The Eve of the Wedding

It was three days until Houyun went to war with Great Jin and the Qi Kingdom.

At the same time, it was also three days until Yimo and Yun Yi's wedding.

Houyun was one of the Seven Great Nations. It was situated near the heart of the Central Plains and had a relatively prosperous trade economy.

Naturally, its Imperial Palace was among the largest of the seven nations. Its buildings were grand and imposing, and every palace was adorned with exquisite, delicate murals and carvings.

Since Houyun's totem was the clouds, most of the murals and carvings featured auspicious clouds, mixed with all kinds of mythical beasts. Phoenixes and qilins appeared most often.

By rights, with Houyun's princess's wedding approaching, things should have been lively, but lately the Imperial Palace had seemed rather quiet.

The reason was that war was imminent, and many civil and military officials had rushed to the border on the front lines.

Even Houyun's only Second Prince, Yun Miao's older brother Yunfei, was no exception.

With nothing to do these days, Yimo wandered around the Imperial Palace, going to the Jixian Hall Academy to read and chatting with the palace maids and guards.

Houyun was quite interesting: there were no eunuchs in the Imperial Palace.

It was said that Houyun's founding emperor had thought eunuchs were too cruel and went against the natural order, so he abolished the practice.

And guards for princesses like Yun Yi, or for female members of the imperial family, were provided by special all-female guard units.

Today, Yimo was going to the Jixian Hall Academy to read, as he usually did.

Before setting out, he asked Zhenling, who was dressed neatly and looked very pretty, "I'm going to read. Do you want to come along?"

Zhenling looked at Yimo and waved