In the end, rather than drag the body of Heng Shuo all over the place, I had the Wind Dragon carry it. I was still sore and tired, and dragging such a deadweight all over the place wasn’t going to help my disposition
Besides, while I had nothing against Heng Huo, I did not want anyone from the palace to be close to my sister, not after all that had happened. Thus, despite my own fatigue, I ran all the way to what had once been my pavilion.
Everywhere I looked was deserted, as if even the servants had disappeared, but I supposed that they might have taken refuge inside the harem… another place I might have to visit if I wanted to root out everything that was bad in the empire.
‘Why should I care? It’s not like there’s anything left for me here.’ That had been one of the thoughts doing ro
