Scarlett returned to the Quiet Pavilion shortly before sunrise.

She entered through the rear window, changed her clothes, and restored the false blemishes on her face before Mia awakened. By the time the first servants entered the courtyard, Scarlett was sitting cal

The moment Scarlett’s palms touched Arthur’s back, she felt the chaos within his meridians.

Fire Grass had awakened channels sealed by years of frost, but the poison did not retreat peacefully. It surged through his body in sharp waves, striking against the medicinal h

Two days after the first treatment, an imperial envoy arrived at the Regent King’s estate.

The envoy wore the dark purple robes of a senior palace eunuch and carried a scroll sealed with the Emperor’s personal mark.

Luke received him in the main hall.

“By imperial com