Fang Yun lowered his head and looked around. The cell was extremely crude, with straw spread over the floor and a chamber pot in one corner. There was nothing else.
One side of the cell had a steel door, while the other had a barred window.
Fang Yun turned toward the window. It was clearly morning, synchronized with the time on the Saint Origin Continent.
Fang Yun examined himself. His clothes and hair were disheveled but relatively clean. As a Hanlin Academician, he could, after all, draw on literary qi to cleanse his body.
Just then, a jumble of footsteps rapidly approached.
A group of people appeared outside the cell door.
A fair-skinned eunuch said in a shrill voice, "Open the cell door for the Pearl River Marquis at once!"
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" A man wearing Academy Student robes hurried forward, opened the cell door, and gestured for him to come out, his face wreathed in smiles.
The eunuch frowned at the conditions inside the cell and was about to cover his nose, but the moment he saw Fang Yun, his face lit up. He bent down to enter through the low doorway and said with a smile, "Pearl River Marquis, it has been some time."
Recalling Zhang Longxiang's personality-somewhat conceited and arrogant, cold in temperament, and sparing with words-Fang Yun gave a cold snort. "Oh? Who are you? I don't seem to remember!"
The eunuch chuckled, taking no offense. "A man of your standing has much to occupy his memory, but this humble servant remembers you. Well, let us not get so caught up in reminiscing that we neglect business. Congratulations, Lord Pearl River Marquis! His Majesty the King of Chu has proclaimed throughout the kingdom that you have been released for lack of evidence. From this day onward,