White Path Prefecture City!
A prefectural city dozens of times larger than Azure Cloud County City, where pedestrians flowed without end, carriages came one after another, and countless massive buildings stood within it.
Near the heart of the prefectural city stood a residence occupying roughly a hundred mu of land.
The walls surrounding the residence towered into the clouds. Before its vermilion gates stood two jade-white stone lion statues.
The master of this residence was Luo Jinghe, a court-appointed official of the Great Xia Court and the Vice Prefect of White Path Prefecture City.
Deep within the residence, in an elegant and tranquil garden, lush green lawns covered both sides of the paths, and every few meters, an ancient tree rose from the earth, soaring into the sky.
Following the path paved with azure jade slabs to its end led to an exquisite, unique pavilion.
Several people were inside the pavilion. A middle-aged man dressed in fine Silk Brocade sat beside a stone table.
The middle-aged man reclined comfortably in his chair, while several young and beautiful women beside him used their slender Jade Hands to gently knead his body.
Suddenly, a man hurried over from the far end of the garden path.
As he neared the pavilion, the man bent low in a humble bow and said to the middle-aged man inside, "Master, Huang Xuanzheng of the Huang Family requests an audience outside."
The middle-aged man was Luo Jinghe, the Vice Prefect of White Path Prefecture City.
Only after a long while did Luo Jinghe open his eyes. Still reclining in his chair, he merely said indifferently, "You may all leave."
"Let him in."
"Yes, Master."
After receiving Luo Jinghe's signal, the several maids hurried away along the path with the man.
Soon afterward, the man returned, with a