Morning came and sunlight pierced through the room falling on Lin Zhaoyue's serene face yet she still woke up to a disaster.
The entire estate was currently abuzz with frantic whispers that the Azure Phoenix Kingdom's army had pulled back from Coldwind City overnight.
And instead of pressing the Fang family barrier, they had marched south to focus on another city, one perched on a defensible hilltop.
Even more baffling, the Qin army that had been lurking in the distance was gone as well, vanished like mist beneath the morning sun.
"Ahhhhhhh!" Lin Zhaoyue's scream rattled the windows when she heard wind of it.
The birds scattered from the rooftops as she stormed out of her chamber, only to be immediately shoved back inside by the family's maidservants.
"M-Matriarch! Please, at least wear some clothes first!"
After a brief tussle, a flurry of fabric, and a bath, Lin Zhaoyue finally emerged.
