After a day and night of rain, the Chu Kingdom Imperial Palace regained its usual tranquility.
The only prerequisite was to avoid looking at the corpses on Mass Burial Mound.
Concubine Mei had witnessed with her own eyes how Su Bai killed people; to her, human lives were no more significant than that of ants.
In the following days, in front of the thirteenth prince, she did not mention a single word about asking him to kill Su Bai.
She was now entirely focused on getting pregnant.
With Concubine Mei no longer causing trouble, the harem suddenly became peaceful.
Only Chen Jieyu was sullen every day, restless for not receiving any news about her brother.
It wasn't until she received a note from a mysterious person that Chen Jieyu began to recuperate in comfort.
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Time flew like a white steed flashing past a crevice.
Soon, it was the eve of battle.
Within a small village more than ten miles away from where Dawei and the Chu Kingdom had set up their camps.
