Purple-haired and purple-eyed, she wore white robes whiter than snow.
Even the dense darkness struggled to conceal her enchanting, dazzling beauty.
Her beauty radiated light!
Like the sun, moon, and stars, it was overbearing and majestic—impossible to hide, impossible to evade.
Lu Qiji fell from the high sky, slowly descending before everyone.
Everyone's eyes gathered on her—the people before her and the soldiers atop the city wall.
Her arrival was far too dazzling, instantly drawing all eyes toward her.
Lu Qiji!
The daughter of the Lu family!
That was merely her public identity. After the Nine Nations' dragon-slaying incident broke out some time ago, Lu Qiji's true identity was exposed as well.
She was actually a descendant of the Phoenix Clan, the reincarnated true form of the divine bird Phoenix.
What kind of news would the sudden appearance of such a favored daughter of Heaven bring them?
"Qiji!" Gongsun Yu lifted the heavy curtain and, with the maid Jing'er's support, jumped down. She hurried toward Lu Qiji and called, "Qiji, you're back! Qiji!"
Though Lu Qiji was not her biological daughter, after so many years together, Gongsun Yu had always regarded her as her own. Strictly speaking, her feelings for Lu Qiji were even deeper than those of Luo Qi and her husband. After all, they had lived together day and night and watched her grow up bit by bit. Li Yan and Luo Qi, on the other hand, had spent far too little time with Lu Qiji.
"Mother." Seeing the joy on Gongsun Yu's face, Lu Qiji felt a warm current rise in her heart. She let Gongsun Yu pull her into her arms and called out softly.
"Qiji, my good child, where have you been all these days? Why didn't you send word home? Your father sent people