Li Hao rose, tidied up briefly, then took Candlelight God and Evening Primrose to the Li Family's Divine General Residence.
This time, he had come to collect his investiture decree, Official Seal, and other belongings.
The old man had told him that the couple refused to hand them over. In that case, he could only come to collect them himself.
Standing once more before this illustrious, imposing Divine General Residence, Li Hao raised his head slightly and gazed at the enormous gilded characters. Memories of the past flashed through his mind, but in the end, they slowly sank to the bottom of his heart.
News of Li Hao's arrival immediately stirred the Divine General Residence. He Jianlan and the others came to the entrance to welcome him personally.
Li Hao explained why he had come, and the faint, nervous hope that had risen in He Jianlan and the others' hearts quickly shattered and faded.
He Jianlan invited Li Hao into the Evergreen Courtyard. Treating him like an honored guest, she brewed his tea herself with her fair, delicate hands, then sent someone to notify Li Tiangang in the Mountains and Rivers Courtyard and ask him to bring Li Hao's belongings.
Upon hearing that Li Hao had arrived, the other ladies of the residence also hurried over. They knew that after the young man came to bid farewell today, it might be a very long time before they saw him again-perhaps even many years...
The usually peaceful Evergreen Courtyard became lively in an instant.
When the message reached the Mountains and Rivers Courtyard, Li Tiangang had only just returned after spending the entire night kneeling in the Ancestral Shrine.
Last night, he had intended to inspect the military situation across Qing Prefecture after visiting the ancestors of past generations. But once