C472 A Barrier

The chrysanthemums in the Pepper Room Hall had withered, and soon, Lu Xiaoxiao's equinox flower bloomed again. Just like that, a year had passed.

In nearly a year, Cang Xu had only visited the Pepper Room Hall once, and that was to retrieve something Lu Xiaoxiao had left behind. Empress Wenn Yan watched him arrive with joy, only to be filled with disappointment as he left.

On the fifth of May