"If Young Miss is agreeable, you can discuss it with Young Master Meng first.
"If you are not agreeable, you can pretend that I never mentioned this matter," Song Rui said. He looked like he was thinking of Shen Rong's interests.
A hint of internal struggle flashed across Shen Rong's face.
"I'll discuss it with Meng Xuan before giving you an answer, Young Master Song," she then said.
Song Rui was right. Her father was already prepared to make a move on Meng Xuan.
The capital was also filled with her father's spies. If they stayed in the capital, Meng Xuan could be in danger at any time.
Since things had already progressed to the stage where Meng Xuan would have no chance to embark on an official's career as long as her father was alive, there would be little meaning for them to continue staying in the capital.
It would be better to make a clean break surreptitiously and go as far as the horizon permitted.
