Before the words could fully leave their lips, the two men collapsed, blood winding across the green bricks like a river.
Hua Anni realized then that the power she had spent years carefully cultivating was now no more than a candle in the wind. Her relationship with the Lord of the State was one of superficial harmony, but in reality, they had long since drifted apart. They each maintained their own private armies, and now that disaster had truly struck, the Capital Palace, as expected, stood by and watched.
Her face turned deathly pale. She turned to flee toward the Lord of the State’s palace; blood was thicker than water, surely her brother wouldn't just watch her die?
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