Determination!

"What is it? As long as it's within my power, we're close friends—why be so polite?" Luo Yun chuckled, tapping Hong Yi's arm with her fan. Dawn was just beginning to break. The servants of the princely and commandery mansions had already risen—some sweeping, some carrying out chamber pots, some buying vegetables—while cart after cart of live pigs, fresh produce, and other goods streamed in without end. "This estate seems to have belonged to Prince Yun, the Emperor's own brother, years ago. Later, Prince Yun failed in the struggle for the throne, his household was confiscated, and he was sentenced to death. The estate was left vacant. It was only granted to Princess Zhennan a year or two ago, yet she has already arranged it like this." Mounted on horseback, Hong Yi gazed at the marquis's mansion in the distance. Thinking of his mother in his childhood, tears streamed uncontrollably down his face. He now believed what Zhao Han had said. "Now that I've moved out and established my own household, the Princess can find me anytime." Hong Yi hurriedly said, then gave a deep bow. "I am Hong Yi, a friend of the Princess, and I have come specifically to pay my respects." Hong Yi displayed the Shark Slayer sword in his hand. He had only just begun learning martial arts, yet already so many eyes were watching him. If this had happened before, it would have been unbearable. Yet Hong Yi ignored all that. The moment he rode up before the Princess's residence, he dismounted. Two guards standing as straight as wooden stakes shouted, "Who goes there?" "Entrusting one's life to the wrong man..." Princess Zhennan's residence stood at the end of Zhengyang Avenue in the south. In truth, he understood very well that going to the marquis's