Ruyi

As the emperor left, Xie Ning continued to sleep soundly. She didn't realize that he had already gone, but instead felt like he was still there, beside her.

Later in the morning, when she got up, the golden sunlight shone through the half-open window, glinting off the objects on the table under the window.

"What's that?"

Qinghe quickly went over and brought the objects over for Xie Ning to inspect. "These were just delivered by Bai Gonggong. He said not to wake you, so I put them on the small table. You can see them as soon as you wake up."

It was a lamb-fat white jade ruyi sceptre.

Xie Ning picked it up and felt that others were right in saying that jade was warm and smooth. Even in this season, touching a stone would feel cool, hard, and rough to the touch. But touching this jade, she only felt it was warm, smooth, and the stone was dense and fine. The heavy feel of it made people feel calm and secure for no reason.