C45 The Eighth Song Please Listen!

"Do I... or do I not?" Chen Sheng pondered deeply.

"Should I eliminate the poet? If I do, I'll fulfill a favor owed to the Empress. Yet, it would be such a waste to snuff out a talent reminiscent of my younger self. But if I don't, I risk disappointing the Empress. How would she regard me then?"

Chen Sheng was torn, wrestling with his thoughts. Meanwhile