The autumn sun hung overhead as hundreds of Purple Emblem Mountain Disciples practiced swordsmanship in the plaza.
Nangong Ye stood atop the Heavenly Pavilion in a Black-and-White Daoist Robe, looking down over his disciples and grand-disciples. His Phoenix Eyes were as cold, proud, and aloof as ever, but hearing the wet squelching from the bedchamber behind him, he could not help inwardly lamenting:
What on earth are we all doing...
While Nangong Ye was silently repenting, a tiny black speck suddenly flew through the sky beyond the mountain.
Coal Ball landed on the railing, bobbing its head to beg for food before tilting its head toward the tightly shut bedchamber doors.
"Gooji?"
Nangong Ye quickly turned Coal Ball's head back.
"Something happening in the Capital City?"
"Goo..."
Coal Ball spread its wings and gestured twice, indicating that the Empress Dowager wanted A Huan back.
Seeing this, Nangong Ye had intended to seize the chance to hurry the wretched boy home, rather than let him keep doing whatever he pleased on the sacred grounds of Purple Emblem Mountain.
But before he turned around, he spotted three figures speeding over from Jingzhao Prefecture.
When he recognized the leader as the Goddess of War in her Red Gauze Skirt, Nangong Ye stiffened. He hastily tried to warn his lover, who was fooling around inside, that the owner of the room had arrived, but it was already too late.
Whoosh~
The next instant, Empress Dowager Guo, Yuehua, and Wanyi landed together on the terrace.
Empress Dowager Guo had meant to ask where Xie Jinhuan was, but then noticed the strange noises inside. An odd look entered her eyes as she glanced toward her bedchamber. "Is Xie Jinhuan inside?"
Bu Yuehua looked surprised too, glancing at the neatly dressed Flirtatious Daoist Nun.
"If Xie Jinhuan's