Inside the Biluoyuan Courtyard, Baili Moqing sat by the study window, reading. The door frame that had been smashed by Zhenli the night before had been repaired, though it was unclear when. Xiao Yi'er, bundled in a thick down jacket, played under the crabapple tree with some wood scraps left behind from when Shu He had been crafting a crossbow.
At that moment, a grand ceremonial procession approached the courtyard. Behind the entourage followed a crowd of curious townspeople, trailing them all the way from the south of the city to the north.
A guard at the gate rushed through the hanging flower gate in a panic. Seeing him, Xiao Yi'er smiled and called out, "Brother Xiaohei, look at the castle I built!"
Chapter 100