What If

Two days came and went without anything major happening, except the suffocating tension between the Duke and Duchess. Every meal was awkward and there was always one of them missing. If Duchess Wang Qixing was present, Duke Li Shenyang wasn't. 

Sighing to herself, Li Xueyue sat in her room in utter boredom, lazily flipping the pages of a book. She didn't know why, but there was a surplus of geography books in the library. She had practically memorized the layout of this continent and knew it like the back of her hand.

"How boring…" she mumbled, her eyes glazing over the paths leading out of the Capital. By now, she knew the fastest route to Hechen, Hanjian, and every other city.

When a quiet knock sounded through her room, she straightened up, eager to see who it was. "Come in!" she happily called out, turning to the door.