Chapter 139

On the other side, at the Protectorate State Duke Manor, the main hall was brightly lit and everyone was waiting in silence. The State Protector sat in the seat of honor with a grim face, while the State Protector's Wife sat to one side, looking anxious and stealing glances at her husband's expression from time to time. Yuwen Shu was also present; his eyes were still covered by a two-finger-wide bandage, and he sat with his head slightly bowed, his presence barely felt. Yuwen Ya was helped in by a maid. The physician had just examined her and said that the residual effects of the aphrodisiac in her system would require a few more doses of medicinal soup. She kept her head very low as she entered. Knowing full well that her actions today had been disgraceful, she immediately knelt before her father, the State Protector.