The first day in Chang'an ended amid the invisible smoke of battle between Ge Lan and Ran Meiyu.
As for the petty squabbles within the inner court, Ran Yan didn't need to concern herself at all; even after being cut off from the world for two years, Ran Meiyu, now away from the Gao family, was no match for her.
The Gao mother and daughter had brought Ge Lan's family to ruin, and even if Ge Lan truly did kill them, Ran Yan would feel no pity. This was a society where the legal system was not yet perfect; if one only hoped for the government to punish the wrongdoers with a full sense of justice, they would be oppressed all their life. Ran Yan had long passed the age of naivety.
Ge Lan knelt in the outer room, watching Ran Yan through the dense bamboo curtain as she read Medical Books by lamp light on the couch, and gradually, her heart softened.
