Zhou Yao stood stunned for a long while before asking softly, "Could this be related to my breakthrough in the Music Path?"
As someone gifted in the Music Path, Zhou Yao could naturally sense the changes she had undergone over the past few months. Even more so, she could feel the exhilaration from some time ago, when she had advanced by leaps and bounds, as if she had suddenly broken through a bottleneck.
"You need not ask. Just wear it. Ji Zizong truly went to great pains."
"Those of the imperial clan have always been cold and heartless. I never thought there would still be someone of such temperament."
The mysterious voice sighed with boundless emotion. Though Zhou Yao did not know what it meant, she had made some guesses. Since the mysterious voice said no more, she did not press the matter, merely pondering it carefully.
Though Ye Buhui's talent in the Music Path was ordinary, her talent in the Chess Path was exceptional. Had she not missed the chess tournament after arriving in the Capital City because of the assassination midway through the journey, she might have competed for the title of Chess Sage.
Su Ziji had deliberately given Blackwood Bracelets to both Ye Buhui and herself. Could it have something to do with this?
After all, Su Ziji had never behaved presumptuously toward her and had always observed propriety. There was nothing unusual in the way he looked at her, either. If this were said to stem from romantic feelings between a man and a woman, she simply could not believe it.
Zhou Yao, who had been so startled then, now sat in the ox cart and had gradually calmed down. She directly rejected that conjecture.
The Blackwood Bracelet was smooth and lustrous on the surface. Looking