Heavenly Mandate Manor.
With a broad, kind face and gentle eyes, Han Xu stood in the hall with his hands behind his back.
Compared to Han Yin, he had always presented himself as a figure of generosity and kindness.
"Du Ruhui has been released?" he asked.
The palace had just been cleaned, but the heavy stench of blood had yet to dissipate.
Clad in armor, the Marquis of Martial Arts stood to one side: "Your Majesty, I only relaxed my guard slightly, and he escaped. This man truly is a thorn in Great Yong's side, undoubtedly analogous to freeing the tiger back to the mountains."
As the youngest marquis in Yong Country, Marquis of Martial Arts, Xue Mingyi, was a staunch advocate of aggressive expansion, extremely dissatisfied with Yong Country's conservative complacency. His political views aligned perfectly with Han Xu's, to whom he had sworn secret allegiance long ago.
