Never mind ordinary citizens. Could even the local elites and politicians escape?
Not long ago, a rumor spread that the Jili Envoy hosted a banquet. Many socialites were invited to attend. Shortly after the banquet began, the main hall was sealed. It's said that someone heard women screaming from inside. When the banquet finally ended, not a single one of the high-society women left the hall with their clothes intact. Yet their fathers and husbands—the local elites and politicians—didn't dare say a word.
With their territory lost and sovereignty trampled, when the nest is overturned, how can any egg remain unbroken?
In the outskirts of Jinling, at the Ward Company, the underground levels were far busier than the world above.
