Chapter 184 Book 5 Border Trouble
The spring breeze swept through Xian Town, warm and full of promise. Snow had melted, unveiling fertile soil beneath, and birds once silent in the cold now returned with their songs. But amid this renewal, a gathering was taking place in the town's council hall—one that would determine another turn for Xian Town's future.
Li An sat at the side of the long, dark wood table, her hands folded neatly in front of her. At just eighteen, she might have seemed out of place, but no one in the room dared underestimate her. At the center sat Concubine Su, who is now the mayor, military officers, a man named Master Liu, one of the top town planners, Scholar Ling, who is now handling the town's administrative works, and a few other key figures, each bearing scrolls of reports and maps detailing the town's rapid transformation.
