As Yue Yunlan was lost in thought, a sudden beam of light shone from above the dark dungeon.
A troop of guards clad in armor, looking fierce and malicious, opened the cell doors and rudely pushed Yue Yunlan and her mother, along with the maid Qiaoqiao, out of the cage, shouting, "Hurry up, the Regent King wants to see you!"
Of course, the Regent King was Yaan Jinghong.
After clearing all opposing forces in the Imperial City, Yaan Jinghong proclaimed himself as the Regent King under the name of the Fourth Prince, simultaneously elevating numerous members of the Yan Family to the peak of power. Thus, except for a nominal monarch, all imperial power was held in the hands of the Yan Family.
Before long, under the guards' shoves, the three women, Yue Yunlan, arrived in a relatively intact grand hall.
