Of course, this couldn't really be blamed on An Xun.
Even Ning Yun himself had never expected that speaking the truth would bring him such an outpouring of support.
Yet soon enough, they all realized why the common people were in such an uproar: it was entirely because Zhao Long had gone too far this time, allowing Ning Yun to seize the crucial advantages of timing, terrain, and popular support!
"I can only blame them for bringing about their own destruction through endless evil. If they had simply killed me straight away back then, things would never have come to this!" Ning Yun said passionately.
Hearing this, An Xun hurriedly chimed in from the side, "Your Majesty's boundless fortune reaches the heavens! Last time you merely fell victim to a villain's scheme; absolutely nothing can possibly go wrong from here on out!"
"Heh, I've already ended up like this—who can really say what the future holds?" Ning Yun said half-jokingly.
He knew it wasn't quite proper to speak like this in front of a court official, but with no one else around him now, he had no choice but to vent to An Xun.
At that thought, Ning Yun couldn't help but think of Jiang Linger.
He had originally only sent her to see if she could secure the Gan Dynasty's Divine Punishment, but now the Divine Punishment was his, and his own daughter had been dragged down with it as well!
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A few days later.
Although Murong Chong was now deliberately trying to suppress the news, the fact that Ning Yun was still alive had…
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