Maid Qu and two other maids were leading them inside, taking them straight to the main hall. Eunuch Jiu had warned her several times that she should not let the guests wander around.
She obeyed Eunuch Jiu's instructions, conducting herself in a graceful and quiet manner. With a silent gait, Commander Yong moved along with the Crown Prince, who had been to the palace with his brother before and behaved as if he regularly visited.
He was observing everything in his estranged sister's palace with an incomprehensible feeling weighing on his chest.
'She lives in a better place than our mansion,' a thought came to him ultimately.
From the pillars that had detailed and delicate carvings of strange kinds of flowers to the huge incense burner that was placed at every four-step distance, a fragrance that wasn't foreign to them engulfed the atmosphere.
