Jiakang City!
On the roads of the main city.
A bustling crowd clogged the road.
The people who had been chatting and laughing.
The moment the maid unfolded that document, the crowd fell silent.
A letter from Mount Zhongnan!
The characters "Shenzhou" were stamped upon it.
"Liqian had indeed been invited by Prince of Yan to make a trip to Mount Zhongnan!"
The ultimate destination of Yuwen Liqian's party was Mount Zhongnan, where they were to meet Prince of Yan, Lu Chen.
Her voice was not loud, yet her words struck the ground like thunder!
After that brief silence, several figures stepped out from the packed crowd.
The crowd no longer made noise or chatted and laughed as before.
The maid could not help but feel puzzled. Why were these commoners, who ordinarily dared to block even the prefect's carriage and treated the authority of the Five Gate Garrisons as nothing, now so silent?
Why had they suddenly fallen quiet?
Suddenly!
An unprecedented uproar erupted from within the crowd.
"Did you hear that? They're guests from Mount Zhongnan!"
"They're guests of Prince of Yan!"
"Honored guests of the Grand Protector."
Even after all these years, many in the Northern Region still called him the Grand Protector.
Even Old Li, who had been leisurely smoking his pipe at the street corner, unconsciously let the pipe slip from his hand.
He hurriedly wiped his hands on his lapels. An unprecedented light gleamed in his eyes as he looked toward Yuwen Liqian and asked nervously, "Miss, are you going to Mount Zhongnan? To see Prince of Yan?"
The moment those words came out!
Everyone stared brightly at the people before the carriage.
A regal woman, accompanied by a beautiful maid dressed in green.
The maid's brows drew together, displeasure written all over her