The Empress's No.1 Lackey - Chapter 624 - 436, In early summer that year, standing inside the Imperial Palace, like a lackey (5k)_3

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The cell held several people, all of whom were now awake, looking at her with either indifference or concern.

No one spoke.

Everyone was waiting for the impending torture.

Since they were imprisoned last night, they had been "disrupted" and detained. They didn’t know what had happened to their other companions, but they could hear heartrending screams throughout the night.

What truly dispirited this group was not the fear of torture, but a sense o ...