In the dining room of the Rose Manor, the splendid crystal lamps illuminated a scene of a warm family dinner.
On the silver plates, large chunks of roasted meat were fragrant and crisply golden. Since Yekaterina became the empress, the chefs at home had been replaced with those from the royal court, making the food exquisite and delicious.
Su Lun found the taste to his liking, his appetite growing.
Yekaterina, sitting beside him, ate slowly in small bites, like a proper wife, occasionally showing a tender smile that completely hid the imperious demeanor she displayed outside as the empress.
Vivian, the girl who was seeing her father for the first time, clung to the two of them.
Because the two of them had to discuss highly classified matters, there were no other people in the dining room.
