The guards who had originally escorted Li Xian shoved him back into the prisoner's cart once more, intending to send him back to the Ministry of Punishments prison to be locked away. As for whether this Crown Prince of the Xia State could survive, that would depend entirely on how tough his life turned out to be.
In early February, the imperial palace of the State of Chu was shrouded in a biting, lingering chill.
The red walls and golden tiles were covered with a thin layer of frost, casting a cold, sharp gloss under the morning sun. The weeping willows on either side of the palace paths had yet to sprout, their bare branches swaying gently in the cold wind with a faint rustling sound.
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