Jing He quietly continued to water the plants, trying to find something he could say in the meantime. Unfortunately, his mind seemed completely blank. He just couldn’t come up with anything. Talking about yesterday was out of the question because of the things that the dragon king had said. Bringing up anything of his own …

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The absence of the guards was naturally the Heavenly Empress’ doing. The day of the festival, her brother had successfully distracted the Heavenly Emperor for several hours but, finally, Rong Su had just been annoyed and demanded to go back. No matter how much his brother-in-law argued, he still marched to his wife’s palace. As …

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Jing He only fell asleep in the wee hours of the morning. When the first rays of light were falling through the cracks of the window, he hardly managed to open his eyes, blinking against what seemed to be a blinding blaze for quite a while. After a few moments, he reached up, rubbing his …

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Jing He lay in bed, staring up at the ceiling. His expression was blank but his thoughts were swirling in his head, almost making him dizzy. As for what it was that kept his mind occupied … Naturally, it was the dragon king. The things he had said today … There was no way to …

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The two of them left the stall afterward and even exited the small square, instead just wandering through the neighborhood with the sounds from the festival once again becoming a quiet backdrop. Jing He was still holding onto the small chest, looking at the small necklace inside. Qiu Ling glanced at him, his lips curling …

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Qiu Ling looked at the old man, his eyes glazing over. One person in the story had climbed from the lowest realm to the highest? Honestly, he had no idea what that was supposed to mean. Anyway, it sounded as if the story was pretty important. Jing He’s gaze became thoughtful though. "From the lowest …

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When Jing He emerged from his thoughts, the two of them had already put quite some distance between themselves and the teahouse they had gone to before. In fact, looking around, he couldn’t recognize this place at all. Glancing over his shoulder, he realized that none of the palaces that he was used to were …

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Even though Qiu Ling was a bit unhappy, he still pulled back when he realized that Jing He’s mood had changed. He definitely wouldn’t force his beloved to do anything. Even though he wanted things to go faster, he was also willing to wait. Anyway, he didn’t doubt that sometime in the future, the two …

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The whole play took more than three hours to finish. By the time it did, Jing He was in a subtle mood. Naturally, the establishment hadn’t skimped on the expenses for this specific act. Never mind that the one seeing it would be the most well-paying customers they had, just the subject matter alone compelled …

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Before either of them had the time to react any further, the soft shuffling of footsteps sounded outside and the musicians entered, sitting down at the corners of the stage where they wouldn’t hinder the visitors from seeing what was happening on stage. Feeling relieved, Jing He turned to look over, with his heart still …

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