C424 I Have a Pot of Wine

Tiange returned to the Happiness Prolonging Hall after midnight. Sleep eluded her, so she grabbed a bottle of liquor and sat alone on a stone bench beside the pear tree in the courtyard. The blossoms had fallen, leaving the large tree lush with leaves. A breeze stirred, and the rustling leaves broke the silence of the cold palace.

Sitting at the stone platform