Bai Xianyu's gaze paused on the man's hand for a moment, but the emotions in her heart were complex.
The dusty past seemed to have broken out of its cocoon, and scenes automatically appeared in front of her.
[Can you save my Third Brother? Xie Xingyun, your family has a Death-Exemption Token, right? I know that it belongs to your grandfather, but my brother is already on death row. I beg you…]
His voice was as calm as ever.
[It's gone.]
[Gone? How could it be…] She was in a daze.
Xie Xingyun had a complicated expression. [I had used it on you.]
A few fleeting moments seemed like several years.
She pointed at herself and staggered back with tears in her eyes. [Why did His Majesty want to kill me? What crime did I commit in your Northern Garrison Marquis Manor?]
[If you don't want to save him, there's no need to find such an excuse.]
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