Su Yuxin saw that Tao Mingqing had seated himself no longer near the exit, so she said nothing more about Tao Mingqing.
Once they entered the palace, Su Yuxin directed the carriage towards the grand library, and it wasn't until the carriage reached the steps below the library's entrance that Su Yuxin alighted.
Tao Mingqing followed suit, getting off the carriage.
"You all can wait here. The Princess and Little Qingqing will go in." Su Yuxin left these words and ascended the steps ahead.
Tao Mingqing hurried to catch up.
Feng Tong and the guard waited at the library entrance.
The grand library was designed with high ceilings, at least five meters high, with many bookshelves inside, some reaching up to four meters. One had to navigate winding stairs just to take a book down from the upper shelves.
The library housed numerous books, almost every kind imaginable, especially ones Tao Mingqing had never seen before, in great abundance.
