General Wei straightened, bowing quickly. "Your Highness. We're conducting the questioning His Majesty commanded—"
"Questioning?" Prince Liang Jian's gaze swept the room, taking in Soyeon's tears, her plain cotton robes, the officials with their scrolls, and his jaw clenched. "This looks more like an interrogation. Why is my physician being treated like a criminal?"
"Your Highness, His Majesty ordered—"
"She saved a man's life!" His voice rose, echoing off the stone walls. "She identified the poison, administered treatment, prevented a death. And your response is to lock her in a windowless room for four days and question her like a spy?"
"Your Highness," one of the officials said nervously. "The circumstances were suspicious—"
