"But my master, I really didn't exaggerate! Everything I said is the truth! I... I truly never expected that His Majesty would sentence the Crown Prince to immediate execution!"
Gu Zhengran, standing nearby, took over: "The Second Prince captured me and told me that the Prince was already dead. He used the lives of my subordinates to threaten me into revealing the circumstances of that year. I failed to keep my promise to the Prince and spilled his old secrets—I have failed him. But I couldn't just stand by and watch my brothers-in-arms die; I had no choice but to submit to the Second Prince. Yet, I never imagined that even after I told the truth, he would still slaughter them!"
Gu Zhengran’s face was etched with grief.
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