Yun Hezi's estate was enormous, tier upon tier of buildings stretching upward along the mountainside. A clump of dark flowers could equal the wealth of ten households; the gap between princes, generals, ministers, and ordinary families was unimaginable to begin with. A place of such scale, then, was not likely to shock anyone easily.
On a sunlit afternoon, the woman in black and Luo Bei emerged from a courtyard, one after the other.
The woman in black walking ahead was small and exquisite, with a graceful figure, while Luo Bei was tall and straight, his features refined. They were truly a handsome man and a beautiful woman, yet the woman in black was too cold and aloof, while Luo Bei appeared too fierce and grim. Walking together, they gave off an inexplicably discordant impression.
Yun Hezi's estate already housed more than seven hundred beauties from across the mortal world. Yet as the woman in black and Luo Bei made their way up the mountain path one after the other, beneath the noonday sun, many maids and servants were hanging red lanterns. Still, the woman in black avoided them all as she passed through the courtyards, so that as the two climbed upward, it seemed as if the vast estate contained not a single person.
The woman in black and Luo Bei entered the back mountain one after the other. After a while, the woman in black emerged alone from the mountain path, walking slowly with her head lowered. After taking several steps, she suddenly stopped on the path.
From behind a white wall some distance away, a woman in emerald-green palace attire suddenly stepped out. Her features were not as exquisite or alluring as the woman in black's, nor was her figure particularly exceptional. She was somewhat thin and frail,