After being forced by Lady Yan to copy books all afternoon, Meng Qianqian finally got a break when Lady Yan had to step out for some errand. By then, it was already dark.
She hastily ate a few bites of food and, under the cover of night, slipped away to the courtyard with the hidden chamber.
Even though she had already deduced that the other lantern bore the birthdate and time of her past life, an intense intuition urged her to visit again.
She released the Hunting Eagle first to ensure no one was in the courtyard before climbing over the wall to enter.
Unlike the last time, as soon as she set foot in the courtyard, a wave of familiarity washed over her.
Revisiting a place from the past truly has the power to awaken forgotten memories.
Suddenly, a crucial realization struck her.
The Thousand Mechanism Pavilion of old was not located in Liang Country's Imperial City — the pavilion before her was merely a reconstruction of the original.
