After waiting for over an hour, the sound of slightly hurried footsteps finally echoed from not far away, followed by a palace maid reporting that Lady Yu had finally returned to Zhaode Hall.
Standing in front of Zhaode Hall, a gentle woman gazed at the plaque inscribed with gilded characters. She thought to herself that after Yuling, she would likely spend the next several years in this desolate place, and for a moment, a complex and slightly poignant emotion welled up in her heart.
She stood facing the breeze for a moment. The woman's crystal-clear, water-like eyes seemed capable of speech, holding three parts clarity, three parts grievance and bewilderment, and four parts understated detachment, composure, refinement, and acceptance.
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