Chapter 5

I grinned. "Thanks for the compliment."

Things went back to being peaceful again.

I was still staying in the side chamber of the Hall of Sovereign.

I slept on the infamous hard board bed, custom-made by the Imperial Household Department.

The imperial kitchen kept whipping up all sorts of tasty dishes for me.

But the way the King looked at me was getting weirder by the day.

Sometimes he looked at me as though I were a riddle he couldn't quite figure out.

Other times, there was a faint, helpless smile on his lips.

It was the autumn hunt.

The…