The dark-curtained carriage rolled away from the solemn, dignified street of the Duke of Chu's Estate, its wheels making a wet, splashing sound against the melting snow on the bluestone pavement.
Inside the carriage, Qin Lie sat with his eyes closed to rest and collect his thoughts. The iron-willed, weighty atmosphere of the study seemed to still linger at the edge of his senses.
The approval of the Duke of Chu and that heavy, solid promise were like dropping an extraordinarily weighty counterweight onto the vast chessboard of the Northern Frontier.
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