"Thank you for this opportunity, Your Excellency. I will do my utmost to live up to your high expectations!"
Hearing this, Chen Sheng's spirits lifted, and he solemnly cupped his fists.
.....
A while later, Chen Sheng bid farewell to Nie Xuanfeng. He didn't return directly to his quarters, but instead took a detour to the rear offices of the Jingwu Bureau.
Deep within the rear offices was a quiet, secluded bamboo forest—a place Sun Yuzhi favored for solitude.
Sure enough, deep in the bamboo forest, beside a smooth slab of bluestone, he saw the familiar, graceful figure.
However, Sun Yuzhi had shed her imposing official robes, now dressed in a lake-blue, waist-cinching gown. Her dark hair was simply held up with a plain wooden pin.
She had shed some of her usual cold authority, revealing a more delicate and graceful femininity.
