The night breeze gently swept past, causing the flowers and plants on the castle terrace to sway softly as if they were whispering and sharing untold secrets. Yet, immersed in sweet memories, Lu Chen and Huo Yao remained completely unaware of the uneasy tension filling the air.
A few days later, Lu Chen was going through mountains of administrative documents as usual. As Princess Sophia’s most trusted advisor, he attended to every matter personally, no matter how trivial. Suddenly, a muffled conversation drifted from outside the study, and Lu Chen instinctively set down his quill. He crept quietly to the door and peered through the crack, seeing two soldiers in royal guard uniforms talking in low voices with their backs to him.
"How are things looking on the General's end?" one of the soldiers asked, a trace of anxiety in his tone.
Chapter 61