Dragon Treasure Garden.
Because the Yang and Li Families had kept up repairs here from time to time, the garden remained clean and tidy, even though Verdant Green Maiden had not lived here for over a decade.
Yang Guang had turned the main hall of Dragon Treasure Garden into a shrine, where Verdant Green Maiden's Jade Statue was enshrined.
Yang You knelt before the God Statue of Verdant Green Maiden, gazing up at her with a sorrowful expression. He glanced back at Li Xiu Ning, who was kneeling beside him in prayer, and couldn't help asking, "General, could you let me be alone with the Goddess for a while? I... have something I'd like to say to her alone."
"I know you're here to keep an eye on me, but I still want to speak to the Goddess alone."
"Keep an eye on you?"
"No!"
At his words, Li Xiu Ning shook her head.
"No?"
Yang You was taken aback.
Li Xiu Ning nodded and said, "Why would I keep an eye on you? Though this may sound blunt, you should understand that I have no need to."
"I came here only to pay a visit to my master."
Master?
Hearing this, Yang You froze.
Her master...
Could it be?
Yang You looked up at Verdant Green Maiden's God Statue, a flash of shock in his eyes!
"Is the Goddess Empress your master, General?"
"That's right."
Li Xiu Ning nodded.
There was nothing left to hide now. No one in Chang'an City still opposed the Li Family, and the court officials all obeyed them.
Li Xiu Ning gazed at the statue and let out a long sigh. "It's just a pity that my master is already... If she were still here to see this day, I wonder if she would