The Jiedu Envoy was young, promising, and treated his wife exceptionally well. For a time, he became the gold standard for husbands in the eyes of everyone in Ling Province.
Bai Yuan gazed at the thin layer of snow, all that remained on the wall after melting.
Spring had arrived in Ling Province, but Xuan Yang was just entering the depths of winter.
As the Right Chief Imperial Censor, he was the de facto head of the Imperial Inspection Office in the absence of a Left Chief Imperial Censor. Although his power had diminished after being away from Xuan Yang for a year, regaining full control of the office was only a matter of time.
He didn't even need to go to the Capital City himself; Zhou Minghan, the Left Deputy Chief Imperial Censor he had promoted, had already purged all the dissenters within the Imperial Inspection Office.
He also brought news from the capital.
As expected, the Emperor, Li Chengyuan, was ill.
