The sun was about to set beyond the western hills.
The sky was overcast, and the light snow that had just begun to fall had already stopped.
Su Yun led a group of servants into the carriage through the biting wind.
"Hyah—"
The people of Bianjing all recognized the Su Family's carriage.
Along the way, carriages and pedestrians tactfully moved aside. Some merely poked their heads out for a glance before lowering them again.
They proceeded without obstruction!
"Whoa—"
"Young Master, we've arrived!"
The carriage finally stopped before a grand estate, above whose gates hung a plaque.
The two bold characters "Su Manor" were written upon it in soaring dragon and dancing phoenix strokes. It was said that the Academy's Second Master had inscribed them himself.
The gatekeeper at the manor entrance hurried forward to greet them.
Su Yun and Chen Jiuyan had come in separate carriages. Men and women observing proper rites were not meant to ride together.
Supported by a servant, Su Yun stepped down from the carriage.
Chen Jiuyan, however, lightly sprang down, landing without a sound.
Though it had snowed heavily these past few days!
Dragonfish Street had long since been swept spotless, bright and clean.
There were not many people on the street. A few children bundled in thick red coats and tiger-fur hats, their faces frozen red, breathed visible mist as they fought snowball battles.
When the elders at home called them back into the manor, their faces were still filled with reluctance to part.
Bianjing, Dragonfish Street.
Its name alone was uniquely exalted throughout Great Qi's Kyoto.
After leaving the imperial city, Heaven's Mandate Gate had originally been the main gate. Yet a hundred years ago, the gate at the Western Gate leading to Dragonfish Street had inexplicably been renamed Heaven's Mandate Gate.