The next day during daylight, the Heart-devouring Incense did not appear, along with the people who usually came with the incense and brought meals afterward were also absent—as if everything was as Cheng Yu said, Zhong Liang was neglecting his duties, unwilling to spend time on them, and Rong Jing was busy with affairs these days.
Perhaps the ministers at court were very dissatisfied with his autocratic actions, intending to force the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion into rebellion, causing the Emperor to appear genuinely too busy to act rashly, and consequently neglecting Gu Lan, or maybe it was because he...
Fortunately, the dry rations sent before were still enough to eat, and with the cold weather, there was no spoilage.
The day quickly passed, and the warm red sunset gradually made its way into the entire room, inch by inch turning dimmer.
