The next morning.0

Li Yuan went into seclusion.0

Thanks to the Xie Clan’s tight lid on information, news of the Emperor’s attempted assassination and disappearance didn’t get out.0

By then Li Yuan had already returned to Cloudpeak Province and paid a visit to Dawn Manor.0

Xue Ning, once all youthful bloom, had grown older again. It seemed she’d refused to take any more rejuvenation, unwilling to look upon her once-young face. 0

Almost 60 years old now, she had more gray in her hair and more lines about her eyes. The pretty face was gone, but the children found her warmer for it. Grandsons and granddaughters crowded around the kindly old lady, calling her Grandma, Nana, and so o...0