Chapter 101 Back to the Imperial Palace

The magnificent palaces and pavilions were all richly ornamented and well arranged. Majestic as they were, the imperial architecture conveyed a sense of solemnity to its visitors. It had been seven years. The grandiose palace remained the same while time changed those who lived under the roof. The girl who had returned was no longer the same person years ago. Shui Yinzhu sat alone by the desk in the emperor’s bedchamber. She stopped bleeding, and the blood on her neck had dried. Her wedding dress was soaked in blood. That smell, however, calmed her mind. Still, no matter how much she bled, the sorrow in her heart was never going to be drained. Her right hand clenched the dagger in her sleeve. She touched the pearl on her hairpin with her left hand out of habit. Shui Yinzhu, the princess of the conquered Kingdom of Shui, once again returned to the imperial palace in the Empire of Yun. Yet, she was no longer that pure and innocent sacrifice named Princess Xi anymore. As the bed