Zeng Yi leaned back against the glazed tiles of Jianji Hall, his hands crossed behind his head and one leg crossed over the other.
High above, the massive, glowing lotus bud still emitted a soft and holy radiance.
"I say, Sister-in-law, when are you coming out?"
He boredly nagged at the bud without stopping.
"That stubborn blockhead Brother Da Zhi insisted on going to Fengzhou to fish out Min Zimo, and who knows how things are going over there right now."
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Before his voice even faded.
Pop!
A faint, ethereal sound seemed to come from the distant edge of the heavens, yet also rang in the depths of everyone's soul.
The light of that tightly closed bud suddenly flared a hundredfold, a thousandfold!
The edges of every lotus petal were inlaid with a layer of dazzling gold thread, and pressure rolled outward in layers like a tidal wave.
Then, the bud began to slowly unfurl.
One petal, two petals, three petals...
The lotus petals blossomed in layers, and the crisp lotus fragrance grew increasingly rich.
As the glowing lotus blossomed, the azure sky turned silvery white, and the clouds high above the heavens rolled back and scattered in all directions.
Zeng Yi was startled straight into a sitting position by this magnificent sight, staring without blinking.
Suddenly, his expression changed and his body stiffened.
An indescribable, piercing, and bizarre itch came without warning from right between his legs.
He instinctively reached out and touched.
That area which should have been flat seemed... as if... something was about to break through the soil?
The cabinet council room.
Lu Zhenyan was flipping through memorials piled up like mountains, occasionally picking up his brush to draft comments, his expression focused.
Suddenly, a wisp of clear, ethereal, subtle fragrance drifted from who-knows-where,