Step by step, he walked steadily, but he didn't dare to imagine the outcome.
He could only wait.
However, waiting... is the most distressing.
Especially when Yang Jin informed him that the Qi Country Duke's Mansion is arranging another marriage partner for Su Xinyi, yet he couldn't intervene. If he did, the Emperor would discover his plans and ruin them all.
All he could do was sit in this palace and do what he should do, as always.
Yan Junchu suppressed the irritation in his heart, and picked up the papers again, doing his duty and leaving his fate to heaven.
Taking a deep breath, suppressing all his impatience, he lowered his head to look at the papers. In the past, it would have returned to normal quickly, but now he found... it was a futile effort.
He couldn't concentrate on a single word.
Unable to act, unable to do, only to wait.
This is what it feels like to have time pass as slowly as a year.
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