"So, Imperial Mother is no longer angry?" Chu Yueli exhaled a sigh of relief.
Although she had appeared composed and calm throughout, she had, in fact, been quite anxious. Consort Yu was Lu Beimo's mother, and as his wife, she did not want to see her in such distress. After all, he was her own flesh and blood; he had only just returned, and the two had barely spent a few warm days together before he had to leave again—and for Nanmeng, the most perilous place of all.
In the past, Nanmeng had not been as dangerous as the Northern Frontier. However, ever since the Qidan people infiltrated and seized control, it had become a territory that no one dared to touch. Furthermore, given that not even the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery and his wife had managed to return from Nanmeng alive, it had become synonymous with a land of terror.
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