Chapter 54
The excitement over the victory at Zhenyao (Demon-Suppressing) City, Xu Xue Nuo’s breakthrough, and the imperial examination reform gradually subsided.
Life in Wu Kingdom returned to its usual rhythm. For most people, nothing in their daily lives had truly changed.
Several days earlier, the Qi Kingdom envoy delegation had already returned home.
Xu Ming, who had shone brilliantly at the banquet, had also attended the farewell, but this time, not as an attendant—he went as an official envoy of Wu Kingdom.
Of course, during farewells, it was mostly the adults exchanging polite pleasantries such as “Safe travels” and “Do visit Qi Kingdom someday.” The younger ones didn’t have much of a role to play in these formalities, which left Zhu Cici, standing by her mother’s side, feeling anxious.
She desperately wanted to talk to her little sweetheart.
Finally, she managed to find an opportunity. Zhu Cici approached Xu Ming to bid him farewell and secretly handed him a pale pink jade pendant. Before Xu Ming could refuse, she bolted away.
Holding the jade pendant in his hand, Xu Ming found himself at a loss for words.
A token of affection?