Nowadays, the Capital City is a place where every sound brings fear and every shadow seems like an enemy.
The entire Great Zhou Kingdom is beset by internal strife and external troubles.
On this day, while Lan Yichen was still at home, he was captured and brought into the Imperial Palace. Seeing Noble Consort Le on the ground, covered in wounds, he exclaimed, "Your Highness..."
Noble Consort Le glanced at Lan Yichen and turned her head away.
She didn't truly love Lan Yichen, but was merely accustomed to the presence of a man, which led them to be involved.
The Emperor barely supporting himself, looked at the pair in front of him, "Take them away and deal with them!"
"Spare me, Your Majesty, spare me!" Noble Consort Le continuously pleaded for mercy.
The Emperor, however, didn't spare her a glance.
Lan Yichen was taken away to be executed by lingchi, forcing Noble Consort Le to watch his execution.
The rest of the Lan family was banished to the borderlands.
