He Yufen left the capital hurriedly in the evening. She passed off herself as a maidservant and mingled with Mo Xuetong's maidservants. She followed Mo Xuetong out of the King Xuan's Manor and went into an embroidery shed, and then got on a blue carriage which had been prepared at the back door. She left escorted by an old maid and a coachman.

Mo Xuetong sat on the upstairs of the embroidery shed and watched the carriage leave. With some faint ripples in her limpid eyes, she ...