When life is not difficult, time always seems to pass quickly.
In the blink of an eye, time disappears like morning dew.
Three years have passed just like that.
Ye Zao, feeling quite exhausted, leaned her head against her hand as she sat on the soft couch by the window.
April's here, it's a warm season, but recently, things have turned. The Empress Dowager fell ill, and she has to visit every day.
Empress Dowager Rong is also terribly ill, and the Imperial Physician suggests her condition is not good.
Even the Empress is severely ill; the Imperial Physician hasn't dared to say it, but Ye Zao knows the Empress is not going to make it.
All these matters piling together, Ye Zao just feels drained.
She's the highest-ranked in the imperial harem, and all these issues concern her. None can be neglected.
And as fate would have it, His Majesty has gone south on a tour. Truly worrisome.
"Master?" Sister Hua entered, calling softly.
