Shrouding the Heavens: Those Years as the Female Emperor's Strictest Master

Shao Hanyun and Tan Lin entered the pavilion. The heavy crimson wooden doors slowly closed, cutting off all outside gazes and noise.

Only the latticed windows on the upper floors remained open. From within the range shrouded by the Dao patterns, two figures sitting opposite each other could vaguely be seen inside.

Chi Yao and Chi Xuan stopped beneath a maple tree a hundred zhang away and waited quietly.

The tokens they carried granted them high authority within the clan grounds, allowing them access to nearly everywhere. They happened to be within the isolation range of the Dao patterns here.

Yet they did not go any farther. Though their authority was high, some boundaries were not to be crossed, or it would mean tearing away all pretense.

Within the Fire Maple Forest, Chi Xuan stood on tiptoe, straining to see what was happening inside the pavilion. Yet she could only make out vague silhouettes through the window lattice, and stamped her feet in frustration.

Chi Yao, meanwhile, closed her eyes and focused. With the keen spiritual perception of an Innate Dao Embryo, she silently sensed the shifts in aura around Phoenix Perch Pavilion.

In truth, when Tan Lin and Shao Hanyun had left, the Chi Family elders guarding the area in secret had considered appearing to stop them.

However, neither of them was truly a member of the Chi Family. They had already given all necessary reminders, they had seen the former's choice, and Shao Hanyun had not done anything improper.

Excessive intervention would be inappropriate. After all, certain suspicions were merely suspicions.

Inside Phoenix Perch Pavilion, within a quiet chamber.

The furnishings were elegant, and calming dragon saliva incense burned within, filling the room with a faint mist.

Shao Hanyun and Tan Lin sat facing each other across