Chapter 526 - The Imperial Morning

The high, vaulted ceilings of the imperial glass dining pavilion in the palace let in a wide, sweeping wash of golden morning sunlight. It illuminated the polished white marble floor, the delicate vines climbing up the iron pillars, and an elaborate, sprawling spread of silver dishware. Outside the tall, arched windows, the palace gardens stretched across meticulously manicured terraces filled with beds of white roses and trimmed boxwood hedges, looking entirely tranquil and pristine under the clear, crisp autumn sky.