How could Zu An have predicted that the emperor would do such a thing? He couldn’t even say a thing. His entire plan had fallen through. He immediately panicked when he saw that the emperor’s hand was going to drop like a guillotine. You can cut off my head, but not my little head!

  He quickly called out to Mi Li, “Master empress, save me!”


  Mi Li harrumphed. “Hmph, let’s see if you’ll ever think yourself clever again.”


  She had just been about to lend Zu An a helping h..