65 Smile at Me

Bai Xianyu's gaze paused on the man's hand for a moment, but the emotions in her heart were complex.

The dusty past seemed to have broken out of its cocoon, and scenes automatically appeared in front of her.

[Can you save my Third Brother? Xie Xingyun, your family has a Death-Exemption Token, right? I know that it belongs to your grandfather, but my brother is already on death row. I beg you…]

His voice was as calm as ever.

[It's gone.]

[Gone? How could it be…] She was in a daze.

Xie Xingyun had a complicated expression. [I had used it on you.]

A few fleeting moments seemed like several years.

She pointed at herself and staggered back with tears in her eyes. [Why did His Majesty want to kill me? What crime did I commit in your Northern Garrison Marquis Manor?]

[If you don't want to save him, there's no need to find such an excuse.]

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