The sound of the throne room opening was like a death sentence of its own. Only the people who had done really terrible things had received their judgement from the emperor himself. All the time, when you face the emperor, the only thing that you can wish for was a small punishment. But nobody had ever gotten away here with a pat on the wrist.
Tianshi Xue was suddenly nervous that she was going to be there. It was just now that it was crushing down on her that she should not have come. The last time that someone tried to do her wrong, they ended up dead the very same night.
But her thoughts disappeared when Prince Qui entered, flanked by his soldiers, and the prisoner with his ankles and wrists chained.
