Wen Yue still lay on his bed, only in a different place.
He had moved from the small house in the rear courtyard back to his former residence.
The maidservants and servants remained the same.
His leg had been injured by a ghostly creature. Mortal medicines could only rely on time to slowly wear the injury away.
Although he had asked the immortal masters of the Attendant Tower, they were not skilled at healing the sick or saving the wounded, so the matter had been left at that.
Pushing open the door and entering, Chu Jiu softly called, "Young Master."
When Wen Yue looked up and saw Chu Jiu, he also saw Stone Pillar.
Stone Pillar truly lived up to his name. He was huge and burly, like an actual pillar.
He was also one of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, trained externally in sinews, bones, and skin. Though Zhou Liang's palm strike had severely injured him, after resting for only half a day, he could already walk freely.
This should have been his second time seeing Wen Yue. When all was said and done, facing such a great figure, even with fury filling his chest, he could not help feeling intimidated.
It was the tension and fear brought about by suddenly crossing the divide between social classes.
Wen Yue asked, "You are the one who stood beside Hundred-Household Commander Xiang. What difficulty have you encountered?"
"I never expected the Heir Apparent to still remember a lowly man like me."
Stone Pillar suddenly understood why Xiang Hu had not only borne no resentment toward the Heir Apparent, but had instead left behind a secret letter and a treasure.
Though they had met only once, such a great figure remembered him. Rather than blaming him for barging in furiously, Wen Yue had