Chapter 16 - 11: Seeking Fragrance in the Waning Night

Zheng Xiu had lived in this world for more than twenty years, and he had come to understand one thing.

Father Zheng died in battle, Mother Zheng fell into depression and later drowned herself, and in the end, all they left Zheng Xiu was an empty Zheng Residence and the hereditary title of "Marquis Zhonglie."

Human nature is cold. For someone like Zheng Xiu—who had no Golden Finger and no heaven-defying Destiny—to try and make a name for himself in the Imperial City by relying on his deceased father’s connections was a fool’s dream. That kind of thing only happened in movies.

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