"If you really want to know, after Xu Da is discharged from the hospital, I'll tell you everything. There won't be any more secrets," Chen Zheng said with deep affection.
Hearing this, Wei Zixuan froze, her struggles gradually slowing. She made a choice: to trust Chen Zheng one more time.
***
Meanwhile, in the command camp of the Central Plains Army.
"What? Did I hear that right? He beat our young lord in public and now demands the Marshal personally apologize? This Chen fellow has gone too far!"
"Marshal, this is the Central Plains, our territory. We can't let that Chen Zheng walk all over us and do as he pleases, can we?"
"Absolutely not! Marshal, give me two battalions right now. I'll go confront him and ask just who gave him the guts to be so arrogant!"
Several imposing, middle-aged men had gathered to discuss the matter, their faces filled with rage. As two of them spoke, they slammed their fists on the table and began to roar furiously.
