of the Emperor Mo from the Nine Provinces Ink Region that I wanted to report to the Devil Queen!"