They awaited the arrival of dawn.
Only then would the nightmare end. Only then could they just barely survive another day.
However, after the body of the girl dragged in earlier was taken away, no one came to select another. They did not know what had happened to change the Crown Prince’s routine.
Yet, they could keenly sense that the atmosphere in the Crown Prince Palace was more terrifying than before, as if an impending storm was pressing down on everyone.
Inside the beast skin partition, the floor was also covered thickly with countless beast skins.
In the center was a square fire pit, where a bonfire burned, warming the room.
Beside it, on a massive round bed, chaos reigned. Bloodstains remained on the surface, some darker and some brighter.
At this moment, only a completely naked person sat on the round bed, his body covered in fierce tattoos. Muscles bulged all over as veins protruded. His hair was tied into countless small braids, each held in place by a golden skull ornament.
The firelight cast on him, placing half his body in shadow, while the exposed side exuded a sharp aura.
His facial features were not outstanding, yet they were cold and hard as if carved by a blade.
A viciousness and brutality filled the space between his brows.
Like a demon who feasts on human flesh and drinks human blood.
Kneeling on the animal rug, another figure was shrouded entirely in darkness.
He knew his master’s temper, arrogant and war-crazed and brutal.
Aligning with Qin through marriage was already an insult to his pride. Now, the Barbarian King’s disappearance and the Qin Country Princess’s vanishing provided him with the perfect excuse for war. How could he let it pass?
It seemed that the attack on Qin was not to retrieve Helian Ba but to wash away the humiliation of marrying into Qin.
Inwardly, the kneeling man lamented.
Tu Country’s Crown Prince position was fiercely contested. His master had only just secured it, and with domestic troubles unresolved, was now considering starting a war, practically handing his enemies a weapon to use against him.
He was certain the Crown Prince’s opposition wouldn’t prevent the attack on Qin; rather, they’d fan the flames. If the war affected Tu Country, regardless of the outcome, they’d have a reason to criticize the Crown Prince.

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