Chapter 316 Recovery_1

The next morning, Yixiu was jolted awake by a chorus of chirping birds. Drowsily opening her eyes, she saw faint daylight filtering through the pink gauze canopy embroidered with tiny blossoms, revealing the Four Gentlemen floral patterns carved on the canopy bed instead of the fortunate patterns inset with jade. For a moment she was befuddled, but then she remembered she had returned to Guiyuan; this was the Lianxiang Water Pavilion.

She snapped awake, sitting up and calling out, "Zi Zhu, Zi Zhu."

"I'm here." Zi Zhu hooked the gauze canopy on the lotus bronze hook and began helping her dress, saying, "Miss, you're up so early, it's only the second quarter of the Mao Hour, the sky isn't fully bright yet."

Dressed and washed in record time, Yixiu hurried to the front courtyard, full of anticipation. She loved the morning on the wasteland, watching the thin mist under the rising sun slowly dissipate...