Only after Huang Xiao and his two companions followed Wang Jin into the Imperial Study did they discover that Zhao Guangyi was not alone inside. A woman was sitting beside him.
At the sight of this woman, a trace of surprise and puzzlement crossed Zhao Yunya's face, but she soon understood. The woman looked very much like Zhao Yunhui. Without needing to be told, she now knew that the person before her must be the Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Mountain Pavilion-Zhao Yunhui's mother.
She had never actually met Zhao Yunhui's mother before and had only heard of her. Now that she saw her in person, the woman truly possessed even more grace and charm than the rumors claimed. No wonder even Zhao Guangyi had fallen at her feet, beneath her pomegranate skirt.
Huang Xiao, however, was not surprised. It was perfectly natural for the Pavilion Master to be here. Besides, she had set out before him, so naturally she had reached the Imperial Palace earlier.
Thinking of the Pavilion Master's presence, Huang Xiao knew that Zhao Xin'er was probably in the Imperial Palace too. Perhaps she was with Zhao Yunhui right now.
At the thought, a trace of warmth stirred in Huang Xiao's heart, but this was not the time to dwell on such things.
After looking Huang Xiao and Qingfeng over, Zhao Guangyi said to Zhao Yunya, "Yunya, go to Hui'er for now. Xin'er just went over too. Go keep them company."
Then he said to Wang Jin, "Stand guard outside. Without my command, no one is to enter."
Once Zhao Yunya and Wang Jin had left, Zhao Guangyi rose from the chair behind his desk and walked around to the front. Looking at Huang Xiao, he said, "To think that after five years apart, your cultivation would