Chu Yihan didn't say more, but despite originally planning to interrogate the civilians they had brought back from Qiongzhou City immediately, he still waited two hours for Lin Sisi to return for a rest. It wasn't until evening that he joined her to meet those few people.
Ye Qingru and the military doctor went first to care for these five civilians they had taken by force, essentially rescuing them from Qiongzhou City.
Ye Qingru discovered that those men and one woman, curled up at the city gates, were either close to starvation or suffering from severe untreated injuries, struggling in pain. It was when Lin Sisi breached the city gates that she casually picked them up, thereby saving their lives.
When they saw Chu Yihan, they all knelt to thank him for saving their lives, showing no sign of perceiving him as the enemy emperor. Instead, they each bowed their heads in gratitude, "Thank you, Emperor, for saving our lives, thank you, Emperor!"
"Thank you, Emperor!"
