"Your Majesty is wise!"
The officials bowed in prostration once more, their voices stirring a light fall of dust from the palace beams. Zhao Zhen looked down at the two figures kneeling in guilt before the dais and suddenly felt a wave of dizziness—never since his accession had he shown such iron-fisted decisiveness as he had today.
He slowly let out a breath, then waved his hand. "Zhang Maoze, have them taken away."
Chapter 384