Night fell.
Nourishing Harmony Hall was still brightly lit. Not long after Murong Ziyan took her leave, Lin Heng and Meng Yutong stepped into the hall together.
Jiang Jingyi had taken off her red makeup and wore a light, flowing white dress, with two strands of thin white cord still tied atop her head.
Hm? It's already so late at night, and there are still that many memorials to handle?
As emperor, one sentence could hand the work to your subordinates. How easy would that be!
Eh? Isn't that thought the very portrait of a muddleheaded ruler?
Lin Heng reined in his thoughts and took the initiative to speak. "Female Emperor, Master and I are here!"
"Sit."
"Alliance Leader Lin, I heard you went to the Cautious Punishment Office?"
Lin Heng picked up the teapot, poured himself a small cup of tea, and replied, "Yes. I met a few old acquaintances together with Master. From what they said, it seems they were misunderstood by you."
"Whether it is a misunderstanding or not is not up to me, but up to the facts!"
"How so?"
"Jiang Yan told this emperor that the three of them attended a gathering held by the Medical Alliance. When they came, they even pushed three gift boxes here. Do you know what was inside?"
Lin Heng shook his head slightly.
Jiang Jingyi said in a grave tone, "One box of hearts, one box of human skin, and one box of things resembling eyeballs."
"Holy shit!" After hearing that, Lin Heng was so shocked he set down his teacup at once and blurted out a curse. Even Meng Yutong could not help her brows knitting slightly.
What do you mean, things resembling eyeballs?
"What sort of filthy business is this?"
"The reason they gave was that they