The next day, the morning of the sixteenth day of the third lunar month, the day after the curtain fell on the Tea Party. 

A group slowly approached the city from far away.

The leader was a young man in white, traveling on horseback. He had a longsword strapped to his back, and he was handsome, with a faint but proud smile on his lips. 

Ren Yixu.

An inner sect disciple of Heaven’s Origin Academy, as well as the son of the head of the Imperatorial Provincial Capital’s Ren Family.

He was on close terms with the son of Provincial Governor Xiang Tianqiu, Xiang Ming.

A little while ago, Xiang Ming had requested that his friend do him a favor. He was to personally lead a group of the provincial government’s guards and proceed to the Cloudriver Prefecture’s Guangling City. 

His objective was to invite Wen Lingzhao’s parents to the provincial capital.    

As of today, Ren Yixu hadn’t just completed his mission; he’d even brought the Wen Family Dowager along for the ride. She was currently in the horse-drawn carriage behind him too.

“Everyone, you see that place off in the distance? That’s the Imperatorial Provincial Capital. Soon, I’ll lead you directly to the seat of the provincial government,” Ren Yixu pointed into the distance and...