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Sarolin had actually checked everything once, so there should have been no problems. But he loved his drink and had been tipsy yesterday. He could not be sure whether he had overlooked something, so he did not dare offer an explanation.

Li Chen did not punish him immediately, however. He merely waved a hand, his indifferent tone carrying a trace of displeasure. "Such incompetence. Get back there and reflect on your failures! I'll keep you under observation for now!"

Such an ambiguous decision inspired more fear than an outright punishment.

Sarolin returned home in a daze and told his wife, Wen Dini, what had happened. They clung to each other and wept, feeling as though the sky were about to fall.

Just then, Clan Head Lotherma's wrath descended as well. He came to Sarolin's home in person, pointed straight at his nose, and berated him harshly:

"Sarolin! You fool! His Eminence giving you a chance was a blessing beyond measure! Yet you dared be so negligent, let drink ruin your work, and fob His Eminence off with inferior goods?! Do you realize you nearly brought a catastrophe down on our Lineage? If His Eminence weren't so magnanimous, I'd cripple you right now!"

In his fury, Lotherma ordered Sarolin confined in the Lineage's dungeon to await judgment. In truth, this was also a show for Li Chen.

With her husband thrown into the dungeon, his future uncertain, and even the possibility that the enraged Clan Head might execute him, Wen Dini felt her entire world collapse in an instant.

She wept like a pear blossom drenched in rain, begging for help wherever she could. But who would dare plead for someone who had "offended His Eminence" at a time like this?

With nowhere left to turn, she thought of Sylph, the