Xiabei City was as warm as spring, but the wind in Taixia City carried a biting chill.
Empress Ji stood in the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion, staring at the dilapidated courtyard before her. Her fingers twisted tightly into her sleeves. This so-called "City Lord's Mansion" was nothing more than an ordinary four-section compound with peeling wall plaster and low eaves; the cat house for the pet she once kept at Kunning Palace was three times more refined than this.
"Your Majesty, the wind is strong outside. You should return to your room," her personal maid, Sun Cuiwei, said cautiously, offering a worn, yellow embroidered cloak.
Chapter 424