Entering the Mansion

"Since that was the case, then let us keep our heads down and hurry on." Chu Zhiyuan spoke.

"Thank you, Imperial Son-in-Law." Li Yuzhen said hurriedly.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "If I did not hurry on, I would become someone trying to harm Her Highness."

"Imperial Son-in-Law..." Li Yuzhen hurriedly said, "How could I possibly think that!"

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head. "You, you are simply too anxious. Born with a life of toil."

He was quite satisfied with Li Yuzhen.

She was loyal without being rigid, and could view matters and people objectively and fairly.

Such a temperament was truly rare. None of those three qualities was easy to achieve, yet she possessed all three.

Chu Zhiyuan did not need to use his own power at all. The Moon Silkworm Frost Robe did all the work, making it more comfortable and faster than riding a horse.

Li Yuzhen was all right, but Fu Zheng was finding it somewhat strenuous. Though they were both Venerables, there were still subtle differences between them.

Yet she gritted her teeth and held on, without uttering a word.

Chu Zhiyuan pretended not to notice either.

She needed to be tempered properly. Someone raised in a greenhouse all their life could not endure wind and rain.

Under the setting sun, Phoenix Imperial City stood towering and majestic, vast beyond measure. The rosy clouds draped its walls in a layer of gold, making it appear even more imposing.

Yet most of the passing pedestrians ignored this visual spectacle.

They had grown so accustomed to it that they no longer noticed it.

Chu Zhiyuan and the two women appeared at the city gate and studied the walls.

After traveling at high speed without pause for so long, the three of them did not look disheveled, merely touched