The winter nights come early.
The night shrouded the entire palace, with wind-shielding lamps lit on both sides of the path, but they couldn't illuminate the whole road.
The small sedan chair came from deep within, producing no sound except for the footsteps, until it turned a corner and stopped at the side gate, whereupon a palace maid accompanying the chair spoke, "County Princess, we have arrived."
The sedan curtain lifted, and Mu Lianhui got out. Under the lantern light, it was hard to tell what her expression was, but her voice remained soft and gentle: "I am leaving the palace now, thank you, Aunt."
The palace gate was closed, and she could only leave through the small side gate.
The guard looked at the Cining Palace medal, then at the maid who had accompanied her, and allowed her to leave the palace.
