It was late at night, and Twin Osmanthus Alley had fallen quiet. The lights in the Small Courtyard in the middle had gone out too.
The Small Courtyard in the middle was utterly silent, its gate locked, but a light still shone in the Main House's window.
Inside, Xue Baijin sat cross-legged on the bed in a white robe, cultivating. Though she appeared to have entered meditation, her occasionally stirring eyelashes still betrayed the unrest in the lake of her heart.
Ever since those days on the Immortal Isle, Xue Baijin had rarely cultivated alone. After all, burying herself in solitary training was not only dull and tedious; its speed could not compare to even a sliver of their dual cultivation. By comparison, it was a complete waste of time.
She had intended to meditate and cultivate in peace to temporarily forget worldly matters, but sitting here now, Xue Baijin could think of nothing but Ye Jingtang. After sitting alone for so long, she even began to feel a little resentful, somewhat unhappy that he still had not come. Did he no longer want the child in her belly?
But Xue Baijin knew Ye Jingtang had returned. They had not met because she had deliberately been avoiding him. Only after Ning'er, having nothing to do, ran back to the New Residence had she secretly returned here to rest.
She did this because she knew that once Ye Jingtang came, he would surely drag her off to join the group.
After experiencing it a few times, Xue Baijin was no longer particularly opposed to that sort of thing, but ten people together, with the Empress among them...
Xue Baijin did not dare imagine how chaotic that scene would be. Several times, she wanted to go to the New Residence and look,