Outside the Meridian Gate, it was frighteningly quiet.
Zhou Kui was the first to fall to his knees. "I beg Your Majesty for mercy! The savings of my entire life are on those carriages. If Your Majesty confiscates this property, your servant... I would rather be dead."
"I beg Your Majesty, for the sake of Empress Zhou, who has borne children for the Great Ming, spare this old servant."
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