The news came quickly, a guard found out that it was Second Young Master Wen who found Qu Xiang, critically injured on the street. It is unclear whether it was a sudden stroke of conscience or because Second Young Master Wen was in an exceptionally good mood that day, but he actually took Qu Xiang back with him.
Qu Xiang was indeed fortunate to be alive. The thirty heavy strikes ordered were intended to shatter the bones from his coccyx downward. Even if he were to survive, he would never be able to stand and walk again.
However, the place of execution wasn't in the palace. They randomly selected a chair from a teahouse. The chair was made of brittle, unseasoned paulownia wood because the teahouse owner wanted to cut costs by using inferior materials. Naturally, the worst ones were chosen for such purposes.
