Grand Secretary Wú, his cause now lost, closed his eyes and fainted. For him, death at that moment would have been the most merciful end, but reality remained cruel. His hopes were dashed, and when he awoke in the Celestial Prison, gazing at the damp, lightless cell and the chains shackling his hands and feet, he realized he had never been so wretched.
The splendor and prestige of his former days had vanished entirely.
The tallest nail is the first to be hammered down.
Chapter 648