The next morning, a bunch of guards with the Inner Guards uniform gathered at the central courtyard of Lavender Palace along with a few girls. Some looked resolute, some looked excited, various emotions were on their faces. Right when some were starting to show signs of impatience, a figure stepped out of the Main Palace, clothed in a simple black robe. Her hair was tied into a simple bun with a simple green jade hairpin. As she appeared, some of the younger people gathered wanted to kneel but was stopped by a look from her. Wordlessly, she walked past them toward the gate and they followed as if she was their leader, which she was.
The decently sized group of twenty or so people stopped in front of the Shen Residence. The leading girl glanced to her side at a girl in pink who went up to their gates and knocked heavily on it. An annoyed looking head servant opened the gates. However, when there was only a crack, some of the men forcibly barged in.
