Silence stretched on and on within the grand hall, with not a single person stepping forward to relieve Emperor Chujing of his worries. The emperor was both furious and exasperated—what earthly use were any of them? The military commanders were one thing, but these civil officials were completely useless. Day in and day out, they only knew how to poke into his domestic affairs, yet when it came to matters of state, they stood there like souls left behind at home.
Chu Hengyuan was in a rush to go home and see Aran. By now, Leng Zhan should have delivered the medicine, and he wondered if she had obediently taken it as she promised, leaving him nothing to complain about.
Words failed him entirely. Such a simple matter, yet so many people could not come up with a single solution.
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