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The bustling streets became so quiet one could hear a pin drop. If the two figures standing in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion had merely attracted some attention before, now, as the black dragon carriage came to a halt, nearly all eyes were upon them.
What was even more astonishing was that stepping down from the carriage door, which was engraved with a black dragon, was the Prime Minister dressed in a black dragon robe, greeting them personally.
Hearing the words of the young girl beside Ran Jianli, Xu Yinhè seemed to understand something, and a smile appeared in his hawk-like eyes:
"You're still the same as ever.
"Sorry, I had some business at the palace today and met Li Yaoxuan. Feng Jiuxuan was also out on errands, so the people who know you are mostly not in the mansion today."
As he spoke,
Xu Yinhè glanced at the woman behind the screen beside Ran Jianli:
"This is...."
"My apprentice."
