This time, Wanyun's illness didn't linger as it had before. Once her fever broke, she was back to her lively self, though a slight cough remained.
An autumn rain fell, and the weather gradually grew cooler.
Lin Bei, who had been dispatched to An County, returned to Chang'an. He had rounded up all the corrupt officials within An County's Charitable Institution and even exposed the mastermind behind the county's Magistrate.
The evidence pointed directly to Old Prime Minister Bai of the Bai Family.
Coupled with the sudden lockdown imposed on Chang'an City a few days prior, everyone felt that something major was about to happen.
Wanyun recuperated in the palace, aware only that Lu Jingxing returned later and later each day. She didn't try to probe into the details of what was happening.
Wanyun was less concerned with whether the matter involved Old Prime Minister Bai and more interested in the fact that Lin Bei was apparently still unmarried.
