At the lakeside of the Imperial City in the Imperial Capital where silence reigned, the bustling Wanxiang City was alive with activity, yet within a luxurious chamber in the east of the city, there was no sound.
Lou Ji, wearing a black dress with green patterns, crossed her arms and leaned against a nearby column:
"This is the reason my sister has to leave, with the new year comes an autumn of incidents."
"...."
Xu Yuan did not immediately respond, carefully reading the latest "Grade-A" confidential report that Lou Ji had just handed him.
With his current status, he should not have been qualified to view such confidential reports, but who asked Lou Ji to be so fond of him?
Just now, she had sought him out abruptly, saying that she was going to quit and leave, and when he asked for the reason, Lou Ji directly handed him this report about the Northern Frontier war.
After a while,
