After filling her stomach, Qing Nü rode Old Yellow Ox through the streets of Chang'an in search of a place to stay.
"Alas!"
"Homeless."
"What a pitiful soul!"
Sitting on the ox's back, Qing Nü sighed and shook her head.
The last time she had made a short stay in Chang'an dated back to Li Chengqian's era, when she had still been living in Great Ci'en Temple.
But that would not do now.
If she stayed in an imperial temple, her identity would surely be exposed.
As for Qing Xiao Jade Maiden Temple and Shunde Heavenly Maiden Temple...
No.
They were too far away.
Though they were both in Wan Nian County, Qing Nü did not particularly want to go there right now. After turning it over in her mind, she glanced up as moonlight descended and found Old Yellow Ox carrying her to the gates of an estate—a garden residence built in the style of Jiangnan.
"Hm?"
"Dragon Treasure Garden?"
Qing Nü noticed the weathered name on the plaque above the main gate and was somewhat surprised.
She had actually forgotten that Chang'an had a Dragon Treasure Garden!
Yang Jian had built it.
After Yang Guang became Crown Prince, Qing Nü had stopped living here, and the place had gradually fallen into disuse, ignored by all for a hundred years.
Since it was not in Chang'an's bustling city center, no one paid it any mind.
After more than a century, it now carried an inexplicable air of desolation.
"Brother Ox, you shouldn't have been here before. How did you know Dragon Treasure Garden was here?"
Qing Nü was very curious.
"Moo."
"A guess?"
Qing Nü raised a brow.
She patted Old Yellow Ox on the shoulder. "Brother Ox, you're pretty capable!"
Old Yellow Ox proudly tossed his head.
"Moo!"