"Wretched woman!"
"You caused the death of my father!"
A loud slap and Li Xiaozu's angry cursing abruptly awakened Song Miyao from her fantasy. She stared blankly, covering her swollen cheek, looking at her husband with an unfamiliarity she had never felt before.
"If it weren't for you being a Princess of the Imperial Family..."
"I would never leave you alive!"
Li Xiaozu struck Song Miyao again, leaving her dizzy. He then knelt and kowtowed to the fire basin in the hall, wailing, "Father King, your spirit in Heaven... I, your son, will avenge this great wrong for you..."
Everyone knew he had confronted Li Liang because of Princess Anren. Therefore, his current disrespect towards Princess Anren would serve to dispel the 'rumors' of him committing patricide. Otherwise, why would he, the Prince of the Northern Town, harm his own father?
"You..."