After the Pingxu Kingdom Envoy left, the Prefect of Wind Brocade Commandery, who had "only just heard the news," hurried over as well.
The moment he entered, he dropped to his knees with a thud, panic written all over his face. "I have sinned!"
"I did not know Your Majesty had graced us with your presence. I deserve ten thousand deaths!"
The remorse on Zou Cailiang's face was exceptionally heartfelt, and his words could not have been more sincere, yet they failed to produce the response he had expected.
Emperor Mingze said nothing from the seat of honor, and the officials filling the room were equally silent. Apart from a drawn-out "Uh-" from some unknown person at the very beginning, he heard nothing else.
With nothing else to do, he began carefully recalling that sound.
For some reason, he kept feeling that the "Uh-" had mingled surprise, awkwardness, speechlessness... and a whole assortment of other complicated emotions.
Zou Cailiang's head felt a little muddled, as though he had just tackled an extraordinarily difficult reading comprehension question, yet he could not help imagining the expression that might have accompanied the sound.
Eyebrows raised high, eyes slightly widened, perhaps even lips parted a little-the expression would not have been excessively exaggerated, but one glance would have made the person's feelings plain.
Virtue-Returning General Lei Zhixin did indeed look much as Zou Cailiang imagined, his expression somewhat dull and dazed-
This scene...
He seemed to have seen it just a short while ago...
Only, the Pingxu Kingdom Envoy had sobbed uncontrollably, while the Prefect of Wind Brocade Commandery's face was quite clean and dry.
Wh-what does he mean, he didn't know?!
He clearly found out almost at the same time as that master from the Ding Family!
Lei Zhixin's lips, which had just