The traces had been there all along!
The tournament in the drill grounds had yet to conclude when Pei Hengyu and Yuwen Junan departed, retreating to the courtyard of Yuhe Palace to sift through the clues tucked away in their memories.
The paulownia tree, planted three years ago, was not yet particularly tall, but its crown was already thick with new leaves, spreading across half the courtyard and casting a dappled, elegant light upon the ground.
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