Ting!
Ting!
The city bell resounded throughout Yun'an, and the palace gates opened one after another.
The Great Wei empress usually came to court once every five days. There was no morning court meeting today, so there was no scene of civil and military officials entering the palace gates. There were only some officials waiting to be summoned in the Phoenix Perching Pavilion on the side of the Hall of the Supreme Principle.
Outside the imperial study at the back of the Hall of the Supreme Principle, eunuchs and palace maids stood quietly and solemnly. There were only a few incense sticks lit in the resplendent and spacious study.
The empress, who was wearing a red dress, was leaning on a chaise longue with a stack of memorials on the small table beside her. She was holding a golden brush and reading them seriously.
