Bab 835: Sentence given (12)

Once she had come to a decision, Tan Lafen turned to face Yang Qing, though her attention was on the two domain experts present in Lei Weiyuan and Hou Dehui.

"Might I say a few words?" she asked solemnly.

"If it's anything related to the case in any way, then we all defer to him. As for me and Lei here, we are nothing but guests and observers.." said Hou Dehui, still casual and relaxed as when he appeared.

"The court welcomes what you have to say.." said Yang Qing when the attention was on him.

"Thank you for your consideration and tolerance... I may have not known the exact particulars of what my son has been to all these years, but through my imprint, I had some ideas, and now seeing the dense haunted slaughter qi around him, his crimes must be egregious and unpardonable.." Tan Lafen said as her gaze lingered slightly on Shen Mu before moving back to Yang Qing.