章節 88: The Last Stop

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 rounds inside my head for the past few days. Since the murder of my family, I found I cared very little about whatever befell the empire.

‘Let’s find Zhi first.’