Dali Imperial Court.
Wenyuan Building.
"Your humble servant greets Your Majesty. I have failed Dali. I beg Your Majesty to pass judgment."
Southern Governor Luo Ding Army, his armor broken and his body covered in the smoke of battle, knelt before Zhou Heng, overwhelmed with shame as he pleaded for punishment.
Before Zhou Heng had returned to the court, Luo Ding Army had been ostracized and slandered by treacherous factions. Feeling that everyone, from top to bottom, was colluding with one another, he had grown disheartened and retired from military life, his ambitions left unfulfilled.
But after Zhou Heng returned to the Imperial Court, he had personally visited him with the seal of office, entrusting him with a great responsibility.
It was an immense display of imperial grace and trust.
