Xiang Qingxiao shook his head. "Father Emperor only said he wanted to go elsewhere for a look. He never said where."
They spoke a while longer about Great Chu's circumstances in recent years before Chu Jiang rose and left.
With Xiang Qingxiao and the ministers handling matters of the Imperial Court, he had always stayed out of it.
Within the imperial palace.
The eunuch Dongfang raised his head to the sky and murmured, "This world truly is interesting. It has produced quite an extraordinary figure."
As he spoke, he continued sweeping the fallen branches and leaves from the courtyard with his broom.
The Young Master's Mansion had now been renamed the Martial King's Mansion.
The mansion remained as it had been, spotless and immaculate. Beneath the moonlight, it was utterly tranquil.
Sikong Miaoyin wore a long court gown, her cloudlike hair piled high, her bearing noble and elegant.
She gazed quietly at Chu Jiang, a thousand unspoken words in her eyes that finally melted into a gentle smile. Stepping forward, she naturally looped her arm through his. "You big bad man, you finally decided to come back?"
Chu Jiang wrapped an arm around her waist as well. Feeling her slightly cool skin, he grinned wickedly. "Still this big."
"You rascal, you never change!" Sikong Miaoyin chided coquettishly, secretly pinching his flesh.
"Oh? Our great hero finally decided to return?"
A charming woman's voice drifted over from behind. Yue Xuanji approached in a red dress, her graceful figure swaying, every flicker of her eyes brimming with seductive charm.
After only a few steps, she hooked herself around Chu Jiang's other arm, parting her red lips as she cooed, "If you'd come back any later, us sisters would've gone together to the Southern Flame Imperial Continent and tied you up to bring