Chapter 189

Jiang Yue could not help letting out a soft sigh, which caused Xiao Yunsheng to glance at her, his eyes holding a multitude of unspoken emotions. He was quite different today. Usually so reticent and sparing with his words, he merely paused for a moment this time before continuing to speak of the past events that had unfolded within this room. "In the palace, my mother was kept like a delicate flower nurtured with fresh petal water. Her hands had never once done embroidery or touched the spring waters; she had never known hardship. Not long after she and my father came to understand each other's hearts, my father set out on another military campaign. Shortly afterward, word came back that he was missing at the front lines, his life or death unknown. At that time, she was in the midst of preparing the prayer rites for the late Emperor, and right then and there, she petitioned to leave the palace."