There was an awkward silence followed by Zhai Heng's admonishing voice, " What in the world are you talking about? Do you even know what you are saying? Saying such things can get you in a lot of trouble, don't you know that?"
" I am not lying though," said Yu Lingyun with a slightly hurt expression, his lips pouting as he looked at his childhood friends. " When I went to announce the decree to the Empress, she said some things that made me lose my temper and I raised my sword against her. But she wasn't intimidated by it instead, she grabbed my wrist and then …" he paused with a confused expression on his face before continuing, " I don't know what she did but her move was swift, brutal and very painful …" he whispered, afraid that someone would hear him saying such things.
