Jing Kui was assassinated by the emperor, and Li Jingyan had just been put in prison and died. Jing Wenxi and Yun Shang had been given all of them to Emperor Ning, so they didn't ask anything about it. Soon it was eighth of the April.
On April 8th, the weather was a bit cloudy, which was a good day for parting. Yun Shang looked down at the plum blossoms embroidered on the hem of her dress and thought to herself.
Xia Huanyu and Prince Jing went to the palace together to say goodbye to Emperor Ning. As a woman, she was not allowed to enter the palace on such an occasion. At this moment, she could do nothing but wait outside the Imperial City, waiting for Xia Huanyu and Prince Jing to come back. Then they could all set out.
Qian Yin and Yun Shang were in the same carriage. Qian Yin poked her head out of the window and looked out. She said in a somewhat disappointed voice, "Your Highness, is something wrong in the palace? Why didn't lady Jin come here to see you? "
Yun Shang glanced at Qian Yin and said to her, "no need to look. Mother will not come here. I didn't tell her that I will leave the imperial city today."
Qian Yin turned her head abruptly at Yun Shang's words. As she was about to hit the wall of the carriage, she lowered her head and looked at Yun Shang with her eyes wide open in surprise. "Didn't your highness tell lady Jin about this? Why is that? "
Yun Shang looked down, "for no reason, what I fear most is to leave. If mother cries, I'm afraid I will regret doing this."
A noise came. It seemed that someone came from outside. Qian Yin glared at Yun Shang and put her head out again. After a while, she said excitedly to Yun Shang, "Your Highness, his highness is back." However, she said in a sad voice again, "why does his highness come back so soon?"
Yun Shang closed her eyes and forced a smile on her face. "What difference does it make if it's too late or too soon?"
It seemed that the horse's hooves were approaching the carriage in which Yun Shang was in. Qian Yin quickly pulled Yun Shang's arm and said, "His Highness is here." Then she dragged Yun Shang to the window and opened the curtain so that people outside could see the people inside.
"Shang'er, this is the letter that his majesty has asked me to pass you." Prince Jing looked in the carriage and passed a letter to her. Yun Shang kept silent for a moment before taking the letter in her hand. She smiled at Prince Jing and said, "Okay, thank you, your highness..." But on second thought, it seemed inappropriate to call him "Your Highness" at this time, so she paused and didn't go on.
"Let's go!" Someone shouted outside. The square of people outside the carriage started to move. Yun Shang leaned against the wall of the carriage and clenched the envelope in her hands. Her heart ached as she thought to herself, 'the State of Ning, you gave birth to me and brought me up. After bearing a lot of her happiness and pains, I'm leaving you.'
"Shang'er." There seemed to be a faint and anxious voice behind her. Yun Shang's heart suddenly tightened. It was Prince Jing. "Lady Jin is here. Shang'er, you'd better go and see her." Yun Shang kept silent for a while and closed her eyes. After a long while's silence, Prince Jing said in a worried tone again, "Lady Jin rode on a horse. But she didn't seem to ride steadily. I saw she was about to fall off the horse."
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