“Your Excellency, please allow this lowly one to explain!” Chen Gong’s mind buzzed, then abruptly went blank. With no time to think it through, he blurted out, “This lowly one lacks charm and is unworthy of such high regard from Your Excellency, but this lowly one knows…knows a man! That man is much better looking than I am—no, no, he’s better looking than all of these people Your Excellency has with you combined!”
