Lei Sitong lived in a manor in Pingxi City near the Plum Gardens, the very same one that Sun Bingchen stayed in when he was in Pingxi City last time.
When Yan Liqiang's four-wheeled carriage entered Pingxi City, Lei Sitong, the newly-appointed Prefectural Governor Wang Jianbei, and Military Governor Liu Yucheng were seated near a fire stove while they conversed in the manor's study.
The exquisite metal stove was burning lotus root briquettes inside it. The study's window was open, so there was no need to worry about carbon monoxide poisoning. It was freezing outside and there were also signs of snowfall. However, the study was still rather warm thanks to the little stove.
