"Just as she was about to rush over, her aunt grabbed her arm.
With a stern face, her aunt said in a deep voice:
"Did all the rules I told you on the way here go in one ear and out the other?
Stay right here. The people from the Court of State Ceremonial will come to pick us up."
"Oh..." The young girl lowered her gaze, looking quite dispirited.
"This is a match the clan elders sought out for you. If you can catch the eye of a prince from the Great Zhou Immortal Dynasty, our entire clan can migrate to the Central Plains, and the crisis facing our clan will be easily resolved."
The mature woman's features were no less delicate than the girl's, but possessed an added allure. Especially as she lightly reprimended the girl, the heavy weight of her chest caused her posture to arch forward slightly, pressing close to the girl and carrying the soft, seasoned touch of maturity.
The young girl pressed her lips together and gave a soft assent.
Chapter 1110: Assassination in Broad Daylight
The Imperial City of the Great Zhou Immortal Dynasty was far more vast than the imperial city of the Daxia Dynasty in Zhao Wujiang's memory.
Ever since stepping through the city gate, a full span of time for a cup of tea had passed, yet the distant palace city that stretched across heaven and earth like a giant beast seemed not to have come an inch closer.
It was as if, over the distance covered in that cup of tea's time, the three of them had not moved at all.
"Your Highness, during the period you …
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