Servants who worked closely with the Zhao family in the Celestial Dragon Sect paid close attention to the mood within the household. Their little mistress had been gone for a week with no signs of returning to the sect from her isolated training. With each day their little ball of sunshine was gone, the gloomy cloud of worry surrounding the sect became darker.
"Lizi! You're back! How's our young mistress? Is she still training hard? Did she eat the extra osmanthus cakes?" the anxious maids and stewards of the princess' mansion gathered in the courtyard.