Yun Yuqing felt her mind drift, and the scene of the conversation she’d had with her husband in their room appeared in her mind:

“The contingent escorting the criminal will definitely pass by our North Order City. We cannot miss such a good chance.” King Wu’s face bore no trace of its usual friendliness.  Instead, his expression was one of extreme excitement.

Yun Yuqing was confused. “Isn’t our current life considered quite good? Why must we take such a big risk?”

King Wu snorted coldly. “Do you think I like living in this shitty North Order City, in the middle of nowhere? Isn’t this all because I was born of a concubine?! My mother isn’t the empress, so I could never become the crown prince. Instead, I was thrown out of the capital and made to serve here. I was originally willing to accept my fate, but I never anticipated such a great opportunity!

“It seems like the heavens have...