In the Kirin Pavilion, the flowering trees were in full bloom, a riot of vibrant colors. Each blossom seemed to possess a spirit of its own, crowding around the three people gathered at the stone table.
Two of them were engaged in a match of Go. Zhou Tieyi, dressed in a golden crown and silk robes, looked in the prime of his youth, while Miaoyu, in her thorn-wood hairpin and Taoist robe, appeared serene and content. Baimei held a silk lotus-shaped fan, watching the board while fanning Zhou Tieyi.
Zhou Tieyi’s skill was a notch below Miaoyu’s, and having lost two consecutive games, he pleaded as the current one began, "Senior Sister, can’t you concede a stone or two to me?"
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