The King looked at Yan Yan's appearance and let out a helpless sigh, fighting back tears to keep them from falling.
"I am proud of them. They are the heroes of Tianri!"
Yan Yan forced herself to regain her composure, knowing that the pain her father suffered was by no means less than her own. Having lost a wife in middle age and a son in his twilight years, the ruler of a nation bore a burden far heavier than the kings of other lands.
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