Night fell. At Cloud Inn, lanterns had just been lit. In a second-floor guest room, candlelight flickered, brilliant and bright.
Before the bronze mirror, Xin Yu untied her hair and looked at the snowy white reflection within. After gazing at it for a moment, she sighed softly in her heart. In the end, she still could not keep it.
Ning Chen stepped forward and gently embraced her from behind. "It's all right. It's only that your hair has turned a little white. Our Ninth Princess is still as beautiful as ever."
Xin Yu turned around, a faint smile appearing on her breathtakingly beautiful face. "You only know how to comfort me."
"Your Highness, it is getting late. How about your husband serves you to bed?" Ning Chen teased with a smile.
"Granted."
Xin Yu smiled.
Before long, the candles in the room went out. Just as on every other day, there was no difference at all.
In the guest room opposite, a handsome figure in splendid robes stood quietly, strange glints flickering in her eyes.
If this person did not have some heaven-shaking backing, then he was nothing but a useless dandy.
Behind her, a seductive woman looked at the figure ahead and said, "His Highness King Qi, shall this subordinate test him?"
"Not for now."
King Qi shook her head. "Someone will be more unable to sit still than we are. Thirty thousand Immortal Jade would not be a small sum even for the greatest sects. This man's identity must be anything but ordinary."
Yun Ji frowned slightly. "This subordinate did not sense any fluctuations of true qi from him. Could he simply be some wastrel young master from a great sect or imperial dynasty?"
"There are countless strange treasures in the world, and things that can conceal one's