Chapter 64: The Plague
Word Number:168
Author:青色晨光
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Release Time:2025-10-05
Yue Qi entered the room and saw his little sister’s face—calm as a still lake, with no ripples. He immediately knew she was in a bad mood. It was an old habit of hers: whenever something weighed on her mind, she would withdraw like this. In a few days, when the feeling faded, she would be better. If his little sister had received news, he would have too. Concubine Jin in the palace was dead. Her father and brother were important ministers in the court, favored by the emperor in recent years. Though Concubine Jin had no children and little favor, she had lived well—never lacking the supplies befitting her rank. Yue Qi and his little sister both knew why Ning Huaijin had died. The Yue Mansion would never sell a daughter for glory. He had little memory of Ning Huaijin; after losing her unborn child, she had lived in seclusion, rarely interacting with other concubines. In her life, she had probably made only one