"You... It was you."
Shen Tang studied Liu Guan's face carefully.
"Your Majesty Shen has a good memory. I am Liu Guan, courtesy name Yuanyou."
"Good! Very good! You still dare show your face before me! It seems my fearsome reputation isn't enough to make people tremble at the mention of my name—or perhaps all these years of cultivating my character have made people forget my methods!" Shen Tang's smile remained unchanged, but her Killing Intent had grown noticeably more chilling.
Liu Guan's lips curled in mockery.
Forced to look up at Shen Tang from below, she still wore such arrogance in her eyes and brows that she seemed the one looking down from above. "What is there to fear about meeting Your Majesty Shen? If Heaven's Mandate had been on my side, I might yet have seen Your Majesty Shen as a prisoner. Alas, victory and defeat in war have always been cruel. I only regret my own incompetence, which has left me destined to die with regrets."
She wasn't merely unafraid of seeing Shen Tang; she had been eager to meet her.
It was a pity that her present circumstances were not what she had hoped for.
Liu Guan's brazen words hadn't angered Shen Tang yet, but they had frightened Tudege first. His loyal guards had escorted him through his escape, and he'd thought he had finally made it to safety. Who could have guessed that several units of soldiers would suddenly appear in the distance and surround them? His guards had all been killed.
Tudege saw the gray-haired Scholar.
Chu Yao looked Tudege up and down, then raised a hand and waved.
Several soldiers rushed forward and bound Tudege tightly. The other end of the rope fell into Chu Yao's hands. Chu Yao rode a tall horse,