Walking through several corridors, one could see the spacious courtyard in the outer section of the estate from afar.
By now, nearly all the prominent figures of the estate had been stirred into action, kneeling in a dense, dark crowd across the ground.
At the very front, Madam Liu, dressed in opulent attire, wore a face plastered with an awestruck, flattering smile as she repeatedly kowtowed to an elderly, eunuch official who wore the garments of the Inner Court Chief, possessed a clean-shaven, fair face, and held an arrogant gaze.
Chapter 34