The warm sunlight bathed Wanshi and Chen Yu, and both felt a sense of warmth spread through their bodies. Having just emerged from the death row prison of Liangzhou City, they had expected to spend the rest of their days alongside the skeletons and corpses in the water dungeon, eventually turning into rot themselves. The chance to escape was so unexpected that both men collapsed to their knees.
"Thank you, Prime Minister, for saving us. Chen Yu pledges to follow you faithfully; I will be at your beck and call, no matter the cost!"
The Empress, Liu Zhao, wore an unreadable expression. After all, Chen Yu was, by title, her subject. She gritted her teeth and spoke to him.
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