Well, this was just great. He had rejected advances before, and now, with Siniang and the others expected to arrive in a few days, to break his resolve at this point would mean he had endured for so long in vain. Why go through all that suffering!
When inspecting the construction site, General Zheng would sometimes feel a touch of remorse for his excessive cruelty towards the wild people captives. Then, he would raise his head, and a gust of wind would sweep away his self-reproach.
「The days passed by, uneventfully.」
「Until one day, a contingent of men in magnificent official robes, flying dragon banners, rode up to the gates of Snow Sea Pass.」
The journey all the way from Yanjing had not been easy. They had been forced to rush relentlessly; to say they were merely travel-worn would be an understatement. For these eunuchs, who rarely rode horses, it was indeed an ordeal.
