"Sir...what should we do?" The guard tapped Li Quan's shoulder, "Sir? What's wrong?" he asked.
"Huh? Nothing...." Li Quan pulled back his mind and shook his head to brush off the horror that surged within him as he remembered the past.
"Her Highness has given us time off, here, each one of you, take one and go, You are free to do anything," Li Quan took out several red packets containing bank notes.
....
Xuan Cheng entered her bedroom, the inner chambers shrouded in darkness. The knot in her heart made it difficult for her to breath.
She moved cautiously, her steps muffled by the soft, ornate carpets beneath her feet.
The air was still, and a sense of solitude enveloped her as she closed the door behind her.
With the room plunged into obscurity, Xuan Cheng extended her fingers, reaching out into the inky blackness.
