When Hua Dingzong saw the horsewhip, a tremor shot through him.
He swallowed hard and asked cautiously.
"What are you going to do, Your Highness?"
Li Ji took the horsewhip and gave a cold smile. "You all think I'm vindictive, don't you? Well then, today I'll show you just how vindictive I can be."
With that, he lashed out with the whip.
The tip of the whip struck viciously across Hua Dingzong's leg.
The blow instantly tore through his trousers, laying open the flesh beneath as blood began to flow.
He cried out in agony, staggering before collapsing onto one knee.
Everyone else present was left dumbfounded by the sudden violence.
They never imagined Prince Zhao would strike so suddenly, without the slightest hesitation.
Although Hua Dingzong was just a minor Elder Zhong'an, incomparable to Prince Zhao, he was still a titled nobleman. Even the Crown Prince himself couldn't just beat him so brutally at will.
'How could Prince Zhao dare?'
