The Fallen Blossom Banquet

The coldness of the blood-red jade token still lingered at her fingertips.

Qiao Xiangwan returned to the study. Silence reigned all around her. The System voice that had tormented her for so long was gone. This silence unsettled her more than any threat of death, yet it also gave her a freedom she had never known before.

Just moments ago in the Eastern Palace, she had given up every option for survival. When Chu Li's phoenix eyes reflected her resolute face, she stubbornly bit his finger with her soft lips and overturned his trap. In that moment, she wasn't playing the docile