Yuwen Junan snapped back to his senses. Tensing his muscles, he desperately concealed the panic in his heart. How could the ruler of a nation, who had just held him close, lose all composure over a moment of fleeting tenderness?
He quickly retraced the words he had just spoken in his mind, gathering his thoughts, and said, "Your minister said that Lu Zhihe disregarded the law and trampled upon human lives. Out of personal grievance, he set fire to Ruoyun Villa, burning more than three hundred people to death!"
"Say it again," Pei Hengyu rose abruptly, pool water cascading down the muscles of his chest in rivulets. "How many casualties were there at Ruoyun Villa?"
Chapter 77