In the deepest part of the dungeon, a cell door slowly creaked open. Prince De Li Zhi sat tall despite his tattered robes and the shackles on his wrists and ankles. Since that night, he seemed to have aged significantly, his hair streaked with new patches of white. He had always believed himself to be a favored son of heaven, convinced that the throne of the Xia State was within his grasp, but reality had dealt him a resounding blow. Now, he lived in perpetual darkness, reduced to a common prisoner.
Prince De Li Zhi studied the elegantly dressed woman before him and asked tentatively, "Are you Eldest Princess Li Rongchun?"
"I am indeed," Eldest Princess Li Rongchun replied, a hint of surprise in her voice. She had met the prince when she was a child, and she found it hard to believe that a man of his standing in the Xia State had actually managed to fake his own death.
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