She returned to the room and began packing her luggage.
Bai Yujun was glad she had bought plenty of burlap sacks on the way back. The tiger did not care about such little weight anyway. The dignified King of Beasts was perfectly willing to serve as a moving beast. She had nearly forgotten that the lynx could carry sacks too.
The luggage consisted of clothes, jewelry, and the gold and silver she had saved over the years.
There was not much, not even as much as the local specialties Bai Yujun had brought back from everywhere. They were merely keepsakes.
With nothing to do on a rainy day, Bai Yujun sat by the window in a daze.
Out of boredom, she inspected the National Fortune and deduced signs of armed conflict and warfare. Nothing surprising there. In an age of cold weapons, chaos and war were fairly normal. Ambitious men were always unable to keep still.
A certain Bai ignored the coming war and instead checked which palace consorts had the toughest fates.
Good heavens, it was a complete mess. Most were either short-lived or had bad luck hanging over their heads. Being the emperor's woman had become a high-risk occupation, and there were far too few with good fates.
She pursed her lips and turned to study the Capital City's fortune to pass the time.
As she played, she pondered how to investigate the mysterious Evil Cult, and whether that phoenix pattern was connected to the phoenix auspicious omen.
Unfortunately, her true body was trapped on Sky Pillar Peak. Otherwise, with One Glance, Ten Thousand Years, what secret could possibly remain hidden? Now she could only investigate everywhere like a detective.
She sat by the window, letting her thoughts run wild.
Before she knew it, the sky had darkened.