Chapter 81: The Future

After the lively imperial banquet, the Empress Dowager suggested going to the pond outside Yuming Hall to appreciate the lotuses.

The pond in the palace was dug by artisans, imitating the Yongning River of Yanjing City, and therefore was very spacious. In the summer, for ten miles around the lotus pond, a sea of green stretched out, the bright moon overhead with stars sprinkling the sky, a truly magnificent sight.

The stifling heat of the past few days had been swept away, leaving a refreshing and invigorating atmosphere.

It seems that enjoying flowers after a banquet has always been a favorite pastime of the nobility.

Jiang Li also followed the Jiang family members to the pond. Ji Shuran and Jiang Youyao were inseparable from her. Jiang Li knew full well this was not Ji Shuran's way of showing affection towards her stepdaughter, but she did not care about these formalities.