Wanyun rode her horse in a circle around the Imperial Hunting Ground. When the sky turned dark, she actually felt a sense of relief at not having found anyone.
'If something had truly happened to Lu Jingxing, the grounds wouldn't be this empty. The Imperial Hunting Ground would surely be swarming with people.'
Seeing that it was dark, she wanted to leave, but the horse refused to move.
After all, Wanyun wasn't a skilled rider, so she didn't dare whip the horse, fearing she would lose control.
So, she fumbled around in the dark until she found two pieces of flint and some twigs, which she then used to start a fire.
Wanyun sat by the burning branches, waiting for Ye Yu to find her.
Wanyun tilted her head back to look at the myriad stars in the sky. It was a sense of peace she hadn't experienced in a long time.
The last time she had seen a sky full of stars like this on a mountain was right after her nanny had passed away.
That was also the time of the famine in Jiangnan.
